Testing 5 incredible custom Valiant Guitars + Lichtlaerm Audio's 3 best new pedals with Leigh Fuge!

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Today I’m joined by Welsh guitar heartthrob Leigh Fuge to get an introduction to some rather delightful Valiant Guitars and Lichtlaerm Audio pedals!

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Valiant Guitars:
Lichtlaerm Audio:
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We’re in boutique territory here, that’s for sure. Valiant’s instruments are painstakingly crafted in Ukraine, while Lichtlaerm Audio pedals are handmade by a small team in the heart of Berlin, Germany – and with both brands preset at 42 Gear Street Six, this was the perfect chance for Leigh and me to try them out in person!

Leigh, being much more familiar with Valiant Guitars than me, was able to give me plenty of info about the different models we tried: the Mercury, Smith, Jupiter, and Soothsayer. Leigh himself is the custodian of a custom Valiant Jupiter in a stunning finish that’s named after him: Purple Welsh Paisley.

The Jupiter is a wonderful offset of a guitar, with many custom options available: we try Jupiters with double humbuckers and HSS pickup configurations here, but you can order every Valiant exactly how you want it.

The newest Valiant on show here is the Mercury. This HSS offset Strat-type beast really reminds me of a Kurt Cobain Fender Jaguar, and it’s perfect for dirty alt-rock and grunge tones. Leigh also showed me the PRS McCarty-inspired Valiant Smith, which really brings something new to the single cutaway, double humbucker game.

The most extraordinary guitar we saw all weekend, though, was the scalloped fret Valiant Soothsayer! This is really a Super Strat shredder lover’s dream of a guitar, and it’s far less intimidating of a guitar than I initially thought.

Powering the tones we had the new Orange Orianthi signature amp, the Oriverb, and for various flavors of dirt and ambience we plugged into a trio of Lichtlaerm pedals: the Aquaria overdrive, the Altar fuzz, and the Untiefe reverb.

All fantastically versatile and high quality pedals, the Lichtlaerms bring their own flavors to some of the most classic circuits in guitar tone history. The Aquaria, for example, is loosely based on the Klon Centaur – but with loads more on offer under the hood.

The Altar, meanwhile, is billed as a “doom/sludge fuzz” and loosely takes its inspiration from the EHX Black Russian Big Muff – but again, with way more options, tone tweaking and filth on offer!

Finally, the Untiefe (which means “Shallow”) is a HUGE sounding ambient reverb with a smorgasbord of modulation and tone sculpting settings. We could probably make an entire video about each of the pedals we showed here… and hopefully one day we will!

Enjoy Leigh and me exploring the guitars and pedals, then, and let me know which your favorites were in the comments! I can try and get some of them in to do more dedicated videos in future.

Here are some links to the various parts of the video:

00:00 Hello and what we’re doing today
01:00 Orange Orianthi amp info
02:27 Leigh introduces us to Valiant Guitars
04:08 Valiant Mercury and Smith
06:51 The Lichtlaerm pedals: Aquaria, Altar, Untiefe
07:34 Valiant Smith clean tones
09:25 Testing the Untiefe’s decay length
11:31 Smith drive tones with the Aquaria
14:42 Smith fuzz tones with the Altar
16:19 Valiant Mercury HSS pickup options
18:50 Mercury clean tones
22:08 Mercury drive tones with the Aquaria
24:08 Mercury fuzz tones with the Altar
25:43 Valiant Jupiter P90
26:59 Jupiter clean tones
28:06 Jupiter drive tones with the Aquaria
30:47 Valiant Soothsayer with scalloped frets!
31:46 Why get a guitar with scalloped frets?
32:55 Some clean playing
34:48 Overdriven tones
35:59 Leigh feeling at home with the scalloped frets
38:43 Valiant Jupiter HH
39:52 Would Leigh go for HH or HSS for gigs?
40:27 Is a signature scalloped Soothsayer for Leigh in the works?!
42:23 Lichtlaerm Untiefe reverb tones
45:15 Final thoughts and goodbye

Sub to Leigh here:

Enjoy!

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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.

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