A Beginner's Guide To Guitar Effects Pedals...Effect Types Explained!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- Sam gives us a complete beginners guitar to effects pedals including sound examples and pedal placement tips.
Don't know an Echo from an Octaver? Your Flange from your Big Muff? In this beginner's guide to guitar effects pedal, Sam explains and takes a listen to most of the different "types" of effects, to help you get started on your guitar effects odyssey! This is a complete novices guide to effects pedals including sound examples - so grab a cup of coffee and enjoy!
Skip to each section of this video:
00:00 - Beginners Guide To Guitar Effects Pedals
01:44 - Single Pedals vs Multi Effects
04:00 - Dynamic Effects Explained (Compressor, EQ, Boost & Volume)
08:52 - Pitch Effects Explained (Octavers, Pitch Shifters & Harmonisers)
12:39 - Drive Pedals Explained (Including difference between Overdrive, Distortion & Fuzz)
18:36 - Modulation Effects Explained (Chorus, Flange, Phaser etc)
23:34 - Delays & Echo Pedals Explained
28:42 - Reverb Pedals Explained
33:02 - Wah Pedals Explained
Outro 36:09
For most of the examples in this we're using Landlord FX effects pedals, as they sound great but are very affordable, the perfect starting point for getting into stomp boxes...check out the full range here: www.pmtonline.co.uk/brands/la...
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If you're new to the world of electric guitars and finding the thousands of effects pedals available a little bit daunting or confusing, this beginners guide should hopefully make the different genres of effect types a little easier to understand. Within this video we look at the pros and cons of both individual pedals and multi-fx units, explain signal chains and pedal placement, look at the differences between delays, echo and reverbs and answer questions such as "what is an effects loop?". We hope you find this guide useful, you can try out any of the pedals that Sam's using here for yourself at your local Professional Music Technology.
Leave any pedal based questions in the comments and we'll do our best to answer them!
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This might be the best rundown of pedal types that I've seen on youtube. Lots of great info and examples of all the sounds. Most vids of this type rush through and leave out crucial information or assume we already know. I learned something and it was fun, too!
If you are unaware of JHS he is honest and does a great review. His gear is far from reach for my budget, but the guy has great info on all his competitors and old gear, too.
JStrange13 Welcome to the UK
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it. -Lee
@@PMTVUK I appreciate that you compare the clean and altered sounds. Other guides that I have went to lack the ability to actually hear how the different pedals are affecting your playing.
yess & they put way too much emphasis on the science behind it, like... how the fuck is that useful info for beginners if you aren't even telling us what they SOUND like??
Finally someone acknowledging us guitar noobs
Yup
We all start somewhere :)
@Compass lol heck yeah
its quarantine
I have no money
Online shopping sucks here
And im itching to buy electric guitar and stuff comes with it
@@jasmineeduvas8399 my beginner guitar bundle just got here yesterday, I'm trying to learn all about tones, strings, etc., just so I can play some metal tunes
Man as an ABSOLUTE beginner, this is super helpful, thanks a lot.
have u learned how to play it?
@@riftyetc1268 11 months doesn't make you a Santana. 😄
Can I just use 1 guitar pedal? Can't I just use a long guitar amp cord to connect the Guitar > Pedal > Amp? I just want to have heavy metal "For Today" or "Ghost" sound with 1 pedal. No need for all these dumb pedals.
Same but just for pedals
Same
I feel like I’m watching an animal planet documentary but with guitar pedals as the subject instead.
Just cause hes australian 😂
The lion cub logo doesnt help.
Watching this because my musician boyfriend is building up his pedal board (He uses multi-effects before), and I want to understand, so I would know what to buy for him as a gift. hehe.
UPDATE: I GOT CAUGHT! Lol. I'm still getting notifications from this comment and my bf saw it. -_- But yeah, we watched this together and now I know he needs a reverb. Haha.
Lelay Navarra always depends on the players style, genres he plays and preferences..
lucky guy
What a lucky guy.
GeT a MeTalZoNe (please don’t)
That's thoughtful
11:33 This is a micro Pog moment.
Need a pog pedal design to a micro pog
Just looking those pedals make me feel addicted to them even though I've never touched an electric guitar in my life
Trust me, it's like pokemon when you actually have a guitar. (or a bass 🤫)
As an absolute begginer who has no pedals or even an amp whatsoever, this is probably the best video i've ever watched explaining these pedals, more important than that, showing the difference that they make on the sound. Thank you so much :3
21:02 he tries to do vibrato when using a vibrato pedal. much respect
*madlad*
I'm sure it's just habit, he probably can't help himself XD
18:15 me every day after school for literally no reason, not making myself any better of a guitarist
i feel bad for your parents
As a decades-long classical guitarist, just getting into this area, I am completely ignorant and overwhelmed by the vast array of pedals. Thanks for the video. You've clarified SO much. Well put together and a very good overview of the broad categories and types of pedals. Thanks!
Thanks for watching Graeme! -Lee
Graeme, I'm in the very same boat as you, playing strictly acoustic instruments for years, and missing out.... . This video explains it all very well :)
I feel like I just unlocked a whole world of music-making I didn't understand before after watching this video. With all the different sounds you showed I could recall examples where I heard that effect in songs & movies & it had me like OOooooohhhhh that's where that sound comes from! :D THANK YOU!!
We all knew he was gonna play come as you are with the chorus
what song is that ive heard it before??
@@elicheslock1933 Easiest Nirvana song to learn
just learnt in 35 mins what ive been trying to figure out for months! thank you!
No wonder I can't play guitar. I don't have the right pedals!
Lol! If you don't have the tone in your hands the amp and pedals will only get you so far
@@chrishall5176 tone in my hands?
@@aristidesbenitez8788 yes sir, a large part of what notes sound like when you play is in the way you hold the strings with your fingers, how light or hard you press, where your muting strings or leaving them open, as well as the nuance of your picking style. If you don't develop that you can have the greatest gear ever made and still sound like crap. Vice versa , I have heard some incredible players make low end gear sound like a million bucks. Guitar is a mu h more subtle instrament than most give it credit for
@@chrishall5176 couldn't have said it better myself
@@chrishall5176 I agree. As EVH said many times, its in your hands. As a player since 1975, I can also tell you this. Get you a good guitar with a good neck, and Humbucker and single coil pickups. Get an affordable all tube amplifier. Other than a tuner and a nice reverb pedal (unless the amp has one onboard). leave all these 249,869 pedals out there, forget those for now. Learn to lay the guitar. Learn to play rhythm. Every 14 year old kid wants to be EVH within 2 weeks, and I was once there, but believe me, you need to know timing, volume control, and tone. Learn these things first. It will pay off. Enjoy the guitar.
Just got a marshall half stack, a Hendrix fuzz face and a Hendrix Wah pedal... Now I just need to get Jimis Hands and I'll be good to go.
I really appreciate you using famous guitar riffs when showcasing the pedals. I'm usually not sharp enough to figure out when an artist used a specific effect and this was honestly really helpful. Thank you
Man I know less about music than I thought, because I only recognized about 10% of these riffs.
Ive actually been using a multi-effect pedal for years, and never really understood what everything meant. The way you explain, breakdown, categorise and even demo every single effect is perfect! Clearly and easily explained, been looking for a video like this for ages! thank you!
just noting for myself which took my interest in simplest term in connect order.
In
Wah - wahwahwahwahwah
Drive - LOUD SHOUT
Chorus - ghost plays together
Delay - double clicking twice on window explorer
Reverb - in big church
Out
Y'all just made the best intro to pedals video I've ever seen. Everything is presented simply and accurately. Anybody who needs a rundown on what pedals sound like what and where they go should watch this. Respek.
You got me with the reverb at 31:50🤯
So a compressor pedal instantly makes you sound better. Good to know.
Adam Frisoli Ya right no practice needed. Just buy a compressor pedal. Why didn't I think of that 30 yrs ago. I could of skipped all that damn hard work. L O L
Keith Clark lol u have to be trolling, you cant be that much of a dickhead
@Keith Clark tf💀
Keith Clark wtf why are you so angry 😭😭
@Keith Clark looks like somebody got cheated on...
As someone who is relatively new (been playing a few years now) and has only ever player straight into the amp, this was really useful.
As a newbie to the guitar world and still on my journey to even pick my guitar I found pedals extremely overwhelming. This is by far the best video I have found on you tube that explains to beginners simply what they do. Thank you. 😃🙌
Did you get a guitar?
I almost never comment but that was a great video Sam. You played so many classic licks and made them all sound good using some affordable pedals and an inexpensive amp.
Heavy metal, metalcore, indie, punk, alternative and grunge. My favorite rock genres.
metal isnt rock
im a huge fan of rock music so learning about how those effect pedals work is very interesting to me
Hands down the best pedal tutorial on the internet! Thank you for the time and effort that went into this.
18:15 Every 12 year old guitarist that just bought more then one pedal.
😂😂😂
if you want infinite options, extreme control over the available sounds, and you don't mind a bit of a learning curve, you can get yourself a breadboard and design your own pedals! my friend, Iain builds pedals, he recently build one called instant coffee, funky name, haha
Thx Sam .. St. Louis Missouri, Home of the St. Louis Blues EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.. I’ve played guitar for over fifty years and picked it up again. Too many choices .Bravo ‘ Cheers Mates from Chadwell Heath Essex . I used to have family there.
This is by far one of the best videos explaining what different pedal effects can do. As a new guitar player I found this awesome because he used bits of songs that famously used said pedal, which to me made it a lot easier to understand what the pedal can do! Great stuff! I’ll be referring back to this video many times as I grow my pedal board.
That MXR Reverb pedal oh my God. It sounds like the ocean, beautiful.~
I purchased an MXR and it is quality. I'm not afraid to say I dig my Boss MT2 either though.
I like the SciFi one
in mod mode : Pink Floyd's shine on you crazy diamond right there !
It's pure magic... But the price 😭 will just have to wait
That's what I thought when listening too. I definitely want that sound
Awesome tutorial. I'm not even a guitar player, but rather a hobbyist electronics engineer with a lot of musician friends. Ive been thinking of building a pedal or two for a while, and this gave me all i needed to know about what to look for in terms of components.
this guy talks with pure enthusiasm. tysm for sharing!
Best video EVER in explaining how these pedals work and what to expect from each "type" of pedal. Outstanding!!!
28:05 nailed Subterranean Homesick Alien
He's clearly playing creep you silly
Clearly. And I'm assuming that you are being sarcastic, but just in case.
th-cam.com/video/byN3JDPoJRo/w-d-xo.html
@@jgfunk hahaha yes. I'm a big Radiohead fan
major help and easy explained mate thanks...
You're a natural teacher
This is such a gem of a video. I'm very grateful for your generosity with the examples!
This video is exactly what I needed! Getting started in the stomp box/effects game can be quite overwhelming. Thank you for posting this video.
AWESOME! Everything you wanna hear and learn its all here. Clear, crisp, no BS half an hour of knowing the ifs and buts of guitar pedals.
What a brilliant perfect and spot on vid man, WELL put together, love how you put the lil demos in too, makes such sense, thank you so much!💯💥😃👍
This is one of the best TH-cam videos I've ever watched. Thank you, I learned a lot.
By Far the best video I found about pedals, such a great and clean job! Thank you very much!!!
31:32 oh my god 😍
Ya I love that one tooooo
Does anyone know the name of that song? Sounds so beautiful!
I've been playing guitars for a decade now, I play in a basement rock band, I've got boost, overdrive, volume and tuner pedals as well as an octaver, I've been fiddling with amp knobs for years, and yet I realize what an utter noob I am. I appreciate these videos so much. They're great quality, the best type of commercial you can imagine. If it wasn't for budget reasons, I'd go on a shopping spree and get me a wah-wah, delay, reverb, phaser and probably an infinity of other tiny gizmos I can't properly use because I can't play, lol.
For real, I love this. Sam's presentation is ultra-chill and professional. Love the magician hands. Looks like he's gonna transform a pedal into a bouquet of flowers any second now. :D
Thank you so much for this video! As a beginner, it's overwhelming to see all the different colours, shapes, and brands of pedals. Now I know where to start.
Thank You. Very informative & now I understand what easily of which would have taken years to figure out solo. Now I have an idea of what I want when I am looking at purchasing pedals. Thank you again.
Without a doubt the best guitar pedal tutorial I've ever seen. Came into this with a pretty significant knowledge of pedals, but felt I would go from the ground up to kind of fill in the cracks, and this video did a perfect job of helping with that and I learned a few things, great work and thank you :)
What an awesome video. No bs, no advertising just straight to the point useful information. I wish every guide video followed this formula
Thanks for sharing your knowledge of pedals I am truly a beginner at guitar and I am trying to get right sound to give my lyrics something strong sounding but I know nothing about pedals that’s why watching this gave me something to look into thanks
I actually found this really cool because I own about 8 of the pedals you showed in this video. It also helps me better understand how to use them more effectively!
This video is fantastic!! I wish I had discovered this when I first started playing. Pedals and amps seem so overwhelming at the start.
Exactly,I'm thinking of going to guitar shop to get them hopefully next time so they can help me pick
chloe Rox's Thats great! All the guys at guitar shops I’ve been too have been surprisingly nice and helpful!
very likeable guy, very gentle and on point. I saw 37 mins initially and almost clicked away. Gave it a go and after 5 minutes, 37 minutes went by. I didn't lose focus for a minute. You sir are great :) thank you
Extremely insightful and helpful . Thank you. Many of these types of vids on TH-cam don’t really explain or breakdown these pedals and their order. You guys did just that though so thanks again!
You have my thanks, sir. As a total noob in terms of electric guitars I finally got a basic understanding of what is what with all those pedals.
I knew you were a Frusciante fan when I heard you play a few notes of the “Hey” solo in the beginning. You totally confirmed it with “Soul to Squeeze.” I love this video ten times more now. lol
Great video. Demystifies the process of building a pedal board. In looking forward to following this video when I get my pedal board this Christmas
I have a multieffect and I don't really have a basic idea how to get the right tones for the songs I want to play. This really help a lot on how I can arrange the individual stompbox and which to use. Thanks for making this video!
Recently got a boss reverb . As I look at the order of the pedals, I have the order right. Pretty happy about that.
Great video guide. Thanks really informative.
i love how he combines all the distortion together starting from 21:20!
One of the most educational videos I've seen on the topic. Thank you!
A Beginner's advice: Know your style that you like to play. Research some of your favorite artists and find out what they use. Can't afford the real thing? Lots and lots of pedals under $100. Finally, use the tone knobs on your guitar and your Amp EQ. No need to break the bank on pedals.
I really like grungy music, I'm planning on getting a drive pedal but I'm confused whether I should be getting a distortion, fuzz, or overdrive. The artists that I really like are Muse, Nirvana, The Killers, and Kevin Macload.. any suggestions?
I really like grungy music, I'm planning on getting a drive pedal but I'm confused whether I should be getting a distortion, fuzz, or overdrive. The artists that I really like are Muse, Nirvana, The Killers, and Kevin Sherwood.. any suggestions?
@@raflystiansahlatif5293 you will probably want a distortion pedal. I would recommend an overdrive/ distortion pedal such as the earth quaker devices palisades but a single pedal such as the earthquaker devices dunes or mooer regal tone preamp pedal
This is great. I’m not a guitar player, so I’ve been unsure how to use them. I’m looking to try them with some of the instruments I play.
Thanks so much for using recognizable songs that use those effects. It helped me understand how and why they are used a lot better than just playing random riffs.
Wow. Thank you so much for this video. It clarified me a lot of which pedals I should experiment. Also, you gave me some guidance of which sound I'd like get.
I recently bought a DS-1 after years of disliking them. Turns out, if you use it as a pre-amp in the FX loop of your amp, it sounds reeeeaaaally good.
Very helpful video, thank you!
So grateful for the efforts put into this video.
Awesome video! Explained everything I wanted to know about pedals very clearly!
Loved this video. A wealth of knowledge. Thank you.
HELPED ME A LOT
This is great. I appreciate the examples for clarity, but even better for me, you've sorted the vocabulary for me so I know how to ask for what I want!
BEST guide i've seen. Great work buddy. Really helps alot.
Dude don’t diss the bass players
Peace and love from Bristol England
Hahaha "sac your bass player"
That was great!
Jah Mark fuck bassists
Bassists are jellys
@@stornkle765 fuck you
Always diss bass players
really great video! i've learn alot thank to you ! i need a muff now...
I need muff also 😃
We all need muff
Great video... very helpful explanation of the different effects and sounds, and fantastic playing in different styles to match the tones! Very inspirational!
I've just watched 3 of your videos and each has addressed issues that i feel would have transformed my playing as a youth. I always felt like I could never achieve the sound I was looking for and hearing in my head during song writing. Ultimately this led to stagnation and eventually I just lost interest. I now have a new passion to start playing again . I don't subscribe to many people but i just did. Thank you for these very informative, concise videos.
It kind of feel like I'm watching a very specific type of porn. When he played that MXR Reverb pedal, I almost fell out!
thanks a lot what a great video
Thanks Sam, love your presentation style and easy explanation of pedal type. Great little performances really make this easy to understand 👍
EXCELLENT PRESENTATION ON THE EFFECTS AND THEIR POSITIONING IN THE CHAIN OF EFFECTS FROM GUITAR TO AMP. EVERYTHING YOU SAID MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
Thank you for using Killing in the name for the digitech whammy
And for playing Freedom 16:10 hahaha
Been learning guitar on a Telecaster / Mustang 2 combo for a little over a year. The presets are "enough" to imitate some popular tones on songs, but I'm starting to get picky. This video helped a ton for what I want to prioritize trying out for rock/blues solos and rhythm.
My GF bought me what will be my first pedal for my upcoming birthday... the suspense is killing me because I don't want to buy the same pedal on a whim. ( I saw the amazon box with the battery warning but I'm trying to act like I don't know what it was! )
How was it?
What did it turn out to be?
@@raoulduke344 lol it was an A/B unit for splitting signal
@@slipbiz2483 see other reply
thank you so much for take part of your time to share with us this important info. I have learned a lot with this video
Totally fab intro to the world of guitar pedals! So helpful 😊❤
Absolutely wonderful explaination. Thank you. I can't wait to become a pedal junkie.
I have to warn you about this addiction... I started off just want one type of each eg:- overdrive, distortion, reverb, chorus etc...
Now I have over 120 pedals and I still want more MORE !!!! At least it's an addiction that keeps on giving.. LOL !
Scotty D Dang I thought I was bad at about 35. All my friends tease me "Goin on EBay pedal shopping". Gotta watch that G A S ! Gear Acquisition Syndrome -for the rookies. Only have 13 on my board but elect outs for a total of 16 and a tap tempo. Addicted. Need help.
Scotty D Lol, can I have some?! I have 0 ;(
Hence the name wahwah
*wawawawawawawawawa*
The wah pedal is my personal favourite.
Wahlooigi
That’s why the cry baby wah is called crybaby. Waaaaahhh
34:05
- Kirk Hammett
Outstanding. Sam always does a superb job of explaining things. Well done, Sam. Thanks a lot.
This is *exactly* the video I needed to figure out where to start. Thank you!
i use a boss blues drive with the gain and tone all the way with my amp’s gain on and it’s perfect for playing grunge, hard rock, and metal.
I don’t want a name what about blues
...
SHAKE THAT GUITAR! 😂😂
Enjoyed the vid. Thank you!
probably the best most helpful guide i have seen. thank you sam.
FANTASTIC!! Complete and thorough! Couln't be better. Thank You
I came to find out stuff about distortion pedals. (For heavy stuff :D )
I can‘t stop looking at that blue guitar hanging on the right.. does anyone know what it is ?
Thank you. This was very helpful, especially with how thorough it was
I love this guys tone, ascent, how he words this, this was really really helpful
I've been wanting to get an electric guitar for the longest time, but I'm only 15 and too broke to buy one... 😂😂😂
This makes me want one even more
There are some really great cheap guitars like the squire bullet mustang if you are willing to save up and try to earn some money
Squier fender strat very cheap very good