Great sound man! I have to say that I noticed the little Vox sitting there and thought you may surprise us at the end but it sounded so good, I was like, nah... he must be playing through the Crate :-D I love how you have the little glue on "jewels" to help you keep your knobs and switches set to your favorite setting. I have not thought of that before but it's genius. I've previously used a pencil to put little dash markings but you can't really see those in poor lighting. My daughter has taken to putting stickers and some of these jewels on my pedals so maybe I'll have to just rearrange them.
Enjoyed this video a lot, thanks! Great to see what pedals other rockabilly players have found to play with, and it sounds great!! 😎👍 (A few negative replies here; weird; why is it hard to understand music is about having fun???! Robert couldn’t have been clearer about the context; lighten up folks!!!)
Thanks! And yeah, agreed. Making vids is almost not fun because it just sets you up to be attacked to some extent. Ha… there is even a mean spirited comment from a player that I sort of looked up to and learned from in a “how to” vid from 20 years ago… depressing. I was clear, but I don’t think some folks want that to matter, as much as they want to own and control something that can have neither. “…still a man hears what he wants to hear, And disregards the rest.” Anyway, comments like yours make it worth it. Thanks. Really! …and happy new year.
I wanted a keeley memphis for a long time then when i finally got my hand on one i just couldn't get on with it. Couldnt get any noise i wanted out if it. Sold it and went back to my jhs milkman
There's a lot of pedals like that; demos good, maybe even initially sounds good by itself, but in a chain? NSM. The Keeley stuff is like that.I've tried a bunch of their product, but have kept nothing.If you dig the intended sound, highly recommend Oil Can delay, - Adineko and Black Fountain.
I just OCD overdrive on a low level setting. Overdrive without losing definition is key. Might need a new compressor for tighten up the clean sound, now I use a Boss CS-3, but I think there are better options
I’ll try. The power switch in it failed a couple weeks ago, so I’d have to bypass it, or actually get it fixed. I was using it a bunch for a guitar mastery lesson series I’m taking... it’s just really straight forward though, except for the Moore Radar at the end... and I switched the boss wireless to a looper pedal at the front of the chain.
@@crazywisdom2 Cheap mini ones on that board. 1: sonic cake looper 2: rowin tuner 3: Moore yellow comp 4: mosky mm-silver (Timmy) 5: Kokko overdrive (tube screamer) 6: cnc analog delay 7: donner golden tremolo 8: mosky spring reverb 9: Moore radar (AC-30 setting)
If you do, I hope you like it! I’m really pushing my self to get better and that record is definitely a snapshot in time. I hope to make another album next year. All the experiments with cover songs since, plus now some actual training from an online guitar mastery course, it should be a better... I had never had any real lessons or a guitar mentor, so hopefully it makes difference. We’ll see. :)
Hey man been playing rockabilly guitar for the past few years now but only thorght about getting pedals to improve the sound the other day what would you recommend for the first 2 pedals cheers mate
Tough question! Pedals are such a secondary part of playing, and your sound is such a personal thing, it’s difficult to say what you should get. (What would be right for you) I’d start with looking at the songs you play and decide if you want something that accentuates parts like a tremolo, delay, or reverb. ...or do you want more of an overall effect like a compressor or boost? (More of an always on utility) ...The nocturne pedals are cool. (Tavo Vega) Like a lucky rabbits foot for rockabilly. The Keely limiting amplifier is pretty great... Perhaps a 3 in one pedal like the Analog Alien Rumble Seat Pedal would be a great way to start? It costs a lot, but it’s like a mini pedalboard in one box. ...or, just check out delay pedals that have tap function. I hope this is helpful. :)
hello robert greetings from argentina ... I love the sound you get, I wanted to know if in addition to the pedals you use some emulation program ... and if it is not like that ... I would like you to build some preset for guitar program .. It would be very helpful, I love your videos.
When recording scratch tracks in pro tools I use Amplitube, with fender style amps and their pedal selection. (And then CLA plugins to fatten things up) ...But I have not tried to use anything like that to play with a band or anything like that. I can't build an emulator... I dunno how. :)
@@robertrussell2717 Thanks for replying!! How did you find it? Especially in terms of noise/hum. I've been looking at getting a power supply and people on forums were a bit intense around wall wart power supplies like this one not being fully isolated, but I haven't had any first-hand experience with them so I don't really know how much of an issue it can be.
Billy Chase: I do, except that once I had the big board, I pretty much stopped using the mini board. It’s sort of there if friends come over to play... If you have room, the echoplex seems cool. I want to get one. The mini pedals I have for that mini board are low budget, but get the job done. The CNZ tape echo and the Rowin analog delay have been used in that board. I don’t use them a lot so I’m not sure how much of a beating they can take or how long they last.
@@robertrussell2717 If you ever demo your mini board, I'd tune in. You make your pedals sound great. I've been reworking my board for some 50s and 60s tones with a swap out on my fuzz to do modern rock. I also decided to minimize my board to a Pedaltrain Nano. So I can have 4-5 pedals max. [Fuzzes: Wire Instruments Fuzz OR Catalinbread Fuzzbrite] > MXR Phase 95 > Keeley Rat > EHX Oceans 11 > Tone King Imperial amp. My tuner is the headstock Polytune. The Oceans 11 does a pretty convincing drippy spring reverb for surf music. Ideally, I am moving into surf, spaghetti western, 60s fuzz psych, with some rockabilly influence. Though I have a lot of woodshedding to do.
That sounds awesome. Those tone king amps seem really cool. I’ve only seen RUclips demos... I was considering getting a Mesaboogie California Tweed. I will do a vid for that mini pedal board. Good idea. ...I already feel the bug to make another board. :) Maybe with the alien analog rumble seat. I do want to keep going with tap controlled pedals and stereo signals. (Might get 2 California tweeds) ...Is oceans 11 a stereo pedal?
@@robertrussell2717 The Oceans 11 is mono. I only use it for the Spring Reverb sound and drive the Rat into it. Pretty close to Dick Dale's Misirlou tone. The Rumble Seat pedal and the Mystery Brain pedal demos I've seen have been great (although out of my range since I'm not a dedicated rockabilly style player). Looking forward to your demo.
Thanks! It's a Crate Palomino. It was my brother in-laws. When he had a heart attack a few years back, my sister gave it to me. That little amp means a lot to me. I just sort of keep as part of my life. I don't really use it often. I'm moving on to using a Mesa California Tweed Combo now... In fact it arrives Tuesday. I'm excited about that.
Ha, I agree, and I said that in the vid... but this was about geeking out with pedals. It’s fun, and having options while playing is kinda great, in my opinion... If you don’t like pedals, or just want to use one... cool.
you don't need all these boxes, you just need a good guitarist, decent strat & semi acoustic and decent echo unit AND LISTEN TO ORIGINAL ROCKABILLY RECORDS TO GET THE RIGHT SOUND!!!
@@evansteidtman962 find a friend who plays 'Jerry lee Lewis style piano then you could try Put your cat clothes on by Carl (never released sadly till 70's) one of the best he recorded!
I'm no sound expert and it all sounds good.But this is to copy a style of music played on unsophisticated instruments recorded on crude equipment with a delay and reverb! Why so much stuff?
Mainly because I like to change things while the song is playing, and pedals make that easier, and I just enjoy them. They are fun in my opinion. I’m not trying to authentically recreate, I’m just influenced by lots of vintage guitar sounds, and I like to apply them in this way. It’s all tech... some is just more vintage than others. Even pedals are vintage now.
Sell all that modern digital pedals and buy a tweed amp and a real vintage tube Watkins Copicat and that's all you need to play authentic rockabilly...Beleave me..
I never tried a Watkins before... I'll check it out, (when I can) I do have a California Tweed. Might make a video about it soon... but anyway, yeah, I'm not selling my pedals... they're fun. :) My songs have lots of delay, tremolo and reverb changes in them. I'm influenced heavily by rockabilly, but I'm not trying to re-enact the past perfectly. Plenty of folks already do that very well.
I’d put my Nocturne Blondeshell 63, Ubangi Stomp And BS 301 Tape Echo up against anything. No one can touch that tone except the players who use the same thing and a lot of them are using Nocturne.
This wasn't about getting a rockabilly tone. You used this video just to show off your pedal board. After all, you make it clear that you don't need all those pedals at the beginning of the video and then you go on to show is all those pedals that aren't needed. GET TO THE POINT! I had to turn this off when I saw I was wasting my time watching it.
I’m going to agree... the vid is not paced well. It’s one of the first ones I did, and I’ve learned a bit since then. I’m not really making vids right now because I just spent the last 5 months focused on playing better, and taking music theory classes. I do love pedals, probably to a fault, and I’ll probably continue to annoy folks with more vintage inspired pedal vids... though perhaps much shorter and to the point. ...but they are clearly marked. This is my very modern pedal board that I layer up vintage inspired tones with. The title is not really a bait and switch. In any case... sorry to waste your time.
Great sound man! I have to say that I noticed the little Vox sitting there and thought you may surprise us at the end but it sounded so good, I was like, nah... he must be playing through the Crate :-D
I love how you have the little glue on "jewels" to help you keep your knobs and switches set to your favorite setting. I have not thought of that before but it's genius. I've previously used a pencil to put little dash markings but you can't really see those in poor lighting. My daughter has taken to putting stickers and some of these jewels on my pedals so maybe I'll have to just rearrange them.
Love to see what was on that mini board
"Tuner, cause yaaaaa." Love the disclaimer!
Cool stuff!
Great board. Thanks for breaking it down
Very nice on the Coca Cola case Inspired🤩🎸Great amp Smart pedal choices and setup
Enjoyed this video a lot, thanks! Great to see what pedals other rockabilly players have found to play with, and it sounds great!! 😎👍
(A few negative replies here; weird; why is it hard to understand music is about having fun???! Robert couldn’t have been clearer about the context; lighten up folks!!!)
Thanks! And yeah, agreed. Making vids is almost not fun because it just sets you up to be attacked to some extent. Ha… there is even a mean spirited comment from a player that I sort of looked up to and learned from in a “how to” vid from 20 years ago… depressing.
I was clear, but I don’t think some folks want that to matter, as much as they want to own and control something that can have neither.
“…still a man hears what he wants to hear, And disregards the rest.” Anyway, comments like yours make it worth it. Thanks. Really! …and happy new year.
I enjoyed your chating more than review, thnx for video!
I wanted a keeley memphis for a long time then when i finally got my hand on one i just couldn't get on with it. Couldnt get any noise i wanted out if it. Sold it and went back to my jhs milkman
Milkman does not seem to get enough praise. It's fantastic!
There's a lot of pedals like that; demos good, maybe even initially sounds good by itself, but in a chain? NSM.
The Keeley stuff is like that.I've tried a bunch of their product, but have kept nothing.If you dig the intended sound, highly recommend Oil Can delay, - Adineko and Black Fountain.
Utterly fantastic video. Thanks much!
I just OCD overdrive on a low level setting. Overdrive without losing definition is key. Might need a new compressor for tighten up the clean sound, now I use a Boss CS-3, but I think there are better options
Agreed... I just got an OCD and a Timmy for my latest iteration of the board. I'll see how it goes.
love it
Just a Cool Freak'n Vid... You got a sub. And down the rabbit hole we go =)
Model amplifier please?
Can you do a vid of the Blackbird pedal board ... that seems interesting too = )
I’ll try. The power switch in it failed a couple weeks ago, so I’d have to bypass it, or actually get it fixed. I was using it a bunch for a guitar mastery lesson series I’m taking... it’s just really straight forward though, except for the Moore Radar at the end... and I switched the boss wireless to a looper pedal at the front of the chain.
@@robertrussell2717 cool. thanks. if you can't do a vid I understand... but what pedals are you using ? thanks.
@@crazywisdom2
Cheap mini ones on that board.
1: sonic cake looper
2: rowin tuner
3: Moore yellow comp
4: mosky mm-silver (Timmy)
5: Kokko overdrive (tube screamer)
6: cnc analog delay
7: donner golden tremolo
8: mosky spring reverb
9: Moore radar (AC-30 setting)
ok. I may have to get your LP.
If you do, I hope you like it!
I’m really pushing my self to get better and that record is definitely a snapshot in time. I hope to make another album next year. All the experiments with cover songs since, plus now some actual training from an online guitar mastery course, it should be a better... I had never had any real lessons or a guitar mentor, so hopefully it makes difference. We’ll see. :)
Hey man been playing rockabilly guitar for the past few years now but only thorght about getting pedals to improve the sound the other day what would you recommend for the first 2 pedals cheers mate
Tough question! Pedals are such a secondary part of playing, and your sound is such a personal thing, it’s difficult to say what you should get. (What would be right for you)
I’d start with looking at the songs you play and decide if you want something that accentuates parts like a tremolo, delay, or reverb. ...or do you want more of an overall effect like a compressor or boost? (More of an always on utility)
...The nocturne pedals are cool. (Tavo Vega) Like a lucky rabbits foot for rockabilly.
The Keely limiting amplifier is pretty great...
Perhaps a 3 in one pedal like the Analog Alien Rumble Seat Pedal would be a great way to start? It costs a lot, but it’s like a mini pedalboard in one box.
...or, just check out delay pedals that have tap function.
I hope this is helpful. :)
Excellent vid! Have you had any issues with the Crate? Has it been reliable? Thanks!
what size pedalboard you are using
hello robert greetings from argentina ... I love the sound you get, I wanted to know if in addition to the pedals you use some emulation program ... and if it is not like that ... I would like you to build some preset for guitar program .. It would be very helpful, I love your videos.
When recording scratch tracks in pro tools I use Amplitube, with fender style amps and their pedal selection. (And then CLA plugins to fatten things up) ...But I have not tried to use anything like that to play with a band or anything like that.
I can't build an emulator... I dunno how. :)
Not sure if anyone asked this already (apologies if someone did) but what power supply are you using in this board?
It’s a really cheap Rowin.
www.ebay.com/itm/283714620030
@@robertrussell2717 Thanks for replying!! How did you find it? Especially in terms of noise/hum. I've been looking at getting a power supply and people on forums were a bit intense around wall wart power supplies like this one not being fully isolated, but I haven't had any first-hand experience with them so I don't really know how much of an issue it can be.
Do you use the mini board for the same kind of music? I'm on the hunt for a mini delay to give me the rockabilly sound. Haven't narrowed it down yet.
Billy Chase: I do, except that once I had the big board, I pretty much stopped using the mini board. It’s sort of there if friends come over to play...
If you have room, the echoplex seems cool. I want to get one.
The mini pedals I have for that mini board are low budget, but get the job done. The CNZ tape echo and the Rowin analog delay have been used in that board. I don’t use them a lot so I’m not sure how much of a beating they can take or how long they last.
Billy Chase: oh, also, on the mini board right now:
ruclips.net/video/DqTxQoLVG2Y/видео.html
@@robertrussell2717 If you ever demo your mini board, I'd tune in. You make your pedals sound great.
I've been reworking my board for some 50s and 60s tones with a swap out on my fuzz to do modern rock. I also decided to minimize my board to a Pedaltrain Nano. So I can have 4-5 pedals max.
[Fuzzes: Wire Instruments Fuzz OR Catalinbread Fuzzbrite] > MXR Phase 95 > Keeley Rat > EHX Oceans 11 > Tone King Imperial amp. My tuner is the headstock Polytune. The Oceans 11 does a pretty convincing drippy spring reverb for surf music.
Ideally, I am moving into surf, spaghetti western, 60s fuzz psych, with some rockabilly influence. Though I have a lot of woodshedding to do.
That sounds awesome. Those tone king amps seem really cool. I’ve only seen RUclips demos... I was considering getting a Mesaboogie California Tweed.
I will do a vid for that mini pedal board. Good idea. ...I already feel the bug to make another board. :)
Maybe with the alien analog rumble seat. I do want to keep going with tap controlled pedals and stereo signals. (Might get 2 California tweeds) ...Is oceans 11 a stereo pedal?
@@robertrussell2717 The Oceans 11 is mono. I only use it for the Spring Reverb sound and drive the Rat into it. Pretty close to Dick Dale's Misirlou tone. The Rumble Seat pedal and the Mystery Brain pedal demos I've seen have been great (although out of my range since I'm not a dedicated rockabilly style player). Looking forward to your demo.
I would venture to guess that precious few- if anyone really-- ever uses a compressor pedal in a rockabilly rig. Does anyone?
If it is a vintage sound show/event, no.
Maybe the sound guy might be doing something after the fact, but no.
Sounds great Robert, what is the amp at the start? The white 32?
reverb.com/item/22668732-crate-palomino-v32-212-all-tube-amp
Thanks!
It's a Crate Palomino. It was my brother in-laws. When he had a heart attack a few years back, my sister gave it to me. That little amp means a lot to me. I just sort of keep as part of my life. I don't really use it often.
I'm moving on to using a Mesa California Tweed Combo now... In fact it arrives Tuesday. I'm excited about that.
Those Crate 32's were made in the USA and are actually pretty great little tube amps.
Thanks Robert, i've got an ac15 atm but thinking about changing for a blues jnr but i'll check these out.
what glasses are those?
I have few… I think that was a vintage pair by “Liberty” …but Oliver People’s makes really nice version and they are easier to get.
I didn't know that the Magneto liked rockabilly! 🤣🤣🤣
Keely Memphis Sun is the true rockabilly pedal
Ha, a lot of folks don’t think there is such a thing as a true rockabilly pedal, but it’s cool and useful in my opinion.
I have it I bought it because of this video
You don't need all that just slap back and reverb job done
Ha, I agree, and I said that in the vid... but this was about geeking out with pedals. It’s fun, and having options while playing is kinda great, in my opinion... If you don’t like pedals, or just want to use one... cool.
@@robertrussell2717 keep on rocking buddy
you don't need all these boxes, you just need a good guitarist, decent strat & semi acoustic and decent echo unit AND LISTEN TO ORIGINAL ROCKABILLY RECORDS TO GET THE RIGHT SOUND!!!
@@evansteidtman962 find a friend who plays 'Jerry lee Lewis style piano then you could try Put your cat clothes on by Carl (never released sadly till 70's) one of the best he recorded!
I don t need a big pedal Boarding...lol.. and it s full of tech wich no rockabilly needs...
I'm no sound expert and it all sounds good.But this is to copy a style of music played on unsophisticated instruments recorded on crude equipment with a delay and reverb! Why so much stuff?
Mainly because I like to change things while the song is playing, and pedals make that easier, and I just enjoy them. They are fun in my opinion. I’m not trying to authentically recreate, I’m just influenced by lots of vintage guitar sounds, and I like to apply them in this way. It’s all tech... some is just more vintage than others. Even pedals are vintage now.
Funny!!!! If you re going to add a second pedal ummmm-tuner lol
Sell all that modern digital pedals and buy a tweed amp and a real vintage tube Watkins Copicat and that's all you need to play authentic rockabilly...Beleave me..
I never tried a Watkins before... I'll check it out, (when I can) I do have a California Tweed. Might make a video about it soon... but anyway, yeah, I'm not selling my pedals... they're fun. :)
My songs have lots of delay, tremolo and reverb changes in them. I'm influenced heavily by rockabilly, but I'm not trying to re-enact the past perfectly. Plenty of folks already do that very well.
I’d put my Nocturne Blondeshell 63, Ubangi Stomp And BS 301 Tape Echo up against anything. No one can touch that tone except the players who use the same thing and a lot of them are using Nocturne.
This wasn't about getting a rockabilly tone. You used this video just to show off your pedal board. After all, you make it clear that you don't need all those pedals at the beginning of the video and then you go on to show is all those pedals that aren't needed. GET TO THE POINT! I had to turn this off when I saw I was wasting my time watching it.
I’m going to agree... the vid is not paced well. It’s one of the first ones I did, and I’ve learned a bit since then. I’m not really making vids right now because I just spent the last 5 months focused on playing better, and taking music theory classes. I do love pedals, probably to a fault, and I’ll probably continue to annoy folks with more vintage inspired pedal vids... though perhaps much shorter and to the point. ...but they are clearly marked. This is my very modern pedal board that I layer up vintage inspired tones with. The title is not really a bait and switch.
In any case... sorry to waste your time.