TPS AB Comparisons – Friedman BE-OD & JHS Angry Charlie v3

TPS AB Comparisons are short videos that compare two pedals side by side. We play two guitars through two amps to give you an idea of how the pedals sound in a couple of different scenarios. That’s it – nothing complicated and minimal talking!

Pedals In This Episode…

• Friedman BE-OD

• JHS Angry Charlie v3

Amps & guitars in this episode

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[bonestockrotorary]

I have the angry Charlie v2 that was a gift. Every time I let someone play through it, a huge smile comes across their face

[ThelbGorilla]

What? You guys aren't going to waffle for 40 minutes? That is why I watch these.

[YMESYDT]

Love it! And I love the short videos during the week to hold me over till Friday :)

[LessThanThreeMan]

They both sounded really good, but I preferred the angry charlie personally. The BE-OD sounded a bit fizzier to me (may just had more gain now that I think about it). Both definitely good but for different applications. The AC felt more "Marshall" to me. The BE-OD sounded more modern to me.

[benbutterworth]

Perfect to watch whilst having a poo, or as it's now known, an "angry charlie".

[bonestockrotorary]

I have an angry Charlie on my board. It gets as raunchy as you want, but I leave it engaged and roll back the volume. It gets a beautiful clean sound out of it too.

[Tcflohr]

Love the short format videos! A great way to keep up with you guys between your feature length ones. As far as the comparison itself, I literally just went through this dilemma. I went angry Charlie solely for the midrange control and how it sounded with p90s. Absolutely savage. Though it's not quite as tasty with my teles, it gets a bit fizzier.

[Alexander-iqyq]

Mids knob is very important. I was disappointed when I realised the friedman didnt have one, and I think its the sole reason the Angry Charlie is better to me.

[onehotrocker]

Love the bass response of the BE OD. Many gain pedals lack this. The Angry Charlie sounded great, but I lean toward the Friedman pedal because it seemed to have a little more gain capability and heavier bottom end.

[stipeur]

This is a great new format. 2 pedals, 5 min videos, I usually dont have 40min of spare time, althou i could watch your show the whole day!

[rcdubya]

Love the regular format shows, guys, but also absolutely love these shorter format A/B comparisons. Do more...of both....please!!!

[misterguitargeek]

Fantastic. I hope the Charlie isn't lost in the "boutique fog" ... it is such a great pedal

[yjmsrv]

My two cents- I own both the BE-OD and the Angry Charlie- the BE-OD takes you to '80's hair band territory right away- a commenter below mentioned "it sounded like Motley Crue"- totally agree with that- and that's sort of it's problem- it only takes you there. I own 3 Friedman amps and they all clean up BEAUTIFULLY with just the volume on the guitar into plexi territory- but the BE-OD doesn't clean up at all. Even with the trim pot turned down- it's still far more gain saturated then the AC. I like the AC better for it's mid bump (especially live- way more prominent and cuts through the mix) and a funny thing is the AC sounds crazy good in the clean channel of my Friedman Runt 50! Kind of like Andy Timmons does with his Lone Star- I tried it with my Runt and it's amazing! Now I need to try it with my Lone Star- that amp has been getting no love lately with the Friedman's in the house. AT has inspired e to try it again with the AC.

[Schizophrenia]

You guys are crazy, The BE-OD has WAY more stuff you change your sound that they didn't even get into, and all that gain! wow!

[soulisthegoal]

The character of that Angry Charlie made me look up every time you switched to it.

Excellent playing gents.

[fenderjeff]

Very cool addition the TPS video series. Keep these up! I like the short, sweet, AB comparison. Helps a lot!

[freebird]

You guys.... I literally was just thinking of this comparison, checked my Subscriptions list and BOOM. Great minds. Love this show! Keep rocking!

[MikeTaffet]

I managed to snag the Friedman not long ago and love it. Definitely worth tweaking the trim-pot thats inside to fine tune the pedal to your needs. Can get some really great low gain sounds if you turn it down a touch.

[jalapainyo]

Great concept for your show! Quick and straight ahead with no waffling on plus the sum up and critiques- I love it. Keep the a/b comparisons coming. Thanks!

[maxthomas]

I've got the Friedman pedal and it sounds amazing. It's just so satisfying to play. Although having heard the Angry Charlie as well I quite like the sound of that too.