That Pedal Show | LIVE Viewer Comments & Questions 22 April 2024 @ThatPedalShow | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Hello folks, welcome to our weekly live Q&A session - we talk guitars, amps and pedals of course, but sometimes also missing artists, digital copyright in the 21st century and the relative benefits of no-mow May.
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Hello folks, welcome to our weekly live Q&A session - we talk guitars, amps and pedals of course, but sometimes also missing artists, digital copyright in the 21st century and the relative benefits of no-mow May.
And PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the channel. It's totally free, just click the button. It helps.
We're all here to hang out, ask better questions and be among likeminded humankind. So please do be kind and civil, or Master Blaster BV will have you out of there.
You can buy TPS merch to support our efforts thatpedalshowstore.com
You can buy guitar pedals and gear in the USA from That Pedal Shop: thatpedalshop.com
We are on Patreon – crowdfunding for creatives. Active Patrons can also access this as a podcast.
patreon.com/ThatPedalShow
Please visit our preferred retailers!
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![In Conversation With Adam Levy [Electric & Acoustic Guitar Mastery]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cREfDl4wgo0/hqdefault.jpg "In Conversation With Adam Levy [Electric & Acoustic Guitar Mastery]
Solo artist, sideman and Guitar Tips-nician shares wisdom and love for music and playing
Welcome to the show. We are delighted to welcome Mr Adam Levy to Schwangri-La, as he stops in on the way home after some European tour dates. Adam is an exceptional musician having played with artists including Norah Jones – yes, it’s him on Come Away With Me – Tracy Chapman, Vulfpeck, Madison Cunningham and many, many more. He also has a string of solo releases and side projects.
Adam’s laid-back style is underpinned with extensive harmonic and melodic knowledge, gained in part at least from his studies with the formidable Ted Greene. Those themes of melody and harmony permeate everything Adam brings to the instrument and, lucky for us, shares today.
Enjoy the episode!
• Adam on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamLevyGuitarTips
• Adam on t’internet: https://www.adamlevy.com/
• Adam’s book, ‘String Theories’: https://stringtheoriesbook.com/
Pedals & Stuff used in this show
• Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/2B06quU
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Wqk0Qn
• Radial Big Shot ABY
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3vHT2sl
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Vm50Dk
• Electronic Audio Experiments Limelight
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/4aJydvo
• Milkman F-Stop Reverb & Tremolo
https://milkmansound.com/collections/accessories/products/f-stop
Interesting bits & go-to sections
0:00 Intro playing
2:15 Why are we here?
4:46 Adam’s beginnings
7:45 Music is about rhythm
9:40 Inside the chords
13:10 Nothing new under the sun
16:10 Working with songwriters
20:00 The emotional curve
21:00 Chords and melody
22:50 Adam plays ‘And They All Sang’
27:30 Voice leading?
36:00 Remembering Ted Greene
39:41 All The Things You Are
43:30 You have to do the work
44:20 Acoustic love
48:45 Working with artists, sounding like yourself
55:00 Have good time, all the time
1:01:50 Trust the people you’re playing with
1:03:00 Practice routine
1:04:20 Can you play Happy Birthday?
1:08:00 Focus on one thing at a time
1:11:45 Adam plays ‘Sidewalk Chalk’
Guitars used in today’s show
• Collings I-30 LC
• Collings CJ-35
https://www.collingsguitars.com/
Amps used in this show
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb with stock speaker
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/B0JXex
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![Old Fave Pedals Revisited [Are We Still Fizzy About These Tones?]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eJuSH8fWLEs/hqdefault.jpg "Old Fave Pedals Revisited [Are We Still Fizzy About These Tones?]
Welcome to the show! Dan and I have been asked for this a lot. Could we revisit some of the stuff we gushed over in years gone by, plug it in again, give it a schwang and see if it still holds up?
That’s exactly what we’re doing today with a handful of pedals that slipped a metaphorical mento in to our bottle of Coke back in the day.
What about today - are we still fizzy? Let’s find out…
Please enjoy the show!
Pedals & Stuff in this episode
• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one
• Sonic Research Turbo Tuner ST-200
Australia: https://bit.ly/3AIinS5
• Thorpy FX Muffroom Cloud - Now called the Fallout Cloud
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3qmoTt6
USA: https://bit.ly/38niPtL
• Fire Custom Shop Carpe Diem
https://fire.com.br/produto/pedal-fire-carpe-diem/
• Tru-Fi Colordriver
https://tru-fi.com/tru-fi-colordriver-9v-version-fuzz-overdrive-guitar-pedal/
• Hartman Analog Flanger - no longer made
• T-Rex Replicator, slightly different now, but…
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/PybEdq
• Neon Egg Planetarium
http://neonegg.com/Info/
• TheGigRig G3
https://www.thegigrig.com/g3
Interesting bits & go to sections
0:00 Intro playing
2:23 What are we doing today?
3:10 Thorpy Muffroom Cloud intro
5:38 Today’s amps
6:00 Thorpy Muffroom Cloud sounds
11:13 Fire Custom Shop Carpe Diem intro
13:49 Carpe Diem sounds
20:27 Tru-Fi Colordriver intro
22:47 Tru-Fi Colordriver sounds
28:27 Hartman Analog Flanger intro
29:14 Hartman Flanger sounds
32:58 Flanger before and after drive
35:28 T Rex Replicator intro
37:30 T Rex Replicator sounds
47:10 Neon Egg Planetarium intro
48:40 Neon Egg Planetarium sounds
55:30 All on?
58:45 Closing thoughts
Guitars used in this episode
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster - Mick’s video here: https://youtu.be/5sQUvWHXz74
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster - Dan’s video here: https://youtu.be/qfLs2rAWYEU
• Gibson Custom True Historic 1957 Les Paul Goldtop. Murphy Aged - no video yet
Amps in this episode
• Two Rock Classic Reverb Signature 100/50 and 212 cab with TR1265B speakers
• Matchless C-30 & 212 ESD with one Celestion G12M Greenback and one Celestion G12H Anniversary
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![Sutton Instruments Del Fuego Fuzz & Boost [Effector Du Jour]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ebBZVgAEoXk/hqdefault.jpg "Sutton Instruments Del Fuego Fuzz & Boost [Effector Du Jour]
Rip-roaring ’70s-inspired hard rock tones? Okay then…
Welcome to the show and welcome to Effector Du Jour. Short videos, and as to-the-point as That Pedal Show is ever likely to get.
Sutton Instruments is a relatively new brand, hailing from East Yorkshire, UK. The Del Fuego is inspired by a ’70s EHX Big Muff… with added boost. No direct comparison today, lets just hear it.
Enjoy!
Pedals & stuff in this show
• Sutton Instruments Del Fuego
https://www.suttoninstruments.co.uk/products/the-del-fuego-fuzz-boost-pedal
• Source Audio Collider
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/323SzgS
USA: https://bit.ly/3ozRtX3
• TheGigRig QMX2
https://www.thegigrig.com/quartermaster
Guitars used in today’s show
• 1961 Fender Stratocaster - Mick’s video here: https://youtu.be/WOMHUQeHGRQ?si=n4iI5qleiIM21LnD
• Gibson Custom True Historic ’57 Les Paul Goldtop, Murphy Aged - no specific video but it’s on the channel a lot!
Amps used in today’s’ show
• Electro Harmonix Mig 50
Australia: https://bit.ly/3HilCCQ
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Py9AOz
• Marshall 2061cx with Celestion G12H Anniversary speakers
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![Vintage Fender Tweed Amps With Jesse Hoff & Ed Oleszko [7 Vintage Tweeds Cranked!]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fakunNpBALE/hqdefault.jpg "Vintage Fender Tweed Amps With Jesse Hoff & Ed Oleszko [7 Vintage Tweeds Cranked!]
Celebrating the guitar amps that birthed rock’n’roll
Welcome to the show. This one has been a loooong time coming and so we are delighted to welcome to Schwangri-La, Mr Jesse Hof of Lazy J amps and Ed Oleszko, all-round guitar guy and old chum.
Between them (and Mike at ATB) we’ve brought together a bevvy of incredible vintage Fender Tweed models in order to loosely knit together the story of these fundamentally important guitar amplifiers. Their genesis and evolution goes hand-in-hand with the story of rock’n’roll music as we know it, first defining the sounds of electric guitar through the 1950s then falling from wider popularity in later decades as stages got louder and tastes moved on. As the 21st century approaches its quarter point however, you could argue that these timeless gems are as relevant in today’s recording and live music than at any point in their history.
Let’s get into in – enjoy the show!
Check out Jesses amps: https://www.lazyjprojects.com/
Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Intro playing
0:44 Welcome Jesse & Ed!
1:45 Today’s amps
2:40 Tweed & the birth of rock’n’roll
4:30 Naming conventions
6:20 What happened in 1951?
13:10 The birth of the teenager
16:00 PLAYING ’51 Fender Deluxe - OMG!
18:30 PLAYING ’61 5E3 Fender Deluxe
23:10 They weren’t made for just guitars
27:00 Why has the Deluxe endured?
32:25 PLAYING ’58 Tremolux
38:00 No reverb?
39:40 Tweed sizes
42:22 The Tweed Bandmaster & Pete Townshend
43:00 PLAYING ’54 Fender Super
45:45 PLAYING ’1955/56 Fender Super
50:38 What about the Fender Bassman?
55:30 Birth of Marshall
58:30 High Powered Tweed Twin
1:02:00 No Tweed EL84 amps
1:03:00 Birth of the 6L6 valve
1:08:35 PLAYING ’56 Fender Bassman
1:13:00 PLAYING ’58 High Powered Fended Tweed Twin
1:20:00 Jesse’s amp history- the start of Lazy J
1:34:15 Why Lazy J?
1:37:00 PLAYING Dan’s Lazy J 20
1:39:00 PLAYING Lazy J 40 - it’s a 40!
Pedals & Stuff used in this show
TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one
Sonic Research Turbo Tuner 200
Australia: https://bit.ly/3AIinS5
Amps used in today’s show
• 1951 5A3 Fender Deluxe
• 1961 5E3 Fender Deluxe
• 1954 5D4 Fender Super
• 1955/’56 5F4 Fender Super
• 1958 5E9-A Fender Tremolux
• 1956 5E6 Fender Bassman
• 1958 5F8-A Fender Twin
• Lazy J 20
• Lazy J 40 (sorry it says 80 on screen!)
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![The 9 Nation Guitar Rig Challenge [All Your Gear From One Country?]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fcZqSNb3HJM/hqdefault.jpg "The 9 Nation Guitar Rig Challenge [All Your Gear From One Country?]
Welcome to the show! ’Tis once again a day for slightly random challenges. In this episode, the slightly random factor is Country Of Origin. Each of us selects one country from a possible nine - excluding the USA, UK and Australia – whereupon we are required to put together a rig hailing from that nation.
Four pedals, one guitar, one amp. There is a whole convoluted system of point scoring that’s too boring to explain here, but you get the idea: make a rig from the country of… That’s countrywang!
If you haven’t turned off already to go and watch something more beneficial to your life and everyone around you... please enjoy the show!
Pedals & stuff in this episode
Dan’s Board
• Anasounds Bitoun Fuzz
https://anasounds.com/produit/bitoun-fuzz/
• Kernom Ridge
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
• Anasounds Utopia
Australia: https://bit.ly/3OjNSZY
• Collision Devices Black Hole Symmetry
Australia: https://bit.ly/3pVAAcRthat
Mick’s Board
• Dan Drive Bonk Machine
Find DanDrive on Instagram
• Vahlbruch Kaluna
https://www.vahlbruch-fx.com/en/
• Vahlbruch SpaceTime TAP
https://www.vahlbruch-fx.com/en/
• JPTR Kaleidoscope
https://jptrfx.com/products/jptr-fx-kaleidoscope-reverb-multi-reflector-unit
Interesting bits & go-to sections
0:00 Intro
0:30 Today’s challenge & rules
3:42 Choose your nation!
4:23 Mick chooses his rig
8:33 Dan chooses his rig
11:41 The gear reveal!
15:31 Dan’s core tone
20:51 Mick’s core tone
25:40 Dan Anasounds Bitoun Fuzz
29:20 Mick Dan Drive Bonk Machine
33:00 Dan Kernom Ridge
38:23 Mick Vahlbruch Kaluna Drive
42:48 Dan Anasounds Utopia
43:12 A visitor - Jack Griffiths!
46:18 Mick Vahlbruch SpaceTime
50:34 Dan Collision Devices Black Hole Symmetry
56:14 Mick Kaleidoscope
1:02:40 Who won?
1:03:55 National Jamthem
1:10:41 Closing thoughts
Guitars used in this episode
• Gray Guitars Admiral - no video yet
• Nik Huber Krauster II - Dan’s video here: https://youtu.be/hIruLGXgJuU
Amps in this episode
• Audio Kitchen Big Chopper & 2x12 cabinet with 1 x Celestion Alnico Blue and 1 x Celestion G12H Anniversary
https://www.audiokitchen.co.uk/products/big-chopper/
• Hughes & Kettner Puretone with Hughes & Kettner Vintage 212 with 2 x Celestion G12M Greenback speakers
No longer available
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![We Visit AMS Neve [And Go Through The Basics Of Recording A Great Guitar Tone]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fwGFw4fS0hs/hqdefault.jpg "We Visit AMS Neve [And Go Through The Basics Of Recording A Great Guitar Tone]
So you want to record a great guitar sound?
Welcome to the show. A slight change from the norm today as we visit a company and brand that has made an absolutely stellar contribution to recorded music across six decades to date. Whether it’s a giant digital console handling the latest Hollywood blockbuster, or a simple 500-series preamp at the heart of your recording channel, Neve remains a pillar of sound design and production.
However… as interesting as a factory tour would be – AMS Neve products are still made in Burnley, Lancashire – we thought we would tackle something a little more practical: the basics of recording a simple guitar tone using an amp and mics.
We look at close mic’ing, room mics, preamp gain, EQ and a little bit of compression, all explained by professional audio engineer and Neve product specialist and Joe Heaton. Thank you Joe!
Enjoy the episode!
But but but…
Q1. Oh come on, are you saying I need mics and recording gear costing thousands?
Emphatically NOT. Use whatever you have. We do mention this in the video, but regardless of the gear you’re using – mic type, interface, hardware, plugins etc – the principle and process is the same.
Q2. You didn’t talk specifically about close mic placement – why not?
Yes, sorry about that. The slightly annoying truth is that you can put it more or less where you want. People will argue about on- or off-axis, distance and position but you need to move it around and see what you like. Our sweet spot with a loud amp tends to be about 10-12 inches away the grille, pointed at the spot where the speaker’s dust cap (the round bit in the centre) meets the cone. If your amp is quieter, move it closer.
- The more you move away from the dust cap towards the outer edge of the speaker when close mic’d, usually the darker the sound will become
- The more you move away from the speaker in terms of distance, you’ll get a less pronounced change in high end, but the bass can drop off
Q3. Where do I put my room mics?
Phase can be an issue when using room mics in addition to close mics, especially when summing to mono. It’s probably worth reading a little about this online… but don’t get too bogged down in it before you start. Put the mics up, listen, move them, listen, repeat. You’ll learn way more doing that than reading anything.
- The more reverberant the room, the more the room mic(s) will have a dramatic effect
- The further away you put the room mic or mics, the more ambient the sound
- The louder you mix the room mics, the more ambient the sound
- You might not want any room mic at all in a busy mix
Pedals & stuff used in this show
No pedals today
• Sontronics Delta 2 Ribbon (close mic)
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
• AKG C414XLII (room mics)
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/21NxVG
• Neve 88M Audio Interface
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/zNVLn7
• Neve 1073 SPX D
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/XYeD2M
Interesting bits and go-to sections
0:00 We’re at Neve
0:36 Dan’s happy place
1:06 What are we doing today?
1:55 Here’s Joe!
3:10 What is a Blumlein Pair?
3:50 What we’re using to record
5:08 Our setup
6:40 Phantom power
7:10 Setting the input gain
8:35 Analogue & digital headroom
10:20 Push the mic pre for distortion and colour
13:50 Using EQ when recording
17:06 EQ also is gain
19:30 A/B your EQ, let your ears decide
20:06 EQ in pre or post?
20:20 Room mics
22:15 Blending room and close mics
23:10 Turn the Deluxe up… yeah baby
26:34 Adding compression pre/post eq
28:00 Turn up the amp, decrease the gain
28:56 Post recording tweaks
32:00 EQ’ing and reprinting the recorded track
36:40 Latency
44:25 So much more than the guitar gear
48:30 Great studios will never die
50:49 Play us out
Guitars used in today’s show
• 1962 Gibson Les Paul (SG)
Amps used in this show
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb with stock speaker
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/B0JXex
We hope you enjoy this episode. Please subscribe to our channel.
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