Revv G3: can the world’s best distortion pedal do more than metal? Humbucker, P90 + single coil demo

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The Revv G3 might be the world’s best high gain distortion pedal, but can it do more than just incredible high gain metal sounds? Let’s find out how versatile it is!

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Revv G3 at Thomann:
At Sweetwater:
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In this video, I put the G3 through its paces with my 2014 Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro (in humbucker and split coil modes) and a pair of Harley Benton guitars: the P90-powered Harley Benton SC-450 P90 GT Classic Series gold top, and the single coil Harley Benton MS-60 VW Vintage Series offset. And yes, both guitars cost less than the G3!

I played some metal, some rock, some indie, some punk, and a few other bits and pieces. Then at the end I used my TC Electronic Ditto Looper to make a chuggy metal loop on the G3 so you can hear how it sounds to tweak the pedal’s EQ, gain, volume and three aggression modes. It really is a proper amp in a box pedal!

Here’s the chapter timestamps for all the different parts of the video:

00:00 Hello!
00:16 Introduction and what we’re doing today

Humbuckers/Split Coil Humbuckers: Epiphone Les Paul
01:31 Revv G3 high gain sounds – metal
03:52 Gain down as low as possible – classic rock
05:21 Pop punk sounds
05:49 Guitar volume knob gain roll-off test
06:18 Hard rock sounds
06:57 The Darkness riff
07:08 More hard rock
07:20 Another Darkness riff!
07:46 Thrash with all the mids taken out
07:53 Split coils now - Low gain classic rock sounds
08:48 Indie rock sounds
09:17 Choppy indie rock chords
09:44 Pop punk sounds
10:15 A/B test: Epiphone humbuckers vs coil split – classic rock

P90s: Harley Benton SC-450 P90 GT Classic Series gold top
10:41 Revv G3 high gain sounds – metal and hard rock
11:20 Punk rock sounds
11:49 Metalcore riff
12:01 Neck pickup test
12:13 Low gain settings – classic rock
13:08 Indie droning strings riff – low gain
13:54 Indie rock sounds
14:18 Choppy indie rock chords
15:14 Pop punk and palm muting
15:45 Low gain bluesey riff with volume rolled off and extra reverb!
16:10 Medium gain classic rock
16:27 Hard rock
16:50 Poppy chords with medium drive
17:40 More aggressive hard rock
17:59 The same riff with aggression mode set to Off
18:16 Alternative rock sounds
19:47 Groovy classic rock sounds

Single coils: Harley Benton MS-60 VW Vintage Series offset
20:13 Revv G3 high gain sounds – metal and hard rock
20:45 Gain down as low as possible – indie riffs
21:44 Wiggle stick test!
21:52 Classic rock sounds
22:22 Low gain bluesey riff
22:37 Indie rock sounds
23:01 Ice picky indie chords
23:16 Arctic Monkeys riff
23:32 Medium gain rock sounds
23:46 Punk rock sounds
24:04 Indie rock sounds
24:20 The Strokes-style indie riff
24:38 Chunky indie chords
25:04 Indie rock sounds

25:36 The loop – takes you through the G3’s different settings for metal. I tweak the EQ knobs, volume and gain, and the pedal’s three aggression modes. I used the Epiphone Les Paul on full humbucker mode for this part!

29:10 Conclusion and my thoughts


If you’re interested in the guitars I used, get them here:

Harley Benton SC-450 P90 GT Classic Series gold top:

Harley Benton MS-60 VW Vintage Series offset:

They don’t make the Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro any more :(


I used Les Paul, SC-450 and MS-60 into the Revv G3, which went straight into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head. That went from the Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done. Oh, and for the loop part, I used my TC Electronic Ditto Looper.

Here’s some links to those bits of gear:

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H&K Black Spirit 200 head:

Focusrite 4i4 (this is the newer equivalent of my 2i4, which they don’t make any more!):
TC Electronic Ditto Looper:
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Enjoy!

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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Rabid – Ethan Meixsell.

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