Always love the show. Mick with regards to your roses they are the telecaster of the horticultural world; the original, the most beautiful and virtually indestructible. The goals for pruning are to get rid of dead and diseased stems, remove stems that touch each other and to provide a pleasing shape. There is no "right time" and don't be too precious. As with guitar gear there are no hard and fast rules... You just have to try it out. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one for whom appreciating beautiful plants and a cranked guitar sound are mutually exclusive. Thanks for all your great shows.
You are both far too modest, i love listening to you both. I've even bought a tele, as a strat person thats something I never thought would happen. The show is magical for lots of reasons, but all these people wouldnt love it if they (and I) didn't love listening to your playing!.
Hi Dan Hi Mick, Well, after an episode with a grass pedalboard, an other containing a geranium overdrive, Mick seems inspired to take up fretboard farming. Mr Justin B left a nice guide to prune roses, i would like to add that you should cut just above an outward facing bud located in the knots. Its the thicker part of the branches, the slimmer parts are called limbs. Good luck!
Thank you for everything you guys do for knotheads like me! How about the Longamp Ultimate Time Machine? That would be an excellent pedal to include in this type of review and 3 different type of echo/delay on one side and reverb on the other.
Regarding 18 pedals on a board: totally doable! The smart way to do it to is to run everything through a soundsculpture switchplate. Is a looper that/ switcher system (all buffered) that gives you insane unmatched routing options via computer or directly on the unit. Got a switchblade 8F on my board and you can send different fx to different amps in every preset/ sound (!!). Heck you could send fx to 8different amps. I even managed to run any logic plugin into my loop chain and can send to the dry chain or into wet amp chain in combination with a lehle p-split reamp box (ebtech or radial might have some stuff too). A rack unit at home like the switchblade gl with 16loops would be the king way but a simple 8loop unit on the board would give you all you need if you hook em up in a smart way. 500$ for pwr supply, 500$ for self soldering cables (evidence cables rock or go perfect and solder mogami and maybe a pedalsnake to keep it slick), 450$ for a massive board incl flight case and boom! Request to Mick and Dan: can you make a show where you demonstrate dry/ wet through a line box (like the one by david bray or suhr)? Its the way Henderson, Landau and other legends do it, so it might be territory worth exploring for you guys too. You guys rock and I love the show!! 🤘🏾🕶👌🏽
Actually the Volante allows you to stop loop degradation in SOS mode by holding the left foot switch for a second or so.. from then on the loop will stay the same just like in a regular looper..
You did a stunning job on showing some sounds, what more do you want :)? We all can read the manuals ourselves.. BTW, Reverb Decay is adjustable as well and the recerse and stop function of SOS can be applied to regular delay repeats as well :)
Thanks for answering my question yes I frequently listen to it on headphones and it is Magic the Volante was impressive perhaps the ultimate wet dry wet Volante the two Rock,Dan's ac30 and either the high watt or Pro Reverb using the color booster the D&M Drive the Belle Epoch Deluxe the vent Mini and the new Deja vibe running the two wet amps in stereo I think it might melt your brain
Not on the agenda currently. We tend to avoid anything and everything with 100 per cent A/D D/A conversion. Although it's become a line in the sand that is starting to annoy people. So the current stance is that if anyone wants to send us one for a few months we'll at least play with it. Cheers!
Guys I love your show. I have a M5 modeler and use it most often either for reverb or as a tube drive. But many times I feel like using both at the same time. Given my limited budget, would you buy a dedicated reverb or a tube screamer? I have a fuzz pedal but don't use it too much. Thanks!!!
hey guys, love your show, just a suggestion, it would be nice to have your vcq as just an audio file, or a podcast of some some sort, cause i love to watch the classic that pedal show, but when i start watching vcq, i usually do something else and i listen to you talkin, you could put it on spotify or apple music cheers
You guys should do an episode where you hook the Timeline/BigSky/Volante up to a computer and run their Strymon Nixie software. When you can see what’s going on with all the settings without delving into menus it really helps unlock those pedals.
That Pedal Show for sure. Thanks for all the content. I often only comment with ideas and criticisms. I’m sure you guys get enough of those. But I’m very thankful for your channel and all the work you’re team has done.
I don't understand this idolatrous myth(like religion) Belle epoche, this magical preamp, I've been playing different pedals for 37 years, what's hidden in this magic?Greetings to both guitarists, great channel!
23:24 I couldn't have said it better. GREAT sounding pedal, but I don't see the nuance coming through past the bonehead drummer with his little baseball bats, pelting you in the back of the head with pieces from the battered edge of any number of his 97 crashes.
Mick, your new Huawei phone is popular up here in Geordieland. We pronounce it “Why Aye”. As in “Why Aye Man” by Mark Knopfler. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KrwSDX95wCs.html
People _want_ to think some multi effects sound "digital"... If the Mobius for example can replicate most modulation needs, your chase is gone. It steals the journey.. So some people will argue it's failure simply to keep their journey alive. Sure, you can pull out some univibes that sound a little sweeter, but to say it sounds "digital" is a quite obscure stretch. If it works for you rock on, if it doesn't, rock on. I love my Strymon gear and am an owner of a Mobius. I'm also the owner of a Spectravibe for it's analog vibrato and univibe textures. I also have analog tremolo on my amp... But I find the Mobius tremolo is actually better sounding to my ears.. even though it's digital. It is not cut and dry. I was so upset the first time I tried analog delays only to find that this crazy magic is _barely_ better than, and often not even as good as the sound of some digital effects. I use my El Cap far more than my Tonal Recall RKM. TLDR: Effects are all subjective, use other's opinions to help you along, but don't view them as absolute truths. You may agree with 70% of the norm and find that the other 30% is completely different.. and as Devo says... That's good!
Lol! I have those seasons of insanity too! Must be the OCD. (FYI, I saw this great shirt I should have bought, it said "I have CDO, that's OCD in alphabetical order...AS IT SHOULD BE!" :)
This morning I rushed out of my warm comfy home into the blistering cold of a Colorado winter morning, drove to the local truck stop and pulled up this weeks q and a episode. Gentlemen, where is the car? I thought we were building a tradition together...
To the guy who has 18 pedals and plays at home, then if love good tone you absolutely need good power and a switcher. I did good power about 3 years ago and added a switcher at Christmas. Both make a big difference to noise and tone. Oh, and get down to 10 pedals so you have one per loop in the switcher (or 8 or 5 or whatever).
If you want more Echo Rec type stuff, re-visit the boss dd500 as an echo Rec sound was added an update since you looked at it last. It would make a good comparison I think!
Old thread, but wondering if you still have it and how you like it long-term. I'm trying to figure out which tape echo pedal to add to my board, mainly for home studio use. Thanks
Have you Gentlemen ever considered doing a Q&A live stream every now and then? It would be nice to interact with you on a more direct level, and it would enable the community to give you donations as the stream is happening. I follow some RU-vidrs who do that sort of thing every now and then (not music related) and it certainly helps them keep the lights on... Looking forward to Friday, cheers from Croatia!
@@ThatPedalShow Maybe Simon or someone else can monitor the chat and keep it nice and propper and also read questions to you guys and then as you answer he looks for new ones... And if a donation happens who ever donated gets a little thank you and a shoutout. Maybe you could call it TPS Live Q&A stream (brought to you by Nikola Brkljačić the most handsome man in all of Croatia) or something like that... Anyways, just a little food for thought.
@@professionalprocrastinator8182 I know about Pete, I subscribed... It's not that there is no such stream available, I would like Mick and Dan to give it a try cause I think it would be a nice hang and also interesting and informative. For example someone has a question about a certain thing and it sparks a discussion both in chat and on camera and then we can go more in depth with additional questions coming from the chat regarding said subject...
Re: using delays in a band context, I have the Empress Echosystem with 10 easily accessible presets with everything from chorus, slap, Edge 1/4 + dotted 1/8th / Andy Timmons type echo to reverse and ambient. I then just pick the relevant patch for the song I’m playing. Job done!
You can switch presets on the Volante without using midi, if I’m correct you hold the favorite button and then tap one of the tape heads to switch to the preset, but I don’t know how to save a preset Also, I think you can use the Volante as a loop, you can loop a chord progression and then just hold the infinite button. I’m pretty sure it won’t degrade and anything you play won’t layer on top, I’m pretty sure at least.
Please Strymon, make a smaller pedal with only the Echo/Delay unit of the Volante. I allready have a great Reverb (Neunaber Immerse MK II) and a great Looper (Pigtronics Infinity Looper)!
Boss rv500 space echo...you should check it..it suppose to be the same as the re-20...that is more affordable than the strymon. with good reviews,,,,cheers!
To add to the tone/inspiration thing. I really can’t stand the arbitrary disputes people have over this. Great music and art comes from an inspired individual, so whatever gets that particular person inspired is what they need to manifest something beautiful. The thing is, that’s always in flux and relative to the person. And yes, much of that may be psychological but so what? Since when are humans objective creatures with a gods eye view of the world? It’s a ridiculous assumption. We are as much the stories we live and abide by as we are the physical, matter-of-fact things we are. Yes, there are some players who can be inspired enough by the music alone that it seems whatever they are playing is irrelevant but even guys like Jack Pearson (who is famous for this) can be seen as giddy and enamored as ever whilst holding an original V or one of the vintage guitars Bonamassa gave him. This is all to say, play what inspires you and gets you in your happy place and you will make better art, it’s a feedback loop.
I cut mine pretty low to the ground sometime after they stopped blooming. Cut away dead wood first, and from there prune to encourage the shape you want for the plant. I found roses tend to crowd themselves and need help spreading growth out. If I remember correctly, try for 3 or maybe 4 main stalks. They seem nearly impossible to kill, so I wouldn't worry over it much. Also, I'm a total hack gardener. So heed better advice as you find it.
Hey Mick...the rose related subject. Good time to prune them is when new growth starts to appear on them. Majority of mine now have new growth appearing so i’ll be pruning them any time now. Good rule of thumb is to cut away the oldest stems first and any weak spindly or damaged stems too. Roses are really hardy plants so don’t worry about them too much. Happy gardening 😊👍🏻
Amazing instalment on the Volante, Mick & Dan! I really enjoyed it. Unlike the most vocal critics, I am on the side preferring the tone out of the Volante relative to the originals (but I will say the RE201 is a class of its own). Whatever Pete & Co. have crammed into that analogue signal path of the Volante just sounds glorious - so fat and clear. Thanks!
I plan on “investing” the time to learn the deep dark secrets of the Volante after my wife hopefully invests in one for my birthday. This bday will end in a zero (or zed as you might say), which always seems to be more troubling for some reason.
Hurrah, I’ve had a major breakthrough in my ‘tone quest’. I put new strings (D’Addario NYXL) on two guitars (mex tele and a resissue of an SG-shaped Les Paul ). I cleaned the electronics in both with contact cleaner. And I took turns plugging them straight into a Princeton 65 reissue. I set the volume and eq to taste for each guitar. And it sounded effing inspiring. Having put together a pedal board over the past few years, including pedals suggested by TPS, there was something lovely about this plug and play vibe. Lesson learned: get the core sound right and add pedals for colour (or not). But don’t rely on pedals to ‘fix’ anything. All the best, Andrew
Requests please: 1. The Space echo shootout would be awesome, when you do it, please compare the Chorus in the later RE-501, etc. to the old Boss Chorus ensemble, is it the same circuit & can you use the echo, chorus & reverb all at the same time? 2. Selmer Zodiac 30 amp demo & comparison Vs the Vox AC 30? Thanks!
Please coin a phrase for that "soul > hands > amp > ears > soul" loop you mentioned...like a Pashion Feedback Loop or something...I completely get what you mean...when I purchased my Vox AC15 I think my talent trippled overnight just because it was inspiring...all of my pedals sounded better...all of my bends sounded better...all of my guitars sounded better...and it made me buy more gear...so...broke but happy
Loved the video and the playing. Stunning sounds. Loved hearing the Supro Black Magik. For myself, I thought the Belle Epoch Deluxe and Boonar sounded warmer; though maybe not as ridiculously versatile. If I don't have some constraints I'll never get anything done.
Hello Dan and Mick: As part of becoming interested in pedals and effects and researching and building my own pedalboard, I created an Excel (Windows)/Numbers (Apple) database that tracks/includes every episode of TPS, beginning with the first one on February 27, 2015. The database includes information on every pedal reviewed, a hyperlink to each episode, guest interviewed, and amps and guitars used by the two of you. Over the years I've continued to maintain it as a matter of course and it's current. TPS fans have requested such a database and you yourselves have talked about it and, well, I have already done this. I wanted to offer it to you guys and TPS fans for their/your use - as kind of a thanks for the show, which I obviously really enjoy. You can do anything you like with it and/or modify it in any way that you like. All the information comes from TPS’s (and TheGigRig's) RU-vid channels and watching each episode. If you have any questions feel free to ask or email me. Thanks.
erajad Did he say that? You are correct that the 7th is a D#. I was busy writing during the explanation and spelling. Eb would be the major 7th of the unlikely and never experienced (at least in my 40 years as a jazz and classical musician) Fb maj7.
@@garyhoffman1 Not once (16:38), not twice (16:45), but thrice (16:53)! And thanks for sharing your 1983 reminscence -- for some of us, the stuff of dreams.
We’re not the notes played e,b,f#,g#e flat, e? Delay is truly inspiring. I would have been curious to have heard, using the belle epoch preamp only into the volante
dean paxton Yes, but in the key of E, we use f#, c#, g# and d#. D# is enharmonic (same note, different spelling) with eb. So, in the key of E, we would use d# and not eb, even though they are identical in pitch. 🎸
@thatpedalshow Can’t wait for the pedal board friendly spring reverb unit episode! I personally have a Van-Amps(brand) Reverbamate(product line) SoleMate(actual model). If you’ve never heard of them you should absolutely check them out. It’s a fantastic piece of gear that’s absolutely giggable with.
The accent made it sound like you were saying "Beater Testing" and I thought...oh cool, British guitarist slang for Beta testing...and then I realized - nope they said Beta. I move to make the term "Beater Testing" because that's both appropriate and awesome.
Street Fighter! The music Dan's humming at the beginning is Ken's Theme! I really love studying music from late 80's video games, because a LARGE percentage of memorable music to gamers came from this time. Why? The hardware limitations meant a larger focus on melodies. Many modern games (particularly remakes and sequels) have soundtracks consisting mostly of re-orchestrations of 30 year old tunes. (shameless plug, my EP "Elements" came out of me diving deep into this study. One-man project that has tunes I will stand beside, but middling production. You can stream it for free on my channel)
A new amp for the EL84 (read: Vox) fans among us? From an amp manufacturer you guys respect? Could this be the lunchbox sized Vox style amp I've been hoping for? Perhaps like one I've mentioned a few times on different videos from you guys? Possibly from Victory? I NEED ANSWERS LADS
Off the subject but dan did say voxy, i hear talk of vox ac15 often ,,not much about vox 10c1 is there that much difference other than 5 watts. Thot u guys would kno as much as any1. Thx. Oh if ur vids r to long mayb stop it and come back later . Just sayin. Love ur stuff.
Just FYI, to access multiple presets for the Volante, Strymon sells the MultiSwitch Plus for US$129. It's a 3 button footswitch that can control 3 assigned parameters or presets on 1 pedal or 1 on 2 or 3 Strymon pedals.
I think Strymon should make a proper 19" rackmount version of the Volante for the studio, as it could be so useful and inspiring for the things it can do with recorded tracks - basically, every old tape trick in the book at your fingertips.
Mark Hammer I thought the Magneto was just a 4 Head tape delay, with the looper and spring reverb. The drum Head delay makes the Volante a bit different.
Could not possibly agree more regarding a tone that inspires you and the effect on your playing. Had my latest revelation when I played my Les Paul through my new Bad Bob Boost (I wonder where I got that idea from) into my AM modded OD9 into my Wampler Pantheon... Hairs were standing on end...!!
Hi Mick, I'm in Canada and from what I know and have done myself, this is pretty accurate....I clipped it from Better Homes and Gardens lol........ In general, you will be pruning rose bushes just before the plant breaks dormancy after spring's final frost. This will be early in the year in warm climates, and anytime between January and April in cold climates. If it's old roses you are tending, prune them after blooming. They bear flowers on last year's wood. When rose pruning, cut away the dead wood first-it will help you "see" the shape of the plant without distraction. It's a good idea to visit a public rose garden and find specimens of roses you are growing. Note how the gardeners have pruned roses of the same type. In cold-winter climates, pruning roses in spring is often reduced to one option: Simply cut back the wood that was killed in winter. In warm climates, pruning can be done at any of three levels, depending on your purpose. Severe pruning (cut to leave three or four canes, 6 to 10 inches high) produces fewer but larger blooms. Moderate pruning (five to 12 canes cut to 18 to 24 inches) makes for a larger bush. And light pruning (less than one-third of the plant is thinned out) increases the number of short-stemmed flowers that will be produced.
I didn’t comment on the original vid, but I’ve got to say...the Volante sounded absolutely sublime. Well worth the hefty asking price. Unfortunately, it seems to have sold out EVERYWHERE. I will be getting one when they become available. That said, I’m still waiting for my fecking color drive, ordered 3 months ago. So patience is a necessary virtue when following this channel!
This is for Dan. Could you do a show on your home practice rigs? In an episode some time ago you talked about two different ones. Is one of those using the big trees from audio kitchen? I've been fascinated by that thing for a while and would love to hear your opinion about it.
WTF is that digital display unit doing besides distracting me from this show. That's framing 101- don't have something in the background taking away the focus of this gambling rambling duo. They need all the help they can get.
I don't know man. I like pedals. Little stomp boxes that do a great thing. I'm not at all attracted to these laptop-sized things with myriad knobs that do a million things. Too much fiddlery not enough "Hey, I wonder what this one sounds like!?"
It was a great show it is too bad that the Gurus Echo Sex 2 with it's real tube preamp and the Foxgear Echosex Baby that they designed and sells for $115.00 USD and the sound is in the same league. The Gurus is warmer and fatter sounding.
I live in a temperate but dryer and more variable climate, similar though - always mind location when it comes to gardening advise. I think we can assume your varieties are sensitive for cold snaps, mine maybe tougher. Varieties matter. Generally fall pruning is most risky and mid spring the safest. Shoulder seasons, when might get a cold snap within a few weeks of pruning can kill. All these ideas are based on the fact pruning tells plant to grow and this is dangerous if a hard freeze comes when the plant isn’t dormant - this is the central theory. That allows that if the plant is dormant, dead off winter, while snow is on the ground or temps are under freezing you can also prune safely as the plant won’t respond with growth. This is great because the plant doesn’t resist and spring back with growth. In spring you can prune but often the “empire strikes back” in spring and you get more plant exactly where you wanted to remove it. For this reason winter pruning it the most effective. There is one more rule: if you trim all branches even you get less resistance.
I'll have grab some head phones eventually. Speaking of cheap Tape Echo pedals I recently grabbed a Gauss Tape Echo and have been pleasantly surprised just how great it sounds.
Looking forward to the spring reverb show. Tell me you tried out a Catalinbread Topanga? I figured if it was good enough for Kirk Fletcher, it was good enough for me, but it'd be great to see it put through its paces in the context of what else might be available today. (=
Funny you mentioned the Cali Tweed Mick... the guitar v amp question I had for you last week, the conclusion of that is... I’m now on the waiting list for a Cali Tweed to arrive in NZ! Cheers again
It would be great if you could install the Galaxy Tape Echo (RE-201 model) in your UA interface and include that in the RE comparisons. The 14-day demo may be enough?
Brilliant. Really sensible, practical advice about the compromises that we have to make. And some love for Mesa Eng. who make great amps for everyone, not just for the Triple Rec metal shredders...
I’ve been hooked on the EarthQuaker Avalanche Run v2 and the Meris Polymoon.....kind of bored with tape/drum delays even tho the tones I’ve always been very fond of. The polymoon just opens other worlds lol.
Thank you for addressing my question about how to manage ground loops and amp phase issues when using a stereo pedal output. That is why you guys rock! Mick - Prune once in December and you're good to go! BTW, I'm great with 1:15 videos on a great subject like the one last week.
Hey guys, would you consider doing a new video on dumble style amps? Like start at the lower budget stuff like ceriatone and all the way up to things like the two rock and such? Loved the delay video!
I have one Dumble bucket-list dream: cranked, driven hard with a metal zone (preferably with an old noisy power supply...and unshielded old strat pups, maybe playing the Ramones' Beat on the Brat...Dan playing, after at least 4 large beers!).
