This video really inspired me to bring the only two pedals I have, an overdrive and reverb/delay pedal, out to my garage and play and try find those really other worldly sounds you create, I don’t know way to describe them but they are awesome! Props to you man, I hope to be just like you someday!
Hi, Northern Irish guy here. Just want to say Ruach are an amazing company who also build pedalboards, stands and even guitars- they're all top quality. Love this vid as well Paul!
I feel ya'! I can't even afford the cables! :P Nah, kidding... but I couldn't between my 16-35 years... Now I'm 40 and I could go and buy all this stuff. Although all those years without affording it (I've had a DS-1 plus reverb on my amp), has made me get very conscious of what I spend my money on. As long as I'm not gigging: Bias, Amplitube, GuitarRig, and the likes do serve me more than enough for practicing reasons (wish those things existed 26 years ago!). If I start gigging again, I might consider other options. I'm 40, and only owned 3 electric guitars and 1 acoustic in my whole life.. the third electric I just bought!
"actually... I hate it." You have the most honest reviews & walk throughs of any music channel on this site. And I truly appreciate it. Thank you for all your videos; I very much enjoy following your channel.
Just after watching Rick Beato's video on pedal boards, and now this. I think I'm getting a sign from somewhere that it's time for a pedal board. Edit: Aaaannndd now i need a Mobius. Great
Ahhahah Rick Beato's video is a pure comedy; the phone call & the supermarket of the pedals. The thing that discourages me a little is that these guys have a lot of stuff. I still have to make my videos with an iphone4 cause I can't afford a camera :( ahhaha
So, I'm a singer, songwriter, and key board player ... and I get so much out of your videos! Like, a deeper understanding of the guitar as a part of the sound and songs we're striving for in our band. Thank you so much! I'd love to see a video on the many roles a guitar can fill in a band!!!
You know it's funny after you have one and abuse it for a while, it's the first one that's gotta go when you need space. It also does not stay powered for extended times. You have to unplug it and reply it for it to initialize. OK for on the go, lame at home when it's always plugged up.
This guy is so humble, he’s like “just made the news” and just never talks about it or anything. Either he is super popular from where he comes from or he actually is like really humble-y
Very inspirational, Paul. This motivated me to assemble a board of 22 pedals (the Kitchen Sink board). Playing in several bands of varying styles, I finally decided to put everything on one grab-and-go package with a Humboldt Simplifier included (so no amp needed). Thanks for the great videos.
Well, just a suggestion. I went to a local Goodwill and purchased a cool fake alligator skin suitcase. Use ur imagination and walla! There r a lot of tutorials on the tube. Good luck!
You are a musical and creative scholar with a high level of intuitive perception. I am very impressed by how you have mastered the strymon gear so well. cheers
If you have to travel abroad by plane a lot you should give dual lock a try. Velcro is ok, but when you have pedals worth 2000e you should really make sure they dont move at all. It's not only better for pedals but also for the cables between pedals. :) Great video as always! Greetings from Finland!
I’m not sure what it is about watching your videos but I love them. From your voice to your excellent descriptions of each item. You have a golden personality and you make me want to learn music theory.
Paul is one of the most tasteful players I’ve heard and he has a great ear for effects and how to use them in context, really inspiring me to expand my pallet. Keep it up man, amazing content!
Yeah its not that bad but its kinda pointless to do tho cuz your preamp is probably better than the mt-2, but if it works for you and you like it, good for you, but i personaly dont see any point in it.
@@timfowlie3138 If you have a low gain amp with an effects loop, go from your guitar into the mt-2 and then straight into the effects return(!) of the loop. And, tada, you got yourself a high gain metal amp.
Nice Board! My dream one is: Godin Guitar> Crybaby Wah> Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster> Walrus Deep Six Compressor> Walrus Voyager (or other klon type)> Keeley Blues Drive or Boss WAZA BD> T-Rex Mudhoney> OLC Chunky Cheese (from the official builder)> EVH Phase 90> Digitech Nautila> JAM Pedals Chill> Keeley Super Mod Workstation (Multi FX)> Strymon El Capistan (tape echo)> JHS Colour Box Preamp Reverb is probably in amp or Digitech Polara or Walrus Fathom
I built my dream pedal board in the Rockboard configurator. it goes: Harley Benton DNAFX GiT Pro>Riffstep (thats for the 4th pedal)>BOSS OS-2>Digitech Whammy V>MXR Phase 90
I thought long and hard over my board. The 2 most important pedals are the 2 that reduce the need for others. The Boss RV 500 and the Boss DD500. They have reverb and delay, but they also have chorus, flange, tremolo, pitch shift, looper as well as many more. They are all hooked up to a midi switcher along with 4 distortion and overdrive pedals, one the La Grange connected to the expression pedal that gives light grit to full on over driven Plexi. Zero pedal dancing and I have everything I need on a small neat board that looks good as well as sounds good. 90cmx30cm. The Harley Benton FXL8 pro is a dream to use and program as well as being a sensible price. I get all the sounds you get.
You should tape the full length on the side of the board and only do stripes on the effects themselves. That way, when you pull on specific effect off the board, the tape underneath it will stay :-)
A lessons I've been looking for. I don't have as many pedals yet but I would like to gain as much knoledge as I can about them because I love guitar so much. So educative and inspiring. Thanks Paul.
I'm with Paul having just ditched MFX for pedals. You can' beat playing with knobs rather than scrolling through menus and whilst my GR-55 could pretty much do everything it didn't "feel" like a real amp and was too "easy" so that's why I've gone all analogue and love it. I may get a Kemper one day but for now it's a question of simple is beautiful :-).
If you want a fuzz, but don't want it to have to be first in your signal chain after your guitar, the Wampler Velvet is a solid choice. I have one and love it.
Trick when using hook and loop (Velcro) is to put both pieces together and stick the one side to the pedal. Then expose the sticky tape and press the pedal onto the board where you want it. No need to try and eyeball the pieces separately. Love the Amp Juice. Nice punch.
If you want a fuzz but don't have one, I have to assume you're not finding one that quite does it for you. In that case, I'd highly recommend the Analog.Man AstroTone. I've loved using fuzzes in recording forever. But I could never get a fuzz to get along with any of my live rigs. The AstroTone is a really different beast that still has a distinctly fuzzy tone. It reacts much more like an overdrive and it stacks far better than any other fuzz I've ever met. It's really easy to get along with live, too.
I’m surprised more people don’t go with Temple Audio boards because of how easily you can route everything with their side modules, maybe it’s the quick release system mounts they don’t like?
I bought a Temple Audio pedalboard earlier this year, and I LOVE it! Took it on a 5-week tour right after completing it and it was a huge commodity. I can't say that it was "easy" (my frustrations had more to do with the board's electronic aspects)I, but I CAN say that it was simple. So simple ... It's stupid. ... and lightweight! I give them 2 Thumbs Up 👍👍
The TA boards are pretty, but when you go to take a sticky pad off a pedal to sell it, the pedal can get damaged and the sticky pad becomes useless. Velcro is easier, but velcro will take the paint off a TA board. So they're pretty, but not for everyone, especially if you're switching pedals out frequently.
Wampler Ego compressor>modded Vox Wah>FoxRox Octron>Wampler Velvet Fuzz>Xotic AC drive (my favorite tube screamer type OD)>Creation Labs Holy Fire (big sound like SRV-hard to describe)>Boss Volume pedal with an out to a Boss tuner>Analogman Bi-Clone chorus with separate depth and speed controls for each channel one set to resemble a fast Leslie and one more like Cobain, slow and deep>Strymon Flint tremolo reverb>SIB Echodrive tube driven delay. I also have a Lehle Dual that I have used to split the signal and between my Fender Blues Deluxe and Motion Sound Sidewinder rotary amp but my practice space is so small it's just too much volume for right now, even though I am playing with a drummer.
Great vid as always Paul. What about tone sucking? Would have been nice to hear a comparison of your stright to amp sound with the sound over your pedalboard :)
The only thing I would change is the routing with/without effects loop. The idea of having a patchbay is having your ins/outs centralized in the same place. You could have the strymons connected to the patchbay so that you could connect to the effects loop through there. In a situation where you don't use an effects loop you could simply bridge the connection with a small cable on the patchbay.
Bought the same pedal board and immediately thought I might have made a mistake, it's sooo big. One thing I did do was replace the standard velcro with 3M Dual Lock, much better at keeping everything in place, but I will be gigging with it.
And when we’ve built what seems at the moment the perfect pedal board, we may think that in only a couple of years we will probably be planning to use just amps and onboard controls again. It seems to be a regular oscillation, which pedal manufacturers must rejoice in. The alternative is to get a techno-wizard to design you an equivalent of Neil Young’s Whizzer, which digitally turns the knobs on a vintage Fender Deluxe. There are a couple of other effects added in, but having got this thing once sorted, he’s stuck to it. I wonder if the adaptability of pedal boards is perhaps one of the things that makes our commitment to them a bit unstable. All that said, some of your effects sound fabulous, Paul.
That's right even to this day multi FX units don't sound as good as a petal board w/individual petals for the job. I remember when they came out terrible but ok now to figure out what FX you will use then later get the petals you need those $200-$500 petals are too much that much ambiance would get lost in a mix live you will most likely use a Tuner a Wha Over Drive / Distortion & a Delay / Reverb if yer amp don't have reverb. Or better yet buy a used Peavey Vypyr 15 they sound amazing the older ones have much more amp sims than the new ones I bought mine new for $89 as a lil bedroom amp & it sounds great if you go past the 15 watt you can get the foot controller Samparea 1 one tread for Wha Whammy Vol swells …& lots of banks you can switch to not glitchy it has the same SHARC Chip that the AXE FX & Kemper use. That way you can use it for practice & find your sound & you can add a jack to run the Vypyr thru a 4x12 Cab it sounds Massive that 15 watts will roar thru a 4x12. My 5150 tube head is sitting idle lately I find my self just playing thru the lil 15 watt Vypyr & I have a Vypyr VIP 3 100watt which has a looper & you can run a Bass Gtr Acoustic . Gtr or Electric thru it. It has less models of amps but more FX some wasteful imo like the Synth & the Sitar simulator I'd rather have the amp sims. That's a great place to start you could find a used one cheap & the older ones are better more bang for the buck unless you want a Bass amp right there & an Acoustic amp if you would be great live if you had a drum petal to have a beat going i.e. The Trio or the Sdrum petal. You'll save a lot of money trying out petals.
OK. The main things I want from a compression pedal are (1) more sustain and (2) fatter clean tones. Also just that nice "produced" colour. I don't use it for limiting. I guess I put it before gain because I want the fatter, more sustained signal going into the gain pedals, and also because I want it to be a bit louder and pokier when I add overdrive. I guess also much because that's just what I've been told to do. TBH I haven't tried the other way
Just guessing here, haven't tried it myself. But if you play with low gain and you want to be able to get more drive by hitting the strings harder while being able to have a fairly clean sound when you're playing softly, you don't want the compressor before the gain pedals, it'll kill your dynamics. Check out That Pedal Show, they have an episode about what order to put them in and say something about compressor after the overdrive kind of simulates the power amp section of the amp compressing.
When it in this order I can use my volume knob on my guitar as a gain control. So when I'm playing with someone we set our levels using the compressor then I kick on my overdrive and walk away. For my les paul I have the volume on the neck pickup way down so it's clean then the bridge, is full on. I tried it the other way but I didn't have the control I wanted. Having gain control without blasting your levels is very nice and to me the whole point of a compressor.
Hey Paul,I wish you make a detailed video on how to integrate the effects on the board into the front and into the defects loop.I mean step by step, lesson for dummies.
The Fubar by Blackout Effectors is a great silicon tone bender type fuzz. It has bias and sag controls, so you can get anything from classic fuzz tones to the ripping velcro sound to heavily gated fuzz. Also has an exp jack for controlling the sag. I’ve also enjoyed the Land Devices HP-2, which has silicon and germanium.
In Australia you would need approx $5000 for this pedal board. That guitar is about $5k. His tone King amp is another $5k. So for his basic rig it's $15k plus if he brings another of his guitars to the gig which he would add another $5k. So Paul has $20k worth of gear on stage at least when he gigs. However that is not a lot of money for a professional muso. In fact it's really cheap. Professional orchestra players usually have to take a mortgage on their single instrument. Don't look at this through the eyes of an a hobby player. Paul is a professional musician. This is peanuts for him. Tools of the trade. And he has exquisite taste in guitars and gear.
For the Ultimate pedal board just look up Robin Trower's rig rundown. One of the most influential guitarist from the 70's who still plays today ... four pedals are all you need. The real trick?? Learn to play the fucking guitar.
stacking overdrivve pedal allows changing from more than 2 different gain levels and volume levels, it makes a lot of sense for live situations. To get the same result with what you say you would need two boosters, which i think some people like. It's really just preferences, no right choice.
This video really inspired me to bring the only two pedals I have, an overdrive and reverb/delay pedal, out to my garage and play and try find those really other worldly sounds you create, I don’t know way to describe them but they are awesome! Props to you man, I hope to be just like you someday!
Hi, Northern Irish guy here. Just want to say Ruach are an amazing company who also build pedalboards, stands and even guitars- they're all top quality. Love this vid as well Paul!
The only thing that I could afford in this video is the velcro....
It's only the scissors for me.
I can only afford to watch the video
I can't even afford that😂👌
@@AndrewRobertsMusic Instead of the Klon KTR, I might buy a car :)
@@zylascope nice dude🤣
03:46 The news: "The Rotterdam UA-camr Paul Davids received a copyright notice on one of his videos. It turned out to be a song he wrote himself"
WARNING: Being a low budget (POOR) Guitar player and watching video this may hurt your feelings.
P.D.: I've felt the pain, tho.
I feel ya'! I can't even afford the cables! :P Nah, kidding... but I couldn't between my 16-35 years... Now I'm 40 and I could go and buy all this stuff. Although all those years without affording it (I've had a DS-1 plus reverb on my amp), has made me get very conscious of what I spend my money on. As long as I'm not gigging: Bias, Amplitube, GuitarRig, and the likes do serve me more than enough for practicing reasons (wish those things existed 26 years ago!). If I start gigging again, I might consider other options. I'm 40, and only owned 3 electric guitars and 1 acoustic in my whole life.. the third electric I just bought!
Or get a small tube amp with great distortion cranked up, add a used H9 and maybe a preamp pedal you’ll be flying.
I guess the very most guitar players are on a low budget ;D
the jan ray is just a timmy with a bigger price tag
This is the comment i've been searching for.
I own only 2 pedals.... and both are joyo :(
Your character in addition to content is why I pledge. You are amazing and I really like your shirt in this vid. 🤙
James Freeman this shirt, "the jacket"... Maybe Paul needs to start a clothing line.
fancy seeing you here
"actually... I hate it." You have the most honest reviews & walk throughs of any music channel on this site. And I truly appreciate it. Thank you for all your videos; I very much enjoy following your channel.
Just after watching Rick Beato's video on pedal boards, and now this. I think I'm getting a sign from somewhere that it's time for a pedal board.
Edit: Aaaannndd now i need a Mobius. Great
I was thinking the same... I only have to find the money.... ahhahaha
Oisin McPhillips lol. I just watched Ricks videos as well.
Ahhahah Rick Beato's video is a pure comedy; the phone call & the supermarket of the pedals. The thing that discourages me a little is that these guys have a lot of stuff. I still have to make my videos with an iphone4 cause I can't afford a camera :( ahhaha
I see we are an the same playlist.
Started mine last week. Having fun but now I’m out of funds lol
So, I'm a singer, songwriter, and key board player ... and I get so much out of your videos! Like, a deeper understanding of the guitar as a part of the sound and songs we're striving for in our band. Thank you so much! I'd love to see a video on the many roles a guitar can fill in a band!!!
Also, you need a Korg Miku
The essential. Korg Miku > Tuner
You know it's funny after you have one and abuse it for a while, it's the first one that's gotta go when you need space. It also does not stay powered for extended times. You have to unplug it and reply it for it to initialize. OK for on the go, lame at home when it's always plugged up.
it was actually a joke, i think that it is pretty useless. You bought it for the hype?
M Caz it was a gift!
now that is unexpected
This guy is so humble, he’s like “just made the news” and just never talks about it or anything. Either he is super popular from where he comes from or he actually is like really humble-y
Awwww, when you said “this pedal has the destroyer sound” i was like, oh shit, this thing is gonna explode
Bro fr i wasn't expecting the actual sound that came out
Very inspirational, Paul. This motivated me to assemble a board of 22 pedals (the Kitchen Sink board). Playing in several bands of varying styles, I finally decided to put everything on one grab-and-go package with a Humboldt Simplifier included (so no amp needed). Thanks for the great videos.
When you want to built the ultimate pedal board yourself after seeing this, but you're the most broke man alive :(
Well, just a suggestion. I went to a local Goodwill and purchased a cool fake alligator skin suitcase. Use ur imagination and walla! There r a lot of tutorials on the tube. Good luck!
Ahh thank ye for the hope and experience my friend!
I know the feeling. It took me a lot of years to be able to get this board. But I was always happy with all I had, that's very important!
Ahh I see! Gotta adapt and do with what you got indeed my man!
try a zoom ms50 multi stomp, 99 USD, multiple effects, its a start
You are a musical and creative scholar with a high level of intuitive perception. I am very impressed by how you have mastered the strymon gear so well. cheers
I love when I see a board full of $200+ overdrives, $400+ delays/reverb/etc, and then a compressor you can pick up on Reverb for $50.
It can be a 20$ compressor as long it does the job and sounds ok
same goes for EQ lmao. The guy from JHS said in one of his videos like they're all transparent and don't actually sound different to each other
Anyone watching in 2023?
I absolutely love everything you do from 10:01 and on, the lo-fi ambient stuff sounds amazing
If you have to travel abroad by plane a lot you should give dual lock a try. Velcro is ok, but when you have pedals worth 2000e you should really make sure they dont move at all. It's not only better for pedals but also for the cables between pedals. :)
Great video as always! Greetings from Finland!
Always without question top quality content, glad you’re here, you really add so much value. Another level of excellence mate!!! Thank you
When someone asks me:
"Is your new Mobius any good?"
I always say
"Of chorus it is!"
I’m not sure what it is about watching your videos but I love them. From your voice to your excellent descriptions of each item. You have a golden personality and you make me want to learn music theory.
Paul davids:
How to build the ultimate petal board
Rob scallon:
Am i a joke to you
And he played Rain at 12:30 lol
Paul is one of the most tasteful players I’ve heard and he has a great ear for effects and how to use them in context, really inspiring me to expand my pallet. Keep it up man, amazing content!
Hannibal fucking Lecter is at your door as we speak.
12:45
Bro...WHAT is that God tier sound???!!!!
No metal zone? But what if you really need to sound like angry bees in a tin bucket?
lol they're not that bad! In an effects loop they're even kinda good. End the metal zone hate!
Yeah its not that bad but its kinda pointless to do tho cuz your preamp is probably better than the mt-2, but if it works for you and you like it, good for you, but i personaly dont see any point in it.
@@timfowlie3138 If you have a low gain amp with an effects loop, go from your guitar into the mt-2 and then straight into the effects return(!) of the loop. And, tada, you got yourself a high gain metal amp.
I still use my early 1980's Boss HM-2. you don't have to turn every dial on 10. I get some great sounds out of it.
Chris Davies Well the HM-2 is legendary metal pedal that sounds great. The metal zone is and does not.
Nice Board! My dream one is:
Godin Guitar> Crybaby Wah> Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster> Walrus Deep Six Compressor> Walrus Voyager (or other klon type)> Keeley Blues Drive or Boss WAZA BD> T-Rex Mudhoney> OLC Chunky Cheese (from the official builder)> EVH Phase 90> Digitech Nautila> JAM Pedals Chill> Keeley Super Mod Workstation (Multi FX)> Strymon El Capistan (tape echo)> JHS Colour Box Preamp
Reverb is probably in amp or Digitech Polara or Walrus Fathom
I built my dream pedal board in the Rockboard configurator. it goes: Harley Benton DNAFX GiT Pro>Riffstep (thats for the 4th pedal)>BOSS OS-2>Digitech Whammy V>MXR Phase 90
I could listen to the second half of that demonstration all day. Just beautiful playing and knowledge of sounds from the pedals.
Was a blast watching your new board, very inspirational to go and try new things in my board
I thought long and hard over my board. The 2 most important pedals are the 2 that reduce the need for others. The Boss RV 500 and the Boss DD500. They have reverb and delay, but they also have chorus, flange, tremolo, pitch shift, looper as well as many more. They are all hooked up to a midi switcher along with 4 distortion and overdrive pedals, one the La Grange connected to the expression pedal that gives light grit to full on over driven Plexi. Zero pedal dancing and I have everything I need on a small neat board that looks good as well as sounds good. 90cmx30cm. The Harley Benton FXL8 pro is a dream to use and program as well as being a sensible price. I get all the sounds you get.
Finally, a demo where the guitar player can actually play! Great job!
With this pedalboard you are all set for post rock my friend ....JUST DO ITTTTT ! much love from Greece keep teaching us.
Ik kom altijd helemaal tot rust met jouw video's. Ze zijn zo goed. En ik leer veel
This is really good for a church setup. God bless you brother!
You should tape the full length on the side of the board and only do stripes on the effects themselves. That way, when you pull on specific effect off the board, the tape underneath it will stay :-)
Yep!
Rockboards are very cool.
I know buying a pedal board instead of building one is less than cost efficient, but their simple design is fantastic
Congratulations to your board! Get yourself an analogman sunface, you'll be glad you did! The best jimi style fuzzface there is, will suit your strat!
A lessons I've been looking for. I don't have as many pedals yet but I would like to gain as much knoledge as I can about them because I love guitar so much. So educative and inspiring. Thanks Paul.
I would be happy with just the strymon trio. Great video.
You weren’t kidding! This is one on the most beautiful boards of this size I have ever heard/seen
You are soo amazing and creative ... Feels lot of efforts on making this video
I'm with Paul having just ditched MFX for pedals. You can' beat playing with knobs rather than scrolling through menus and whilst my GR-55 could pretty much do everything it didn't "feel" like a real amp and was too "easy" so that's why I've gone all analogue and love it. I may get a Kemper one day but for now it's a question of simple is beautiful :-).
I cant even afford 1 pedal but I watch these pedalboard videos cause their the most satisfying videos ever
behringer does a great job for the beginning
Jimmymolthoff too bad they’re forever sold out
Josh Cruz not on thomann
I know the feeling manh
I can't afford pedals.
Not a single one.
You definitely have one of my favourite tones... Congrats on doing well for yourself, man.
If you want a fuzz, but don't want it to have to be first in your signal chain after your guitar, the Wampler Velvet is a solid choice. I have one and love it.
Jeff H. Or a Big Muff!
@@willmcdaniel8375 My wife has a big muff........it's nice but it doesnt sound good at all.....
I love my boss fz 2 hyperfuzz
Paul is the best editor you know besides being such a great guitarist
Now you need a switcher from The Gig Rig or Boss to avoid becoming a tap dancer.
To many people have lost the amazing art of pedalboard tap dancing already
totally impractical board. zero use at a gig. way too much stuff, ok for your bedroom or your garage. but forget about taking it to an actual gig
Trick when using hook and loop (Velcro) is to put both pieces together and stick the one side to the pedal. Then expose the sticky tape and press the pedal onto the board where you want it. No need to try and eyeball the pieces separately.
Love the Amp Juice. Nice punch.
The mobius sounds Like a signature Mac demarco pedal!
Or the Boss CE-2w :)
If you want a fuzz but don't have one, I have to assume you're not finding one that quite does it for you. In that case, I'd highly recommend the Analog.Man AstroTone. I've loved using fuzzes in recording forever. But I could never get a fuzz to get along with any of my live rigs. The AstroTone is a really different beast that still has a distinctly fuzzy tone. It reacts much more like an overdrive and it stacks far better than any other fuzz I've ever met. It's really easy to get along with live, too.
6:50 you got me there, thought you were playing Don't Let Me Down
Thank you so much for demonstrating this incredible sound!
imagine showing up to a berklee audition with this shit lmao
Then you're only gonna play Smoke On The Water...
I do know why, but I love your videos, they are so... I do know have a good energy, looks simple but so cool, that's why I love your channel
I’m surprised more people don’t go with Temple Audio boards because of how easily you can route everything with their side modules, maybe it’s the quick release system mounts they don’t like?
I bought a Temple Audio pedalboard earlier this year, and I LOVE it! Took it on a 5-week tour right after completing it and it was a huge commodity.
I can't say that it was "easy" (my frustrations had more to do with the board's electronic aspects)I, but I CAN say that it was simple. So simple ... It's stupid.
... and lightweight!
I give them 2 Thumbs Up 👍👍
The TA boards are pretty, but when you go to take a sticky pad off a pedal to sell it, the pedal can get damaged and the sticky pad becomes useless. Velcro is easier, but velcro will take the paint off a TA board. So they're pretty, but not for everyone, especially if you're switching pedals out frequently.
Wampler Ego compressor>modded Vox Wah>FoxRox Octron>Wampler Velvet Fuzz>Xotic AC drive (my favorite tube screamer type OD)>Creation Labs Holy Fire (big sound like SRV-hard to describe)>Boss Volume pedal with an out to a Boss tuner>Analogman Bi-Clone chorus with separate depth and speed controls for each channel one set to resemble a fast Leslie and one more like Cobain, slow and deep>Strymon Flint tremolo reverb>SIB Echodrive tube driven delay. I also have a Lehle Dual that I have used to split the signal and between my Fender Blues Deluxe and Motion Sound Sidewinder rotary amp but my practice space is so small it's just too much volume for right now, even though I am playing with a drummer.
Great vid as always Paul. What about tone sucking? Would have been nice to hear a comparison of your stright to amp sound with the sound over your pedalboard :)
I agree, and also commenting on how many true bypass and how many buffers he's got, and where and why
True but the Klon has that sexy buffer to bring things up to par
Awesome setup. I just bought the rock board duo. I only have a few pedals now but seeing your setup motivates me to try different things.
7:37 did he just do a little sweep? I see you getting on the hype train, Paul
Incredible Paul!! Loving the new set up! As always great tones man!
I have to ask, why no switching system? Wouldn't this be really inconvenient to mess around with in the middle of a show?
Does Paul gig?
Nice rig ,much better playing. I really like the MXR Compressor. Thank you so much for the demo I’m gonna buy one. Great pedalboard setup.
6:40 - wait...am I all of a sudden watching Mic and Dan on "That Pedal Show"?? hahaha
Mobius sounds amazing! Thank you, Paul, for this great review.
The "ultimate" pedalboard would at least have a switcher like a Boss ES-8 or GigRig 2. ;)
Exactly. I was looking for this answer. That would no longer require tap dancing skills ;-)
And a Metalzone?!
The "Ultimate" pedalboard should at the very least have a decent 4 cable auto route patch bay.
This video production is stellar! Wow!
“So what pedals am I working with? Let’s find out...!”
Had a mini panic attack.
Oh man...that pedalboard looks and sounds awesome.
Keep up the good work !
Cool! My pedalboard consists of a zoom ms 50g hahaha Awesome editing btw
Loved that rotary sound
Hey man! Why not including a buffer? Your clean tone is a bit dampened, you'd benefit a lot from a buffer :)
The only thing I would change is the routing with/without effects loop.
The idea of having a patchbay is having your ins/outs centralized in the same place.
You could have the strymons connected to the patchbay so that you could connect to the effects loop through there.
In a situation where you don't use an effects loop you could simply bridge the connection with a small cable on the patchbay.
I'm getting a delay, and distortion pedal to start a board
Bought the same pedal board and immediately thought I might have made a mistake, it's sooo big.
One thing I did do was replace the standard velcro with 3M Dual Lock, much better at keeping everything in place, but I will be gigging with it.
@12:45 whoa whoa whoa what are you doing? I need that tone! Tell me your secrets!
Strymond stuff boy
@@TheVictortomas i gots the strymon stuff. i needs da secrets.
Do you find the secret i want to
@@jeremyruiz8470 nope :(
@@ChinchillupaGuy hey bro do you find the secret? i still here XD
Killer board! A lot of great tones! Thanks for sharing!
8:26 just a personal timestamp for a part I wanna learn.
oh Paul, you and your background music are so dreamy! Lol, keep up the good work man!
Then you two should get fucking married.
that sounds like youre watching a movie where you are in a foggy forest and its morning .
This is insanely clean, man. Great setup!
12:46 I want a whole video of just this
And when we’ve built what seems at the moment the perfect pedal board, we may think that in only a couple of years we will probably be planning to use just amps and onboard controls again. It seems to be a regular oscillation, which pedal manufacturers must rejoice in. The alternative is to get a techno-wizard to design you an equivalent of Neil Young’s Whizzer, which digitally turns the knobs on a vintage Fender Deluxe. There are a couple of other effects added in, but having got this thing once sorted, he’s stuck to it. I wonder if the adaptability of pedal boards is perhaps one of the things that makes our commitment to them a bit unstable. All that said, some of your effects sound fabulous, Paul.
Are you running through an amp? If so, what amp and cab are you using?
Kemper Profiling Amp! :)
Im fairly sure he uses a Tone King combo amp when he doesn't use a kemper
Definately a Marshall MG30CDR
Your you tube videos are some of the best on the tube!
Just get the headrush pedalboard. Easy and simple. Btw u were on Dramaalert the other day.
David Nwokoye ...link?
ua-cam.com/video/ccpzkvUHXJc/v-deo.html he's the first guitarist on dramaalert.
real pedals will always sound better
That's right even to this day multi FX units don't sound as good as a petal board w/individual petals for the job. I remember when they came out terrible but ok now to figure out what FX you will use then later get the petals you need those $200-$500 petals are too much that much ambiance would get lost in a mix live you will most likely use a Tuner a Wha Over Drive / Distortion & a Delay / Reverb if yer amp don't have reverb. Or better yet buy a used Peavey Vypyr 15 they sound amazing the older ones have much more amp sims than the new ones I bought mine new for $89 as a lil bedroom amp & it sounds great if you go past the 15 watt you can get the foot controller Samparea 1 one tread for Wha Whammy Vol swells …& lots of banks you can switch to not glitchy it has the same SHARC Chip that the AXE FX & Kemper use. That way you can use it for practice & find your sound & you can add a jack to run the Vypyr thru a 4x12 Cab it sounds Massive that 15 watts will roar thru a 4x12. My 5150 tube head is sitting idle lately I find my self just playing thru the lil 15 watt Vypyr & I have a Vypyr VIP 3 100watt which has a looper & you can run a Bass Gtr Acoustic . Gtr or Electric thru it. It has less models of amps but more FX some wasteful imo like the Synth & the Sitar simulator I'd rather have the amp sims. That's a great place to start you could find a used one cheap & the older ones are better more bang for the buck unless you want a Bass amp right there & an Acoustic amp if you would be great live if you had a drum petal to have a beat going i.e. The Trio or the Sdrum petal. You'll save a lot of money trying out petals.
Such a classy, tasteful board.
Compression after gain... why, I wonder?
to squish the dirt.
when i use a Compression pedal i put it near the end helps regulate volume changes.
OK. The main things I want from a compression pedal are (1) more sustain and (2) fatter clean tones. Also just that nice "produced" colour. I don't use it for limiting. I guess I put it before gain because I want the fatter, more sustained signal going into the gain pedals, and also because I want it to be a bit louder and pokier when I add overdrive. I guess also much because that's just what I've been told to do. TBH I haven't tried the other way
Just guessing here, haven't tried it myself. But if you play with low gain and you want to be able to get more drive by hitting the strings harder while being able to have a fairly clean sound when you're playing softly, you don't want the compressor before the gain pedals, it'll kill your dynamics. Check out That Pedal Show, they have an episode about what order to put them in and say something about compressor after the overdrive kind of simulates the power amp section of the amp compressing.
When it in this order I can use my volume knob on my guitar as a gain control. So when I'm playing with someone we set our levels using the compressor then I kick on my overdrive and walk away. For my les paul I have the volume on the neck pickup way down so it's clean then the bridge, is full on. I tried it the other way but I didn't have the control I wanted. Having gain control without blasting your levels is very nice and to me the whole point of a compressor.
love seeing that this little set up just on his board is more then i have in my entire setup
Leuk hoor!!
I love the cleans and ambiance you got there! Thanks for uploading this video! 😁
I thought you were going to Purple Rain it at 13:07
Hey Paul,I wish you make a detailed video on how to integrate the effects on the board into the front and into the defects loop.I mean step by step, lesson for dummies.
my only suggestion is to use Power Grip from Godlyke instead of traditional velcro ...
The Fubar by Blackout Effectors is a great silicon tone bender type fuzz. It has bias and sag controls, so you can get anything from classic fuzz tones to the ripping velcro sound to heavily gated fuzz. Also has an exp jack for controlling the sag. I’ve also enjoyed the Land Devices HP-2, which has silicon and germanium.
Can somebody estimate the overall cost (guitar excluded) of his built ?
In Australia you would need approx $5000 for this pedal board. That guitar is about $5k. His tone King amp is another $5k. So for his basic rig it's $15k plus if he brings another of his guitars to the gig which he would add another $5k. So Paul has $20k worth of gear on stage at least when he gigs. However that is not a lot of money for a professional muso. In fact it's really cheap. Professional orchestra players usually have to take a mortgage on their single instrument. Don't look at this through the eyes of an a hobby player. Paul is a professional musician. This is peanuts for him. Tools of the trade. And he has exquisite taste in guitars and gear.
11:30 - what a sound! Amazing 🤯
I want to hear a song that sounds like that
But does it djent?
Mr Krunch don't know, don't care.
Paul Davids 😉
Djent is dead...
Mr Krunch strats doesn't djent
No. Not enough strings
@paul davids, Mazing man. You made me realize the sound ive been looking for on my board is a fuzz pedal as well.
A lot of redundant OD pedals that are essentially the same tone. Save your money and just get one and an boost pedal. BOOM! Problem solved
Fuzz + guitar volume > all the OD pedals on a board
For the Ultimate pedal board just look up Robin Trower's rig rundown. One of the most influential guitarist from the 70's who still plays today ... four pedals are all you need. The real trick?? Learn to play the fucking guitar.
I was thinking the same thing. The first two drive pedals sounded too similar to one another.
stacking overdrivve pedal allows changing from more than 2 different gain levels and volume levels, it makes a lot of sense for live situations. To get the same result with what you say you would need two boosters, which i think some people like. It's really just preferences, no right choice.
nonpoint666rocks you could use the volume on your guitar for similar effect.
Very informative, and you are one of the very best at video production.
go for a line 6 helix... it's much easier...:p
francois P. Easy... Hmmm what did I say about easy things recently... 🤔
Paul Davids yep, but to me it's not only easy, it's lot less cables and noise in signal...
Yep, Kemper, helix, axe fx, all great sounds! Nothing wrong with that :)