tuktuk I know, were there ones in the 70's or 80's that were about the same size as a DMM? I'm getting an image in my head of needlessly enormous Muff!
Love that Dann Huff was mentioned. One of my favorite guitarists !! From his days in WhiteHeart and Giant, and his amazing work with so many artists. Thanks for another great episode guys !!!!
That Electric Mistress sounds absolutely stunning. I have a reissue Maxon FL-301 that I have dearly loved for going on close to 20 years, but that EM is a cut above, no question.
Today I stumbled upon Vai's album "Passion & Warfare" and remembered the riff from That Pedal Show! Spent 2 hours looking for the right video haha! Cheers
I think the winner is both! I personally think the best board is some combination of the two. I really love the SL Drive and Angel Wing. Dan has the reverb and the delay covered on his side too. And the Kingsley
Pretty crazy that the Tone City pedals were in the ballpark of those old school pedals, like if you only used a phase or chorus once or twice a gig, they'd do a good job.
David Chamberlain: Nothing like a real Leslie. The only Pedal I'm aware of that separates top and bottom rotors correctly is Leslie's own Pedal. But I'm an organist so I'm picky lol.
Agreed. There are a bunch on the market and very few sound anything like a Leslie. Last I checked, most Hammond guys were using a Ventilator, when they couldn't have the real thing or a Motion Sound Pro3T. I like Alesis' Midiverb4, Leslie sim; you can actually hear the rotor glide to a stop, pointing in some random direction, LOL. but the downside is you can either switch slow/fast or brake, but never both without some kind of MIDI workaround. PSP's L'Otary is amazing, but it's software.
Do you think you guys could cover modeling pedals vs the actual amp? So something like the Mesa flux through an affordable amp against a legit boogie? Could be pretty interesting to compare
That's a great idea especially with more & more amp makers making pedals based on their own amps. Friedman do it, Mesa, Diezel, Bogner loads of companies have.
Over youtube how could you tell? Check out the Guthrie Govan interview with the Captain. How it feels is usually a big deal. How it sounds through youtube is irrelevant.
Dan's vamp at 39:00 is inspiring! Makes me want to pick up a guitar and play something. Gotta love that absurd board and I'm amazed at the sound and size of the mini boards.
Friday mornings are becoming my favorite time of the week! This is the best show on youtube. Keep up the great work, and have a safe and happy Holiday Gents!
Mick & Dan thanks so much for creating this show. I tune in every week. What I would love to see is you guys demonstrating both your own pedal boards and amp setups.
You guys should do an updated version of the Budget/Tiny/Desert Island pedalboards! These were so fun to watch, and would like to see if your tastes have changed, with all the new, exceptional pedals coming out.
Are you guys still taking video suggestions? Would enjoy you both talking about the 'backbone' of a pedalboard? Boards, Cables, Tuner(s), Switchers, Power Supplies etc Thanks!
Gents. Absolutely my favourite show of the year (YT or TV) . Transformed the way I understand and most importantly enjoy my board, amps and Pedal shelf. Have a great xmas. All the best. Phil
Hmmm, I think part of the reason that Dan's board sounds better is cos he knows the pedals so well and has them really dialled in to perfection and can play them well. There's a lot of stuff on Dan's board that I'd only use for odd riffs so couldn't justify the crazy size!
I absolutely loved this, particularly the brief discussion of Dan's original inspiration for The Gig Rig. It is quite fortuitous, as well, as only yesterday I renewed work on my own invention-which I hope will find its way into one of Mick's Strats someday.
Dan, that was a beautiful song you played around 38 minutes in! Loved hearing the Royal Overdrive again. Also really wish I had an Electric Mistress now
I've got a few Mooer pedals (Yellow Comp, Trelicopter, and Eleclady). I think they're pretty awesome. Maybe not as nice as the actual Electric Mistress, etc., but for my tastes, they definitely do the job!
+MA L that's exactly it Mal, it's whatever you need for the job, and if that job means I need a CE1 on my board, it's going to be there ;) thanks for watching
Try this setting on the dip switches in the sl drive.1 and 3 down.2 and 4 up.gain goes down and lot of usable tones there.esp when boosting it with nother pedal!!
There's so much midrange in there that it seems that the Amp got a floo and is talking nasaly. Love it. What i love about the Mistress (i have a Neo) is that the wave is much more musical than any other flangers and fits perfectly any tempo witouth having to match it. Merry christmas, guys, keep on going with the best show arround on the CZcams.
Thats great! That CE-1 blows me away. It makes everything right with world again. I"m not into old stuff generally, but I really want one of those (and 57 les paul, ok I lied about the old the stuff thing).
You guys are the best. I was one of the guys requesting this video and you guys listened and that is just too cool. Thanks! The Hammond organ bit brings on a very good point- you guys should compare a real Leslie or Vibratone cabinet with a couple of Leslie emulation pedals, Univibe, and some other traditional stompboxes like phaser, chorus, flanger, and tremolo. Dial in the stompboxes to get as close to the Leslie sound as possible and compare individually and maybe make some conclusions about what combination of pedals might get you in the ballpark. I feel like the Leslie sound is really complex and each of the more traditional modulation stompboxes can emulate different aspects of the Leslie sound - the doppler effect, the phasing, the tremolo created by the spinning speaker, etc. I've even heard of people splitting their guitar signal to two amps, high passing one and applying phase or chorus and low passing the other and applying tremolo....
Sweet! Thanks! By the way, a great tremolo to check out for that clip is the Moog MF Tremolo. I use mine for pseudo-rotary effects with the "Tone" set just below noon and the "Shape" just above noon. Add an expression pedal to ramp the speed, and it gets a pretty cool rotary/trem effect.
Classic call on the head out the sunroof "getting a bit of wind here, I need a windshield" - my laughter nearly woke the kids up.. :-) Also, as a fan down in Brisbane I've got to raise an honorary XXXX to Dan for getting the Queensland reference in there!! Merry Christmas lads!
I'm not big on Chorus but this video and Anderton's Sounds Like Rush video really make me want to get an Angel Wing for my board! Sounds awesome to my ears.
Love the OD stacking section. Went out and bought a Spark and SL drive and love the combination. Added a Tumnus and have such an ensemble of tones and stacking capabilities! I run my SL at 18v. Thank you guys for all the professional insight!
Love the show guys! Instantly recognised that noise when the EH flanger was hit with the overdrive, i use a vintage small clone that makes a very similar noise when hit with too much overdrive. Always thought there was something wrong.
Great episode, as always! Got an idea for a future episode : best mods on "standard" pedals! I just got my old Boss OD2 modded, and it's absolutely killer :)
You know what would be funny; Going into a studio with really expensive acoustic treatment and sneaking a very realistic room-reverb into your signal without telling anyone. - Just mess with their heads.
This has to be the best YT channel yet, by far! Have you, in the past or will you in the future have a demo/review that includes your thoughts on the Rock Box Boiling Point and the J. Rockett Blue Note pedals?????? Many thanks and keep up the good work...I have learned much (technically, practically and musically) from watching TPS over the last year.
On the smaller board it seems the only things that were really deficient were the phaser and flanger. OD's and boost were fine, flashback mini fine, as was hof reverb. Even the chorus was pretty nice. Dan's overdriven sound great too, obviously, but with OD It seems like it's easier to get a good one at a lower price and that's somewhat because the quality of the OD sound is based in it doing what it does and how that interacts with your amp. The modulations on the other hand seem to come only from the pedal and need to be good on their own.
Happy Christmas, Happy Holidays Dan & Mick and everyone. Have to pay the roadies a bit more to lug it from gig to gig :) But loads of good pedals in there :)
Go big or go home! Dan's board is a dream board. I would definitely have the Headroom reverb and Alter Ego delay. Unfortunately, I play on tiny stages where it wouldn't fit, even if I could track down those pedals. I have to make do with what I can fit on a Pedaltrain Junior :-)
Too bad they didn't choose the Korg SDD3000 delay pedal; it's much larger and more unsightly than the Alter Ego, and like the CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, it has some preamp tricks up its sleeve, as well.
I just wanted to be the very first person to wish you a Merry Xmas. You're both very special and Fridays wouldn't be the same without you. My missus thinks you have had a beneficial effect on me, so much so that I have now taken down the life-sized pictures I had of you in the secret room.
I'm so happy with my Alter Ego X4. Killer sounds. I was really surprised at the SL drive. Like Mick, I don't need then it rock sound a lot, so a small pedal like that would be just about right.
The Boss CE-1 goes for about $450-$700 now . I just bought one for $470 +$50 shipping =$500 total . I see a modulation craze happening and these pedals are going to sky rocket . The price fluctuates but always increasing . These CE-1's are great and they are still affordable . It captures that late 70's to Mid 80's chorus lush .
Could you do an episode on your favourite types of pickups, and talk about your favourite applications for each? Also Boutique vs Stock, and possibly an episode on unexpected pickup uses, like how YJM pickups are great for country and how tele bridge pickups are good for metal
+James Todino This would be interesting. Dan and I tend to prefer pickups that are as close as possible to the original 50s/early 60s single coils and humbuckers. We find that classic guitars are able to do pretty much anything... given that we're not into modern metal/djent. And that tends to be the unexpected bit for a lot of people! Strat, Tele, Les Paul, 335, SG..... Pretty much all of the music we love was made using those classic guitars and pups. A few exceptions, no doubt, but certainly the majority of it.
Hi guys from across the pond! Really liked how you have mainstream type pedals vs the boutique ones. Throw in the Blues junior next time in Micks rig as his board looks a lot like mine :)
Another great episode! Love to see you guys address noise control - particularly with single coil hum. Don't hear a ton of it with your shows, but it's an ongoing issue with me and my Strat. Thanks!
+richab88 Cheers Rich. Good clean power to the pedals is all we do. Then it's just being on the volume pot and watching your physical position. Our single coil guitars hum with the best of them, but you can't hear it (much) when you're playing. As soon as you're not, volume down. Cheers and thanks for watching!
richab88 the ilitch (or something) backplate, which was sold by suhr earlier, has worked really well for me. Our practise place is in an industrial building and has very tricky electrics but that does a decent job when stacked or noiseless aren't an option. Just remeber to check that your middle pu is not rp or it won't work.
+Kari Abspoel Yep, well aware of it. We've tried pretty much everything and it seems that the good hum killing lord both giveth and taketh away. We like the hum. :0)
That Pedal Show actually, I meant it as a suggestion for the original comment (sorry for the lack of tags)... I have it on one strat, not on the tele for exactly the reason that it may compromise something however intangible but immeasurably important in the "tone" - 60 cycle hum is part of rock'n roll and I will accept it :)
I have an sl drive and a ts mini and use a blues junior amp. I actually find I much prefer the tubescreamer going into the sl drive rather than the other way around. Also the sl drive sounds nicer to me with the voltage doubler. Great episode as always
+Daniel Giddens Hey Daniel, Mick here. It's a sweet sound boosting the SL with the TS. Too much gain for me though - I prefer to have the TS after so you get a massive volume boost for solos and such. Cheers!
+astrangecement We'd absolutely need guests. Dan and I aren't bass players. Interesting for sure, but I don't have a clue. Precision, SVT and 8x10 is everything I want to know about bass. ;0)
Merry Christmas chaps, continuous delivery of the best guitar sounds on CZcams. Never fails to amaze! That Tele! Could you guys review the Voodoo Labs Giggity and similar preamp style pedals?
Super cool, guys! I just realized I could out-bulk Dan if I put all my old EHX stuff (Mistress included!) on a board along with various Moogerfoogers. Not sure it would fit in my car, though. :)
Great video! Few times I've thought if I should get just a cheap Tone City for testing out some effects I don't use that much but here it was pretty clear how "restricted" the tone gets with those. Not like you couldn't probably do Zakk Wylde impression with Angel Wing but with different things it might be too "restricted". Well, the phaser is actually the weird sounding from Tone City. On the other hand, I'll buy that Golden Plexi. It's a one setting pedal but it does sound great. Even without the "for a cheap pedal" note. I hope Mick managed to satisfy people who ask cheaper pedals too!
I'm a bit shocked how much better old giant pedals sound even on CZcams. I would like to see a video trying match this quality with a modern selection of pedals
Not from us. We’ve proved many many many times that the great analogue shit sounds much more agreeable - to us and our old ears - than the new digital stuff. But it doesn’t have to be old. Maybe.
You know what you could have done? Put Mick's board in a G2 loop. And then used a split for the input like you guys usually do. So either guitar could go trough both boards. ;)
I actually prefered the 3 overdrives stacked on the little board and id take the hall of fame reverb over that big spring thing because I like to have all the different reverb types.
like the way you high-light the active pedals so we can see what is going on. GREAT THANKS
The Big Muff is missing on the impractical pedalboard!
tuktuk I know, were there ones in the 70's or 80's that were about the same size as a DMM? I'm getting an image in my head of needlessly enormous Muff!
He was even wearing the shirt!
tuktuk
what iteration of the muff tho?
I would say the V7 Tall Font Green Russian Big Muff
yeah and the big muff is probably one of my favorite pedals a MUST HAVE!
Dan’s Board: the rich guy who has the board that gets stolen at the end of the night
Mick’s Board: everyone else
I can't help but be amazed time and time again by how versatile Dan's tele is.
+Todesnuss Mick here. I've said this before, but I think it might be the best sounding guitar I can think of.
That Pedal Show have you heard danish Pete's Tele ?
Can you run the 'Name Drop Horn' through a compressor/limiter?
That would be good.
Yeah, it is totally NSFW. :P :D
Love that Dann Huff was mentioned. One of my favorite guitarists !! From his days in WhiteHeart and Giant, and his amazing work with so many artists. Thanks for another great episode guys !!!!
That Electric Mistress sounds absolutely stunning. I have a reissue Maxon FL-301 that I have dearly loved for going on close to 20 years, but that EM is a cut above, no question.
The electric mistress and the royal overdrive combo sounds glorious
+Nash Longkumer yep, crazy good
Hey! Mick rocking the Erotic Nightmares intro! Superb 😄
Today I stumbled upon Vai's album "Passion & Warfare" and remembered the riff from That Pedal Show! Spent 2 hours looking for the right video haha!
Cheers
I think the winner is both! I personally think the best board is some combination of the two. I really love the SL Drive and Angel Wing. Dan has the reverb and the delay covered on his side too. And the Kingsley
Pretty crazy that the Tone City pedals were in the ballpark of those old school pedals, like if you only used a phase or chorus once or twice a gig, they'd do a good job.
The Golden Plexi and Angel Wing are awesome!
I have an angel wing and a bad horse. The pedals are awesome if you dial them in right. Well worth the 40 ish pound price tags :)
This should be titled 'The studio board versus the TSA board'
I feel like you need to do an episode on Leslies and leslie sims
David Chamberlain: Nothing like a real Leslie. The only Pedal I'm aware of that separates top and bottom rotors correctly is Leslie's own Pedal. But I'm an organist so I'm picky lol.
the dls rotosim separates them aswell i believe :)
Agreed. There are a bunch on the market and very few sound anything like a Leslie. Last I checked, most Hammond guys were using a Ventilator, when they couldn't have the real thing or a Motion Sound Pro3T. I like Alesis' Midiverb4, Leslie sim; you can actually hear the rotor glide to a stop, pointing in some random direction, LOL. but the downside is you can either switch slow/fast or brake, but never both without some kind of MIDI workaround. PSP's L'Otary is amazing, but it's software.
I really like the neo ventilator... sounds pretty close, to my ears.
Your wish came true!
Haven't watched this episode in a while, and yeah, the royal overdrive is still an awsome piece of gear!!
Get the 335 Mick... Do it.
40:15 Dan still has hearing above 10K! Wow. ;-)
He has dog-like hearing.
Me too, and it's a pain sometimes.
Dan's pedal board is the Best thing i've ever heard... Sound immense!
+Thomas Rexen ;)
Do you think you guys could cover modeling pedals vs the actual amp? So something like the Mesa flux through an affordable amp against a legit boogie? Could be pretty interesting to compare
That's a great idea especially with more & more amp makers making pedals based on their own amps. Friedman do it, Mesa, Diezel, Bogner loads of companies have.
Don't forget all the Tone City stuff!
Over youtube how could you tell? Check out the Guthrie Govan interview with the Captain. How it feels is usually a big deal. How it sounds through youtube is irrelevant.
Great vid guys as always!! Big board sounds mega especially the royal overdrive, but oh my, is that thing really £600? WHAT!!
+Danny Walker GMC yes, but what an amazing sound
That Pedal Show oh hell yeah it sounds amazing!!
Merry Christmas Dan and Mick. Thanks for being one of the few good things about 2016!!
+Bill Sherrington cheers Bill, you 2 ;)
Dan's vamp at 39:00 is inspiring! Makes me want to pick up a guitar and play something. Gotta love that absurd board and I'm amazed at the sound and size of the mini boards.
Friday mornings are becoming my favorite time of the week!
This is the best show on youtube. Keep up the great work, and have a safe and happy Holiday Gents!
my favorite part of every week
Mick & Dan thanks so much for creating this show. I tune in every week. What I would love to see is you guys demonstrating both your own pedal boards and amp setups.
+Michael Watson cheers M, it's going to happen :)
that page is just incredible!
"dear santa"
+Miki Kleist yep, easily my best pedal of 2016
OMG! You guys f'n kill me! Where have you been all my life!!!??? These shows are great and thank you, thank you and thank you!!!!!!!
+gongqi67 ah, you're very welcome ;)
First thing I do is check the length of the Friday videos. YES...50 minutes of That Pedal Show goodness!
You guys should do an updated version of the Budget/Tiny/Desert Island pedalboards! These were so fun to watch, and would like to see if your tastes have changed, with all the new, exceptional pedals coming out.
Are you guys still taking video suggestions?
Would enjoy you both talking about the 'backbone' of a pedalboard? Boards, Cables, Tuner(s), Switchers, Power Supplies etc
Thanks!
+CharcoaI yes! Great idea
Gents. Absolutely my favourite show of the year (YT or TV) . Transformed the way I understand and most importantly enjoy my board, amps and Pedal shelf. Have a great xmas. All the best. Phil
Oooooh that Page into the Headroom.... best sound all video so far.
Hmmm, I think part of the reason that Dan's board sounds better is cos he knows the pedals so well and has them really dialled in to perfection and can play them well. There's a lot of stuff on Dan's board that I'd only use for odd riffs so couldn't justify the crazy size!
Seriously, I fall more and more in love with the ce-1 every time you feature it
+MrBingping yep, sooooo special
I absolutely loved this, particularly the brief discussion of Dan's original inspiration for The Gig Rig. It is quite fortuitous, as well, as only yesterday I renewed work on my own invention-which I hope will find its way into one of Mick's Strats someday.
+Robstafarian that's awesome Rob, do it!!!!
Dan, that was a beautiful song you played around 38 minutes in! Loved hearing the Royal Overdrive again. Also really wish I had an Electric Mistress now
I've got a few Mooer pedals (Yellow Comp, Trelicopter, and Eleclady). I think they're pretty awesome. Maybe not as nice as the actual Electric Mistress, etc., but for my tastes, they definitely do the job!
+MA L that's exactly it Mal, it's whatever you need for the job, and if that job means I need a CE1 on my board, it's going to be there ;) thanks for watching
I love the challenges guys. Please keep doing these!
Finally got that tortoiseshell guard!!! Go Mick!
Thanks for making Fridays even better in 2016. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I love y'all's videos where you're just muckin about
You did it! So happy to see the "impractically huge" board, and smart to pair it with a tiny board. Always look forward to Fridays, guys!
+Adam K cheers A, merry Xmas
Try this setting on the dip switches in the sl drive.1 and 3 down.2 and 4 up.gain goes down and lot of usable tones there.esp when boosting it with nother pedal!!
There's so much midrange in there that it seems that the Amp got a floo and is talking nasaly. Love it.
What i love about the Mistress (i have a Neo) is that the wave is much more musical than any other flangers and fits perfectly any tempo witouth having to match it.
Merry christmas, guys, keep on going with the best show arround on the CZcams.
Oh my god!!! Those were some AMAZING sounds, so special!
Thats great! That CE-1 blows me away. It makes everything right with world again. I"m not into old stuff generally, but I really want one of those (and 57 les paul, ok I lied about the old the stuff thing).
Less than 30 seconds in to the video and I already dropped a like. Love you guys so much!
One thing the "Hall of Fame" cannot do that the "Headroom" can is the crazy sound when you kick it :)
It´s Dec.23 so, happy holidays guys, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! =)
+Lukas K cheers L, and to you :)
23:42 I could listen to those few passages all night.
You guys are the best. I was one of the guys requesting this video and you guys listened and that is just too cool. Thanks!
The Hammond organ bit brings on a very good point- you guys should compare a real Leslie or Vibratone cabinet with a couple of Leslie emulation pedals, Univibe, and some other traditional stompboxes like phaser, chorus, flanger, and tremolo.
Dial in the stompboxes to get as close to the Leslie sound as possible and compare individually and maybe make some conclusions about what combination of pedals might get you in the ballpark. I feel like the Leslie sound is really complex and each of the more traditional modulation stompboxes can emulate different aspects of the Leslie sound - the doppler effect, the phasing, the tremolo created by the spinning speaker, etc. I've even heard of people splitting their guitar signal to two amps, high passing one and applying phase or chorus and low passing the other and applying tremolo....
+Jake Stewart Music yes Jake, we are definitely doing this in 2017 ;)
Sweet! Thanks! By the way, a great tremolo to check out for that clip is the Moog MF Tremolo. I use mine for pseudo-rotary effects with the "Tone" set just below noon and the "Shape" just above noon. Add an expression pedal to ramp the speed, and it gets a pretty cool rotary/trem effect.
Classic call on the head out the sunroof "getting a bit of wind here, I need a windshield" - my laughter nearly woke the kids up.. :-)
Also, as a fan down in Brisbane I've got to raise an honorary XXXX to Dan for getting the Queensland reference in there!! Merry Christmas lads!
I'm not big on Chorus but this video and Anderton's Sounds Like Rush video really make me want to get an Angel Wing for my board! Sounds awesome to my ears.
T.C. Electronic never ceases to impress me. Mick you should have gone helix phaser and mini vortex and mini corona
Love that Landau tones at 48/49!
When Mick started playing Steve Vai I nearly sh*t myself
Love the OD stacking section. Went out and bought a Spark and SL drive and love the combination. Added a Tumnus and have such an ensemble of tones and stacking capabilities! I run my SL at 18v. Thank you guys for all the professional insight!
Good gods! That Royal Overdrive!!! Amazing!!!!
+Brian OConnell yep, such a special pedal
That is a ridiculously awesome lead tone in the first few seconds!
The bigger pedals really shined in the drive/boost area; I'd rather travel with the minis but the Royal/Juggler combo was killer!
Love the show guys! Instantly recognised that noise when the EH flanger was hit with the overdrive, i use a vintage small clone that makes a very similar noise when hit with too much overdrive. Always thought there was something wrong.
Would love Your opinion on the hotcake, surprised that one hasn't been covered at some point.
Great episode, as always! Got an idea for a future episode : best mods on "standard" pedals! I just got my old Boss OD2 modded, and it's absolutely killer :)
You can really tell Mick's playing is at home when he pulls the strat out. Great vid guys. :)
+Andrew G yep, Mick - Strat, Dan - Tele :)
You know what would be funny; Going into a studio with really expensive acoustic treatment and sneaking a very realistic room-reverb into your signal without telling anyone. - Just mess with their heads.
HI GUYS! the tone/pedal combo of the day for me was Dan's tone on the PAGE-ROD-ALTER EGO-HEADROOM at 49:37.
This has to be the best YT channel yet, by far! Have you, in the past or will you in the future have a demo/review that includes your thoughts on the Rock Box Boiling Point and the J. Rockett Blue Note pedals?????? Many thanks and keep up the good work...I have learned much (technically, practically and musically) from watching TPS over the last year.
We are still waiting for you r videos about home/ practice Tube amps.
+Amit Sapir We have a video on 'bedroom tones' coming soon. That has a small tube amp in it.
Yea, that's what I meant do you have a Blakcstar amp there?
any videos on the bass breaker 15 coming up? Would be cool to see what tones you can get out of it
+Elshibly That's exactly the amp we're using Elsh. Very cool little amp. And bloomin loud if you want it to be!
+Amit Sapir No. We quite like the Artist 15 when we've played it, but don't own any. Cheers!
On the smaller board it seems the only things that were really deficient were the phaser and flanger. OD's and boost were fine, flashback mini fine, as was hof reverb. Even the chorus was pretty nice. Dan's overdriven sound great too, obviously, but with OD It seems like it's easier to get a good one at a lower price and that's somewhat because the quality of the OD sound is based in it doing what it does and how that interacts with your amp. The modulations on the other hand seem to come only from the pedal and need to be good on their own.
I guess in this case bigger is better. Great show guys!
Happy Christmas, Happy Holidays Dan & Mick and everyone.
Have to pay the roadies a bit more to lug it from gig to gig :) But loads of good pedals in there :)
Go big or go home! Dan's board is a dream board. I would definitely have the Headroom reverb and Alter Ego delay. Unfortunately, I play on tiny stages where it wouldn't fit, even if I could track down those pedals. I have to make do with what I can fit on a Pedaltrain Junior :-)
Too bad they didn't choose the Korg SDD3000 delay pedal; it's much larger and more unsightly than the Alter Ego, and like the CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, it has some preamp tricks up its sleeve, as well.
+Mojo Bone Absolutely! We have one and we love it. It was a close call.
I just wanted to be the very first person to wish you a Merry Xmas. You're both very special and Fridays wouldn't be the same without you. My missus thinks you have had a beneficial effect on me, so much so that I have now taken down the life-sized pictures I had of you in the secret room.
Great sound Mick! I use POT > @ > Spark for some of my best lead tones. I may have to play with switching them around! Happy Holidays guys!
Great episode once again! Cheers guys & merry Christmas!!! 🎄
Honestly surprised with the Angel Wing chorus. Sounded amazing!
+invaderjim462 yeah, amazing bang for buck
I honestly preferred the drive tone on Mick's board. Dan's drive pedals were indistinct from each other. Can't beat that Mistress and CE1 though.
Dan came to Japan without dropping by my pad for a beer? Awesome episode guys; tone + fun made my day!
I'm so happy with my Alter Ego X4. Killer sounds. I was really surprised at the SL drive. Like Mick, I don't need then it rock sound a lot, so a small pedal like that would be just about right.
+Adam K AEx4 is amazing!!!
Dan left the planet at 38:40 😅. Amazing sound indeed.
The Boss CE-1 goes for about $450-$700 now . I just bought one for $470 +$50 shipping =$500 total . I see a modulation craze happening and these pedals are going to sky rocket . The price fluctuates but always increasing . These CE-1's are great and they are still affordable . It captures that late 70's to Mid 80's chorus lush .
loved hearing that little Steve vai jam
Could you do an episode on your favourite types of pickups, and talk about your favourite applications for each? Also Boutique vs Stock, and possibly an episode on unexpected pickup uses, like how YJM pickups are great for country and how tele bridge pickups are good for metal
+James Todino This would be interesting. Dan and I tend to prefer pickups that are as close as possible to the original 50s/early 60s single coils and humbuckers. We find that classic guitars are able to do pretty much anything... given that we're not into modern metal/djent. And that tends to be the unexpected bit for a lot of people! Strat, Tele, Les Paul, 335, SG..... Pretty much all of the music we love was made using those classic guitars and pups. A few exceptions, no doubt, but certainly the majority of it.
Cheers Mick :)
Hi guys from across the pond! Really liked how you have mainstream type pedals vs the boutique ones. Throw in the Blues junior next time in Micks rig as his board looks a lot like mine :)
Another great episode! Love to see you guys address noise control - particularly with single coil hum. Don't hear a ton of it with your shows, but it's an ongoing issue with me and my Strat. Thanks!
+richab88 Cheers Rich. Good clean power to the pedals is all we do. Then it's just being on the volume pot and watching your physical position. Our single coil guitars hum with the best of them, but you can't hear it (much) when you're playing. As soon as you're not, volume down. Cheers and thanks for watching!
richab88 the ilitch (or something) backplate, which was sold by suhr earlier, has worked really well for me. Our practise place is in an industrial building and has very tricky electrics but that does a decent job when stacked or noiseless aren't an option. Just remeber to check that your middle pu is not rp or it won't work.
+Kari Abspoel Yep, well aware of it. We've tried pretty much everything and it seems that the good hum killing lord both giveth and taketh away. We like the hum. :0)
That Pedal Show actually, I meant it as a suggestion for the original comment (sorry for the lack of tags)... I have it on one strat, not on the tele for exactly the reason that it may compromise something however intangible but immeasurably important in the "tone" - 60 cycle hum is part of rock'n roll and I will accept it :)
+That Pedal Show another ace episode but most of all...Merry Christmas
I have an sl drive and a ts mini and use a blues junior amp. I actually find I much prefer the tubescreamer going into the sl drive rather than the other way around. Also the sl drive sounds nicer to me with the voltage doubler.
Great episode as always
+Daniel Giddens Hey Daniel, Mick here. It's a sweet sound boosting the SL with the TS. Too much gain for me though - I prefer to have the TS after so you get a massive volume boost for solos and such. Cheers!
Is there anything to be said for an episode of "That Bass Pedal Show"? Could even involve a guest or two if needs be.
Cheers, guys. Love the show.
+astrangecement We'd absolutely need guests. Dan and I aren't bass players. Interesting for sure, but I don't have a clue. Precision, SVT and 8x10 is everything I want to know about bass. ;0)
My mooer elec lady makes that same clock noise sound as your real electric mistress when it is on in my signal chain, is that normal?
Basically, as I'm led to believe yeah. Flangers are noisy.
Authenticity
No Echoplex EP-3 covering 2/3 rds of the board? Lol😂😂
Bruce Wayne that's what I was looking for! EP-3 or a Binson Echorec
I've been waiting for this forever!!!
my fridays are always so cool because of you two!!!
Rock on !
+caesar09 cheers C :)
Merry Christmas chaps, continuous delivery of the best guitar sounds on CZcams. Never fails to amaze! That Tele! Could you guys review the Voodoo Labs Giggity and similar preamp style pedals?
That Alter Ego into the Headroom does sound pretty sweet. I think I'll have to try out the Alter Ego soon.
I would have two sizes: massive pedalboard for home studio usage and a smaller sized one for the road.
Super cool, guys! I just realized I could out-bulk Dan if I put all my old EHX stuff (Mistress included!) on a board along with various Moogerfoogers. Not sure it would fit in my car, though. :)
Great video! Few times I've thought if I should get just a cheap Tone City for testing out some effects I don't use that much but here it was pretty clear how "restricted" the tone gets with those. Not like you couldn't probably do Zakk Wylde impression with Angel Wing but with different things it might be too "restricted". Well, the phaser is actually the weird sounding from Tone City. On the other hand, I'll buy that Golden Plexi. It's a one setting pedal but it does sound great. Even without the "for a cheap pedal" note. I hope Mick managed to satisfy people who ask cheaper pedals too!
Dan you should try some pedals from deep trip here from Brazil, they are pretty high quality and good sounding
I'm a bit shocked how much better old giant pedals sound even on CZcams. I would like to see a video trying match this quality with a modern selection of pedals
Not from us. We’ve proved many many many times that the great analogue shit sounds much more agreeable - to us and our old ears - than the new digital stuff. But it doesn’t have to be old. Maybe.
You know what you could have done? Put Mick's board in a G2 loop. And then used a split for the input like you guys usually do. So either guitar could go trough both boards. ;)
You can LITERALLY see Mick's Posh (gear) Heart breaking every time Dan plays lol...
+jobyregrets hahahaha
I actually prefered the 3 overdrives stacked on the little board and id take the hall of fame reverb over that big spring thing because I like to have all the different reverb types.
+Stinkfist2000 Love this. It's all good isn't it? That's the awesome thing about stompboxes - any way you like it!
So much fun!