My Acoustic Pedalboard Walkthrough 

So glad it was helpful Scott!

+Craig Tullius Thanks a lot Craig! Glad you enjoyed it!

+Snoopy S So glad this helped you man!

Thanks Ken! I appreciate that!

Thanks! It's the reverb.

Hey Wesley that's so awesome! Happy I could help inspire! The BigSky is AMAZING dude. Can't say enough good things about it. Didn't have to download anything, just messed with some settings on the Cloud setting! 👍🏼

Dean Graham Wolfe Guitar Channel hey man. I’ve tried compression on Acoustic and just couldn’t jive with it. I love it for electric though!

Yup straight in with a mono TS instrument cable :)

Yeah no problem at all man thanks for the kind words dude! Im not too terribly familiar with the Zoom stuff, but I have seen some guys use them. I do like the LR Baggs stuff a LOT. They make incredible sounding gear. I like their Para DI if youre on a budget. Been meaning to pick one up myself actually haha. But yeah man the rest of that sounds like a really solid rig 🤘🏼

0713mas thanks so much man!

Glistening Kabana thank you!! I really appreciate that!

Jeffrey Van Horn thanks a million! :) appreciate that!

Yup that's what the reverb pedal sounds like

Thanks!!!

can you show what setting you have on the bigsky?

Hey Justine, if I remember to look in and write it down I'll let you know the settings. It's on the Cloud verb so start there and you'll get close.

+JAT002 Hey man this is actually just direct into a Focusrite 2i2 interface into Logic Pro X. No amp or speaker cab at all. The EQ helps shape the tone of the guitar for the rest of the pedalboard and overall tone of the guitar.

Michael Eberhardt Thanks. I have a 2x12 speaker cabinet. I was trying to find a solution for my acoustic sound. When I do worship I usually start out with an electric and as the songs slow down I'll switch to the acoustic. It was recommended by a friend to try an eq pedal instead of a PA speaker set up in my cab. The line out on my amp simulates a 4x12 celestion vintage 30 so I guess that would especially need an eq pedal if I'm going direct top the board. I got rid of my heavy combo amps and now I use a Taurus stomphead amp. 70watts and weighs 7lbs. It fits on my pedal board.

+JAT002 Interesting... that's not at all the approach I would take. Acoustic guitars always sound better plugged straight into the PA instead of a guitar amp... unless it's an acoustic amplifier. I'd maybe look into a good DI box for your acoustic. Maybe something like the LR Baggs Para DI. That actually has a built-in really nice EQ on the DI itself. I would keep your acoustic and electric guitars totally separate for the best sound for each of them.

Michael Eberhardt thanks!

Definitely. A good sounding dark modulated reverb with a longer decay would do it. Like I said, I love the RV-5 for this type of thing as well. Great quality and character reverb for not very expensive. They make the RV-6 now as the new version which sounds equally as great, just has a few more sound options, but used RV-5's can be found used for under $100. Great option. Other reverbs I like are the Neunaber WET, Foxpedal Magnifica, and the TC Electronic Hall Of Fame.

Thanks Michael. I'll look into the RV-5 and RV-6. As much as I'd love to have something like a big sky, I just don't see being able to use it to the fullest.

+Ronell Oropesa Yes you can. All of the effects you see in my video are considered electric guitar effects :)

Thanks man that's great! Any DI will work. But if you're mainly an acoustic player, or play it often in a live setting, the LR Baggs Para DI is fantastic. It has a great EQ on it as well so that would void the need for a separate EQ pedal like I'm using. The HOF is a great reverb. And as far as the volume pedals... I honestly don't know the difference either lol. As far as I can tell it makes absolutely no difference for me lol.

Cool man! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and insight. It was seriously a blessing. I'll be sure to refer this video to my friends who play acoustic since I myself saw it like 30 times lol. Hope you post some more awesomeness soon. God bless

Hey that's awesome thanks so much Walter! Happy to help in any way!

Personally, I don't have a need for that on acoustic. I could always throw the BigSky on the Swell setting if I wanted to though. And thanks for the encouragement man. Glad the video was appreciated!

Haha sorry man ;) The BigSky is legit. So glad I could inspire man! Thank you!

TheFirefly888 It's wonderful, but I would suggest most players don't need it. If you want lush reverb like that, you can get as good if not better than that with a Neunaber pedal, or even one of the TC Tone print line, like the HOF or the T2. These are compact pedals, with stereo IO and absolutely gorgeous algorithms, and have easily as much tweakability as the Bigsky if you plug them into a computer. Bluesky is also just as awsome sounding, but without the presets, the midi, the more weird algorithms that most people don't use, and no menu diving. Also I have had great sounds from the Digitech Hardwire RV7 and Supernatural, and the Digitech Polaris is pretty awsome too, and they are cheap. The good old Boss RV5 is also pretty decent, however while it has stereo IO, it has a mono reverb engine, so only the dry signal is stereo. All I can say to sum it all up is that it's a great time for reverb and delay lovers, and there are some incredible sounding pedals available for not very much money.

+M3RRIH3W13 Thanks a lot man. I forgot to turn the reverb off (since I keep that on all the time) but when I turn the EQ on and off that's as close to the dry signal I got in this video. It doesn't sound a lot different, just small EQ tweaks.

I would definitely go Tuner>EQ>Reverb if I could only choose 3

+Jason Kopytin Hey thanks Jason! I got it from a company called This1'sMyne (or T1M). I am pretty positive it's just called an expression knob lol :) this1smyne.com/shop/me-mini-expression-pedal/

+Michael Eberhardt Awesome, thank you. :)

+Capt Ron Hey man. In a live situation, yes always use a DI to go to the mixing board. For the purpose of this video I didnt need one because my recording interface (a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2) acts as the direct box.

Hey thanks Jacob!

+Menny I updated the description with all the pedal names for you :)

Excellent many thanks!

Joel Berrier I might be too late but have you had a look at the Neunaber Immerse for even less cash? Depends how many options you need but sounds absolutely gorgeous and holds its own up against any reverb.

Joel Berrier personally I'd just invest in the bigsky, for the tone and just because you get a bunch of different reverbs as well. Although there is a bit of a learning curve, but nothing too difficult

Hey Andy, not sure. I've never used that pedal. You'd probably know better than I would lol.

Hey Thanks for your response. Just wondering Would Chorus Effect works for worship as well ? Thanks

No problem. Yeah if you like chorus, go for it!

Wow thanks so much man! Glad it's helped and inspired you! No cab filter in this video. It does make a difference, but I would stay away from it on acoustic guitar. It's a great "backup" option if you're running electric guitar and an amp goes down or something though.

No problem this is really something rare and it's very good :)...thanks for your help, I really appreciate that

Aye mate I play in the youth band and the worship team at my church. I play with a squire strat through an AC-15. My board has a DOD pre-amp 250> BOSS Blues Driver (BD-2)> Quik-lok volume pedal> Electro Harmonix Memory Boy Deluxe> TC Electronics Hall of Fame verb> BOSS Loop (RC-3). The drive pedals are great for some crunch and grit on heavier songs ( Glory of Our King, Goodbye Ordinary, The mountain). The volume pedal makes for wicked swells on slower songs( Come Holy Spirit by Vertical, Take Courage). The analog is nice and warm and makes things very bright and takes the swells to a whole new level. It's also great for upbeat songs such as Only King Forever. Lastly, the verb is great to fill the space and it adds so much to my board. The loop is wicked for when I want to pick over a rhythm or play over rhythm when I'm playing by myself (Power of the Cross). Hope this helped:)

Hey brother helps a lot ty! do you or can you make a video of that single note melody you play?

It's separate. Some pedals have 'expression' functions, where you could connect a pedal or knob and it's essentially you turning whatever setting is programmed to it. Let's you sweep the sounds you like while keeping your hands playing.

SMELLTHEBULL yup what Andrew said. It's just this specific reverb unit that lets me do it this way.

Michael Eberhardt Thanks.

+Jailson Rocha Thanks a ton! Glad you enjoyed it

Yeah I've heard of it. Never tried one. Looks interesting.

Boss DD-20 and Strymon BigSky

+Michael Eberhardt I'm currently using LR Baggs Venue Di and Boss RV-6. I'm thinking to add either blue sky or big sky. What do you think? Or any suggestions for other pedals for church use. Thanks

+vance955 I like the Boss reverb as well as both Strymons.

+Matt Derynioski Hey Matt. I've never had a problem personally with feedback live. But if I did I'd use a sound hole cover.

Zdravo Ivane! Taylor 314C ima ugradjen aktivan "pick-up" i signal iz gitare ide u Pedal Board. Iz zadnjeg effect pedal signal ide u pojacalo ili direktno u PA. Prema tome odgovor na tvoje pitanje je "Jeste, moras da imas gitarsko pojacalo." Pozdravi, Milovan

why do I need EQ ? I have lows, middles, trebles on my AMP.... can you help ? + I have eq on my guitar

If you're using an amp with EQ controls then you don't need an EQ pedal if you don't want.

Just depends on what sound you're going for. In my case, I run an electric guitar and an electric violin through the same rig so having that EQ pedal in the front helps

+Rockerx1997x Thanks man yeah it really does. I think everything is set around 11 o'clock/noon-ish. The Mix is probably down lower around 9 or 10 o'clock

thank you good sir

Hey man I think I capo'd like 3 and played D-A-Bm-G with an open high e string. I think... lol

Yep just a OneSpot for everything except for the Strymon, like I mentioned.

Awesome dude! I could never bond with any of the TC delays. I've tried a handful of them, I just can't get them to sound as dark and full bodied as the DD-20. I also have owned and used a DD-500 and a Strymon Timeline. BOSS delay's are just the flavor I prefer the most.

Haha thanks bro! I love the combo of the BS and DD-20 man it's great! And heck yeah bro I'm totally down for that!! I actually am looking for some people to run Trials with some time as well!

Michael Eberhardt DUDE I'm totally down man! Xbox? or Play Station?

I'm on that XB1 grind man haha

Aye you know what time it issss lets goo hahaha, whats your gamer tag man?

Haha heck yeah dude! GT: MichaelisaJEDI

+David Dawson Thanks man! The knob is made by This 1's Myne. Great little outfit. this1smyne.com

+Miguel Munoz Thanks Miguel!

L.R. Baggs Para DI is the single most incredible pedal for any guitar. I've yet to plug a single guitar into it that hasn't improved 10-fold in sound. I've convinced at least 3 other worship leaders to get them, and they've never looked back. Martin, Taylor, Gibson, Yamaha, doesn't matter.

Thanks man. If I could only have on pedal it depends on the guitar and how you like the sound. If you love the sound of the guitar I would do just reverb. But if you're missing something from your guitar or want to shape the tone a little more then an EQ or a good DI with built in EQ, like the LR Baggs stuff. I love what they do. I don't play acoustic often, so I haven't bought one, but if I did I would get one of those first and foremost, then you wouldn't have to worry about the EQ because those have EQ controls on them.

Probably the Strymon Big Sky doing all that verb sensation.

Victoria Bischel hi Victoria, nope I’m not running an amp at all. This is the direct tone, just like you would get going straight into a PA system :)

Thanks

Ruben Singh he's using: - BOSS Chromatic tuner -Joyo 6-band EQ - BOSS DD-20 Delay - MXR Carbon Copy Delay - Strymon BigSky Reverb

Hey thanks a lot man! The BlueSky is no slouch though!! haha And I would say yes it can be powered, however I wouldn't daisy chain it. You'll probably get lots of noise and it's not ideal for the pedal itself. I'd power the DD-500 on its own.

ah cool, thanks a lot! so glad i bought the onespot pro cs7 then haha thanks!

That honestly sounds like a great setup man. Just make sure your signal isn't clipping when you're strumming loudly. Other than that, you should be sounding great!

+Michael Eberhardt thanks a lot for your help :) ...wish u all the best of luck and progress on your musical journey :)

A DI is a great tool, especially for playing at venues. What the DI does is converts your normal TS or TRS signal to an XLR signal, and the reason it does that is because normally your sound board is far away from the stage and you don't lose quality with a long XLR run. For what I did here, I don't have any long cable runs because I'm in my bedroom plugging straight into my audio interface, which is designed to take XLR, TS, or TRS input, so there's no need for a DI in this instance. Unfortunately I'm not sure what your question really is man. Make sure you've got good power for each pedal and good cables, and most importantly, play well :)

hey, bro. thanks for answer me. i'm learning english, i'm no so good yet haha so...when you play at stage, do you use a DI or just plug the P10 cable on the mixer ? is the DI a importante thing?

No problem Icaro :) Yes a DI is important when playing on stage, I always plug into one on stage

I can't recall offhand. I did a lot of tweaking. I'll try to figure out the settings for you if I remember to haha!

I'll have to dig in and take a look

+Viliami Tuamoheloa Thanks a lot man. It's definitely a fun way to play!

Rooz Izadi seriously ?

Hey James, yeah I sold it a while back, would love to pick one up again though. Since getting rid of it I moved to the Strymon Timeline, and then currently to the Boss DD-500. Both great units!

@@michaeljames-u7u Thanks for the reply. Both of those seemed a bit intimidating to me so I ended up picking up the DD-200 early this year. It seems to have all the delays I need (and more) as well as onboard tap and various parameters that I have not even started to play with.

@@jamesmharvey I'm a big fan of the Boss delays for sure! You have a great unit with the DD-200!

@@michaeljames-u7u why did you want another DD20? I also heard that some people complain that it added noise..did you encounter that?

@@nomandad2000 Because I got rid of the one in this video and it's my favorite sounding delay pedal. haha I didn't have any issues with added noise whatsoever.

Hey man the pad sound is just my reverb pedal - the Strymon BigSky

Wow! That's so sweet! I wish have one. Thanks!

+Donnie Facun thanks man yeah it's a very cool pedal. A less expensive option would be the Boss RV-5 reverb pedal. Does the same kind of thing

Oh thanks! I'm thinking of what pedals am I gonna use for my acoustic guitar. Before I wasn't even imagining for a reverb fx because I usually play in our church which is a very not so acoustic room and full of reverb/hall sound...so cathedral type. But now I think I wanna have delay, reverb, tremolo, phaser and maybe an octaver. Hahaha

There’s no set rules, sounds great after, sounds great before 🙌🏻

Yep it's an arrangement my church has been doing for years. I do it differently on acoustic and just kinda do my own thing 🤘🏼

+Michael Eberhardt Sweet! Also, since I'm on a bit of a budget, do you think I'd be able to get these same effects with a Zoom A3 for example? It's supposed to be an all-in-one kinda solution.

+Shastha Liyanage unfortunately I'm not too familiar with the Zoom stuff.

+Michael EberhardtI I see, no isse. cool sound anyway! Keep rocking it!

+Shastha Liyanage Thanks man! You as well!

ASI බ්‍රෝ boss rc-3 or rc-30

Hey man, no amp, just DI straight to the PA system

Another question, does the Joyo have a hiss like the Boss GE-7? What EQ pedal do you recommend?

I haven't noticed any hiss at all nope. This is one I'd recommend.

Haha thanks man!

A few things - First, this is what I like. I'm not saying anybody else has to use what I use, I just made a video showing what I like. I also mentioned the BigSky's thing could be accomplished with a cheaper Boss RV-5 if desired. I gave an example of why I like to use the Carbon Copy and DD-20 together. They're in 2 different spots on the board and used for two very different things. And I don't use an amp. In my opinion acoustic amps are kind of a joke unless you're not using a PA system. I never play anywhere I'd need an acoustic amp, personally. Plus, there's no reverb on an amp that sounds like the BigSky lol.

THANKS, I just bought DD 500 delay. And I have ditto x4 looper. So how is Your sound produced? If you Dont need amp?

Very nice. The DD-500 is a great pedal. Don't need an amp to produce sound when hooked up to a PA system.Just a DI box and a mixing board.

Sure. It does its job

GrappaDavePRS thanks man! I don't have a need for a volume pedal on acoustic personally

Michael Eberhardt cool. ive recently changed from a morley volume pedal to a mxr micro amp boost pedal for my leads. Thinking of running it 2nd in the chain. #1 boss tuner #2 mxr #3 boss delay #4 wah. Your thoughts.

GrappaDavePRS wah for acoustic? That's interesting. Wah's also typically go first in the chain.

Michael Eberhardt yah bro.. I use it really...just for a chilli peppers song. "Dark necessities". I try to incorporate my electric playing style (effects) into our set list. I have a acoustic cover band and we do a lot of tunes that are popular but with flair. Still simple but, you know. I'm Working on Livin in a prayer...with a talk box. Its just the right thing to do ha. Blue sky pedal is next. Pedal order is so huge.

blue sky is in my zoom too. and what about chorus ? everybody is talking about recommended chorus for an acoustic. I can simulate chorus on my delay and this effect is usable only for some songs, blues.... come as you are, or Sanitarium...

Preciouswell l. Marshilong it’s reverb

@@michaeljames-u7u thnks bro i'm new to this pedal world so.. thnks alot

Preciouswell l. Marshilong oh hey I didn’t mean that in any malicious way. Sorry if it came off that way.

Kyongmin David Kim hey man! Actually, I just sold off a few of these pedals, the DD-20, the BigSky, and the Carbon Copy. I’ve since purchased another BigSky as I missed it haha! I actually REALLY like the Neunaber Wet however. It’s a fantastic sounding Reverb, I just missed all of the presets and such from the BigSky. But I’m actually selling the Neunaber right now on Reverb.com lol. I still use similar effects however. I just put together a mini board which was a PolyTune Mini, the Joyo EQ, and the Neunaber Wet and it sounded fantastic! Haha

@@michaeljames-u7u oh shoot cool! If you still want a 10 band eq that's actually 9v and doesn't take up too much real estate, just letting you know joyo made a 10 band eq this year and it's basically the mxr eq pedal but cheaper lol. I wish I can get the wet reverb but unfortunately, I have other plans with the board I'm making for my acoustic haha. Also if you still have the small board, can you make a video? I love your content, it's awesome and inspiring

Kyongmin David Kim that’s awesome! A 10 band EQ would be awesome. And I would but I already tore it apart just because the verb is for sale haha. But thanks man I really appreciate that! I do need to make some more videos haha

@@michaeljames-u7u oh shoot man that sucks but oh well what can you do? But anyway, I really do hope you make another video soon. Especially with gear rundowns. I mean I pretty much filled my board to the max, even while using a novo 24 for my acoustic board Haha. Oh yeah and feel free to just call me David

No amp, this is direct

No amp. See description for details on what I'm doing.

My Daily Life he just used a regular kitchen cutting board I think