How to Set up a Pedal Board (Easy Step-by-Step Guide)
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- In this video, I'll show you how to set up a guitar pedal board from start to finish - sharing my top tips that I've learned over the years!
Gear mentioned
These are Amazon affiliate links, which means I get a payment from Amazon when something's bought through them (at no extra cost to you!).
Pedal board: Pedaltrain Classic 1
Power supply: amzn.to/47fj9F3
Hook and loop velcro: amzn.to/3OHeqog
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Step 1: Choosing a pedalboard
01:37 Step 2: Choosing a power supply
02:38 Step 3: Get some patch cables
03:32 Step 4: How to correctly order your guitar pedals
05:56 Step 5: Attach your pedals to the pedal board
07:13 Step 6: Connect your pedals together
07:57 Step 7: Test your pedalboard
08:40 Step 8: Storing and transporting your pedalboard
09:07 Final thoughts
Let me know what's on your pedalboard! 🎸⬇
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Step 1: Choosing a pedalboard
01:37 Step 2: Choosing a power supply
02:38 Step 3: Get some patch cables
03:32 Step 4: How to correctly order your guitar pedals
05:56 Step 5: Attach your pedals to the pedal board
07:13 Step 6: Connect your pedals together
07:57 Step 7: Test your pedalboard
08:40 Step 8: Storing and transporting your pedalboard
09:07 Final thoughts
Currently on my pedalboard you find: Peterson mini, Mooer e-lady, Strymon Riverside, Tone city Angel Wing, MXR Carbon Copy and Strymon Flint. Powered by Cioks Sol
@@manuelpassarella Nice, that sounds like a cool board! I've been wanting to pick up a Carbon Copy for a while!
@@ConorRocksYT I love the CC's modulated repeats. I also found that you can use it like a fake double tracker... Just one repeat with a fairly high mix (almost unity) and a short delay time, shorter than an usual slap back. It widens out the guitar sound, especially with gain!
@@manuelpassarella that sounds like a cool trick!
Bottom row: PolyTune Tuner, Morley Crazy Horse Wah, Fulltone Fat Boost, Tim overdrive, Boss OD-1 (although I may switch the Tim and the OD-1 order), Keeley Blues Disorder, Ross Phaser, Small Clone Chorus, Boss TD-2 Tremolo, MXR Carbon Copy, Keeley Halo, BBE Sonic Stomp, TC Electronics Rush clean boost. Occasionally I may throw an ElectroHarmonix Pitchfork for instant de-tuning and for that intro lick divebomb in Black Keys' "Lonely Boy."
this video is like a blessing lmaoo i could'nt understand pedals or the orientation till your vid came up! not only that i feel confident to start looking for new pedals and expand a bit more.
Thank you, I'm really glad it helped! 😊 Good luck with your pedal shopping - you can never have too many! 😄
Cochise? Hell yeah! 🤘
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Aside from the content/info, the filming, sound, pace, visual... this video tutorial is among the most excellently done I've ever seen. Congratulations, and thank you.
Thanks Jon! 😊
Great vid, thanks.
excellent video - this has given me the confidence to build my very first pedal board! thank you
Thanks! Good luck with putting your board together 😊
Absurdly helpful, thank you.
Thanks Chris! 😊
You can save a ton of space by finding a way to fix your power supply under the board too. As far as correct pedal order goes it's whatever gets the noise for the part, plenty of people have used super funky setups that many would consider "incorrect". Wah after gain, etc. The only real rule I'd follow is tuner at the front, and maybe learn how an fx loop works if your amp has one cause a lot of modulation/time effects are much better going through it than the front of your amp, even something like a looper
I do that. 🎸👍
Thank you
Thank you for the tip about the gain pedals I was using fuzz, o.d., and heavy d I'll try using it your way to hear the the difference 😁. I don't have wah/ volume pedal yet but I'm definitely going to invest. Thanks again for the tips and keep rocking 😎🎸👍
Glad I could help 😄 it's a small thing, but sounds better imo! Let me know how you get on!
@@ConorRocksYT Actually, I think it's a pretty big thing and properly emphasized in this excellent video.
Soft velcro (loop) is for the pedals. The rough part (hook) goes on the board!
This in hindsight seems so basic but I didn't realise there was quite alot of thought on what order they should be patched together in. Cheers
Happy to help! it's not an exact science, but that order is a great place to start 😊
Thanks for all your tips. Where would you place an A/B pedal if your running two amps?
Thanks! It depends - if you want to use all your pedals with both amps - I'd put the A/B at the end of the pedal chain. But if you have certain pedals you only want to use on one amp, then I'd put the A/B before those pedals, and put them in the signal chain of the desired amp.
Hope that makes sense!
you have saved me sooo much confusion 🤣🥰
glad it helped!
great video its very helpful but I have a looper pedal and I was wondering where that would go on the pedalboard
Thank you 😊
There's a couple of spots you can put it depending on what you want to do!
Putting it towards the front of the signal chain will let you add and remove effects to the loop as it plays, but it will effect the whole signal chain - so the non-looped guitar will sound the same.
Putting it at the end will "bake in" any effects to the loop, and you can then change the effects for you non looper guitar - which might help it stand out.
Again, it depends what you want to do! I'd try both and aww which works for you 😊
@@ConorRocksYTthanks for the response this is very helpful!
Optional, but I recommend Last position
Thank you so much. Excellent advice. My pedalboard though had a groove for a wah on the right hand side. What now? Also, noisegate. At the end? - Subscribed! - Audie from Perth Western Australia.
Thanks, Audie! I'd suggest picking up a couple of longer patch cables so you can wire everything in the correct order, while also using the wah groove! I like to put noise gates after any distortion to help clean it up 😊
Good solution! Now I'm wondering though how I'd go from guitar to tuner with the wah in the way. I'm such a bloody neat freak. Is there an email that I can send you a photo of my board?@@ConorRocksYT
It's ok. Found it!
thanks a lot. where can i buy all your pedals? do you have link or name of them?
Here's a link to a list of what's on my pedalboard! (affiliate link): amzn.to/3SwzmA8
The ones not on that list:
Boss OC2 (octave pedal)
Boss CE3 (chorus)
Frederick Effects Demon Fuzz (fuzz) - (I prefer the Big Muff Pi over this anyway)
Hello.
Looking at what Order you suggest, starting with the tuner. Where would you recommend a Vocal Harmoniser (one that takes the pitch from your guitar), be placed.
Many thanks.
Hi Jason - I'd say straight after the tuner, before any other pedals as you'll want a really clean signal.
@@ConorRocksYT
Many thanks.
One point I would consider is using the order described, but instead of stacking gain top to bottom, consider your ability to easily access the pedal buttons you often turn on and off while playing on-stage. If you are changing gain levels, boosting, or otherwise using pedals to sculpt your sound during a song, keep those pedals on or close to the bottom row where you can hit them quickly. It is not always easy to gingerly step over a pedal to reach a back-row pedal when you're ready for a lead boost or more gain while gigging live. Ya gotta hit those buttons at exactly the right time. I am NOT suggesting that you change the order of the pedals as described. Do not do that. The pedal order that Conor laid out in this video is how I do it and it works beautifully. Almost every expert I've found agrees. But what I don't do is organize gain pedals from top to bottom, because I frequently use low gain for rhythm and higher gain or boost for lead. So on my board, those pedals sit right next to each other, right-to-left, low-gain to high-gain, on the bottom row (closest to me), so I can get to them without balancing on one leg and aiming with my toe over another pedal. As always, practice makes perfect, and proper positioning of your frequently-used pedals makes it easier to achieve. Great video! Very impressed with your communication skills. You didn't waste a single word. Keep 'em coming!
I have a question so I have a flama pedal and a tuner that kinda has the same rubber as the ones on the back of the boss pedals but the sticky from the Velcro won’t stick have u had this what should I do
It happens sometimes (especially with any pedals with indents on the base) but here's a few things you can try:
1) Double check the back of the pedal is fully clean before applying the velcro (wipe it down with some rubbing alcohol)
2) If that doesn't work - remove the back of the pedal and put it on backwards (the other side should be either be plastic or metal which will take the glue better)
3) If that doesn't work - you can use a stronger glue (or different pedal velcro with a stronger glue) to stick the velcro to your pedal
Let me know how you get on!
@@ConorRocksYT okay thanks man a lot I’m currently funny to say this I’m at my local guitar shop getting new strings rn for my Floyd rose but when I get home I’ll definitely try that out and tell u
How did you manage to attach the wah pedal to the board, doesn't it have feet which don't allow for you to put velcro under it?
I put it on the front half, and slide the pedal forward so the feet "fall" into the gap. It's enough to get it to stick down!
@@ConorRocksYT Alright, thanks!
Actually where to place the eq pedal,thanks.
Honestly, wherever you want to adjust the signal. A common place is towards the end of the chain just before the time/space pedals.
Stupid question I know should the 9v battery be removed connected to a direct power supply?
I been out of the loop for 30 years!
That's a good question! You don't have to remove the battery - but it's a good idea to if you're not going to be using the battery often, as they can break down over time which might damage the terminals!
If you're going to be using the battery or changing it before it gets damaged, then you'll be fine 😊
(For what it's worth, I have batteries in most of my pedals that I haven't changed for years and they're all good!)
Most pedals bypass battery as soon as DC is put in in my experience.
My OCD means I had to stop watching when you stuck down the velcro!
Yes I hate sticking velcro on the bottom of nice new pedals ☹️
most of the noise comes from EMF pollution that you have to shield fully or get really far away from they go straight in ur pickups nothing to do with wired electricity, if u have noise in ur circuit ur psu is faulty or your power line wasnt wired properly there shouldn't be noise coming through there daisy chaining is fine
Ehm... Fuzz should go first in the chain