Suhr riot vs. Tone Freak Severe

[shane_800]

so whats the low down on the tone freak severe compared to the riot. I have the riot and its not working for me. Something about the voicing thats not appealing to my ear. I know alot of ppl love em but its not for me. Can anyone shed some light on the Severe for me?

 

[thiswaythatway]

I played them both through the EHX 44 and i thought the Riot and Severe were pretty similiar. Maybe you should checkout one of the Radial pedals or maybe the Barber Dirty Bomb.

 

[Nico]

so whats the low down on the tone freak severe compared to the riot. I have the riot and its not working for me. Something about the voicing thats not appealing to my ear. I know alot of ppl love em but its not for me. Can anyone shed some light on the Severe for me?

I bought the Riot based on the hype and did not dig it either. On the other hand the Koko boost is an amazing pedal by Suhr!

I like the radial stuff, I have a hot british which is really nice for hard rock in front of a clean channel

 

[glassjaw7]

 

[hopkinWFG]

Well just an armaturist here but hope it helps ... i own a severe pedal which i like so far and i used to own a Riot as well... when compared i just prefer the Severe it has more natural tones to it and plus its tighter compared to Riot as its gotta certain amount of "loosness" but still ok. and there is one factor which is not what i am looking out from the Riot which is too "harsh" basically is gotta large amount of treble on the tone knob and i usually turned to 11am or 1130 not passing 12 but its personal...

i sold the Riot and ended up with my severe as the severe can do a good boost too and its mid is larger than its treble on its knob... so basically what the severe is lacking is on its treble but it just suits me on what i am looking at on its own.

 

[Les Zombie]

Ive been thinking about the riot and dirty bomb, maybe i should add the servere to my list also, i have a barber dd supersport and wanna add something to my board for heavier stuff and i keep seeing people say the riot is really nice.

 

[shane_800]

Thanks you guys. I appreciate your input

 

[droptrd]

I dont the the riot or the severe, but I did own a dirty bomb. Its very simular to Marks clips. To my ears the Severe sounded better in those clips

 

[hopkinWFG]

I dont the the riot or the severe, but I did own a dirty bomb. Its very simular to Marks clips. To my ears the Severe sounded better in those clips

whats a dirty bomb? sorry am new to pedal... personally the Severe suited more for me and i am looking towards to getting their Abunai 2 and naked OD in front of my amp... have heard many good from tone freak !

 

[Gorehog]

i haven't tried the severe.
but i do own the riot.bought it recently after eying it up for awhile.i didn't wanna buy it on the hype alone.

i run the riot into my vintage modern and i think its very tight at loud volumes.spongy at bedroom levels tho.

perfect for me.i like an overdriven tone but more than just a TS would give me and less than a high gain.

 

[shane_800]

You know thats probably what I dnt like about the Riot is that the Bass is too loose. I like the bass to be tight for those double picking riffs. Not sure if the Severe will give me what Im looking for though. And i would hate to sell the riot w/o hear both side by side on my rig.

 

[glassjaw7]

IMO to get a truly amp-like high gain tone in a pedal, you need a pedal that uses an actual tube gain stage and runs it at high voltages.
Examples of this would be the Blackstar distortion and distx, Damage Control Demonizer(amazing for high gain tones), H&K Tubeman, Ibanez Tube King to name a few.

Transistor and other solid state pedals just don't chunk like a tube pedal does, although running any good sounding pedal into a good power section can still sound really good. I just prefer tube pedals for a high gain crunch sound.

 

[droptrd]

I dont the the riot or the severe, but I did own a dirty bomb. Its very simular to Marks clips. To my ears the Severe sounded better in those clips

whats a dirty bomb? sorry am new to pedal... personally the Severe suited more for me and i am looking towards to getting their Abunai 2 and naked OD in front of my amp... have heard many good from tone freak !

Its from Barber Electronics. I couldnt find any descent clips on youtube. None anywhere as good as Marks clips. But its a killer pedal.

 

[thiswaythatway]

I dont the the riot or the severe, but I did own a dirty bomb. Its very simular to Marks clips. To my ears the Severe sounded better in those clips

whats a dirty bomb? sorry am new to pedal... personally the Severe suited more for me and i am looking towards to getting their Abunai 2 and naked OD in front of my amp... have heard many good from tone freak !

Its from Barber Electronics. I couldnt find any descent clips on youtube. None anywhere as good as Marks clips. But its a killer pedal.

 

[droptrd]

 

[Sikor]

You know thats probably what I dnt like about the Riot is that the Bass is too loose. I like the bass to be tight for those double picking riffs. Not sure if the Severe will give me what Im looking for though. And i would hate to sell the riot w/o hear both side by side on my rig.

Severe has definitely tighter bass (I have both pedals).
It has also less gain than Riot and it's "darker" (to lack of better word).
It's not that Severe severely lacks treble (a little, maybe),
but it rather doesn't have that fizzly-sizzly highs/presence thing
which is present in a lot of high gain pedals.

 

[Les Zombie]

Tell me more about the dirty bomb, is tight, does it have a fuzzy or sizzle, is it dark or bright.

I want it to play thru clean amps and my top choices are the riot, severe and dirty bomb.
I need it for heavy rock and some metal, i dont really like loose lows.

 

[Les Zombie]

Has anybody tried a okko dominator, im curious about it.

 

[thiswaythatway]

Tell me more about the dirty bomb, is tight, does it have a fuzzy or sizzle, is it dark or bright.

I want it to play thru clean amps and my top choices are the riot, severe and dirty bomb.
I need it for heavy rock and some metal, i dont really like loose lows.

I'll have a Riot tomorrow, if i don't like it I'm selling it for what i bought it for. $160.

There's a Severe on sale for $130 on TGP.

 

[droptrd]

Theres a dirty bomb on ebay for $80 right now too. I might even nab it for that price