Carl Martin: GREG HOWE'S LICK BOX - Dual Drive & Boost

Two excellent Drives, one significantly hotter than the other. Add a 12dB Clean Boost and whammo, you've got a Lick Box, a new dirty smorgasbord offering from Carl Martin and Greg Howe. I love it because it sounds great and is dead-easy to use. The Lick Box is built tough and you can see the knobs and controls from a standing POV on stage. BIG plus for me. If I haven't already said, it sounds great.

Greg Howe is no slouch. He knows what he wants. He may even know what you want. In any case, he's signed his name to this pedal and that's saying something. Check it out for yourself.

Today's tools:

Guitar: Ernie Ball Music Man Albert Lee HH plus Carlton Custom Guitars Broadcaster with Brierley Broadcaster Pickups (stock).
Amp: Carl Martin Custom Shop 50 Combo
Extra effects: N/A
Cables: Goodwood Audio and Providence
Power Supply: Strymon Zuma
Camera: Canon 60D (me) and Nikon D5100 (pedal)
Soundcard: AVID Mbox Pro 3 (for recording) & Fractal Audio Systems Axe-FX II XL+ (mixing and bouncing).
Computer: Apple iMac 27" i7 3.4 GHz 16 GB RAM
Software: Logic Pro X, Waves L3-16 Limiter (to keep levels in check at output), Apple Final Cut Pro X (video editing and Youtube compression).

[bassiclogic]

Thank you for the great video on this pedal! It's the best I have seen on YouTube. Better than Greg Howe's!

[snowwaveterry]

7 channel in total haha, 1) boost only; 2) crunch only ; 3 ) high gain only; 4); hi gain + crunch; 5) Hi gain +boost; 6) Boost + Crunch; 7) all together :) massive tone

[nicholaspetergagg]

Good review ! this very loud pedal has a nice tone that will cut through the mix, I have the DC DRIVE by Carl martin which is really great!

[bengalvin]

HEY BRETT! i love 2 in 1 drive pedals so 3 in 1 can only be better right!

[naiktanish]

What settings would you use on the lick box for the brown sound?

[Lake]

best review i've seen so far for this pedal. let me pose you a question though : would you find this pedal suitable for metal ? and by metal i dont mean metal for kiddies, but metal played in a professional way, at a high volume, where actually you use a little bit less distortion than most would think. thanks!

[joshinthecity]

No mention of price. In the review, or on their website?