Same thing happened to me last year, after buying my 70's Bassman. Now if I can just find the pedal that gets me Soldano lead tones from this amp, I'll be set...
After playing for two years, and purchasing pedals along the way I’ve realized how poorly I was using the tools in front of me. I’m currently in the process of stripping away pedals and rebuilding with the fundamentals in mind. This video was so helpful and informative, and came at the perfect time. Thanks for putting this content together. I really appreciate it!
So impressed! We the watchers with G.A.S., reminded to practice more and appreciate what it has taken to get this far. Now I “need” a new amp, guitar, pedal board, power supply and a trip to “That Pedal Store”! Much love for your hard work gents!
These videos are great. I went out and got an odr-1 a few months ago after their video on it(I also discovered Tom bukovac because of said video which is also awesome). That pedal has made me want to play more than any other piece of gear I’ve acquired in a long time.
Tr2 is a great shout, one of my first real pedals. You guys really helped me on my pedal journey from the early days of TPS, as well as my guitar and amp journey. Now I own over 50 pedals..thanks guys 😉 In all seriousness your show is so informative and helps inspire a whole world of budding musicians!
Funny yet still totally watchable idea for a show - your first 3 effects pedals and where to start, for an audience I’m willing to bet as a majority owns plenty of pedals already! A good show tho for those new to pedals! :) Hopefully this becomes one of the most watched episodes and you help out a whole lot of new people who don’t usually watch this channel!!
You’re so right and yet I remember finding the show when I had a Crybaby, DS-1, and Boss Phaser and couldn’t really work out how to get sounds I liked from them, and TPS actually gave me some inspiration and courage to try different things (and not to sweat flipping things if they didn’t speak to me)
This video was made for me! You may be underestimating the number of bedroom players that only use plug-ins and/or modeling effects, but would like to try using pedals.
@@moorecreativearts2544 That would be me. It was recommended I get a modeler to start with, in lieu of pedals. Now I run a couple Pedals into the Pod Go Boss Metal Zone > Keeley Caverns > Pod Go, or FX Loop.
Hello ends of legs Video Idea - with the current UK drought of Mesa Boogie amplifiers, could you do a video trying to emulate it using an amp and pedals, probably a fender but can be anything. Mk2a is my dream.
Great video as always, I personally would recommend a Rat over an overdrive if you had to have one gain/drive pedal, Rats can go from a low gain overdrive type, to crunch distortion, to Fuzz.
As always a very cool and informative video lads. I will be sending this on to some of my students. On a different note... Could someone tell me the name of that Beautiful looking Gold/copper coloured guitar at the end ... ?
Always good to get back to basic sometimes - and the perfect length for listening to whilst mowing the lawn! Should we expect a TPS delay pedal next, with a “Micks” control?
My first three pedals, way back in 1987: MXR Distortion + Peavey CMC-1 Companded Chorus Dunlop Crybaby Wah-Wah All of which I got from a local pawnshop with my lunch money. A great "Core Sound" to build a foundation on.
Just getting started into learning to play guitar so complete novice here. I have been watching your channel & Andertons for a while tho having discovered you both during lockdown. I'm mostly into late 60's, 70's & 80's rock & metal. I'm 50 so it's what i grew up listening to so that probably has influenced my gear choices. My first 3(4) pedals are a MXR Slash Octave Fuzz, a pair of Tone City pedals the Durple overdrive & a Wild Fro distortion & just for fun a wah pedal. The rest of the gear is an Epiphone LP, a Squire FSR Strat & a Victory BD1 amp. Looking forwards to watching more as I find it fascinating even if i have no idea what's going on most of the time. Great channel guys keep up the good work.
Thanks guys! When I was a teenager in the 80s all I knew was I wanted some pedals. Saved my paper route money. Went to Steves Music Shop in Montreal and told the sales guy I have enough for three pedals. He sold me a BOSS DD-2, CE-2 and CS-2. The DD-2 and CS-2 are on my board but I still have no idea what to do with the CS-2. Should have sold me a distortion pedal. Good advice today guys.
Another first class offering gents, long may they continue. As someone with 30 odd years on the clock it's tempting to believe we're au fait with FX. These first foot forward demos are an excellent reminder what we 'know' about pedals can always be reset, that we can move forward with brighter eyes to new horizons. Hats off to your good selves.
This topic isn't just important for those who are new to pedals. It's a reminder that you can do a *lot* with 1 guitar, 1 valve amp, and 3 pedals. Recently, I had a whale of a time (50th bday woo!) with my 335, 5watt Champ, and 2 pedals, the Maxon SD9 & AD9 Pro. The Nobels sounding amazing through that DRRI!
Great show! It was shows like this that really helped me find my way when I was first starting out with effects back in 2016. I think it’s great to circle back every once in a while and welcome the folks just getting started now. Thanks!
I like this concept. Too many young players get lost with the 10,000 pedal companies. Learn the basics and go from there. Also to any new player a word of wisdom. Money has nothing to do with the circuit. I’ve played plastic shelled pedals that blow away “boutique” pedals.
For me, Reverb would always be first, unless your amp already has a good Reverb built in. Then Delay, Drive, and a great EQ pedal with a clean boost (like the Boss EQ200). Tremolo, Vibrato, Chorus, Phaser, etc would all be after that for me.
Please do a show on stereo effects and different ways to utilize them in a signal chain I play bass mostly but have a hx stomp and a nemisis delay and just curious about options
You are making me nostalgic ;) My first drive pedal I got for myself was a Boss DS-1 (I started my first bands in the very late 70s, early 80s). I'd played with borrowed ones before including a Big Muff, Memory Man and even an actual Echoplex (it sounded GLORIOUS!!). But after the DS-1, I probably got myself either a Boss DD1 delay or a chorus and that was the CE-2 chorus. whatever the order, they were the next 2 for sure completing my first trio. After that I'm certain I got the CS-2 compressor as my 4th pedal which remained on my board until the mid 90s when I was already using some rack gear and started using the Korg A3 and whatever compressor was in there. But in the mid 80s, I had a homemade pedalboard with about 7 pedals on it (the purple Boss flanger whatever it was called, a Boss wah I never used and a Boss volume pedal. I vaguely remember also a green Boss phaser as well as the Octaver. I lost the CE-2 pretty quickly when I got myself a JC-120 amp and used its built-in chorus of course ;) Most of this was replaced by a multieffects in the early 90s which I used in a 2 amps rig with a Rockman based switching system (got the Rockman Sustainor, EQ, Octopus MIDI switcher/controller and 3 of the accompanying Y/A-B boxes whose name I forget) which were used to route my signal to the input of either amps (with some effects in front) and the Art multieffect unit I used at the time in either amp's effects loop. The two amps were at first the same JC-120 I already had + a Marshall 2x12 Valvestate 80watts combo. The crunch "vintage" channel was amazing. The JC-120 was eventually replaced by the red knobs Twin I still have and I eventually lost the Marshall and went back to a one amp rig. Things are very different now ;).
Oh, man, that was so totally fun!!! I do very much imagine the head start one would have starting literally with those 3 pedals!!! There's a great deal of ground covered in that one fell swoop! Cool stuff played today - as usual. Love you boys - and love being in this tribe of ours. Follow up to my wet/dry rig experience: Yes, very hard to go back. However, I love my amp so much more now, so there is that. I feel lucky and blessed. It and my favorite strat are both gifts from wife. I asked for neither, but she's a keeper (also shares Mick's actual date of birth!). Pisces. They are sweet caring souls with crazy great intuition & mad creative skills! Dan, we are lucky to have them on our side.
Mick - Quick suggestion for the next episode: before you add many more pedals, briefly stick a Humdinger after the Nobels, add a second little amp and demonstrate TPS wet/dry. It’s usually done invisibly on the show through the G3 and I think the simplicity of seeing it with just 3 pedals - especially as you chose a trem, which of course we all use to demo wet/dry to the sceptics - would show the concept very easily. I would even posit that the beginner’s pocket money could be better spent on a 2nd used amp than 2-3 more pedals…. Seems like a unique TPS spin on the beginner rig (Listen through headphones etc). Great show as always.
I think this is what makes TPS so special - no matter where you are on your journey, you will find better questions (and answers) here. The effort required to demonstrate everything so clearly is much appreciated. Thank you!
I often have a trem pedal on all the time, just at a low level - because I love the eq lift it seems to give me. Looking forward to the TPS gig next Friday chaps - can’t wait!
@@afterglow2020 Hi mate. I turn the trem effect depth down, but when the pedal is on it still seems to boost certain frequencies in a pleasing way - giving me a subtle lift to my tone. Of course, I also use it as a proper trem too at times.
also have been experimenting with having tremolo on all or most of the time at lower level...just makes the smallest bit of movement...I got the idea from a George Benson interview about his biggest instrumental hit, "Breezin'" -- he said that he thought he had a great sound on that track and it wasn't until after tracking and listening back that he realized that he had left the tremolo on on his amp on a really low level (a Super Reverb, if I remember correctly)
As someone who discovered pedals with you two (been a sub since the show was on the danielthegigrig channel), I love that you’re bringing along the newcomers to signal processing. Me and my D&M Drive feel like old timers now, but I still remember when I didn’t know what any of these boxes did. Way to go, guys! Keep it up
Great start to what absolutely should be a series! Thanks guys! I was a pedal addict in the 80s/90s (over 25 at one point - no idea why) and now have my collection down to my Fender's built in abilities (Reverb, Trem) and the combo of an 80s Boss OD1, a MIJ Ibanez FLL flanger, a MIJ Ibanez CPL Compressor, and finally an original Thomas Organ Cry Baby Wah (all original owner). Note, I came to this one this morning and discovered that I was no longer subscribed to the channel. WTF YT??? Don't muck with my channels!
It’s awesome how much you guys are liking the ODR. I bought the new bass cut version not expecting much and it’s now my favourite OD and I have a good collection of boutique pedals.
My first three were a green Russian big muff, bk butler tube driver (4 knob) and a long chip dd3…all of which I traded for beer money at some point in my life (soul crushing now)
After many years of playing, I finally got my first pedalboard, inspired and guided by TPS. I always had a pedal or two I would use (e.g. a Rat and a Morley Wah Wah), but I am really jazzed now to have a proper board. I wish I could post a photo for Mick and Dan and the TPS family to see. The lineup: Blackbird Feather XL Board, featuring: Wampler Ego Mini Compressor, Wampler Mini Tumnus Gain Pedal, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, Suhr Eclipse Twin Distortion, Strymon Flint Reverb & Tremolo, and Electro-Harmonix Canyon Delay.
Just an update to the lineup on my pedalboard: I swapped in a Frieman BE OD in place of the Suhr Eclipse for heavy distortion. I gave up a second distortion setting when I gave up the Suhr, which is a very good pedal, but the Friedman sounds especially huge and suits my style well. All else remains the same, except that I sometimes put my Big Muff Pi fuzz in the chain in place of the Friedman for certain songs/sets. I'm super happy with this little board.
Big Muff, Carbon Copy, Small Clone. There's my Pick 3. I think delay is the effect type that really got me to turn the corner and start thinking about my playing in different ways. If anyone out there is a beginner, get that used DD-5 from the pawn shop cabinet, it'll be the best $85 you ever spend.
Oh wow. I've been playing for quite a while and delays have always been the effect that I've struggled the most with. Only used it as a slapback & was afraid to experiment with longer delay times until recently. I've been chasing that "full repeat" sound without knowing how to do it. Thank you!
Someone on Amazon told me that Tremolo pedal draws 1000mA. It's that true? Can you please show us what power supply you're using? Can I buy it on you shop in the US?
I have a PedaTrain Nano + that holds five. I have six. Most of the time I have Flanger > TS808 > Tremolo > Delay > Reverb. I have a fuzz that I sometimes sub in. Range of sounds is vast.
It's a common issue with tremolos. The peak amplitude shouldn't have got any lower, but you've basically taken away half the signal so the perception is a volume drop.... and why quite a few trems have a boost included. You could add a little booster beside the trem. Bit of a faff, but a workaround. Cheers!
My first three pedals were bought, or received as a gift over about a year and a half. In this order: Flanger, distortion, and phaser. Over the years I have acquired a bunch of pedals. I don’t have as many as Mick and Daniel, not even close, but I still have those three…
I've never used tremelo before in my life, in my life. Don't really know what it's used for (except old surf music). Should've chosen a chorus or phaser for the modulation pedal.
A lovely affirmation of the choice of some of my first pedals when I started getting serious about electric guitar again. Mooer Reecho and Trellicopter and the TC Electronics Mojo Mojo. Of course less affordable options keep calling out to me - not least the D&M Drive and the Harmonious Monk, but the inspiration these pedals have given is priceless. However, my first pedal purchase way back in the mid 90s was an Ibanez Super Chorus - chasing the "Kayleigh" intro sound.
First three pedals? Easy Chase bliss automatone Hologram microcosm Metal zone If I wasn't joking I'd say get something that gives you a dirty sound you like and is easy to dial in (ts, rat etc...), get something that changes your tone in a way you like (phaser, chorus, tremolo of whatever) Then get some kind of delay because I'd argue it's more versatile than reverb for beginners. If you want delay, chorus, flanger, slapback, tape echo and a nice tape boost pedal, buy the deco. I know it's like 400$ but it seriously does so many things is super worth it.
The ODR-1 has changed my playing for the better. It has really reinvigorated my love for my Stratocaster. It also sounds great with my LP, though I tend to run it with a little less level. The real special feature is the spectrum knob. My favorite area is from one o’clock to four o’clock.
Excellent video! Not only for people just getting into pedals, but in my case, I’ve been wanting to reduce the number of pedals in service on my board. This is a great jumping off point, and a good reminder that one can get so many great sounds out of a relatively simple rig. Thanks!
My first three were in 1986. A Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal pedal. A Boss Chorus. Either a Boss Flanger, or a Boss Wah, but I can not remember which came first. Possibly the wah, because the music shop sold them to me saying it would give me the Hendrix sound -- along with a little NZ made solid state amp and a Cort electric guitar with a knock off Kahler trem and knock off Seymour Duncan Invader pickups they sold me. If that sounds silly, wait until you hear what I sold to pay for that lot and go electric. The first guitar I bought myself. 1955 Gibson SJ acoustic.
Is it better to just get Boss ME 80? I just spent $1000 on my first amp -- Deluxe Reverb Tonemaster, and immediately dissappointed. The clean sounds dont sustain, or 'breakup' nicely like in youtube videos. The only way to resuscitate the amp is with some pedals. I know this because I also got a fender Mustang Micro, and am blown away how amazing that sounds. If not for the mustang micro, I'd have thrown away the expensive guitar (which I also bought the same time - a fender performer), and eventually lost interest. Anyway, back to pedals -- Multi effects vs. individual pedals!?
Effects pedals are an expensive can of worms. I own two Fender Mustang modeling amps, an LT-25 and GTX100 and play with the many pedals already programmed in to learn what they do and sound like without buying them. My pedal board has three: a tuner, a Joyo 10-band EQ and a Boss CS-3 Compressor/Sustainer as an always-on effect. All I need and my thousands of dollars stay in the bank.
TC Polytune 3 > Barber Gain Changer > Boss DD-500 > 65 Blackface Fender Princeton Reverb Amp = I can do most gig's. (If I had a 4th, I would take my Tri-Avatar Multi Chorus, Strymon Mobius or Boss DC-2W) - my 1st three (back-in-the-day) were: EHX Big Muff, Cry Baby Wah & MXR Flanger.
If there's Reverb on the amp and we're not talking about a TU-3 as a "pedal" and we're not allowing double pedals....then...there's a lot you can do with an SD-1, a DD-3 and a TR-2. My deluxe version of 3 would be a Visual Sound VS-XO, Wampler Terraform and DD-200...
Shortly into the vid I look across my cave at my board and see the EQ plugged into my ODR plugged into my JHS 3 Series Delay plugged into my Deluxe Reverb and think, "this is going to sound familiar." Learned a lot-- thanx!
My first 3 pedals were the Boss Super Over Drive SD-1, Boss Metal Core ML-2 and the MXR M108S EQ. The last pedal I have acquired, is the Darkglass Electronics Alpha Omega Bass Pre-Amp and Overdrive. WOW what a pedal 😎🤘
I'm late to comment, but I might have some insight on pedals 4 and 5. I have always been very minimalist guitar into 2 channel amp with footswitch. I just started putting my first real pedalboard together because I got the itch. On pedals 4 and 5 I would recommend two pretty unsexy choices: a noise gate (I use the NS-2) and a compressor. Why? They allow whatever else you're using to shine. The compressor adds sustain that highlights modulation effects, and the noise gate just tidies up the whole signal. I can't think of many scenarios in which I wouldn't want those on the board.
My first 3 pedals...? Danelectro Pepperoni Phaser for only $19! Boss OD-20 (all the toanz) Maybe a Tuna Melt Tremolo? Not sure, but a good chance it was a Dano food pedal...
Would not recommend a 3 pedal board to a beginner. Unless all 3 were multi-function. Wouldn't want to stunt their growth. Because they don't yet know what they truly want.
Waaaaaaaaay back in the early '80s... A Ross Chorus, an Arion Stereo Delay and... that was it, in to a Laney Session 40. The amp had a 'built in' overdrive pedal circuit and spring reverb. It also had an active parametric mid control, which meant nothing to me back then. If we'd had the gear then that is available today, I dare say I'd have started with a Zoom G something and a budget end modeller. When you're starting out, you're just trying to sound like 'Mr Hero', your hearing isn't tuned enough to be able to hear that you're nowhere near.
Bit late today. Biopsy day at the hospital. Tremolo is hugely underrated. REM: What's the Frequency Kenneth? Slow but deep into auto-wah👍🏻 Interesting short on reverb wit reverse(EHX attack decay) into fast warbly tremolo into delay. Cool effect
Suggestion 4-5 pedals, one GigiRig Isolator, One 9V supply. Set this up for a kid down the street. So input power to the Boss Tuner, out to the Isolator (kid wanted 5 pedals): Fuzz->Boss Tuner (Buffered Out)->Timmy->Boss DM-2W Waza Delay->MXR Analog Chorus. Single one spot power, sounds great ultra quiet.
Great video, lads! However, I think every guitar player's first three pedals should include a looper pedal! Because being your own playing companion is endless fun! ;) Oh, and maybe a tuner.
My first 3 were a Boss SD1, Boss DD3 and a Marshall Guvnor Version 2 (the silver one). Had an Epiphone Les Paul Special 2 and a Vox Cambridge 30R. Nothing really went together at all
Man I remember getting my first 3, still on my board today. Boss CE5 Chorus, Boss DD5 Delay and a Dunlop Crybaby 535Q. Interesting enough I still don't have an OD pedal after all these years, I have always used the amp for breakup and distortion. I should probably get one....... lol
I started with 3 pedals in the 70s...a 79 DOD 680 analog delay ..an early 70s DeArmond Thunderbolt Wah with the distortion switch and a big early Boss chorus ..forget the model but the delay and chorus were as big as VHS tapes and die cast metal...the wah is the size of a Cadillac gas pedal....good times...I still own that wah and that analog delay...chorus I wish I'd kept
I've never been a big fan of tremolo. Maybe a few 50's / 60s tunes made a cool dark effect with tremolo (I'm thinking of some western soundtracks or Nancy Sinatra Bang Bang). Otherwise I find it hurts my head and feels like my sinuses are full and I feel a little disoriented. I can honestly say that after this video, my opinion has not changed one bit 😉 I would choose a chorus or flanger for a first mod pedal over tremolo. But I like chorus on an acoustic too so I can get extra utility from a chorus. All that said, this was another great show and I hope it helps widen your audience to a new gen of players who will keep our beloved guitar alive for another 50 yrs!
