TPS, whatever the comments say, please don't change the show. The tangents, getting side-tracked and your personalities are what makes this show the highlight of mine, and so many other people's, week. However, I think Simon should get a 5 minute segment, each episode, called: Simon Says. Where he talks about his time teching in the 80's for rockstars who played headstockless guitars and basses. One can dream...
The trick with this pedal is to not give players too much gain increase. All the magic happens in this pedal in the low gain range as Dan said. Once you increase the gain too much the pedal and circuit sounds bland. Great show guys and many thanks for including the 62x!
Probably lost some hearing, but ther is nothing like hearing a great guitarist at a very high DB in a small venue, like Winterland in San Francisco in the 70's. One of the great thrills of my life, truly.
I just bought a Morning Glory v4 because of this video. Absolutely fabulous sounding pedal. First band rehearsal and first gig with the new pedal last night - the MG blew me away. Always on - every single sound that night was the MG and every sound was superb!
You guys occupy the same space for me as the guys from top gear/grand tour. The talking and banter is the most important part. I could listen to you guys review literally anything. The fact that you are testing guitar related stuff is just a bonus.
When I was at University in 1966, a jazz buff called me into his room to hear the sax intro to “Have You Heard” on the “Beano” record. I was suitably impressed-and then came Eric Clapton’s solo, which changed this guitarist’s life. I switched from acoustic to electric and never looked back. Had a Guvner pedal in the 90s and loved it.
Mick, if and when neuroscience is able to download our memories to digital media, please allow them to download your guitar skills and send me the file. I really never cease to be impressed by your taste and craftsmanship. Man, you're unbelievable.
A morning glory is a type of small, handheld firework common here in the States that emits a shower of colorful sparks. Very fitting for a sparkly, transparent overdrive! Love the episode!
Drive Master! That's the pedal Dan was trying to remember in the beginning. He was right in saying that the Guv'nor came out first (1988 to be exact) and then was followed up in the 90s with the Marshall Blues Breaker (modeled after JTM45 / Blues Breaker), Drive Master (modeled after JTM800) and the Shred Master (a high gain alternative, marketed towards the "shred" guitarists who were very popular at the time). Anyway, great episode as always!
Mick - don't take the comments seriously. Maybe even stop reading them. People watch this show for your quirks and insight... You two dudes are the coolest. Don't worry about what other people think and be confident in your skills and abilities rather than trying to evolve to meet the needs of RU-vidrs with a short attention span.
I feel this incredibly strong need every friday to comment about how important and influential TPS has been in my musical and personal life. I still can’t quite find the words, but the day will come. All the love ❤️
At 14:46 there was what looked like a miscommunication in hand gestures. The “stop - don’t change anything” combined with the “I’m excited! We’re excited! Let’s high five” that turned into a very awkward double high five was absolutely incredible. Haha I love you guys!
just rewatching this as I 'work' from home. Busted out my R8, my newly acquired KOT and turned on the ol 57 champ reissue at about 2.5, and boom, there's my bluesbreaker claptone - awesome work as always, chaps
You guys are Phenomenal. T.P.S. is Wildly Successful. Ignore the Negativity ( just be yourselves ) - "There is Always A Lemon in the Crowd" . . .The Keeley 1962x Sounded Phenomenal. Really Liked the Snouse - too. Very versatile pedal.
In addition to the comment below I'd like to say that because of the inspiration given me via you two, I have decided to stop flipping pedals that I like in order to get new ones that I don't know if I like. The decree is that from this day forward or until I run out of money and give up...only the turds shall get flipped. I went on a buying spree in the last few weeks so my OD collection is now a TIMMY, Keeley Phat Mod, Keeley Red Dirt Mini, JHS Angry Charlie, Lovepedal's Amp 11, Eternity Burst, Deluxe Blonde and Deluxe 5e3, and a Xotic BB Preamp. Soon to come another KOT as my number came up again. Cheers guys, another great show.
Please do Tweeds next! I've tried a few - Bearfoot Honey Bee and Uber Bee, MI Audio Blue Boy Deluxe, Lovepedal HPTT - I have my fave but I'm not saying yet.... Listen to Can't You Hear Me Knocking (Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers). That tone. Glorious....
MI is a Tweed thing? I thought it was a hot-rodded Tubescreamer. I have an early prototype that Mike hastily housed and labeled. It's magic! I agree they should do Tweeds. My money is on the Wampler '57.
@@ThatPedalShow and freaking learing chord parts ahahah. Really nice man, I'm stunned. I never do that type of stuff ( as a stupid 22 years old showoff) but I'm kinda gettin into it :)
After testing the Snouse, Black Box 2, distortion pedal, it’s little wonder lots of players really love it. In fact, there is a 12 to 14 month waiting list. But the wait is well worth it. Joshua Aragon, (a.k.a. “Mr Snouse”) has designed what is arguably the best hand-made Blues Breaker distortion pedal around. It captures Clapton’s “Beano” sound based on the JTM 45 amp dialed to ‘break up’ and produce that organic guitar sound that went on to become one of rock’s legendary tones. The “basic model” comes with Gain, Preamp, Presence, Tone and Volume knobs that turn smooth and sure. No flimsy, mass-produced foreign import quality about this pedal. On the contrary, it politely but firmly says, “Hand-made in America.” If you’re looking for a solid sound with beautiful mids and plenty of headroom, look no further than this pedal which has garnered well deserved accolades the world over.
The point about not being able to play and listen critically at the same time is very true. I find when I play, I hear what I think it should sound like (or what I want it to sound like) and not what's actually coming out of the amp.
Maybe it's cultural. As a North American, whenever he says "alright, c'mon then!" I'm always taken aback, like he's being a bit impatient and rude, when in fact that's probably just an expression to say "alright, let's keep going".
Thanks for mixing in humbucker guitars. I really appreciate it. Great show! Congratulations on getting your beloved guitars back. I think all of your viewers can appreciate the pure joy you showed at having your number one back and in top form! It made me happy for you guys.
I just recently picked up a Marshall Origin 50 combo and my God does the king of tone sound awesome through that. Since receiving my king of tone almost 2 years ago it's still my favorite over drive.
Lol no other guitar channel goes off on so many tangents, next you boys will be talking about the bonnet of a vauxhall astra.....keep it up, great show.
There is a great significance between amp and pedal tone that Mick hinted at in the middle of this, and its something I have been doing with the gazillion overdrive and distortion pedals I have bought over recent years, making the amp bigger with the pedal then you find out it gets thinner. I discovered a long time ago ( as everyone on here has no doubt ) less is more when going into a cranked amp(referring to the gain from the pedal ). With Clean amps its even more significant, the more gain the more compressed and less cut ( headroom) you have. One of the ones that surprised me the most was plugging into a BE OD and turn the internal gain down to its lowest setting then turn the gain down on the pedal itself to zero ( yes it is still pretty gainy) and you get this gorgeous thick blues rock rhythm and lead tone.I found this out when playing it into a PRS Dallas which is basically a super reverb.
Only 30 mins in and what a guitar playing class by Mick, just great. The way you play is what I aim for when I practice. P.S: Thank you for Dread Zeppelin! Didn't know of them.
Some will always claim Dan and Mick are too ... too "grumpy". They aren't grumpy at all, I'll just recommend the talk box episode to prove those compainers wrong.
The Bluesbreaker and the Klon are my favorite styles of o restive pedals. The Bluesbreaker just does a fantastic job of being more capable than a boost, it livens things up without overpowering your sound like say a tubescreamer. The Klon does something similar on lower gain but also adds a bit more tonal characteristics, more of a chime, and goes into much higher gain territory.
I love BluesBreaker style pedals. The Snouse BB2 is among the most popular BluesBreaker derived pedals on "The Gear Page", for whatever that is worth. I use and love the Mooer Blues Crab which is another BluesBreaker type, most likely a straight copy, where as the BB2, KOT, Pantheon and others add the builder's take on "improvements". I especially like to set my Blues Crab to mid gain (2 o'clock on the dial perhaps) and a fair bit of a volume push into my clean amp. Sometimes I'll push the Blues Crab with an OCD set clean-ish, or even a simple EP Booster. I also have a KOT copy that I built - its very good, but I like the Blues Crab better. I'll have to try a real deal KOT sometime to see if my copy is lacking something, or if it is true to form. I may try some different transistors too (which I socketed in my build).
Mick, the work on your guitar... one thing that seems overlooked with the work that was done was that the luthier removed some material over the neck joint (about frets 16 on up). He basically made a subtle ramp there. I believe this enabled the improvement in feel that you are experiencing. I have an embarrassingly similar guitar (Newer strat modeled after a 58, nitro, same color, some of the same pups... I swear I bought it b4 I came across your show!!) I've been having issues getting my neck setup the way I want and it all comes down to this part of the neck over the body joint that's causing my frustrations. After way too much time spent on truss rod and saddle adjustments I'm going to take the plunge and do something similar. I've been needing to do some fret leveling anyway but now I'm looking forward to something a little more significant. Glad to see you back with Blue.
OK guys... the shows are awesome, You guys are awesome and the one hour is excellent time. There are gazillion short pedal review. Keep it big, Size matters. ps. the Blue sounded stellar through the clean V140.
Love the "ZZ Topless" concept. It reminded me of one of the dodgier clubs I played in years ago (79 or 80) in Blackburn Lancashire - apparently it had fairly "exotic" entertainment on at the weekends and, as a 16 year old not old enough for that sort of thing I was bemused to see a notice, signed by the club manager, on the inside of the changing room door that read (I can still picture it) "Girls, not too much audience participation please, we've had a police warning." Whatever he meant might have involved a palm tree!
To clean pots (and tons of other stuff), in the USA anyway, there is a great, cheap option called CRC 2-26. Most big retailers have a few cans. Not only does it remove oxidation, it has oil to lubricate and prevent future corrosion. I have used it since the 80's and it is a best kept secret. It works really well and I wouldn't use anything else. EDIT: It is usually in the electrical section of the hardware area. No one will know what you are asking for.... so you have to find it.
I feel like this video needs a sequel. How does the BB sound with different amps, like Fender vs Marshall vs Vox style? How does it sound with a tube screamer type pedal after it to boost the mids even more? How does it compare to a blues driver? So many questions! Awesome pedal.
Hey guys! I recently picked up a Voodoo Labs Giggity and I love it! I think you guys would really enjoy this pedal as well. It’s a preamp style pedal with a high amount of versatility. If you get the chance to grab one you totally should! Also as an idea for the vlogs, it would be neat to see a gig style vlog similar to Adam Neely or Janek Gwizdala. I imagine this is what your aiming for with the TPS band just within a controlled space. Anyway just an idea.
Anyone else watch this show while plugged into an Axe Fx? I loaded up the model of the Blues Driver and picked a Trainwreck at random to do my morning scales. Boy howdy that sounds good.
Tweaked my KOT to match Dan’s. Always been slightly underwhelmed by it, but suddenly it’s like it’s just come to life...boom. On a slightly controversial note, the governor setting on the Boss MS3 is also absolutely stellar ( As are the Blues Driver and TS settings).
An itchy nose is often caused by a boost in endorphins. This can occur naturally from happiness, excitement, love etc. or from pharmaceutical means(esp pain killers). So it's very possible that a great sounding tone can make a guitarist's nose itch. (Afterall, we guitarist literally LOVE great tone).
38:55 You are correct, Mick: the box of rock is built around two MOSFET gain stages. It's basically two Zvex Super Hard Ons in series with a tone control and master volume thrown in for good measure.
The blue strat sounds amazing, I dunno if it’s the frets or the new slightly higher action but it does sound more “quacky” yet “tense”, maybe it just suggestion...
Great show. But what about the Marshall drivemaster? It's the one in between the blues breaker and the shread master. That pedal always seems to be forgotten.
@28:00 its called morning glory because its named after a "roman candle" popular with pyro enthusiast in the USA hence the diagram awesome vid guys as always!
In the EC biopic Clapton said that on the Beano album he had the recording engineers move the mic on his amp ten feet away, rather than right on the amp.
At first.... great show. I often watched your show from the couch on my TV. If u listen it like that, the guitars and the voices, are volume -wise to far away from each other. If i want to understand you guys i have to turn up the volume of my TV so far, that my neighbourhood can clearly understand your shredding. Test it mby by yourself. Thx for your show and keep going!!!! Greets from germany :D
I won the MG and it's my favorite OD I've ever owned. Its just so amazing, so dynamic, I would actually consider running two at different stages just because I love the tone so much. Playing through a sandy blonde blues jr with a HH Tele.
Question if you haven't been asked for the Q&A Vlog: To your own four ears, how close sonically are we the RU-vid listener/viewer to what your in-room experience is? I know the recordings are great, but when you watch one of your videos, how do you feel the correlation of what is happening there is to what is on the final thing? Thanks! Loving the show.
The Bogner Burnley reminds me of my old Marshall Blues Breaker pedal from the 80's...The tone knob is not the best hut it works for me because I have a darker EJ tone...
I have a morning glory and actually prefer it on the gainey with Humbuckers. As an always on its cool for single coils. But if you’re already breaking up a good amp…I find if pushed those lower mids up, which you can EQ. But the low gain must want it for had a plastic kind of sound and compressed. It just didn’t do the low gain with my amp that good. On an amp sim at home, I found the Morning Glory sounded great in a mix always on. I just prefer the more open, adds a little bit of the King of Tone. The Morning Glory and some pedals like that sound great with a high headroom amp. But if you’re already playing a broken up amp..some of these for me close it off a bit, and can muddy it some. Honestly a MXR Microamp, and some EQ works better for me. A fav of mine in that situation is the Yellow Comp with Titlt EQ at 9 o’clock and an MXR Microamp close to unity. Adds breakup and a chime when rolling the guitar. Easy to get your amps sweet spot. I like the King/Prince of tone more so because it remains open. It didn’t squeeze it and introduce more mids. Also the MG Eq is dependent on the gain as well! It worked better as a mid gain 70s to early 90s vibe for me. Not so much a low gain anyways on. In some mixes it works, but it’s an acquired taste. HRD amp have at it! A Tone King, Carr amp, Two Rock and in that area…I just prefer a low gain Klon. No need for much a low gain when the amp can do it at lower volume. I find Bluesbreakes make an ok amp sound great. But an already good amp with edge or gain there…it feels weird keeping it on. Maybe where an EP booster or transparent boost/EQ is better.
Mick with the Queens of the stone age! More of that!!! Love this episode. Btw Mick, you sound so good with a Les Paul you should just stand and play it with a strap if you're struggling. You could finally be Troy van Leeuwen then like you've always wanted to :)
I CACKLED at "from the Surrey Delta" amazing show fellas, and thanks for the lesson and the fun. I'm not sure what the forums said about the Pantheon, but it let me down here. Bummer. Love Wampler and was considering it, I think I'll snag the Keeley or Zvex!
Simon is like Wilson from the American TV show "Home Improvement"... he's an important "character" in the show who gives brief but important insights at different points throughout the show, but you never see his face.
You guys are a joy! I really wanted that 60s retro rocket ship pedal show shirt! Hopefully you might do another run of them? Great content as always. My pick was the Keeley. The wait for Analog Man POT is too long.
The stuff Mick is saying at about 10 minutes in is so true. You just can't hear the real nuances of your sound when playing, you have to listen to it played back. Do this with a looper, it's mind-fucky for sure.
