Good point. I used to take my Gibson les Paul custom shop to the trashiest gigs. As soon as I realized how foolish that was, I bought a Dean that cost 1/10th and suited me just fine.
Couldn't agree more Victor. I haven't gigged in awhile but I always brought my B/C level pedals, B/C guitars and B/C amps due to the potential for damage or theft. The "A" stuff or priciest stuff always stayed home.
Great hearing from you friend (: unfortunately it took me having my pedals drowned in cheap beer to learn that lol, I’m just glad they all survived back then
That sounds like what David Gilmour did for the Wall tour; his tech removed the effects from the housings and put them all into one single massive pedal board. At least that’s what I read in a magazine 29 years ago. Turns out that a lot of information from guitar magazines from the past had erroneous information, kinda like the internet
@@honkytonkinson9787 Nobody was getting anywhere near David Gilmour on the Wall tour. There's a literal WALL! :p Seriously, I'm sure he did it for setup convenience, not "Beer-spilling Douche" reasons. :)
I'm considering getting a stomp for just this reason. Amps and pedals stay home, just approximate my sound with the stomp. Not like the audience notices or cares. Plug directly into the mixing panel. Even small gigs nowadays just mic up the amps. Only thing I have to worry about is my guitar, which goes into a nondescript padded gig bag and doesn't leave my side.
Exactly! The only ones that care about what gear you use are snob guitar players in the crowd 😅 I mean, it’s not enough to convince me I should bring my studio grade gear live. Most guitar players I met here do just as me, bring budget stuff live
@@manualofalternativemusic It does feel kind of snobby to call the stomp "budget" to me, but my actual pedalboard is worth about 5x as much so 😕definitely easier to McGyver some protective shield for 😛
People also steal our beloved, pricey, studio level, pedals )= I love the idea of a gigging board, in fact, I have pedals that I never ever would consider taking to gigs for those exact reasons.
Indeed! I have never had any pedals stolen, but my band mate had his blues driver and whammy stolen in a gig we played some years ago.. It scared us a lot. Fortunately, the band had money to pay off new pedals for him, and we bought him a whammy and another bd2
Oh no! Never thought about this! Although I don't play live, im considering getting back, but now im scared of loosing my tone wicker big muff (I think it's not a rare pedal? But it was my first one and only for years ) the rest of my board can be replaced... Hypothetically of course, I don't have the money
I love tone wicker muffs! They sound great in a band mix 😅 I understand you’d like to have it in a gig. You can buy another one just to take live if that pedal’s important to you (: so you have a spare big muff. I feel you, when my pedals were drowned in cheap booze I realized I had to replace them, and little by little I started doing that. There are options out there (; if you need help, I’m here. Also, there’s a budget pedalboard video I released recently, probably it’ll help you out bro
It's a good idea. For this, I have a little 5 power source Harley Benton PowerPlant ISO-5. With a Behringer SF-300, Mooer Yellow Comp, Caline Blue Sky (ran on battery as it's quieter), Mooer Ensemble King, TC Bucket Brigade and a Flamma FS02 reverb. I'd maybe not mind bringing simple tough old beatup pedals, like basic Boss, MXR, EHX-type pedals. But, I wouldn't be bringing a studio-grade tool like a Chase Bliss Moods mk.II, Hologram Microcosm, Meris LVX, Mercury X. The other thing is that the more expensive pedals are often much bigger, and more demanding about their power requirements (e.g. UAFX). The cheap ones are often very compact and light mini-pedals, for a portable board.
That’s quite a collection you’ve got there! (: indeed bro, bringing smaller mini sized pedals require less power than more expensive pedals, and well.. Live, they all sound very similar anyways. While playing, of course we might miss our pedals, but the most important thing is make the crowd happy, and they don’t care about gear as long as it sounds good 😅
@@manualofalternativemusic that was the first pedal board I started with. Two of the pedals I use most often now though are Earthquaker Plumes, and Boss BD-2. They work great together on most guitars and amps. And second-hand, can get them for less than 100. And they're built nice and solid, so I would gig with those. EHX Russian Big Muff reissue my main fuzz, and again, not the crazy expensive type of pedals people are looking to steal either.
Am actually downsizing (or trying to) my fx. Thinking of RAT, SurfTrem, CH-1 and Combo Deluxe '65 and a delay or echo pedals into either Marshall Origin or Roland JC or Marshall DSL. The biggest question is the amp. I like blues & rock for the most part but also like that lush JC sound. All amps may be able to do so...The DSL with CH-1 sound pretty nice on the clean channel (high gain channel I barely use). If you got some tips that would be appreciated.
Hey! Nice to see people that aren’t necessarily into shoegaze around here. If you’re considering taking an amp live, I’d recommend getting a solid state option, like a JC (: they’re awesome pedal platforms, so you can use ODs to get your drives going, and solid state amps are way lighter than tube amps (also, there’s risk of breaking tubes right..). If you’re going ampless, I’d recommend something like the Boss IR-2 or the Flamma preamp along with an IR box like that sonicake IR. The Two Rock Coral sim in the flamma unit is a REALLY nice preamp for Blues (:
I said this in the comments on a pedal pawning RU-vid channel that’s very popular, and got blasted in the comments. The premise was pedalboard for jam nights, and they had all this money on their board and an expensive amp lol. I said I bring a Frankenstein strat a cheap 25 watt solid state amp, and I play at two jazz open nights a month and a biker dive bar every Thursday night… so drinking is going down. Gotta protect your bedroom board “studio board”. Live is all about the feel and energy anyways.
I agree with you on that! Most important thing live is band performance, so gear doesn’t matter that much necessarily. Sorry they were rude to you my friend, you’re always welcome here (:
I made the conscious decision that after putting together a board of all mainstream, branded pedals, going forward I'm just picking up budget stuff that piques my interest. There's too much good cheap stuff to ignore.
I’m glad you’re choosing that yourself 😅 I ended up getting to know cheap stuff because of the story I told in this video. Still, you’re right! And honestly, I’ve always been a cheap gear enthusiast type of guy 😂
I don’t think any gear collection is complete with out a little bit of cheap stuff and a little bit of expensive stuff, filled out with mid range stuff.
My humble opinion : when you alredy have your pedals , you create YOUR sound , and that's it , you can not replicate with others , unless you are pleased to play in front of the listeners with a " B" quality sound . In the case that some stupid people are spilling beer / beverages on your equipment ,you must be ready for the fight , does no matter what people will comment about your behaviour. Everybody does sacrifices to gather the money to buy what we like or need , so do i have to get " B" parts just because there are some alcohol addicts ? Sorry, the answer is NO !
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. In my experience, trying to talk to the humanoid who spilled drinks on my pedals didn’t work at all,can you believe it? The person still thought she was RIGHT to dance close to the band swinging her cups filled with cheap beer around 😂 it was terrible. I hope you never go through something like that bro (: I’d love bringing my A gear live all the time as well (there’s that you know, in the video I’m just mentioning specific gigs, in places you know things can get messy).
I feel you dude! 😎 Imho, have as many pedals and boards as you can afford to keep. A big board, a smaller one row portable board. Don't upsize or downsize - only sell thing's that you haven't used for more than a couple of year's, or you really don't like anymore. That's it! 🎛️ 💛
Your b board screams shoegaze 1st off. 2nd, I wouldn't include the Harmonist personally. I'm also fond of the less popular but very unique Boss pedals. Even though they're mass produced I treat them like they're antiques. With Boss you never know when something is going to be discontinued and go up in value. 3rd, maybe I got unlucky and got one with a lot of problems but I would never trust my live tone to a Flamma preamp.
I’m also fond of Boss pedals currently being produced (: about the Flamma FS06 pedal, I’m sorry you had problems.. How was customer support to you? Did they get it fixed or sent you another pedal?
@@ImYourOverlord Did I? I have 2 multi modulations, 2 delays and 3 reverbs permanently on my main board and a second board with 5 overdrives that I often use all at once, 2 fuzzes, and a Fat Rat. I'll let you guess my feelings about shoegaze.
@@onlyusernameleft2 Your boards are similar to mine. I thought I had a personal problem when I put three different reverbs on my modulation & time-based board, right after two different delays 😁 Never mind the four ODs on my utility & dirt board, with one set as a clean boost.
