Yeah that is a good idea actually. I suspect the individual modulation might be better than the multi fx version. But then, I'm still imaging gear as it was in the 90s and 00s and they've improved a lot.
Affordable pedalboards.... what a great idea. Maybe you should make a series out of this, needs a cute name though, maybe something like “affordable board” or “afford this board”. I’m sure you can come up with something clever and original.
I used to laugh at Behringer for having cheap plastic cases. Now I have some and I'm not laughing any more. Epic value and waaaaay more resilient than you would think.
Second this. I got the Behringer chorus after the chaps did a chorus shoot out. Thought it sounded great in the test and have it as a constant on my board since. Used to be quite snobby about Behringer and even TC but now the quality is fantastic!
Agreed! I was bummed when my last bad monkey died a couple years ago (was just a favorite of mine), but the mojomojo is fantastic. The best value pedal I own. Love tc electronics for what they do price-wise.
These NEVER get old. I literally check my RUclips every day for a new video. And if there isn't one, I typically watch the previous one again. Or the one before that.
Yes they are fun to watch, very relaxing, everyone is having fun just playing and experimenting with different sounds plus you get to hear all the new gear as it comes out and get a very honest opinion. Yes, Lee has to make sales but for someone who owns a store he is extremely honest and fair when critiquing pedals and will be the first to admit when a cheaper guitar or pedal sounds great. He could easily only push expensive gear but never takes that route and I respect that. Plus you learn a lot from watching
@@jordandangelo180 Amen Jordan. So well put. I think they've pioneered this style. It's informative and playful like you say. And silly with trademark British wit in every demo. I think Lee is a marketing genius.
Please guys you have to make more videos like this because some people like myself have been in accidents and playing guitar was second nature to people like me until I was in a IED and lost a lot of my memory and The motor functions but when you guys do videos like this you don’t understand how it helps people like me I love you guys please keep doing what you’re doing and more videos like this and aunt sounds and settings of the amp in order to get particular sounds if there’s anybody else out there like me it’s hard to remember how to get certain tones that you used to get as easy as going to the fridge to get a beer
Well, I learned that Tone City and TC budget pedals are pretty darn good. Also, that top-mounted jacks are the way to go for pedals on pedalboards. Thanks for crippling yourselves to make this video. :-)
TC's smorgasbord line has jacks on the top. Pedal such as HOF and Flashback have them on the sides. Wish they figured a way to mount those at the top instead on those pedals.
I think that an "all TC Electronics pedalboard" would still sound good, and cost less than 300 euros (without a tuner). They just have an incredible lineup. Nether octaver - 39 Rusty fuzz - 36 Magus - 34 El cambo - 35 Afterglow chorus - 35 Thunderstorm flanger - 35 Prophet digital delay - 38 Skysurfer reverb - 31
The TC and Beringer tremelos literally are the same, Lee was on the money with that one. When Beringer bought TC, they remade a load or Beringer pedals in better cases with slightly better components and branded them with TC.
Which is great if you think about it, they’re still cheap but fix problems many people are complaining about with the Behringer ones (mainly the plastic cases and the Behringer brand name some people don’t like because of their reputation for being affordable)
I really enjoy this concept with all the conversation and commentary included. It felt very real and genuine, in the room as well as how it really is for those of us fortunate enough to have a mate tha supports gear addiction.
I've had a guitarist in a band a while ago who only used those Behringer pedals. And I was always amazed how good a sound he had. And in a live situation it's more important that the guy/gal can play than the gear.
Still haven't broken my plastic cased Behringer or Danelectros. And I've had these a long time. You look like a couple of kids who just found treasure.
Where are the EHX? TC pedals seem to have 3 to 6 db loss of signal when used. My Sky Surfer just went surfing to the pedal storage container. The one that goes on the street weekly for curbside pickup.
Lee, as a DS-1 fan(I currently have the black anniversary edition from 2017 on my board), and as any DS-1 user would tell you is, you have to keep the level really low, like really low in order to get good sounds. Most people immediately crank or put the level way up and play and they dont give the pedal a chance but it is a great distortion and can be a good bluesy sound if the right settings are applied.
In the 70’s I hated the DS1 for that reason. Oddly now it’s my go-2 drive pedal and use the level very low. With the tone way down and sounds brilliant. Especially for lead.
I like the budget pedal board concept. While I'd love to own a board full of $7500 Klon pedals and equally desirable boutique entries, all I have are $40-80 pedals and this video is more representative of the realistically priced pedals most players would actually use
nice, as a person who's wife will only allow me to buy cheap pedals, I appreciate these afford a series. The highlight of my affordaboard continues to be my soniccake twiggy blues 4in1. For about 50 pounds you'd get a compressor, blues driver style od, delay and reverb.
I'd never thought I'd say this but I preferred the driven solid state amp to the valve amp. It could of been Lee's settings but the Katana sounded better with the overdrive pedals.
Ryan on 60cycle hum has covered lots of budget pedals on his affordaboard videos. Some of them are probably better than some of the pedals here and cheaper. Still appreciate the video as I have been able to experiment with lots of tones from cheap pedals before commiting to more expensive versions.
I really want to see you guys do a complete rig under a pretty tight budget. I'd like to get your thoughts and methods to choose a guitar, amp, and pedals that play well with each other and suit whatever your play style is.
Like 2 kids in a candy shop with little money!this is so refreshing compared to $100+ pedals. I'm in the camp of no pedals (boss katana 100) but would like to venture into a few behringers pedals! More videos like this!
This was actually interesting. Good for when new guitar players ask us about how to get started ... "did you see the Andertons video about an inexpensive pedal board ....?"
LOL.....this is like Christmas day at Andertons....just two guys sitting around checking out all their gifts, Can you image two guys walking into a guitar shop, pulling down about 20+ pedal and gear, piling all of it on the floor and then sitting down for an hour and a half opening everything up and giving it a go.....fantastic! But this really does tell you how different one pedal is from another even for the same effect. Unless you actually try out a pedal it is sort of a luck of the draw as to whether or not you are actually going to like it or not.
Just a question but will the Sounds Like series ever come back, obviously I get why Matt and Rabea haven't been able to do it but I guess I just miss the series is all. Still some killer-sounding pedalboards though, TC definitely make some awesome pedals (a friend of mine has the Rusty Fuzz and it sounds awesome, and he uses it on bass)
In one of the Ibanez takeover videos they let slip a little hint that Nolly and Bea would be doing a sounds like series! With COVID it is probs not too easy to just wander around the shop and try out gear plus with Nolly’s schedule and travel it is probs just taking a little time to sort out 👍
Cool... the Captain has become the "need to have some fat distortion" for som rock-metal riffing (y) Who would have believed that, a coupple of years back? :) Your playing has really improved too...
It is a very interesting video concept Lee. The fundamental is that you give us, you audience a chance to fantasize that we have an almost unlimited number of guitars, effects, etc - vicariously. After watching you, some of us would bring out all of our stuff too, far less self-consciousness about doing so.
I've got a huge board of very cheap pedals, theres about 13 or 14 on the board right now. I use most of them and have mixed feelings about some of the brands. Eno pedals are ok, but Ammoon/Joyo are better. I've got an Eno Octo-Fuzz that I barely use on the board, and my berigher EQ & Compressor buzz on mains power, and I dont like to use them on battery, because its a pain unplugging them to switch off, I like my whole board to switch off when I turn off the power supply (DR.Tone, Its great, silent & cheap). I have two pedals I use differently from intended. First is a Joyo nano acoustic pedal. It's intended to make an electric sound acoustic. It doesent, but its a good, very clean, boost pedal. It works really well with bass as well as guitar. Its always on when I play bass. Second 'missuse' is the Ammoon 'American' amp pedal. I use it for 3-Band EQ and Dity Gain. Joyo Reverb is almost always on, and Chorus I use some of the time, certainly enough for it to stay on the board. My eno flanger and phazer are 'not great' I'll be changing them next, then looking for replacement Eq & Compressor. The most expensive pedal I own (at a heady £80) is the Boss RC3, and the whole lot goes into a Orange Crush 20 that I wired up a speaker cab output (a tip I got from TPS Mick), & plugged into a 2X12 Celeston 70/80 Cab. My whole board cost about £350, my amp & cab are about £270 combined.
In a live sound setting, a guitar tone through a PA gets altered due to a host of factors. So using budget gear makes very little difference. The #1 best thing a guitar player can do for good tone in a live setting is to turn the hell down! However, In the studio, budget gear is very noticeable. but again, the overall mix of the song will alter the guitar tone. Think of all the songs you have enjoyed listening to that were recorded before kick ass pedals. I argue that the only time expensive pedals really matter is when you are playing alone. This was a very informative video. Good stuff Andertons.
I dig it, it's a bit more candid and accessible than a standard review video, but it's still a review video, and a basic introduction on how to properly build your first budget board. Well done Gents!
Behringers are great. Circuits ultra close to the originals (most of them). Just rehouse them in a metal enclosure and you've got a decent pedal even if the knobs are a little close together.
That’s what Behringer did when they bought TC, they put nicer components into metal enclosures and out came the Tc electronics „smorgasbord“ series of pedals
Ok, this is the gear test I’ve been waiting for for ages!!!! Safe to say that Squier came out of this looking ACE! Sounds awesome through a cheap rig. The Chapman, however........... if I’ve got £500 to spend on a low end guitar, I’m going Squier classic vibe all day long.
I think the Blackstar is the weak link in Cap's rig, not the guitar. Not saying the Chapman is great - I don't care for it at all - but to be fair, the amp's the biggest problem imho.
To be fair, the Blackstar has a ton of tone options with 2 channels and 2 voices per channel. He didn't really fiddle with the different amp settings. Could've made a difference.
I don't have a lot of pedals, but I use a MXR Mini Iso Brick power supply and it works perfectly. I just put it under the board with velcro and gave the cable plenty of space for everything to connect.
I’ve got one of those Behringer TO800’s on my board and I’ve never doubted it’s sturdiness. I also use that Tone City power supply and it’s superb. Powers a lot of high draw pedals without any trouble and zero noise.
I just made my first complete pedalboard this week, it looks more like Pete's as I am using a TC Electronic Spark (full version) going into a MojoMojo, that goes into a Dark Matter that goes into a TC Electronic Honeypot Fuzz (which I only ever use in isolation from the other OD/Distortion, or it's just crazy). Before them all I am using a Digitech drop which I have ever since I started a couple of years ago for instant drop tunings, and it all goes into a NUX MG-300 which I use for amp models and other FX such as reverb, modulation and time based FX. With that I can choose different flavours of amps and also switch between a clean/dirty amp. It finally goes into a Boss Katana 50 which I use as a Master Volume if you will (or for FX as well if I so choose). Very pleased at the moment although I've been using it for only three days, so there's still much more to explore with it yet.
Probably one of my favorite videos. Honestly you could do this with any level and I would watch, and probably end up buying something, because the process is so enlightening.
The surprise for me was the Beringher overdrive. I agree with Lee, I've always stayed away from them as they're plastic but he made a great point about how disposable other components of our rigs are
Pete, you put the pedal lifter upside down, this is supposed to bring your second row pedals parralel to the ground, and then rising the footswitch side for more accessibility
Magus is latin so I suppose it's closer to how Pete pronounced it. Gotta say, the Tone City modulations are very nicely voiced. They aren't quite as harsh or washy as the others, like the tremolo is spot on (I didn't even realize they sound radically different with different waves and blindly got tone city and liked it) and the angel wing is also nicely soft and fat. Both did great job at finding ok sounds, Captains amp had that Fender vibe of ear ripping treble for days and more than enough, could've done with a tube screamer I think. If you want a tiny power supply, get that Mission Engineering usb power supply. It can even run on its own battery for a set amount of time once it's charged. That Pedal Show also featured it once when they were building Mick a simple small gig board. It's funny to see Captain have that silly EU to UK adapter on the power supply, when Anderton's were giving the power supplies with Tone City pedals, but only in UK plugs, selling internationally. Also funny to see people in the videos engage and disengage the pedals to demonstrate how there's some noise, but it's so little (at least on the mics) that my fridge is masking it completely. This was a good video. Good times. The subject of it wasn't even that important, the concept was fine. However, the pedal overlay was pretty confusing when the order was backwards and wrong and the complete cuts to a meme pic or movie scene are pretty bad. Like someone slammed ads in the middle of your video for no added depth. Although personally here for the guys and guitar music and stuff and not meme pics or clips, others might be here for that reason.
I loved this video and i watched the whole thing and watched a few parts a couple times. I wish you would do this same video for pedals between $100ish to $160ish/ There are so many pedals and i have no idea how they sound. I do home recording and can afford a $150 pedal every now and then, Not sure i would spend $400 on a pedal. But a video like this allowed me to hear all of the pedals you guys were checking out. and that was awesome! I wish i could hear another 40 pedals between $100 and $160. Thanks guys! Great Video! And i just made my first purchase at Andertons because of this video. I got the Durple and the Wild Fro.
@@texasbootlegger3752 my friend has the Glove. It’s a pretty good pedal. Stacks well. Definitely good for the money and stacked with the East River it would sound great. I’ve recently bought a 2 in 1 pedal called the Aria by Keeley. It’s not cheap but if you break down the price of the drive and compressor it actually is a great deal. Best pedal I’ve bought in a long time. The D&M Drive is similar. You can get everything from light boost to soaring heavy overdrive in one pedal. Both you change the order of which is aide goes first. Those two pedals alone can cover the ground of a boost, overdrive, tube screamer tone, Klon tone a distortion tone, and a really great compressor/sustainer tone. I’ve had other Keeley compressors and the compressor in the Aria seems to be on another level. Back to the OD Glove…it is a good pedal for the price.
I just got an EHX hot tube as well, which is a pedal I almost never hear mentioned. Which, is strange with how awesome and low budget it is. It's kind of like a Fuzz but more low gain/boosty/good for that Jimi style cleans.
Great work guys! 60 cycle hum does a similar version of the affordaboard so it’s great for the kids just starting out with little money to see what’s out there in the affordable range.
was pleasantly surprised by The Magnus, for a mid to high gain I may have to look into it. Right now I use a Marshall in a box, Deputy Marshall fr Outlaw effects.
I think the Tc pedals were the stars of the show hear for me , they are the beringer pedals in better cases, which are in turn boss and Ibanez clones, think that they could of included a few for boss originals sd1 etc as these are pretty cheap and a few ehx pedals too as they have some pretty affordable good pedals too, of the too petes board sounded better, maybe the guitar helped with that too as the chapman just seemed to want to sound like a bedroom shedder guitar, for me I think I go a few quid more and build a board out of boss , Tc , and ehx pedals. They would last longer and you get something for them when you traded up!
Thanks for doing this video. As a beginner guitarist, this would be something I wanted to know. And another reason we need to thank you for doing this is that the clean-up must be a pain! Greetings from Australia!
From all the things reviewed in this video I am amazed the most by your knees, Jesus, what a pain was watching this video and you guys hold up very well.
If someone needs a good OD at a good price I really can't recommend the EQD Plumes enough. It is by far my favorite OD I've ever used at usually 75$ to 99$ it's a steal IMO.
My daughter says this seems like the perfect video for me - watching a couple of British guys (I told her Pete was Danish, but whatever) sitting on the floor talking about guitar stuff. Couldn't agree more!
Great vid guys. Lee's sounded great at the start with no pedals. I've a got a TC spark mini on a expensiveish board. It really does the business by enhancing drive without losing dynamics. Lee in this age of sustainability you should fix your own cables, it's easy:) Ivan Campo played for Real Madrid and Bolton Wanderers.
I just spent the past year building my budget minded board after nearly 30 years away from guitar. Still had two pedals from the mid-80s - my TS-10 and DS-1. My affordable pedals come from Donner, Joyo and Iset. I spent a bit more on an RV6, a DD-200 , a JHS-3 overdrive and a GigRig Humdinger for Wet/Dry. Ammoon power supplies (isolated even!) all on a big Donner board that was $34 with a case.
I got that green Berringer. It's no Tom Berenger, but it makes a great sound for $20. Like, it just makes a great sound and happens to be $20. Plus, I am hard on pedals and it does just fine. I don't think anyone puts all their weight on it and I don't wear stomp boots, so take that for what its worth. But the bigger question is: When are you gonna start sending out more Danes?
No matter how great pedals you get, you'll need a good cab. That fizzy Blackstar shows you that exactly. Also a good amp, guitar comes later when searching for good tone. Cheers!
I actually really enjoyed watching this… the stacking combos and hearing your comments on the pedals at similar price points is helpful for me. Being in NZ I have to be sure I want something before I place my Anderton’s orders…
Cap & Pete, there is actually a pedalboard with an INTEGRATED power supply in the first row. I think it‘s by Joyo/Harley Benton/Fame. On the top side are the power jacks. It might even be battery powered and rechargeable IIRC.
Back when I played in a band, the pedalboard building process is quite natural in the sense that I buy 1 by 1 whatever I need and it grows from there. Now I do not have a board and I have more pedal knowledge but it is kinda confusing which ones to buy first to build one especially because of the fact that I want them all but I cannot buy them all at once!
Two things have blown me away. 1. How damn good does that Squier sound! WOW. 2. I’ve never found a fuzz pedal I like. The Rusty Fuzz might be the one. All the fuzz I’ve tried was always too fuzzy even on the lowest settings. Rusty seems a bit more tame.
This video was an awesome showcase of a whole bunch of products! Affordable ones also! As someone else suggested, maybe a challenge to see a traditional pedalboard compared to something like a Headrush MX5... obviously you couldn't come close to the versatility for the same money, but how much would it cost, and how big would the board be, to have even close to the same flexibility as a decent multi-effects unit like Pod GO or MX5 or something similar? Another great challenge like this that I would love to see....a pedalboard build for a learning guitar player that hopes to be in a cover band someday.... this would include a tuner, a looper (awesome practice tool), and a versatile set of pedals to get close approximations of a handful of tones for covering a decent variety of songs. Imagine someone is learning as they build their board up, maybe on a budget but also spending a tad more on a few of the pedals...something like $150(US) max per pedal, allowing for a wider variety of choices, a few pedals could be in that range, like a Hall of Fame 2, Sugar Drive, or other $100-150 pedals... maybe allow ONE pedal over $150, but not over $200...and shoot for a few under $100 also. Maybe a 2-row board with 12-15 total pedals? Then compare these boards and their price, sounds, etc...to a couple multi-effects ? I am trying to decide whether to start with a couple pedals and head in that direction, or just get a Headrush MX5 for now and then maybe add traditional pedals later on... I would likely end up with more than $400 in just drives and a tuner... add a delay, chorus, reverb, phaser, mini wah, compressor, and looper... and well, you'd be in the ballpark of a Helix or the big Headrush...LOL love the shootout and challenge videos .... cheers PS... a few other ideas I had while watching the end of the video... Please do a video showing single-cut LP type guitars for beginner/intermediate players... maybe a sub $300 shootout and then another going up to $600 (maybe someone's second guitar).... easy to use looper pedals for a learning tool would make a good shootout, as well as "cheap" amps that will be loud enough to play/jam with friends or usable for a band rehearsal... (is the Katana 100w needed, or is 30-50w enough?)
I'm s gigging musician without a huge budget for £200+ pedals. £2K for a pedal board is way out of my reach, but a video like this is invaluable. I've come to pedals late in life after years of the Keith Richards school of plug in and play with using the OD channel on the amp if I need to switch. This is a great video for those of us who are on a more restrictive budget but want to get the best we can for our budget. ( I feel I should point out I built my own pedal board using some amazing bargains from the used market, for example a Boss OD3 in top condition with box for £30).
I'd go all tc electronic, as I've done for my jam session/practice pedal board: a pair of Spark mini boosters, a MojoMojo, a Spark (the big one), Flashback mini, HOF mini or Skysurfer mini (unless you need stereo), and whatever modulation you might want to throw in. For a budget board, tc electronic really can't be beat for price/performance. I would happily put the two Sparks, the MojoMojo, and the HOF mini up against any competition at any price.
Andertons - I had to comment 1 more time! I read all the comments, and the interaction with this video was excellent! Great humor and others had great additional pedal recommendations.
'Cheap pedals vs multi-effects unit for the same money' would be a good challenge video.
I second this
Absolutely.
Yeah that is a good idea actually. I suspect the individual modulation might be better than the multi fx version. But then, I'm still imaging gear as it was in the 90s and 00s and they've improved a lot.
Yes!
Yes!
Two kids at christmas sitting on the floor playing with their new toys. Andertons version.
Just what I was going to say :)
Haha me2
Well said
Yeah. Train sets.
This video teaches us the NEED to own an internationally renowned guitar shop.
Or at least to stack the same amount of pedals 😂
It’s the only way to build a cheap rig, really.
You’re not wrong… haha
Affordable pedalboards.... what a great idea. Maybe you should make a series out of this, needs a cute name though, maybe something like “affordable board” or “afford this board”. I’m sure you can come up with something clever and original.
🧂
Is Mr. 60 Cycle Hum being funny or being cranky that Andertons "stole his idea"?
The 'cheap but pays its taxes'' board.
@@stefanhansen5882 I’m being silly. ;-)
I hear Danish Pete has just bought a brightly coloured blouse and grown a ginger beard to go with it.
I used to laugh at Behringer for having cheap plastic cases. Now I have some and I'm not laughing any more. Epic value and waaaaay more resilient than you would think.
I love the green vibrato
OK for home use, I guess. I'd never take them to a gig, though.
Second this. I got the Behringer chorus after the chaps did a chorus shoot out. Thought it sounded great in the test and have it as a constant on my board since. Used to be quite snobby about Behringer and even TC but now the quality is fantastic!
@@samuelxavier2473 ive got some behringer pedals for years for gigs stomped and beer soaked never had one fail...
You’ve got TC in mix. That has brought the Behringer level up.
Refreshing after just watching Dan's $10k pedalboard on That Pedal Show.
The tele with the Durple sounds killer. As someone with zero pedals, I learned that tone is 10% guitar, 10% amp, 80% pedals and 100% Pete's hands.
This is RUclips bringing balance to the universe after Dan’s pedalboard
Can you do more challenge videos? They are super entertaining and can demo a wide variety of products
You're missing the TC Mojomojo. I freaking love that pedal, such an insane overdrive for such a cheap price.
Agreed! I was bummed when my last bad monkey died a couple years ago (was just a favorite of mine), but the mojomojo is fantastic. The best value pedal I own. Love tc electronics for what they do price-wise.
Mojo mojo plus Dark matter and Flashback = Heaven
These NEVER get old. I literally check my RUclips every day for a new video. And if there isn't one, I typically watch the previous one again. Or the one before that.
I am the same...it is like hanging with other guitar nerds everyday..it is great
Andertons' marketing has basically become the foremost gear research thinktank in the world.
Yes they are fun to watch, very relaxing, everyone is having fun just playing and experimenting with different sounds plus you get to hear all the new gear as it comes out and get a very honest opinion. Yes, Lee has to make sales but for someone who owns a store he is extremely honest and fair when critiquing pedals and will be the first to admit when a cheaper guitar or pedal sounds great. He could easily only push expensive gear but never takes that route and I respect that. Plus you learn a lot from watching
@@jordandangelo180 Amen Jordan. So well put. I think they've pioneered this style. It's informative and playful like you say. And silly with trademark British wit in every demo. I think Lee is a marketing genius.
Please guys you have to make more videos like this because some people like myself have been in accidents and playing guitar was second nature to people like me until I was in a IED and lost a lot of my memory and The motor functions but when you guys do videos like this you don’t understand how it helps people like me I love you guys please keep doing what you’re doing and more videos like this and aunt sounds and settings of the amp in order to get particular sounds if there’s anybody else out there like me it’s hard to remember how to get certain tones that you used to get as easy as going to the fridge to get a beer
Well, I learned that Tone City and TC budget pedals are pretty darn good. Also, that top-mounted jacks are the way to go for pedals on pedalboards. Thanks for crippling yourselves to make this video. :-)
My board is mostly Tone City to be fair. Really can't go wrong at that price.
TC's smorgasbord line has jacks on the top. Pedal such as HOF and Flashback have them on the sides. Wish they figured a way to mount those at the top instead on those pedals.
I think that an "all TC Electronics pedalboard" would still sound good, and cost less than 300 euros (without a tuner). They just have an incredible lineup.
Nether octaver - 39
Rusty fuzz - 36
Magus - 34
El cambo - 35
Afterglow chorus - 35
Thunderstorm flanger - 35
Prophet digital delay - 38
Skysurfer reverb - 31
@@mark5150ty aah, then it is the old model that I found on Thomann. Without the switch. Thanks for correcting :)
The TC and Beringer tremelos literally are the same, Lee was on the money with that one. When Beringer bought TC, they remade a load or Beringer pedals in better cases with slightly better components and branded them with TC.
Which is great if you think about it, they’re still cheap but fix problems many people are complaining about with the Behringer ones (mainly the plastic cases and the Behringer brand name some people don’t like because of their reputation for being affordable)
I really enjoy this concept with all the conversation and commentary included. It felt very real and genuine, in the room as well as how it really is for those of us fortunate enough to have a mate tha supports gear addiction.
26:35 Definitely nailed that Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Lee. 😂
I've had a guitarist in a band a while ago who only used those Behringer pedals. And I was always amazed how good a sound he had. And in a live situation it's more important that the guy/gal can play than the gear.
Still haven't broken my plastic cased Behringer or Danelectros. And I've had these a long time. You look like a couple of kids who just found treasure.
Where are the EHX?
TC pedals seem to have 3 to 6 db loss of signal when used. My Sky Surfer just went surfing to the pedal storage container. The one that goes on the street weekly for curbside pickup.
Lee, as a DS-1 fan(I currently have the black anniversary edition from 2017 on my board), and as any DS-1 user would tell you is, you have to keep the level really low, like really low in order to get good sounds. Most people immediately crank or put the level way up and play and they dont give the pedal a chance but it is a great distortion and can be a good bluesy sound if the right settings are applied.
In the 70’s I hated the DS1 for that reason. Oddly now it’s my go-2 drive pedal and use the level very low. With the tone way down and sounds brilliant. Especially for lead.
@@johnavon3467 exactly, if people figure it out it is a good pedal//it always finds its way back on board...love it
@@ToddTheJoker it’s a classic case of NOT putting everything at 12 o’clock or sounds like a farting wasp.
@@johnavon3467 exactly
I like the budget pedal board concept. While I'd love to own a board full of $7500 Klon pedals and equally desirable boutique entries, all I have are $40-80 pedals and this video is more representative of the realistically priced pedals most players would actually use
nice, as a person who's wife will only allow me to buy cheap pedals, I appreciate these afford a series. The highlight of my affordaboard continues to be my soniccake twiggy blues 4in1. For about 50 pounds you'd get a compressor, blues driver style od, delay and reverb.
that rusty fuzz is the real winner, i was surprised by the tone for that price
I'd never thought I'd say this but I preferred the driven solid state amp to the valve amp. It could of been Lee's settings but the Katana sounded better with the overdrive pedals.
Blackstar cabs and speakers, man. Lee was severely handicapped by them. Their amps are very good, though.
The player helps...
Yeah was thinking the same thing Caps tone was harsh
Personally, I think it was Lee's guitar which sounded horrid.
The spark, durple and TO800 in different combinations just shows you don’t need to spend much for killer tones!
Ryan on 60cycle hum has covered lots of budget pedals on his affordaboard videos. Some of them are probably better than some of the pedals here and cheaper. Still appreciate the video as I have been able to experiment with lots of tones from cheap pedals before commiting to more expensive versions.
Ryan's board is good. When Josh Scott of JHS is impressed, you know it's good.
I really want to see you guys do a complete rig under a pretty tight budget. I'd like to get your thoughts and methods to choose a guitar, amp, and pedals that play well with each other and suit whatever your play style is.
Like 2 kids in a candy shop with little money!this is so refreshing compared to $100+ pedals. I'm in the camp of no pedals (boss katana 100) but would like to venture into a few behringers pedals! More videos like this!
The whole video I asked myself, how can they sit this way for so long. So the last 20 seconds explained it all. Perfect.
This was actually interesting. Good for when new guitar players ask us about how to get started ... "did you see the Andertons video about an inexpensive pedal board ....?"
LOL.....this is like Christmas day at Andertons....just two guys sitting around checking out all their gifts,
Can you image two guys walking into a guitar shop, pulling down about 20+ pedal and gear, piling all of it on the floor and then sitting down for an hour and a half opening everything up and giving it a go.....fantastic!
But this really does tell you how different one pedal is from another even for the same effect. Unless you actually try out a pedal it is sort of a luck of the draw as to whether or not you are actually going to like it or not.
Just a question but will the Sounds Like series ever come back, obviously I get why Matt and Rabea haven't been able to do it but I guess I just miss the series is all. Still some killer-sounding pedalboards though, TC definitely make some awesome pedals (a friend of mine has the Rusty Fuzz and it sounds awesome, and he uses it on bass)
day 2 day I have no idea to be honest
@@malfeasant_dino I think Matt actually left Chapman guitars which was what had him working with Rabea in the first place
In one of the Ibanez takeover videos they let slip a little hint that Nolly and Bea would be doing a sounds like series! With COVID it is probs not too easy to just wander around the shop and try out gear plus with Nolly’s schedule and travel it is probs just taking a little time to sort out 👍
Alan Beesby Really, so is Matt not doing them anymore?
@@andrewpappas9311 don’t know, it’s all jut conjecture at the moment!
Yaaaas been so long 😍 last time with chappers using a plank of wood from the backyard, showing off the beautiful UK weather 😉
Damn, that's indeed a long time ago!
The greenday song is the chords that Pete said but with a capo on the first fret
Cool... the Captain has become the "need to have some fat distortion" for som rock-metal riffing (y) Who would have believed that, a coupple of years back? :) Your playing has really improved too...
It is a very interesting video concept Lee. The fundamental is that you give us, you audience a chance to fantasize that we have an almost unlimited number of guitars, effects, etc - vicariously. After watching you, some of us would bring out all of our stuff too, far less self-consciousness about doing so.
I've got a huge board of very cheap pedals, theres about 13 or 14 on the board right now. I use most of them and have mixed feelings about some of the brands. Eno pedals are ok, but Ammoon/Joyo are better. I've got an Eno Octo-Fuzz that I barely use on the board, and my berigher EQ & Compressor buzz on mains power, and I dont like to use them on battery, because its a pain unplugging them to switch off, I like my whole board to switch off when I turn off the power supply (DR.Tone, Its great, silent & cheap). I have two pedals I use differently from intended. First is a Joyo nano acoustic pedal. It's intended to make an electric sound acoustic. It doesent, but its a good, very clean, boost pedal. It works really well with bass as well as guitar. Its always on when I play bass. Second 'missuse' is the Ammoon 'American' amp pedal. I use it for 3-Band EQ and Dity Gain. Joyo Reverb is almost always on, and Chorus I use some of the time, certainly enough for it to stay on the board. My eno flanger and phazer are 'not great' I'll be changing them next, then looking for replacement Eq & Compressor. The most expensive pedal I own (at a heady £80) is the Boss RC3, and the whole lot goes into a Orange Crush 20 that I wired up a speaker cab output (a tip I got from TPS Mick), & plugged into a 2X12 Celeston 70/80 Cab. My whole board cost about £350, my amp & cab are about £270 combined.
In a live sound setting, a guitar tone through a PA gets altered due to a host of factors. So using budget gear makes very little difference. The #1 best thing a guitar player can do for good tone in a live setting is to turn the hell down! However, In the studio, budget gear is very noticeable. but again, the overall mix of the song will alter the guitar tone. Think of all the songs you have enjoyed listening to that were recorded before kick ass pedals. I argue that the only time expensive pedals really matter is when you are playing alone. This was a very informative video. Good stuff Andertons.
I dig it, it's a bit more candid and accessible than a standard review video, but it's still a review video, and a basic introduction on how to properly build your first budget board.
Well done Gents!
Behringers are great. Circuits ultra close to the originals (most of them). Just rehouse them in a metal enclosure and you've got a decent pedal even if the knobs are a little close together.
That’s what Behringer did when they bought TC, they put nicer components into metal enclosures and out came the Tc electronics „smorgasbord“ series of pedals
Yep. I totally just spent Saturday evening watching this ☺️
Ok, this is the gear test I’ve been waiting for for ages!!!! Safe to say that Squier came out of this looking ACE! Sounds awesome through a cheap rig. The Chapman, however........... if I’ve got £500 to spend on a low end guitar, I’m going Squier classic vibe all day long.
I think the Blackstar is the weak link in Cap's rig, not the guitar. Not saying the Chapman is great - I don't care for it at all - but to be fair, the amp's the biggest problem imho.
To be fair, the Blackstar has a ton of tone options with 2 channels and 2 voices per channel. He didn't really fiddle with the different amp settings. Could've made a difference.
I don't have a lot of pedals, but I use a MXR Mini Iso Brick power supply and it works perfectly. I just put it under the board with velcro and gave the cable plenty of space for everything to connect.
Really appreciate these budget video's. Shows what bang for your buck you can get when starting to play guitar, and how to set everything up. Thanks!
I’ve got one of those Behringer TO800’s on my board and I’ve never doubted it’s sturdiness. I also use that Tone City power supply and it’s superb. Powers a lot of high draw pedals without any trouble and zero noise.
Now have these boards go against something like the TC Plethora, Boss ME-80, Line 6 Pod Go or Stomp. Would be pretty interesting I think.
This is the kind of content that got me hooked on this channel.
I just made my first complete pedalboard this week, it looks more like Pete's as I am using a TC Electronic Spark (full version) going into a MojoMojo, that goes into a Dark Matter that goes into a TC Electronic Honeypot Fuzz (which I only ever use in isolation from the other OD/Distortion, or it's just crazy). Before them all I am using a Digitech drop which I have ever since I started a couple of years ago for instant drop tunings, and it all goes into a NUX MG-300 which I use for amp models and other FX such as reverb, modulation and time based FX. With that I can choose different flavours of amps and also switch between a clean/dirty amp. It finally goes into a Boss Katana 50 which I use as a Master Volume if you will (or for FX as well if I so choose). Very pleased at the moment although I've been using it for only three days, so there's still much more to explore with it yet.
I love the Behringer Overdrive
Hands down one of my favourite videos on RUclips.
I've had the TC Electronic Prophet and Skysurfer for years now. For the price, I don't see getting much better.
That magus sounds insanely good with the boost and compressor with it
Probably one of my favorite videos. Honestly you could do this with any level and I would watch, and probably end up buying something, because the process is so enlightening.
The surprise for me was the Beringher overdrive. I agree with Lee, I've always stayed away from them as they're plastic but he made a great point about how disposable other components of our rigs are
Brilliant video, I was chuckling throughout. You were basically two kids playing with Lego.
I wish you'd tried the TC June 60 though.
Been playing for almost 15 years and just starting to venture into the electric world and YIKES is it overwhelming
Pete, you put the pedal lifter upside down, this is supposed to bring your second row pedals parralel to the ground, and then rising the footswitch side for more accessibility
Andertons this is the best video content in a long time please bring us more of this!
I love this upload. It feels more organic and natural, on the fly decisions, lovely indeed. Thanks boys. Cheers!
Magus is latin so I suppose it's closer to how Pete pronounced it.
Gotta say, the Tone City modulations are very nicely voiced. They aren't quite as harsh or washy as the others, like the tremolo is spot on (I didn't even realize they sound radically different with different waves and blindly got tone city and liked it) and the angel wing is also nicely soft and fat. Both did great job at finding ok sounds, Captains amp had that Fender vibe of ear ripping treble for days and more than enough, could've done with a tube screamer I think.
If you want a tiny power supply, get that Mission Engineering usb power supply. It can even run on its own battery for a set amount of time once it's charged. That Pedal Show also featured it once when they were building Mick a simple small gig board.
It's funny to see Captain have that silly EU to UK adapter on the power supply, when Anderton's were giving the power supplies with Tone City pedals, but only in UK plugs, selling internationally. Also funny to see people in the videos engage and disengage the pedals to demonstrate how there's some noise, but it's so little (at least on the mics) that my fridge is masking it completely.
This was a good video. Good times. The subject of it wasn't even that important, the concept was fine. However, the pedal overlay was pretty confusing when the order was backwards and wrong and the complete cuts to a meme pic or movie scene are pretty bad. Like someone slammed ads in the middle of your video for no added depth. Although personally here for the guys and guitar music and stuff and not meme pics or clips, others might be here for that reason.
That was a SOLID JAM holy shit , you guys balance each other great , Thank you.
The modulation you're looking for is the Marshall VT-1 Vibratrem but you MUST give it at least 12V! Shame you don't seem to stock it!!
I loved this video and i watched the whole thing and watched a few parts a couple times. I wish you would do this same video for pedals between $100ish to $160ish/ There are so many pedals and i have no idea how they sound. I do home recording and can afford a $150 pedal every now and then, Not sure i would spend $400 on a pedal. But a video like this allowed me to hear all of the pedals you guys were checking out. and that was awesome! I wish i could hear another 40 pedals between $100 and $160. Thanks guys! Great Video! And i just made my first purchase at Andertons because of this video. I got the Durple and the Wild Fro.
Just wondering where the Glove and the East River would be on those boards? I have both and only paid 49.00 a piece on a holiday sale.
I have the East River on my board and it is a great pedal. I have not tried the Glove...
@@texasbootlegger3752 my friend has the Glove. It’s a pretty good pedal. Stacks well. Definitely good for the money and stacked with the East River it would sound great. I’ve recently bought a 2 in 1 pedal called the Aria by Keeley. It’s not cheap but if you break down the price of the drive and compressor it actually is a great deal. Best pedal I’ve bought in a long time. The D&M Drive is similar. You can get everything from light boost to soaring heavy overdrive in one pedal. Both you change the order of which is aide goes first. Those two pedals alone can cover the ground of a boost, overdrive, tube screamer tone, Klon tone a distortion tone, and a really great compressor/sustainer tone. I’ve had other Keeley compressors and the compressor in the Aria seems to be on another level.
Back to the OD Glove…it is a good pedal for the price.
Brilliant guys so entertaining but also very informative. Do more!
I just got an EHX hot tube as well, which is a pedal I almost never hear mentioned. Which, is strange with how awesome and low budget it is. It's kind of like a Fuzz but more low gain/boosty/good for that Jimi style cleans.
Bro, get the Hot Wax. It’s the Hot Tube and Crayon overdrive. You can switch between the two, such a fantastic pedal.
One of the best videos in a while. Really enjoyed the way this is keeping it real for us no marks in suburbia…👍🇦🇺
Great work guys! 60 cycle hum does a similar version of the affordaboard so it’s great for the kids just starting out with little money to see what’s out there in the affordable range.
I absolutely love the long video format for this. It was nice to see the thought process going into making the choices. Great vid gentlemen! Much love
Two kids on Christmas Morning, trying to decide which presents they like and which they don't! Great fun.
was pleasantly surprised by The Magnus, for a mid to high gain I may have to look into it. Right now I use a Marshall in a box, Deputy Marshall fr Outlaw effects.
I think the Tc pedals were the stars of the show hear for me , they are the beringer pedals in better cases, which are in turn boss and Ibanez clones, think that they could of included a few for boss originals sd1 etc as these are pretty cheap and a few ehx pedals too as they have some pretty affordable good pedals too, of the too petes board sounded better, maybe the guitar helped with that too as the chapman just seemed to want to sound like a bedroom shedder guitar, for me I think I go a few quid more and build a board out of boss , Tc , and ehx pedals. They would last longer and you get something for them when you traded up!
Thanks for doing this video. As a beginner guitarist, this would be something I wanted to know. And another reason we need to thank you for doing this is that the clean-up must be a pain!
Greetings from Australia!
From all the things reviewed in this video I am amazed the most by your knees, Jesus, what a pain was watching this video and you guys hold up very well.
The magus was the best thing you picked out, Cap!
Not only are you and dp the best team ever, but your guy overlaying the graphics as you speak is killing it also! 👍🏼
If someone needs a good OD at a good price I really can't recommend the EQD Plumes enough. It is by far my favorite OD I've ever used at usually 75$ to 99$ it's a steal IMO.
Love that thing. That EHX OpAmp Muff is my other go-to in that dinner and drinks price range
My daughter says this seems like the perfect video for me - watching a couple of British guys (I told her Pete was Danish, but whatever) sitting on the floor talking about guitar stuff. Couldn't agree more!
I’d like to see which pedal you would deem critical for your sound and replace with a better pedal in the chain.
Love this! I’ve listed a few of these so that I can have fun spending money I haven’t got next time I’m in!
Great vid guys. Lee's sounded great at the start with no pedals. I've a got a TC spark mini on a expensiveish board. It really does the business by enhancing drive without losing dynamics. Lee in this age of sustainability you should fix your own cables, it's easy:) Ivan Campo played for Real Madrid and Bolton Wanderers.
Lee's tone with no pedals sounded like ice picks to me. It was pretty bad.
I just spent the past year building my budget minded board after nearly 30 years away from guitar. Still had two pedals from the mid-80s - my TS-10 and DS-1. My affordable pedals come from Donner, Joyo and Iset. I spent a bit more on an RV6, a DD-200 , a JHS-3 overdrive and a GigRig Humdinger for Wet/Dry. Ammoon power supplies (isolated even!) all on a big Donner board that was $34 with a case.
I got that green Berringer. It's no Tom Berenger, but it makes a great sound for $20. Like, it just makes a great sound and happens to be $20. Plus, I am hard on pedals and it does just fine. I don't think anyone puts all their weight on it and I don't wear stomp boots, so take that for what its worth.
But the bigger question is: When are you gonna start sending out more Danes?
No matter how great pedals you get, you'll need a good cab. That fizzy Blackstar shows you that exactly. Also a good amp, guitar comes later when searching for good tone. Cheers!
This video couldn't come at a better time for me... Just bought a Rusty Fuzz a couple of days ago and debating the rest of my "budget" rig right now!
The big surprise for me is the Afterglow. Great chorus for the price.
I love the mess on the floor. You guys look like two kids at Christmas. There is no better feeling than that.
OMG, Lee has been selling the DS-1 for years but turned the Tone knob past 11 o'clock. lmao
DS-1. Set the tone at 10 o'clock. Leave it there. Forever. Can probably pull the pot out and sub it for a fixed value resistor.
That jaws cutaway at 19:40 nearly ended me haha
I actually really enjoyed watching this… the stacking combos and hearing your comments on the pedals at similar price points is helpful for me. Being in NZ I have to be sure I want something before I place my Anderton’s orders…
Cap & Pete, there is actually a pedalboard with an INTEGRATED power supply in the first row. I think it‘s by Joyo/Harley Benton/Fame. On the top side are the power jacks. It might even be battery powered and rechargeable IIRC.
It’s made by Palmer I believe
Great idea and absolutely timely as a lot of musicians are struggling these days
Back when I played in a band, the pedalboard building process is quite natural in the sense that I buy 1 by 1 whatever I need and it grows from there. Now I do not have a board and I have more pedal knowledge but it is kinda confusing which ones to buy first to build one especially because of the fact that I want them all but I cannot buy them all at once!
I used to own the TC Electronic the prophet delay, it was fantastic
Two things have blown me away.
1. How damn good does that Squier sound! WOW.
2. I’ve never found a fuzz pedal I like. The Rusty Fuzz might be the one. All the fuzz I’ve tried was always too fuzzy even on the lowest settings. Rusty seems a bit more tame.
Christmas morning in July. Another fun video from you two. Thanks for all the laughs!!!
8:54 - 9:04 roll down the tone knob to 9 o'clock , that's the trick for using the DS-1.
This video was an awesome showcase of a whole bunch of products! Affordable ones also! As someone else suggested, maybe a challenge to see a traditional pedalboard compared to something like a Headrush MX5... obviously you couldn't come close to the versatility for the same money, but how much would it cost, and how big would the board be, to have even close to the same flexibility as a decent multi-effects unit like Pod GO or MX5 or something similar?
Another great challenge like this that I would love to see....a pedalboard build for a learning guitar player that hopes to be in a cover band someday.... this would include a tuner, a looper (awesome practice tool), and a versatile set of pedals to get close approximations of a handful of tones for covering a decent variety of songs. Imagine someone is learning as they build their board up, maybe on a budget but also spending a tad more on a few of the pedals...something like $150(US) max per pedal, allowing for a wider variety of choices, a few pedals could be in that range, like a Hall of Fame 2, Sugar Drive, or other $100-150 pedals... maybe allow ONE pedal over $150, but not over $200...and shoot for a few under $100 also. Maybe a 2-row board with 12-15 total pedals? Then compare these boards and their price, sounds, etc...to a couple multi-effects ? I am trying to decide whether to start with a couple pedals and head in that direction, or just get a Headrush MX5 for now and then maybe add traditional pedals later on... I would likely end up with more than $400 in just drives and a tuner... add a delay, chorus, reverb, phaser, mini wah, compressor, and looper... and well, you'd be in the ballpark of a Helix or the big Headrush...LOL
love the shootout and challenge videos .... cheers
PS... a few other ideas I had while watching the end of the video... Please do a video showing single-cut LP type guitars for beginner/intermediate players... maybe a sub $300 shootout and then another going up to $600 (maybe someone's second guitar).... easy to use looper pedals for a learning tool would make a good shootout, as well as "cheap" amps that will be loud enough to play/jam with friends or usable for a band rehearsal... (is the Katana 100w needed, or is 30-50w enough?)
I'm s gigging musician without a huge budget for £200+ pedals. £2K for a pedal board is way out of my reach, but a video like this is invaluable. I've come to pedals late in life after years of the Keith Richards school of plug in and play with using the OD channel on the amp if I need to switch. This is a great video for those of us who are on a more restrictive budget but want to get the best we can for our budget. ( I feel I should point out I built my own pedal board using some amazing bargains from the used market, for example a Boss OD3 in top condition with box for £30).
I'd go all tc electronic, as I've done for my jam session/practice pedal board: a pair of Spark mini boosters, a MojoMojo, a Spark (the big one), Flashback mini, HOF mini or Skysurfer mini (unless you need stereo), and whatever modulation you might want to throw in. For a budget board, tc electronic really can't be beat for price/performance. I would happily put the two Sparks, the MojoMojo, and the HOF mini up against any competition at any price.
Andertons - I had to comment 1 more time! I read all the comments, and the interaction with this video was excellent! Great humor and others had great additional pedal recommendations.