After playing for two years, and purchasing pedals along the way I’ve realized how poorly I was using the tools in front of me. I’m currently in the process of stripping away pedals and rebuilding with the fundamentals in mind. This video was so helpful and informative, and came at the perfect time. Thanks for putting this content together. I really appreciate it!
Same thing happened to me last year, after buying my 70's Bassman. Now if I can just find the pedal that gets me Soldano lead tones from this amp, I'll be set...
So impressed! We the watchers with G.A.S., reminded to practice more and appreciate what it has taken to get this far. Now I “need” a new amp, guitar, pedal board, power supply and a trip to “That Pedal Store”! Much love for your hard work gents!
These videos are great. I went out and got an odr-1 a few months ago after their video on it(I also discovered Tom bukovac because of said video which is also awesome). That pedal has made me want to play more than any other piece of gear I’ve acquired in a long time.
Funny yet still totally watchable idea for a show - your first 3 effects pedals and where to start, for an audience I’m willing to bet as a majority owns plenty of pedals already! A good show tho for those new to pedals! :) Hopefully this becomes one of the most watched episodes and you help out a whole lot of new people who don’t usually watch this channel!!
You’re so right and yet I remember finding the show when I had a Crybaby, DS-1, and Boss Phaser and couldn’t really work out how to get sounds I liked from them, and TPS actually gave me some inspiration and courage to try different things (and not to sweat flipping things if they didn’t speak to me)
This video was made for me! You may be underestimating the number of bedroom players that only use plug-ins and/or modeling effects, but would like to try using pedals.
@@moorecreativearts2544 That would be me. It was recommended I get a modeler to start with, in lieu of pedals. Now I run a couple Pedals into the Pod Go Boss Metal Zone > Keeley Caverns > Pod Go, or FX Loop.
I think this is what makes TPS so special - no matter where you are on your journey, you will find better questions (and answers) here. The effort required to demonstrate everything so clearly is much appreciated. Thank you!
Another first class offering gents, long may they continue. As someone with 30 odd years on the clock it's tempting to believe we're au fait with FX. These first foot forward demos are an excellent reminder what we 'know' about pedals can always be reset, that we can move forward with brighter eyes to new horizons. Hats off to your good selves.
Just getting started into learning to play guitar so complete novice here. I have been watching your channel & Andertons for a while tho having discovered you both during lockdown. I'm mostly into late 60's, 70's & 80's rock & metal. I'm 50 so it's what i grew up listening to so that probably has influenced my gear choices. My first 3(4) pedals are a MXR Slash Octave Fuzz, a pair of Tone City pedals the Durple overdrive & a Wild Fro distortion & just for fun a wah pedal. The rest of the gear is an Epiphone LP, a Squire FSR Strat & a Victory BD1 amp. Looking forwards to watching more as I find it fascinating even if i have no idea what's going on most of the time. Great channel guys keep up the good work.
Tr2 is a great shout, one of my first real pedals. You guys really helped me on my pedal journey from the early days of TPS, as well as my guitar and amp journey. Now I own over 50 pedals..thanks guys 😉 In all seriousness your show is so informative and helps inspire a whole world of budding musicians!
As someone who discovered pedals with you two (been a sub since the show was on the danielthegigrig channel), I love that you’re bringing along the newcomers to signal processing. Me and my D&M Drive feel like old timers now, but I still remember when I didn’t know what any of these boxes did. Way to go, guys! Keep it up
My first three pedals, way back in 1987: MXR Distortion + Peavey CMC-1 Companded Chorus Dunlop Crybaby Wah-Wah All of which I got from a local pawnshop with my lunch money. A great "Core Sound" to build a foundation on.
Thanks guys! When I was a teenager in the 80s all I knew was I wanted some pedals. Saved my paper route money. Went to Steves Music Shop in Montreal and told the sales guy I have enough for three pedals. He sold me a BOSS DD-2, CE-2 and CS-2. The DD-2 and CS-2 are on my board but I still have no idea what to do with the CS-2. Should have sold me a distortion pedal. Good advice today guys.
Great show. Thank you for going back to the basics. I’ve heard a loud slapback delay so many times it’s good to see someone finally actually explain what it is and not just assume that everyone knows. Really good to see how you think about constructing sounds from pedals. More like this please!
Great start to what absolutely should be a series! Thanks guys! I was a pedal addict in the 80s/90s (over 25 at one point - no idea why) and now have my collection down to my Fender's built in abilities (Reverb, Trem) and the combo of an 80s Boss OD1, a MIJ Ibanez FLL flanger, a MIJ Ibanez CPL Compressor, and finally an original Thomas Organ Cry Baby Wah (all original owner). Note, I came to this one this morning and discovered that I was no longer subscribed to the channel. WTF YT??? Don't muck with my channels!
Great show! It was shows like this that really helped me find my way when I was first starting out with effects back in 2016. I think it’s great to circle back every once in a while and welcome the folks just getting started now. Thanks!
No matter how long or short the shows are, it takes me about three times as long to get through them because every couple minutes I have to go back and rewatch something. Great show gents. Love the thumbnail.
This topic isn't just important for those who are new to pedals. It's a reminder that you can do a *lot* with 1 guitar, 1 valve amp, and 3 pedals. Recently, I had a whale of a time (50th bday woo!) with my 335, 5watt Champ, and 2 pedals, the Maxon SD9 & AD9 Pro. The Nobels sounding amazing through that DRRI!
Great idea for a show- a search will bring new viewers to your channel. I found you years ago searching for ways to use 2 amps at once, and you’ve been my #1 ever since.
Great video as always, I personally would recommend a Rat over an overdrive if you had to have one gain/drive pedal, Rats can go from a low gain overdrive type, to crunch distortion, to Fuzz.
Excellent video! Not only for people just getting into pedals, but in my case, I’ve been wanting to reduce the number of pedals in service on my board. This is a great jumping off point, and a good reminder that one can get so many great sounds out of a relatively simple rig. Thanks!
Great idea for vid chaps! I remember when I worked in a guitar shop, beginners coming in wanting to buying a guitar pedal and not really knowing what kind of pedal. It usually turned out to be an OD/distortion but not always so this will certainly give those of us new to guitar or pedals a glimpse of the rabbit hole!
You are making me nostalgic ;) My first drive pedal I got for myself was a Boss DS-1 (I started my first bands in the very late 70s, early 80s). I'd played with borrowed ones before including a Big Muff, Memory Man and even an actual Echoplex (it sounded GLORIOUS!!). But after the DS-1, I probably got myself either a Boss DD1 delay or a chorus and that was the CE-2 chorus. whatever the order, they were the next 2 for sure completing my first trio. After that I'm certain I got the CS-2 compressor as my 4th pedal which remained on my board until the mid 90s when I was already using some rack gear and started using the Korg A3 and whatever compressor was in there. But in the mid 80s, I had a homemade pedalboard with about 7 pedals on it (the purple Boss flanger whatever it was called, a Boss wah I never used and a Boss volume pedal. I vaguely remember also a green Boss phaser as well as the Octaver. I lost the CE-2 pretty quickly when I got myself a JC-120 amp and used its built-in chorus of course ;) Most of this was replaced by a multieffects in the early 90s which I used in a 2 amps rig with a Rockman based switching system (got the Rockman Sustainor, EQ, Octopus MIDI switcher/controller and 3 of the accompanying Y/A-B boxes whose name I forget) which were used to route my signal to the input of either amps (with some effects in front) and the Art multieffect unit I used at the time in either amp's effects loop. The two amps were at first the same JC-120 I already had + a Marshall 2x12 Valvestate 80watts combo. The crunch "vintage" channel was amazing. The JC-120 was eventually replaced by the red knobs Twin I still have and I eventually lost the Marshall and went back to a one amp rig. Things are very different now ;).
Mick - Quick suggestion for the next episode: before you add many more pedals, briefly stick a Humdinger after the Nobels, add a second little amp and demonstrate TPS wet/dry. It’s usually done invisibly on the show through the G3 and I think the simplicity of seeing it with just 3 pedals - especially as you chose a trem, which of course we all use to demo wet/dry to the sceptics - would show the concept very easily. I would even posit that the beginner’s pocket money could be better spent on a 2nd used amp than 2-3 more pedals…. Seems like a unique TPS spin on the beginner rig (Listen through headphones etc). Great show as always.
Fun and informative! My first pedal (1983ish) was a Boss DS-1. My second and third were a good bit later. I then delved into the Rockman rack effects rabbit hole. Ah, memories...
Oh wow. I've been playing for quite a while and delays have always been the effect that I've struggled the most with. Only used it as a slapback & was afraid to experiment with longer delay times until recently. I've been chasing that "full repeat" sound without knowing how to do it. Thank you!
My first 3 pedals...? Danelectro Pepperoni Phaser for only $19! Boss OD-20 (all the toanz) Maybe a Tuna Melt Tremolo? Not sure, but a good chance it was a Dano food pedal...
In the OD segment I was waiting for something like "and if that's a bit much to deal with, just set all the knobs to two o'clock". Very good of you to put out something for those who are starting the journey.
It’s awesome how much you guys are liking the ODR. I bought the new bass cut version not expecting much and it’s now my favourite OD and I have a good collection of boutique pedals.
As someone who is new to playing the guitar (3 lessons so far), this video is phenomenal. It gives a great intro into each of the pedal types and has gone a long way to demystifying them for me. Still a lot to learn, but feel this video has given me a great base to work from. Thanks gents, great job.
Great idea, gents! My first pedal was the MXR Phase 90. My next two were also MXR: the M300 reverb, and the Carbon Copy delay. Overdrive was my fourth pedal, and that was the D&M Drive!
My first three pedals were bought, or received as a gift over about a year and a half. In this order: Flanger, distortion, and phaser. Over the years I have acquired a bunch of pedals. I don’t have as many as Mick and Daniel, not even close, but I still have those three…
awesome, great to see this kind of 'educational' video - especially in a simple easy to digest format. i often have students ask me about all this and i always want to send them your way (which i do) but theres no defiinitive 'educational' videos, so more of these please! happy to chat further, love it
Big Muff, Carbon Copy, Small Clone. There's my Pick 3. I think delay is the effect type that really got me to turn the corner and start thinking about my playing in different ways. If anyone out there is a beginner, get that used DD-5 from the pawn shop cabinet, it'll be the best $85 you ever spend.
Always good to get back to basic sometimes - and the perfect length for listening to whilst mowing the lawn! Should we expect a TPS delay pedal next, with a “Micks” control?
Oh, man, that was so totally fun!!! I do very much imagine the head start one would have starting literally with those 3 pedals!!! There's a great deal of ground covered in that one fell swoop! Cool stuff played today - as usual. Love you boys - and love being in this tribe of ours. Follow up to my wet/dry rig experience: Yes, very hard to go back. However, I love my amp so much more now, so there is that. I feel lucky and blessed. It and my favorite strat are both gifts from wife. I asked for neither, but she's a keeper (also shares Mick's actual date of birth!). Pisces. They are sweet caring souls with crazy great intuition & mad creative skills! Dan, we are lucky to have them on our side.
Great beginners video and a reminder to the seasoned pedal user to go back to a beginners mind-set once in a while. Loved the overdriven hard and fast tremolo - made me think of Spacemen 3, which is always a good thing.
A lovely affirmation of the choice of some of my first pedals when I started getting serious about electric guitar again. Mooer Reecho and Trellicopter and the TC Electronics Mojo Mojo. Of course less affordable options keep calling out to me - not least the D&M Drive and the Harmonious Monk, but the inspiration these pedals have given is priceless. However, my first pedal purchase way back in the mid 90s was an Ibanez Super Chorus - chasing the "Kayleigh" intro sound.
Terrific idea to go over this subject and giving people an idea in how to start their pedal journey, great stuff and a marvellous array of sounds and playing on show :)
The ODR-1 has changed my playing for the better. It has really reinvigorated my love for my Stratocaster. It also sounds great with my LP, though I tend to run it with a little less level. The real special feature is the spectrum knob. My favorite area is from one o’clock to four o’clock.
I got my first pedals all around the same time, spring-ish 1983: Deluxe Memory Man, DOD 250, Rat, Phase 45. All but the 250 were (barely) used. Still have 'em all too! Got the Memory Man overhauled a decade ago (no critical components needed replacing) and the Rat modded to handle standard Boss-style power.
As I’m beginning to explore pedals and with it being so overwhelming, this video is exactly what I needed. Thanks for keeling the pedal newbies in mind! Awesome video and hoping to find more like this! ❤💯 👍
MXR Dyna Comp, Big Muff Pi, Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal. The glorious thing about this setup was playing through a HUGE, tufted white 1969 Kustom 100 amplifier that was a total beast of an amp. I can't remember for the life of me how I acquired these things, but I can tell you it was some of the most incredible tone I've ever had in all my years of playing. Would love to hear this exact setup again and see if it's all that I remember it to be. Thanks for the walk down memory man lane boys!! 😎👍
Suggestion 4-5 pedals, one GigiRig Isolator, One 9V supply. Set this up for a kid down the street. So input power to the Boss Tuner, out to the Isolator (kid wanted 5 pedals): Fuzz->Boss Tuner (Buffered Out)->Timmy->Boss DM-2W Waza Delay->MXR Analog Chorus. Single one spot power, sounds great ultra quiet.
While I’ve been watching your shows note for almost two years I still have only 3 pedals that I’ve had for ever and never used them for guitar until recently, when finances allow it in planning on getting myself pedals for guitar playing so I really appreciate these sorts of videos. Oddly enough I still get such great information that my sound has gone from nine existent to an amazing one of course I’m using a tps wet/dry with one dirt amp (vox minisuperbeetle ac30 style sounds, it’s a great amp and outs the sound I hear in my head when I think of guitar, has great reverb and Yemeni on it too) and a clean one (a Roland JC40 m, which makes my set up more of a poor man’s wet/dry/wet tps style). My set up can sound amazing from bedroom volumes to gig volumes and I can go stage quote with headphone outs that sounds great if needed. So thank you so much for the intense lengthy videos for nerds like me A question to the community, my mini superbeetle has a headphone out that automatically kills the send to the cab, is there a way to change that so I can have the choice of both the headphone out and cab and headphone only? I could use 3 less mics in my live set up that way and still get sound to the board but have the pushed air off the amps near me. I can do that with Roland because it has line outs and a headphone out. It would be helpful to do this because I play a bunch of different instruments with this set up and set up time and management would be much faster and with less hardware
Fun episode, gents. I don't use tremolo very often, but my old Danelectro Tuna Melt still does me well after all these years. There's something very powerful about the pulse!
Please do a show on stereo effects and different ways to utilize them in a signal chain I play bass mostly but have a hx stomp and a nemisis delay and just curious about options
Shortly into the vid I look across my cave at my board and see the EQ plugged into my ODR plugged into my JHS 3 Series Delay plugged into my Deluxe Reverb and think, "this is going to sound familiar." Learned a lot-- thanx!
I often have a trem pedal on all the time, just at a low level - because I love the eq lift it seems to give me. Looking forward to the TPS gig next Friday chaps - can’t wait!
@@afterglow2020 Hi mate. I turn the trem effect depth down, but when the pedal is on it still seems to boost certain frequencies in a pleasing way - giving me a subtle lift to my tone. Of course, I also use it as a proper trem too at times.
also have been experimenting with having tremolo on all or most of the time at lower level...just makes the smallest bit of movement...I got the idea from a George Benson interview about his biggest instrumental hit, "Breezin'" -- he said that he thought he had a great sound on that track and it wasn't until after tracking and listening back that he realized that he had left the tremolo on on his amp on a really low level (a Super Reverb, if I remember correctly)
I think you take your favorite type of distortion/fuzz/overdrive, something like chorus so your signal isn't dry, and a compressor for a balanced output.
My first three pedals were a Big Muff, Crybaby, and the one pedal that remains my absolute favorite to this day. The venerable, glorious, overlooked by many. The Boss SD-1. It adds that pick attack I look for in rock and metal tones.
Simplistic? It is what I needed before spending more money on "new solutions". Please do more like this one following the KISS method. An awesome video that removes all the brands and sophistication found on new/current pedals that are meant for advanced players that likely do not need your review. Every UA-camr does (have to?) a review of the latest flavor. You managed to explain the real nature of the type of effects and in a very subtle way - connected them with a period - which allows at least my brain to connect the sound of that era and realize how it was done. You also touched briefly on amp and guitar interaction; personally, I do not believe you need to go too far into that territory but enough to help us to put together the whole recipe. I really appreciate you and your professionalism. Well done! Perhaps you could both perform one song with just these basic setups? Like a bonus at the end? We always just get a glimpse of your talent. Thanks
My first three were a green Russian big muff, bk butler tube driver (4 knob) and a long chip dd3…all of which I traded for beer money at some point in my life (soul crushing now)
After many years of playing, I finally got my first pedalboard, inspired and guided by TPS. I always had a pedal or two I would use (e.g. a Rat and a Morley Wah Wah), but I am really jazzed now to have a proper board. I wish I could post a photo for Mick and Dan and the TPS family to see. The lineup: Blackbird Feather XL Board, featuring: Wampler Ego Mini Compressor, Wampler Mini Tumnus Gain Pedal, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, Suhr Eclipse Twin Distortion, Strymon Flint Reverb & Tremolo, and Electro-Harmonix Canyon Delay.
Just an update to the lineup on my pedalboard: I swapped in a Frieman BE OD in place of the Suhr Eclipse for heavy distortion. I gave up a second distortion setting when I gave up the Suhr, which is a very good pedal, but the Friedman sounds especially huge and suits my style well. All else remains the same, except that I sometimes put my Big Muff Pi fuzz in the chain in place of the Friedman for certain songs/sets. I'm super happy with this little board.
Great episode per usual, but I gotta say, as short lived as Dan rocking out on the Krauster was at the very end…that ruled. Love you guys, hope alls well!!!
I've got an AxeFX FM-3 that's lost on me because I only ever use a few tones on it: a Deluxe Reverb model for cleans and overdriven blues, and a JCM800 model for rock and metal. I built a pedalboard with some gain stages for more esoteric metal genres last year (Acapulco Gold and a Black Arts Coven fuzz for stoner doom, HM-2 for Swedish death metal) and I found the tactility of turning physical knobs so satisfying that I'm kind of thinking of paring down into all-analog gear. Currently eyeballing a Tone King for my Fender sound for the attenuation and a Friedman Runt because it sounds like a sick modded Marshall (my favorite high gain tone), while expanding the pedalboard. Paying attention to these videos so I can figure out some cool ideas for pedals to expand out with. Great video idea!
Great video, thanks indeed. Really enjoying the back to basics approach - when we have been using pedals for a long time it's easy to forget how many great tones are achieved with not very much! Wish I had your videos when I was starting out.
Hi, Malcolm here. A great “grown up” show. Like everyone here, I’d love to gig a Battlestar Galactica board, but it’s not only space etc that stops me gigging one. I suffer with option paralysis - the real reason why I avoid the Helix rabbit hole like the plague. I actually only use 3 pedals these days, because it suits the gig, very similar to the shows set up. Boss Tremolo 1st - Keeley Aria 2nd ( ok, one and a half pedals, compressor both fore and aft to taste if at all) Carbon Copy 3rd. Plus of course reverb and tremolo from the amp ( currently a DeLuxe Reverb on loan) Yup 2 tremolos, but that works for me. What my point is, if you have just one pedal and it suits, that’s mega, never feel intimidated if you’re new to this lark ( I’ve been gigging since 1969) when you turn up at the local jam/open mic if you see a Starship board, get up and play, what comes out through your soul is what counts whatever gear you use. As you build your pedal arsenal, you’ll learn how to get the best out of each one, which is easier than spending a fortune on your dream board full of unfamiliar stuff, then having to learn how to get the best from it. Remember that it’ll be “your” rig that plays how you want and you’ll know it inside out. Wise words in the video from D&M, head them. Keep up the good work all at TPS, best to everyone 😎🎶🎵👍
Great Vid guys. I assume this is aimed at people starting out, but I have to say it was great to go through the basics again, there is always so much to learn! Its why I love this hobby.
After many years of pedals and modelers, my current pedals of choice is an HX Effects - into the front of my Fender tube amps, or in the loop of my Engl dual 100 watt half stack. HX Effects --> Tube Amps Small footprint, extremely flexible for routing, it's working great for me.
I have played guitar for 26 years. Have had a valve amp since 2004 and yet ive never used pedals. Hasn't stopped me loving this channel for years. Due to having a second child i recently sold my amp and got a thr30ii to keep me playing often till we can find more space. I'm banking all this sort of info for when I eventually get an air mover back in my life.
Ear opening. Liked that you showed how to get iconic guitar licks/tones out of a few pedals (Bo Diddley, Edge). There are many YT vids on replicating certain artists, but they assume a full on approach. I learned a lot from your "back to basics" approach here. My goal as a guitarist is to develop a unique voice, and what you did here was like preparing a meal from scratch: taste the ingredients, experiment with combinations, taste, modify, finish, surprise a gourmet feast. I would like if you took a bunch of pedals, and explored the sounds that you could create out of them. It's "half pedal/half how to play guitar", and you both can unleash some crazy riffs. A format of pedal -> riff is very interesting/useful to many of us, as intermediate guitar players and 90% of us are stuck there.
I've been playing for almost 35 years and I forget to have a look at the basics of sound. Sometimes you can go too far down the rabbit hole. Thanks for bringing me back fellas. Cheers.
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After playing for two years, and purchasing pedals along the way I’ve realized how poorly I was using the tools in front of me. I’m currently in the process of stripping away pedals and rebuilding with the fundamentals in mind. This video was so helpful and informative, and came at the perfect time. Thanks for putting this content together. I really appreciate it!
After I bought my first 3 pedals I had 17. Can someone explain?
We can. We absolutely can.
Same thing happened to me last year, after buying my 70's Bassman.
Now if I can just find the pedal that gets me Soldano lead tones from this amp, I'll be set...
So impressed! We the watchers with G.A.S., reminded to practice more and appreciate what it has taken to get this far. Now I “need” a new amp, guitar, pedal board, power supply and a trip to “That Pedal Store”! Much love for your hard work gents!
I just got a monoprice 15 watt tube amp. Such a cool amp and amazing price
These videos are great. I went out and got an odr-1 a few months ago after their video on it(I also discovered Tom bukovac because of said video which is also awesome). That pedal has made me want to play more than any other piece of gear I’ve acquired in a long time.
Agreed. Sometimes we need to scale back the rig - it's kinda like therapy
I got a Wampler Belle and it's had a similar effect on me. Such a cool circuit!
Love your name btw. It's not sexisst at all!
@@mattgilbert7347 well she should be made to smell the glove, just not over and over again.
Funny yet still totally watchable idea for a show - your first 3 effects pedals and where to start, for an audience I’m willing to bet as a majority owns plenty of pedals already! A good show tho for those new to pedals! :) Hopefully this becomes one of the most watched episodes and you help out a whole lot of new people who don’t usually watch this channel!!
You’re so right and yet I remember finding the show when I had a Crybaby, DS-1, and Boss Phaser and couldn’t really work out how to get sounds I liked from them, and TPS actually gave me some inspiration and courage to try different things (and not to sweat flipping things if they didn’t speak to me)
This video was made for me!
You may be underestimating the number of bedroom players that only use plug-ins and/or modeling effects, but would like to try using pedals.
@@moorecreativearts2544 That would be me. It was recommended I get a modeler to start with, in lieu of pedals. Now I run a couple
Pedals into the Pod Go
Boss Metal Zone > Keeley Caverns > Pod Go, or FX Loop.
I have 2 pedals,just got one in today, and have been playing 20 years and watching tps for 4 years
I think this is what makes TPS so special - no matter where you are on your journey, you will find better questions (and answers) here. The effort required to demonstrate everything so clearly is much appreciated. Thank you!
Another first class offering gents, long may they continue. As someone with 30 odd years on the clock it's tempting to believe we're au fait with FX. These first foot forward demos are an excellent reminder what we 'know' about pedals can always be reset, that we can move forward with brighter eyes to new horizons. Hats off to your good selves.
I quite enjoyed the chaos that ensued when Dan played with the repeats AND level maxed (around 13:50). Great stuff, as usual, fellas!
Just getting started into learning to play guitar so complete novice here. I have been watching your channel & Andertons for a while tho having discovered you both during lockdown. I'm mostly into late 60's, 70's & 80's rock & metal. I'm 50 so it's what i grew up listening to so that probably has influenced my gear choices. My first 3(4) pedals are a MXR Slash Octave Fuzz, a pair of Tone City pedals the Durple overdrive & a Wild Fro distortion & just for fun a wah pedal. The rest of the gear is an Epiphone LP, a Squire FSR Strat & a Victory BD1 amp. Looking forwards to watching more as I find it fascinating even if i have no idea what's going on most of the time. Great channel guys keep up the good work.
Love this serie as a beginner myself!! Please don't stop, so much to explore! Thanks a lot
Tr2 is a great shout, one of my first real pedals. You guys really helped me on my pedal journey from the early days of TPS, as well as my guitar and amp journey. Now I own over 50 pedals..thanks guys 😉
In all seriousness your show is so informative and helps inspire a whole world of budding musicians!
As someone who discovered pedals with you two (been a sub since the show was on the danielthegigrig channel), I love that you’re bringing along the newcomers to signal processing. Me and my D&M Drive feel like old timers now, but I still remember when I didn’t know what any of these boxes did. Way to go, guys! Keep it up
My first three pedals, way back in 1987:
MXR Distortion +
Peavey CMC-1 Companded Chorus
Dunlop Crybaby Wah-Wah
All of which I got from a local pawnshop with my lunch money. A great "Core Sound" to build a foundation on.
YUP same here. But had a phase 100 instead of the chorus. Peavy 212 Classic with mesa boogie tubes and force speakers was the amp. 1980 rig.
This is like some of those first vids on the gig rig channel. Those are still the best IMO. I go back and reference them all the time.
Thanks guys! When I was a teenager in the 80s all I knew was I wanted some pedals. Saved my paper route money. Went to Steves Music Shop in Montreal and told the sales guy I have enough for three pedals. He sold me a BOSS DD-2, CE-2 and CS-2. The DD-2 and CS-2 are on my board but I still have no idea what to do with the CS-2. Should have sold me a distortion pedal. Good advice today guys.
Great show. Thank you for going back to the basics. I’ve heard a loud slapback delay so many times it’s good to see someone finally actually explain what it is and not just assume that everyone knows. Really good to see how you think about constructing sounds from pedals. More like this please!
10:05 Nobels pic. Everything set to 2 o'clock. Perfection. 🦉🦸♀️😍🦉
Great start to what absolutely should be a series! Thanks guys! I was a pedal addict in the 80s/90s (over 25 at one point - no idea why) and now have my collection down to my Fender's built in abilities (Reverb, Trem) and the combo of an 80s Boss OD1, a MIJ Ibanez FLL flanger, a MIJ Ibanez CPL Compressor, and finally an original Thomas Organ Cry Baby Wah (all original owner).
Note, I came to this one this morning and discovered that I was no longer subscribed to the channel. WTF YT??? Don't muck with my channels!
Great show! It was shows like this that really helped me find my way when I was first starting out with effects back in 2016. I think it’s great to circle back every once in a while and welcome the folks just getting started now. Thanks!
No matter how long or short the shows are, it takes me about three times as long to get through them because every couple minutes I have to go back and rewatch something. Great show gents. Love the thumbnail.
I was never a fan of Tremolo until seeing this video. Thank you guys once again for providing a different perspective and just being inspirational.
A friend of my dad that passed away willed me his early 80s boss pedals - had a delay, flanger, super OD, and t-wah.
This topic isn't just important for those who are new to pedals. It's a reminder that you can do a *lot* with 1 guitar, 1 valve amp, and 3 pedals.
Recently, I had a whale of a time (50th bday woo!) with my 335, 5watt Champ, and 2 pedals, the Maxon SD9 & AD9 Pro.
The Nobels sounding amazing through that DRRI!
Great idea for a show- a search will bring new viewers to your channel. I found you years ago searching for ways to use 2 amps at once, and you’ve been my #1 ever since.
Great video as always, I personally would recommend a Rat over an overdrive if you had to have one gain/drive pedal, Rats can go from a low gain overdrive type, to crunch distortion, to Fuzz.
I would say that it depends on the amp. In my experience, there are amps through which the Rat doesn't really sound good.
My first three ..... Compressor/Sustain, Delay and Reverb. the Reverb I have has a setting that adds tremalo, flanger or chorus.
Excellent video! Not only for people just getting into pedals, but in my case, I’ve been wanting to reduce the number of pedals in service on my board. This is a great jumping off point, and a good reminder that one can get so many great sounds out of a relatively simple rig. Thanks!
Great idea for vid chaps! I remember when I worked in a guitar shop, beginners coming in wanting to buying a guitar pedal and not really knowing what kind of pedal. It usually turned out to be an OD/distortion but not always so this will certainly give those of us new to guitar or pedals a glimpse of the rabbit hole!
You are making me nostalgic ;) My first drive pedal I got for myself was a Boss DS-1 (I started my first bands in the very late 70s, early 80s). I'd played with borrowed ones before including a Big Muff, Memory Man and even an actual Echoplex (it sounded GLORIOUS!!). But after the DS-1, I probably got myself either a Boss DD1 delay or a chorus and that was the CE-2 chorus. whatever the order, they were the next 2 for sure completing my first trio. After that I'm certain I got the CS-2 compressor as my 4th pedal which remained on my board until the mid 90s when I was already using some rack gear and started using the Korg A3 and whatever compressor was in there.
But in the mid 80s, I had a homemade pedalboard with about 7 pedals on it (the purple Boss flanger whatever it was called, a Boss wah I never used and a Boss volume pedal. I vaguely remember also a green Boss phaser as well as the Octaver. I lost the CE-2 pretty quickly when I got myself a JC-120 amp and used its built-in chorus of course ;) Most of this was replaced by a multieffects in the early 90s which I used in a 2 amps rig with a Rockman based switching system (got the Rockman Sustainor, EQ, Octopus MIDI switcher/controller and 3 of the accompanying Y/A-B boxes whose name I forget) which were used to route my signal to the input of either amps (with some effects in front) and the Art multieffect unit I used at the time in either amp's effects loop. The two amps were at first the same JC-120 I already had + a Marshall 2x12 Valvestate 80watts combo. The crunch "vintage" channel was amazing. The JC-120 was eventually replaced by the red knobs Twin I still have and I eventually lost the Marshall and went back to a one amp rig.
Things are very different now ;).
My 1st 3. Dod delay/sampler, Dod Chorus, Morley Wah. Heaven!
I wish you guys were around when I started my pedal journey. Good on you guys for doing an episode like this.
3:22
Mick: "What's great about overdrive?"
me: "Everything."
Mick - Quick suggestion for the next episode: before you add many more pedals, briefly stick a Humdinger after the Nobels, add a second little amp and demonstrate TPS wet/dry. It’s usually done invisibly on the show through the G3 and I think the simplicity of seeing it with just 3 pedals - especially as you chose a trem, which of course we all use to demo wet/dry to the sceptics - would show the concept very easily. I would even posit that the beginner’s pocket money could be better spent on a 2nd used amp than 2-3 more pedals…. Seems like a unique TPS spin on the beginner rig (Listen through headphones etc). Great show as always.
Fun and informative! My first pedal (1983ish) was a Boss DS-1. My second and third were a good bit later. I then delved into the Rockman rack effects rabbit hole. Ah, memories...
Oh wow.
I've been playing for quite a while and delays have always been the effect that I've struggled the most with. Only used it as a slapback & was afraid to experiment with longer delay times until recently. I've been chasing that "full repeat" sound without knowing how to do it. Thank you!
Nice to know how to play “The TPS Chord” at 0:30!
😂 oh no, now I’m going to begin every practice with that chord now
My first 3 pedals...?
Danelectro Pepperoni Phaser for only $19!
Boss OD-20 (all the toanz)
Maybe a Tuna Melt Tremolo? Not sure, but a good chance it was a Dano food pedal...
In the OD segment I was waiting for something like "and if that's a bit much to deal with, just set all the knobs to two o'clock". Very good of you to put out something for those who are starting the journey.
It’s awesome how much you guys are liking the ODR. I bought the new bass cut version not expecting much and it’s now my favourite OD and I have a good collection of boutique pedals.
Thank you very much, Scott and kind regards from the Nobels team! 🙂
As someone who is new to playing the guitar (3 lessons so far), this video is phenomenal. It gives a great intro into each of the pedal types and has gone a long way to demystifying them for me. Still a lot to learn, but feel this video has given me a great base to work from. Thanks gents, great job.
I think a few of us more pedal-experienced have been reminded what great and varied tones you can achieve with just three simple pedals. Great show.
29:20 Dan that Tone was awesome , it had that Steel against Steel Chime Tone
My essential bare bone pedalboard is a BD-2, MXR carbon copy and a Strymon Flint. I can cover a lot of ground.
Great idea, gents! My first pedal was the MXR Phase 90. My next two were also MXR: the M300 reverb, and the Carbon Copy delay. Overdrive was my fourth pedal, and that was the D&M Drive!
This could also be a great “back to basics” idea, stripping out pedals to hone a root tone before re-complicating it again.
My first three pedals were bought, or received as a gift over about a year and a half.
In this order: Flanger, distortion, and phaser.
Over the years I have acquired a bunch of pedals.
I don’t have as many as Mick and Daniel, not even close, but I still have those three…
Love the effort to open the gate to the new enthusiasts!
awesome, great to see this kind of 'educational' video - especially in a simple easy to digest format. i often have students ask me about all this and i always want to send them your way (which i do) but theres no defiinitive 'educational' videos, so more of these please! happy to chat further, love it
I love the Nobles ODR-1, thanks for including it guys. Cheers!
Thank you very much and kind regards from the Nobels team! 🙂
Ah, yes. Back to basics!!!!
Big Muff, Carbon Copy, Small Clone. There's my Pick 3. I think delay is the effect type that really got me to turn the corner and start thinking about my playing in different ways. If anyone out there is a beginner, get that used DD-5 from the pawn shop cabinet, it'll be the best $85 you ever spend.
Always good to get back to basic sometimes - and the perfect length for listening to whilst mowing the lawn! Should we expect a TPS delay pedal next, with a “Micks” control?
I've been listening for years. thanks for the content. I love you guys.
Oh, man, that was so totally fun!!! I do very much imagine the head start one would have starting literally with those 3 pedals!!! There's a great deal of ground covered in that one fell swoop! Cool stuff played today - as usual. Love you boys - and love being in this tribe of ours. Follow up to my wet/dry rig experience: Yes, very hard to go back. However, I love my amp so much more now, so there is that. I feel lucky and blessed. It and my favorite strat are both gifts from wife. I asked for neither, but she's a keeper (also shares Mick's actual date of birth!). Pisces. They are sweet caring souls with crazy great intuition & mad creative skills! Dan, we are lucky to have them on our side.
Great beginners video and a reminder to the seasoned pedal user to go back to a beginners mind-set once in a while. Loved the overdriven hard and fast tremolo - made me think of Spacemen 3, which is always a good thing.
A lovely affirmation of the choice of some of my first pedals when I started getting serious about electric guitar again. Mooer Reecho and Trellicopter and the TC Electronics Mojo Mojo. Of course less affordable options keep calling out to me - not least the D&M Drive and the Harmonious Monk, but the inspiration these pedals have given is priceless. However, my first pedal purchase way back in the mid 90s was an Ibanez Super Chorus - chasing the "Kayleigh" intro sound.
Terrific idea to go over this subject and giving people an idea in how to start their pedal journey, great stuff and a marvellous array of sounds and playing on show :)
I still remember mine, 43 years ago. DOD phaser, followed by Boss Chorus and a Carlsboro delay.
The ODR-1 has changed my playing for the better. It has really reinvigorated my love for my Stratocaster. It also sounds great with my LP, though I tend to run it with a little less level. The real special feature is the spectrum knob. My favorite area is from one o’clock to four o’clock.
Thank you very much and kind regards from the Nobels team! 🙂
@@nobelsofficial5766 wow! Let me tell you guys, you make the best overdrive on the market and it’s a fantastic value!
I got my first pedals all around the same time, spring-ish 1983: Deluxe Memory Man, DOD 250, Rat, Phase 45. All but the 250 were (barely) used. Still have 'em all too! Got the Memory Man overhauled a decade ago (no critical components needed replacing) and the Rat modded to handle standard Boss-style power.
Just heard what you said on VCQ about this on Monday. Really really great video and playing!
As I’m beginning to explore pedals and with it being so overwhelming, this video is exactly what I needed. Thanks for keeling the pedal newbies in mind! Awesome video and hoping to find more like this! ❤💯 👍
MXR Dyna Comp, Big Muff Pi, Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal. The glorious thing about this setup was playing through a HUGE, tufted white 1969 Kustom 100 amplifier that was a total beast of an amp. I can't remember for the life of me how I acquired these things, but I can tell you it was some of the most incredible tone I've ever had in all my years of playing. Would love to hear this exact setup again and see if it's all that I remember it to be. Thanks for the walk down memory man lane boys!! 😎👍
Suggestion 4-5 pedals, one GigiRig Isolator, One 9V supply. Set this up for a kid down the street. So input power to the Boss Tuner, out to the Isolator (kid wanted 5 pedals): Fuzz->Boss Tuner (Buffered Out)->Timmy->Boss DM-2W Waza Delay->MXR Analog Chorus. Single one spot power, sounds great ultra quiet.
While I’ve been watching your shows note for almost two years I still have only 3 pedals that I’ve had for ever and never used them for guitar until recently, when finances allow it in planning on getting myself pedals for guitar playing so I really appreciate these sorts of videos. Oddly enough I still get such great information that my sound has gone from nine existent to an amazing one of course I’m using a tps wet/dry with one dirt amp (vox minisuperbeetle ac30 style sounds, it’s a great amp and outs the sound I hear in my head when I think of guitar, has great reverb and Yemeni on it too) and a clean one (a Roland JC40 m, which makes my set up more of a poor man’s wet/dry/wet tps style). My set up can sound amazing from bedroom volumes to gig volumes and I can go stage quote with headphone outs that sounds great if needed. So thank you so much for the intense lengthy videos for nerds like me
A question to the community, my mini superbeetle has a headphone out that automatically kills the send to the cab, is there a way to change that so I can have the choice of both the headphone out and cab and headphone only? I could use 3 less mics in my live set up that way and still get sound to the board but have the pushed air off the amps near me. I can do that with Roland because it has line outs and a headphone out. It would be helpful to do this because I play a bunch of different instruments with this set up and set up time and management would be much faster and with less hardware
Fun episode, gents. I don't use tremolo very often, but my old Danelectro Tuna Melt still does me well after all these years. There's something very powerful about the pulse!
Great video for me to point my students to as they start getting into pedals.
Please do a show on stereo effects and different ways to utilize them in a signal chain
I play bass mostly but have a hx stomp and a nemisis delay and just curious about options
Love that you guys have the JHS 3 series delay. Love this pedal. Simple and sounds great!
This horse has already left the barn! Like the choices! 😃
Shortly into the vid I look across my cave at my board and see the EQ plugged into my ODR plugged into my JHS 3 Series Delay plugged into my Deluxe Reverb and think, "this is going to sound familiar." Learned a lot-- thanx!
Without going into the video I would say: tuner + drive/boost in one pedal like the DM drive + delay. Huge fan of the channel btw, cheers from Brazil.
I often have a trem pedal on all the time, just at a low level - because I love the eq lift it seems to give me. Looking forward to the TPS gig next Friday chaps - can’t wait!
What does EQ lift mean? Thank you.
@@afterglow2020 Hi mate. I turn the trem effect depth down, but when the pedal is on it still seems to boost certain frequencies in a pleasing way - giving me a subtle lift to my tone. Of course, I also use it as a proper trem too at times.
@@AndyCooper761 I've got a cheap mooer trelicopter and it actually works better as a boost than as a tremolo haha
also have been experimenting with having tremolo on all or most of the time at lower level...just makes the smallest bit of movement...I got the idea from a George Benson interview about his biggest instrumental hit, "Breezin'" -- he said that he thought he had a great sound on that track and it wasn't until after tracking and listening back that he realized that he had left the tremolo on on his amp on a really low level (a Super Reverb, if I remember correctly)
17:00 stretching in to the Brian May Brighton Rock solo territory. Lovely.
I think you take your favorite type of distortion/fuzz/overdrive, something like chorus so your signal isn't dry, and a compressor for a balanced output.
really great teamwork, thank you
My first three pedals were a Big Muff, Crybaby, and the one pedal that remains my absolute favorite to this day. The venerable, glorious, overlooked by many. The Boss SD-1. It adds that pick attack I look for in rock and metal tones.
Just a guess before watching but it's MT-2 -> MT-2 -> MT-2 on that board right?
YES!
As a DRUMMER that collects hand wired amps (Garnet, Traynor, Fender) and pedals, simple explanations and pedal order info is priceless! Thanks.
Simplistic? It is what I needed before spending more money on "new solutions". Please do more like this one following the KISS method. An awesome video that removes all the brands and sophistication found on new/current pedals that are meant for advanced players that likely do not need your review. Every UA-camr does (have to?) a review of the latest flavor. You managed to explain the real nature of the type of effects and in a very subtle way - connected them with a period - which allows at least my brain to connect the sound of that era and realize how it was done. You also touched briefly on amp and guitar interaction; personally, I do not believe you need to go too far into that territory but enough to help us to put together the whole recipe. I really appreciate you and your professionalism. Well done! Perhaps you could both perform one song with just these basic setups? Like a bonus at the end? We always just get a glimpse of your talent. Thanks
This is like coming home, great for me to revisit first principles, thanks legends👍🎸🇬🇧
My first three were a green Russian big muff, bk butler tube driver (4 knob) and a long chip dd3…all of which I traded for beer money at some point in my life (soul crushing now)
Dan's playing was great, really good example of the pedals
After many years of playing, I finally got my first pedalboard, inspired and guided by TPS. I always had a pedal or two I would use (e.g. a Rat and a Morley Wah Wah), but I am really jazzed now to have a proper board. I wish I could post a photo for Mick and Dan and the TPS family to see. The lineup: Blackbird Feather XL Board, featuring: Wampler Ego Mini Compressor, Wampler Mini Tumnus Gain Pedal, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, Suhr Eclipse Twin Distortion, Strymon Flint Reverb & Tremolo, and Electro-Harmonix Canyon Delay.
Nice one Alfred! Hope it’s inspiring your playing ever onwards!
@@ThatPedalShow Thank you very much!
The EHX Canyon was my second pedal, (after a distortion), it's so good and in my opinion incredibly underrated. I genuinely can't recommend it enough.
Just an update to the lineup on my pedalboard: I swapped in a Frieman BE OD in place of the Suhr Eclipse for heavy distortion. I gave up a second distortion setting when I gave up the Suhr, which is a very good pedal, but the Friedman sounds especially huge and suits my style well. All else remains the same, except that I sometimes put my Big Muff Pi fuzz in the chain in place of the Friedman for certain songs/sets. I'm super happy with this little board.
Great show for those just starting the journey!
Great episode per usual, but I gotta say, as short lived as Dan rocking out on the Krauster was at the very end…that ruled. Love you guys, hope alls well!!!
Really nice and simple idea for a show gentlemen. And it really shows the breadth of tone you can get with just three pedals.
my first pedals were a Rat and a Digitech Multiplay (delay with modulation) going into an amp that had reverb and chorus built in.
Gain, clean boost. Modulation, phaser. Time based, analog delay. Bonus wacky sound, envelope filter. That’s me. All I need really. Keep it simple! 😄👍
I've got an AxeFX FM-3 that's lost on me because I only ever use a few tones on it: a Deluxe Reverb model for cleans and overdriven blues, and a JCM800 model for rock and metal. I built a pedalboard with some gain stages for more esoteric metal genres last year (Acapulco Gold and a Black Arts Coven fuzz for stoner doom, HM-2 for Swedish death metal) and I found the tactility of turning physical knobs so satisfying that I'm kind of thinking of paring down into all-analog gear. Currently eyeballing a Tone King for my Fender sound for the attenuation and a Friedman Runt because it sounds like a sick modded Marshall (my favorite high gain tone), while expanding the pedalboard. Paying attention to these videos so I can figure out some cool ideas for pedals to expand out with. Great video idea!
Got a tote full of pedals, mostly OD… still learning about them.
"We WILL get into that today. Excellent!" really ought to be the official TPS motto. Cheers from the Big Apple.
Great video, thanks indeed. Really enjoying the back to basics approach - when we have been using pedals for a long time it's easy to forget how many great tones are achieved with not very much! Wish I had your videos when I was starting out.
I have a short attention span, so I enjoyed this episode much more than your usual format.
Hi, Malcolm here. A great “grown up” show. Like everyone here, I’d love to gig a Battlestar Galactica board, but it’s not only space etc that stops me gigging one. I suffer with option paralysis - the real reason why I avoid the Helix rabbit hole like the plague. I actually only use 3 pedals these days, because it suits the gig, very similar to the shows set up. Boss Tremolo 1st - Keeley Aria 2nd ( ok, one and a half pedals, compressor both fore and aft to taste if at all) Carbon Copy 3rd. Plus of course reverb and tremolo from the amp ( currently a DeLuxe Reverb on loan) Yup 2 tremolos, but that works for me. What my point is, if you have just one pedal and it suits, that’s mega, never feel intimidated if you’re new to this lark ( I’ve been gigging since 1969) when you turn up at the local jam/open mic if you see a Starship board, get up and play, what comes out through your soul is what counts whatever gear you use. As you build your pedal arsenal, you’ll learn how to get the best out of each one, which is easier than spending a fortune on your dream board full of unfamiliar stuff, then having to learn how to get the best from it. Remember that it’ll be “your” rig that plays how you want and you’ll know it inside out. Wise words in the video from D&M, head them. Keep up the good work all at TPS, best to everyone 😎🎶🎵👍
Great Vid guys. I assume this is aimed at people starting out, but I have to say it was great to go through the basics again, there is always so much to learn! Its why I love this hobby.
After many years of pedals and modelers, my current pedals of choice is an HX Effects - into the front of my Fender tube amps, or in the loop of my Engl dual 100 watt half stack.
HX Effects --> Tube Amps
Small footprint, extremely flexible for routing, it's working great for me.
I have played guitar for 26 years. Have had a valve amp since 2004 and yet ive never used pedals. Hasn't stopped me loving this channel for years. Due to having a second child i recently sold my amp and got a thr30ii to keep me playing often till we can find more space. I'm banking all this sort of info for when I eventually get an air mover back in my life.
You should never sell. Never mind if it's collecting dust in a corner of your room under a pile of clothes. It's day will come again
Thanks for the video. I still haven't figured out how to the use the tremelo effect in my playing.
Ear opening. Liked that you showed how to get iconic guitar licks/tones out of a few pedals (Bo Diddley, Edge). There are many YT vids on replicating certain artists, but they assume a full on approach. I learned a lot from your "back to basics" approach here. My goal as a guitarist is to develop a unique voice, and what you did here was like preparing a meal from scratch: taste the ingredients, experiment with combinations, taste, modify, finish, surprise a gourmet feast. I would like
if you took a bunch of pedals, and explored the sounds that you could create out of them. It's "half pedal/half how to play guitar", and you both can unleash some crazy riffs. A format of pedal -> riff is very interesting/useful to many of us, as
intermediate guitar players and 90% of us are stuck there.
I've been playing for almost 35 years and I forget to have a look at the basics of sound. Sometimes you can go too far down the rabbit hole. Thanks for bringing me back fellas. Cheers.