Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What do you do when UA sends you an absolutely blistering high gain amp pedal patterned after the classic Peavey 5150?! You have some fun with it! This thing surprised me, and I'm stoked to have it in the arsenal. Sparkly crystal clean tones, absolutely massive, unhinged high gain sounds, and some really impressive and cool features round out UA's latest offering in their growing amp-in-pedal-form collection.
Huge thanks to @markjohnstonofficial for producing the 🥁 sounds from the intro track. You're the man.
Thanks to @UniversalAudio for sending over ANTI to check out!
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GEAR USED
@ernieballinc Music Man Stingray
Balaguer Guitars Ambient Select Espada
@fender Player II P Bass
Red Panda Labs Particle v2
Strymon DIG v2
UA Golden Reverb
UA ANTI 1992 High Gain Amp
Pinstripe Pedals DISO+
Soyuz 1973 Mic (voice only)
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro Track
01:47 Overview
05:33 Controls and Features
07:41 3 Reasons Why I love ANTI
11:19 Signal Chain
11:38 Rhythm Channel
15:15 Crunch Channel
18:28 Lead Channel
20:30 Speaker Cabinets
22:17 Bias Modes
23:49 Overdrives
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WAYS TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
☕️ Help support the channel by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/ambientendeavors
📦 Shop my highly curated online pedal store! - littleboxeffects.com
🎸 Shop Reverb.com with my affiliate link - tidd.ly/3SAEpPJ
🎧 Stream my music on Spotify : open.spotify.com/artist/6K2iIaKWCotVvzrL8ryV2W?si=7sXi-tmURzicP1ccSbJUhA
What do you do when UA sends you an absolutely blistering high gain amp pedal patterned after the classic Peavey 5150?! You have some fun with it! This thing surprised me, and I'm stoked to have it in the arsenal. Sparkly crystal clean tones, absolutely massive, unhinged high gain sounds, and some really impressive and cool features round out UA's latest offering in their growing amp-in-pedal-form collection.
Huge thanks to @markjohnstonofficial for producing the 🥁 sounds from the intro track. You're the man.
Thanks to @UniversalAudio for sending over ANTI to check out!
. . .
GEAR USED
@ernieballinc Music Man Stingray
Balaguer Guitars Ambient Select Espada
@fender Player II P Bass
Red Panda Labs Particle v2
Strymon DIG v2
UA Golden Reverb
UA ANTI 1992 High Gain Amp
Pinstripe Pedals DISO+
Soyuz 1973 Mic (voice only)
. . .
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro Track
01:47 Overview
05:33 Controls and Features
07:41 3 Reasons Why I love ANTI
11:19 Signal Chain
11:38 Rhythm Channel
15:15 Crunch Channel
18:28 Lead Channel
20:30 Speaker Cabinets
22:17 Bias Modes
23:49 Overdrives
. . .
WAYS TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
☕️ Help support the channel by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/ambientendeavors
📦 Shop my highly curated online pedal store! - littleboxeffects.com
🎸 Shop Reverb.com with my affiliate link - tidd.ly/3SAEpPJ
🎧 Stream my music on Spotify : open.spotify.com/artist/6K2iIaKWCotVvzrL8ryV2W?si=7sXi-tmURzicP1ccSbJUhA





![How to sound like The War On Drugs with just ONE pedal!
Swirling chorus and flanger, warm tape echo repeats, and lush hall reverb. These effects are paramount in recreating the definitive guitar sounds of Adam Granduciel from The War On Drugs. Today were exploring how to get these iconic guitar sounds from just one pedal...and its only $119!
Heres the secret sauce:
The ZOOM MS-70CDR+ features a robust collection of modulation, delay and reverb effects and the ability to string 4 effects together in a concise yet dynamic signal chain. Boasting 43 Chorus and Modulation sounds, 29 Delays, 33 studio quality Reverbs and 44 additional dynamic effects are packed into this compact stereo pedal. [ LEARN MORE AT : https://zoomcorp.com/en/us/multi-effects/multistomp-pedals/ms-70cdr-plus/ ]
Of course, the right instrumentation and production are important too, and well touch on that along with my choice of guitars and amps. While I dont get too obsessive over 100% accuracy, the gear listed below gets me pretty dang close to The War On Drugs sound. If youre shopping for any of them, please consider using the Reverb.com affiliate links below!
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GEAR LIST
Guild OM320 Acoustic Guitar https://tidd.ly/4fD90X7
Fender Player II Jazzmaster https://tidd.ly/415NZOY
Fender The Edge Signature Strat https://tidd.ly/418ySV0
ZOOM MS-70CDR+ https://tidd.ly/45uVIY9
Supro Airwave Amp https://tidd.ly/3V3do8o
🎤 : Warm Audio WA-19 on acoustic https://tidd.ly/3UwiDgL
🎙️ : Soyuz 1973 on voice https://tidd.ly/41K99lU
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro Sketch
04:43 Composition & Production Notes
05:26 Guitars & Amp
06:56 Effects How to sound like The War On Drugs with just ONE pedal!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nac1KIbqW-I/mqdefault.jpg)




