also just want to share this here with the TPS family: have an audition for a band next week, first time playing out after couple years of depression. I am so stoked
This "back to basics" episode really goes to show what has always made TPS so fantastic: the deep respect, mutual admiration, and camaraderie between Dan and Mick, their truly vast understanding of tone, and most of all, consistently inspired guitar playing. Good Lord, these gents can play.
I played a Princeton on 8 and no pedals for 3 years, im back on a normal board now but it made me a much better player and helped me truly understand tone and dynamics. and how to deal with soundmen!
"...you're a Hudson Broadcast away from glory there." Best line of the show. I think any guitar and amp are one Hudson Broadcast away from glory, Mick. Great episode.
@@plantagenant I’m so glad someone else also had this experience- I thought I must have been going mad. Sold it on immediately as it did nothing for me 🤷♂️
@@cinnamonstreet80sband60 I've got a Hudson Sicecar sounds fucking terrible. But yeah beautifully made. There no facility on it to do anything with the midrange - Which it absolutely critically needs. I can make it a bassy fuzz or a wasp in a jam jar kid's metal tone but it cannot sound good (with my gear). I use Marshalls and my lead pickup is a 500T, I have just about every Marshall head from the '80s on and the Sidecar is awful with all if them. It'd take a lot to get me to try another Hudson product. I reckon it was R&Dd with PAF type pickups and some super neutral amp. It's poor design not to build in adequate tone sculpting tools. I'm using an MXR '78 Badass (shit name) and a Wampler Sovereign, stacked - that does it! Alone, either sounds really good
@@cinnamonstreet80sband60 I really relate to this, I try any pedal and get really different results to demos. I use Marshalls which is fairly typical, But I use a Gibson Les Paul Custom with a 500T wired straight to the output. Most pedals seem to be voiced around PAFs and super neutral amps. Some demos are so stupid. I watched one about distortion the other day and the lad used single coils through the whole vid. What a goon. I watch demos to get an idea if a pedal *might* be good and to compare between pedals, but never really know what I've got until it's under me foot. I have a Hudson Sidecar. SO CRAP (for me)!
My board power supply broke down on a festival gig the other day. I totally managed to get through the gig with the provided Marshall JTM45 and my Ibanez RT650 (almost Andy Timmons model) with HSH configuration (and treble bleed). I even played one of my best gigs, not being distracted by effects and pedals.
I fear my approach ❤would have been 1. take Vox 2. Hoon gain 3. ride volume for clean bits 4. save fee towards a treble booster. Wouldn‘t do for thrash, but i‘m more of a blackgaze guy anyway (hope i‘ve remembered that correctly, but have also read some Bel Hooks, though representing the oppositional gaze in noise rock may be a stretch).
The MARSHALL VINTAGE MODERN is great for that purpose. It is a single channel especially designed to be played with the guitar volume knob. The master volume (PPIMV) is incredibly good, the amp has a good all round reverb and large tonal capabilities. Awesome topic and video, thank you!
I knew,even before I pressed play,that Mick would choose the DGT! It's the most versatile guitar ever and I'm so happy I got mine after seeing yours! :)
I love that Dan's face for the first third of this video was full-on "Optimistically waiting to hear the diagnosis"/lol. And, hey, thank you to whomever submitted this idea. Oddly, I've always wondered what Dan and Mick would pick for a setup without pedals, but was absolutely certain that it'd be too far off-brand. Wonderful video, gentleman.
My rig was an Esquire straight into a cranked Carr Rambler for a couple of years. Playing with such a simple rig gives you nothing to hide behind and directly connects you to the music and the audience. I think everyone should at least try a simple rig out, even just to practice on. It did wonders for my musicianship.
Haven't played live for a while but I agree...plus a lot of pedal effects just get lost in the mix and there's the added anxiety of the blasted things going wrong!
Same boat😊 Esquire and deluxe reverb point to point build here. I sometimes need a Bad bob boost to kick it for some more dirt. Simple and great sounding rig🎉
Also agree, and if someone don't want to take away all their pedals it's always good to introduce them back one by one, play with just one effect for a while before switching to the next etc. That way you can find out which one you really want on your board and which ones to skip. I did that and are down to three pedals and a tuner, and I might narrow it down to even less some day
This concept is something I love doing occasionally if I feel like I’m not pushing myself playing-wise. Nothing to hide behind so you’ve got to be on which is great! Best version I’ve had of this was a sit-in jam at a friend of mines birthday, who happens to be a collector. So it was a 1960 335 into a dimed small Supro. One of the best live sounds I’ve ever had! Volume and Tone controls on the guitar all night 🔥 Great episode guys, happy new year to the TPS crew!
Finally, some realistic clean tones coming from a working amp. Anybody can overdrive an amp. But taking it from clean to overdrive like you guys did was so practical informative and real. Just like BB King, Buddy Guy Eric Clapton etc. Great work guys! 🎸Get out that Fender champ while you're at it.
Warning! Both these guys are EXTREMELY skilled and knowledgeable. If you think that you can go out and get the same guitars and amps, and do this... you're missing a lot. A great deal of what you're experiencing is the talent of both these guys. A lot of what you're hearing comes from the skill and tone coming from their experienced fingers. This is a great video! I loved it.
Awesome episode guys and thanks so much for everything you do on this channel. It's always a joy to tune in. Have to say I'm feeling the gravitational pull of the Fender Deluxe Reverb after watching this, but regarding versatility in one amp I still worship my Marshall Jubilee 25/50 combi with 3 channels: 1) clean, 2) gain (via footswitch) and 3) a transparent overdrive crunch (from pulling out the volume knob). Really useful.
After your recent Marshall video, life has been just unbearable until I picked up my new (to me) JTM45. I've never had a NMV Marshall before, but such an amazing thing, glorious thick overdrive, but the clean up on the guitar volume is just beautiful. I would maybe struggle on this challenge without some reverb, but I was amazed at how little I was using any other pedals last night. It was just a joy to play. The one thing that that surprised me the most (as you identified in your video) was how effects like reverb were usable even when it was well into overdrive! The whole experience has been a revelation. Thanks for single-handedly obliterating my finances, I've enjoyed every decibel of it.
Ha! Yeah, sorry about that. The more we do it, the more we know we'll always love great guitars plugged into great amps. It's sooooooo much more than the spec sheet would suggest. Congrats!
Dynamic Vox Tele sound is insanely versatile, absolutely solid and ideal. That amount of control from a pick is vital. Fender PRS is unreal, the compression and break up are perfect. Best of both worlds, you guys nail it.
You guys are so much fun to watch! Not only do you come up with some amazing tones, but your playing is exceptional. Thanks again for doing your show..
Picked up a Fender Mustang 1 version 2 for hosting open mic/jams and ended up getting two more. Twin setting for cleans, Bassman for dirt. Sounds amazing, 100 decibels or more on 5 so it stays at 4 or less. Won’t kill you if it’s stolen. Jump in a cab and go without needing to open the trunk because it’s small and light. Takes pedals well too! Leave your valuable amps at home.
@@ThatPedalShow my studio is at home. I also use them at real shows/performances. For jams or situations where I need a compact rig to cover a lot of tones it’s a no brainer. I’m actually liking my cheap amps even more though these days so my amp collection is exactly that, an investment in historical pieces.
This episode completely validates the concept of the wet/dry rig. My everlasting thanks to Mick and Dan for setting me on that path. I will never go back!
I've been doing the ONE amp/ONE guitar thing for many years now. I absolutely love it. I play in a cover band that plays 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s Rock, Pop, and Blues. My amp of choice is a Fender BASSBREAKER 15 head and a cab loaded with a Celestion Creamback G12H-75 speaker. The guitar is either a SSS Strat or Tele. My amp is set to maximum gain and I get all the different tones, from semi-clean to full dirty, by using the volume knob on the guitar. No pedals or effects. Just a bit of Reverb on the amp.
We hear with our brains and our hearts. I am sometimes in awe of Dan’s willingness to hear the good in tones. Not that it didn’t sound great-so many terrific sounds-but Dan clearly goes looking for the best in everything. It’s humbling.
Very nice new year palette cleanser. Think this is a very healthy place to kick off 2023 from - getting back to basics but also thinking about reacquainting ourselves with gear we already have and could get fresh use from. Anyway gents, wishing you all the best for this new year and hoping it brings you much cheer and fulfilment.
Bout 10 years ago I did a few gigs with an Epiphone Les Paul into a Strymon Obi-1 optical compressor/boost into a Vox AC-4 TV. Of course I had to go through the PA and have a monitor to give me the required volume, but man that was a nice sound!
Love the challenges... you should definitely do a 2022 challenge. Both build a board using only pedals that came out that year. Then a you've got a episode planned for every year :)
Late 70s Les Paul Custom into a Friedman Twin Sister… done deal! Two identical channels with options and individual master volumes. Beautifully designed master volumes that sound great at any volume. Super open and dynamic… it’ll take you anywhere perfectly!!
Man, I felt like I haven’t seen this show since…last year! Haha! (Sorry, bad dad joke)! Glad you guys are back. Happy New Year to TPS! The best show on UA-cam! 🎉 👏
Well it's about bloody time. You blokes love to make this job so over complicated. Just add a Tuner Pedal and some Delay (if you want) in the back end and you're totally sorted. Rock n' roll.
I don't recall another episode that better demonstrates how good you two are at playing guitar. It appears that years of That Pedal Show have culminated in the mildly ironic result that you may sound better without any pedals. 😉
My one guitar one amp rig: PRS 513 (Strat, Les Paul and Super Strat/higher gain Les Paul in one guitar) and my Fuchs Triple Drive Supreme -> 3 channels, reverb, master volume and sounds fantastic.
Loved the complexity in it's simplicity. Very much the Joe B. constantly quoting "all the pedals you need are right here! (pointing to his volume and tone knobs)". Loved your takes on it, and the adjustments made. Although just two, the amount of wideness and depth both of you added was pretty incredible (also funny both of you went for delay). Thanks guys. As always, ear opening!
I started gigging in 2000, the only guitarist in a 4-piece band. We were an originals rock band, so there weren't a wealth of tones to cover - the occasional clean, but mostly a decent amount of gain. I was playing a cheap BC Rich Warlock that I'd outfitted with DiMarzio Tone Zone and Air Norton pickups (Paul Gilbert's set during the 90s), wired to be splittable. From there I plugged straight into a Laney LC30. I'd decided against pedals because I was new to this, so I wanted the simplest set-up, the least amount of distractions in terms of having to tap-dance on a pedalboard, and I genuinely wanted to see what I could get out of the guitar. My only concession was the Laney's onboard spring reverb, which was always on. Since then I've used a two amp rig, wet-dry, monster pedalboard, so I'm certainly not adverse to a more complicated set-up. But I'm still glad I started off simply, as it made me do more with the guitar.
Sorry... Waggle stick? I'm from the US, absolutely love British UA-cam content, and just still can barely wrap my brain around some of the ways our vernacular/nomenclature differs. Absolutely love it! (The content, and our quirky differences.)
You guys are sounding incredible! Dan, your Matchless is out of this world sweet sounding. Mick, you must use your PRS DGT more often! I can recognize you only by your fabulous tone with a Strat plugged in a Two Rock, Fender or Marshall amp, but that DGT suits you like a champ and sounds heavenly!
Funny I actually liked the AC15 better than the matchless accept for volume. I never thought the AC could sound better than a matchless. Again the Fender Deluxe Reverb proves why it’s the perfect gigging club amp ever made. It covers so much territory and just sounds brilliant.
Great Video Guys! Missed You So Much Over The Holidays. I hope everyone is doing well. Thank you so much for reminding me to turn the volume up & the gain down for my new 50's Burstbuckers. I have just plugged into a Hot Rod Blues Jr. IV with my newest acquisition a brand new 1950's Les Paul Standard & I put both gain & volume on 3 & I put all 3 pots in the tone stack to 7. After watching this video I'm wondering if I should muck around a bit with the volume & gain. Maybe I'll learn something new. Thanks to you guys & your tram.
I did a tour of outdoor shows one year with just an EJ Strat into my Trainwreck Liverpool clone. The following year's tour I had built myself a 63 Fender Reverb Tank to go between them, just for more wet sound in parks where we were set up on the bare grass and found myself too dry.
Fender Deluxe Reverb and Vox AC15 w/Greenback are the two amps that I own, and I love them both dearly. When I set them up in a stereo config it is a whole auditory herd of magical unicorns. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Ah yes, I remember the evolution now (voila an industry is born). Great job from both of you, I enjoyed this episode immensely. That outro....rig and playing...excellente. The Victory V140 Super Duchess (or even the V40, less headroom) popped into my head, one of the best "bang for the buck" amps out there (IMHO).
1 guitar, 1 amp. For me, that's easy. Vox Valetronix or something similar that has modelling of amps and effects in one package. The guitar would be either a Strat in HSS form or a PRS 24/08 with coil tapping. Bases... covered. Oh and to whoever wrote the "Thank You Simon" note with my buy 2, get 1 free t-shirt box that arrived before Christmas, it meant more to me than you know. Have it beside my guitars and it picked me up in a bad day. Cheers folks.
This is no bad decision! I have a VOX Valvetronic standing around for years besides some "real" tube amps. Every time i plug into the old VOX i think: "WOW it's a kind of a miracle how good it sounds" even my brain tells me the tube amps have to sound much much better, wich they don't 😁
Happy New Year, gents. Loved this episode. Beautiful playing. (which becomes prominent, what with no pedals or distractions) The concept which sticks with me is that pedals are incredible fun but it's great to be reminded that touch, dynamics, mood are the important bits. I have six very dissimilar guitars and two very dissimilar amps. Sometimes the most fun is to pick a combination, make a finger style loop and play lead over the top of it, all clean. It's good medicine; for me, anyway. Cheers, guys.
Kind of interesting that they both chose a different path to begin with, yet came up with very comparable amps (single 12", tube circuits, with trem and reverb), and then hearing the difference in both loudness and tone between the Fender and the Vox. Putting the Vox and the Deluxe Reverb in a stereo or A/B switched setup would get one hell of a wicked sound.
Hello guys. Have to say I would be much more comfortable with my amp (which I know you have), the Tone King Imperial Mk II. Its got a clean tone to die for, foot-switchable to a Tweedy lead channel, with separate volume, great reverb, and a foot-switchable bias tremolo. Add to all that its onboard attenuator, so you can really dial in the level of gain you want independently of volume. I think its a good contender for most usefully versatile amp.
@@ThatPedalShow Fair enough! You got great tones with the “purist” amps. I’ve always thought the Imperial is built for these “amp only” situations, so my “I want them to choose my gear” bias was strong on this one
I was going to be really bummed if no one brought up the Tone King Imperial. One of the best and most versatile amps ever, that and the Carr Skylark :) Purist, what's that??
Hey Dan, the Matchless is superb. Although you may have been put off in the past by a treble bleed, you'll get a more even freq response with one and your low C cable. If you do choose to try one, the Bill Lawrence Tele recommended 350pF//100k (+/- 10%) provides a flat roll off response with a low C (~200pF) cable. I have that TB on at least one SC guitar, and it works just as expected with my 160pF cable. I use guitar circuitry software to test my configurations. I don't use a TB with my Wilde Micro-Coil pickups because the impedance doesn't change nearly as much when the volume is rolled down with typical Fender style SC's.
Loved the show. The winning tone for me was the DGT with the Deluxe cranked. The way you explore tones is why I come back to your show over and over. For example, my amp is a Boogie Mark V:35. It’s clean channel has a fat mode that is supposed to be close to Fender blackpanel amps, but I almost use it mostly for cleans. Well, I got home, cranked the master to 8-9, gain halfway, pushed the mids, and my humbucker guitar got me some gnarly rock tones. Pure awesomeness. Thank you, we all need a reminder once in a while to try new stuff. Cheers!
First of all you guys are such incredible players that I feel like the single guitar single amp didn't really limit you guys like it would most players. You guys sounded incredible! Also that Deluxe Reverb cranked may be the perfect overdrive sound. Gosh its wondrous!
THOROUGHLY enjoyed this. As a DGT player myself, very pleased that Mick showed how versatile that guitar can be. Do more of these types of challenges, please. Perhaps, one where you find the best/most versatile channel switching amps and compare that to a similar single-channel with an overdrive pedal. Thanks, as always for this content
Absolutely loved it! Though of course it's got me gassing for an AC15 again - but before that I need a humdinger so I can try wet-dry and a 3-2-1 for live shows to make switching between my two guitars smoother and more professional looking. You guys keep finding interesting questions, and continue to suprise yourselves and us with the answers - that's what makes these shows great!
Wow back to basics some of the best tones yet,big lesson here sometimes keeping it simple gives you the best tone .Save this and watch it before you go and drop a small fortune on gear .less is more
Great episode as always guys. Interesting thing Mick said about the 'day of things I don't normally like' - it's interesting that as musicians (mainly guitarists), as soon as we find we need to be flexible, we start to make compromises...
This was tough. When you see two people you love going through a really hard time and you're powerless to help, it really sends the cows home to roost. All I can offer is empty platitudes: in order to see the light, we must first experience the darkness...the led-less darkness. My heart goes out to you both. Thanks for being open. It's okay to talk.
This is an easy choice for me. Telecaster into that pretty green Tone King Imperial sitting behind y'all. I've played many a gig with just that setup. Set up the Rhythm channel at about 4.5-5 and use the volume knob a lot, and set the Lead channel at about the same, with the mid focus control at about 1 or 2 o-clock, and again, lots of volume knob riding. The ability to make two changes would bring in a nice analog delay pedal (Carbon Copy is my go to for that) and a Klone (J. Rocket Archer Ikon is my go to for that).
Dan funk was on 🔥🔥🔥! Loved this one, just crank amps, it really works incredibly well. In the right band, these setups would be the bomb, and so simple. Just wanted to say that this was a really cool episode. Insightful, and loads of fun. 🙏
The AC15 with all the top boost knobs and the volume set to 2 o'clock made me giggle. (You should have swapped t-shirts!) And the PRS-Deluxe setup sounds great (I haven't really liked Fender amps in the past, but you're making that thing work). Happy new year, great job, both of you, but can we get back to the pedals now? 😁
This is absolutely hilarious. I recently went on an amp collecting binge when I received a couple of Ks i didn't expect to receive. I ended my search with a very lightly used Vox ac15 and a brand new Fender deluxe reverb. Only difference is i opted for the 68 silverface with the custom and vintage channels (which none of these hard core guys seem to even acknowledge exists, oddly) but there you have it. I have actually been double checking my choices because of just how incredibly similar both of these amps sound to each other. I just really, really, like them both.
Watching more of this - I appreciate some people LOVE this approach but to me it just feels like such a struggle at a gig, why would you ever put yourself through this? Dan’s solo sound is my rhythm sound 😂 I can tell a mile a way if I had to play live through either of these rigs for a gig it would be muderously difficult!
Wow. You both sound totally ready to go! Completely loved this. Just killer and how many gigs have been done through the ages. I gave it a go here - and it was fun. But, I already hooked my pedal board back in. LOL! Happy New Year. Happy to see you today!
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also just want to share this here with the TPS family: have an audition for a band next week, first time playing out after couple years of depression. I am so stoked
Enjoy that! Let it be what it is - a step rather than a destination. Best to you!
Have fun!
Hope you have a blast!!! ❤
Have fun, that’s what it’s all about!
That's great to hear! I've been debating getting back into live playing myself, it's been almost 10 years for me now eek! Good luck & have fun!
This "back to basics" episode really goes to show what has always made TPS so fantastic: the deep respect, mutual admiration, and camaraderie between Dan and Mick, their truly vast understanding of tone, and most of all, consistently inspired guitar playing. Good Lord, these gents can play.
I played a Princeton on 8 and no pedals for 3 years, im back on a normal board now but it made me a much better player and helped me truly understand tone and dynamics. and how to deal with soundmen!
Jeff beck loved that amp for those reason s
I just got a princeton with the 12" jensen alncio and love it. I've been up to 5.5 with it, lol. I'll have to try 8. :)
52 minutes of TPS...can't tell you how much I needed this hour of escape right now. Thanks so much for the great content guys.
Dan + Tele + Vox AC15 = I could listen to that all the day long.
"...you're a Hudson Broadcast away from glory there." Best line of the show. I think any guitar and amp are one Hudson Broadcast away from glory, Mick. Great episode.
I bought a Broadcast and hated it...found it really raspy and unpleasant. Maybe very amp/volume dependent....beautifully made though.
@@plantagenant I’m so glad someone else also had this experience- I thought I must have been going mad. Sold it on immediately as it did nothing for me 🤷♂️
@@cinnamonstreet80sband60 I've got a Hudson Sicecar sounds fucking terrible. But yeah beautifully made. There no facility on it to do anything with the midrange - Which it absolutely critically needs. I can make it a bassy fuzz or a wasp in a jam jar kid's metal tone but it cannot sound good (with my gear). I use Marshalls and my lead pickup is a 500T, I have just about every Marshall head from the '80s on and the Sidecar is awful with all if them. It'd take a lot to get me to try another Hudson product. I reckon it was R&Dd with PAF type pickups and some super neutral amp. It's poor design not to build in adequate tone sculpting tools. I'm using an MXR '78 Badass (shit name) and a Wampler Sovereign, stacked - that does it! Alone, either sounds really good
@@cinnamonstreet80sband60 I really relate to this, I try any pedal and get really different results to demos. I use Marshalls which is fairly typical, But I use a Gibson Les Paul Custom with a 500T wired straight to the output. Most pedals seem to be voiced around PAFs and super neutral amps. Some demos are so stupid. I watched one about distortion the other day and the lad used single coils through the whole vid. What a goon. I watch demos to get an idea if a pedal *might* be good and to compare between pedals, but never really know what I've got until it's under me foot. I have a Hudson Sidecar. SO CRAP (for me)!
Love it! The challenges are my absolute favorite, please make more of them in 2023!
Agreed, I love the challenges😀
+1 ❤️
Agreed
My board power supply broke down on a festival gig the other day. I totally managed to get through the gig with the provided Marshall JTM45 and my Ibanez RT650 (almost Andy Timmons model) with HSH configuration (and treble bleed). I even played one of my best gigs, not being distracted by effects and pedals.
I haven’t really watched this channel in awhile, my interest in new effects ebbs and flows, but I’m glad I’m watching this one!
This challenge is like going back to basics. Rediscovering the foundations, if you will.🤘🏽
Yah that’s kinda the point of it. Cheers!
Why do ya build me up. Buttercup baby.....
I fear my approach ❤would have been 1. take Vox 2. Hoon gain 3. ride volume for clean bits 4. save fee towards a treble booster. Wouldn‘t do for thrash, but i‘m more of a blackgaze guy anyway (hope i‘ve remembered that correctly, but have also read some Bel Hooks, though representing the oppositional gaze in noise rock may be a stretch).
@@ThatPedalShow C'mon, you and I know most guitarists haven't got a clue. Keep 'Peddling' lol...Rock n' roll.
I thought micks amp had reverb.
That pedal show without a single pedal.
I see what you did there,
Dan and Mick, Brilliant as always 🎉
That Show
The MARSHALL VINTAGE MODERN is great for that purpose. It is a single channel especially designed to be played with the guitar volume knob. The master volume (PPIMV) is incredibly good, the amp has a good all round reverb and large tonal capabilities. Awesome topic and video, thank you!
yeah, that's kind of what I thought, marshal makes a lot of good for all genres kind of amps.
SO cool that Mick does the whole setup on camera and talks us through the prognosis.
While I see the flexibility of pedals, I think this is the best overdrive sound I’ve heard from you guys in a long time.
I knew,even before I pressed play,that Mick would choose the DGT! It's the most versatile guitar ever and I'm so happy I got mine after seeing yours! :)
I suspected so too, and desperately want one for myself!
I was hoping for the 335.
I love that Dan's face for the first third of this video was full-on "Optimistically waiting to hear the diagnosis"/lol. And, hey, thank you to whomever submitted this idea. Oddly, I've always wondered what Dan and Mick would pick for a setup without pedals, but was absolutely certain that it'd be too far off-brand. Wonderful video, gentleman.
My rig was an Esquire straight into a cranked Carr Rambler for a couple of years.
Playing with such a simple rig gives you nothing to hide behind and directly connects you to the music and the audience. I think everyone should at least try a simple rig out, even just to practice on. It did wonders for my musicianship.
Haven't played live for a while but I agree...plus a lot of pedal effects just get lost in the mix and there's the added anxiety of the blasted things going wrong!
Im the same, my home amp an what I grab for a jam is my is my Cornell Traveller 5
No effects at all and no place to hide
Agreed, gigged semi pro for years and what you’ve shared maps. I was running a CS Strat into a Mesa Lonestar. Nothing to hide behind but TONE!
Same boat😊 Esquire and deluxe reverb point to point build here. I sometimes need a Bad bob boost to kick it for some more dirt. Simple and great sounding rig🎉
Also agree, and if someone don't want to take away all their pedals it's always good to introduce them back one by one, play with just one effect for a while before switching to the next etc. That way you can find out which one you really want on your board and which ones to skip. I did that and are down to three pedals and a tuner, and I might narrow it down to even less some day
This concept is something I love doing occasionally if I feel like I’m not pushing myself playing-wise. Nothing to hide behind so you’ve got to be on which is great! Best version I’ve had of this was a sit-in jam at a friend of mines birthday, who happens to be a collector. So it was a 1960 335 into a dimed small Supro. One of the best live sounds I’ve ever had! Volume and Tone controls on the guitar all night 🔥
Great episode guys, happy new year to the TPS crew!
Finally, some realistic clean tones coming from a working amp. Anybody can overdrive an amp. But taking it from clean to overdrive like you guys did was so practical informative and real. Just like BB King, Buddy Guy Eric Clapton etc. Great work guys! 🎸Get out that Fender champ while you're at it.
That NO Pedal Show! It was fun seeing you guys get out of your respective comfort zones. Great episode. Thanks!
Im sorry but Dan + Red + VOX AC15 = everything I want to be when I grow up. I understand the volume argument. But DAMN
Red has that magic...DGT was great at lead levels..every stage Red shined
Warning! Both these guys are EXTREMELY skilled and knowledgeable. If you think that you can go out and get the same guitars and amps, and do this... you're missing a lot. A great deal of what you're experiencing is the talent of both these guys. A lot of what you're hearing comes from the skill and tone coming from their experienced fingers. This is a great video! I loved it.
Thank you Roberto!
They make it look so easy 😆
Speak for yourself mate.
@@twerpeater I am... they are AWESOME!
This is actually now one of my favorite episodes. Brilliant. We’ll done
Awesome episode guys and thanks so much for everything you do on this channel. It's always a joy to tune in. Have to say I'm feeling the gravitational pull of the Fender Deluxe Reverb after watching this, but regarding versatility in one amp I still worship my Marshall Jubilee 25/50 combi with 3 channels: 1) clean, 2) gain (via footswitch) and 3) a transparent overdrive crunch (from pulling out the volume knob). Really useful.
Brilliant episode!!! I gigged a strat through a Marshall for years without a single pedal. It’s scary…until you gig and you just play. So freeing!
That Deluxe Reverb paired with that DGT is heavenly. Well done boys.
After your recent Marshall video, life has been just unbearable until I picked up my new (to me) JTM45. I've never had a NMV Marshall before, but such an amazing thing, glorious thick overdrive, but the clean up on the guitar volume is just beautiful. I would maybe struggle on this challenge without some reverb, but I was amazed at how little I was using any other pedals last night. It was just a joy to play. The one thing that that surprised me the most (as you identified in your video) was how effects like reverb were usable even when it was well into overdrive! The whole experience has been a revelation. Thanks for single-handedly obliterating my finances, I've enjoyed every decibel of it.
Ha! Yeah, sorry about that. The more we do it, the more we know we'll always love great guitars plugged into great amps. It's sooooooo much more than the spec sheet would suggest. Congrats!
Amp: Boogie Fillmore 25 (dual channel) and my Squier Telecaster with the 4-way switch that has both pickups in series as an option.
Dynamic Vox Tele sound is insanely versatile, absolutely solid and ideal. That amount of control from a pick is vital. Fender PRS is unreal, the compression and break up are perfect.
Best of both worlds, you guys nail it.
Dan and his sonic blue strat for me tho great playing all around
You guys are so much fun to watch! Not only do you come up with some amazing tones, but your playing is exceptional. Thanks again for doing your show..
I was so happy the second you picked up the DGT. I absolutely love that guitar. It’s so incredibly versatile.
Always a blast to watch you guys on a Sunday morning, coffee in hand! Wishing you the best 2023, cheers from Canada.
Picked up a Fender Mustang 1 version 2 for hosting open mic/jams and ended up getting two more. Twin setting for cleans, Bassman for dirt. Sounds amazing, 100 decibels or more on 5 so it stays at 4 or less. Won’t kill you if it’s stolen. Jump in a cab and go without needing to open the trunk because it’s small and light. Takes pedals well too! Leave your valuable amps at home.
What use are amps at home?! The world has gone mad.
@@ThatPedalShow my studio is at home. I also use them at real shows/performances. For jams or situations where I need a compact rig to cover a lot of tones it’s a no brainer. I’m actually liking my cheap amps even more though these days so my amp collection is exactly that, an investment in historical pieces.
Today's show title: 'No Pedal Show'!! Great stuff Mick & Dan, thank you both. 👍🎸🎶
The first thing I thought of initially was if tape delays or rack mounted effect units count as pedals.
This episode completely validates the concept of the wet/dry rig. My everlasting thanks to Mick and Dan for setting me on that path. I will never go back!
Hoooray!
I've been doing the ONE amp/ONE guitar thing for many years now. I absolutely love it. I play in a cover band that plays 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s Rock, Pop, and Blues. My amp of choice is a Fender BASSBREAKER 15 head and a cab loaded with a Celestion Creamback G12H-75 speaker. The guitar is either a SSS Strat or Tele.
My amp is set to maximum gain and I get all the different tones, from semi-clean to full dirty, by using the volume knob on the guitar.
No pedals or effects. Just a bit of Reverb on the amp.
Nice!
We hear with our brains and our hearts. I am sometimes in awe of Dan’s willingness to hear the good in tones. Not that it didn’t sound great-so many terrific sounds-but Dan clearly goes looking for the best in everything. It’s humbling.
Very nice new year palette cleanser. Think this is a very healthy place to kick off 2023 from - getting back to basics but also thinking about reacquainting ourselves with gear we already have and could get fresh use from. Anyway gents, wishing you all the best for this new year and hoping it brings you much cheer and fulfilment.
I would really love to see a tour of that studio! It's amazing!
Bout 10 years ago I did a few gigs with an Epiphone Les Paul into a Strymon Obi-1 optical compressor/boost into a Vox AC-4 TV. Of course I had to go through the PA and have a monitor to give me the required volume, but man that was a nice sound!
Such a great episode. Your playing is incredible. A perfect explanation of compromises and solutions
Thank you Mark, very kind!
It’s actually kind of unbelievable how good your rig sounds Mick!! I come back to this video at least once a month to hear it!
Love the challenges... you should definitely do a 2022 challenge. Both build a board using only pedals that came out that year.
Then a you've got a episode planned for every year :)
Late 70s Les Paul Custom into a Friedman Twin Sister… done deal!
Two identical channels with options and individual master volumes. Beautifully designed master volumes that sound great at any volume. Super open and dynamic… it’ll take you anywhere perfectly!!
Semi surprised that Dan didn’t go for a Hamstead - reverb, trem and footswitchable mid-boosty-pokey goodness. Plus it just sounds insanely good!
Man, I felt like I haven’t seen this show since…last year! Haha! (Sorry, bad dad joke)! Glad you guys are back. Happy New Year to TPS! The best show on UA-cam! 🎉 👏
Well it's about bloody time. You blokes love to make this job so over complicated. Just add a Tuner Pedal and some Delay (if you want) in the back end and you're totally sorted. Rock n' roll.
I don't recall another episode that better demonstrates how good you two are at playing guitar. It appears that years of That Pedal Show have culminated in the mildly ironic result that you may sound better without any pedals. 😉
Ha! Everyone sounds better without pedals don’t they?! :0) Erm, don’t tell anyone, but it ain’t about guitars or amps or pedals. It’s about VOLUME!
Important to note on that point that so many drive pedals are graded on how well they sound like an overdriven amp, n’cest pa? (Tuppence, natch)
@@ThatPedalShow As Josh Scott would say, ''Louder is more good."
My one guitar one amp rig: PRS 513 (Strat, Les Paul and Super Strat/higher gain Les Paul in one guitar) and my Fuchs Triple Drive Supreme -> 3 channels, reverb, master volume and sounds fantastic.
If I had to use just one guitar and one amp, I would go with the PRS Special Semi-Hollow with the Diezel VHX
Loved the complexity in it's simplicity. Very much the Joe B. constantly quoting "all the pedals you need are right here! (pointing to his volume and tone knobs)". Loved your takes on it, and the adjustments made. Although just two, the amount of wideness and depth both of you added was pretty incredible (also funny both of you went for delay). Thanks guys. As always, ear opening!
If it’s a small gig Dans sound with a PA would be stellar! Both sounds are classic and great! Great challenge!
I gigged a PRS & Boogie mk3 For years no pedals. Awesome rig and sound.. 4 way footswitch to switch the 3 channels + verb.
Imagine my surprise when Dan went for a tele into a vox.... 🤣 He's a truly wise man!
Happy New Year! Grabbing a coffee and settling in for some much needed tones and shenanigans.
This is like the World Cup Final: Dan wasn’t in the game for the first 80 minutes then took it to the wire. Great episode.
I started gigging in 2000, the only guitarist in a 4-piece band. We were an originals rock band, so there weren't a wealth of tones to cover - the occasional clean, but mostly a decent amount of gain. I was playing a cheap BC Rich Warlock that I'd outfitted with DiMarzio Tone Zone and Air Norton pickups (Paul Gilbert's set during the 90s), wired to be splittable. From there I plugged straight into a Laney LC30. I'd decided against pedals because I was new to this, so I wanted the simplest set-up, the least amount of distractions in terms of having to tap-dance on a pedalboard, and I genuinely wanted to see what I could get out of the guitar. My only concession was the Laney's onboard spring reverb, which was always on. Since then I've used a two amp rig, wet-dry, monster pedalboard, so I'm certainly not adverse to a more complicated set-up. But I'm still glad I started off simply, as it made me do more with the guitar.
The genuine stress that Dan expresses at 7:55 made me chuckle a little hahaha
No-pedals-TPS! 😄
Great episode, one of my favourites. Interesting choices of guitars and old-school amps!
That's really good ! Congratulations !
Anyway, my 3 years old daughter thaught Dan was Santa playing guitar 🤣🤣
Sorry... Waggle stick? I'm from the US, absolutely love British UA-cam content, and just still can barely wrap my brain around some of the ways our vernacular/nomenclature differs. Absolutely love it! (The content, and our quirky differences.)
You guys are sounding incredible! Dan, your Matchless is out of this world sweet sounding. Mick, you must use your PRS DGT more often! I can recognize you only by your fabulous tone with a Strat plugged in a Two Rock, Fender or Marshall amp, but that DGT suits you like a champ and sounds heavenly!
Thank you kindly!
Loved to see the pedal show with no pedals! Thanks for a different focus, great job, really enjoyed it.
Funny I actually liked the AC15 better than the matchless accept for volume. I never thought the AC could sound better than a matchless. Again the Fender Deluxe Reverb proves why it’s the perfect gigging club amp ever made. It covers so much territory and just sounds brilliant.
Agree. It would have been interesting to have heard the AC 15 with a higher headroom amp in a wet dry/dry configuration.
@@karenlarrivee143 I use AC15 dry/DR wet and love it.
Possibly the best vids you guys have made... excellent playing, excellent musicianship. Thnx
There are some high end artifacts in Dan’s solo sound that make me want to die from joy.
Not quite halfway through and loving it. Just don't make a habit of this, OK? Happy new year to the TPS family.
That cranked Deluxe Reverb is one of the best tones on earth!!
Great Video Guys! Missed You So Much Over The Holidays. I hope everyone is doing well. Thank you so much for reminding me to turn the volume up & the gain down for my new 50's Burstbuckers. I have just plugged into a Hot Rod Blues Jr. IV with my newest acquisition a brand new 1950's Les Paul Standard & I put both gain & volume on 3 & I put all 3 pots in the tone stack to 7. After watching this video I'm wondering if I should muck around a bit with the volume & gain. Maybe I'll learn something new. Thanks to you guys & your tram.
Grrrreat episode!!!!! I would have chosen Tone King MKII with a strat…🤟🤟🎸🎸
I did a tour of outdoor shows one year with just an EJ Strat into my Trainwreck Liverpool clone. The following year's tour I had built myself a 63 Fender Reverb Tank to go between them, just for more wet sound in parks where we were set up on the bare grass and found myself too dry.
Fender Deluxe Reverb and Vox AC15 w/Greenback are the two amps that I own, and I love them both dearly. When I set them up in a stereo config it is a whole auditory herd of magical unicorns. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I have a DR and AC30 going to try this!
Ah yes, I remember the evolution now (voila an industry is born). Great job from both of you, I enjoyed this episode immensely. That outro....rig and playing...excellente. The Victory V140 Super Duchess (or even the V40, less headroom) popped into my head, one of the best "bang for the buck" amps out there (IMHO).
1 guitar, 1 amp. For me, that's easy. Vox Valetronix or something similar that has modelling of amps and effects in one package. The guitar would be either a Strat in HSS form or a PRS 24/08 with coil tapping. Bases... covered. Oh and to whoever wrote the "Thank You Simon" note with my buy 2, get 1 free t-shirt box that arrived before Christmas, it meant more to me than you know. Have it beside my guitars and it picked me up in a bad day. Cheers folks.
This is no bad decision!
I have a VOX Valvetronic standing around for years besides some "real" tube amps. Every time i plug into the old VOX i think: "WOW it's a kind of a miracle how good it sounds" even my brain tells me the tube amps have to sound much much better, wich they don't 😁
Happy New Year, gents. Loved this episode. Beautiful playing. (which becomes prominent, what with no pedals or distractions) The concept which sticks with me is that pedals are incredible fun but it's great to be reminded that touch, dynamics, mood are the important bits. I have six very dissimilar guitars and two very dissimilar amps. Sometimes the most fun is to pick a combination, make a finger style loop and play lead over the top of it, all clean. It's good medicine; for me, anyway. Cheers, guys.
No video has made me appreciate guitar pedals more than this one, thank you guys 🙏
Kind of interesting that they both chose a different path to begin with, yet came up with very comparable amps (single 12", tube circuits, with trem and reverb), and then hearing the difference in both loudness and tone between the Fender and the Vox.
Putting the Vox and the Deluxe Reverb in a stereo or A/B switched setup would get one hell of a wicked sound.
Hello guys. Have to say I would be much more comfortable with my amp (which I know you have), the Tone King Imperial Mk II. Its got a clean tone to die for, foot-switchable to a Tweedy lead channel, with separate volume, great reverb, and a foot-switchable bias tremolo. Add to all that its onboard attenuator, so you can really dial in the level of gain you want independently of volume. I think its a good contender for most usefully versatile amp.
It's a fab amp and you're right. But as this was a purist challenge, I thought I would stay purist - single channel!
@@ThatPedalShow Fair enough! You got great tones with the “purist” amps. I’ve always thought the Imperial is built for these “amp only” situations, so my “I want them to choose my gear” bias was strong on this one
I was going to be really bummed if no one brought up the Tone King Imperial. One of the best and most versatile amps ever, that and the Carr Skylark :) Purist, what's that??
Hey Dan, the Matchless is superb. Although you may have been put off in the past by a treble bleed, you'll get a more even freq response with one and your low C cable. If you do choose to try one, the Bill Lawrence Tele recommended 350pF//100k (+/- 10%) provides a flat roll off response with a low C (~200pF) cable. I have that TB on at least one SC guitar, and it works just as expected with my 160pF cable. I use guitar circuitry software to test my configurations. I don't use a TB with my Wilde Micro-Coil pickups because the impedance doesn't change nearly as much when the volume is rolled down with typical Fender style SC's.
Are you now renaming to: "That Show"🤠
Happy new year!
There is no thing without nothing.
Loved the show. The winning tone for me was the DGT with the Deluxe cranked. The way you explore tones is why I come back to your show over and over. For example, my amp is a Boogie Mark V:35. It’s clean channel has a fat mode that is supposed to be close to Fender blackpanel amps, but I almost use it mostly for cleans. Well, I got home, cranked the master to 8-9, gain halfway, pushed the mids, and my humbucker guitar got me some gnarly rock tones. Pure awesomeness. Thank you, we all need a reminder once in a while to try new stuff. Cheers!
YES! Nice work!
Another great episode of That ' ' Show
First of all you guys are such incredible players that I feel like the single guitar single amp didn't really limit you guys like it would most players. You guys sounded incredible! Also that Deluxe Reverb cranked may be the perfect overdrive sound. Gosh its wondrous!
ONE amp and NO pedals? No problem! Solution: Boss KATANA! 😄
THOROUGHLY enjoyed this. As a DGT player myself, very pleased that Mick showed how versatile that guitar can be. Do more of these types of challenges, please. Perhaps, one where you find the best/most versatile channel switching amps and compare that to a similar single-channel with an overdrive pedal. Thanks, as always for this content
That No Pedal Show! Neat idea.
Absolutely loved it! Though of course it's got me gassing for an AC15 again - but before that I need a humdinger so I can try wet-dry and a 3-2-1 for live shows to make switching between my two guitars smoother and more professional looking. You guys keep finding interesting questions, and continue to suprise yourselves and us with the answers - that's what makes these shows great!
Wow back to basics some of the best tones yet,big lesson here sometimes keeping it simple gives you the best tone .Save this and watch it before you go and drop a small fortune on gear .less is more
Totally! The only problem is volume. These tones just aren't possible without cranking the amps. Rewind to the 70s... that's how pedals started!
I loved this episode. I’m heading off to plug my Tele straight into my AC15 and experiment some more. Thanks Mick & Dan.
Mick - ‘I’m not sure where we are going to be with volume’. Everyone else - ‘LOUD’. 😂😂😂😂
F*KN LOUD! 😳😂😂😂😂
If you’re playing a small venue there’s no way you’re cranking that 65 😂
Great episode as always guys. Interesting thing Mick said about the 'day of things I don't normally like' - it's interesting that as musicians (mainly guitarists), as soon as we find we need to be flexible, we start to make compromises...
This was tough. When you see two people you love going through a really hard time and you're powerless to help, it really sends the cows home to roost. All I can offer is empty platitudes: in order to see the light, we must first experience the darkness...the led-less darkness. My heart goes out to you both. Thanks for being open. It's okay to talk.
This is an easy choice for me. Telecaster into that pretty green Tone King Imperial sitting behind y'all. I've played many a gig with just that setup. Set up the Rhythm channel at about 4.5-5 and use the volume knob a lot, and set the Lead channel at about the same, with the mid focus control at about 1 or 2 o-clock, and again, lots of volume knob riding. The ability to make two changes would bring in a nice analog delay pedal (Carbon Copy is my go to for that) and a Klone (J. Rocket Archer Ikon is my go to for that).
Dan funk was on 🔥🔥🔥! Loved this one, just crank amps, it really works incredibly well. In the right band, these setups would be the bomb, and so simple. Just wanted to say that this was a really cool episode. Insightful, and loads of fun. 🙏
The AC15 with all the top boost knobs and the volume set to 2 o'clock made me giggle. (You should have swapped t-shirts!) And the PRS-Deluxe setup sounds great (I haven't really liked Fender amps in the past, but you're making that thing work). Happy new year, great job, both of you, but can we get back to the pedals now? 😁
This one goes to Dan. The vox just killed it an all fronts but volume.
This is absolutely hilarious. I recently went on an amp collecting binge when I received a couple of Ks i didn't expect to receive. I ended my search with a very lightly used Vox ac15 and a brand new Fender deluxe reverb. Only difference is i opted for the 68 silverface with the custom and vintage channels (which none of these hard core guys seem to even acknowledge exists, oddly) but there you have it. I have actually been double checking my choices because of just how incredibly similar both of these amps sound to each other. I just really, really, like them both.
Watching more of this - I appreciate some people LOVE this approach but to me it just feels like such a struggle at a gig, why would you ever put yourself through this? Dan’s solo sound is my rhythm sound 😂 I can tell a mile a way if I had to play live through either of these rigs for a gig it would be muderously difficult!
This was so much fun!!! The Christmas spirit lingering into the New Year! May you two both be blessed deeply for decades to come!!!
Wow. You both sound totally ready to go! Completely loved this. Just killer and how many gigs have been done through the ages. I gave it a go here - and it was fun. But, I already hooked my pedal board back in. LOL! Happy New Year. Happy to see you today!