That's great, James! You've got some of the best worship tone around. I also respect that even though you've made the switch from Iridium to Stomp, you still talk highly of the Iridium. I think sometimes in the P&W community we tend to have the "grass is greener" mentality so it's refreshing to see you respect both units even when you prefer one to the other.
Man thanks so much! Means a ton. I’ve definitely gone gear crazy in the past, so it’s cool to be in a place now where I can just use what works best for me. Everyone is gonna be a little different with all of that, so it’s less of a “what’s the absolute best thing out there” and more of a “just use what you wanna used thing. Iridium is great, but the Stomp has a much better workflow for me and I feel that the tone is just as good!
I run my Benson preamp into my hx stomp and even with both of those boxes sounding great I actually use the little cab simulator switch on my Big Sky..... literally polishes everything off, it just makes everything so perfect and warm..... for me at least.
Hey james, I have kilt v1 and wampler tumnus and was thinking of buying Superbolt v2. Should I put SB before kilt or after? I would use it as low gain setting.
Love your tones and playing James. I would always know it's you. Brilliant way to be. (I was going to say super cool! 😎) Just a thought from an Audio Engineer in a previous life... If you are still running this board, swap the position of the Big Sky and the Stomp. Everyone should hear the Stomp through headphones even if it's only while using HX Edit. This would give you access to the phones output on the left of the Stomp. Also, try put your stereo FX through the send/return of the Stomp. This way you can move all your stereo pedals wherever you want in the chain. Loads more options and space available using this method. It does take a block for the send & return but you should give it a go as it's definitely worth it. The FX Loop can also be assigned to a footswitch so Juliana, Timeline & Big Sky can be muted with one click!. Keep the tone vids coming!
Thanks Paul! Glad you enjoyed the vid and that you’ve noticed some cool sound signatures showing up in my stuff! Always cool to hear that. I’ve done the FX loop stuff when I was running a Kemper and never really jived with it. I’ve always been a fan of how everything hits just going straight in!
I was just watching your Tone Check | Gretsch Duo Jet Players Edition (again) when you posted the reply above! Is it a guitar you would recommend? I do love a Filter-Tron.
I'm currently running bigsky/timeline after hx stomp. Sounds great to my ears but wondering if it is better to run before stomp? Signal Chain: In -> GoodWood Interfacer -> Barber Tone Press Compressor -> HX Stomp (Bondi Effects Sick As FX Loop 1 & JHS Kilt FX Loop 2 both in front of amps) -> Stereo Timeline -> Stereo Bigsky -> Stero GoodWood Interfacer
I like to run everything in front as if it were real amps. Running stereo effects after can sometimes sound cleaner/crisper, but I like how it sounds in front!
@@jamesransom7711 maybe... if I wasn't so indecisive! But, yes, I'd love to have all these options! The good Lord is worth every preset and possible combination!
Love your setup, my friend! I’ve been running solo Stomp for a bit just to simplify and get the basics down, but looking to put a pedalboard together, and this is pure inspiration. Also, Daphne Blue?
Thanks man! I think the Superbolt is a little more interesting as a circuit. The morning glory is a blues breaker style drive and they sound amazing with a Stratocaster into a fender amp, but I find it just a smidge uninteresting in my rig! Still obviously a huge fan favorite though!
Awesome DH Amps demo! I have his patches too. Just curious, do you adjust his EQ settings at all for your Gretsch or are you just using his stock EQ? Thanks
Great walkthrough my friend, brilliant tones! Interested to know, are you using your interfacer with the buffer on? You seem to keep the tone pretty much the same when everything is switched off. Tone suck is a real problem I have with my board, I have to add a bit more compression to keep the tone rounded instead of already having my tone before I switch on the compressor. How do you combat tone suck with the number of pedals you have?
Thanks Lewis! I really don’t like tone suck and have learned a few tips and tricks over the years. I do run through the buffered input on the interfacer and that helps things from the start. The two strymons have optional buffers and I keep them on just as a double check to make sure everything is flowing nicely. I’d recommend just putting a simple buffer in your rig to start! Make sure your cables are letting all the high end through as well.
Hey James, did you find the Line 6 Stomp's amp models sounds better than previous Strymon Iridium that I saw in earlier videos on your TH-cam channel? Thanx :)
Hey Mato! I wouldn’t use the word “better” or “worse”. The workflows of both units are completely different, with the Stomp being much more flexible. The stomp takes a little tweaking, but the patches I’m using sound incredible to my ear and provide extra useful features too. The iridium sounds good, but there were a few things that I didn’t enjoy with it. The switch to the stomp has been great!
@@jamesransom7711 I got it. Thanks James. This new HX line looks pretty impressive with all their options and features. Btw. I really like how you use reverbs. I'm just in progress to learn how to incorporate reverbs into my sound... I've never use reverbs before :) So, thanks for an inspiration. Greetings from Prague (Europe) :)
Incredible sounds man. This is kind of an abstract question, but what's your process for dialing in delay and reverb? I'm thinking of your general clean sound at 4:30 - how do you decide how high of a mix to use or how long of trails to use? Do you use a lot of pre-delay? Do you want your delays stronger than your reverb or vice versa? Would love to hear any thoughts!
Thanks so much Parker! Not an abstract question at all! I just go for what feels right. If a part needs to get out the way quicker, probably not gonna make the tails really long for the reverb. Brightness is how lively I want it to be (darker for smooth, brighter for some energy). Pre-delay depends on the song, but it’s usually between 9 and 12 o’clock. Delays for me are definitely usually pretty strong since they help define the parts, but I run the filter down a little so that only a couple hits are audible when everything else is going. I’ve actually started running a little less verb lately depending on the sound/feel. Just a lot of experimenting basically!
@@jamesransom7711 Thank you so much for the insight! I just got to the section where you specifically went over this sound haha... maybe I should've finished the video before commenting. Appreciated nonetheless.
Hey James, nice walkthrough and tones! I usually play mono through my amp, but I've been wanting to go direct the with DH patch. If stereo wasn't an option, would you sum to mono or play through one amp? I'd hate to choose one because I love the mix of the two together!
Question as someone who is finally upgrading to a dream board with higher pulling pedals power wise. What is the best signal chain for guitar pedals? I am running a Strymon Sunset OD, JHS Lucky Cat, HoF Reverb, and a Zoom MS-50G for amp/cabinet modeling. Im wanting to add a keeley verbotrem, mxr dynacomp, and a booster at some point as well, but Im not experienced on the best way to run a signal chain to keep my tone from dying down in the chain.
Hey man! I would get an isolated power supply first, and wouldn’t recommend daisy chaining all those effects. As far as order, I’d go Comp, sunset, boost, delay, verb, amp. That’ll give you a solid place to start!
Dope tone bro! 🤘🏼in your signal chain, what’s after your kilt v2? Please correct me if I’m wrong but I heard your volume pedal goes into the vertex boost and out of the boost into the audition.. so I was wondering what goes in out of the kilt.
Thanks Edgar! Might’ve explained it poorly but the out of the Kilt goes into the input of the boost, and the out of the boost goes to the in of the audition. The trs cable from the volume goes into a separate 1/8” trs jack on the boost
Amazing board! Quick question, how do you approach or what setting do you use on your amps for your gretsch duo jet? I have the same guitar and sometimes have difficulty on getting a great tone. Thank you.
Thanks Kevin! Gretsch’s in general like to be pretty open, but that means that their sweet spot is actually pretty generous. What do you feel like you fight most when it comes to tone?
Hi I'm planning to buy my first electric guitar and I dont know what type of guitar I would choose should I get the tele dual hh or the strat for a worship?
I have a question friend, in 2020 you used the RC booster before the compressor, and in this new version you use it after the compressor, what was the reason?
Honestly no real reason! Just how I happened to set it up. I’d probably go into comp first still, but even that comes down to preference and not necessarily a tone advantage.
@@jamesransom7711 I think that putting the compressor at the beginning cuts the bass a lot, it seems to me that your clean sound of 2020 has more body. I'm not an expert, but my ears work.
@@johannmunoz_gtr they’re completely different setups, Iridium as the amp vs. the stomp as the amp. That patch on the stomp cuts a good amount of low end. The order of the RC and the comp isn’t going to affect anything.
Hey! Did u put in the IRs from DH into the Edward Patch? Iam also using both, but my Edward patch doesnt include IRs. Maybe u can tell me if u combined both? THANKS!
@@RonaldPetzGuitar yeah that’s how I ran mine! Just treat the compressor in that preset like it’s part of the amps, and run your board as you normally would
I’ve talked about it a lot in previous videos but the workflow of the stomp just works better for me. The patches I’m running have wonderful tone and allows so much more flexibility with how I run my entire rig. Iridium is still cool though!
@jamesransom7711 I tried both Edward's and Hislops, for some reason Hislops sounds very quiet with a lot of lows, and kinda boxy. Do you know what problem might be?
@@oleksandrk4853 you need to replace the original amp+cab blocks with just amp blocks with IRs after them. Copy or save the amp settings. Otherwise you’re basically using a stock cab and then putting an IR behind it.
@@oleksandrk4853 no. The Edwards patch comes with combined amps+cab blocks if I remember correctly. You need to replace those with amp blocks only, and then put the Hislop IRs behind them.
Dope board! Sounds great. Stoked to see you using the stomp patch!
Thanks man! Killer job on this one 🤘🏽
I run it every Sunday! Thank you both for what you do.
That's great, James! You've got some of the best worship tone around. I also respect that even though you've made the switch from Iridium to Stomp, you still talk highly of the Iridium. I think sometimes in the P&W community we tend to have the "grass is greener" mentality so it's refreshing to see you respect both units even when you prefer one to the other.
Man thanks so much! Means a ton. I’ve definitely gone gear crazy in the past, so it’s cool to be in a place now where I can just use what works best for me. Everyone is gonna be a little different with all of that, so it’s less of a “what’s the absolute best thing out there” and more of a “just use what you wanna used thing. Iridium is great, but the Stomp has a much better workflow for me and I feel that the tone is just as good!
I run my Benson preamp into my hx stomp and even with both of those boxes sounding great I actually use the little cab simulator switch on my Big Sky..... literally polishes everything off, it just makes everything so perfect and warm..... for me at least.
Good switch to the Juliana! I have a dyno-my-roto for that lush tri-chorus sound but then an emperor for the subtle stuff.
Man I’ve been loving it! Tri-chorus is so much fun, love the emperor too 🤘🏽
NICE BRO!!!! Always love your pedal board walkthroughs.
Thanks Aaron! Only took me a year and a half for an updated one 😅
@@jamesransom7711 kilts back on the board huh???
@@theaaronimal you bet! Still have the Benson tho 👌🏽
Dude this sounds great!! I recently moved back to the stomp from iridium. And had this patch I can’t for the life of me get it to sound this good!
Thanks so much man!
Hey james, I have kilt v1 and wampler tumnus and was thinking of buying Superbolt v2. Should I put SB before kilt or after? I would use it as low gain setting.
I would go Superbolt before!
What was your favorite sound?? Let me know below!
Also fire away your questions and I’ll be sure to get to them 👍🏽
Love your tones and playing James. I would always know it's you. Brilliant way to be. (I was going to say super cool! 😎)
Just a thought from an Audio Engineer in a previous life... If you are still running this board, swap the position of the Big Sky and the Stomp. Everyone should hear the Stomp through headphones even if it's only while using HX Edit. This would give you access to the phones output on the left of the Stomp. Also, try put your stereo FX through the send/return of the Stomp. This way you can move all your stereo pedals wherever you want in the chain. Loads more options and space available using this method. It does take a block for the send & return but you should give it a go as it's definitely worth it. The FX Loop can also be assigned to a footswitch so Juliana, Timeline & Big Sky can be muted with one click!. Keep the tone vids coming!
Thanks Paul! Glad you enjoyed the vid and that you’ve noticed some cool sound signatures showing up in my stuff! Always cool to hear that. I’ve done the FX loop stuff when I was running a Kemper and never really jived with it. I’ve always been a fan of how everything hits just going straight in!
I was just watching your Tone Check | Gretsch Duo Jet Players Edition (again) when you posted the reply above! Is it a guitar you would recommend? I do love a Filter-Tron.
Amazing board, amazing sounds!
Hi. Amazing tones and rig!. How does the stomp patch compare to an iridium with similar ir's?
Thanks
Wow! Could you please share the Strymon timeline and big sky presets that you showed us on this video?
They’re in the description to download!
I'm currently running bigsky/timeline after hx stomp. Sounds great to my ears but wondering if it is better to run before stomp?
Signal Chain:
In -> GoodWood Interfacer -> Barber Tone Press Compressor -> HX Stomp (Bondi Effects Sick As FX Loop 1 & JHS Kilt FX Loop 2 both in front of amps) -> Stereo Timeline -> Stereo Bigsky -> Stero GoodWood Interfacer
I like to run everything in front as if it were real amps. Running stereo effects after can sometimes sound cleaner/crisper, but I like how it sounds in front!
Whats the stuff youre using to create all the swells in the end? Multiple pedals and presets or just the Bigsky? Im new to this so looking to learn :)
I wouldn't even know what to do with half of this gear. Maybe stare at it in awe and wonder.
You’d get the hang of it! It’s not too bad 😎
@@jamesransom7711 maybe... if I wasn't so indecisive! But, yes, I'd love to have all these options! The good Lord is worth every preset and possible combination!
@@albertplaysguitar just tools of the trade 🙏🏽 I’d give it all up if I needed to!
Love your setup, my friend! I’ve been running solo Stomp for a bit just to simplify and get the basics down, but looking to put a pedalboard together, and this is pure inspiration. Also, Daphne Blue?
Thanks so much man! Glad you could get some ideas 😎
Nice WALKTHROUGH ! What do you think about Morning glory and Kilt for combination? What is the difference between Morning glory and Superbolt?
Thanks man! I think the Superbolt is a little more interesting as a circuit. The morning glory is a blues breaker style drive and they sound amazing with a Stratocaster into a fender amp, but I find it just a smidge uninteresting in my rig! Still obviously a huge fan favorite though!
Awesome DH Amps demo!
I have his patches too. Just curious, do you adjust his EQ settings at all for your Gretsch or are you just using his stock EQ?
Thanks
Thanks a ton! And yep this was all stock 👌🏽
Great walkthrough my friend, brilliant tones! Interested to know, are you using your interfacer with the buffer on? You seem to keep the tone pretty much the same when everything is switched off. Tone suck is a real problem I have with my board, I have to add a bit more compression to keep the tone rounded instead of already having my tone before I switch on the compressor. How do you combat tone suck with the number of pedals you have?
Thanks Lewis! I really don’t like tone suck and have learned a few tips and tricks over the years. I do run through the buffered input on the interfacer and that helps things from the start. The two strymons have optional buffers and I keep them on just as a double check to make sure everything is flowing nicely.
I’d recommend just putting a simple buffer in your rig to start! Make sure your cables are letting all the high end through as well.
Love your board and tone!
Thanks so much Miguel! Appreciate you watching 🙏🏽
Awesome sounds man! 👊🏼
Thanks man!
NICE TONE
Hey James, did you find the Line 6 Stomp's amp models sounds better than previous Strymon Iridium that I saw in earlier videos on your TH-cam channel? Thanx :)
Hey Mato! I wouldn’t use the word “better” or “worse”. The workflows of both units are completely different, with the Stomp being much more flexible. The stomp takes a little tweaking, but the patches I’m using sound incredible to my ear and provide extra useful features too. The iridium sounds good, but there were a few things that I didn’t enjoy with it. The switch to the stomp has been great!
@@jamesransom7711 I got it. Thanks James. This new HX line looks pretty impressive with all their options and features.
Btw. I really like how you use reverbs. I'm just in progress to learn how to incorporate reverbs into my sound... I've never use reverbs before :) So, thanks for an inspiration.
Greetings from Prague (Europe) :)
Well done, love it. God bless man!
Thanks a bunch Tyler!
Incredible sounds man. This is kind of an abstract question, but what's your process for dialing in delay and reverb? I'm thinking of your general clean sound at 4:30 - how do you decide how high of a mix to use or how long of trails to use? Do you use a lot of pre-delay? Do you want your delays stronger than your reverb or vice versa? Would love to hear any thoughts!
Thanks so much Parker!
Not an abstract question at all! I just go for what feels right. If a part needs to get out the way quicker, probably not gonna make the tails really long for the reverb. Brightness is how lively I want it to be (darker for smooth, brighter for some energy). Pre-delay depends on the song, but it’s usually between 9 and 12 o’clock. Delays for me are definitely usually pretty strong since they help define the parts, but I run the filter down a little so that only a couple hits are audible when everything else is going. I’ve actually started running a little less verb lately depending on the sound/feel.
Just a lot of experimenting basically!
@@jamesransom7711 Thank you so much for the insight! I just got to the section where you specifically went over this sound haha... maybe I should've finished the video before commenting. Appreciated nonetheless.
Haha all good man 😎 thanks again for watching!
Hey James, nice walkthrough and tones! I usually play mono through my amp, but I've been wanting to go direct the with DH patch. If stereo wasn't an option, would you sum to mono or play through one amp? I'd hate to choose one because I love the mix of the two together!
Hey Chris! He actually includes two mono patches in the download, one for each amp, so I’d just run one of those!
@@jamesransom7711 I'll give those a go. Thanks!
Hey man! Have you experimented with running all your wet effects into the stereo FX loop in the stomp vs just running everything in front of it?
Never really messed around with FX loops! Always just run everything up front 👌🏽
Question as someone who is finally upgrading to a dream board with higher pulling pedals power wise. What is the best signal chain for guitar pedals? I am running a Strymon Sunset OD, JHS Lucky Cat, HoF Reverb, and a Zoom MS-50G for amp/cabinet modeling. Im wanting to add a keeley verbotrem, mxr dynacomp, and a booster at some point as well, but Im not experienced on the best way to run a signal chain to keep my tone from dying down in the chain.
Hey man! I would get an isolated power supply first, and wouldn’t recommend daisy chaining all those effects.
As far as order, I’d go Comp, sunset, boost, delay, verb, amp. That’ll give you a solid place to start!
Dope tone bro! 🤘🏼in your signal chain, what’s after your kilt v2? Please correct me if I’m wrong but I heard your volume pedal goes into the vertex boost and out of the boost into the audition.. so I was wondering what goes in out of the kilt.
Thanks Edgar! Might’ve explained it poorly but the out of the Kilt goes into the input of the boost, and the out of the boost goes to the in of the audition. The trs cable from the volume goes into a separate 1/8” trs jack on the boost
@@jamesransom7711 got it! Thanks for the response. Again great tone bro! 👏🏼
Awesome! Great pedalboard!
Thanks Alexandre!
Amazing board! Quick question, how do you approach or what setting do you use on your amps for your gretsch duo jet? I have the same guitar and sometimes have difficulty on getting a great tone. Thank you.
Thanks Kevin! Gretsch’s in general like to be pretty open, but that means that their sweet spot is actually pretty generous. What do you feel like you fight most when it comes to tone?
How you setup your line6 stomp 4 cabel method or directly in loop?
Also curious to know if the E Edwards patches use stock cabs or IRs?
I believe I had some DH IR’s loaded on that one
God bless you man.
Do you use lavacable in your pedal board?
Mostly lava, and then some old gear supply cables too
Hi I'm planning to buy my first electric guitar and I dont know what type of guitar I would choose should I get the tele dual hh or the strat for a worship?
I’d go for a tele!
What are the brand of those foot switches. I'm having a hard time finding 2 channel foot switchers.
That one was from Analog Endeavors
I have a question friend, in 2020 you used the RC booster before the compressor, and in this new version you use it after the compressor, what was the reason?
Honestly no real reason! Just how I happened to set it up. I’d probably go into comp first still, but even that comes down to preference and not necessarily a tone advantage.
@@jamesransom7711 I think that putting the compressor at the beginning cuts the bass a lot, it seems to me that your clean sound of 2020 has more body. I'm not an expert, but my ears work.
@@johannmunoz_gtr they’re completely different setups, Iridium as the amp vs. the stomp as the amp. That patch on the stomp cuts a good amount of low end. The order of the RC and the comp isn’t going to affect anything.
Hey! Did u put in the IRs from DH into the Edward Patch? Iam also using both, but my Edward patch doesnt include IRs. Maybe u can tell me if u combined both? THANKS!
Yep I’m using them on that patch too! The stock cabs that are in the E Edward’s patch feel great as well though.
@@jamesransom7711 Thanks for the quick Answer! Loe how you are in thouch with your viewers! this helps me alot!
What cables would I need for the stomp? And would I need a di box for church through stomp
For outputs I just do two 1/4” cables to either a DI (live) or to my interface (home).
What’s the patching you did in order to put your volume pedal out of the signal chain.
Just a 1/4” trs out of the Dunlop exp out into the 1/8” trs input on the vertex!
Got it! makes sense thank you brother.
What brand of cables do you use?
It’s a mix of Lava cable and the old gear supply kit!
Did you take off the comp on the preset that it comes with ?
Nope I left it on! Felt it helped things stay together.
Oh cool! It’s cuz I have a tone press comp and I noticed it had a comp on the preset so I thought you’d only need 1
@@RonaldPetzGuitar yeah that’s how I ran mine! Just treat the compressor in that preset like it’s part of the amps, and run your board as you normally would
You don't run your wet effects through an effects loop?
Nope, everything in front!
@@jamesransom7711 thanks bro
Did you get rid of the iridium?
I did!
Why the move from Iridium?
I’ve talked about it a lot in previous videos but the workflow of the stomp just works better for me. The patches I’m running have wonderful tone and allows so much more flexibility with how I run my entire rig. Iridium is still cool though!
Hey Man. Did you tweak the DH stomp patch at all or is it “stock”?
All stock!
I did download E. Edwards preset but it looks different than yours, it doesn't have IRs, just amps with cabs. Where did you get yours?
That’s the right patch! I just swapped in some IRs I already had. Two of the early Hislop IRs.
@jamesransom7711 I tried both Edward's and Hislops, for some reason Hislops sounds very quiet with a lot of lows, and kinda boxy. Do you know what problem might be?
@@oleksandrk4853 you need to replace the original amp+cab blocks with just amp blocks with IRs after them. Copy or save the amp settings. Otherwise you’re basically using a stock cab and then putting an IR behind it.
@jamesransom7711 do you mean replacing Hislops Amps? I'm confused
@@oleksandrk4853 no. The Edwards patch comes with combined amps+cab blocks if I remember correctly. You need to replace those with amp blocks only, and then put the Hislop IRs behind them.