"You're overthinking this" he says... to an audience who happily tunes in every Friday for an hour (or more!) of discussion about the nuances of guitars, pedals, amps, and associated philosophical musings.
My wife explained to about 12 women at her book club that I watch a weekly hour plus long TH-cam channel that talks about guitar pedals. WHY???? and *confused* we're pretty much the reactions.
@@BrockBarr I mean my wife watches some shit on youtube that causes the same kind of reactions. People putting on their makeup while talking about true crime serial killer shit, tarot card readings, general vlogs, beauty gurus etc. Like, I don't get it.
@@BrockBarr My non-playing wife loves watching TPS, Leon Todd, Rabea...she doesn't understand the terminology but she loves the passion and the playing!
“…little switcher…” Dan…just say ‘Quartermaster’. We know you make it. We know you don’t want to shove The GigRig down our throats. We also know your stuff is excellent and we like you so we don’t mind!
At 6 minutes or so " a couple of centimeters here or there can make a massive difference " I must've said to my wife a thousand times, maybe one day she'll agree ,play on
@@ThatPedalShow No, thank you guys. This is hands down the best guitar gear show not just on youtube but probably in all of gear show history. The fact you guys also reply to comments really makes this feel like a community. You guys are great and doing a fantastic job. I should probably get me one of those D&M drives and another tshirt. I haven’t been giving back as much as I should.
@@zeroamplification you’d be amazed at how many people think I’m some sort of misogynist. It’s like I’m living the scene in real life almost daily haha
I’m driving from Texas to Tennessee, through the night while the family sleeps, & this video has kept me company for the last hour and a half. It’s been the most enjoyable driving experience I’ve had in so long to just listen to this over the car speakers. Would’ve liked to watch, but that’s not exactly the safest thing ever. Pit stops over & time to get back in the road. Thanks for keeping me company tonight!
What impresses me the most is the pristine overdrive to the most angry, meaty fuzz can be had from 2 transistors, 4 resistors and 3 capacitors! All hail the Fuzz Face!
Thoroughly enjoyed this one chaps and really impressed with the mature, self aware decision making at the conclusion. Really hope you enjoy your gig Mick - sounds incredible from here
A couple months back I picked up a used D&M Drive and love it. It's become the main overdrive I use on my board, it's really that good, yet it was only today I found out D&M drive stands for Dan and Mick so I had to find your channel and tell you that you guys did an amazing job with that pedal! It's really one of the best I've ever come across.
At 25:50 where Mick asks: “What are you hearing?” Me: “A great guitar player who could probably just plug into a shoe and sound good.” Love this video guys! I’ve always really enjoyed having to make a small board for sit-in gigs. There’s an argument in there somewhere for it pushing you as a player in my opinion!
I think fans of TPS, of which I am a massive one, will agree that this type of show is the essence of the reason we tune in every week. Love you guys. I would love to see Dan take the same challenge with the Tele and maybe another show with something with P90s, as the focus. Selfishly, could you suggest some more budget friendly options that could approach what you achieved? My personal favorite today was the Fuzzface and the delay, but needless to say, there was nothing wrong with the other combinations.
Thanks lads. Loved two aspects particularly: "the Stevie setup doesn't encourage my creativity" and "I won't have time to think like that during a gig". Gold.
Not that my opinion is relevant at all, but the most emotional moment of the show for me was fuzz face into delay. A couple of weeks ago I was playing with a friend with tele into fuzz face into powerboost into echoplex and those 3 pedals provided a million sounds and everything in between via the guitar's volume knob, up to the point I am thinking of selling my drives. The more I grow up the more I lean towards those "early" sounds, which to me are the most liberating as they give the greatest ability to shape/change the sound according to the mood of the day.
What a terrible, wonderful dilemma! Having such depth of gear and knowledge, that deciding on two pedals for two songs allows us to share an hour and a half geeking out in a manner that most wouldn’t understand! Thanks for sharing, Dan and Mick!
Another great video. I am not much of a pedal guy, and I have to say that when you first plug into your amps and start playing without any pedals, the tones you guys get are awesome, all on their own. There is something about the warmth of a tube amp that goes straight to your heart.
Guys, thanks for your show. I've learned so, so, sooo much about guitars and gear in general via your channel. Since I've first heard "Roads" by amazing Portishead, I was fascinated with guitar pedals. Before that I was Boss Metalzone into clean Vox amp, no delay, no reverb kinda guy, playing in metal bands. One song and my whole life changed forever. It was almost 15 years ago, and I'm still finding something insightful in your videos every time i watch one. After spending so much time experimenting with boutique reverbs, delays and all this wonderful ambient weirdness, I really enjoy watching you play with different overdrives. Just classic electric guitar tone, which made us all pick up an instrument in a first place. Sweet, sweet, sweet.
really informative, love that you paid so much attention to the interactivity between the amp and the pedals. Years ago when you bought KLONS direct from bill finnegan, he always asked what amp you were going to use it with, some people on the forums used to mock him for that... However he was right if you have an amp with large swathes of character and you marry it with a pedal that has similar character it just wont gel. The two rock is such a beautiful amp, but its fast in its attack, its why i struggle to play mine if I'm not in the mood..a soft TS style drive or a compressor compliments it nicely and allows me to get away with the ever constant fumbling whilst playing. thanks for this episode, twas fun!!
End of VCQ: "It'll be a short video this week." Stream ends, Dan looks at Mick, Mick looks at Dan. Dan raises little finger to side of mouth, "mwuhahahahahahaaaa!!" Mick in his best Ian McDiarmid impression: "Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen."
Tape echo / tap tempo , options of slap/dotted and 1/4 note.. has to be the Volante, I also had you choosing the Gladio or Broadcast into the TS .. I was so wrong
One of the best shows this year. It’s what we all do. There is no right or wrong, it is subjective and comes down feel. It was cool to see your thought process. And the show was about pedals!
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So much wisdom shared on this video. And yes, the work and preparation we dive in BEFORE makes all the difference for us to feel comfortable and at home when we’re actually using the gear. Love you, guys! 🤘🏻🖤
I always complain about the short shows so I wanted to make and THANK YOU! For a proper length show. The difference is today felt like the old TPS. No rush, no hurry. You took time to explore different sounds and not just plug, play and move on. GREAT SHOW!!
I’m sure someone has suggested it, but I would love a follow up Vlog of this with Portions of Mick in sound check, and then some type of live sound capture from the show, whether that’s Dan in the audience, or routing audio off to a zoom with some video from the side of the stage. It would be great to hear and see how this turns out. And then finally some after thoughts on what it was like to be back on stage again, and Overall thoughts on how the rig worked out. I know that’s a huge ask, but would be a lovely conclusion to this. Cheers, and thank you as always for the hard work and great content.
As it turns out - pretty damn hard! Actually, lately I've stopped indulging myself when building boards, and try to make them more focused. I'd rather have 4 focused boards with just a few pedals, than a HUGE one that does EVRYETHING. Which is another form of indulgence I guess, but it's the method I prefer. It also forces me to change stuff around constantly, which is great for creativity and not getting stuck in a rut. Having fewer options usually sparks creativity and makes for a way better end result, at least in my experience. We often forget what this gear is all for: to serve the song and the music.
I can do a (bare minimum) gig with a Boss DD-500 = (any delay sound you could ever want) and my Barber Gain Changer = (gorgeous edge of breakup to classic rock) Strat, Princeton Amp. Always enjoy: Behind the Scenes footage.
Greate video, because there is a lot of content that we musicians can related to, especially for us less experienced with our equipment. The behind-the-scenes view was great, helps us (me) that want to do our own recordings, even though there are hundreds or more videos for this. For us that watch you guys all the time, beyond thankful.
I just watched this one today (11 months late) and love it for the same reason you mentioned. These guys are great and know all too well the task of trying to match the pedals for the guest appearance to a friend's band. It's easy to overthink it and thought was the case here but the variable I hadn't considered was the two-rock amp. I do not like tube screamers but this was such a case where the mids of one worked well. Then there is the case of being "that Strat guy" who is another SRV wannabe. Great video!
Great episode! Cool to see how emotionally engaged Mick is - as you can tell from the red color in his face towards the end. As a follow-up, here‘s two things I‘d like to see next: 1. Please let us have a detailed review of the show. Would love to hear whether or not all the thoughts that went into selecting the pedals payed off as expected. 2. I‘d really love to see your in-depth review of the G-Town Dualdrive Holygrail. It is such an incredible versatile and great sounding pedal, and I sense you‘ve only scratched the surface: You plugged it in, it sounded great, no matter what settings you chose. But I could see that you had no idea of how to tweak it to your liking. I‘d recommend checking out the clipping mode switches and the difference of powering this with either 9V or 18V. This opens up so many tonal options. That said, the pedal spoke for it self: It was the one that you seem to have the least experience with - and within few notes it was instant love! With the pedals you know well, you did far more of tweaking and rationalizing - only to find out the HolyGrail is it….
Coincidentally, today’s choice of pot noodle was a difficult one. I eventually went with a “Fusions Chilli Chicken” In other news… my delay pedal is the effect I switch the most regularly, which I always thought was weird. You’d think that as it fundamentally just adds repeats of your tone they wouldn’t vary that much, but they do and affect “feel” in a big way.
I tend tp leave my elcapistan on and use the "favorite" switch for a set solo delay sound. I programmed a boost and a hint of reverb built in to the pedals "hidden" functions😁
Nordvang Triple Gain. Just being released, hard to get, pricey (but not expensive I think), yet it is 3 of the best drives pedals ever in 1 enclosure, done the right way.
What I saw in this episode was 2 friends *spending time* together *playing* with their toys and having fun. That’s a kind of magic that children know so well and makes a lot of adults uncomfortable. I think that’s where a lot of comments about “overthinking” and “too much time on your hands” come from. That could not be farther from the truth for me. Spending time playing with the gear you have vs. always cruising reverb and gear demos coveting a new consumption choice seems like a good thing to me. Tweaking and playing with gear clearly makes you happy, so spending time doing that is so fun to watch. I hope you guys can find more time to play (play with toys, play music, laugh and have fun) even more in the future. It’s been a source of joy in my life.
Could you guys do a “Five Watt World” go using a Fender Champ and maybe one or two pedals? I’m thinking like a reverb and an overdrive. Seem like fun? Run the Tele, the Strat and a Lester into it. How much can you do with something so very simple?
you`ll never need another Strat mick, its dead right, looks ,tone ,, its you! just as Dan`s tele brings out his Jekyll & Hyde character, great show again chaps, hope we get to hear the performance.👍
Putting some time, effort and thought into it is showing respect for the gig and the blues. I call it professionalism and work ethic, definitely not over thinking it.
This is super timely for me as I’m starting to book gigs again. My Novo Serus J and my Two Rock Traditional Clean, and my Fulltone Tube Tape Echo are givens but I’m really trying to settle in on a drive and go sans pedalboard - just one pedal on the floor. Really considering just using my Sunface and my volume pot!
I appreciate that your signature pedal still has to win a spot on your pedal board, so many artists use their signature gear regardless if it is the best fit for the application they are using it for. For me Keeley makes the best drive pedals, modded or original. My board's drive section is a red dirt, filaments, fuzz bender, and aria. Red dirt main overdrive, I use the drive in the Aria as a boost, fuzz for fuzz, and filaments as my higher gain option, but I do have a Triple Crown, so I have two additional drive options on the amp also.
29:34 ear-wormed me, MIck. You went all "I want one mid-humpy..." and my brain replied, "two mid-humpy, three mid-humpy, four! Five mid-humpy, six-mid-humpy, seven humpy MORE!" This is what you're putting out into the universe, mister. I hope you're happy.😂
This video is great showcase, that certain (normal/budget) gear can get you 90-95% there, but its the last 5-10% missing, that gets you going and forget, that there is any gear and just play and be supee happy.
Number of times aspirational adjectives like "smooth" and "soft" were invoked: I lost count. Number of times THE *TONE KNOB* was utilized: ... ? ;) I did really enjoy this, don't get me wrong, but as a long-time Strat devotee myself, I'll never understand why so many people complain about "harsh" ("brittle," etc.) frequencies as if there's no way to address this, y'know, on the guitar itself lol Actually makes me want to go back and re-watch your video on impedance, come to think of it. Anyway, thanks always for posting, gentlemen!
Very good point. I only really stumbled upon the volume and tone knobs myself in the last few years, and since then k don’t think I ever have the tone on 10 for a strat, tele or LP bridge pup. My favourite sound on a LP (or mine anyway), is bridge pickup on vol 8, tone 6, and neck pickup on vol 4, tone 10. All give or take a notch.
I guess I don’t talk about them because I just use them intuitively, all the time. However… the big deal about the tone pots on the guitar is that not only are we adjusting a different range of frequencies than the treble and presence pots on the amp, the more significant point is about adjusting EQ pre and post gain. So taming back the guitar ends up driving OD through the trebles of the pedal and amp differently. There are some epic sounds in that for sure, but that all-out full up is //the// Strat sound for me. I’ll use the tone pots to tame back some rhythm parts maybe, and for specific stuff here and there, but taking away the top end pre gain for me anyway, also kills a lot of the excitement and touch sensitive stuff. Doing it in the pedal and/or amp is a different result. Cheers!
@@ThatPedalShow I get that it’s a different result (technically), but in a scenario like this which is kind of all about compromise, I would’ve just thought like a 2% change on a pot could’ve solved some of the problems well enough to have them solved… well enough 🤷🏼♂️😄 Maybe more future episodes on how to work within pretty strict limitations(?) I know there’ve been quite a few on that *general* theme, but I feel like there are so many good lessons to learn from limitations that it’s a theme probably worth continued exploration. Regardless, again, thanks for all the great work! (Not trying to troll! lol)
@@ThatPedalShow - naturally :D I'm only 15 minutes in (heh...), but...whenever I've been asked to play a gig, I've made the assumption that they want me to sound like "me in a normal show" - ergo, I just take my standard gear that they'd have heard before and don't think any harder than that. Did you consider that, or was it a "This is a great excuse to play with loads of pedals and get some content into the bargain" thing?
@@Toniitony - that's precisely the point of my question. Or were you referring to the original comment? In which case, did you miss the bit where it was a joke, and that's how the guys took it?
Was surprised to see the Protein didn't make the cut. It's been my favorite pedal for low/medium gain blues and rock sounds for a while now. It has a much rounder, more natural sound than other dual ODs for me. Either way, hope the gig works out well
I’ve tried dozens of overdrive pedals and the protein (blue side mostly) absolutely nails it for me. Also consider im mostly a Les Paul player, so a lot of OD pedals don’t react well (too much fizzy or mud, hard to get edge of breakup tone)… the protein handles it with perfection.
I've paused the video at 3:20 with the main reason being - I think this might be THE perfect TPS episode. Conceptually ticking all the boxes for me - a great idea, thank you,
My personal style and tastes typically lean toward Mick’s strats and blues tones, but Dan+Red+TwoRock was a special sound. Let’s mix in some more of that!
I thought the Dualist sounded MUCH better than the Dualdrive. Nothing compared to the TS808 into the Klon. Something tells me that is what you actually took with you to the gig. ;-)
these were glorious tones in this episode - what a joy to watch 👍🏻 I'd really really love to have the chance to watch or listen to Mick's upcoming gig together with Neville and band.
This video was for me the best I’ve seen. On a common setup (which is what you did) ppl can make up their own mind on what is good for them. Very cool. More of this would be interesting on different setup suggestions
On original Dumble amps there's a FET (NTE 452) bias trimmer which can make a significant difference (just like bias in a transistor based fuzz or drive pedal) in the quality and tone of the clipping it creates. I'd be curious if the two-rock has the same (would assume yes it does) and if so a tech with proper scope can adjust it for something you may like even better than how it is now.
I love Mick’s ‘American Rocker’ accent. “Just drink some beer and get a Marshall and turn it up, man”. Gold! BTW, I am an American, just to be clear. I love it!
Great video thanks. Hope, Mick, the gig went well. And a good reminder of the benefits of getting out playing out there, or just having a live jam with friends. It brings energy purpose, and some nerves that helps improvements and also gives some creativity and growth. Great sounds too.
4:32 … I’ve just bought a stool like that from B&Q… Yup, that and TPS T-shirt are the only pieces of gear we have in common! Love you guys! Keep on, keeping’ on!
loved the deep dive into the tones your looking for, even if it is only for two songs+ possible encores and added jams... great tones guys. On another note, love to see a deep dive into Mike Dawson's finger style pedal board. Great work guys....
Cheers guys! Much appreciated. Hold that tap on clockwork down for 2 seconds and it will default to a Scotty Moore slap. You will have to adjust the repeats manually
It’s funny, listening to this, (all the episodes over time) while working around the house, I find myself responding and talking to you, as though you could hear me, ha ha. For me, and I am of your era :-)… But for me, when you put the fuzz on, it was, my favorite choice because it made you work a little to get the phrases and the notes out. You both tend to, we all tend to allow for more bloom in the notes, more space for the statements in scenarios like that. When it’s easy and “home,” like the SRV thing for you… It’s just a flurry of the same ole’ runs and licks, but when you played through the fuzz, you were a bit more present, to me, anyway. As always, I appreciate what you all do! Cheers from Seattle…
I started watching this whilst travelling from South Wales, back to Cambridge. Given the safety implications, I neglected to comment at the outset. Hand on heart I thought Gladio and the new version of the Memory Man. I seek no praise, and raise it only to point out that of the 1b hours watched, I may or may not have been responsible for more than my quota based on dividing that number by the number of subscribers. I believe the kids recently went through a 'sorry not sorry' phase. I feel relatively comfortable there.
Thick overdrive tends to make everyone sound the same, because at a certain point the nuances of the player's technique and emotion are subsumed by gain or obliterated by distortion. It's like lathering your chips with grease - the slime conceals the flavour. Adding more melody and emotion with gain that doesn't lose itself in thickness would, IMO, be the 'mature' thing to do. Trying the Fuzz Face was brilliant - a reminder that for all the expensive technology it is still possible to sound great on a 60s stomp box. A insightful episode. When I order a pedal - likely two, a delay and overdrive - I will 'pop in' to your shop.
One of the most interesting episodes I've seen. This is the struggle of most guitar players. Finding what works for your style and rig with so many amazing options to choose from. It truly is the golden age of electric guitar gear.
This was immensely informative and entertaining. Would love to see more episode in this format featuring gigging guest musicians or session guitarists.
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"You're overthinking this" he says... to an audience who happily tunes in every Friday for an hour (or more!) of discussion about the nuances of guitars, pedals, amps, and associated philosophical musings.
My wife explained to about 12 women at her book club that I watch a weekly hour plus long TH-cam channel that talks about guitar pedals. WHY???? and *confused* we're pretty much the reactions.
@@BrockBarr I mean my wife watches some shit on youtube that causes the same kind of reactions. People putting on their makeup while talking about true crime serial killer shit, tarot card readings, general vlogs, beauty gurus etc. Like, I don't get it.
@@Eliphas_Elric 'zactly
@@BrockBarr My non-playing wife loves watching TPS, Leon Todd, Rabea...she doesn't understand the terminology but she loves the passion and the playing!
Brilliant.
“…little switcher…” Dan…just say ‘Quartermaster’. We know you make it. We know you don’t want to shove The GigRig down our throats. We also know your stuff is excellent and we like you so we don’t mind!
Cheers mate 🙏
Hell yes. Bang on comment. Dan, please be more proud of GigRig. We love what you do. We want nothing but huge success for you.
Love my quartermaster!
@@Thatbobguy8 me too - I love your quartermaster too …
An hour and a half to pick two pedals…. Incredible. It’s taken me 3 years and I’m still undecided.
Awesome Comment!!
This one deserves a T SHIRT!
Would be able to do it in an hour and a half if we didn’t have to wait for one to sell before trying the next haha
I would spend maybe 5 minutes deciding, BOSS or TC Electronic :P
Absolute truth
1 year later, I think I finally got it right: Hermida Zen Drive -> SA Collider = DONE 🤟😎🍻💯🔥🔥🔥
I love how Mick is giving the "Just get a Marshall and turn it up!" guy an American accent!
Mick seems very american to me. Like intellectual midwestern.
That’s the first thing I thought too! Classic!!😂😂😂
At 6 minutes or so " a couple of centimeters here or there can make a massive difference " I must've said to my wife a thousand times, maybe one day she'll agree ,play on
Bwahahahahahhahaah
Doesn’t matter if it’s 7cm if you got 120 kilos pushing it in is what I say.
The behind the scenes tour was pretty awesome. I love seeing little details like that.
Thank you! We get asked from time to time so I thought it was about time!
@@ThatPedalShow No, thank you guys. This is hands down the best guitar gear show not just on youtube but probably in all of gear show history. The fact you guys also reply to comments really makes this feel like a community. You guys are great and doing a fantastic job. I should probably get me one of those D&M drives and another tshirt. I haven’t been giving back as much as I should.
Amazing name and pic 👏🏻
@@zeroamplification you’d be amazed at how many people think I’m some sort of misogynist. It’s like I’m living the scene in real life almost daily haha
She should be forced to smell the glove.
I’m driving from Texas to Tennessee, through the night while the family sleeps, & this video has kept me company for the last hour and a half. It’s been the most enjoyable driving experience I’ve had in so long to just listen to this over the car speakers. Would’ve liked to watch, but that’s not exactly the safest thing ever. Pit stops over & time to get back in the road. Thanks for keeping me company tonight!
What impresses me the most is the pristine overdrive to the most angry, meaty fuzz can be had from 2 transistors, 4 resistors and 3 capacitors! All hail the Fuzz Face!
Thoroughly enjoyed this one chaps and really impressed with the mature, self aware decision making at the conclusion. Really hope you enjoy your gig Mick - sounds incredible from here
Thank you kindly!
A couple months back I picked up a used D&M Drive and love it. It's become the main overdrive I use on my board, it's really that good, yet it was only today I found out D&M drive stands for Dan and Mick so I had to find your channel and tell you that you guys did an amazing job with that pedal! It's really one of the best I've ever come across.
Ah, thanks so much 🤓🙏
I whole heartedly agree! I bought one about a month after they were released and it has not left my board since!
At 25:50 where Mick asks: “What are you hearing?”
Me: “A great guitar player who could probably just plug into a shoe and sound good.”
Love this video guys! I’ve always really enjoyed having to make a small board for sit-in gigs. There’s an argument in there somewhere for it pushing you as a player in my opinion!
I think fans of TPS, of which I am a massive one, will agree that this type of show is the essence of the reason we tune in every week. Love you guys. I would love to see Dan take the same challenge with the Tele and maybe another show with something with P90s, as the focus. Selfishly, could you suggest some more budget friendly options that could approach what you achieved? My personal favorite today was the Fuzzface and the delay, but needless to say, there was nothing wrong with the other combinations.
“Drink some beer! Get a Marshall turn it up!” Words to live by
Amen
Thanks lads. Loved two aspects particularly: "the Stevie setup doesn't encourage my creativity" and "I won't have time to think like that during a gig". Gold.
Not that my opinion is relevant at all, but the most emotional moment of the show for me was fuzz face into delay. A couple of weeks ago I was playing with a friend with tele into fuzz face into powerboost into echoplex and those 3 pedals provided a million sounds and everything in between via the guitar's volume knob, up to the point I am thinking of selling my drives. The more I grow up the more I lean towards those "early" sounds, which to me are the most liberating as they give the greatest ability to shape/change the sound according to the mood of the day.
Yeah man! Agreed here - of course your opinion is relevant, thank you!
What a terrible, wonderful dilemma! Having such depth of gear and knowledge, that deciding on two pedals for two songs allows us to share an hour and a half geeking out in a manner that most wouldn’t understand! Thanks for sharing, Dan and Mick!
Don't apologize - this is fascinating and we are happy to see you happy! Enjoy the gig
Another great video. I am not much of a pedal guy, and I have to say that when you first plug into your amps and start playing without any pedals, the tones you guys get are awesome, all on their own. There is something about the warmth of a tube amp that goes straight to your heart.
Guys, thanks for your show. I've learned so, so, sooo much about guitars and gear in general via your channel. Since I've first heard "Roads" by amazing Portishead, I was fascinated with guitar pedals. Before that I was Boss Metalzone into clean Vox amp, no delay, no reverb kinda guy, playing in metal bands. One song and my whole life changed forever. It was almost 15 years ago, and I'm still finding something insightful in your videos every time i watch one. After spending so much time experimenting with boutique reverbs, delays and all this wonderful ambient weirdness, I really enjoy watching you play with different overdrives. Just classic electric guitar tone, which made us all pick up an instrument in a first place. Sweet, sweet, sweet.
Haven't got to the end yet, but I've found this goal oriented process is extremely helpful - totally on the money. Well done. 😁👍🏻
Yes, goal-oriented and with stakes. I had to watch to the end. It was a great format!
Agreed!
really informative, love that you paid so much attention to the interactivity between the amp and the pedals. Years ago when you bought KLONS direct from bill finnegan, he always asked what amp you were going to use it with, some people on the forums used to mock him for that... However he was right if you have an amp with large swathes of character and you marry it with a pedal that has similar character it just wont gel. The two rock is such a beautiful amp, but its fast in its attack, its why i struggle to play mine if I'm not in the mood..a soft TS style drive or a compressor compliments it nicely and allows me to get away with the ever constant fumbling whilst playing. thanks for this episode, twas fun!!
End of VCQ: "It'll be a short video this week."
Stream ends, Dan looks at Mick, Mick looks at Dan. Dan raises little finger to side of mouth, "mwuhahahahahahaaaa!!"
Mick in his best Ian McDiarmid impression: "Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen."
Tape echo / tap tempo , options of slap/dotted and 1/4 note.. has to be the Volante, I also had you choosing the Gladio or Broadcast into the TS .. I was so wrong
One of the best episodes I've seen in ages (and they're all good). It just felt so personal.
90 minute video to choose 2 common pedals he uses every day. Yup, That Pedal Show! 🤷🏻♂️😆
Bloom and bigness in the bottom end... 😋
Lovely to see Gtown on the show. I’ve got the single channel versions of that pedal and they’re spectacularly good!
One of the best shows this year. It’s what we all do. There is no right or wrong, it is subjective and comes down feel. It was cool to see your thought process. And the show was about pedals!
So much wisdom shared on this video. And yes, the work and preparation we dive in BEFORE makes all the difference for us to feel comfortable and at home when we’re actually using the gear. Love you, guys! 🤘🏻🖤
If anyone can pick two pedals to make a rig sound great, it’s Mick and Dan.
Fun episode! Overthinking and guitar tone are two of my favorite hobbies!
I always complain about the short shows so I wanted to make and THANK YOU! For a proper length show. The difference is today felt like the old TPS. No rush, no hurry. You took time to explore different sounds and not just plug, play and move on. GREAT SHOW!!
I want more of these for different gigs y’all do! I love seeing the process behind the decisions.
When you’re the co-host of TPS I imagine: exceptionally hard. 🙌🏻😂
That's what she said!
*grabs my coat*
I’m sure someone has suggested it, but I would love a follow up Vlog of this with Portions of Mick in sound check, and then some type of live sound capture from the show, whether that’s Dan in the audience, or routing audio off to a zoom with some video from the side of the stage. It would be great to hear and see how this turns out. And then finally some after thoughts on what it was like to be back on stage again, and Overall thoughts on how the rig worked out. I know that’s a huge ask, but would be a lovely conclusion to this.
Cheers, and thank you as always for the hard work and great content.
What a great episode!! More of this please.
Love the rug...ties the whole room together
As it turns out - pretty damn hard!
Actually, lately I've stopped indulging myself when building boards, and try to make them more focused. I'd rather have 4 focused boards with just a few pedals, than a HUGE one that does EVRYETHING. Which is another form of indulgence I guess, but it's the method I prefer. It also forces me to change stuff around constantly, which is great for creativity and not getting stuck in a rut. Having fewer options usually sparks creativity and makes for a way better end result, at least in my experience.
We often forget what this gear is all for: to serve the song and the music.
I can do a (bare minimum) gig with a Boss DD-500 = (any delay sound you could ever want) and my Barber Gain Changer = (gorgeous edge of breakup to classic rock) Strat, Princeton Amp. Always enjoy: Behind the Scenes footage.
Can’t fathom how they,D & M,haven’t picked up on the Gain Changer.Good call.
Greate video, because there is a lot of content that we musicians can related to, especially for us less experienced with our equipment. The behind-the-scenes view was great, helps us (me) that want to do our own recordings, even though there are hundreds or more videos for this. For us that watch you guys all the time, beyond thankful.
I just watched this one today (11 months late) and love it for the same reason you mentioned. These guys are great and know all too well the task of trying to match the pedals for the guest appearance to a friend's band. It's easy to overthink it and thought was the case here but the variable I hadn't considered was the two-rock amp. I do not like tube screamers but this was such a case where the mids of one worked well. Then there is the case of being "that Strat guy" who is another SRV wannabe. Great video!
Great episode! Cool to see how emotionally engaged Mick is - as you can tell from the red color in his face towards the end. As a follow-up, here‘s two things I‘d like to see next: 1. Please let us have a detailed review of the show. Would love to hear whether or not all the thoughts that went into selecting the pedals payed off as expected. 2. I‘d really love to see your in-depth review of the G-Town Dualdrive Holygrail. It is such an incredible versatile and great sounding pedal, and I sense you‘ve only scratched the surface: You plugged it in, it sounded great, no matter what settings you chose. But I could see that you had no idea of how to tweak it to your liking. I‘d recommend checking out the clipping mode switches and the difference of powering this with either 9V or 18V. This opens up so many tonal options. That said, the pedal spoke for it self: It was the one that you seem to have the least experience with - and within few notes it was instant love! With the pedals you know well, you did far more of tweaking and rationalizing - only to find out the HolyGrail is it….
Does anybody else watch these videos making notes of all the pedals they subsequently want to try? Every Friday my list gets longer.
I take screen shots when I don’t have pen and paper hand, then make notes later.
Coincidentally, today’s choice of pot noodle was a difficult one. I eventually went with a “Fusions Chilli Chicken”
In other news… my delay pedal is the effect I switch the most regularly, which I always thought was weird. You’d think that as it fundamentally just adds repeats of your tone they wouldn’t vary that much, but they do and affect “feel” in a big way.
But did it take 87 minutes for you to choose your pot noodle you were going to consume in 10 minutes?
I tend tp leave my elcapistan on and use the "favorite" switch for a set solo delay sound. I programmed a boost and a hint of reverb built in to the pedals "hidden" functions😁
"chicken in the corn and the corn can't grow mama" 🎶
Thanks for the video! Keep up the “indulgence” of getting with Dan and testing out pedals
I come back to this one from time to time just to hear "yeah man, drink some beer, get a Marshall and turn it up" in that accent. TPS gold
The Gladio sounded amazing though the Two Rock!
Loved Dan's dig-it face 38:53
Nordvang Triple Gain. Just being released, hard to get, pricey (but not expensive I think), yet it is 3 of the best drives pedals ever in 1 enclosure, done the right way.
I would have done and do that every week for playing at church. Nice job. Thank you for including us in.
What I saw in this episode was 2 friends *spending time* together *playing* with their toys and having fun. That’s a kind of magic that children know so well and makes a lot of adults uncomfortable. I think that’s where a lot of comments about “overthinking” and “too much time on your hands” come from. That could not be farther from the truth for me. Spending time playing with the gear you have vs. always cruising reverb and gear demos coveting a new consumption choice seems like a good thing to me. Tweaking and playing with gear clearly makes you happy, so spending time doing that is so fun to watch. I hope you guys can find more time to play (play with toys, play music, laugh and have fun) even more in the future. It’s been a source of joy in my life.
Could you guys do a “Five Watt World” go using a Fender Champ and maybe one or two pedals? I’m thinking like a reverb and an overdrive. Seem like fun? Run the Tele, the Strat and a Lester into it. How much can you do with something so very simple?
All fun and games until its time to make a decision - I think the dual drive sounded great too
you`ll never need another Strat mick, its dead right, looks ,tone ,,
its you! just as Dan`s tele brings out his Jekyll & Hyde character,
great show again chaps, hope we get to hear the performance.👍
Putting some time, effort and thought into it is showing respect for the gig and the blues. I call it professionalism and work ethic, definitely not over thinking it.
This is super timely for me as I’m starting to book gigs again. My Novo Serus J and my Two Rock Traditional Clean, and my Fulltone Tube Tape Echo are givens but I’m really trying to settle in on a drive and go sans pedalboard - just one pedal on the floor. Really considering just using my Sunface and my volume pot!
I appreciate that your signature pedal still has to win a spot on your pedal board, so many artists use their signature gear regardless if it is the best fit for the application they are using it for. For me Keeley makes the best drive pedals, modded or original. My board's drive section is a red dirt, filaments, fuzz bender, and aria. Red dirt main overdrive, I use the drive in the Aria as a boost, fuzz for fuzz, and filaments as my higher gain option, but I do have a Triple Crown, so I have two additional drive options on the amp also.
29:34 ear-wormed me, MIck. You went all "I want one mid-humpy..." and my brain replied, "two mid-humpy, three mid-humpy, four! Five mid-humpy, six-mid-humpy, seven humpy MORE!" This is what you're putting out into the universe, mister. I hope you're happy.😂
This video is great showcase, that certain (normal/budget) gear can get you 90-95% there, but its the last 5-10% missing, that gets you going and forget, that there is any gear and just play and be supee happy.
Number of times aspirational adjectives like "smooth" and "soft" were invoked: I lost count.
Number of times THE *TONE KNOB* was utilized: ... ?
;)
I did really enjoy this, don't get me wrong, but as a long-time Strat devotee myself, I'll never understand why so many people complain about "harsh" ("brittle," etc.) frequencies as if there's no way to address this, y'know, on the guitar itself lol Actually makes me want to go back and re-watch your video on impedance, come to think of it. Anyway, thanks always for posting, gentlemen!
Very good point. I only really stumbled upon the volume and tone knobs myself in the last few years, and since then k don’t think I ever have the tone on 10 for a strat, tele or LP bridge pup. My favourite sound on a LP (or mine anyway), is bridge pickup on vol 8, tone 6, and neck pickup on vol 4, tone 10. All give or take a notch.
I guess I don’t talk about them because I just use them intuitively, all the time. However… the big deal about the tone pots on the guitar is that not only are we adjusting a different range of frequencies than the treble and presence pots on the amp, the more significant point is about adjusting EQ pre and post gain. So taming back the guitar ends up driving OD through the trebles of the pedal and amp differently. There are some epic sounds in that for sure, but that all-out full up is //the// Strat sound for me. I’ll use the tone pots to tame back some rhythm parts maybe, and for specific stuff here and there, but taking away the top end pre gain for me anyway, also kills a lot of the excitement and touch sensitive stuff. Doing it in the pedal and/or amp is a different result. Cheers!
@@ThatPedalShow I get that it’s a different result (technically), but in a scenario like this which is kind of all about compromise, I would’ve just thought like a 2% change on a pot could’ve solved some of the problems well enough to have them solved… well enough 🤷🏼♂️😄 Maybe more future episodes on how to work within pretty strict limitations(?) I know there’ve been quite a few on that *general* theme, but I feel like there are so many good lessons to learn from limitations that it’s a theme probably worth continued exploration. Regardless, again, thanks for all the great work! (Not trying to troll! lol)
If I had to sound like me with two pedals, I think I'd go with the Fairfield ~900 and the Strymon Deco.
The behind the scenes stuff was great. Made me realize I would love to see a full studio tour video.
Good lord, the Mick side of the DM, immediately hits me in the heart and stomach. That's such a beautiful sound
Mick @ 1:36 - "Don't want to over-think it"
Me:
We couldn’t do it any other way. :0)
@@ThatPedalShow - naturally :D I'm only 15 minutes in (heh...), but...whenever I've been asked to play a gig, I've made the assumption that they want me to sound like "me in a normal show" - ergo, I just take my standard gear that they'd have heard before and don't think any harder than that. Did you consider that, or was it a "This is a great excuse to play with loads of pedals and get some content into the bargain" thing?
@@Toniitony - that's precisely the point of my question.
Or were you referring to the original comment? In which case, did you miss the bit where it was a joke, and that's how the guys took it?
Was surprised to see the Protein didn't make the cut. It's been my favorite pedal for low/medium gain blues and rock sounds for a while now. It has a much rounder, more natural sound than other dual ODs for me. Either way, hope the gig works out well
From years of watching TPS and noticing what they like, Id say its too round, too nice for Micks taste.
I’ve tried dozens of overdrive pedals and the protein (blue side mostly) absolutely nails it for me. Also consider im mostly a Les Paul player, so a lot of OD pedals don’t react well (too much fizzy or mud, hard to get edge of breakup tone)… the protein handles it with perfection.
Best TPS ever! I watched every minute. I loved the emotional stakes :)
I've paused the video at 3:20 with the main reason being - I think this might be THE perfect TPS episode. Conceptually ticking all the boxes for me - a great idea, thank you,
I’d love to hear how the gig goes and if you ended up being happy with your choices!
My personal style and tastes typically lean toward Mick’s strats and blues tones, but Dan+Red+TwoRock was a special sound. Let’s mix in some more of that!
Yeah man! That top end of the Tele really works with the TR!
To be honest, it was fun seeing you guys so clearly in your happy place. Or happy hunt. Very cool.
More videos like this would be sick! The process of putting together rigs/choosing gear for gigs, recording, etc!
I thought the Dualist sounded MUCH better than the Dualdrive. Nothing compared to the TS808 into the Klon. Something tells me that is what you actually took with you to the gig. ;-)
Maybe if the gig's in Guildford, but he ain't taking that Klon north of the river!
Give me the J Rockett Dude and a Carbon Copy and I’d be fine.
I use an xotic SL Drive and a Lovepedal Gen 5 Echo.
these were glorious tones in this episode - what a joy to watch 👍🏻
I'd really really love to have the chance to watch or listen to Mick's upcoming gig together with Neville and band.
This video was for me the best I’ve seen. On a common setup (which is what you did) ppl can make up their own mind on what is good for them. Very cool. More of this would be interesting on different setup suggestions
On original Dumble amps there's a FET (NTE 452) bias trimmer which can make a significant difference (just like bias in a transistor based fuzz or drive pedal) in the quality and tone of the clipping it creates. I'd be curious if the two-rock has the same (would assume yes it does) and if so a tech with proper scope can adjust it for something you may like even better than how it is now.
Great idea but it does sound good as is
Definitely a “short” show as promised.
Ah, we couldn’t do it to you. The short one is still there. Maybe next week.
@@ThatPedalShow Nooooo
@@ThatPedalShow I love the long shows!
I love Mick’s ‘American Rocker’ accent. “Just drink some beer and get a Marshall and turn it up, man”. Gold! BTW, I am an American, just to be clear. I love it!
I love Dan's humility at 8:20 ..."I put this little switcher on so we can try things..."
1st 🥇
Great video thanks. Hope, Mick, the gig went well. And a good reminder of the benefits of getting out playing out there, or just having a live jam with friends. It brings energy purpose, and some nerves that helps improvements and also gives some creativity and growth. Great sounds too.
Enjoyed the behinds the scenes stuff, great tones and info as always guys. Thanks.
4:32 … I’ve just bought a stool like that from B&Q… Yup, that and TPS T-shirt are the only pieces of gear we have in common! Love you guys! Keep on, keeping’ on!
The Keeley Oxblood and Mag Echo, together are quite capable of a one night stand. 🎸🇺🇸
Friday pm, going to pub later, finished work, laying in a hot bath watching this, listening to storm Eunice outside, bliss.
This was one of my fav episodes. Cheers
Thanks for showing the behind the scenes stuff!
I finally obtained what I believe the industry now refers to as the Mick’s favourite FF this week. Best clean sound ever.
My end of search for Mick' tone is: Amp< TC FB with dynamic tape delay
loved the deep dive into the tones your looking for, even if it is only for two songs+ possible encores and added jams... great tones guys. On another note, love to see a deep dive into Mike Dawson's finger style pedal board. Great work guys....
Thanks for the closeup of the Two-Rock. Never seen one before.
Cheers guys! Much appreciated. Hold that tap on clockwork down for 2 seconds and it will default to a Scotty Moore slap. You will have to adjust the repeats manually
Excellent video- thanks guys! Haven’t finished watching but very much enjoying this process!
King of tone 4 input with a greer lightspeed in between both sides + a strymon el capistan 👌
“Over thinking it”. “Yeah it is that pedal show” LOL!!
It’s funny, listening to this, (all the episodes over time) while working around the house, I find myself responding and talking to you, as though you could hear me, ha ha. For me, and I am of your era :-)… But for me, when you put the fuzz on, it was, my favorite choice because it made you work a little to get the phrases and the notes out. You both tend to, we all tend to allow for more bloom in the notes, more space for the statements in scenarios like that. When it’s easy and “home,” like the SRV thing for you… It’s just a flurry of the same ole’ runs and licks, but when you played through the fuzz, you were a bit more present, to me, anyway. As always, I appreciate what you all do! Cheers from Seattle…
Being present. I like it!
I love this sort of free-form jazz exploration.
This channel get better and better! I like these freestyle vlogs with a real life themes. The behind the scenes clip was a bonus.
I started watching this whilst travelling from South Wales, back to Cambridge. Given the safety implications, I neglected to comment at the outset. Hand on heart I thought Gladio and the new version of the Memory Man. I seek no praise, and raise it only to point out that of the 1b hours watched, I may or may not have been responsible for more than my quota based on dividing that number by the number of subscribers. I believe the kids recently went through a 'sorry not sorry' phase. I feel relatively comfortable there.
Thick overdrive tends to make everyone sound the same, because at a certain point the nuances of the player's technique and emotion are subsumed by gain or obliterated by distortion. It's like lathering your chips with grease - the slime conceals the flavour. Adding more melody and emotion with gain that doesn't lose itself in thickness would, IMO, be the 'mature' thing to do.
Trying the Fuzz Face was brilliant - a reminder that for all the expensive technology it is still possible to sound great on a 60s stomp box.
A insightful episode. When I order a pedal - likely two, a delay and overdrive - I will 'pop in' to your shop.
Love you guys it would be wonderful to make a featured video Simply with the Holy Grail dual-drive!
One of the most interesting episodes I've seen. This is the struggle of most guitar players. Finding what works for your style and rig with so many amazing options to choose from. It truly is the golden age of electric guitar gear.
This was immensely informative and entertaining. Would love to see more episode in this format featuring gigging guest musicians or session guitarists.