I feel ya'! I can't even afford the cables! :P Nah, kidding... but I couldn't between my 16-35 years... Now I'm 40 and I could go and buy all this stuff. Although all those years without affording it (I've had a DS-1 plus reverb on my amp), has made me get very conscious of what I spend my money on. As long as I'm not gigging: Bias, Amplitube, GuitarRig, and the likes do serve me more than enough for practicing reasons (wish those things existed 26 years ago!). If I start gigging again, I might consider other options. I'm 40, and only owned 3 electric guitars and 1 acoustic in my whole life.. the third electric I just bought!
This video really inspired me to bring the only two pedals I have, an overdrive and reverb/delay pedal, out to my garage and play and try find those really other worldly sounds you create, I don’t know way to describe them but they are awesome! Props to you man, I hope to be just like you someday!
Well, just a suggestion. I went to a local Goodwill and purchased a cool fake alligator skin suitcase. Use ur imagination and walla! There r a lot of tutorials on the tube. Good luck!
"actually... I hate it." You have the most honest reviews & walk throughs of any music channel on this site. And I truly appreciate it. Thank you for all your videos; I very much enjoy following your channel.
Just after watching Rick Beato's video on pedal boards, and now this. I think I'm getting a sign from somewhere that it's time for a pedal board. Edit: Aaaannndd now i need a Mobius. Great
Ahhahah Rick Beato's video is a pure comedy; the phone call & the supermarket of the pedals. The thing that discourages me a little is that these guys have a lot of stuff. I still have to make my videos with an iphone4 cause I can't afford a camera :( ahhaha
You know it's funny after you have one and abuse it for a while, it's the first one that's gotta go when you need space. It also does not stay powered for extended times. You have to unplug it and reply it for it to initialize. OK for on the go, lame at home when it's always plugged up.
Yeah its not that bad but its kinda pointless to do tho cuz your preamp is probably better than the mt-2, but if it works for you and you like it, good for you, but i personaly dont see any point in it.
@@timfowlie3138 If you have a low gain amp with an effects loop, go from your guitar into the mt-2 and then straight into the effects return(!) of the loop. And, tada, you got yourself a high gain metal amp.
You are a musical and creative scholar with a high level of intuitive perception. I am very impressed by how you have mastered the strymon gear so well. cheers
So, I'm a singer, songwriter, and key board player ... and I get so much out of your videos! Like, a deeper understanding of the guitar as a part of the sound and songs we're striving for in our band. Thank you so much! I'd love to see a video on the many roles a guitar can fill in a band!!!
Very inspirational, Paul. This motivated me to assemble a board of 22 pedals (the Kitchen Sink board). Playing in several bands of varying styles, I finally decided to put everything on one grab-and-go package with a Humboldt Simplifier included (so no amp needed). Thanks for the great videos.
I’m not sure what it is about watching your videos but I love them. From your voice to your excellent descriptions of each item. You have a golden personality and you make me want to learn music theory.
You should tape the full length on the side of the board and only do stripes on the effects themselves. That way, when you pull on specific effect off the board, the tape underneath it will stay :-)
If you have to travel abroad by plane a lot you should give dual lock a try. Velcro is ok, but when you have pedals worth 2000e you should really make sure they dont move at all. It's not only better for pedals but also for the cables between pedals. :) Great video as always! Greetings from Finland!
Nice Board! My dream one is: Godin Guitar> Crybaby Wah> Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster> Walrus Deep Six Compressor> Walrus Voyager (or other klon type)> Keeley Blues Drive or Boss WAZA BD> T-Rex Mudhoney> OLC Chunky Cheese (from the official builder)> EVH Phase 90> Digitech Nautila> JAM Pedals Chill> Keeley Super Mod Workstation (Multi FX)> Strymon El Capistan (tape echo)> JHS Colour Box Preamp Reverb is probably in amp or Digitech Polara or Walrus Fathom
Paul is one of the most tasteful players I’ve heard and he has a great ear for effects and how to use them in context, really inspiring me to expand my pallet. Keep it up man, amazing content!
A lessons I've been looking for. I don't have as many pedals yet but I would like to gain as much knoledge as I can about them because I love guitar so much. So educative and inspiring. Thanks Paul.
If you want a fuzz, but don't want it to have to be first in your signal chain after your guitar, the Wampler Velvet is a solid choice. I have one and love it.
Great video. Ok I’m finally going to get a board for my pedals. As far Fuzz goes I really like the way huge swollen pickle. all sorts of fuzz sounds to be had
Great vid as always Paul. What about tone sucking? Would have been nice to hear a comparison of your stright to amp sound with the sound over your pedalboard :)
I'm with Paul having just ditched MFX for pedals. You can' beat playing with knobs rather than scrolling through menus and whilst my GR-55 could pretty much do everything it didn't "feel" like a real amp and was too "easy" so that's why I've gone all analogue and love it. I may get a Kemper one day but for now it's a question of simple is beautiful :-).
I’m surprised more people don’t go with Temple Audio boards because of how easily you can route everything with their side modules, maybe it’s the quick release system mounts they don’t like?
I bought a Temple Audio pedalboard earlier this year, and I LOVE it! Took it on a 5-week tour right after completing it and it was a huge commodity. I can't say that it was "easy" (my frustrations had more to do with the board's electronic aspects)I, but I CAN say that it was simple. So simple ... It's stupid. ... and lightweight! I give them 2 Thumbs Up 👍👍
The TA boards are pretty, but when you go to take a sticky pad off a pedal to sell it, the pedal can get damaged and the sticky pad becomes useless. Velcro is easier, but velcro will take the paint off a TA board. So they're pretty, but not for everyone, especially if you're switching pedals out frequently.
In Australia you would need approx $5000 for this pedal board. That guitar is about $5k. His tone King amp is another $5k. So for his basic rig it's $15k plus if he brings another of his guitars to the gig which he would add another $5k. So Paul has $20k worth of gear on stage at least when he gigs. However that is not a lot of money for a professional muso. In fact it's really cheap. Professional orchestra players usually have to take a mortgage on their single instrument. Don't look at this through the eyes of an a hobby player. Paul is a professional musician. This is peanuts for him. Tools of the trade. And he has exquisite taste in guitars and gear.
Trick when using hook and loop (Velcro) is to put both pieces together and stick the one side to the pedal. Then expose the sticky tape and press the pedal onto the board where you want it. No need to try and eyeball the pieces separately. Love the Amp Juice. Nice punch.
If you want a fuzz but don't have one, I have to assume you're not finding one that quite does it for you. In that case, I'd highly recommend the Analog.Man AstroTone. I've loved using fuzzes in recording forever. But I could never get a fuzz to get along with any of my live rigs. The AstroTone is a really different beast that still has a distinctly fuzzy tone. It reacts much more like an overdrive and it stacks far better than any other fuzz I've ever met. It's really easy to get along with live, too.
OK. The main things I want from a compression pedal are (1) more sustain and (2) fatter clean tones. Also just that nice "produced" colour. I don't use it for limiting. I guess I put it before gain because I want the fatter, more sustained signal going into the gain pedals, and also because I want it to be a bit louder and pokier when I add overdrive. I guess also much because that's just what I've been told to do. TBH I haven't tried the other way
Just guessing here, haven't tried it myself. But if you play with low gain and you want to be able to get more drive by hitting the strings harder while being able to have a fairly clean sound when you're playing softly, you don't want the compressor before the gain pedals, it'll kill your dynamics. Check out That Pedal Show, they have an episode about what order to put them in and say something about compressor after the overdrive kind of simulates the power amp section of the amp compressing.
When it in this order I can use my volume knob on my guitar as a gain control. So when I'm playing with someone we set our levels using the compressor then I kick on my overdrive and walk away. For my les paul I have the volume on the neck pickup way down so it's clean then the bridge, is full on. I tried it the other way but I didn't have the control I wanted. Having gain control without blasting your levels is very nice and to me the whole point of a compressor.
Wampler Ego compressor>modded Vox Wah>FoxRox Octron>Wampler Velvet Fuzz>Xotic AC drive (my favorite tube screamer type OD)>Creation Labs Holy Fire (big sound like SRV-hard to describe)>Boss Volume pedal with an out to a Boss tuner>Analogman Bi-Clone chorus with separate depth and speed controls for each channel one set to resemble a fast Leslie and one more like Cobain, slow and deep>Strymon Flint tremolo reverb>SIB Echodrive tube driven delay. I also have a Lehle Dual that I have used to split the signal and between my Fender Blues Deluxe and Motion Sound Sidewinder rotary amp but my practice space is so small it's just too much volume for right now, even though I am playing with a drummer.
For the Ultimate pedal board just look up Robin Trower's rig rundown. One of the most influential guitarist from the 70's who still plays today ... four pedals are all you need. The real trick?? Learn to play the fucking guitar.
stacking overdrivve pedal allows changing from more than 2 different gain levels and volume levels, it makes a lot of sense for live situations. To get the same result with what you say you would need two boosters, which i think some people like. It's really just preferences, no right choice.
I wish i could get a pedal board. I love playing the guitar and have been playing for over 5 years. I am 14. I would get more nice gear I just cant afford it... :(
Trust that it'll happen eventually. No point in rushing toward it. Just focus on enjoying creating the Music ... for now. A plan will come into place, that'll get you what you need. Trust.
Start with a guitar processor. Something like digitech rp360(xp for the pedal), boss gt-1, zoom z3n(x), mooer ge200 - try them at a local store to find which one you prefer. They are much much cheaper than a pedalboard but will give you the versatility and room for experiments with the sound. Don't underestimate the power of the Dark S... I mean of these little digital workhorses.
Yea, just play man...pedals will come from time to time...i played with only ds-1 for 10 years, after that u will know what u want...if u have alot of pedal and dont practice playin...u will drown in setup and sound without a good skill...ull allways sound bad that way
Hey Paul,I wish you make a detailed video on how to integrate the effects on the board into the front and into the defects loop.I mean step by step, lesson for dummies.
The Fubar by Blackout Effectors is a great silicon tone bender type fuzz. It has bias and sag controls, so you can get anything from classic fuzz tones to the ripping velcro sound to heavily gated fuzz. Also has an exp jack for controlling the sag. I’ve also enjoyed the Land Devices HP-2, which has silicon and germanium.
The only thing that I could afford in this video is the velcro....
It's only the scissors for me.
I can only afford to watch the video
I can't even afford that😂👌
@@AndrewRobertsMusic Instead of the Klon KTR, I might buy a car :)
@@zylascope nice dude🤣
03:46 The news: "The Rotterdam TH-camr Paul Davids received a copyright notice on one of his videos. It turned out to be a song he wrote himself"
WARNING: Being a low budget (POOR) Guitar player and watching video this may hurt your feelings.
P.D.: I've felt the pain, tho.
I feel ya'! I can't even afford the cables! :P Nah, kidding... but I couldn't between my 16-35 years... Now I'm 40 and I could go and buy all this stuff. Although all those years without affording it (I've had a DS-1 plus reverb on my amp), has made me get very conscious of what I spend my money on. As long as I'm not gigging: Bias, Amplitube, GuitarRig, and the likes do serve me more than enough for practicing reasons (wish those things existed 26 years ago!). If I start gigging again, I might consider other options. I'm 40, and only owned 3 electric guitars and 1 acoustic in my whole life.. the third electric I just bought!
Or get a small tube amp with great distortion cranked up, add a used H9 and maybe a preamp pedal you’ll be flying.
I guess the very most guitar players are on a low budget ;D
the jan ray is just a timmy with a bigger price tag
This is the comment i've been searching for.
I own only 2 pedals.... and both are joyo :(
This video really inspired me to bring the only two pedals I have, an overdrive and reverb/delay pedal, out to my garage and play and try find those really other worldly sounds you create, I don’t know way to describe them but they are awesome! Props to you man, I hope to be just like you someday!
Your character in addition to content is why I pledge. You are amazing and I really like your shirt in this vid. 🤙
James Freeman this shirt, "the jacket"... Maybe Paul needs to start a clothing line.
fancy seeing you here
This is insanely clean, man. Great setup!
When you want to built the ultimate pedal board yourself after seeing this, but you're the most broke man alive :(
Well, just a suggestion. I went to a local Goodwill and purchased a cool fake alligator skin suitcase. Use ur imagination and walla! There r a lot of tutorials on the tube. Good luck!
Ahh thank ye for the hope and experience my friend!
I know the feeling. It took me a lot of years to be able to get this board. But I was always happy with all I had, that's very important!
Ahh I see! Gotta adapt and do with what you got indeed my man!
try a zoom ms50 multi stomp, 99 USD, multiple effects, its a start
"actually... I hate it." You have the most honest reviews & walk throughs of any music channel on this site. And I truly appreciate it. Thank you for all your videos; I very much enjoy following your channel.
12:45
Bro...WHAT is that God tier sound???!!!!
Just after watching Rick Beato's video on pedal boards, and now this. I think I'm getting a sign from somewhere that it's time for a pedal board.
Edit: Aaaannndd now i need a Mobius. Great
I was thinking the same... I only have to find the money.... ahhahaha
Oisin McPhillips lol. I just watched Ricks videos as well.
Ahhahah Rick Beato's video is a pure comedy; the phone call & the supermarket of the pedals. The thing that discourages me a little is that these guys have a lot of stuff. I still have to make my videos with an iphone4 cause I can't afford a camera :( ahhaha
I see we are an the same playlist.
Started mine last week. Having fun but now I’m out of funds lol
Awwww, when you said “this pedal has the destroyer sound” i was like, oh shit, this thing is gonna explode
Bro fr i wasn't expecting the actual sound that came out
Paul davids:
How to build the ultimate petal board
Rob scallon:
Am i a joke to you
And he played Rain at 12:30 lol
Also, you need a Korg Miku
The essential. Korg Miku > Tuner
You know it's funny after you have one and abuse it for a while, it's the first one that's gotta go when you need space. It also does not stay powered for extended times. You have to unplug it and reply it for it to initialize. OK for on the go, lame at home when it's always plugged up.
it was actually a joke, i think that it is pretty useless. You bought it for the hype?
M Caz it was a gift!
now that is unexpected
No metal zone? But what if you really need to sound like angry bees in a tin bucket?
lol they're not that bad! In an effects loop they're even kinda good. End the metal zone hate!
Yeah its not that bad but its kinda pointless to do tho cuz your preamp is probably better than the mt-2, but if it works for you and you like it, good for you, but i personaly dont see any point in it.
@@timfowlie3138 If you have a low gain amp with an effects loop, go from your guitar into the mt-2 and then straight into the effects return(!) of the loop. And, tada, you got yourself a high gain metal amp.
I still use my early 1980's Boss HM-2. you don't have to turn every dial on 10. I get some great sounds out of it.
Chris Davies Well the HM-2 is legendary metal pedal that sounds great. The metal zone is and does not.
When someone asks me:
"Is your new Mobius any good?"
I always say
"Of chorus it is!"
You are a musical and creative scholar with a high level of intuitive perception. I am very impressed by how you have mastered the strymon gear so well. cheers
Ik kom altijd helemaal tot rust met jouw video's. Ze zijn zo goed. En ik leer veel
So, I'm a singer, songwriter, and key board player ... and I get so much out of your videos! Like, a deeper understanding of the guitar as a part of the sound and songs we're striving for in our band. Thank you so much! I'd love to see a video on the many roles a guitar can fill in a band!!!
I love when I see a board full of $200+ overdrives, $400+ delays/reverb/etc, and then a compressor you can pick up on Reverb for $50.
It can be a 20$ compressor as long it does the job and sounds ok
same goes for EQ lmao. The guy from JHS said in one of his videos like they're all transparent and don't actually sound different to each other
Very inspirational, Paul. This motivated me to assemble a board of 22 pedals (the Kitchen Sink board). Playing in several bands of varying styles, I finally decided to put everything on one grab-and-go package with a Humboldt Simplifier included (so no amp needed). Thanks for the great videos.
I would be happy with just the strymon trio. Great video.
This is really good for a church setup. God bless you brother!
Was a blast watching your new board, very inspirational to go and try new things in my board
I’m not sure what it is about watching your videos but I love them. From your voice to your excellent descriptions of each item. You have a golden personality and you make me want to learn music theory.
You should tape the full length on the side of the board and only do stripes on the effects themselves. That way, when you pull on specific effect off the board, the tape underneath it will stay :-)
Yep!
Loved that rotary sound
If you have to travel abroad by plane a lot you should give dual lock a try. Velcro is ok, but when you have pedals worth 2000e you should really make sure they dont move at all. It's not only better for pedals but also for the cables between pedals. :)
Great video as always! Greetings from Finland!
With this pedalboard you are all set for post rock my friend ....JUST DO ITTTTT ! much love from Greece keep teaching us.
Finally, a demo where the guitar player can actually play! Great job!
Nice Board! My dream one is:
Godin Guitar> Crybaby Wah> Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster> Walrus Deep Six Compressor> Walrus Voyager (or other klon type)> Keeley Blues Drive or Boss WAZA BD> T-Rex Mudhoney> OLC Chunky Cheese (from the official builder)> EVH Phase 90> Digitech Nautila> JAM Pedals Chill> Keeley Super Mod Workstation (Multi FX)> Strymon El Capistan (tape echo)> JHS Colour Box Preamp
Reverb is probably in amp or Digitech Polara or Walrus Fathom
imagine showing up to a berklee audition with this shit lmao
Then you're only gonna play Smoke On The Water...
I could listen to the second half of that demonstration all day. Just beautiful playing and knowledge of sounds from the pedals.
Congratulations to your board! Get yourself an analogman sunface, you'll be glad you did! The best jimi style fuzzface there is, will suit your strat!
Thank you so much for demonstrating this incredible sound!
I cant even afford 1 pedal but I watch these pedalboard videos cause their the most satisfying videos ever
behringer does a great job for the beginning
Jimmymolthoff too bad they’re forever sold out
Josh Cruz not on thomann
I know the feeling manh
I can't afford pedals.
Not a single one.
Paul is one of the most tasteful players I’ve heard and he has a great ear for effects and how to use them in context, really inspiring me to expand my pallet. Keep it up man, amazing content!
Hannibal fucking Lecter is at your door as we speak.
6:50 you got me there, thought you were playing Don't Let Me Down
You weren’t kidding! This is one on the most beautiful boards of this size I have ever heard/seen
7:37 did he just do a little sweep? I see you getting on the hype train, Paul
A lessons I've been looking for. I don't have as many pedals yet but I would like to gain as much knoledge as I can about them because I love guitar so much. So educative and inspiring. Thanks Paul.
I have to ask, why no switching system? Wouldn't this be really inconvenient to mess around with in the middle of a show?
Does Paul gig?
Anyone watching in 2023?
I absolutely love everything you do from 10:01 and on, the lo-fi ambient stuff sounds amazing
The mobius sounds Like a signature Mac demarco pedal!
Or the Boss CE-2w :)
You definitely have one of my favourite tones... Congrats on doing well for yourself, man.
Now you need a switcher from The Gig Rig or Boss to avoid becoming a tap dancer.
To many people have lost the amazing art of pedalboard tap dancing already
totally impractical board. zero use at a gig. way too much stuff, ok for your bedroom or your garage. but forget about taking it to an actual gig
This video production is stellar! Wow!
I'm getting a delay, and distortion pedal to start a board
Killer board! A lot of great tones! Thanks for sharing!
If you want a fuzz, but don't want it to have to be first in your signal chain after your guitar, the Wampler Velvet is a solid choice. I have one and love it.
Jeff H. Or a Big Muff!
@@willmcdaniel8375 My wife has a big muff........it's nice but it doesnt sound good at all.....
I love my boss fz 2 hyperfuzz
Great video. Ok I’m finally going to get a board for my pedals. As far Fuzz goes I really like the way huge swollen pickle. all sorts of fuzz sounds to be had
Great vid as always Paul. What about tone sucking? Would have been nice to hear a comparison of your stright to amp sound with the sound over your pedalboard :)
I agree, and also commenting on how many true bypass and how many buffers he's got, and where and why
True but the Klon has that sexy buffer to bring things up to par
I'm with Paul having just ditched MFX for pedals. You can' beat playing with knobs rather than scrolling through menus and whilst my GR-55 could pretty much do everything it didn't "feel" like a real amp and was too "easy" so that's why I've gone all analogue and love it. I may get a Kemper one day but for now it's a question of simple is beautiful :-).
6:40 - wait...am I all of a sudden watching Mic and Dan on "That Pedal Show"?? hahaha
11:30 - what a sound! Amazing 🤯
I want to hear a song that sounds like that
I’m surprised more people don’t go with Temple Audio boards because of how easily you can route everything with their side modules, maybe it’s the quick release system mounts they don’t like?
I bought a Temple Audio pedalboard earlier this year, and I LOVE it! Took it on a 5-week tour right after completing it and it was a huge commodity.
I can't say that it was "easy" (my frustrations had more to do with the board's electronic aspects)I, but I CAN say that it was simple. So simple ... It's stupid.
... and lightweight!
I give them 2 Thumbs Up 👍👍
The TA boards are pretty, but when you go to take a sticky pad off a pedal to sell it, the pedal can get damaged and the sticky pad becomes useless. Velcro is easier, but velcro will take the paint off a TA board. So they're pretty, but not for everyone, especially if you're switching pedals out frequently.
Nice rig ,much better playing. I really like the MXR Compressor. Thank you so much for the demo I’m gonna buy one. Great pedalboard setup.
12:46 I want a whole video of just this
As a complete beginner and not knowing anything about pedals
I like your funny words magic man
Hey man! Why not including a buffer? Your clean tone is a bit dampened, you'd benefit a lot from a buffer :)
Incredible Paul!! Loving the new set up! As always great tones man!
Cool! My pedalboard consists of a zoom ms 50g hahaha Awesome editing btw
The "ultimate" pedalboard would at least have a switcher like a Boss ES-8 or GigRig 2. ;)
Exactly. I was looking for this answer. That would no longer require tap dancing skills ;-)
And a Metalzone?!
The "Ultimate" pedalboard should at the very least have a decent 4 cable auto route patch bay.
love seeing that this little set up just on his board is more then i have in my entire setup
“So what pedals am I working with? Let’s find out...!”
Had a mini panic attack.
Thank God for music!
that sounds like youre watching a movie where you are in a foggy forest and its morning .
Paul is the best editor you know besides being such a great guitarist
8:26 just a personal timestamp for a part I wanna learn.
Mobius sounds amazing! Thank you, Paul, for this great review.
@12:45 whoa whoa whoa what are you doing? I need that tone! Tell me your secrets!
Strymond stuff boy
@@TheVictortomas i gots the strymon stuff. i needs da secrets.
Do you find the secret i want to
@@jeremyruiz8470 nope :(
@@ChinchillupaGuy hey bro do you find the secret? i still here XD
Oh man...that pedalboard looks and sounds awesome.
Keep up the good work !
Can somebody estimate the overall cost (guitar excluded) of his built ?
In Australia you would need approx $5000 for this pedal board. That guitar is about $5k. His tone King amp is another $5k. So for his basic rig it's $15k plus if he brings another of his guitars to the gig which he would add another $5k. So Paul has $20k worth of gear on stage at least when he gigs. However that is not a lot of money for a professional muso. In fact it's really cheap. Professional orchestra players usually have to take a mortgage on their single instrument. Don't look at this through the eyes of an a hobby player. Paul is a professional musician. This is peanuts for him. Tools of the trade. And he has exquisite taste in guitars and gear.
Trick when using hook and loop (Velcro) is to put both pieces together and stick the one side to the pedal. Then expose the sticky tape and press the pedal onto the board where you want it. No need to try and eyeball the pieces separately.
Love the Amp Juice. Nice punch.
I love the cleans and ambiance you got there! Thanks for uploading this video! 😁
Leuk hoor!!
oh Paul, you and your background music are so dreamy! Lol, keep up the good work man!
Then you two should get fucking married.
Are you running through an amp? If so, what amp and cab are you using?
Kemper Profiling Amp! :)
Im fairly sure he uses a Tone King combo amp when he doesn't use a kemper
Definately a Marshall MG30CDR
If you want a fuzz but don't have one, I have to assume you're not finding one that quite does it for you. In that case, I'd highly recommend the Analog.Man AstroTone. I've loved using fuzzes in recording forever. But I could never get a fuzz to get along with any of my live rigs. The AstroTone is a really different beast that still has a distinctly fuzzy tone. It reacts much more like an overdrive and it stacks far better than any other fuzz I've ever met. It's really easy to get along with live, too.
You are soo amazing and creative ... Feels lot of efforts on making this video
Definitely a Green Russian for the fuzz! I love mine so much.
Compression after gain... why, I wonder?
to squish the dirt.
when i use a Compression pedal i put it near the end helps regulate volume changes.
OK. The main things I want from a compression pedal are (1) more sustain and (2) fatter clean tones. Also just that nice "produced" colour. I don't use it for limiting. I guess I put it before gain because I want the fatter, more sustained signal going into the gain pedals, and also because I want it to be a bit louder and pokier when I add overdrive. I guess also much because that's just what I've been told to do. TBH I haven't tried the other way
Just guessing here, haven't tried it myself. But if you play with low gain and you want to be able to get more drive by hitting the strings harder while being able to have a fairly clean sound when you're playing softly, you don't want the compressor before the gain pedals, it'll kill your dynamics. Check out That Pedal Show, they have an episode about what order to put them in and say something about compressor after the overdrive kind of simulates the power amp section of the amp compressing.
When it in this order I can use my volume knob on my guitar as a gain control. So when I'm playing with someone we set our levels using the compressor then I kick on my overdrive and walk away. For my les paul I have the volume on the neck pickup way down so it's clean then the bridge, is full on. I tried it the other way but I didn't have the control I wanted. Having gain control without blasting your levels is very nice and to me the whole point of a compressor.
Wampler Ego compressor>modded Vox Wah>FoxRox Octron>Wampler Velvet Fuzz>Xotic AC drive (my favorite tube screamer type OD)>Creation Labs Holy Fire (big sound like SRV-hard to describe)>Boss Volume pedal with an out to a Boss tuner>Analogman Bi-Clone chorus with separate depth and speed controls for each channel one set to resemble a fast Leslie and one more like Cobain, slow and deep>Strymon Flint tremolo reverb>SIB Echodrive tube driven delay. I also have a Lehle Dual that I have used to split the signal and between my Fender Blues Deluxe and Motion Sound Sidewinder rotary amp but my practice space is so small it's just too much volume for right now, even though I am playing with a drummer.
But does it djent?
Mr Krunch don't know, don't care.
Paul Davids 😉
Djent is dead...
Mr Krunch strats doesn't djent
No. Not enough strings
Your you tube videos are some of the best on the tube!
I thought you were going to Purple Rain it at 13:07
Awesome!! I love r&r & r&b!! Even for just listeners it’s so interesting!! Thanks!!!
my only suggestion is to use Power Grip from Godlyke instead of traditional velcro ...
11:30 I have fallen in love with this sound so fast it terrifies me😂
A lot of redundant OD pedals that are essentially the same tone. Save your money and just get one and an boost pedal. BOOM! Problem solved
Fuzz + guitar volume > all the OD pedals on a board
For the Ultimate pedal board just look up Robin Trower's rig rundown. One of the most influential guitarist from the 70's who still plays today ... four pedals are all you need. The real trick?? Learn to play the fucking guitar.
I was thinking the same thing. The first two drive pedals sounded too similar to one another.
stacking overdrivve pedal allows changing from more than 2 different gain levels and volume levels, it makes a lot of sense for live situations. To get the same result with what you say you would need two boosters, which i think some people like. It's really just preferences, no right choice.
nonpoint666rocks you could use the volume on your guitar for similar effect.
A video like „how to design your own pedalboard“ would be sooo awesome!!!
I wish i could get a pedal board. I love playing the guitar and have been playing for over 5 years. I am 14. I would get more nice gear I just cant afford it... :(
Trust that it'll happen eventually.
No point in rushing toward it.
Just focus on enjoying creating the Music ... for now.
A plan will come into place, that'll get you what you need. Trust.
Start with a guitar processor. Something like digitech rp360(xp for the pedal), boss gt-1, zoom z3n(x), mooer ge200 - try them at a local store to find which one you prefer. They are much much cheaper than a pedalboard but will give you the versatility and room for experiments with the sound. Don't underestimate the power of the Dark S... I mean of these little digital workhorses.
Yea, just play man...pedals will come from time to time...i played with only ds-1 for 10 years, after that u will know what u want...if u have alot of pedal and dont practice playin...u will drown in setup and sound without a good skill...ull allways sound bad that way
One of the best videos you have done.
Just got a 5.2 for father's day. Huge step up from a pedal train.
go for a line 6 helix... it's much easier...:p
francois P. Easy... Hmmm what did I say about easy things recently... 🤔
Paul Davids yep, but to me it's not only easy, it's lot less cables and noise in signal...
Yep, Kemper, helix, axe fx, all great sounds! Nothing wrong with that :)
11:30 was otherworldly. Absolutely loved it.
Hey Paul,I wish you make a detailed video on how to integrate the effects on the board into the front and into the defects loop.I mean step by step, lesson for dummies.
Such a classy, tasteful board.
My dream pedalboard
G3XN
Mammoth
Sustainer pedal
AC Tone
The Fubar by Blackout Effectors is a great silicon tone bender type fuzz. It has bias and sag controls, so you can get anything from classic fuzz tones to the ripping velcro sound to heavily gated fuzz. Also has an exp jack for controlling the sag. I’ve also enjoyed the Land Devices HP-2, which has silicon and germanium.
Awesome setup. I just bought the rock board duo. I only have a few pedals now but seeing your setup motivates me to try different things.