HeadRush Gigboard - Massive Effects - Mini Package! 

I'll never get bored of reading people arguing about sound quality over a compressed youtube video :p

Something I learned a long time ago with these type of units. It's all in the impulse responses. They can make or break these Borg boxes. With the right IR thru a FRFR and a preference for high gain, I've found the Headrush sounds absolutely stellar.

When I saw "portable" I was thinking of something different. Y'all should put together busking rigs. Folk, Rock and Blues.

Hey guys, I bought a Pedal and some Accessoires in your store today. What a great service and store, I was traveling around the UK and I thougt bevore I leave and go back to Germany I should visit Andertons. I was thrilled😀

You guys did a great job showing the Headrush. I appreciate you just going about it like a "normal" person would. I have to get one now. Thanks again.

Summary of comments: It sounds great, no it doesn't, yes it does, no it doesn't... FWIW I think it sounds grrrreat, and reasonably priced at $650. The only problem is that one day, like the POD 2, this'll be available on eBay for $100. Does that matter? Only you and your wallet can decide. But some people will love this at the price point. I'm anxious to try it in person. I think it's a winner.

I use my new gig board and expression pedal on my tube amps as an effects unit only and it is amazing the sound quality of the effects they’ve put in this unit. A group of my presets are basically just different pedalboards that I just switch between. I use it for recording too with its amps, IRs etc, but even just as a multi effects unit alone it is wonderful and best part is..it’s totally quiet, no hum, no buzz just pure effects.

"It's a giant ship of tone" For the win, Rob.

My college professor was Shawn Lane's bassist & good friend, I got to play on one of the Charvels my teacher got to keep. Good ole Barry Bays, he turned me onto Shawn & MacAlpine during my "shred phase". I strive to be a better player when I hear those aliens touch a fretboard.

Guess I will have to wait when Danish pete does the demo.... Then maybe we will hear some decent clean tones... Rob = lots of distortion.

Along ZOOM, HeadRush is among the few that I could use to stack 2-3 Distortion sequentially, to mimick RAT Deucetone or Fender Pugilist ... well done Chaps at Andies' ! ! ! (* Usually 2 + noise gate = enough ! !)

8:08 Wow! That sounded *AWESOME* !

I wonder if you can see that screen in bright sunny outdoor summer gigs?

Didn't think you guys could top the Pantheon Overdrive video but, WOW!! Keep it up!

Trying to decide between this or the new Line 6 HX Stomp for my all in one gigboard.

Guys, seems you've really enjoyed our Presets and IRs! :D

Having and external power supply helps reduce the size of the unit, keeps the cost down and possibly reduces interference.

Rob is looking at that pedal as if he feels very sorry for it 😅

I actually like the power input : it's 19V and 3.42A : same as a laptop computers, which means that you can power it with any laptop power supply or even with an external laptop battery.

I'm with you Rob. Tony MacAlpine rules!

Having used everything but Headrush so far-Headrush seems more intuitive to me.

Chappers is turning more and more into the guitar version of David Brent

Headrush GigBoard vs MX-5 multi-effects pedal. Gigboard seems to be in short supply. Gigboard a big 7 inch screen with no expression pedal vs 4 inch screen and a built in expression pedal. You can add an external expression pedal to the Gigboard.

Not sure if anyone knew this, but SoulPedal's got some tricks borrowed from Andertons Wah pedal mods etc... Thanks man! The opto-isolator, multiple feedback caps (mine are jumper configured), and shunting the coil for a tighter Q (also a jumper) - all from Andertons pages.

The sounds got better as the video went on. I think alot of people turned the video off early.

Boys, be reasonable. I was just eating lunch and have hard work, not to laugh my meal all over the screen :D Almost was expecting Rob, to go away to cook pizza and play Diablo 2 :D

Sounds like a heavy metal anthology! I guess this is good for metalheads...

Hey at 7:05, I absolutely love that Chorus, love that guitar jangle sound!!!

0:21 --- The Captain's signature Rob-is-shredding face.

Is it beer proof? Can I throw up on it? These are the questions nobody will answer.

Powers of ten is a amazing album!

I've been listening to Tony McAlpine since the maximum security album.

Lol literally 4 other RU-vid channels on my subscription list that also demoed this today

Love that flametop!

I like the touch screen wow!

10:38 had me singing "Breaking the Chains!"

Someone needs to revisit the concept that TC attempted with the Nova System, where you have a multi effects pedal with analog drive section and digital effects. They didn't quite get it right, but I think that is still the best strategy, because the drive/amp modeling section is where ALL of these digital modelers go wrong.

I was really, really surprised when Rob said he didn't know what an IR is lol. but then again, if I had access to the number of amazing amps and cabs he has, I probably wouldn't know either xD

Ok I’m sold.

Good demo, great playing and SWEET JESUS that Les Paul!

It’s the Fender Mustang tone app in a box.lol, Rob rocks if you like the metal thang and will make any unit sound er well like it is, nuff said.

I'm well up for owning lots of pedals but really, this is about the cost of two Strymon pedals or a couple of Analogman gems. WOW! Just saying... Oh and that's not forgetting your costly amps and cabs too....

Since there is a loop and amp switch ctl, I wish you would have demoed it in 4 cable method with only stomp box models too.

LOVE the shoutouts for Tony MacAlpine and Shawn Lane!! ❤️🤘 big influences for me growing up. MacAlpines Maximum Security album is the best! And Shawn Lanes playing was amazing and incredibly fast.

what about splitting the output from the first pedal then feeding a ring modulator and the other part feeding a phasing pedal and then combine the two outputs to a reverb pedal and see what happens.

Rob is me at work when someone is going over safety at work acts interested,but is so off in another World lol

Which exp pedal apart from the M Audio can be used with the gigboard?

Fun bit of kit, but all the tones sounded the same to me - digital technology is clever but lacks something pure and real. I would still love to have ago on one though. I expect the ambient pedal patches are ok. Good review.

My favourite tv 😃

I have a headrush gigboard and when it came in the post it didn't have a power lead with it. I sent headrush a message about my issue, it took them around a week to reply. It's been two weeks since that message and they still haven't been in touch to say the power lead has been sent out. If you have an issue don't rely on their after sales because it's none existant.

I think it sounds pretty good but so does the Zoom G3 that I already own.

We want a Q&A with Rob and Captain !!! :')

I'm so glad to see rob and lee togheter again

Wow, this thing sounds good.

I've had a Headrush Pedalboard and loved everything about it but the sound. I tried it directly with and without custom IRs and also in the FX-Loop of my H&K Deluxe 40 and it never sounded nice or open. Distortion always sounded like digital clipping and in the FX-loop it even managed to make the real tube-head sound like shit just being in the chain without any FX turned on. If they had chosen Positive Grids ampsim-engine it probably would have been the best product ever. Sadly they didn't... so I sold mine. Positive Grid really needs to get in the market for a Multi-FX board. Maybe even powered for Cabs.

13:00 That reverb sounds KILLER. I would like to have heard a bit of noodling with it in mega mode like that.

This works for me but I’m in a covers band that plays all sorts of venues where some nights you think I wish I had a 5w tweed and others I’d like a plexi and a 4x12. If you have your own tone that you depend on then this probably won’t do it for you but no multi fx would. I currently have Me-80. This might be on my list to replace it.

Heads up to The Cap for doing gosh dang homework. 👏

Maybe it takes more fiddling around with the settings, but the sounds were not so pleasing to my ear. However, I like the idea.

FELIX (remember him, Rob?) would LOVE to use this! BUT ... as you know, Felix is blind. :'( That touch-screen excludes Felix from ever using the Headrush pedal board. UNLESS it can be adapted to his screen reading technology. We talked about it-- really all he needs is to link it to his I-phone. THAT'S it! Can it be done? (probably not :'( Headrush would have to modify it slightly). But if he could, he'd be able to "read" (audio) the menu choices by sliding his finger around on the screen and then double-tapping the choice. BINGO! He'd be able to program it just like the sighties do! AH if only. ... :'(

It sounds amazing

well i speak from experience as i own one... the built in cab ir's are not bad but not great... i use ownhammer and 3sigma responses in this unit and it sounds great ... great modelled amps and effects ..granted the cab ir's let it down a little but thats the case with most stock ir's in other units and vst. Its very versatile for my home studio and live performance ... im well happy with it. I think this demo just didnt really display the unit in a good light with using the stock cabs and choice of presets .. the presets are completely different in the retail version ..this must have been a prototype. However i didnt get this to use stock presets .. i got it to build my own presets with custom 3rd party cab ir's for my home studio and have a convenient and consistant live rig.. anyway each to their own.. i love it !!

First of all...you guys rock!!! 🤟 Not a big fan of multifunctional pedals, but hey, your in the business to move merchandise. What I would like to see, is a video on the gangs favorite guitar accessories. Like, capos, cords (ones that give minimal noise from your instrument to your ampflication), tuners, stands, etc. Maybe a video on microphone techniques (for us armatures just getting into home recording or live shows). Maybe even a tutorial on setting up an amplifier (how to get the best sound from your amp). Watching some of these videos is getting repetitive. Time for some new ideas to help get younger musicians (and potential new customers) interested in music. Even videos on good, entry level equipment. Judt some suggestions.

Damn, I miss Chappers. HIs metal shredding was a great foil for Lee's sensible rock leanings. Pete's great, in his own way, and incredible guitarist, but damn, it's all just dad rock the whole time these days.

This is now about the 6th generation of digital modelling technology (20 years?) that has, after promising so much, ultimately disappointed me. I own 20+ guitars and play multiple genres of blues, rock, metal, with some soul and funk. I'm not that great a guitarist, but I am a competent player, and I know tone. I have owned an original POD, a POD XT Live, a Digitech Genesis, a POD HD 500X, GT-100, Helix, Peavey Revalver and finally this in search of the tones I can get from my Marshall, Fender and Boogie amps, in a small and flexible form factor. I have also used guitar rig 5, amplitube and positive grid bias on the PC. I've given up and sold this unit after a month. Yes, the interface is nice, yes it is flexible, yes it is easy to use. However the amp tones are simply not authentic. They suffer from the same problems as the Line6 and AxeFX. The note decay is artificial. The intermodulation distortion in complex chords (anything with 7ths, 9ths and 11ths) is fizzy and crude, and there is no motion to the harmonic structure. The breakup tones are too clipped and lack warmth. I have never heard a modelling processor or amp which feels "right" to play, and sounds anywhere like a real tube amp. Maybe it's the latency, maybe digital just cannot emulate the weird non linear behavior and response of tubes, output transformers and paper speaker cones? Digital is great for some things: reverb, delay, pitch shift etc. Analog is great for others: overdrive, distortion, compression, feel. A good analog transistor amp beats a digital modeller in my opinion and is way cheaper. I can get a better basic (i.e. no effects) tone from a 90s Peavey Bandit than I managed from any of the models in the Gigboard, and the JCM800 or Victory RD1 totally smokes it.

Nice playing Lee!

2019 SGs pleaseee :)

Hi from Auckland New Zealand

Video did not demonstrate how good the headrush sounds. 1. Headrush customer service is AWESOME! I had two pedals (that I’m pretty sure I messed up) replaced for free no questions asked. 2. Go to ownhammer buy some IRs and this thing sounds killer! It is sooo easy to edit and personalize. I believe chop tones has some patches for sell check those out.

Great show guy looking forward the next show also looking forward to Rob coming to the states but I wish you both would do a US tour it would be epic or better yet open up a Anderson’s in the states

And Hi from the MBG crew in South Wales! Been waiting for a review since it was announced, well done Rob and Lee!

Honestly this thing would be amazing from a recording stand point because of its functionality. If you really dialed in your tones you would you would have thousands of different pedal board configurations all from the same unit. Would you gig with it? idk, seems you would really need to have your song tones programmed ahead of time because you cant just switch pedals on the fly like a traditional board.

Are you plugged into a Headrush frfr108?

Versus it with zoom g3n !!

Rob - You had me at Rock Bottom by UFO. 👍🏼

"Like the cab clone? Ughhh...... no...." Rob... you fool... Dont re ignite that fire that mesa went to absurd lengths to put out hahaha

When does the Headrush Unlimited come out? Something that is truly competitive with the Helix. Or will there be a Helix Touch?

It's too expensive and should be priced closer to the Line6 HX FX if it wants a fair chance to compete in the current market. I was curious about this one, the touch screen is both good and bad. I know I'd prefer actual knobs for setting the knobs on the individual pedals more like the Helix, but prefer the screen for navigating the chain and any complicated nested menus. Last thing I want with touchscreen is for my pugs or kid to start messing with it in the study where I practice lol.

Try the Tuner!

switching patches by only turning the nob and no confirming (push to enter)! that will make an interesting gig

What about a video where you review each others personal favorite guitars from your collections

so... it sounds like the eleven rack? or what does it means powered by eleven

Time to review the Headrush Looperboard - maybe use your Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster! 💥 Boom! 💥

if want to use it with a power bank as power supply which one i could use with this ?

Hey many presets can be created and saved on this device? Can I connect a wah pedal or a footswitch? Thanks..

Can we use it for live performance, please?

It has some interesting sounds although it doesn't sound like a real amp. On the other hand Rob playing is awsome.

Just what the pedal market was lacking. An average sounding digital pedal that tries to do everything.

Wtf? How many beers did Rob have before this was shot?

I am holing off a bit, waiting until they create the phone that will act as my pre amp and effect board. I need a new phone anyway. Is five years a long time between upgrades?

the recto + hesu + m160 is ola englunds rig

Very cool display, but I love my HX Effects 🤓

The verb "to pimp" comes to mind.

Please...do a video in a 4 cables method. Greetings from Japan!

say what you want about the Ol' Chappers You cant deny he's a badass on the gitfiddle

What happened to sounds like videos i really miss them.

Just a note guys, you're way better at this than Peach who have somehow managed to weedle their way (annoyingly) onto my RU-vid feed! ...very dull ...put paid to that!

Remember when Rob was interested ?

thats a nice guitar! i want to buy a used les paul....(gibson) is there any years you guys can recommend? please comment your opinions i want to know more btw im not super rich so a middle of the way pricepoint would be great!

Challenger idea. Two words. Mini. Rig. A mini board and a mini amp