Ive been playing guitar for years and this video has exactly 0 new information in it for me, but Lee’s so good at hosting that I just end up watching full thing anyways
if I was starting again, I would buy Boss pedals and ignore everything else. I have about forty pedals made by mainly ‘boutique’ (low volume production,high price) builders and six guitars ranging from a 40 year old Squire JVRI Strat to a Murphy lab SG… If you want my advice, get a decent HSS S-style and/or an LP style and a handful of Boss pedals and that will be all you will ever need.
As a 44 year old new (1 year) guitar player, this video was a much needed one for me. As much I enjoy all your videos, I find that for a newbie like me all of the technical information there is aimed at a much more experienced players. This one lays the basics for people like me. Thnx a lot, great explanation and please make more of these.
There's no difference between beginner, intermediate, & pro gear. Beginners can use good gear and don't let anyone shame you into feeling like you need bad gear until you practice more.
@@sagittatedGreat point. An od is an od is an od. They will sound a little different model to model but they serve the same purpose. My favorite distortion is the DS1. Has been for over 25 years, it only costs 50 or 60 bucks for the base model at most shops, and built like a tank.
Longstanding viewer here, as well as guitar player and music teacher. I must commend the way you guys do your beginners videos. While of course, you want to sell products, there's a very warming and welcoming tone to these, that I hope will make new players feel like part of the guitar playing community of the world. Well done Cap'n, and well done also to the production team. It warms a teachers heart to see it.
Lee, I have a request. Could you maybe do a video regarding guitars that would be suitable for nickel allergy sufferers? I feel extremely limited in what guitars or strings I can buy, and need all the help I can get. At most stores, I get people doing the shoulders shrug and incoherent "idunno" mumble.
Great demo Lee, this will help the new guitarists with there choice of pedals, and they can show mum and dad what they want for Christmas if they are if they are to young to get there own just yet.
My first pedal was an Ibanez Phat Hed. It was advertised as a bass Tube Screamer, but it worked equally as well for guitar. Of course, the reason I bought it was because it was half the price of a Tube Screamer. Looking back at those days, the first pedal a beginner should buy is a TUNER. You're welcome.
Here’s an idea for a series of videos…. £500 upgrade. So you’ve got a £500 rig, and £500 to spend. What do you do? New guitar? Pedals? Trade in your amp? Trade everything. And you could have 2 approaches to the same situation.. Then same… but with £1000 rig and so on. And you’re then covering everyone’s real life conundrums on what’s next
Just get a tube screamer. I wish i had. I had a cheap amp cheap pedal and sound i sometimes loved, but mostly hated. My fingers worked mostly fine, but no matter what, something sounded off.no modulation until until you can play clean. Grab a ir200 and a tube screamer. It will cost you 600 bucks your cheap guitar will sound better. Don't get a daisy chain with a cheap amp. It may sound like garbage. I spent more money trying to get expensive tones with cheap equipment but you have to spend some money to sound good. 500 bucks will get you pretty far. Anyway nobody will lisyen and probably do what i did. But again, get the ir200. I took a dump on it. i was wrong. It's a great, inexpensive machine to learn on. And in 6 months, when you are better, get something digital with modulation. You'll learn to not like it, then you'll really start spending money.
If I’ve got a Blackstar V30 amp I think it is, which has different effects on it…when would I need pedals? I suppose the pedal allows you to change sounds mid riff, you don’t need to use your hands to adjust the amp switches…
I bought my first pedal 3 years or so ago and you are correct they ARE Addictive... in fact you have almost my first board... Changed some of the inexpensive pedals since for a Plethora X5... great video for the new to pedals.
Please please please all you beginers out there before you invest in all these lovely shiny toys demonstrated by Lee get yourself a chair....its way more comfy than playing with your legs crossed on a not too soft carpet....youll thank me later!
I'm finally graduating from messing around with cheap FX modelers and processors on to putting together a modest pedal board of my very reasonable dreams! Andertons has been a large chunk of my research into how I should go about assembling over time. What sort of pedals to prioritize and what not. I've loved watching all the board assembly videos and thank you for sharing it all with us!
Another great video, Cap’n… You always make it seem like we are being helped by a friend. If it weren’t for shipping cost, i’d be buying gear from you.. Wish you and your family and colleagues a wonderful Christmas.
Playing since 1970 Still recording and having a blast. My pedal board has a Boss Tuner, A Boss Chorus, and a Boss Blues Driver. Youngsters I have had them all. Still have a lot of them. Lee is right on, but in the end start simple and robust and go from there, just remember to set it on 11 AFTER you tuned it
Uncle Lee teaching the kiddos! I wanna hear him read a story about the Adventures of Danish Pete and Chappers on the high seas! Or, a step by step beginners guide to programing your DIGITAL JOHN!
Awesome Video Lee👍 You and all the Andertons team are so good at demos and informing all players at all different levels!!! Keep up the amazing work!🎸👍
Thank you for this! I’ve been playing acoustic for 8 years (self taught) but I’m more of a song writer than anything. I’m working on learning more about guitars and I’m getting into electric guitars and have been wanting to learn about pedals and this was a very well informed and wonderfully put together video!!!
@Lee Anderton Dang bro! Now that's how a music company SHOULD open a video! Killer drum beat that actually moves my woofers, killer slightly distorted guitar, ummmm wakes me RIGHT up it does! You do or should realize that people who come to your channel, most likely have jobs and therefore music equipment and therefore some type of amplified video/TV equipment. Please, please give us some kind of monster intro like this (not necessarily this) and not the captain's lick. It has it's place in our hearts, don't get me wrong. Daddy needs some boom-boom in the morning! lol Merry Christmas to you and yours and ALL the good folks who work for and with you!
Smart salesmanship, getting the beginner videos out for Christmas. That's not me complaining BTW. Can you please do a blindfold video of multifx Vs Tube amp. Everyone says you can't tell the difference and I can't decide whether to make the move to the dark side.
I actually find it a little silly that a guitar pedal is called a guitar pedal if you can use one with more than a guitar. Now I'd rather call "guitar" pedals instrument pedals or effects pedals ahah. Heck, even a "Bass amp" I used when there was no other amp available for me to plug into at a music school sounded good for Jazz tones.
The downside with the daisy chain power supply is they usually carry noise from the plug through to the pedals. I’d recommend an isolated power supply if you can afford that.
I have been waiting for a video like this. Next Le Should show what channel he will connect pedals to in a practice combo amplifier or if it makes sense. Because I have a MG practice amp with inbuilt effects. Like reverb and fx ?
Just the kind of video I needed when I was starting out. Sadly that was so long ago that I had to rely on Pathe News or informative 45s on the wind-up phonograph. You youngsters are very lucky to have The Captain guiding you!
Only thing missing for a beginner was possibly a cheap little simple looper pedal for practicing or just jamming by yourself. But regardless still a really good and informative video for newer players.
Made the horrid mistake of going with a digitech death metal pedal for my first. Thing has been sitting in a box for years now. The only pedal I regularly use right now is the Horizon Precision drive, and man I fuckin love the thing. Occasionally will use a Crybaby for funsies though.
I don't think so. It's fun to plug straight in, but it's also fun to play with different tones, gain levels, reverb etc etc. Definitely helps you grow as a player. Trying new things n such.
Nah bro I am with you 100%, I got a boss Me80 and it serves me fine. I actually run it through a bass amp with the Boss's preamp on. Works great for what I need. And I have less amps.
Good video Lee! Takes me back to the days when I was pedal exploring! I’m rocking a tuner, wah, flanger, mini tube screamer, and a looper and delay in the effects loop of my TH30 🔥🔥
I'm glad that you explain the option of "Daisy Chaining" for powering multiple pedals. I think buying a "Power Supply" is throwing away money & giving up "Real Estate" on your board. I have over 16 pedals "Daisy Chained" on MY board, with NO ISSUES!
Daisy chaining is a good way to keep costs down and is fine as long as you are lucky enough to get away without the noise that can be created by not using a "proper" isolated supply. Also many digital pedals are power hogs and have high current needs that can't always be covered by a cheap non-isolated supply and daisy chaining. A rechargeable battery power bank is yet another way to go.
My advice is that you don't buy cheap pedals, then replace them with the pedals you actually want. You've just wasted money on the cheap pedals. If a pedal costs you $25, it's a waste of $25. Just go get a pizza instead. Then save up and get $200 pedals when they're on sale price for $140.
