What's up everyone? And welcome to Ola Testing Shit.
Today I'm trying out the Fortin Tempest overdrive.
This is a signature pedal for the band Architects.
So, Josh and Adam of Architects, and Fortin joined forces to design an overdrive
that for them would be a good companion for a lot of different amplifiers.
Because Josh and Adam are playing and using a lot of amplifiers.
They wanted an overdrive they could use with a wide array of different amplifiers.
And this is the result right here.
The Tempest, like Joey Tempest, the singer of Europe, you know?
It has this marine uh... color.
'Color' is what I'm... marine blue color to it.
'Color' was the word I was searching for.
Nothing too fancy, it's pretty straight-forward, you have a Level, a Drive...
A Hi-Pass filter and a Lo-Pass filter.
So the hi-pass filter and the lo-pass filter obviously is to cater to
the different needs of what amplifier you're gonna use.
I'm using this overdrive today in a Mesa Boogie Badlander.
Let me demonstrate how it sounds.
Without the pedal engaged, it sounds like this.
OK?
Let me reset the controls real quick, and then we'll just engage it.
It immediately tightened up the amplifier, check this out.
With the overdrive disengaged.
With it engaged.
So, very tight.
But let's work this thing a little bit, so what I would usually do is that...
I would just crank the level.
Pull down the drive a little bit to give that saturated boost to the amplifier.
I would use the drive if I would use this pedal for lead boost, or like a solo boost.
I'll keep it like this for rhythm right now, and then I'm gonna work the hi-pass filter.
So right now the hi-pass filter is on zero, which means that all the bass is back.
And then you filter out the bass as you go in the other direction.
And the lo-pass.
With it at max, it means that it has all the high end.
You filter out some of the high end by pulling down.
So basically with the filters like this you kinda encapsulate the tone
and makes it way more mid-heavy.
Right? Sounds pretty cool.
I'm running the Crunch mode right now, but there's also a Crush mode
on the Badlander, which gives it a little bit more gain, another gain stage, basically.
Off.
It definitely gives the amplifier a more modern tone, more of a... you know...
Djenty tone.
Alright, let's go to Crush mode.
Yeah, man, that sounds good.
So, without the overdrive.
With the overdrive.
Nice.
Alright, let's try with not a 7-string.
It almost becomes too nasty
with the lo-pass filter at max, so...
But it sounds nasty, that's what I like about it, OK let's go back to Crunch.
I imagine that, if you would use this for leads, that...
If you pull up the drive like this, that you would also pull down on the lo-pass filter
to make the leads not sound as screechy.
Check this out, let's have it on max.
And you go down a little bit.
It tames the leads a little bit, so...
If you would use this as a lead drive...
I would probably tame it a little bit.
If you use this for rhythm...
I like that high end screech.
So there you go, that's the Fortin Tempest for you right there.
I guess, just a great addition to your overdrive collection that you already have.
Uh... no, but I think it sounds really good.
If you hear in the beginning there, with the Architects song that I played
It really fits that type of tone right there, where, you know...
You get that very mid-focused type of distortion, and rhythm.
So this pedal is definitely more catered to the modern metal guy.
I think it sounded really good for the Mesa Badlander.
Which I firmly believe is a really good, tighter Rectifier.
And uh...
but it needs a little help on the way, if you don't have active pickups or stuff like that.
So... but this definitely helps, it sounds very modern.
So there you go, that's the Fortin Tempest for you right there.
Hope you enjoyed this video.
Thank you so much for watching, have a nice weekend, goodbye.