1. Compressor 2 & 3. Overdrives 4. Delay 5. reverb So basically the same as your's, except I'd use a clip on tuner and use that spot for a compressor. Like you, I would also value versatility in my choices. If you only have five pedals, they have to cover a lot of ground.
i´d say I´d use a clip on tuner so have room for one more pedal. and my signal chain would be... tilt overdrive - wampler gearbox - keeley halo - line6 M5 (for all sorts of mods) - Boss Ge7 for boosting leads.
I like the Line 6 M5 for modulation too, but the foot switches have gotten glitchy and my 50 year old eyes have a hard time reading the display on stage. Shame, because the M5 has a lot to offer but I can’t use it anymore. 😢
My short answer: (1&2)Overdrive + Boost/Overdrive/Volume (3)Compressor (4)Reverb (5)WILD CARD! but probably chorus My long anwswer: I've really enjoyed tooling around with my old Line 6 M13 -- it was not "old" when I got it, so maybe that just means *I'm* old. It still sounds great and has allowed me to dial in some really specific tones, but I wouldn't say they're as perfect as you get out of your Strymon Flint in the above example, for instance. I'm now looking at a handful of individual pedals that provide top tone but also a degree of versatility. (1&2)For overdrive & boost, I'm now looking hungrily at the Strymon Sunset, which among other things takes an expression pedal input in a variety of creative ways. I've known for a long time that Eric Clapton's "secret weapon" in his signature Strats, and the thing that has allowed him to outgrow the massive Gibsons from his Cream days, is an absurd 25dB active mid-boost that's right on-board the guitar. I'm not really interested in carving up a guitar to put that in, but a boost pedal that clicks on or off doesn't provide nearly the level of on-the-fly control that lets him shape his dirt in very organic ways that give that famous human-voice richness to guitar parts that are otherwise fairly straightforward pentatonic stuff. So my plan at present is to set one of the Sunset channels as overdrive, one as boost, and control the amount of boost feeding into the overdrive by way of an expression pedal. Maximum tonal shaping on the fly. Does that count as two pedals because of the expression pedal? If so, fine, I'll count it as two. The expression pedal, through the Sunset, would count as a separate volume pedal for swells & such. So I guess I'll count it as two pedals collectively. IN a pinch, if I NEED to go a lot more heavy than I normally do, for metal and the like, the Sunset will let me feed an overdrive into an overdrive instead of a clean boost into an overdrive, sacrificing a little bit of that perfect solo-guitar tone sculpting to get me closer to the really thick fuzz sounds of the heavier distortion that I don't often have much use for. Most of the time the amp I play through has its own high-gain models that already add to distortion, and I don't ever need more distortion, no matter how metal I get, than OD + OD + the high gain "metal" modeled amp would give me. (3)Everybody needs a compressor. I don't know what to do here. For now, the M13 has some good-enough options and I just dial them in without thinking too much about what they are. The "red" model, I think, is my go-to? Probably on a dedicated board of single-use pedals I'd want something like a Keeley, but this isn't something I've had much time to learn about as separate units. (4)Everybody needs reverb. My unit, because the price was right, is the TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2, which is the first pro quality reverb I've ever owned that was just a straight reverb unit. The price was actually BETTER than right, because I ordered the HoF2 and they sent me the bigger 2x4 version by mistake. One of the additions to the larger unit is a proper Shimmer function, which is one of the reasons I was really lusting after the Strymon flagships - the BlueSky, or the way-too-much-for-my-needs BigSky. The truth is that I could go down the rabbit hole of reverb tones forever, and this is the exact right unit for a connoisseur to have: it gives me enough options and flexibility to do a lot of things, but the BigSky, when I look at it, is so theoretically infinite that I'd just sit in a room dialing in reverb settings for the rest of my life and never record or tour anymore. I'm very happy with this one. (5): ????? Here is where the idiosycratic stuff comes in. What do I use the last spot for? Chorus? Delay? Tremolo? That classic orange phaser? The now-discontinued, completely nuts Hatsune Miku pedal that makes me sound like an anime pop idol? The first thing to mind, because I'm in a Clapton headspace owing to the Sunset OD above, is that I love, love the sound of the Dytronics CS-5 Tri-Stero Chorus, a rackmount unit from the 80s that was part of his 24 Nights sound, and a big hit among LA session players like Michael Landau and Steve Lukather. If I was going to rely on one chorus unit, it'd be a n affordable stompbox that knocks off this unit... Earthquaker makes the Aurelius Tri-Voice Chorus, which might be one I'd want to try, especially given my newfound love of plugging that expression pedal into every stompbox I can. There's a lot of tonal shaping possible here, and I feel like that would quickly become the "special sauce" that makes an otherwise conventional sound I play into something that others could duplicate 90% by ear, but never 100%. Again, the M13 has a decent tri-chorus copy on-board, and so I think we're coming back to the idea that the M13, or the smaller one-or two-pedal equivalents, the M5/M9, would BE the fifth pedal, just because the versatility is there to make the "wild card" pedal whatever I need it to be.
He probably did the same as me. I would listen to Radio Luxembourg late at night in the kitchen (away from parents bedroom) and try and play along with every record. In those days, every record was tuned slightly differently, so I had to tune up real quick to play along. Great practice at tuning by ear. We can't do it today as all music is recorded at 440. No need to change tuning for each song.
Depends on what you play. If you’re playing low gain or clean then you’ll need other pedals than a high gain player. Noise gate for example. There are three pedals I consider to be staples for any style board. An overdrive, an EQ, a tuner. Anything else depends on style of music and type of amp.
Alternatively: Mesa EQ, Corona chorus mini, Flashback 2, HOF reverb mini. All in the effects loop of a Marshall Jubilee studio. Guitar straight in. Sounds epic.
From what I've got at hand... Comp, Tilt Boost, Kernom Ridge and/or Preamp MKII, reverb and delay to taste. If amp has reverb, maybe some modulation of some type. Or, just say screw it and bring only my HX Stomp XL!
I use a tuning fork so the tuner can likely go. I’d go LPD PWR clean boost into an LPD Eighty7. Then a modulation, Wampler Terraform probably. Then a verb. Walrus Fundamental Reverb possibly since I’ll probably be running mono and that sounds great in mono. Lastly, a delay. Probably the Keeley Halo. It’s a great pedal even in mono. I always run delay after reverb. It just sounds better when higher reverb settings are used.
1. Korg Pitchblack Tuner 2. Shnobel Tone Boost 3. Walrus Ages Overdrive 4. Source Audio C4 (chameleon - can make any sound I'd ever need and can stack effects as well) 5. Source Audio Collider (adds Reverb AND delay in a single pedal)
Narrowing it down from my sixty pedals to five, I'll go with: Hardwire POLYPHONIC TUNER -> Death By Audio EVIL FILTER -> Moog CLUSTER FLUX -> Seymour Duncan SHAPESHIFTER -> Line 6 DL4 MKII
Thanks for a fun, clear, informative vid! Back in the day we tuned to the piano but these days I'd just use a clip on tuner 'to be safe' and for live work my 5 pedal rig would be: 1. Paul Crowther Double Hot Cake (OD & Distortion - 3 distinct options at the tap of a foot-switch) 2. Effectrode Blackbird Tube Pre-Amp (Fenderish / Dumblish - 3 tubes, great 'clean' + 2 OD options) 3. Chorus (MXR Analog Chorus or Strymon Ola for stereo) 4. TC Electronic Alter Ego (3 programmable 'analog style' delays + tap tempo all from independent foot-switches) 5. Flint (great spring / plate / hall reverbs and tremolo options) With this lot this old guy wouldn't have to bend over and fiddle with stuff once! 😅
@@drock2313 Hi - there are a few vids floating around on RUclips. It's designed by a friend of mine in New Zealand called Paul Crowther, formerly the drummer with NZ band Split Enz (which sort of morphed into Crowded House). Very versatile pedal - from light overdrive thru to terrific cutting lead solo stuff. I bought one in the mid '70s and another one when that got stolen and recently got the Double Hot Cake from Paul, which combines the original with another pedal he designed and you can daisy chain both for a 3rd 'fat' drive. Pretty well every Kiwi guitarist owns one and I believe Mark Knopfler & Noel Gallagher also owned them. Well worth checking out - you can order direct from Paul.
The pedals that you need, are those which bring you happiness in your playing. Quite often I don't use pedal-one, and have quite a good time without 'em! But if you like a dozen petals, heck ... patch up thirteen! Hah!
I couldn’t agree with this more. Whatever brings you joy and inspiration. Although I have to admit that hauling a board around with 15-20 pedals gets to be a bit much. Especially when something goes wrong and you are chasing down noise.
Tele/strat , turbo tuner, keeley 4 knob comp- Fulldrive 1, Boss OD-3, Boss DD-200, 4 knob spark for final eq/boost used to compensate for my strat’s weaker output vs tele. Ok 6…
I'd use a Canvas Tuner, Mira Compressor( which has a built in boost), a 385 Mk11, an ARP187 and a Slotva running through the FX Loop. I stayed with one brand since they work well together.... note, all this running through my G20.
You're a thinking man - my Collider is definitely coming (plus you get 2 for 1). Here's mine: 1. Korg Pitchblack Tuner 2. Shnobel Tone Boost 3. Walrus Ages Overdrive 4. Source Audio C4 (chameleon - can make any sound I'd ever need and can stack effects as well) 5. Source Audio Collider (adds Reverb AND delay in a single pedal)
I mean, my current pedalboard is 6: Boss TU-3, Boss Blues Driver, Proco Rat 2, MXR Phase 90, Tone City Angel Wing Chorus and a Dunlop Cry Baby (also have a Boss DD3-T being delivered in a few days) Does pretty much everything I could want really 🤷🏻♂️
Thx Shawn. We met along time ago (94 maybe) when my band The Wesley Brothers did a gig with The Violet Burning in St. Albans, UK. Here is my minimal board - less is more rig. Does everything I need to do. Mirage FX compressor Ep booster Keeley baked mod 808 Hermida Zendrive Line 6 DL4
So many of your videos are invaluably instructive and helpful, but for me, I go back to them often, because they are in some ways better than songs...nay they ARE songs, minus the distractions of other instruments, vocals, etc. Thank you so much~~
Hey Shawn - Great video! My 5... - Peterson StroboStomp HD - UA Max Compressor (I like the control and tone quality on single coil and jazzy humbuckers) - Keeley Muse Drive (best sounding OD I've heard) - Keeley Halo Delay (Just sooo good...) - Line 6 HX Stomp (cheater pedal, I know, but it has all those little sounds you only use for 8 bars on a single song) - Reverb and vibrato come from the amp (deluxe reverb)
Have a little board. I leave at practice Tilt overdrive, Walrus audio Ages, Keeley DDR into front of amp. Then in the loop a Empress Zoia and a MXR mini Booster. The Zoia is intense it could be your whole effect chain. All the mod delay and verb effects are in there. Or you can craft your own because it is a modular synth. But I'm just a dumb lazy guitar player and I don't exploit even 5 % of its potential.
Love your Tilt ! I need one 🥴I would use a Nemesis Delay and may be a Friedman Be-OD as alternative but your board is compact and very effective. Congrats !
It would depend on the gig for me really, I have 3 pedals that are all gain stacks, just 2 together get this angry hard rocky sound and the other 2... well one is a RAT so you know what that does. For an all purpose gig I'd take the rat, a boost, phaser, delay and my astronomer 'verb. I'd also have the boost after the RAT. it sounds real nice.
Awesome video. The Halo pedal looks fantastic. I still use the amp's reverb (I wish all combo amps had a decent reverb and tremolo), and add the Walrus Audio Mako R1, M1, Tubbs OD, Chat Breaker, and the Wayhuge Swollen Pickle (you gotta have some Fuzz). The more onboard features the amp has, the better.
Good video man. I've been through many pedals in the past 58 years of playing electric guitar. Now for me it's a Boss GT-1. Everyone has their own choice of effects and you have some very nice ones there.
@@ShawnTubbs yes I love this little pedal. I got it a few months ago, I put my pedal board away. Easy to operate, program, and tweak settings. Rich tone that you can expect from Boss. One con may be that it is a plastic housing , but as long as you don't throw it on the floor or out the window it should be alright. I connect it to my laptop and use editing software which is user friendly. It's a lot better than any of their ME series pedals. Have a good on and keep playing.
Before I ever listen to Shawn's opinion, for guitar, for me, it would be: tuner, noise suppressor, boost/overdrive, compressor, and reverb. Specifically, Peterson Strobostomp HD, Boss NS-1X, Boss BP-1w or OD-1X, Boss CP-1x, and Boss RV-6.
Struggling a bit with this right now kind of trying to decide whether I'll be relying on pedals for gain, my amp, or both. Right now it's Polytune Mini > Keeley Comp Mini > Walrus Lillian > Xotic EP Booster > Greer Lightspeed > Diamond Memory Lane (the new one) > Strymon Flint. The main change I could make would be to swap out the Lillian for an additional gain stage (honestly probably a Blues Driver). Then the next thing would be where to put the EP Booster, which would be a challenge given space constraints of the board, haha.
Sounds like the option you would have is swapping out the Lillian for another gain stage. You might miss the modulation but you could end up using the gain more depending on the gig.
I use a tuner, overdrive, phaser, chorus and analog delay, and that's pretty much it. I've always preferred using channel switching amps with built in overdrive and then I'll just use a TS9 as a lead boost and as a way of getting a little bit of dirt on the clean channel when the dirty channel is too much. I can often skip the pedals altogether for some gigs if I use a channel switching amp.
@@ShawnTubbs It's changed over the years...Marshall JCM800, Peavey Classic 50, Marshall DSL40...Currently I have a Peavey Classic 30 and an old Crate VC50 1x15. I actually like those 90s Peavey and Crate designs best of all when it comes to channel switching amps with both channels sounding great. Marshalls have to be cranked to sound good and all the sound guys hated me when I used them, so I've given up on Marshalls except for this little 5W DSL that I practice with.
@@RevvAmps I like Echorec-style. It’s modulated (and can fake as a chorus with delay and feedback on minimum) but also has clarity for dotted-eight stuff. I know it’s kinda of a lowbrow choice, but even the Echorec toneprint on Flashback is ok in my book. Plus, it buffers your signal on the way out.
@@drock2313 my pedalboard is exactly those 5 pedals: MXR 10 band EQ (the silver one), Boss Power Stack (cranked Marshall-ish overdrive) , Walrus Audio Iron Horse (rat-style Distortion), Boss Super Chorus and Caline Ghost Rain (Budget Echo Delay, sounds great, thinking about upgrading it for a Boss Space Echo RE-2)
Hey Shawn! You can actually get a really good chorus sound out of the Halo!! I use the tape head mode, set the time really close to 0, and then set rate and depth, level gets it throaty and if you let it having more time you can get some weirdness
Thank you....I don't want to spew on the modelers, (yeah, I have a couple)....but real amps go veeeerrrry good with pedals...even some digital ones. My Five that I currently own? mini Peterson tuner>>BB OD>>AT Dist + with boost>>Flint Verb/Trem for the 5th? I would cheat of course and add my H90. But hey! I'd go into HW 64 DLX.
Awesome setup and most importantly, simple great usable gigging sounds. Looking for a sound for my next project. Shopping now so very helpful. Thanks!.
@@RevvAmps I’m breaking my big board into smaller boards. Drives and front of amp on one mini board and time based on another. It’s easier to pack and carry a couple little bags than one big one too. Never going back to a huge board.
On no particular order - Wah, Truetone H2O for analog delay and chorus, TL Pedals King Klon (like a KOT with the first circuit swapped out for a klone), some sort of fuzz or distortion, and a Hermida Spring Reverb.
@@ShawnTubbs I have had all 3 versions at one time or another. I haven't found a chorus I like better and my delay preferences are situational, but the H2O delay is one of my faves.
Great selection of pedals Shawn. Yes, I have to get that Halo delay pedal; it's just a killer sounding delay. Nonetheless Shawn I truly believe you can make any pedal sound amazing. Thanks for the video. Cheers.
5 pedals - Tuner, Cali 76 compressor, Analogman KoT (clean boost & O/D & Distortion switchable with micro switch on top & built-in buffer), Analogman ARDX20 delay ( slapback & delay switchable), Sweet Sounds Ultravibe (Chorus & Vibe switchable). 1 amp - a Magnatone Stereo Twilighter with Trem, Vibrato & reverb. With that I can cover pretty much anything. Am I cheating? 😊
Playing live: Number 1.... A Tuner. Number 2.... A Boost Number 3 .... A univibe. At home..I'd add Number 4 Trem/Reverb (Strymon Flint) Number 5 A useable Fuzz...(hard to find!).
I could but I like having a bit more "preset" sounds. I could run the gain hotter on the Tilt OD, lose the Kokopelli, and be good to go. I'd roll my volume for less OD and still have the Tilt OD's boost side.
@@RevvAmps Definitely one of the best blues breaker circuits on the market. You should definitely try one out. But to be honest the Tilt sounds awesome as well
@@ShawnTubbsAs a fan of yours, i’m pretty sure you’ll dig the Snouse : it’s a simple yet great Bluesbreaker circuit with some nice tweakability. They’re on their third iteration of the pedal but I think there’s a waiting list.
I've been pretty obsessed with making a great small board. Currently it has a Tuner, Noble Screamer, Tilt Overdrive and a Halo. I have really noticed not having a Tremolo though and nee to sort that out. It's all on a Metro 16 so not much space available... Realistically this sized board is going to get more use than my bigger ones so it has to be good.
@@drock2313 It's fantastic I particularly like the two hybrid modes. The ODR mode has more bass than my Nobles but I have a new one and they based the NS on vintage ones. The TS side is very close to all my other TS drives. I'm sure you'll enjoy it if you get one.
@@drock2313 it’s a delay. Two sides. One shorter time, one longer. Really nice preamp in it. And the delays can get really crazy if you want too. Can double as a really good flange too. Check it out. It’s awesome
Not including a favourite preamp as the guts (EAE Model FeT or BE-OD Deluxe depending on style) it would look like this for me: 1. Volume Pedal is a must utility for me, something you simply can't do with both hands still playing (but not everyone's style). 2 .Polytune 3 both as a tuner and as a mute. (If I used a clip-on tuner instead, Id prob run a Phase 90 or a Small Stone for modulation needs.) 3. A boost/OD (plumes in my case) 4. A big muff (Green Russian) 5. Combo reverb/delay pedal (Dispatch master or maybe Nux Atlantic) Can cover a lot of ground with those 5. The only other effect I really use is a low octave or pitch shifting, but that's not really as essential.
@drock2313 That’s a very good question. I tend to always put some kind of amp/cab sim pedal at the head of every board I’ve been having built recently for the simple reason being ‘why not 🤷🏾’. With features like a ‘headphone out’ and in the case of the DSM Humboldt Simplifier mkii, an ‘aux-in’ for plugging in music from your iPhone to practice in your hotel room or bedroom, I figure it gives you the option of bypassing it by turning it off and playing through a real amp or in the absence of one … going straight to FOH. Also the Iridium has decent Room verb on the right side as you know. The Deco is probably the pedal I’d request to be buried with, it’s that good in my opinion and is on every board I’ve ever built. It’s just so versatile providing everything from tape sat-chorus/vib/double tracking borderline delay and great modulation Hope that helps. ✌🏾&💜
Boss tuner or EB Volume pedal/tuner (depends on the situation) Keeley Aria JHS AT plus Keeley Seafoam plus Keeley Halo Keeley Hydra That pretty much gets me every thing from an old UniVibe-ish Hendrix thing, through the 80’s, 90’s and so on, rock, metal and even contemporary Christian music. And yes, I actually like and play all of that. Color me weird.
@@RevvAmps for real. The harm trem and reverbs are the bomb. Cool video too btw. I’m heading to a store now that says they have a D20 and cab in stock online. Wish me luck.
@@ShawnTubbs Your demo was one of the things that convinced me that I had to have this amp. It’s the best amp I’ve ever owned. I’m deeply grateful to you!
Props to the Strymon Flint. It's really the only pedal I use. I have an El Cap for slapback but it's seldom used. I get all my gain from the amp and clean it up with the volume knob on the guitar. I'll never part with the Flint.
I actually have found my El Caps that I have bought to have had issues where they tone suck at some point and I lose the top end. I didn't notice that with the Flint at all though. Its a great pedal
@@RevvAmps I've actually noticed the opposite - if anything it adds high end, but I also started with an Aqua Puss, which cuts the high end way off I think by design. Since I only have the two pedals (I don't even have my tuner in the chain) and Strymon's default bypass buffer is excellent it's indistinguishable from being plugged straight in. Plus I only use a 10 foot cable with a 5 foot going into the amp - the pedals sit next to the amp. Not really a need to have reverb or delay in front of me. Either the song calls for it or it doesn't.
Boss RE-202, MXR Poly Blue Octave, JHS Colourbox v2, Kingsley Custom Jester V2 with Sizzle mod and TCE Mini Polytune 2 Noir. And if I could add 5 more they would be: Pettyjohn Electronics Tone Deluxe LTD w/ Edcor transformer mod, EQD Dispatch Master, Orange Amp Detonator, Pettyjohn Electronics Lift V3 or Chime V3 (the 2 PJ pedals are my buffers), and Kingtone Mini Fuzz V1 GE.
@@ShawnTubbs There's a Boss OD-2 in there right now, but it's basically just a boost. My Blackstar has three channels with more gain than I can use. If I went back to a 2-channel Fender, it would be a tube screamer.
away one I had even longer. I’ve tried a lot of other clip ons, both the same price and much more expensive, and none are any better than the Snark. If you don’t like it on the headstock, then just put it in a pocket or on the amp, after tuning each time. I’m only recommending Snarks that work.
My live board would be tuner wah amp channel switch clean boost with mid hump delay no reverb, as most venues reverb washes out too much. i do like compressors, but can live without.
@@drock2313 amp - mesa single, wah - dunlop, tuner - ibanez is ok, clean boost - MI audio buff and boost on mid setting, delay is anything with tap and lofi feel -- currently wampler
Why do so many players rely on a tuner pedal? I’ve gigged a lot, and I’ve used a Snark for 20 years or more now. I didn’t use a tuber at all, for years, as I’d just tune to whomever I played with. I have a good ear, so I can tune to someone pretty fast, but I’ve never found a tuner pedal, that was so much better than a Snark that works, to justify taking up board real estate. If the Snark is giving one trouble, return it for another. I’ve had a couple, long ago, that gave me some problems, but I just returned them for another, and used them for years.
I often am playing where there is too much other noise to be able to tune to others on the fly. I would agree with Shawn that a tuner pedal is my most important pedal as well. I have tried using headstock tuners, and I just find them more awkward than using a pedal. To each their own though.
@@ShawnTubbs that range between 500Hz and about 3kHz a few parametric points slid around in there till your mids are pronounced but not boxy or bitey but just smooth. Brand wise??? Im a cheap ass so I’m currently running a 10 band cayline , 20maybe 30USD? But iZotope plug ins for outboard and im currently running a katana as my main amp so i can put EQ blocks all over the signal path with its 2 dedicated eq and the ability to add 2 more in the mod and/or FX slots and …(so many options in this amp!) and the global eq. It’s excessive but I like having control of something in my life even if its just a parametric parameter😂 Why do bass amps get all the cool contour , slope, and semi parametric multi band mid eq ‘s ? is it because we can screw up our amp enough with just tone 3 controls?
It's mostly in jest. While his collection is extensive (out of control?), it's maybe justifiable as market research, and undeniably useful in streams where a viewer wants to hear a particular combination. Maybe he'll stop at 5 klons 🤔
Sounds great! I'd probably just have a wah, a whammy 2, and like 3 metal zones to smooth it all out.
Nooooiiiccceeeee
3 metal zones? Hahaha!
That is what we call a zoned board!
1. Compressor
2 & 3. Overdrives
4. Delay
5. reverb
So basically the same as your's, except I'd use a clip on tuner and use that spot for a compressor. Like you, I would also value versatility in my choices. If you only have five pedals, they have to cover a lot of ground.
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Cool!!
Def a Wah pedal! Because if you are lost turn on the wah, make some noise, shake your head and nobody will notice ;-)
Preach it!!
i´d say I´d use a clip on tuner so have room for one more pedal. and my signal chain would be... tilt overdrive - wampler gearbox - keeley halo - line6 M5 (for all sorts of mods) - Boss Ge7 for boosting leads.
I like the Line 6 M5 for modulation too, but the foot switches have gotten glitchy and my 50 year old eyes have a hard time reading the display on stage. Shame, because the M5 has a lot to offer but I can’t use it anymore. 😢
The Gearbox is awesome!
My short answer: (1&2)Overdrive + Boost/Overdrive/Volume (3)Compressor (4)Reverb (5)WILD CARD! but probably chorus
My long anwswer:
I've really enjoyed tooling around with my old Line 6 M13 -- it was not "old" when I got it, so maybe that just means *I'm* old. It still sounds great and has allowed me to dial in some really specific tones, but I wouldn't say they're as perfect as you get out of your Strymon Flint in the above example, for instance.
I'm now looking at a handful of individual pedals that provide top tone but also a degree of versatility.
(1&2)For overdrive & boost, I'm now looking hungrily at the Strymon Sunset, which among other things takes an expression pedal input in a variety of creative ways. I've known for a long time that Eric Clapton's "secret weapon" in his signature Strats, and the thing that has allowed him to outgrow the massive Gibsons from his Cream days, is an absurd 25dB active mid-boost that's right on-board the guitar. I'm not really interested in carving up a guitar to put that in, but a boost pedal that clicks on or off doesn't provide nearly the level of on-the-fly control that lets him shape his dirt in very organic ways that give that famous human-voice richness to guitar parts that are otherwise fairly straightforward pentatonic stuff. So my plan at present is to set one of the Sunset channels as overdrive, one as boost, and control the amount of boost feeding into the overdrive by way of an expression pedal. Maximum tonal shaping on the fly.
Does that count as two pedals because of the expression pedal? If so, fine, I'll count it as two. The expression pedal, through the Sunset, would count as a separate volume pedal for swells & such. So I guess I'll count it as two pedals collectively.
IN a pinch, if I NEED to go a lot more heavy than I normally do, for metal and the like, the Sunset will let me feed an overdrive into an overdrive instead of a clean boost into an overdrive, sacrificing a little bit of that perfect solo-guitar tone sculpting to get me closer to the really thick fuzz sounds of the heavier distortion that I don't often have much use for. Most of the time the amp I play through has its own high-gain models that already add to distortion, and I don't ever need more distortion, no matter how metal I get, than OD + OD + the high gain "metal" modeled amp would give me.
(3)Everybody needs a compressor. I don't know what to do here. For now, the M13 has some good-enough options and I just dial them in without thinking too much about what they are. The "red" model, I think, is my go-to? Probably on a dedicated board of single-use pedals I'd want something like a Keeley, but this isn't something I've had much time to learn about as separate units.
(4)Everybody needs reverb. My unit, because the price was right, is the TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2, which is the first pro quality reverb I've ever owned that was just a straight reverb unit. The price was actually BETTER than right, because I ordered the HoF2 and they sent me the bigger 2x4 version by mistake. One of the additions to the larger unit is a proper Shimmer function, which is one of the reasons I was really lusting after the Strymon flagships - the BlueSky, or the way-too-much-for-my-needs BigSky. The truth is that I could go down the rabbit hole of reverb tones forever, and this is the exact right unit for a connoisseur to have: it gives me enough options and flexibility to do a lot of things, but the BigSky, when I look at it, is so theoretically infinite that I'd just sit in a room dialing in reverb settings for the rest of my life and never record or tour anymore. I'm very happy with this one.
(5): ????? Here is where the idiosycratic stuff comes in. What do I use the last spot for? Chorus? Delay? Tremolo? That classic orange phaser? The now-discontinued, completely nuts Hatsune Miku pedal that makes me sound like an anime pop idol? The first thing to mind, because I'm in a Clapton headspace owing to the Sunset OD above, is that I love, love the sound of the Dytronics CS-5 Tri-Stero Chorus, a rackmount unit from the 80s that was part of his 24 Nights sound, and a big hit among LA session players like Michael Landau and Steve Lukather. If I was going to rely on one chorus unit, it'd be a n affordable stompbox that knocks off this unit... Earthquaker makes the Aurelius Tri-Voice Chorus, which might be one I'd want to try, especially given my newfound love of plugging that expression pedal into every stompbox I can. There's a lot of tonal shaping possible here, and I feel like that would quickly become the "special sauce" that makes an otherwise conventional sound I play into something that others could duplicate 90% by ear, but never 100%. Again, the M13 has a decent tri-chorus copy on-board, and so I think we're coming back to the idea that the M13, or the smaller one-or two-pedal equivalents, the M5/M9, would BE the fifth pedal, just because the versatility is there to make the "wild card" pedal whatever I need it to be.
no delay?
I remember my father, a rockibily player in the 60's, would tune his guitar at a gig by ear in like a minute. It's a lost art.
It is for sure.
He probably did the same as me. I would listen to Radio Luxembourg late at night in the kitchen (away from parents bedroom) and try and play along with every record. In those days, every record was tuned slightly differently, so I had to tune up real quick to play along. Great practice at tuning by ear. We can't do it today as all music is recorded at 440. No need to change tuning for each song.
That's a great setup. The halo and flint together sounds superb!
Thanks, yeah I like those two pedals together.
Awesome pairing! I have the same wet setup.
Depends on what you play. If you’re playing low gain or clean then you’ll need other pedals than a high gain player. Noise gate for example. There are three pedals I consider to be staples for any style board. An overdrive, an EQ, a tuner. Anything else depends on style of music and type of amp.
Alternatively:
Mesa EQ, Corona chorus mini, Flashback 2, HOF reverb mini. All in the effects loop of a Marshall Jubilee studio. Guitar straight in. Sounds epic.
Yeah, I bet that sounds great!
From what I've got at hand... Comp, Tilt Boost, Kernom Ridge and/or Preamp MKII, reverb and delay to taste. If amp has reverb, maybe some modulation of some type. Or, just say screw it and bring only my HX Stomp XL!
that Kernom Ridge pedal is killer
That would pretty much cover it!
I use a tuning fork so the tuner can likely go. I’d go LPD PWR clean boost into an LPD Eighty7. Then a modulation, Wampler Terraform probably. Then a verb. Walrus Fundamental Reverb possibly since I’ll probably be running mono and that sounds great in mono. Lastly, a delay. Probably the Keeley Halo. It’s a great pedal even in mono. I always run delay after reverb. It just sounds better when higher reverb settings are used.
LPD builds good stuff!
@@ShawnTubbs I have roughly 30 LPD pedals so I agree with your statement completely.
Shawn speaks truth and wisdom here. The only thing I would (and do) add is a compressor.
So for me:
Tuner
Compressor
Browne Protein
Tilt OD
Deco
Flint
Nice!!
1. Korg Pitchblack Tuner
2. Shnobel Tone Boost
3. Walrus Ages Overdrive
4. Source Audio C4 (chameleon - can make any sound I'd ever need and can stack effects as well)
5. Source Audio Collider (adds Reverb AND delay in a single pedal)
The Collider is awesome. I have the Shnobel Tone Daily Driver. How is the boost?
Narrowing it down from my sixty pedals to five, I'll go with:
Hardwire POLYPHONIC TUNER -> Death By Audio EVIL FILTER -> Moog CLUSTER FLUX -> Seymour Duncan SHAPESHIFTER -> Line 6 DL4 MKII
Thanks for a fun, clear, informative vid! Back in the day we tuned to the piano but these days I'd just use a clip on tuner 'to be safe' and for live work my 5 pedal rig would be:
1. Paul Crowther Double Hot Cake (OD & Distortion - 3 distinct options at the tap of a foot-switch)
2. Effectrode Blackbird Tube Pre-Amp (Fenderish / Dumblish - 3 tubes, great 'clean' + 2 OD options)
3. Chorus (MXR Analog Chorus or Strymon Ola for stereo)
4. TC Electronic Alter Ego (3 programmable 'analog style' delays + tap tempo all from independent foot-switches)
5. Flint (great spring / plate / hall reverbs and tremolo options)
With this lot this old guy wouldn't have to bend over and fiddle with stuff once! 😅
What flavor of drive is that’s double hot cake? I have never heard of that one
@@drock2313 Hi - there are a few vids floating around on RUclips. It's designed by a friend of mine in New Zealand called Paul Crowther, formerly the drummer with NZ band Split Enz (which sort of morphed into Crowded House). Very versatile pedal - from light overdrive thru to terrific cutting lead solo stuff. I bought one in the mid '70s and another one when that got stolen and recently got the Double Hot Cake from Paul, which combines the original with another pedal he designed and you can daisy chain both for a 3rd 'fat' drive. Pretty well every Kiwi guitarist owns one and I believe Mark Knopfler & Noel Gallagher also owned them. Well worth checking out - you can order direct from Paul.
The Crowther is a cool pedal! Thanks for watching!
@@mortonwilson795 I will absolutely check that out!
If you turn the delay time as short as you can get it and turn down the repeats and up the modulation, you have a chorus :)
Guitar - OD - OD - line 6 M5- eq (chorus - delay) reverb - amp
The pedals that you need, are those which bring you happiness in your playing. Quite often I don't use pedal-one, and have quite a good time without 'em! But if you like a dozen petals, heck ... patch up thirteen! Hah!
I couldn’t agree with this more. Whatever brings you joy and inspiration. Although I have to admit that hauling a board around with 15-20 pedals gets to be a bit much. Especially when something goes wrong and you are chasing down noise.
He or she with the most overdrive/boost pedals wins. I like my Keely work station, plus one ideally 2 extra overdrives. Tuner, Reverb and delay.
I support this
The Keeley Work Station is cool!
Tele/strat , turbo tuner, keeley 4 knob comp- Fulldrive 1, Boss OD-3, Boss DD-200, 4 knob spark for final eq/boost used to compensate for my strat’s weaker output vs tele. Ok 6…
Nice!
I'd use a Canvas Tuner, Mira Compressor( which has a built in boost), a 385 Mk11, an ARP187 and a Slotva running through the FX Loop. I stayed with one brand since they work well together.... note, all this running through my G20.
Very nice. Though I'd have to throw in a phase 90 to complete the ensemble.
Yeah, the phase 90 is awesome. Do you like the original or the EVH version?
-Tuner
-Revv Tilt Boost
-Oneder Less Than Jake Signature OR Friedman BE-OD Deluxe
-Spaceman Explorer Phaser
-Source Audio Collider Delay & Reverb
You're a thinking man - my Collider is definitely coming (plus you get 2 for 1).
Here's mine:
1. Korg Pitchblack Tuner
2. Shnobel Tone Boost
3. Walrus Ages Overdrive
4. Source Audio C4 (chameleon - can make any sound I'd ever need and can stack effects as well)
5. Source Audio Collider (adds Reverb AND delay in a single pedal)
@@musicmaestro88 The value is quite real :)
Dig it!!
You’re amazing Shawn ! Great tone lesson!!
Thanks very much!!
This dude gives off 21st century Glenn Campbell vibes. 👍
I mean, my current pedalboard is 6:
Boss TU-3, Boss Blues Driver, Proco Rat 2, MXR Phase 90, Tone City Angel Wing Chorus and a Dunlop Cry Baby (also have a Boss DD3-T being delivered in a few days)
Does pretty much everything I could want really 🤷🏻♂️
Thx Shawn. We met along time ago (94 maybe) when my band The Wesley Brothers did a gig with The Violet Burning in St. Albans, UK. Here is my minimal board - less is more rig. Does everything I need to do.
Mirage FX compressor
Ep booster
Keeley baked mod 808
Hermida Zendrive
Line 6 DL4
Man, that was a while ago indeed! Nice to hear from you. Cool rig!
So many of your videos are invaluably instructive and helpful, but for me, I go back to them often, because they are in some ways better than songs...nay they ARE songs, minus the distractions of other instruments, vocals, etc. Thank you so much~~
Thanks so much for stopping by and for the comment!!
Hey Shawn - Great video! My 5...
- Peterson StroboStomp HD
- UA Max Compressor (I like the control and tone quality on single coil and jazzy humbuckers)
- Keeley Muse Drive (best sounding OD I've heard)
- Keeley Halo Delay (Just sooo good...)
- Line 6 HX Stomp (cheater pedal, I know, but it has all those little sounds you only use for 8 bars on a single song)
- Reverb and vibrato come from the amp (deluxe reverb)
Nice! L6 HX is a great pedal!!
Have a little board. I leave at practice Tilt overdrive, Walrus audio Ages, Keeley DDR into front of amp. Then in the loop a Empress Zoia and a MXR mini Booster. The Zoia is intense it could be your whole effect chain. All the mod delay and verb effects are in there. Or you can craft your own because it is a modular synth. But I'm just a dumb lazy guitar player and I don't exploit even 5 % of its potential.
I'm like that with the H90
That Empress stuff is great!
Always great content bro ... thanks for your time 😎👍
Thanks for watching!
Love your Tilt ! I need one 🥴I would use a Nemesis Delay and may be a Friedman Be-OD as alternative but your board is compact and very effective. Congrats !
It would depend on the gig for me really, I have 3 pedals that are all gain stacks, just 2 together get this angry hard rocky sound and the other 2... well one is a RAT so you know what that does.
For an all purpose gig I'd take the rat, a boost, phaser, delay and my astronomer 'verb. I'd also have the boost after the RAT. it sounds real nice.
Which delay and phaser do you use?
@@drock2313 just a small stone for the phaser and if I had to pick just 1 for the delay I'd use my diamond memory lane jr.
@@RJW14 I love my Diamond Tremolo
Mine distortion,overdrive and wah
i would say the 3 pedals you actually need, tuner, overdrive, and boost, ( for a single channel tube amp ) opinions may vari.
no Delay?
@@RevvAmps just saying i could live without it.
Awesome video. The Halo pedal looks fantastic. I still use the amp's reverb (I wish all combo amps had a decent reverb and tremolo), and add the Walrus Audio Mako R1, M1, Tubbs OD, Chat Breaker, and the Wayhuge Swollen Pickle (you gotta have some Fuzz). The more onboard features the amp has, the better.
The Halo is awesome!
I'm a fan of amp verbs for sure.
Amp…Revv G3, and a Walrus Audio reverb. Guess I need more pedals…
Good video man. I've been through many pedals in the past 58 years of playing electric guitar. Now for me it's a Boss GT-1. Everyone has their own choice of effects and you have some very nice ones there.
The GT-1 looks like a great multi-FX. You dig it?
@@ShawnTubbs yes I love this little pedal. I got it a few months ago, I put my pedal board away. Easy to operate, program, and tweak settings. Rich tone that you can expect from Boss. One con may be that it is a plastic housing , but as long as you don't throw it on the floor or out the window it should be alright. I connect it to my laptop and use editing software which is user friendly. It's a lot better than any of their ME series pedals. Have a good on and keep playing.
can we bring you instead of me too?? Jokes aside keep do what you doing you are a treasure!
Haha, thanks so much!!
Before I ever listen to Shawn's opinion, for guitar, for me, it would be: tuner, noise suppressor, boost/overdrive, compressor, and reverb. Specifically, Peterson Strobostomp HD, Boss NS-1X, Boss BP-1w or OD-1X, Boss CP-1x, and Boss RV-6.
No delay?
All good choices! Not down for Delay?
Struggling a bit with this right now kind of trying to decide whether I'll be relying on pedals for gain, my amp, or both. Right now it's Polytune Mini > Keeley Comp Mini > Walrus Lillian > Xotic EP Booster > Greer Lightspeed > Diamond Memory Lane (the new one) > Strymon Flint. The main change I could make would be to swap out the Lillian for an additional gain stage (honestly probably a Blues Driver). Then the next thing would be where to put the EP Booster, which would be a challenge given space constraints of the board, haha.
Sounds like the option you would have is swapping out the Lillian for another gain stage. You might miss the modulation but you could end up using the gain more depending on the gig.
I use a tuner, overdrive, phaser, chorus and analog delay, and that's pretty much it. I've always preferred using channel switching amps with built in overdrive and then I'll just use a TS9 as a lead boost and as a way of getting a little bit of dirt on the clean channel when the dirty channel is too much. I can often skip the pedals altogether for some gigs if I use a channel switching amp.
What channel switching amp do you use?
@@ShawnTubbs It's changed over the years...Marshall JCM800, Peavey Classic 50, Marshall DSL40...Currently I have a Peavey Classic 30 and an old Crate VC50 1x15. I actually like those 90s Peavey and Crate designs best of all when it comes to channel switching amps with both channels sounding great. Marshalls have to be cranked to sound good and all the sound guys hated me when I used them, so I've given up on Marshalls except for this little 5W DSL that I practice with.
@@waltjames407 The Peavey Classic 30 is a good amp for sure!!
For me it would be tuner/buffer-> comp -> some versatile drive like a Rat -> Noise gate -> Modulated delay
nice, do you have a favourite delay?
Can't go wrong with a Rat for sure.
@@RevvAmps I like Echorec-style. It’s modulated (and can fake as a chorus with delay and feedback on minimum) but also has clarity for dotted-eight stuff. I know it’s kinda of a lowbrow choice, but even the Echorec toneprint on Flashback is ok in my book. Plus, it buffers your signal on the way out.
EQ, OD, distortion, Chorus, Echo Delay
Any particular ones you like?
@@drock2313 my pedalboard is exactly those 5 pedals: MXR 10 band EQ (the silver one), Boss Power Stack (cranked Marshall-ish overdrive) , Walrus Audio Iron Horse (rat-style Distortion), Boss Super Chorus and Caline Ghost Rain (Budget Echo Delay, sounds great, thinking about upgrading it for a Boss Space Echo RE-2)
@@hermespadilla very niiicccceeee
Hey Shawn! You can actually get a really good chorus sound out of the Halo!! I use the tape head mode, set the time really close to 0, and then set rate and depth, level gets it throaty and if you let it having more time you can get some weirdness
You can. Try tweaking the tone in.
Thank you....I don't want to spew on the modelers, (yeah, I have a couple)....but real amps go veeeerrrry good with pedals...even some digital ones. My Five that I currently own? mini Peterson tuner>>BB OD>>AT Dist + with boost>>Flint Verb/Trem for the 5th? I would cheat of course and add my H90. But hey! I'd go into HW 64 DLX.
you can cheat :)
Awesome setup and most importantly, simple great usable gigging sounds. Looking for a sound for my next project. Shopping now so very helpful. Thanks!.
Thanks for watching!!
Tuner - OD - Distortion - Dispatch master - Phase 90 . That's all you need imo
Dig it!
That’s really like 9 pedals.
Can you count? Lol
yeah, I think its more about having a smaller board, so packing in function to that board to give you the most options in an analog setup.
@@RevvAmps I’m breaking my big board into smaller boards. Drives and front of amp on one mini board and time based on another. It’s easier to pack and carry a couple little bags than one big one too. Never going back to a huge board.
True. Double pedals bring more features while hopefully retaining a smaller foot print.
Video says pedals , not effects .
I have a tone bender, a wah, a fuzz and an ep3
What? You fell out of love with your beloved PettyJohn Chime?
On no particular order - Wah, Truetone H2O for analog delay and chorus, TL Pedals King Klon (like a KOT with the first circuit swapped out for a klone), some sort of fuzz or distortion, and a Hermida Spring Reverb.
That H20 is a great pedal!
@@ShawnTubbs I have had all 3 versions at one time or another. I haven't found a chorus I like better and my delay preferences are situational, but the H2O delay is one of my faves.
Boss Waza Blues Driver
Keeley Compressor
Strymon Deco
Boss Waza Chorus
Boss GE-7 XTS Modded
How does the Waza Blues Driver compare to the original?
Very personal choice!
In my opinion, if you need two overdrive pedals in front of a tube amp, you simply are playing the wrong amp...
It is indeed subjective! Thanks for chiming in!
The thing that really strikes me is how quiet everything is. Kudos Sean
Thanks! I've had to reposition my room several times but it's relatively quiet.
Tuner,tone press,odr1,rv6,H2O. That has been my setup for awhile now
That Tone Press is an underrated pedal. Cool set up!!
If I had 5 pedals, it would be:
Tuner, Compressor, drive/preamp, delay, reverb
Great selection of pedals Shawn. Yes, I have to get that Halo delay pedal; it's just a killer sounding delay. Nonetheless Shawn I truly believe you can make any pedal sound amazing. Thanks for the video. Cheers.
Thanks so much!
5 pedals - Tuner, Cali 76 compressor, Analogman KoT (clean boost & O/D & Distortion switchable with micro switch on top & built-in buffer), Analogman ARDX20 delay ( slapback & delay switchable), Sweet Sounds Ultravibe (Chorus & Vibe switchable). 1 amp - a Magnatone Stereo Twilighter with Trem, Vibrato & reverb. With that I can cover pretty much anything. Am I cheating? 😊
Nah, you just cracked the code :)
Great rig!!
This is basically 8 pedals: 1 tuner, 4 overdrives, 1 delay, 1 reverb, 1 tremolo.
My setup: guitar -> ns-1x -> klon pedal in loop of ns-1x -> HX stomp
Nice!
Boss tuner, dimebag from hell wah, keeled noble, boss js2, and H90.
The H90 is so good
I need: Wah, Tuner, Overdrive, Distortion, Chorus, Flanger, Vibrato, Delay, Reverb, Booster. Its 10 :-)
Hahah, you need a Flanger? Which one are you using? I only have the Boss one and need to check out some cool Flangers
All you need is a Vox Stomplab 2g and you're basically covered.
One pedal.
Tuner, Fuzz, OD, Halo, Hydra. I feel like I can do so much more with a fuzz and OD combo than anything else
I'm with you on the Fuzz and OD combo idea. Still discovering the possibilities.
I like to have my Fuzz, Tuner, K type dist, always on OD, reverb and delay.
Playing live:
Number 1.... A Tuner.
Number 2.... A Boost
Number 3 .... A univibe.
At home..I'd add
Number 4 Trem/Reverb (Strymon Flint)
Number 5 A useable Fuzz...(hard to find!).
Hard Agree that a useable Fuzz is hard (impossible) to find :)
The Fuzz pedal quest is arduous for sure.
You could also theoretically take out the tilt and its perfect
Man, the boost side of the Tilt is a must for me.
I could but I like having a bit more "preset" sounds. I could run the gain hotter on the Tilt OD, lose the Kokopelli, and be good to go. I'd roll my volume for less OD and still have the Tilt OD's boost side.
My little board consists of : Nux Tuner, Wampler Wong Comp, Snouse Blackbox v2, MXR Chorus, EQD Dispatch Master and an Xotic RC Booster v2
What's the Snouse Blackbox V2? The Dispatch master is awesome.
@@RevvAmps Definitely one of the best blues breaker circuits on the market. You should definitely try one out. But to be honest the Tilt sounds awesome as well
I've never heard of Snouse before.
@@ShawnTubbsAs a fan of yours, i’m pretty sure you’ll dig the Snouse : it’s a simple yet great Bluesbreaker circuit with some nice tweakability. They’re on their third iteration of the pedal but I think there’s a waiting list.
Fjord Fuzz Odin+ CornerstoneAntique + Boss Dm2w Delay + Walrus Fathom Rev 🎉🎉🎉
I'm done. 😅😅😂
I've been pretty obsessed with making a great small board. Currently it has a Tuner, Noble Screamer, Tilt Overdrive and a Halo. I have really noticed not having a Tremolo though and nee to sort that out. It's all on a Metro 16 so not much space available... Realistically this sized board is going to get more use than my bigger ones so it has to be good.
How is that Noble Screamer? Keeley stuff is killer, I’m really interested in it
Mini trem?
@@ShawnTubbs Yes I think so, Maybe the JHS Tidewater, Or the Ibanez mini...
@@drock2313 It's fantastic I particularly like the two hybrid modes. The ODR mode has more bass than my Nobles but I have a new one and they based the NS on vintage ones. The TS side is very close to all my other TS drives. I'm sure you'll enjoy it if you get one.
Hudson Broadcast AP > Cornerstone Imperivm > Fjord Loke > Keeley Hydra > UA Dream
What’s the Fjord Loke?
@@drock2313 it’s a delay. Two sides. One shorter time, one longer. Really nice preamp in it. And the delays can get really crazy if you want too. Can double as a really good flange too. Check it out. It’s awesome
Clip on tuner, add a fuzz, and I'm fine. 🙂
ps
Turn down the time and feedback on the modulated delay, and there's the chorus. 😉
What's your go to fuzz?
@@RevvAmps Well, in a perfect world it's Kingtone miniFuzz v2...but in this one it's Boss FZ3.
Nice!!
Not including a favourite preamp as the guts (EAE Model FeT or BE-OD Deluxe depending on style) it would look like this for me:
1. Volume Pedal is a must utility for me, something you simply can't do with both hands still playing (but not everyone's style).
2 .Polytune 3 both as a tuner and as a mute. (If I used a clip-on tuner instead, Id prob run a Phase 90 or a Small Stone for modulation needs.)
3. A boost/OD (plumes in my case)
4. A big muff (Green Russian)
5. Combo reverb/delay pedal (Dispatch master or maybe Nux Atlantic)
Can cover a lot of ground with those 5. The only other effect I really use is a low octave or pitch shifting, but that's not really as essential.
Nice!!
the five pedals you actually need if you play in nashville....
Iridium, Flint, Deco, Kingtone Duelist, UA 1176, Done!! Peterson headstock strobe tuner.
Does the iridium count if you aren’t using an amp? I feel like it should be in addition. How is the Deco? I haven’t tried it
@drock2313
That’s a very good question. I tend to always put some kind of amp/cab sim pedal at the head of every board I’ve been having built recently for the simple reason being ‘why not 🤷🏾’. With features like a ‘headphone out’ and in the case of the DSM Humboldt Simplifier mkii, an ‘aux-in’ for plugging in music from your iPhone to practice in your hotel room or bedroom, I figure it gives you the option of bypassing it by turning it off and playing through a real amp or in the absence of one … going straight to FOH. Also the Iridium has decent Room verb on the right side as you know.
The Deco is probably the pedal I’d request to be buried with, it’s that good in my opinion and is on every board I’ve ever built. It’s just so versatile providing everything from tape sat-chorus/vib/double tracking borderline delay and great modulation
Hope that helps.
✌🏾&💜
I keep looking at that Deco. Do you like it?
@@ShawnTubbs honestly Shawn brother the only issue with it is once tried it becomes painfully difficult to leave it off of any board thereafter
@@seal-nowweretalking6753 Right on!
One Distortion plus a little reverb and a monster of amp.
What's your go-to amp?
Boss tuner or EB Volume pedal/tuner (depends on the situation)
Keeley Aria
JHS AT plus
Keeley Seafoam plus
Keeley Halo
Keeley Hydra
That pretty much gets me every thing from an old UniVibe-ish Hendrix thing, through the 80’s, 90’s and so on, rock, metal and even contemporary Christian music. And yes, I actually like and play all of that. Color me weird.
Keeley stuff is so good. I need to try the Hydra
@@RevvAmps for real. The harm trem and reverbs are the bomb. Cool video too btw. I’m heading to a store now that says they have a D20 and cab in stock online. Wish me luck.
Versatile set up for sure!
I totally get all of your choices, and they all sound great, but.....Where's the FUZZ!?!?! 😂
Where's the fuzz indeed! I do like a FUZZ / OD combo.
@ShawnTubbs I especially like that as well. A mid pushed OD into a muff style fuzz 🤘
Wampler Germanium Tumnus
Keeley Halo
Strymon Coudburst
Shoot, two more? Guess I’ll go with a Drybell Vibe Machine and a good wah.
What amp do you dig with those pedals?
@@ShawnTubbs Friedman Twin Sister. 🤘🏻
@@szabowabo91 DIG!!!
@@ShawnTubbs Your demo was one of the things that convinced me that I had to have this amp. It’s the best amp I’ve ever owned. I’m deeply grateful to you!
@@szabowabo91 Right on! Glad you were able to find something that works for you.
I'll bite.
1. Wampler Ego 76 Compressor
2. JHS Morning Glory v4
3. Revv Northern Mauler
4. BOSS RV-6 Reverb
5. BOSS DD-8 Digital Delay
Props to the Strymon Flint. It's really the only pedal I use. I have an El Cap for slapback but it's seldom used. I get all my gain from the amp and clean it up with the volume knob on the guitar. I'll never part with the Flint.
I actually have found my El Caps that I have bought to have had issues where they tone suck at some point and I lose the top end. I didn't notice that with the Flint at all though. Its a great pedal
@@RevvAmps I've actually noticed the opposite - if anything it adds high end, but I also started with an Aqua Puss, which cuts the high end way off I think by design. Since I only have the two pedals (I don't even have my tuner in the chain) and Strymon's default bypass buffer is excellent it's indistinguishable from being plugged straight in. Plus I only use a 10 foot cable with a 5 foot going into the amp - the pedals sit next to the amp. Not really a need to have reverb or delay in front of me. Either the song calls for it or it doesn't.
Yeah, that Flint is a work horse for sure.
Boss RE-202, MXR Poly Blue Octave, JHS Colourbox v2, Kingsley Custom Jester V2 with Sizzle mod and TCE Mini Polytune 2 Noir.
And if I could add 5 more they would be: Pettyjohn Electronics Tone Deluxe LTD w/ Edcor transformer mod, EQD Dispatch Master, Orange Amp Detonator, Pettyjohn Electronics Lift V3 or Chime V3 (the 2 PJ pedals are my buffers), and Kingtone Mini Fuzz V1 GE.
That MXR Poly Blue Octave is rad
I still have yet to play that JHS Colourbox. Do you dig it?
@ShawnTubbs oh yeah! I use it mainly as an EQ, but it's a lot more than just that.
@@kosmicwizard Right on. Yeah, it's a great idea for sure!
For me i use tuner, maxon vop 9, timmy, ibanez delay, boss chorus and thats it.
The Timmy rules
@@drock2313 it does
Get you out of trouble? Is that like a get out jail free pedal! 😊
Got me out clink more than a few times!
Assuming a two channel amp, volume, wah, overdrive, phaser, delay.
Makes sense!! What's the go-to OD?
@@ShawnTubbs There's a Boss OD-2 in there right now, but it's basically just a boost. My Blackstar has three channels with more gain than I can use. If I went back to a 2-channel Fender, it would be a tube screamer.
@@aproctor1968 Right on!
At the minimum, I could get away with a tuner, wah, overdrive, delay, and a noise gate. This would be with a high gain amp, though.
away one I had even longer.
I’ve tried a lot of other clip ons, both the same price and much more expensive, and none are any better than the Snark.
If you don’t like it on the headstock, then just put it in a pocket or on the amp, after tuning each time.
I’m only recommending Snarks that work.
Makes sense! Thanks for watching!
Thank you
I don’t play “need” music. I play Rock. No gatekeepers.
My live board would be
tuner
wah
amp channel switch
clean boost with mid hump
delay
no reverb, as most venues reverb washes out too much. i do like compressors, but can live without.
Any particular brands/models you like?
@@drock2313 amp - mesa single, wah - dunlop, tuner - ibanez is ok, clean boost - MI audio buff and boost on mid setting, delay is anything with tap and lofi feel -- currently wampler
@@MRxr400 ok awesome!
If you own a modern Mesa Boogie amp the only pedal anyone needs is a tuner :)
no delay pedal?
What Mesa Amp do you have?
I only own 2 pedals. You mean I have to buy 3 more?
oh man, you've gotta catch up to the rest of us ;)
IMMEDIATELY!!! Haha, thanks for watching!!
Personally fuzz is a must have for me but I gets but I get it’s not for everyone
What’s your favorite Fuzz? I have hated most of the Fuzzes I have tried. Searching for something cool
I have the Polly tune and I know Andy Timmons brother
I would never buy a Strymon anything...too many knobs and switches there for me. EP Booster always on and a PolyTuner.
Why do so many players rely on a tuner pedal?
I’ve gigged a lot, and I’ve used a Snark for 20 years or more now.
I didn’t use a tuber at all, for years, as I’d just tune to whomever I played with.
I have a good ear, so I can tune to someone pretty fast, but I’ve never found a tuner pedal, that was so much better than a Snark that works, to justify taking up board real estate.
If the Snark is giving one trouble, return it for another.
I’ve had a couple, long ago, that gave me some problems, but I just returned them for another, and used them for years.
I often am playing where there is too much other noise to be able to tune to others on the fly. I would agree with Shawn that a tuner pedal is my most important pedal as well. I have tried using headstock tuners, and I just find them more awkward than using a pedal. To each their own though.
@@RevvAmps Not to mention - tuner can mute the entire board with a single click. Also - no batteries to forget.
Headstock tuners are fine but I always either lost or destroyed them so I went the tuner pedal route.
Tuner, wha, lo gain, hi gain, eq.
What's your favorite EQ?
@@ShawnTubbs that range between 500Hz and about 3kHz a few parametric points slid around in there till your mids are pronounced but not boxy or bitey but just smooth.
Brand wise??? Im a cheap ass so I’m currently running a 10 band cayline , 20maybe 30USD? But iZotope plug ins for outboard and im currently running a katana as my main amp so i can put EQ blocks all over the signal path with its 2 dedicated eq and the ability to add 2 more in the mod and/or FX slots and …(so many options in this amp!) and the global eq. It’s excessive but I like having control of something in my life even if its just a parametric parameter😂
Why do bass amps get all the cool contour , slope, and semi parametric multi band mid eq ‘s ? is it because we can screw up our amp enough with just tone 3 controls?
Danecho, univibe, G3, some green boost, whammy. Danecho is one of the most underrated and overlooked pedals of all time.
I am a MASSIVE Dan-echo fan. I used it on the first recordings I ever did, and until it started making some weird noises. It sounds killer
The Danecho is cool!
You only need 5? Has anyone told Derek?
hey hey hey.....don't make this about me! I obviously need more to compensate for my playing....:)
His board isn't that bad. It only takes two tractor-trailers and a crane to move it now...
@@BB-ft6nd I have bought 7 more pedals while out on this trip, you guys are gonna make me cry ;)
I knew at some point poor Derek was gonna get drug into this. Haha.
It's mostly in jest. While his collection is extensive (out of control?), it's maybe justifiable as market research, and undeniably useful in streams where a viewer wants to hear a particular combination. Maybe he'll stop at 5 klons 🤔
I have the Flint, Tuner and AT Delay. Also must haves on my board. I love your pedal, but I have overdosed on drives now! Lol
it is impossible to overdose on drives.....there is always room for 1 more :)
Impossible!! Haha, thanks for watching!
@@RevvAmps 🤣
@@ShawnTubbs I would love to try your drive, but they are not stocked in shops in Geneva Switzerland.
Some of my amps already have tremolo & reverb, and I only need one overdrive pedal.
That's great!