The Cheap Pedal Board Challenge!!
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I love this series. It's like Top Gear for music
Chelonia Mydas so true
That’s pretty dang accurate
Holy shit... you're right!
@@stankfanger1366 Lee makes me think of Jeremy Clarkson somehow
@@markgowans I'm hoping they've both punched Piers Morgan!
Rob's pedal board= if your mother tried buying your pedals for Christmas.
Hahaha
X'D
W
Haha! Well put!
its 100% garbage hahhaha
16:42 - I feared for Lee's thumb
Couldn't take my eye off that saw,,,
IKR
at 8:14 rob makes a sound that discribes pedal shopping perfectly
Nate Emory also 34:54
EeeEeEEeEeeh
The sound of all four of Lee's together was amazing :O
Something similar in the intro of Devin Townsend song called Deadhead...and that said Joe Satriani.
I rolled back the video a few times just to hear that again
sounds incredible!
Kurjistaja defo had a Devin vibe about it, yeah
What where they called? I'm lazy n want easy access
I did this last week! I volunteer at the Big Brothers Bog Sisters for foster children. My thing is to teach the young boys and girls guitar. If they take to it and show genuine interest, I will give them a guitar and amp (you can get both for under $100) and a small pedal board with Behringer pedals. They cut the board, lay down the Velcro and the feet. Then I get them an overdrive/fuzz/distortion, delay, reverb and a chorus/phaser/flanger type modulation. It all depends on what is available. The local guitar shop sells them to me at their cost as part of their contribution. I let them experiment with the pedal order, so they learn what does what to each in the signal chain. I have this young boy right now who's dad was killed in Iraq and his mother died of a drug OD. He is 11 years old and has had a real shitty start to his life. He has found his savior with the guitar. I am so happy for him and we jam as much as I can get there. There is real healing with the gift of music. Sorry I went all sappy. I am so happy for him. Now, what were we talking about?...
Charlie Foxtrot The 3rd you are awesome
world needs more dudes like you foxtrot
Charlie Foxtrot The 3rd You're doing those kids something they will never forget, world needs more folks like you.
Charlie Foxtrot The 3rd that's awesome man, hope everything is going well there!
Charlie Foxtrot The 3rd That is a truly amazing cause, cheers mate! Much love for people like you who help kids in need, especially with the gift of music.
for this one they actually needed a broke ass college student to build it. my broke ass has window shopped so much I would've crushed this
Spoken like a true working musician.
Fr
S0V23 that’s because he almost always is playing through fender amps best amps on the planet in my opinion
Honestly give me a TS mini, an HOF mini reverb, a looper, and a wah pedal and I’m set
@@davidwolfe6038 same here
how come no one picked me :(
Boss Metal Zone go away no one above the age of 16 wants you
Boss Metal Zone you're ahead of you're time there will be a day where you will be on every pedal board
Boss Metal Zone we need you+Line 6 spiders, and Squier guitars
Face the facts...
You suck
Gabriel Juan One of the best compliments ever to this one of a kind tone
You should sell those pedal boards in Andertons.
You could call it " The Crapman ".
brilliant
The Signature Crapman
Haha
the crapman PB-1
James Brown The Crapman Guitars POS-1
Wadsmitter It means whatever you want it to mean.
Needs more Miku pedal
I agree
I have a fever..... and the only cure is more miku
THEY BLEW IT. All they needed to do is get a modelling amp, and they would have had 200 pounds to take home.
Tom thx if your going tube modeling amps suck.
TheMusicfan189 but they sound so shitty... :(
I would literally watch a series of these videos where different musicians come in and build budget pedal boards.
[bald pawn shop guy voice] _best I can do is rob chapman_
@@juancarlossuarez7486 I would have spitted out my water if I had been drinking it while reading your comment🤣
I've noticed that even tho Rob is a more skilled player than Lee, Lee ALWAYS has a better tone.
Juan José Fonseca Godoy yup, probably more experience with age.
Rob dialed in his tone on his amp.
Maybe you Just personally prefer His tone
I really prefer Lee's playing. Just individual preference but Rob really overplays in my opinion. Maybe I'm just not into metal.
Chappers always plays at the mental level - that's 'Metal' with an added 'n' - and it gets boring.
R:-"I´m really proud of it."
L:-"Good for you."
For a moment there I thought Lee was going to saw his thumb off
So I'm not the only one. I kept looking at his thumb, the saw blade, and thinking "this isn't going to end well"
+thisdyingsoul76 but... he's the sensible one! ;) as a guitar player you really want to be extra careful
I was cringing watching it.
lol, I thought the same thing. Also half of Lee's fence is in black and white.
careful with that axe eugene...
the editing in this is hilarious, especially where it keeps going back to lee saying "octavix" when they can't work it out.
they should do a shootout between a £200 pedal board and a £200 multi effects box
GLITTERPRINCESS yes!
I don't see how any pedal board at that price point could win against a Zoom or Mooer box^^
sk
Did this ever happen?
I think multi fx would instantly win by default. Simply because of variety and well, having multiple effects rather than 4-5 pedals lol plus for 200 quid you can get some amazing quality multi fx pedals.
the SINGLE BRAND TOURNAMENT: get a few pedalboards made of a single brand of pedals each (all boss, all mxr, all ibanez, etc.), and compare them in twos, deciding which one is more useable each time, until one is declared winner of all! I bet it'll be Electro Harmonix, they seem to have the broadest range.
I dunno man, it'd be super expensive, but the JHS range covers everything and those things are killer.
MXR Carbon Copy, MXR super badass, MXR Reverb, MXR Fullborne Metal. :)
If you're going MXR, I'd say Cry Baby Mini, Custom Badass Modified OD, Distortion Plus, Phase 90, Analog Chorus, Carbon Copy, Reverb
+JKGuitar100 micro amp as well
Catalinbread
Lee!! Ffs move your thumb when sawing. One slip and your bluesing days are over mate.
I was thinking the same thing lol
lol i was cringing the whole time it showed him sawing and it when it switched clips before he got down to his thumb i was seriously expecting his thumb to b wrapped up in the nxt clip
Thanks for heads up so I can skip that part. Can't stand watching an accident waiting to happen.
Me too! Cruel :D
I was squeezing my butt cheeks from anxiety when he was sawing that palete. I would like your comment but 69 seems like a nice place to leave it at.
"If I owned a company"
But Rob, you do...
If you turn your volume up really high at 34:53 you can hear rob whisper something incredibly funny under his breath
😂😂😂
lyesryes That's just evil 😂😂😂
Hahahaha
can't hear it mayt
Warning ⚠️ may include high-pitched sounds
OCTAVIX.
+FragileHeroes what happened?
+FragileHeroes VIX means nothing in Roman numerals, there needs to be a space between the VI and X, then its 5 and 9... 610 is DX.
+titmusspaultpaul5 sorry, 5 and 9 or 6 and 10, depending on the space
610 is actually DCX :)
FragileHeroes I think you're giving EHX wayyy too much credit
£1000 pedal board challenge just to see how extravagant it can get.
Or better yet an unlimited budget pedalboard.
+cocktailzombie every type of pedal from every brand
+cocktailzombie I like this actually, like when Rabea and the other guy do the "by busting the bank" thing
you could spend a grand on pedals and still need pedals if youre stupid enough
Year old comment, but I can confirm as I am stupid enough. I've got over £1000 just on a reverb, delay and tremelo (Empress, Strymon Timeline, Chase Bliss Gravitas) - sounds baller though!
lee tore it up competition wise. I think if youre putting a cheap board together you are probably starting out pedal wise and will want some very practical useful pedals.
No disrespect intended , but Lee probably could have done credibly plugging straight into the Bluesbreaker , and using the factory reverb , and multiple gain stages .
A few months after watching this, I got some of my first pedals. three Tone City pedals and a Mooer looper.
Having seen this video, I taped together two halves of a clipboard and blu-tacked them in place. hasn't let me down.
Another win for the dream team.
FrankyBabes how much was the Mooer looper?
That was a fun video and got me looking at a couple of those pedals. How about a pickup swap challenge? You both start with a shaffordable guitar and you buy pickups to replace the stock ones. Total budget maybe £350, which should be enough to buy a guitar and two pickups, and also gives you enough leeway (ha!) to choose between a very cheap guitar and expensive pickups, or a slightly dearer guitar and mid-priced pickups.
...and it would be good if you also got one or two of the other guys to join in (like Danish Pete), as they will have different playing styles and might choose different pickups.
also, do some blind tests as well (pre and post mod sound clips, played with the guitar largely out of the shot, to hide any obvious visual difference in the pickups), to see if the viewer can actually pick out the difference.
This is the one mod that most think will make the biggest difference, so lets either confirm or dispel that myth!
This would be ACE!👍🏻
awesome idea
they did a pedalboard challenge previously as well. nothing wrong with revisiting as products change or come on the markets
Cap' won this challenge by a mile :P
truth
great sounding board and it looks fantastic too
yeah probably
A mile or 50
Agreed
16:22 lee looks so defeated when rob rejects his pedal board hahaha
I favor the Captain's configuration. 10/10 I could use that as is.
Why don't you do videos on building affordable pedal boards for specific genres, like metal, blues, rock, etc...? (excluding amp effects)
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Sup Rob from Texas! It's almost 4:30 am. :)
You forgot the most important pedal, the Korg Miku. I am ashamed.
Hey rob
+Master Yoda LOL!
sick m80
I will tell you guys, I could watch these all day! You guys are so good! I have been playing acoustic guitar for over 25 years and never wanted to go electric until a few months ago..I have really enjoyed these videos.. I have learned so much about the whole electric guitar side of things with these videos.I'm from the US, (the south) and I just love the accents and the slang you guys use. SO interesting. These type videos are so good because you guys talk it out and as you do we learn. Thanks so much! Curtis
the look of defeat on robs face at 28:18.... priceless 😂 love you guys! keep up the awesome vids!
I spent from 16:57 to 17:05 being unreasonably worried about Lee's thumb.
the captain's tone was just superb. A very useable good sounding cheap pedalboard for classic rock. you don't need anything more!
You guys are Great!!! You deserve a TV space. Love learning about pedals, guitar compares and new stuff with a bit a fun and quirkiness👍
The Captain really does yeoman's work here. Its incredible to see how passionate he is to see that people at any price point are able to be informed and great tones. Stuff like this is really important to new players.
The normal gear reviews are brilliant, but these challenge videos are always a real treat!
How about a challenge but with only 2 pedals but no limit on the budget? and you have to be on clean setting on your amp at all times
JHS Andy Timmons and a H9 Max. I challenge you to find a sound that you can't make with that.
Anything that needs two separate algorhytms at the same time? :P
+RoverSonjasonn didn't they just announce that specific progress?!
+Christian petersen Took them long enough. :D
+RoverSonjasonn they have 5 or 6 "algorithms" that are actually multiple sounds at once. Have had em for a while.
I love these kind of videos, where the guys are prowling around Anderton's looking for gear in some kind of a budget challenge. I also especially enjoyed the Christmas blindfold challenge.
Just love the "BLAH!" at the end of the dive bomb from Rob right out the gate
When Lee was sawing I was like, "Oh God! He's going to cut his thumb!"
Thumbed up for Rob's French!
what was he saying ?
"Enveloppe. I like croissants. I believe you're the most beautiful woman in the world."
+POKker1996 😂😂
'Le end de bell' was glorious as well
Sweet Cream for the win!!! Just ordered one for me own homemade pedalboard, super stoked to play with it :)
Get an all Behringer pedal rig, very affordable, and you might be able to receive Russian radio :D
LOL
I thought i was the only one
Or donner
Behringer pedals are a disaster waiting to happen. Boss, TC Electronic and Electro Harmonix are all I use, so quite a mid-range price.
Omg I realized this recently as well lmao
The captain for the win in my book. I love weird and inspiring pedals, but those ehx pedals were nails on a chalkboard. I'd have spent all my money on a zvex fuzz factory and have all the crazy sounds you could want.
Rob, the reason why the Octavix does the "semi-fuzz" effect at lower volumes has to do with how it achieves the octave up. Most likely, it uses diodes to rectify the signal to create the effect.
How it works is: diodes only let signals pass through them in one direction, and "block" it in the opposite direction. But, in order to let it pass the signal, it needs a bit of voltage (0.6v for silicon, 0.3v for germanium) and only after that it properly conducts the signal.
That's the "low volume fuzz" part, because you're not feeding enough signal for the diodes to pass the signal, but since they're not perfect materials, they let a bit "leak" through them, very faintly.
Now, for the octave-up!
When a sine wave (let's say it looks like "un") passes through the diode, it only lets half of it pass (let's say it's the "n" part), creating a signal that looks like half-silence and half-bump (kinda like "_n").
That's what we call half-wave rectification.
Now, if you have two diodes, each recieving the same signal BUT with inverted phases from each other (so one will be "un" and the other "nu"), they will each create a bump (let's say they're "_n" and "n_"), that when put together, will create two consecutive bumps (kinda like "nn"), with twice the frequency of the original signal, aka the first harmonic or an octave up!
That's what we call full-wave rectification, since you have both halves of the signal going out, instead of "losing" half of it.
So yeah, I know that's a lot to take in for a person who doesn't have any concepts of electronics, but I hope you kinda get how it basically works now.
Cheers Chappy!
Underrated comment!
Hey guys! I had so much fun watching this video. It was interesting seeing the thought processes behind each pedal board. I definitely enjoyed your sense of humor as well: you guys crack me up. A very cool and curious type of video. Thanks for sharing! :D
You guys are really amazing. The more I watch your channel (like from some others too such as Pete Thorne, Hp42 among others) the more I still have somethin to pick out of it. As well from basical things a new guitar player should know as with challenges you try to deal with, cuz they also involve the kind of material I would maybe use for my peadlboard.
U both got a kickass sense of humor. Captain u damn rule, keep it up.
Chappers, I love you man. U're the best with your stuff ;)
Hands down, don't give up guys. Keep us as entertained as in the early days cuz u make it happen.
Cheers from Belgium :)
Lee's sound was epic, he won :)
Rob's board sounds like a polar bear shitting razor blades
That’s pretty metal maaan
Dunno exactly how much I LEARNED in this video, but it was highly entertaining as usual. Laughed my Betty Swallocks off all the way thru.
I've only just discovered this channel. It's brilliant! Really informative for someone trying to get back up to speed on what's what in guitar-land. I must say though, the camera work in this video makes me want to gip...
"Can i interrupt you?"
"AbsoluteLEE ... " 😂
The Captain's rig & board sounds great. Great video.
It was entertaining to watch Robs descent into madness. From a delay and a reverb to the mess he ended up with.
Lee's knowledge of product, tone, and roots made for one great pedal board. Well done
Challenge: You have 500 pounds. Your pedalboard must be completely and utterly ridiculous and un-useable.
Idk for sure how much it was, but they've done a "get as many mini pedals on one chain as possible" challenge, and that got.... pretty ridiculous
Dod Gonkulator, Used Miku, Boss PH-3, Something Octaviaey...
Yeah they were basically trying to "fit" as many pedals onto the board as possible and it was pretty stupid.
+Stephen Owen yeah, pretty much turned into ear rape with a touch of anime
Fantastic idea
I'd like to see a video contrasting amp vs pedal distortion. Which is actually better?
That's a VERY general question. You need to be a lot more specific.
+Bill Rowse no I don't. If it's a more general video idea (not a question) it leaves room for Chappers to adapt it.
For example, Marshall style pedals vs the amps they emulate. That's a way the idea could be adapted.
Yes please!
+Bruce Hewat you know what now you explained it that would be VERY VERY COOL! Seriously that sounds awesome
+Bill Rowse thanks. 👍🏻
Love watching the Captain and the Chappers videos,funny and have great ideas for your gear!
This is GREAT! love the pedal board builds.
"Would you like gain with your fries?"
"Yes, please."
👌👌👌👌👌
The easiest way to get the cheapest pedal board ever: plug straight in to your amp and use your tone and volume controls ;p
Needs more Miku tho
Ah yes, I'll just manipulate my tone and volume controls until I make it flange.
the point in having a pedal board is having the ability to change your sound at stomp of a button. sure you can get a large variety of sounds from your amp/guitar but a pedal board is something completely different
King Exactly. Manipulating the controls on your guitar is great, but you're only getting different shades of the same colour. Pedals allow for more colours.
yep exactly, someone had to say it :)
absolutely love these challenge videos, such a shame this sort of content isn't made anymore.
Might be my favorite RUclips Guitar video, "Learned" nothing but loved every Gearporn minute
Rob, Lee, listen close please. You asked for ideas for videos, so here goes. The best part of this video was when Rob slipped into his creative mode, even though the tone from the pedals sucked, that’s when my eyes lit up, I sat up in my chair, endorphins released… Then Lee stopped it because that went off topic. So what I would like very much to see is to do similar videos but without budget restraints. Be like kids in a toy store and let your creative juices flow. Then go and just be creative without so much talking. Show us how you get creative and let your freak fly.
It would just be fun to see what hey could do with no budget and pure tone.
Where do you see yourselves in 20 years? Will Rob and Lee be sitting in rocking chairs doing the same shit with gray hair?
+Nor'easter Playa I hope so!
Lee wins big here man, Rob's board almost made me forget why anyone should even buy pedals! Haha.. Awesome video as usual though
you guys need to do more in store challenge video's. Super entertaining. Cheers Rob & Lee
I absolutely cannot live without my MXR Fullbore Metal... PLUS it has a noise gate built in. NICE!
should have called it the Shaffordable Pedal Board challenge
13:20 the irony of rob saying that his RP is better and then mispronouncing pronunciation
omg what the tone city overdrive is actually so aesthetically pleasing and sounds so nice omg I need one rn and it's so cheap wtf 😍😍
Lol, I just saw Rob twist his headstock tuner on a locking nut. Quickly corrected, but to see such an amazing musician do that gives a complete amateur such as myself such confidence.
Y'know, Rob wouldn't have had to guess the pedal prices at the beginning of the video if you displayed them on the items. Does every customer have to bother the shop assistants to ask, "How much is this one?" and a minute later, "What about this other one?"
Two-Dog James I hate that! if I have to ask, ill buy it elsewhere.
They all have prices on them.
I feel like having half the stuff on the amp already made this pointless... how about a £300 challenge where you can only use the clean channel on the amp, and the pedal board has to do everything?
Loved Rob’s comment “do you want gain with your fries” lmao 😂
The Octavix/Weetabix/Necrophagist whatever it was thing had such a Scott Holiday vibe about it, awesome pedal. May well be picking one up.
I've never seen a pallet that clean, and I work in a giant warehouse
Occasionally , but you have to search hard for one . Unless you place of work has a steady variety to pick from , spending $10 USD at local lumber store vs time , effort, and gas money searching for the perfect free scrap .
That jumped out at me, too!
Personally, would've gone Ibanez Tube Mini, MXR 10band EQ, and some cheap delay pedal
If I were on a budget I'd probably just skip the EQ and save some money, although it's a really cool pedal.
+John Smith can do tons of stuff with a decent eq pedal. Make it a clean Boost pedal or gainy boost, a cut pedal to clean up a dirty amp, TS drive pedal emulator with a mid hump, heavy metal sound taking out all the mids, making your guitar have unique sounds when you only keep the bass frequencies, etc.
yeatzee7786 no doubt, but when you're tight on cash, most of it can be achieved with the amps and guitars EQ.
***** An EQ can shape your amp in ways you could never imagine. I always run my mxr 2/3 octave Rackmountable EQ when i get the chance.Great for live performances because I can EQ to fit the area im in. Also, If theres an amp that you love, but there's that one "Thing" you dont quite like about the sound, you can dip out the frequency that sounds displeasing to you. An EQ is MUCH more powerful that anyone realizes.
Vlad Z just for the sake of this video saying you had 200 pouds (not U.S.D.) its actually something that you could go above and beyond with. I can make almost any of my amps sound near each other characteristically with my eq.
Nice to see I'm not the only one. Got a bit of wood, painted it black and put that stick on velcro on the board and the other part of the velcro on the pedals and power supply. Sorted.
MAN LOVE WATCHING YOU GUYS DEMO! AWESOME!!!!
Hello rob
Hello :-)
+Rob Chapman hi
+Josh Pilkington Hello fellow maiden fan!
hello other maiden fan!
"hello boys n girls!"
quote from Nicko McBrian
It's called cheap pedal board challenge. Sad story is that I can barely afford a cheap pedal.
i make my own pedals, its the board i cant afford :)
+martin “Mooseteets” ives I can't afford none of them lol
i know what it's like
The magic words are: get used gear ;-)
+Miloš Milohanović thanks man :)
I LOVE overcast days! Really cool and very useful video as can't afford a super expensive board!
Rob's board was an unmitigated disaster. Lol. love you, chappers.
21:17 that's like some tom Morello shit
My vote would be TC Dark Matter, MXR Phase 90, Tone City Tape Machine
I need a pic of Caps salute at the beginning. Love it.
The Captains sound was killer! Great tones!
It says OCTAVIX, 3 years of art class payed off :D
I may have to go Team Cap on this one.
Rob you are awesome but your pedal choices require psych meds to enjoy. The Captain is the King...amazing choices.
Oh come on now. I have an Octavix and it's probably my favorite pedal I own.
Oh nice, didn't know there was a Boss Chromatic Tuner app. Thanks for the tip. Visually I like it better than other tuner apps.
And the bluetack thing is actually quite clever. Removing velcro from a pedal leaves all this glue on the bottom that is difficult to remove. But bluetack is made to be easy to remove.
Instead of limiting yourself with a budget, why not compete to see who can put together the best sounding cheapest rig?
Because that's like saying let's see who can win a race while taking the longest.
They did that
they did that a while ago, it was the first ever pedalboard challenge
- Joyo
- Biyang
- Danelectro
guitar center is your enemy.
RhythmGrizz ...correction bro,
Danelectro
James Garcia oh snap
THAT FACE PETE MADE WAS HILARIOUS, PETE IS DEFFINATLY THE FUNNIEST GUY THAT WORKS THERE, THAT TONE LEE GOT WITH THE BLACKSTAR DRIVE PEDAL NEEDS TO BE CAPTURED AND PUT INTO A PEDAL ITSELF
Made my pedal board with a decking board from B&Q for £3. painted it black and put rubber feet so I can connect power block underneath. Job done.
What about a video where you each have to build a guitar out of parts
that shop you guys are in is in guildford right?
this is a good one! ehx double muff (can be used as a light fuzzy boost or a straight up fuzz), ehx glove overdrive (these 2 stack well),mooer 90 orange phaser,and a danelectro dan echo, and still a bit left for patch cables and batteries. I had to do a currency conversion to u.s. $ but that was fun!!
it was not a compition anymore haha this became into more of a social experimental thing. this was awesome