The tone of Dave, the only pedal we can’t reproduce is the heart that you play with. Thanks for the tour of your board Dave. Keep up the journey. Be safe out there.
Sir Dave, I know this was 2 years ago but I enjoyed it greatly. I am a recent instant fan discovering your channel and I love your playing and attitude and heart. I’ve been playing and wrangling pedals and amps for 50 years but there’s always something fresh and new to learn from players like you. Guess I need to dust off my old DL4. Your music is inspiring as well, rock on brother. You’d like to meet the great Dave Murray, I’d like to meet you.
Some gear snobs who can’t make their current high end gears sound good and probably clueless that they are the one who don’t sound good and not the gears.
I do. Love Dave's stuff, but if his video cheeses me off he gets a fat 👎 from me, and that's the story. Nobody is that good to hit the target every time.
Dave .... Four words + two..+ appendix You are my hero. You Rock... Dude you are everything I want to be as a musician. The life I chose doesn't let me . All good no worries when the kids leave I´m there hahahahaha. Anywhere I´m doing my thing and loving it . Thank you for your insight and foresight and honesty... You keep it real.. For me you are a modern day Hendrix... Keep up the good work!!
I am thinking of getting a zoom g1xfour for the whammy, compressor and noise gate purpose. Seems like I found the answer. Thanks Dave! Love how simple your boards are and that most pedals are not expensive yet you can sound expensive. Way to go sir!
Thank you so much Dave, for sharing your pedal boards setup's. I have learnt so much about the pedals and the chains you use; very inspiring, and Wowsome!!! John (72 year young Rocker now in a rocker ;) in the U.S.A. (Born in Portsmouth U.K)
Dave, You have my favorite pedalboard on TH-cam. All these other people that like to have pedal shows have tens of thousands of dollars worth of pedal board. And here you are with a pedalboard that the gear dolts would scoff at and proceed to wipe the floor with their true-bypass-boutique-nonsense-pedalboards.
Your intros are art, that’s how I see them it’s like a diary into your live and how you feel, this ones called seeing the light 😎 through the haze of life, “always look for the light” 🤟 Great video Dave love the energy it’s infectious not to mention all the info thanks
Another gorgeous intro jam. Can't believe I missed this one!? Dave's TH-cam channel is a never ending fountain of awesome. By the time my kids are old enough to play, they will have a lifetime of Dave Simpson to study, should they wish to learn guitar. Thanks again Dave 🙌🎸🤘🎶💕
You knocked it outta the park with the intro jam again!!! Loved it!!! Great to see you in better spirits today, hope you continue to have more and more brighter days :)
That intro is like album worthy and you just did it on the fly. The leads were just so incredible, especially the last one where it went from the upper register back down to the lower one. Its really inspiring to see how you do all that from a few relatively cheap pedals and just your imagination. The melodies and how it was full of repetitive theme felt so polished. Stupendous Dave!
Dave, thanks for being so willing to share your knowledge with us, so many guitar players are up their backsides and think they are above the rest of us, I always like to share my own knowledge, which I will readily admit is not at your level. I've a brother who messes with guitars a little bit and I've sent him a link to one of your videos, I think he will really like it and get a lot from it - good gravy to you and all here.
Dave, You Do NOT Realize How Much Talent You Have. Honestly Dude. You Are One Of The Best Guitarist/Composers Ive Ever Seen. You Need To Start Laying Tracks Down Right NOW. Time Waits For No One. It Goes Fast. I Missed Out. I Lived like A Rock Star With Drugs And Stuff When i Should Have Had My Shite Together. Im In A Band Now Playing Classic Rock Cover Songs. Its Ok And Fun, But Man O Man, How I Wish...........
Dave you are so underrated. You should be making EP’s. Put a band together man!!! Live your best life!! You’re an amazing guitarist and an awesome teacher. Your into jam was incredible. Keep doing your thing, don’t let anyone get to you !!!!!!!!
man, you’re a real find! I love guitar players who doesn’t do fancy videos on fancy cameras with fancy lights. Keep going like that, your followers are here for the guitarism and tiny tiny nuances of the sound that most of the folks don’t provide through their videos. Looove your channel! Hi from Russia, Saint Petersburg ❤
So happy to have found your channel. You are definitely one amazing, natural guitarist I've seen so far. A great find for me! Keep up the amazing work, Dave! There are tonnes of videos from this channel for me to enjoy. Be well, eat well and stay safe always! Oh, subscribed and ding!
I would love to walk into a guitar shop with you and say "This is my mate Dave, he's looking to buy a new guitar you wouldn't mind if he tries a few do you....... The expressions would be priceless
Thanks Dave , I just set up my new Line 6 hx effects with pretty much your signal chain and its sounding great, I have 6 switches so it goes, Delay,Chorus, overdrive, phaser, fuzz, then distortion, I think I can do two effects on one switch for a total of 9 but 6 is already more then enough for me, will be using maybe 2-4 of them all at different times,, thanks again mate u rock keep up the good work
Just got the Golden Plexi......oh joy.....such sweet noise :) Indeed, it doth giveth that warm/crunch (wunchy?) tone that I've been after. Thank you good sir.
Been watching you for a while dave you inspire me to play more love your work and what you're doing at andertons keep rocking my brother people love you
Dave, You describe the routing of your main effects pedal board really clearly - thanks! You raise a really important point that I've been wrangling with for many years - pedals into a clean amp versus the use of an overdriven front end. Recently I moved to clean amp and pedals after watching your videos Both the Marshall Jackhammer and the Guv'nor pedals have a wide range of gain, volume, and EQ settings available - deep bass and bass, treble and mid, etc. I'd really like to know what the settings are on your two pedals. Perhaps an item on 'Wednesday Questions'?
Hi dave, I know you are a huge john frusciante fan... So I just wanna know if you have ever had this same thought i'm having. For me, Frusciante not being in "the 27 club" is a miracle, 1997 was his worst year on his addiction, his death was a huge possibilitie there! (John was born in 1950, so in 1997 he was 27). I'm so glad he's alive damn great video btw, really like your channel man!
I have had that thought yes. He's a very lucky man to be walking around. He could of lost his arms as well. Its kind of unbelievable when you really think about. Thank you very much for watching and liking my channel. :)
immense and inspirational...I am thinking this is a bit like an artist taking their box of paints (pedals ) to different canvases (amps) wherever they go. I am realising perhaps maybe that is what I was doing with an fx unit I took around with me to either plug into pa or a studio desk.I think that now I am beginning to understand that focusing too much on the canvas is not what I should be doing now but focusing on the pedals and soundtools (the paint box).Wow so Steve Vai,and all the influences you mentioned do this, to create a professional or more personal sound. Bingo my penny has finally dropped.Thank you (awesome chorus sound too)
A bro you are one of the people I would love to meet but first I got to practice hard then I will be worthy of that 🙏🏾💯💯💯💯💯💯 thanks for being that sound for me love it 🥹 this sound is 🔥
Nice video and It was fun how you playing your solo,s💪🏽💪🏽and for me is clear how i use the DS2 with the Jack hammer thanks Dave yeah is a old video but i enjoy it thanks Dave 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽✌🏽✌🏽👍👍
Hi Dave Frank Marino also ran a clean Solid state amp or PA and the majority of his sound was from pedals albeit modded or homemade but nevertheless pedals I heard the ds and sd don't like high output pickups sure enough I never turn the drive up on mine past 12 oclock
Enjoyed this insight, thanks. Will , or could, you do a piece on recommended pedals for a newby. Bit of a personal taste I realise, but basic guidance from the master would be appreciated. Cheers.
I don't have any pedals at all because the palate of sounds I have in my head is limited and can easily be achieved with just a good valve amp. You on the other hand have a head full of the most amazing sounds and the playing talent to explore them all so having much more in the way of equipment for producing them makes perfect sense. That with the same equipment I would a) not have a clue how to use them b) still produce what I always do c) make horrible noises and d) most probably break something, illustrates the difference between the genius that is Dave Simpson and the pedestrian guitar hack that is me. Bless god for the Dave Simpsons of the world.
Your pedal board is your palette : you paint soundscapes. This reminds of Hendrix, he said something once along those lines ( can't remember the exact words). You can create vibrant; resonant; satisfying sounds with quite inexpensive gear, as good as anyone; not a valve in sight. You do great things with your palette; you don't need ultra expensive gear. It's the painter that creates the landscape, not the paints. You're a very talented aural painter.
A quick scan of your pedal settings would have been a nice touch. You wouldn’t have to talk about it. Viewers could just pause the video when they want to examine a particular pedal’s setting. But that’s just me being hyper critical. Much love as always. As of recently, my father and I listen to your intro jams/demos all day at work. I love Jimi (check out the Au Go Go jam if you haven’t already), Rory, Frusciante’s solo work, Gary Moore, and Government Mule. But even with access to almost every recording ever made on Spotify and TH-cam, we still prefer listening to you very often. Keep the long jams comings. There’s nothing worse than TH-cam commercials every 8 minutes.
I've got a fender De ville amp and I'm really struggling with the wh10 volume jump. I've got a jackhammer but still can't find a proper way to fix this problem. The amp is too clean I guess. I also tried to turn the equalization on the amp a bit lower but then the tone gets lost. I also tried the overdrive channel and it didn't work anyway. What could eventually solve this problem?
@@thedavesimpson I usually set the eq off (sometimes I set the treble at 9 O'Clock), the gain is almost always at 10 o'clock and never goes past 12 o'clock, contour is usually off and freq is set a bit higher. I have the pedals in this order: amp-chorus-jackhammer-wh10-dist-comp-guitar.
You might need to increase the gain a little more than you think. John's tone isn't as clean as it sounds. I would recomend you turn it up with the ds2 on and see at what point the volume levels out. Also crank the volume on the jackhammer. :)
@@thedavesimpson thank you for your advice! Love your channel. You've been such an inspiration for me throughout the past few years. You really helped me improving my guitar playing and mindset. Now I look at the guitar in a different and more personal way than I did before watching your vids. You've been kind like a mentor for me and I treasure all the advices that I've learned from you. You really changed my prospective on guitar. Thank you for everything.
You are an amazing player! I recently found out about you and have really enjoyed your videos! Actually watching this video I realized have have nearly the same setup/philosophy as you just with different pedals 😆 Do you ever find the need to write your settings down or just tweak them constantly? I always worry I won’t be able to find a “good sound” I had again.
Hi Dave, I stumbled upon this vid and the intro is a blessing! Even though you are using two looper pedals, I don't understand how are you getting two loops interchanging with just a button flick on the intro jam? The ditto can store two loops maybe?
Id love to see you jam around on the blackstar silver line amps! Great jam and video. We need more ppl that lose themselves playing music like you do, we need to stick together
Hi Dave, Another lovely video, thanks very much. Apologies if I missed it, but where do you stand on patch cables? I'm still using the rag-bag collection that I've had in my cable box for 25 years and I thought it would be nice to get a completely fresh set for my gigging board. Thoughts? Matt
Dave, do you get that volume drop they talk about from the dl4 when switching from clean to delay effects? Does running the jackhammer for your slight-crunch-clean help that?
@@sadfvsdavn Ahh, I see. I keep hearing him say "I'm a creature of habit" and other phrases so maybe he hasn't changed it much, but let's see. The thing I always take from Dave and his gear is that the dials all go from 0-10 and you should try them all in every combination for your quest for tone, even if some of them are best left alone :) After all, the name Jackhammer implies something that smashes up roads with immense force and power, and here's Dave showing us that it's just the job for a not-quite-clean tone for choppy funk :D A good example of ear-before-gear!
@@sadfvsdavn now we know! th-cam.com/video/DGo8YhYGEDk/w-d-xo.html - they only look a tiny bit different to th-cam.com/video/mwxF01k37QA/w-d-xo.html :D
Loved this video so much. So much I want a pedal board like this, the sound is just what I like so I am sourcing the pedals, found a G2 and Picked up a Marshal Gov Plus yesterday. What are them handles on the board from Dave ?
Hi Dave! Doesn't the signal start at the guitar and go to the effects and then to the amp? I am wondering why you explain it from the amp to the guitar? All the best wishes for you Dave!
Would you run the Jackhammer if you also had the CE-1? Since the CE-1 compresses the wh10 and the ds-2 with the built in pre-amp...and boosts the clean..would it still be necessary or sound drastically different? I’ve pre-ordered a clone (triungulo labs CE-1 Ensemble crunch..has the pre-amp but not the chorus effect) so that I can save myself the risk of gigging with my ce-1 (much more rare and expensive now than when I bought it ($150)). After seeing your video (since I’m waiting on the Ensemble crunch) I went ahead and also ordered the Jackhammer. Just thinking I may end up with an extra pedal or two at this point. I just figured I’d keep the ce-1 for recording purposes, have the Clone (ensemble crunch) for gigging. Either way...something’s gotta happen to get the wh10 and ds-2 to stay in line. I’m sure I’ll just tinker with everything and figure it out. I think the benefit of running both would be to run more pedals (I have all analog) and keep the signal/tone strong and undrained. May look into the Zoom G2 and also the ditto. I have a boss looper but yours seems way more straightforward to use. Also like the delay and reverb you’re getting from the Zoom and I probably would have the ditto also in the chain since I’m playing through a deluxe reverb ‘68 reissue at the moment. I’ve loved the delay modeler since ‘don’t forget me’ and will look more into it. Anyways...hands down you have the most informative, affordable info out there. My goal isn’t to sound like John in the end...I just really prefer his Wah and Lead and Clean sounds to most players.
Dave how do you feel about the digitech rp255, which to me seems pretty close to your zoom? Just curious if you've ever tried one before and what your thoughts are? Cheers!
Oh and I love my zoom g1u too. I use it to compress the noise from my bargain sub £75 strat clone. Also useful to jump to a custom Richard Hawley effect.
Holy crap, I didnt even get to the part of the vid with the Hx when I put up last comment then I was very surprised when I seen u have one too and a Vox wah which I also have lol, think I got that particular wah pedal from advise on another one of your vids a while back actually
+davesimpson I have a huge question, now you have a past FX Chorus ensemble CE-1 is your Jackhammer still needed? and how or where would you plug it? It would be really awesome if you could make a video with your main pedal board with marshall MG and introduce us your I would say upgrade of your main pedal board. Your one of my main inspiration in John Frusciante Tone quest and adventure Greetings from Belgium dave !
@@thedavesimpson Yeah I really UNderstand, it means that the Jackhammer marshalize the tone perfectly. And even with the BOss Katana, It would be great to have this Jh-1 master piece? I'm really on my way to the JF quest of tone so I think, every information or possibilities are great to have. You make an amazing work on your channel and kit's always a huge pleasure to watch your vidéos and also instagram contents. I'm so so so happy to have discovered you on youtube when I was looking for my/our mentor sir John Frusciante. I'm really happy cause I know now where I can go and thannks to you I begin to master how I can get this huge and fascinated tone. Greetings from belgium and I wish you a great great great Sunday
Man that intro jam 😩 you surpassed yourself again.
Agreed. Melodic, tasteful and just bad ass!
Thank you very much. :)
The tone of Dave, the only pedal we can’t reproduce is the heart that you play with. Thanks for the tour of your board Dave. Keep up the journey. Be safe out there.
Timestamps (Work in progress)
00:00 Incredible Intro Jam Dave! 🤯
04:17 Dave's Video Intro
06:08 Dave's "Main Board" Summary
08:24 Zoom G2
11:26 Line6 Delay Modeller
13:37 Marshall Gov'nor 2+
14:05 Marshall Jackhammer
18:30 Ibanez WH-2? / WH-3? Wah
18:45 Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion
19:18 EHX Double Muff Fuzz
20:10 Dave's "Main Board" Signal Chain
21:22 Dave's "Second Board" Summary
22:26 TC Electronics Ditto Looper Mini
25:09 Golden Plexi
26:05 Pedal Board Power Supplies
26:53 Dave's "Third Board" Summary
Good comment, but there is one mistake: The wah is a WH-10, and a version 1 or 2. Otherwise perfect!
Sir Dave, I know this was 2 years ago but I enjoyed it greatly. I am a recent instant fan discovering your channel and I love your playing and attitude and heart. I’ve been playing and wrangling pedals and amps for 50 years but there’s always something fresh and new to learn from players like you. Guess I need to dust off my old DL4. Your music is inspiring as well, rock on brother. You’d like to meet the great Dave Murray, I’d like to meet you.
Your one of my favorite guitarists right now.
I always wonder who the hell is giving the thumbs down and why.
Rock n roll Dave, thanks for your time and wisdom!
Thank you very much and i wonder that top. :)
Boutique pedal companies that see him using normal pedals.
@basslinger ................obviously folk that are clueless.
Some gear snobs who can’t make their current high end gears sound good and probably clueless that they are the one who don’t sound good and not the gears.
I do. Love Dave's stuff, but if his video cheeses me off he gets a fat 👎 from me, and that's the story. Nobody is that good to hit the target every time.
Ive come to the conclusion that Dave's videos are documentaries to guitar and i love it
Dave .... Four words + two..+ appendix
You are my hero.
You Rock...
Dude you are everything I want to be as a musician.
The life I chose doesn't let me . All good no worries when the kids leave I´m there hahahahaha.
Anywhere I´m doing my thing and loving it .
Thank you for your insight and foresight and honesty...
You keep it real..
For me you are a modern day Hendrix...
Keep up the good work!!
Thank you very much. :)
I throw mine at the audience if they misbehave! Love the channel mate - All the Best.
that sounds interesting is it a feature of your shows, like Hendrix setting fire to his guitar
Thank you very much. :)
Intro jam feels like you're ready to get out and run into the wind. Loved it.
I am thinking of getting a zoom g1xfour for the whammy, compressor and noise gate purpose. Seems like I found the answer. Thanks Dave!
Love how simple your boards are and that most pedals are not expensive yet you can sound expensive. Way to go sir!
As usual your sound seems to come from another planet, one where guitars fly through the skies and play solos like yours. You are amazing. ;-)
Thank you very much. :)
Thank you so much Dave, for sharing your pedal boards setup's. I have learnt so much about the pedals and the chains you use; very inspiring, and Wowsome!!!
John (72 year young Rocker now in a rocker ;) in the U.S.A. (Born in Portsmouth U.K)
Thank you very much. :)
Dave, You have my favorite pedalboard on TH-cam. All these other people that like to have pedal shows have tens of thousands of dollars worth of pedal board. And here you are with a pedalboard that the gear dolts would scoff at and proceed to wipe the floor with their true-bypass-boutique-nonsense-pedalboards.
True bypass is the term for what happens to the videos of those gear dolts. People truly bypass them ;)
That's cuz most of them are salesmen but Dave is an artist who actually uses his tools instead of just coveting them ;) It's true though...
@@blue-tb2fd best definition I've seen of the term true-bypass :D
Thank you very much. :)
Davie’s doing it for the ‘kids’
This is a great advancing-level pedalboard tutorial. Thanks, Dave!
It's always a pleasure to watch one of your videos man, thanks for being such an inspiration
Thank you very much. :)
Only became aware of you Dave after watching the Andertons interview. After that intro solo, subscribed. Awesome dude.
Your intros are art, that’s how I see them it’s like a diary into your live and how you feel, this ones called seeing the light 😎 through the haze of life, “always look for the light” 🤟
Great video Dave love the energy it’s infectious not to mention all the info thanks
Thank you very much. : )
I can not even imagine the music you hear inside of your head. A big inspiration & talent that deserves to be heard.
Thank you very much. :)
Another gorgeous intro jam. Can't believe I missed this one!? Dave's TH-cam channel is a never ending fountain of awesome. By the time my kids are old enough to play, they will have a lifetime of Dave Simpson to study, should they wish to learn guitar. Thanks again Dave 🙌🎸🤘🎶💕
You knocked it outta the park with the intro jam again!!! Loved it!!! Great to see you in better spirits today, hope you continue to have more and more brighter days :)
Thank you very much. :)
That intro is like album worthy and you just did it on the fly. The leads were just so incredible, especially the last one where it went from the upper register back down to the lower one. Its really inspiring to see how you do all that from a few relatively cheap pedals and just your imagination. The melodies and how it was full of repetitive theme felt so polished. Stupendous Dave!
Thank you very much. : )
Dave, thanks for being so willing to share your knowledge with us, so many guitar players are up their backsides and think they are above the rest of us, I always like to share my own knowledge, which I will readily admit is not at your level. I've a brother who messes with guitars a little bit and I've sent him a link to one of your videos, I think he will really like it and get a lot from it - good gravy to you and all here.
Thank you very much. :)
Dave, You Do NOT Realize How Much Talent You Have. Honestly Dude. You Are One Of The Best Guitarist/Composers Ive Ever Seen. You Need To Start Laying Tracks Down Right NOW.
Time Waits For No One. It Goes Fast. I Missed Out. I Lived like A Rock Star With Drugs And Stuff When i Should Have Had My Shite Together. Im In A Band Now Playing Classic Rock Cover Songs. Its Ok And Fun, But Man O Man, How I Wish...........
Thank you very much. :)
Greetings from NY! Great intro jam Dave, totally enjoyed it and thank you for the vid.
Thank you very much. :)
Dave you are so underrated. You should be making EP’s. Put a band together man!!! Live your best life!! You’re an amazing guitarist and an awesome teacher. Your into jam was incredible. Keep doing your thing, don’t let anyone get to you !!!!!!!!
Thank you very much. : )
definethly the best dave murray ive heard outside of dave murray
Thank you very much. :)
A real artist ! I totally enjoy your videos such a genuine cool dude!
Love this video! Great to lean back and learn stuff and listen to.
Thank you very much. :)
The intro jam was fantastic
Thank you very much. :)
man, you’re a real find! I love guitar players who doesn’t do fancy videos on fancy cameras with fancy lights. Keep going like that, your followers are here for the guitarism and tiny tiny nuances of the sound that most of the folks don’t provide through their videos. Looove your channel! Hi from Russia, Saint Petersburg ❤
So happy to have found your channel. You are definitely one amazing, natural guitarist I've seen so far. A great find for me! Keep up the amazing work, Dave! There are tonnes of videos from this channel for me to enjoy. Be well, eat well and stay safe always!
Oh, subscribed and ding!
Dave Murray
Dave Gilmour
Dave Simpson
There seems to be a pattern...
@@blue-tb2fd All three have an M in their last name?
Dave matthews
Dave Mustaine
@@GrimKage Dave Lee Riff
Wow! You are one kick ass guitar hero! The intro is what rock music should be!
Thank you very much. :)
I would love to walk into a guitar shop with you and say
"This is my mate Dave, he's looking to buy a new guitar you wouldn't mind if he tries a few do you.......
The expressions would be priceless
Thanks Dave , I just set up my new Line 6 hx effects with pretty much your signal chain and its sounding great, I have 6 switches so it goes, Delay,Chorus, overdrive, phaser, fuzz, then distortion, I think I can do two effects on one switch for a total of 9 but 6 is already more then enough for me, will be using maybe 2-4 of them all at different times,, thanks again mate u rock keep up the good work
thanks Dave ! Jackhammer is a secret gem I discoverd thanks to you !
Just got the Golden Plexi......oh joy.....such sweet noise :)
Indeed, it doth giveth that warm/crunch (wunchy?) tone that I've been after.
Thank you good sir.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE DS-2!!!!
We should become friends, Dave
Been watching you for a while dave you inspire me to play more love your work and what you're doing at andertons keep rocking my brother people love you
So happy to hear that and thank you very much indeed. :)
Dave, You describe the routing of your main effects pedal board really clearly - thanks! You raise a really important point that I've been wrangling with for many years - pedals into a clean amp versus the use of an overdriven front end. Recently I moved to clean amp and pedals after watching your videos Both the Marshall Jackhammer and the Guv'nor pedals have a wide range of gain, volume, and EQ settings available - deep bass and bass, treble and mid, etc. I'd really like to know what the settings are on your two pedals. Perhaps an item on 'Wednesday Questions'?
Dave, one other thing - I assume you are using the Marshall MG or the Orange CR120 - what level of gain are you using on the amp?
I like that setup.nice homebuilt pedalboard, i was looking for some ideas for a pedalboard and now I found it. thankyou sir. from U.S.
Hi dave, I know you are a huge john frusciante fan... So I just wanna know if you have ever had this same thought i'm having.
For me, Frusciante not being in "the 27 club" is a miracle, 1997 was his worst year on his addiction, his death was a huge possibilitie there! (John was born in 1950, so in 1997 he was 27).
I'm so glad he's alive damn
great video btw, really like your channel man!
Thin you meant 1970 mate, but you’re bang on with the rest ✌️
@@gianttreeproductions3947 right... lol
I have had that thought yes. He's a very lucky man to be walking around.
He could of lost his arms as well.
Its kind of unbelievable when you really think about.
Thank you very much for watching and liking my channel. :)
nice video man great playing u got some soul in u playing this is great man ..
Dave is a G, Such a great emotional expressive prayer 🤘🏼
immense and inspirational...I am thinking this is a bit like an artist taking their box of paints (pedals ) to different canvases (amps) wherever they go. I am realising perhaps maybe that is what I was doing with an fx unit I took around with me to either plug into pa or a studio desk.I think that now I am beginning to understand that focusing too much on the canvas is not what I should be doing now but focusing on the pedals and soundtools (the paint box).Wow so Steve Vai,and all the influences you mentioned do this, to create a professional or more personal sound. Bingo my penny has finally dropped.Thank you (awesome chorus sound too)
Superb..my new guitar influence..been following all your licks..🤘🤘🤘
You've got talent my friend.
Thank you very much. :)
Before that, soul.
Finally the wizard is showing his magic box lol ;) Cool video Dave...
Thank you very much. :)
love these vids and your perspective and of course playing!!!
The Maestro returns
Thank you very much. :)
A bro you are one of the people I would love to meet but first I got to practice hard then I will be worthy of that 🙏🏾💯💯💯💯💯💯 thanks for being that sound for me love it 🥹 this sound is 🔥
Hi Dave. I have the ditto looper 2 as well. I didn’t know you could run it alone through the effects loop. I’m gonna try that out.
Love it Dave,you have a nice tone in them fingers
Also
I fear change was hilarious though I totally get it as well 😅✌
With these boards I would say the zoom is the brain and the jackhammer/golden plexi is the heart.
Nice video and It was fun how you playing your solo,s💪🏽💪🏽and for me is clear how i use the DS2 with the Jack hammer thanks Dave yeah is a old video but i enjoy it thanks Dave 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽✌🏽✌🏽👍👍
Dave, I felt the presence of the Lord on that intro instrumental. Thank you for that, sir.
Thank you very much. :)
Great tutorial Dave and again killer playing and noodling!Cheers from a crazy cannuck.
Thank you very much. :)
Hi Dave Frank Marino also ran a clean Solid state amp or PA and the majority of his sound was from pedals albeit modded or homemade but nevertheless pedals
I heard the ds and sd don't like high output pickups sure enough I never turn the drive up on mine past 12 oclock
Enjoyed this insight, thanks. Will , or could, you do a piece on recommended pedals for a newby. Bit of a personal taste I realise, but basic guidance from the master would be appreciated. Cheers.
I like your playing a lot.
I don't have any pedals at all because the palate of sounds I have in my head is limited and can easily be achieved with just a good valve amp. You on the other hand have a head full of the most amazing sounds and the playing talent to explore them all so having much more in the way of equipment for producing them makes perfect sense. That with the same equipment I would a) not have a clue how to use them b) still produce what I always do c) make horrible noises and d) most probably break something, illustrates the difference between the genius that is Dave Simpson and the pedestrian guitar hack that is me. Bless god for the Dave Simpsons of the world.
Thank you very much. :)
Your pedal board is your palette : you paint soundscapes. This reminds of Hendrix, he said something once along those lines ( can't remember the exact words). You can create vibrant; resonant; satisfying sounds with quite inexpensive gear, as good as anyone; not a valve in sight. You do great things with your palette; you don't need ultra expensive gear. It's the painter that creates the landscape, not the paints. You're a very talented aural painter.
Thank you very much. :)
A quick scan of your pedal settings would have been a nice touch. You wouldn’t have to talk about it. Viewers could just pause the video when they want to examine a particular pedal’s setting.
But that’s just me being hyper critical. Much love as always.
As of recently, my father and I listen to your intro jams/demos all day at work. I love Jimi (check out the Au Go Go jam if you haven’t already), Rory, Frusciante’s solo work, Gary Moore, and Government Mule. But even with access to almost every recording ever made on Spotify and TH-cam, we still prefer listening to you very often. Keep the long jams comings. There’s nothing worse than TH-cam commercials every 8 minutes.
Thank you very much. :)
What a soulful player.... I used to play that way. Now I SHRED. sigh... I really need to start writing again.
Thank you very much. :)
Thanks for replying with this video ! Your very thorough and informative
Thank you very much. :)
Hey Dave. Do you have a amp sound on the zoom or do you just use for effects and the compressor?
I use the roland jazz chorus model set flat.
Inspirational playing as ever Dave. What power supplies you run for the boards?
Thank you very much and there running off a Pedal Power 2 Plus. :)
I love super Dave's tone and I've said it 1000 times that's one of my favorite guitars in the world although I wish it had a whammy bar.
I've got a fender De ville amp and I'm really struggling with the wh10 volume jump. I've got a jackhammer but still can't find a proper way to fix this problem. The amp is too clean I guess. I also tried to turn the equalization on the amp a bit lower but then the tone gets lost. I also tried the overdrive channel and it didn't work anyway. What could eventually solve this problem?
How are you setting the jackhammer and where is it in your effects chain?
@@thedavesimpson I usually set the eq off (sometimes I set the treble at 9 O'Clock), the gain is almost always at 10 o'clock and never goes past 12 o'clock, contour is usually off and freq is set a bit higher.
I have the pedals in this order: amp-chorus-jackhammer-wh10-dist-comp-guitar.
You might need to increase the gain a little more than you think. John's tone isn't as clean as it sounds.
I would recomend you turn it up with the ds2 on and see at what point the volume levels out.
Also crank the volume on the jackhammer. :)
@@thedavesimpson thank you for your advice! Love your channel. You've been such an inspiration for me throughout the past few years. You really helped me improving my guitar playing and mindset. Now I look at the guitar in a different and more personal way than I did before watching your vids. You've been kind like a mentor for me and I treasure all the advices that I've learned from you. You really changed my prospective on guitar.
Thank you for everything.
43:01 for the mediterranean-island-summer-evening-looking-over-the-twinkling-lights-of-the-bay effect :D
Thank you Dave I appreciate the pedalboard review, the jam and kudos on the gig last week.
Thank you very much. :)
This video was more than good enough.Believe in (YOURSELF)
Thank you very much. :)
You are an amazing player! I recently found out about you and have really enjoyed your videos! Actually watching this video I realized have have nearly the same setup/philosophy as you just with different pedals 😆
Do you ever find the need to write your settings down or just tweak them constantly? I always worry I won’t be able to find a “good sound” I had again.
Hi Dave, I stumbled upon this vid and the intro is a blessing!
Even though you are using two looper pedals, I don't understand how are you getting two loops interchanging with just a button flick on the intro jam? The ditto can store two loops maybe?
THE INTRO WAS SUPERB! You’re a great guitar player man! What about a boost for your solos when you play live?
Thank you very much and i use my zoom g2.1u for a volume boost. :)
Hey Dave, does the JH1 have to be in front of the Wh10 and DS-2 to give it that compression or could it go before in the chain?
Id love to see you jam around on the blackstar silver line amps! Great jam and video. We need more ppl that lose themselves playing music like you do, we need to stick together
If i can get my hands on one i shall demo it.
Thank you very much. :)
Hi Dave,
Another lovely video, thanks very much.
Apologies if I missed it, but where do you stand on patch cables? I'm still using the rag-bag collection that I've had in my cable box for 25 years and I thought it would be nice to get a completely fresh set for my gigging board.
Thoughts?
Matt
Great work!
Cool video
Does the Guvnor+ pedal sound similar to the Marshall Valvestate and or Jmp rack?
Not really.
Dave, great video as always.
How do you record your videos? Which camera do you use?
Thank you very much and i use a zoom Q8. :)
Try the mxr super badass variac fuzz 🔥🔥.
Awsome video Dave
Thank you very much. : )
Many thanks for your awesome work..
Thank you very much. :)
Dave, do you get that volume drop they talk about from the dl4 when switching from clean to delay effects? Does running the jackhammer for your slight-crunch-clean help that?
Would love to see your current settings for the Jackhammer, since you've inspired me to use it like that :)
Have you seen the Jackhammer video from last year? th-cam.com/video/mwxF01k37QA/w-d-xo.html
@@jsnowdendavies I did, but I'm wondering about his current settings, since Dave change it sometimes
@@sadfvsdavn Ahh, I see. I keep hearing him say "I'm a creature of habit" and other phrases so maybe he hasn't changed it much, but let's see. The thing I always take from Dave and his gear is that the dials all go from 0-10 and you should try them all in every combination for your quest for tone, even if some of them are best left alone :) After all, the name Jackhammer implies something that smashes up roads with immense force and power, and here's Dave showing us that it's just the job for a not-quite-clean tone for choppy funk :D A good example of ear-before-gear!
@@sadfvsdavn now we know! th-cam.com/video/DGo8YhYGEDk/w-d-xo.html - they only look a tiny bit different to th-cam.com/video/mwxF01k37QA/w-d-xo.html :D
Loved this video so much. So much I want a pedal board like this, the sound is just what I like so I am sourcing the pedals, found a G2 and Picked up a Marshal Gov Plus yesterday. What are them handles on the board from Dave ?
Thank you very much and the handles are just cheap ones from a local shop. : )
Nice man! Very impressive!
Thank you very much. : )
Can you PLEEEEASE make a Video about your settings of the HX Effects and how you use it?
th-cam.com/video/F9gtmthhyxk/w-d-xo.html
Hi Dave! Doesn't the signal start at the guitar and go to the effects and then to the amp? I am wondering why you explain it from the amp to the guitar? All the best wishes for you Dave!
Thats just the way i have always seen it. I always see the amp as the start. :)
Thank you very much. : )
Would you run the Jackhammer if you also had the CE-1?
Since the CE-1 compresses the wh10 and the ds-2 with the built in pre-amp...and boosts the clean..would it still be necessary or sound drastically different?
I’ve pre-ordered a clone (triungulo labs CE-1 Ensemble crunch..has the pre-amp but not the chorus effect) so that I can save myself the risk of gigging with my ce-1 (much more rare and expensive now than when I bought it ($150)). After seeing your video (since I’m waiting on the Ensemble crunch) I went ahead and also ordered the Jackhammer. Just thinking I may end up with an extra pedal or two at this point. I just figured I’d keep the ce-1 for recording purposes, have the Clone (ensemble crunch) for gigging. Either way...something’s gotta happen to get the wh10 and ds-2 to stay in line.
I’m sure I’ll just tinker with everything and figure it out. I think the benefit of running both would be to run more pedals (I have all analog) and keep the signal/tone strong and undrained.
May look into the Zoom G2 and also the ditto. I have a boss looper but yours seems way more straightforward to use. Also like the delay and reverb you’re getting from the Zoom and I probably would have the ditto also in the chain since I’m playing through a deluxe reverb ‘68 reissue at the moment.
I’ve loved the delay modeler since ‘don’t forget me’ and will look more into it.
Anyways...hands down you have the most informative, affordable info out there. My goal isn’t to sound like John in the end...I just really prefer his Wah and Lead and Clean sounds to most players.
I'm not sure as I've never tried the CE1. John doesn't get all the compression from the CE1 though. It mainly comes from his amps. :)
Dave Simpson thanks for the reply. Once I sit down with my amp I’ll see what I can do to get the most out of it.
No bad man...yer neighbours must love you
Dave how do you feel about the digitech rp255, which to me seems pretty close to your zoom? Just curious if you've ever tried one before and what your thoughts are? Cheers!
I've never tried one so I can't say. Sorry.
Hello Dave, I have just spotted and admired your pictorial tribute to Rick Mayal. If you created a song for Rik, what style would you play?
Oh and I love my zoom g1u too. I use it to compress the noise from my bargain sub £75 strat clone. Also useful to jump to a custom Richard Hawley effect.
I have no idea. I'd have to think about that. I would love to do a song for him though. :)
Holy crap, I didnt even get to the part of the vid with the Hx when I put up last comment then I was very surprised when I seen u have one too and a Vox wah which I also have lol, think I got that particular wah pedal from advise on another one of your vids a while back actually
+davesimpson
I have a huge question, now you have a past FX Chorus ensemble CE-1 is your Jackhammer still needed? and how or where would you plug it?
It would be really awesome if you could make a video with your main pedal board with marshall MG and introduce us your I would say upgrade of your main pedal board.
Your one of my main inspiration in John Frusciante Tone quest and adventure
Greetings from Belgium dave !
The jackhammer is still needed yes. The past fx isn't enough to get the tone i want.
@@thedavesimpson Yeah I really UNderstand, it means that the Jackhammer marshalize the tone perfectly. And even with the BOss Katana, It would be great to have this Jh-1 master piece? I'm really on my way to the JF quest of tone so I think, every information or possibilities are great to have.
You make an amazing work on your channel and kit's always a huge pleasure to watch your vidéos and also instagram contents.
I'm so so so happy to have discovered you on youtube when I was looking for my/our mentor sir John Frusciante.
I'm really happy cause I know now where I can go and thannks to you I begin to master how I can get this huge and fascinated tone.
Greetings from belgium and I wish you a great great great Sunday
Dave would this set up sound good through a Fender Deluxe Reverb ‘68 reissue? doesn’t have an overdrive channel...does the Jackhammer fix that issue?
It would work yeps. :)
Dave Simpson thanks so much!!
In the first pedalboard, how do you plug your guitar into the ds2 first if the wah is on the right side instead?
Have you tried the G1 Four pedal Dave to compare to your G2? Love you channel
Not yet no.