also just want to share this here with the TPS family: have an audition for a band next week, first time playing out after couple years of depression. I am so stoked
I fear my approach ❤would have been 1. take Vox 2. Hoon gain 3. ride volume for clean bits 4. save fee towards a treble booster. Wouldn‘t do for thrash, but i‘m more of a blackgaze guy anyway (hope i‘ve remembered that correctly, but have also read some Bel Hooks, though representing the oppositional gaze in noise rock may be a stretch).
Warning! Both these guys are EXTREMELY skilled and knowledgeable. If you think that you can go out and get the same guitars and amps, and do this... you're missing a lot. A great deal of what you're experiencing is the talent of both these guys. A lot of what you're hearing comes from the skill and tone coming from their experienced fingers. This is a great video! I loved it.
I love that Dan's face for the first third of this video was full-on "Optimistically waiting to hear the diagnosis"/lol. And, hey, thank you to whomever submitted this idea. Oddly, I've always wondered what Dan and Mick would pick for a setup without pedals, but was absolutely certain that it'd be too far off-brand. Wonderful video, gentleman.
My board power supply broke down on a festival gig the other day. I totally managed to get through the gig with the provided Marshall JTM45 and my Ibanez RT650 (almost Andy Timmons model) with HSH configuration (and treble bleed). I even played one of my best gigs, not being distracted by effects and pedals.
Dynamic Vox Tele sound is insanely versatile, absolutely solid and ideal. That amount of control from a pick is vital. Fender PRS is unreal, the compression and break up are perfect. Best of both worlds, you guys nail it.
This concept is something I love doing occasionally if I feel like I’m not pushing myself playing-wise. Nothing to hide behind so you’ve got to be on which is great! Best version I’ve had of this was a sit-in jam at a friend of mines birthday, who happens to be a collector. So it was a 1960 335 into a dimed small Supro. One of the best live sounds I’ve ever had! Volume and Tone controls on the guitar all night 🔥 Great episode guys, happy new year to the TPS crew!
Late 70s Les Paul Custom into a Friedman Twin Sister… done deal! Two identical channels with options and individual master volumes. Beautifully designed master volumes that sound great at any volume. Super open and dynamic… it’ll take you anywhere perfectly!!
Well it's about bloody time. You blokes love to make this job so over complicated. Just add a Tuner Pedal and some Delay (if you want) in the back end and you're totally sorted. Rock n' roll.
Picked up a Fender Mustang 1 version 2 for hosting open mic/jams and ended up getting two more. Twin setting for cleans, Bassman for dirt. Sounds amazing, 100 decibels or more on 5 so it stays at 4 or less. Won’t kill you if it’s stolen. Jump in a cab and go without needing to open the trunk because it’s small and light. Takes pedals well too! Leave your valuable amps at home.
@@ThatPedalShow my studio is at home. I also use them at real shows/performances. For jams or situations where I need a compact rig to cover a lot of tones it’s a no brainer. I’m actually liking my cheap amps even more though these days so my amp collection is exactly that, an investment in historical pieces.
I've been doing the ONE amp/ONE guitar thing for many years now. I absolutely love it. I play in a cover band that plays 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s Rock, Pop, and Blues. My amp of choice is a Fender BASSBREAKER 15 head and a cab loaded with a Celestion Creamback G12H-75 speaker. The guitar is either a SSS Strat or Tele. My amp is set to maximum gain and I get all the different tones, from semi-clean to full dirty, by using the volume knob on the guitar. No pedals or effects. Just a bit of Reverb on the amp.
Man, I felt like I haven’t seen this show since…last year! Haha! (Sorry, bad dad joke)! Glad you guys are back. Happy New Year to TPS! The best show on RUclips! 🎉 👏
Sorry... Waggle stick? I'm from the US, absolutely love British RUclips content, and just still can barely wrap my brain around some of the ways our vernacular/nomenclature differs. Absolutely love it! (The content, and our quirky differences.)
Thanks for these videos, guys! I believe it is really beneficial for a lot of us to see, that even though you guys have a lot of bucket list gear that most of us don't have, not to mention, a lot of it, it's nice to see that some of that gear is truly, very specialized gear, and that you really needed to get "back to basics", and that those "basics" included the everyday normal gear that most of us have access to, and really drives home that we don't need the "unobtainium" to be good guitar players capable of playing 99% of the music that we would be capable of playing any given gig. Appreciate your approach to helping your community of followers. Thank you.
There is wisdom here. I hope - I really, really really hope (Mick here) - that we’ve always espoused that nobody ‘needs’ the unobtanium. We like it, we enjoy it, but to peruse it per se is madness. If your journey leads you there, as ours has, so be it. But please never think that it’s necessary for music or expression. Cheers!
I started gigging in 2000, the only guitarist in a 4-piece band. We were an originals rock band, so there weren't a wealth of tones to cover - the occasional clean, but mostly a decent amount of gain. I was playing a cheap BC Rich Warlock that I'd outfitted with DiMarzio Tone Zone and Air Norton pickups (Paul Gilbert's set during the 90s), wired to be splittable. From there I plugged straight into a Laney LC30. I'd decided against pedals because I was new to this, so I wanted the simplest set-up, the least amount of distractions in terms of having to tap-dance on a pedalboard, and I genuinely wanted to see what I could get out of the guitar. My only concession was the Laney's onboard spring reverb, which was always on. Since then I've used a two amp rig, wet-dry, monster pedalboard, so I'm certainly not adverse to a more complicated set-up. But I'm still glad I started off simply, as it made me do more with the guitar.
THOROUGHLY enjoyed this. As a DGT player myself, very pleased that Mick showed how versatile that guitar can be. Do more of these types of challenges, please. Perhaps, one where you find the best/most versatile channel switching amps and compare that to a similar single-channel with an overdrive pedal. Thanks, as always for this content
This was tough. When you see two people you love going through a really hard time and you're powerless to help, it really sends the cows home to roost. All I can offer is empty platitudes: in order to see the light, we must first experience the darkness...the led-less darkness. My heart goes out to you both. Thanks for being open. It's okay to talk.
Great episode as always guys. Interesting thing Mick said about the 'day of things I don't normally like' - it's interesting that as musicians (mainly guitarists), as soon as we find we need to be flexible, we start to make compromises...
Wow. I never knew i wanted a vox til now. And what a perfect demonstration of two of the most important and foundational amps in electric guitar history no matter the genre. Micks lead tone on the deluxe was epic…while dans funky clean tone on the vox was perfection…I soo want a vox now…have a custom shop HW 64 PR . Both amps with an amp switcher and nothing else and youd have the best tone on earth.
You guys are so much fun to watch! Not only do you come up with some amazing tones, but your playing is exceptional. Thanks again for doing your show..
Fender Deluxe Reverb and Vox AC15 w/Greenback are the two amps that I own, and I love them both dearly. When I set them up in a stereo config it is a whole auditory herd of magical unicorns. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Loved the show. The winning tone for me was the DGT with the Deluxe cranked. The way you explore tones is why I come back to your show over and over. For example, my amp is a Boogie Mark V:35. It’s clean channel has a fat mode that is supposed to be close to Fender blackpanel amps, but I almost use it mostly for cleans. Well, I got home, cranked the master to 8-9, gain halfway, pushed the mids, and my humbucker guitar got me some gnarly rock tones. Pure awesomeness. Thank you, we all need a reminder once in a while to try new stuff. Cheers!
Funny I actually liked the AC15 better than the matchless accept for volume. I never thought the AC could sound better than a matchless. Again the Fender Deluxe Reverb proves why it’s the perfect gigging club amp ever made. It covers so much territory and just sounds brilliant.
You guys are sounding incredible! Dan, your Matchless is out of this world sweet sounding. Mick, you must use your PRS DGT more often! I can recognize you only by your fabulous tone with a Strat plugged in a Two Rock, Fender or Marshall amp, but that DGT suits you like a champ and sounds heavenly!
Now, I'm only still at the funk-part, but the prs just got its backside kicked by the tele. Though admittedly, Dan seemed more apt at / comfortable with playing funk. And funk is very much in the hands for a large part.
Did anybody else flinch when he dinged the PRS on the guitarstand? Well at least it wasn't one of his strats ;) Damn I love that sonic blue / mint green / rosewood combo
Wow back to basics some of the best tones yet,big lesson here sometimes keeping it simple gives you the best tone .Save this and watch it before you go and drop a small fortune on gear .less is more
Leg-ends! The one amp you want is a Traynor YCV4050, 20th Anniversary Edition in emerald (British Racing Green) tolex and wheat grill cloth. The 20th Anniversary Edition is not a limited edition, just part of the name of the amp. The amp is a core product and in good supply. This is a long one, so buckle up, but I assure you its well worth it. Sounds brilliant on both the Fender-y clean and [Marshall (vintage switch) to Mesa (modern switch)] dirty channels, with the built in boost (added tube stage) for the dirty channel and a killer spring reverb tank. All selectable with the included foot switch. Individual lows, mids, highs tone stack for each channel, a bright switch for the clean channel, volume control for the clean channel, volume and gain controls for the dirty channel, and a brilliant master volume for the amp overall affecting both channels. The powerful clean-channel tone stack takes you from lush 3D Fender-y cleans (more 3D than any Fender I've ever heard, mind you) to Vox-y chime and Marshall-y crunch. The powerful dirty-channel tone stack takes you from vintage JTM45 through JCM800 through to suped-up JCM800 brown-sound saturation with the vintage switch, and from smooth Cali Mesa-Boogie (Santana, Vai, Satch) to Mesa Dual Rectifier through Soldano SLO with the Modern Switch and tone stack adjustments. The amp runs 12ax7s and 6L6GCs for 40 watts, with auto balanced biasing for the power tubes. Comes stock with a 12 inch Celestion M65 Creamback in a pine cabinet. The best parts ... super reliable, durable, and made top-to-bottom in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, ... for around $1500 CAD new, and seriously undervalued sleeper in the used market for $800 CAD. So, about £1000 or €1100 brand new. Jack of all trades, matser of none DOES NOT APPLY to this amp. It simply kills on all channels, whatever you ask of it. Supremely underrated amp, supremely underrated company that's been making high-quality amps since 1963. Not affiliated in any way, just a fan. Check it out blokes.
Red with the Matchless has it for me. The PRS with the Deluxe Reverb was glorious. Watch your ears guys, once a frequency band is gone, it's gone for ever and it won't come back.
Hello guys. Have to say I would be much more comfortable with my amp (which I know you have), the Tone King Imperial Mk II. Its got a clean tone to die for, foot-switchable to a Tweedy lead channel, with separate volume, great reverb, and a foot-switchable bias tremolo. Add to all that its onboard attenuator, so you can really dial in the level of gain you want independently of volume. I think its a good contender for most usefully versatile amp.
@@ThatPedalShow Fair enough! You got great tones with the “purist” amps. I’ve always thought the Imperial is built for these “amp only” situations, so my “I want them to choose my gear” bias was strong on this one
I was going to be really bummed if no one brought up the Tone King Imperial. One of the best and most versatile amps ever, that and the Carr Skylark :) Purist, what's that??
That was a cute little experiment. Now, each of you come to Arizona, USA and sit in with one of my two cover bands (one rock, one country). Let's really give it a shot!
Dan funk was on 🔥🔥🔥! Loved this one, just crank amps, it really works incredibly well. In the right band, these setups would be the bomb, and so simple. Just wanted to say that this was a really cool episode. Insightful, and loads of fun. 🙏
Ah yes, I remember the evolution now (voila an industry is born). Great job from both of you, I enjoyed this episode immensely. That outro....rig and playing...excellente. The Victory V140 Super Duchess (or even the V40, less headroom) popped into my head, one of the best "bang for the buck" amps out there (IMHO).
I think the Marshall DSL 40CR would be a great option for this challenge. The cleans are surprisingly good and you have 3 levels of increasing gain on tap.
There is just something magical that happens with the tone and volume controls on my Tele, with my Deluxe Reverb on 7. It's like nothing else I'm able to do. I don't have any explanation, it just works beautifully. (Luckily, I have a Two-Notes Torpedo Captor X for an attenuator, so my ears don't get blown out) Great video! Thanks so much from Texas!!!!
Watching more of this - I appreciate some people LOVE this approach but to me it just feels like such a struggle at a gig, why would you ever put yourself through this? Dan’s solo sound is my rhythm sound 😂 I can tell a mile a way if I had to play live through either of these rigs for a gig it would be muderously difficult!
Kind of interesting that they both chose a different path to begin with, yet came up with very comparable amps (single 12", tube circuits, with trem and reverb), and then hearing the difference in both loudness and tone between the Fender and the Vox. Putting the Vox and the Deluxe Reverb in a stereo or A/B switched setup would get one hell of a wicked sound.
My deserted island rig is a Fender Deluxe Reverb (with bright cap cut and speaker change) and a Gibson Les Paul (with paf “style” humbuckers, PIO bumblebee caps, and 50’s wiring). Nothing else is needed. There’s a reason the DR is one of the most recorded amps of all time. 🤘🏼
Timely as ever, gents. Watching this while dialling in my wet/dry rig for the next set of gigs. While not quite as restricted as this fab TPS challenge video in terms of devices, I’m using a small board that has forced me to make some grown-up effect choices, and is also ensuring that I get to know the handful of pedals on it in much more detail than usual (and raid the existing pedal cupboard every week to make tweaks, which is a great pleasure in itself). Wishing you both a productive and happy 2023.
"You do know you're shouting...", "Because it's LOUD!!!" 😎. Classic TPS at it's best - well done fellas! really interesting episode. For anyone who hasn't tried the 2 amp (wet/dry) set-up, go out and steal another amp now! try it - you'll be amazed!
My last gig out was a corporate ‘covers’ show for my organisation. In front of 1000 staff members I played a Back To The Future set using a telecaster into a ProJnr4, using just a Blues Driver and a tuner, and my volume and tone knobs. It’s very liberating….
Great show…..I did a gig where my battery powered board died (since then, I’ve gone to a 110v powered board)…we did a song where I needed OD. I thought I’d crank the amp…..it was a Sano with so much clean headroom it was just LOUD…..except for the drunk young lady who thought I sounded just like Jimi , my band mates where thrown for a loop😳🤣
The choices yall made and the rationale behind them is fascinating. I think i'd lean on the Mick side of things and go with as versatile a rig as i can manage without overcomplicating things.
If I need to do a quick gig and don’t want to bring a lot of stuff, I will grab my Vox ac30 s1, grab my Les Paul standard and believe it or not I don’t even need any pedals, digital reverb in the amp sounds good and being only 1 channel with a master volume, i can dial in sounds from very clean to a good tube distortion and everything in between.
I had to play a festival a few years ago. I forgot my pedalboard and had to rely on my AC15 and Nashville Tele. Possibly the most fun gig I've ever played.
I'd always be tempted to just go 'all in' and use a Les Paul Junior DC with an AC15. I wouldn't even use the reverb or tremolo - I never use reverb in 'normal' life, anyway. When anyone's asked the question 'over a pint', I give that answer and just add, it's more versatile than an acoustic, and who ever really considers needing more than one acoustic for a gig? I actually gig HSS Strats with a Mesa, just because I don't like dragging around several guitars - I don't care what other guitarists think about my sound, as long as the audience has a good time.
My gigging rig, for a while, was a 335 through a DRRI on 7 with an Octa-Fuzz (in fuzz mode) and a wah. Glorious option for a very simple gigging set-up.
Dan picked his comfy/safe rhythm sound so the band wouldn't make angry eyebrows at him all night. Obviously having flashbacks to the walkabout at Kangaroo court circa '97. But the matchless was always gonna be his happy place for solos. I'd have picked the matchless upfront, stumble thru walkin on sunshine and wait for eyebrow time, baby.
Very interesting! I had this situation at an outdoor Festival gig last year. Many bands appearing with very tight schedules. My pedal board packed up just as we were about to start. In the heat of the moment my brain failed to sort out the problem( which was a quick fix next day when I had no pressure ) so I had no choice but to play with Guitar and Amp. The Guitar was a vintage spec Strat and the amp was a Fender Blues Junior. Not an ideal situation. I made some adjustments however and got through the gig. I guess my years of experience helped though I learned a lot, not least that I can cope if I have to. It was my first ever use of the Fat switch and there was a lot of volume and tone control action going on. Cheers Mick and Dan, enjoyable to see you approach the situation and the thought process.
I was just remembering Xmas 2020 when Dan’s now glorious beard did a radical 3 episode transformation to become completely grey. What a time to be alive.
That one guitar, felt good in his hands Didn't take long, to understand Just one guitar, slung way down low Was a one way ticket, only one way to go So he started rockin', ain't never gonna stop Gotta keep on rockin', someday gonna make it to the top
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Dan + Tele + Vox AC15 = I could listen to that all the day long.
also just want to share this here with the TPS family: have an audition for a band next week, first time playing out after couple years of depression. I am so stoked
Enjoy that! Let it be what it is - a step rather than a destination. Best to you!
Have fun!
Hope you have a blast!!! ❤
Have fun, that’s what it’s all about!
That's great to hear! I've been debating getting back into live playing myself, it's been almost 10 years for me now eek! Good luck & have fun!
52 minutes of TPS...can't tell you how much I needed this hour of escape right now. Thanks so much for the great content guys.
This challenge is like going back to basics. Rediscovering the foundations, if you will.🤘🏽
Yah that’s kinda the point of it. Cheers!
Why do ya build me up. Buttercup baby.....
I fear my approach ❤would have been 1. take Vox 2. Hoon gain 3. ride volume for clean bits 4. save fee towards a treble booster. Wouldn‘t do for thrash, but i‘m more of a blackgaze guy anyway (hope i‘ve remembered that correctly, but have also read some Bel Hooks, though representing the oppositional gaze in noise rock may be a stretch).
@@ThatPedalShow C'mon, you and I know most guitarists haven't got a clue. Keep 'Peddling' lol...Rock n' roll.
I thought micks amp had reverb.
Warning! Both these guys are EXTREMELY skilled and knowledgeable. If you think that you can go out and get the same guitars and amps, and do this... you're missing a lot. A great deal of what you're experiencing is the talent of both these guys. A lot of what you're hearing comes from the skill and tone coming from their experienced fingers. This is a great video! I loved it.
Thank you Roberto!
They make it look so easy 😆
Speak for yourself mate.
@@twerpeater I am... they are AWESOME!
I haven’t really watched this channel in awhile, my interest in new effects ebbs and flows, but I’m glad I’m watching this one!
SO cool that Mick does the whole setup on camera and talks us through the prognosis.
I love that Dan's face for the first third of this video was full-on "Optimistically waiting to hear the diagnosis"/lol. And, hey, thank you to whomever submitted this idea. Oddly, I've always wondered what Dan and Mick would pick for a setup without pedals, but was absolutely certain that it'd be too far off-brand. Wonderful video, gentleman.
While I see the flexibility of pedals, I think this is the best overdrive sound I’ve heard from you guys in a long time.
My board power supply broke down on a festival gig the other day. I totally managed to get through the gig with the provided Marshall JTM45 and my Ibanez RT650 (almost Andy Timmons model) with HSH configuration (and treble bleed). I even played one of my best gigs, not being distracted by effects and pedals.
Dynamic Vox Tele sound is insanely versatile, absolutely solid and ideal. That amount of control from a pick is vital. Fender PRS is unreal, the compression and break up are perfect.
Best of both worlds, you guys nail it.
Dan and his sonic blue strat for me tho great playing all around
This concept is something I love doing occasionally if I feel like I’m not pushing myself playing-wise. Nothing to hide behind so you’ve got to be on which is great! Best version I’ve had of this was a sit-in jam at a friend of mines birthday, who happens to be a collector. So it was a 1960 335 into a dimed small Supro. One of the best live sounds I’ve ever had! Volume and Tone controls on the guitar all night 🔥
Great episode guys, happy new year to the TPS crew!
Im sorry but Dan + Red + VOX AC15 = everything I want to be when I grow up. I understand the volume argument. But DAMN
Red has that magic...DGT was great at lead levels..every stage Red shined
This is actually now one of my favorite episodes. Brilliant. We’ll done
The genuine stress that Dan expresses at 7:55 made me chuckle a little hahaha
Late 70s Les Paul Custom into a Friedman Twin Sister… done deal!
Two identical channels with options and individual master volumes. Beautifully designed master volumes that sound great at any volume. Super open and dynamic… it’ll take you anywhere perfectly!!
It’s actually kind of unbelievable how good your rig sounds Mick!! I come back to this video at least once a month to hear it!
Today's show title: 'No Pedal Show'!! Great stuff Mick & Dan, thank you both. 👍🎸🎶
The first thing I thought of initially was if tape delays or rack mounted effect units count as pedals.
Brilliant episode!!! I gigged a strat through a Marshall for years without a single pedal. It’s scary…until you gig and you just play. So freeing!
Well it's about bloody time. You blokes love to make this job so over complicated. Just add a Tuner Pedal and some Delay (if you want) in the back end and you're totally sorted. Rock n' roll.
Picked up a Fender Mustang 1 version 2 for hosting open mic/jams and ended up getting two more. Twin setting for cleans, Bassman for dirt. Sounds amazing, 100 decibels or more on 5 so it stays at 4 or less. Won’t kill you if it’s stolen. Jump in a cab and go without needing to open the trunk because it’s small and light. Takes pedals well too! Leave your valuable amps at home.
What use are amps at home?! The world has gone mad.
@@ThatPedalShow my studio is at home. I also use them at real shows/performances. For jams or situations where I need a compact rig to cover a lot of tones it’s a no brainer. I’m actually liking my cheap amps even more though these days so my amp collection is exactly that, an investment in historical pieces.
I've been doing the ONE amp/ONE guitar thing for many years now. I absolutely love it. I play in a cover band that plays 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s Rock, Pop, and Blues. My amp of choice is a Fender BASSBREAKER 15 head and a cab loaded with a Celestion Creamback G12H-75 speaker. The guitar is either a SSS Strat or Tele.
My amp is set to maximum gain and I get all the different tones, from semi-clean to full dirty, by using the volume knob on the guitar.
No pedals or effects. Just a bit of Reverb on the amp.
Nice!
Man, I felt like I haven’t seen this show since…last year! Haha! (Sorry, bad dad joke)! Glad you guys are back. Happy New Year to TPS! The best show on RUclips! 🎉 👏
Sorry... Waggle stick? I'm from the US, absolutely love British RUclips content, and just still can barely wrap my brain around some of the ways our vernacular/nomenclature differs. Absolutely love it! (The content, and our quirky differences.)
Semi surprised that Dan didn’t go for a Hamstead - reverb, trem and footswitchable mid-boosty-pokey goodness. Plus it just sounds insanely good!
Thanks for these videos, guys! I believe it is really beneficial for a lot of us to see, that even though you guys have a lot of bucket list gear that most of us don't have, not to mention, a lot of it, it's nice to see that some of that gear is truly, very specialized gear, and that you really needed to get "back to basics", and that those "basics" included the everyday normal gear that most of us have access to, and really drives home that we don't need the "unobtainium" to be good guitar players capable of playing 99% of the music that we would be capable of playing any given gig. Appreciate your approach to helping your community of followers. Thank you.
There is wisdom here. I hope - I really, really really hope (Mick here) - that we’ve always espoused that nobody ‘needs’ the unobtanium. We like it, we enjoy it, but to peruse it per se is madness. If your journey leads you there, as ours has, so be it. But please never think that it’s necessary for music or expression. Cheers!
I started gigging in 2000, the only guitarist in a 4-piece band. We were an originals rock band, so there weren't a wealth of tones to cover - the occasional clean, but mostly a decent amount of gain. I was playing a cheap BC Rich Warlock that I'd outfitted with DiMarzio Tone Zone and Air Norton pickups (Paul Gilbert's set during the 90s), wired to be splittable. From there I plugged straight into a Laney LC30. I'd decided against pedals because I was new to this, so I wanted the simplest set-up, the least amount of distractions in terms of having to tap-dance on a pedalboard, and I genuinely wanted to see what I could get out of the guitar. My only concession was the Laney's onboard spring reverb, which was always on. Since then I've used a two amp rig, wet-dry, monster pedalboard, so I'm certainly not adverse to a more complicated set-up. But I'm still glad I started off simply, as it made me do more with the guitar.
Are you now renaming to: "That Show"🤠
Happy new year!
There is no thing without nothing.
THOROUGHLY enjoyed this. As a DGT player myself, very pleased that Mick showed how versatile that guitar can be. Do more of these types of challenges, please. Perhaps, one where you find the best/most versatile channel switching amps and compare that to a similar single-channel with an overdrive pedal. Thanks, as always for this content
This was tough. When you see two people you love going through a really hard time and you're powerless to help, it really sends the cows home to roost. All I can offer is empty platitudes: in order to see the light, we must first experience the darkness...the led-less darkness. My heart goes out to you both. Thanks for being open. It's okay to talk.
Great episode as always guys. Interesting thing Mick said about the 'day of things I don't normally like' - it's interesting that as musicians (mainly guitarists), as soon as we find we need to be flexible, we start to make compromises...
Wow. I never knew i wanted a vox til now. And what a perfect demonstration of two of the most important and foundational amps in electric guitar history no matter the genre. Micks lead tone on the deluxe was epic…while dans funky clean tone on the vox was perfection…I soo want a vox now…have a custom shop HW 64 PR . Both amps with an amp switcher and nothing else and youd have the best tone on earth.
You guys are so much fun to watch! Not only do you come up with some amazing tones, but your playing is exceptional. Thanks again for doing your show..
Hello and Welcome to that No Pedal Show! Dan here, Mick here!
I could watch you guys futz around with tone and solos and riffs all day long. Love this one.
Fender Deluxe Reverb and Vox AC15 w/Greenback are the two amps that I own, and I love them both dearly. When I set them up in a stereo config it is a whole auditory herd of magical unicorns. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I have a DR and AC30 going to try this!
Such a great episode. Your playing is incredible. A perfect explanation of compromises and solutions
Thank you Mark, very kind!
Loved the show. The winning tone for me was the DGT with the Deluxe cranked. The way you explore tones is why I come back to your show over and over. For example, my amp is a Boogie Mark V:35. It’s clean channel has a fat mode that is supposed to be close to Fender blackpanel amps, but I almost use it mostly for cleans. Well, I got home, cranked the master to 8-9, gain halfway, pushed the mids, and my humbucker guitar got me some gnarly rock tones. Pure awesomeness. Thank you, we all need a reminder once in a while to try new stuff. Cheers!
YES! Nice work!
Funny I actually liked the AC15 better than the matchless accept for volume. I never thought the AC could sound better than a matchless. Again the Fender Deluxe Reverb proves why it’s the perfect gigging club amp ever made. It covers so much territory and just sounds brilliant.
Agree. It would have been interesting to have heard the AC 15 with a higher headroom amp in a wet dry/dry configuration.
@@karenlarrivee143 I use AC15 dry/DR wet and love it.
I gigged a PRS & Boogie mk3 For years no pedals. Awesome rig and sound.. 4 way footswitch to switch the 3 channels + verb.
You guys are sounding incredible! Dan, your Matchless is out of this world sweet sounding. Mick, you must use your PRS DGT more often! I can recognize you only by your fabulous tone with a Strat plugged in a Two Rock, Fender or Marshall amp, but that DGT suits you like a champ and sounds heavenly!
Thank you kindly!
Dan got lost in his playing the last few minutes of the show. That’s what I want and thanks to you both I’m getting there.
I never would have guessed that Dan would pick a Telecaster
🤣
He what?!!!!😮
He’s goes to 11, what a great guitarist
Dgt reverb has it. That reverb amp is. Awesome. I almost got a old one.Bit have vibro king modded. So I got a fargen. Omg that amp is a dream
Now, I'm only still at the funk-part, but the prs just got its backside kicked by the tele. Though admittedly, Dan seemed more apt at / comfortable with playing funk. And funk is very much in the hands for a large part.
Did anybody else flinch when he dinged the PRS on the guitarstand?
Well at least it wasn't one of his strats ;) Damn I love that sonic blue / mint green / rosewood combo
That's really good ! Congratulations !
Anyway, my 3 years old daughter thaught Dan was Santa playing guitar 🤣🤣
" a couple of yers of gigin with no pedals, only amp"- Mike form "That pedal show"
Wow back to basics some of the best tones yet,big lesson here sometimes keeping it simple gives you the best tone .Save this and watch it before you go and drop a small fortune on gear .less is more
Totally! The only problem is volume. These tones just aren't possible without cranking the amps. Rewind to the 70s... that's how pedals started!
Possibly the best vids you guys have made... excellent playing, excellent musicianship. Thnx
I thought Dan's original setup with the Vox sounded wicked! Also the most relatable likely affordable/easy to replicate setup of the day.
Leg-ends! The one amp you want is a Traynor YCV4050, 20th Anniversary Edition in emerald (British Racing Green) tolex and wheat grill cloth. The 20th Anniversary Edition is not a limited edition, just part of the name of the amp. The amp is a core product and in good supply.
This is a long one, so buckle up, but I assure you its well worth it.
Sounds brilliant on both the Fender-y clean and [Marshall (vintage switch) to Mesa (modern switch)] dirty channels, with the built in boost (added tube stage) for the dirty channel and a killer spring reverb tank. All selectable with the included foot switch.
Individual lows, mids, highs tone stack for each channel, a bright switch for the clean channel, volume control for the clean channel, volume and gain controls for the dirty channel, and a brilliant master volume for the amp overall affecting both channels.
The powerful clean-channel tone stack takes you from lush 3D Fender-y cleans (more 3D than any Fender I've ever heard, mind you) to Vox-y chime and Marshall-y crunch. The powerful dirty-channel tone stack takes you from vintage JTM45 through JCM800 through to suped-up JCM800 brown-sound saturation with the vintage switch, and from smooth Cali Mesa-Boogie (Santana, Vai, Satch) to Mesa Dual Rectifier through Soldano SLO with the Modern Switch and tone stack adjustments.
The amp runs 12ax7s and 6L6GCs for 40 watts, with auto balanced biasing for the power tubes. Comes stock with a 12 inch Celestion M65 Creamback in a pine cabinet.
The best parts ... super reliable, durable, and made top-to-bottom in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, ... for around $1500 CAD new, and seriously undervalued sleeper in the used market for $800 CAD. So, about £1000 or €1100 brand new.
Jack of all trades, matser of none DOES NOT APPLY to this amp. It simply kills on all channels, whatever you ask of it. Supremely underrated amp, supremely underrated company that's been making high-quality amps since 1963.
Not affiliated in any way, just a fan. Check it out blokes.
I'm like 8 minutes in and I already LOVE this episode!
Red with the Matchless has it for me. The PRS with the Deluxe Reverb was glorious. Watch your ears guys, once a frequency band is gone, it's gone for ever and it won't come back.
Hello guys. Have to say I would be much more comfortable with my amp (which I know you have), the Tone King Imperial Mk II. Its got a clean tone to die for, foot-switchable to a Tweedy lead channel, with separate volume, great reverb, and a foot-switchable bias tremolo. Add to all that its onboard attenuator, so you can really dial in the level of gain you want independently of volume. I think its a good contender for most usefully versatile amp.
It's a fab amp and you're right. But as this was a purist challenge, I thought I would stay purist - single channel!
@@ThatPedalShow Fair enough! You got great tones with the “purist” amps. I’ve always thought the Imperial is built for these “amp only” situations, so my “I want them to choose my gear” bias was strong on this one
I was going to be really bummed if no one brought up the Tone King Imperial. One of the best and most versatile amps ever, that and the Carr Skylark :) Purist, what's that??
That was a cute little experiment. Now, each of you come to Arizona, USA and sit in with one of my two cover bands (one rock, one country). Let's really give it a shot!
Dan funk was on 🔥🔥🔥! Loved this one, just crank amps, it really works incredibly well. In the right band, these setups would be the bomb, and so simple. Just wanted to say that this was a really cool episode. Insightful, and loads of fun. 🙏
That was fun guys! good start to 2023! thank you, see you(digitally speaking) on Monday!
37:15. That’s the unicorn. So much glory in a cranked amp.
This one goes to Dan. The vox just killed it an all fronts but volume.
Loved to see the pedal show with no pedals! Thanks for a different focus, great job, really enjoyed it.
That Pedal Dog 😂I love you guys.
I'm commenting as I watch, and I really hope Mick uses the DGT... I say it everytime I see it on the show, but more DGT is more great 😃
Ah yes, I remember the evolution now (voila an industry is born). Great job from both of you, I enjoyed this episode immensely. That outro....rig and playing...excellente. The Victory V140 Super Duchess (or even the V40, less headroom) popped into my head, one of the best "bang for the buck" amps out there (IMHO).
I think the Marshall DSL 40CR would be a great option for this challenge. The cleans are surprisingly good and you have 3 levels of increasing gain on tap.
There is just something magical that happens with the tone and volume controls on my Tele, with my Deluxe Reverb on 7. It's like nothing else I'm able to do. I don't have any explanation, it just works beautifully. (Luckily, I have a Two-Notes Torpedo Captor X for an attenuator, so my ears don't get blown out) Great video! Thanks so much from Texas!!!!
Watching more of this - I appreciate some people LOVE this approach but to me it just feels like such a struggle at a gig, why would you ever put yourself through this? Dan’s solo sound is my rhythm sound 😂 I can tell a mile a way if I had to play live through either of these rigs for a gig it would be muderously difficult!
Rolling off the tone on Dan’s Tele sounded amazing. Great video
I was getting Townsend vibes for sure
The G&L Tele pickups seem to nail that rolled off tone sound nicely.
When I saw the thumbnail I instantly said to myself, “Tele and an AC15.” The catch is that I would do a Tele Deluxe.
I’m not even a minute in, and I’m spying the Tone King Imperial in the back left. That’s the winner for amps, HANDS DOWN, with Mick’s DGT
Would have been a great choice! I kinda wanted to do one channel. :0)
@@ThatPedalShow after watching, I understood your choice!
Kind of interesting that they both chose a different path to begin with, yet came up with very comparable amps (single 12", tube circuits, with trem and reverb), and then hearing the difference in both loudness and tone between the Fender and the Vox.
Putting the Vox and the Deluxe Reverb in a stereo or A/B switched setup would get one hell of a wicked sound.
1. 57' Les Paul | 53' Telecaster | 82' Stratocaster | 62' Les Paul SG | 54' ES-335 + Marshall Valvestate VS40R
2. 57' ES-175 + Vox Valvetronix AD30VT or Cambridge V9310
Happy New Year! Grabbing a coffee and settling in for some much needed tones and shenanigans.
My deserted island rig is a Fender Deluxe Reverb (with bright cap cut and speaker change) and a Gibson Les Paul (with paf “style” humbuckers, PIO bumblebee caps, and 50’s wiring). Nothing else is needed. There’s a reason the DR is one of the most recorded amps of all time. 🤘🏼
Timely as ever, gents. Watching this while dialling in my wet/dry rig for the next set of gigs. While not quite as restricted as this fab TPS challenge video in terms of devices, I’m using a small board that has forced me to make some grown-up effect choices, and is also ensuring that I get to know the handful of pedals on it in much more detail than usual (and raid the existing pedal cupboard every week to make tweaks, which is a great pleasure in itself). Wishing you both a productive and happy 2023.
that matchless tone at the end there, sumptuous , happy new year folks
quality guitar with quality SC pups into a well tuned/maintained Fender amp. Top guitar amp combo for sure.
This was so much fun!!! The Christmas spirit lingering into the New Year! May you two both be blessed deeply for decades to come!!!
"You are yelling, you know that?"
"YEAH, 'CUZ IT'S REALLY LOUD!" 😂😂😂
"You do know you're shouting...", "Because it's LOUD!!!" 😎. Classic TPS at it's best - well done fellas! really interesting episode. For anyone who hasn't tried the 2 amp (wet/dry) set-up, go out and steal another amp now! try it - you'll be amazed!
Just re-watching this and it really is a masterclass in how to get the most out of the least gear… You should’ve been wearing 5-Watt World T-shirts 😂
Brilliant idea guys! To me Dan's tone was better - I think tele kicked PRS's ass :D
Having said that the two amps simultaneously sounded nice.
My last gig out was a corporate ‘covers’ show for my organisation. In front of 1000 staff members I played a Back To The Future set using a telecaster into a ProJnr4, using just a Blues Driver and a tuner, and my volume and tone knobs.
It’s very liberating….
YES!
Great show…..I did a gig where my battery powered board died (since then, I’ve gone to a 110v powered board)…we did a song where I needed OD. I thought I’d crank the amp…..it was a Sano with so much clean headroom it was just LOUD…..except for the drunk young lady who thought I sounded just like Jimi , my band mates where thrown for a loop😳🤣
Love these guys. Such a joy to watch. Would love an evening with them in the pub!
I loved this so much ❤ id love to see a video of you trying to find your favorite tone with cheap pedals
The choices yall made and the rationale behind them is fascinating. I think i'd lean on the Mick side of things and go with as versatile a rig as i can manage without overcomplicating things.
If I need to do a quick gig and don’t want to bring a lot of stuff, I will grab my Vox ac30 s1, grab my Les Paul standard and believe it or not I don’t even need any pedals, digital reverb in the amp sounds good and being only 1 channel with a master volume, i can dial in sounds from very clean to a good tube distortion and everything in between.
Mesa Mark V 35. Two Channels with 3 options in each channel. Plus
Foot switch with lead boost.
I had to play a festival a few years ago. I forgot my pedalboard and had to rely on my AC15 and Nashville Tele. Possibly the most fun gig I've ever played.
I'd always be tempted to just go 'all in' and use a Les Paul Junior DC with an AC15. I wouldn't even use the reverb or tremolo - I never use reverb in 'normal' life, anyway.
When anyone's asked the question 'over a pint', I give that answer and just add, it's more versatile than an acoustic, and who ever really considers needing more than one acoustic for a gig?
I actually gig HSS Strats with a Mesa, just because I don't like dragging around several guitars - I don't care what other guitarists think about my sound, as long as the audience has a good time.
Tone King Imperial all the way for me! Two channels (plenty of gain when using the attenuator) and also has reverb and trem . Dreamy!👌
My ES-335 with a Spark amp and the Xotic switcher pedal for the amp. It's now my gig rig and I can carry it from the car in one trip.
My gigging rig, for a while, was a 335 through a DRRI on 7 with an Octa-Fuzz (in fuzz mode) and a wah. Glorious option for a very simple gigging set-up.
Niiiice!
Dan picked his comfy/safe rhythm sound so the band wouldn't make angry eyebrows at him all night. Obviously having flashbacks to the walkabout at Kangaroo court circa '97. But the matchless was always gonna be his happy place for solos. I'd have picked the matchless upfront, stumble thru walkin on sunshine and wait for eyebrow time, baby.
Greetings from Australia, where even the Sainsbury's shopping bag at 4.17 is part of my collection.
Very interesting! I had this situation at an outdoor Festival gig last year. Many bands appearing with very tight schedules. My pedal board packed up just as we were about to start. In the heat of the moment my brain failed to sort out the problem( which was a quick fix next day when I had no pressure ) so I had no choice but to play with Guitar and Amp. The Guitar was a vintage spec Strat and the amp was a Fender Blues Junior. Not an ideal situation. I made some adjustments however and got through the gig. I guess my years of experience helped though I learned a lot, not least that I can cope if I have to. It was my first ever use of the Fat switch and there was a lot of volume and tone control action going on. Cheers Mick and Dan, enjoyable to see you approach the situation and the thought process.
Holy cow, the final iterations of your rigs made me actually laugh out loud! Sooooo good, gents!
The Imperial MK2 is a 2 chanel amp with reverb and a on board attenuator.
Me I play a MK 2 with no pedals. Mostly at home
a 65 prinston reverb
Damn that Deluxe Reverb sounds unbelievable. Thanks for this vid.
Thank you! I was hoping somebody would say that. Hahah!
I was just remembering Xmas 2020 when Dan’s now glorious beard did a radical 3 episode transformation to become completely grey. What a time to be alive.
Hey Mick!
You mentioned this Deluxe Reverb thing the other day....Didn't expect it to sound like this! Jesus - so thick and creamy!
That one guitar, felt good in his hands
Didn't take long, to understand
Just one guitar, slung way down low
Was a one way ticket, only one way to go
So he started rockin', ain't never gonna stop
Gotta keep on rockin', someday gonna make it to the top
Such a great song - Dan here