Phil O'Keefe Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Considering how popular the Beatles have been (and remain), it's always been a surprise to me that there are so few pedals out there designed to nail their iconic tones - especially the mid to late era hybrid and solid state tones that were largely a byproduct of the Vox amps they were using at the time for many of their recorded parts. There's the Lumpy's Tone Shop (now Electric Majik) Lemon Drop (also known as the ZII), which is designed to cop the Vox UL 4 and 7 series hybrid amp tones, and for the solid state tones there's the splendid Castledine Magical Mystery Box. There was also the KR Conqueror pedal, but I don't know if any of those ever made it out to the public. But outside of that, there's really hasn't been much out there that could nail those Revolver / Pepper / White Album era sounds. Now there's a new option - the Jext Telez White Pedal. Coolest feature? Without a doubt, it's the Yoko knob! [video=youtube;yaJDYYxQ6Ug] https://reverb.com/item/3970604-jext-telez-white-pedal-fuzz-overdrive-mrb-vox-conqueror-white-lp-tones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted March 14, 2017 Members Share Posted March 14, 2017 Tell you the truth, I can nail just about any Beatles tones from old to new using a Vox Stomplab Pedal. That why I love the thing. My old cover band did nothing but stones and Beatles covers so having those tones as part of my setup have been with me since I was a kid. That Vox pedal gets closer then anything else besides actually owning the amps and instruments. Not only sounds like the real deal it gets the feel of playing through those amps. The amp modeling and gains are fantastic for nailing the full array of Vox amps, their cabinets and head gains used. Even the Fuzzbender built in nails what they used. You have to build your own presets form scratch however, not simply dial a preset. The presets mainly show off what the pedal can do. Each need tweaking depending on the guitar/pickups I use. My Rickenbacker with its single coils gets super close. I also like using a Tele and several I have with Mini Humbuckers. Full sized HB's are allot tougher to dial in close because of they're fat tones but I have a couple that have weaker magnets and winds that do a good job. Of course the guitars with P90's including a Casino clone really does a great number. I have several presets set up for general use which require minimal tweaking when I change instruments so I can simply dial up the pickup gains or tweak the EQ to get even closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted March 15, 2017 Members Share Posted March 15, 2017 a beatles pedal, i thought na'h not for me... but then you wrote about a yoko knob, which somehow got me interested reading the reverb.com description and finally watching the video.... damn you phil now i have G.A.S. for a beatles pedal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members travisbrowning Posted March 15, 2017 Members Share Posted March 15, 2017 Wow! That thing sounds awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 Tell you the truth' date=' I can nail just about any Beatles tones from old to new using a Vox Stomplab Pedal. That why I love the thing.[/quote'] I've never tried one - I'll have to see if I can rectify that. Thanks for the suggestion! My old cover band did nothing but stones and Beatles covers so having those tones as part of my setup have been with me since I was a kid. That Vox pedal gets closer then anything else besides actually owning the amps and instruments. I suspect you haven't played through a Castledine Magical Mystery Box - it's basically the Brilliant channel (complete with distortion and MRB) from a Vox Defiant / Conqueror... and sounds like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 WRGKMC, is this the pedal that you're using? https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/StompLab1G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted March 16, 2017 Members Share Posted March 16, 2017 I think you might need a Geoff Emerick pedal to really get the sound they had on their records. It might help if you Hari McLenno (with a slight touch of EC) fingers to go with that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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