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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

HellRot wrote:

Contacted Peter via FB, but he ain't answering. Does he have alternative way of being contacted? Thanks!

info@vanweelden.com

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

Thanks!

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

I got mine today:) have not been able to test it propably, just for an hour or so. But so far i think this is the best overdrive pedal ive ever played. The respons and sound in this pedal is insane. The dynamics is extremely good to. And when you turn a knob on it, the sound changes at once. It contains a wide specter of sounds. I will hopefull put up some clips on youtube for you to see in near future:)

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

It better sound the best for what they cost!

Just tweaking you wink

Anxious to hear more clips of these as people get them.

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

Ordered mine yesterday. smile

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

Peter notified me that it is on its way

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

Well I received the Royal Overdrive Today. I have a very busy weekend so I will not get to try it until late Sunday.
Cheers Ron

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  • From: norway
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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

So, here is a sound sample that i did quick today with the royal overdrive. The pedal is a monster, and sounds damn good. Not the best sound in the video but ok. The pedal contains tons of gain, and in this clip i set the gain 2,5 - 3 so there is loads more gain to add.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md0z22SMr_A

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

Got mine last weekend - can't wait to try it in "PlayItLoud" mode smile

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

What was your view, Ron?

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

wondering if any of you guys with this pedal have plugged into a marshall amp. also would be interesting to see a gut shot of it. just wondering if it is all gooped up or not. don't worry i am not a cloner or electronics dude. i just like looking at circuits.

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

This is unlike any pedal I've ever played, really. It's absolutely amazing. The responsiveness is unlike any pedal. I've had mine for 6 weeks now and I'm still amazed. Well worth the asking price. And to all the skeptics, if you can get a Tubescreamer to sound or respond like this, more power to ya!

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I am not a skeptic in the sense that the pedal does not sound good. From all the unfortunately awful demos I have seen, it does sound good. Of course, much like a Klon or a Dumble, demos and such may not do it justice until you get to plug a guitar inot it and take it for a spin.

I am however skeptical when a builder says "all original" when in reality most, if not all overdrives out there are some variation of: a tube screamer, a RAT, or the Electra distortion. I am also OK with people forking over big bucks for it and falling in love with it, as these things are quite personal and who am I to criticize.

I just want to know what's under the hood as I don't believe in "magic mojo" anything.

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

Reviving an old post... I have a Royal Overdrive on it's way this week. Just interested to know what other owners are playing through and if you have 'tried and tested' base settings...?

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

this is the first bad demo of the pedal. i thought the samples sounded pretty good up until this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVCpekND4Bw

maybe these guys just don't know how to set it up, but it sounds so buzzy and fizzy. ok final edit: it does get better and sounding good by the end.

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Re: Van Weelden Royal Overdrive Pedal.

macg1 wrote:

this is the first bad demo of the pedal. i thought the samples sounded pretty good up until this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVCpekND4Bw

maybe these guys just don't know how to set it up, but it sounds so buzzy and fizzy. ok final edit: it does get better and sounding good by the end.

This is the very pedal I now own... I've watched the clip a few times now and I think they more demonstrate the pedals versatility to match different guitar and amp combinations rather than picking a guitar and amp and fine tuning the pedal for that perfect tone.
I'm not a million miles away from the tone I want, just needs that little touch hear and there to become that certain something special...

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