That Pedal Show | Viewer Comments & Questions LIVE! 29 July 2024 – Dan's Back! @ThatPedalShow | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Hello friends, welcome to our almost-weekly VCQ where you can ask us anything about guitars, amps, FX and the show in general, or… well, anything you want really.
Last Friday's show was with the incredible Warren Haynes. Hopefully we'll get plenty of Qs about that.
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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.
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USA: Sweetwater sweetwater.sjv.io/5g6ALN
Hello friends, welcome to our almost-weekly VCQ where you can ask us anything about guitars, amps, FX and the show in general, or… well, anything you want really.
Last Friday's show was with the incredible Warren Haynes. Hopefully we'll get plenty of Qs about that.
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
We are on Patreon – crowdfunding for creatives. Active Patrons can also access this as a podcast.
patreon.com/ThatPedalShow
Please visit our preferred retailers!
UK & Europe: Andertons Music bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: Pedal Empire bit.ly/2mWmJQf
USA: Sweetwater sweetwater.sjv.io/5g6ALN
![Mick’s Gibson ES-335 Gets New Pickups & Loom [Hardest Pickup Swap Ever?]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Out2LP6Tafc/hqdefault.jpg "Mick’s Gibson ES-335 Gets New Pickups & Loom [Hardest Pickup Swap Ever?]
Definitely a job for an expert… taken on by Mick. Oh dear…
Welcome to the show! Mick here, hello. Grab a beverage of your choosing and get ready to witness THE most frustrating bit of guitar maintenance that I’ve undertaken to date. I mean, why get a professional to do it quickly, cost-effectively and to extremely high quality when I can do it myself, nearly have a breakdown in the process, AND run a huge risk of it not working properly?!
Anyway, yes, I’ve been saying for ages that I’d like to hear some different pickups in the ol’ three-thirty-five, the reasons for which I explain in the beginning of the vid. Then comes the hilariously painful process of actually doing the refit, along with all the ‘doh’ moments and forehead slaps you’d expect… before hearing the old and new electronics back to back.
Was it worth it? I’m still not entirely sure. Hmmmm.
Questions arising…
What about pickup heights?
I set the Lollars to the same height as the Gibson pickups. It might be that their optimum position is elsewhere and that will have a significant impact on the tone. I’ll experiment with that over coming months.
- Is the old loom ’50s wired?
Yeah, I’m pretty sure it is. It looks different because instead of doing it in a ‘rigid’ parallelogram, it’s made as one big string to make insertion / retrieval easier (I presume).
- Are we hearing a difference in strings?
I put fresh strings on before recording with the old pickups/loom, and then another fresh set before recording with the new pickups/loom. I recorded each section in the same order, so the string newness should be very similar in the A/B comparisons. My strings are Curt Mangan 10.5-50 that you can find here https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com/collections/guitar-strings
- Why are you wearing headphones in some of it?
So I can hear the backing track.
- Are both amps on?
Yes, both amps are running all the time.
- Have you tried [insert pickup brand and type here]?
Maybe, maybe not. I’m not trying any more pickups. Groan.
Enjoy the show!
Pedals and stuff in today’s video
• Schmidt-Array SA-550 XDM
https://www.schmidtarray.com/
• Latent Lemon Audio Hurts
https://latentlemon.co.uk/hurts-pedal.html
• Crazy Tube Circuits Super Conductor
https://crazytubecircuits.com/super-conductor
• Mythos Argo
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3qt3Y4s
USA: https://bit.ly/3rNY81N
• Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer [underneath, mine is a Keeley mod from 2014]
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
• Kingsley Juggler V3
http://kingsleyamplifiers.com/products/pedals/21/
• TC Electronic SCF Gold
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3A03BGa
• Free The Tone FF-1Y Future Factory
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
• JAM Pedals Harmonious Monk
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3rJBJAb
USA That Pedal Shop: https://bit.ly/3p4En2Z
• Chase Bliss Audio CXM1978 Reverb
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/37R8McD
• TheGigRig G3 Atom
https://www.thegigrig.com/g3
Interesting bits and go-to sections
0:00 Welcome and intro
1:05 Why the change?
2:25 Why not just change amp settings?
3:48 Which pickups and why?
5:15 Why change the loom?
7:00 Loom change begins
11:19 Out through the F-hole?!
12:57 Use the pickup cavity?
17:35 DC reading of the old pickups
20:35 New loom goes in
23:25 Old pickups come out
24:57 DC reading of the new pickups
28:45 It’s not going well. At all.
30:20 The next day brings an idea
33:43 A/B sound comparisons
44:46 A/B sound comparisons with track
48:52 Closing thoughts
Guitars in this episode
• Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335 – Mick’s video here - https://youtu.be/Ha82vk1wLyA
Amps in this episode
• Two Rock TS1 1x12 50-watt combo with TR1265B speaker
• Two-Rock Classic Reverb Signature 100/50 with 1x12 cab & EVM12L speaker
We hope you enjoy this episode. Please subscribe to our channel.
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![Get More From Your EHX Big Muff Fuzz-Distortion Pedal [Massive Wall Of Noise & More!]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oz6YIk-qNKQ/hqdefault.jpg "Get More From Your EHX Big Muff Fuzz-Distortion Pedal [Massive Wall Of Noise & More!]
Think you know the Big Muff? Try some of these ideas…
Welcome to the show. The classics are classic for good reason, so before we get lost in the world of mods and clones… how about we just listen to the OG?
Today’s pedal is the majestically entendreful EHX Big Muff, a stalwart in a surprisingly diverse range of musical genres for decades now.
We present some things you might know about how to use it, and hopefully a couple that you hadn’t thought of yet.
Yes, I know theres a typo in one of the screens. Welcome to Thta Pdeal Swoh.
Enjoy the episode!
Pedals & Stuff used in this show
• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one
• Boss TU-3s Chromatic Tuner
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3uOTfUf
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/q4dakY
• Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/49T6FmL
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/dadM3k
• Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (links to latest closest EHX version)
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/4axiZt1
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LXMNjo
• Source Audio Collider Delay & Reverb
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/323SzgS
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/DKxvAd
• TheGigRig QMX4
https://bit.ly/3WdxYoD
• TheGigRig ABY Baby
https://bit.ly/4b1raPa
Interesting bits & go-to sections
0:00 Intro
0:30 What are we doing today?
2:30 Basic sounds and controls
5:00 Thing 1 - Wall Of Fuzzy Noise
6:07 Let’s add a Marshall
9:00 Friend of the non-virtuoso?
10:50 Thing 2 - Big Tone From Small Amp?
14:50 Thing 3 - Sweet Spot On The Sustain Control
21:00 Thing 4 - Understand The Tone Control
27:11 Thing 5 - Boost Into The Big Muff
Guitars used in today’s show
• Fender Classic Series ’60s Jazzmaster Lacquer - no video
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster - Dan’s video here: https://youtu.be/rnQ4OIJFTgY?si=Sk1Ypq3VvQPjQsc-
• 1961 Fender Stratocaster - Mick’s video here: https://youtu.be/WOMHUQeHGRQ?feature=shared
• 1962 Gibson Les Paul (SG) - no specific video yet
• Gibson Custom True Historic Les Paul Goldtop, Murphy aged - no specific video but it’s featured a lot on the show
Amps used in this show
• Vox AC15 C1 with Celestion G12M Greenback speaker
USA: sweetwater.sjv.io/1rvNXx
• Marshall 1987x and Marshall 1960AX 412 cab with Celestion G12M Greenback speakers
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eK7LBO
• Tone King Iron Man XL Atennuator
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/0Zav1R
We hope you enjoy this episode. Please subscribe to our channel.
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Please visit our preferred retailers!
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![The Perfect Stratocaster Trem / Vibrato Setup [Floating, Flat Or Blocked?]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PjVXWyUGpwc/hqdefault.jpg "The Perfect Stratocaster Trem / Vibrato Setup [Floating, Flat Or Blocked?]
Six-saddle and two-post Fender Stratocaster vibratos - here are three ways to get them working as you want
Welcome to the show! Something a bit different this week as Dan and I ease into a little bit of summer vacation time. A different headspace, if you will.
Now then, I know this has been done to death online but we still get asked for it a lot: just how do you get your traditional Fender Stratocaster vibrato to work (or not work) and stay in tune?
Thusly, this is a personal take on how to approach it, gleaned from years of learning from professional players and techs. It’s highly unlikely there’s any new information here, but I’m taking it slow and doing it in real time so you can see exactly what happens with every adjustment of spring, screw and post.
These methods work for me, I hope they help you and your guitar!
The sounds today are various combinations of the Dan Drive Secret Machine, Kingsley Juggler Mk3, Free The Tone Future Factory Delay, Chase Bliss Audio CXM1973 Reverb and my Two-Rock Classic Reverb Signature head and 212 cab.
I mention Trev Wilkinson a lot - find the company’s wares here: https://wilkinsondirect.com/
Enjoy the show…
Interesting bits and go-to sections
0:00 Intro & welcome
1:07 The three setups today
1:49 Pros & cons of the three setups
6:10 The two types of vibrato bridge explained
7:55 How it works and component parts
9:50 Differences between six-screw & two-post
11:42 Should the two-post vibrato touch the guitar?
13:06 Set up to float
19:45 The main problem of the six-saddle bridge
21:52 Front height of the two-point bridge?
23:46 String up & stretch
25:53 How many springs?
27:13 Back height of the bridge?
28:10 How to get it to balance
37:50 Action & intonation?
38:55 Mechanical sympathy
40:07 A note on the two-point
40:45 Set up to down-bend only
46:34 Set up for no movement
47:35 Block it off?
49:05 Hear the springs?
50:35 Arm length & fit?
53:00 Final thoughts - the right way?
We hope you enjoy this episode. Please subscribe to our channel.
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Please visit our preferred retailers!
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![Beyond The MXR Dyna Comp & Boss CS-3 Compressor [J Rockett Airchild, UA LA-2A, 1176 & Origin Cali76]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R3z0dFoPwyc/hqdefault.jpg "Beyond The MXR Dyna Comp & Boss CS-3 Compressor [J Rockett Airchild, UA LA-2A, 1176 & Origin Cali76]
Confused about compressors? We explore some cool tones with a handful of comps old and new
Welcome to the show. We’ll stick our necks out and say that compression is probably the least well understood ‘effect’ of all when it comes to electric guitar. Good news - we’re not trying to explain it here! Nope, instead we get into some cool sounds and different ways to think about compressor pedals, starting with perhaps the two most famous of all: the MXR DynaComp and the Boss CS-whatever-number-it-might-be.
Having listened to those stalwarts, we move on to a small bunch of pedals with, shall we say, slightly more lofty ambitions. Without further ado, let’s get squishy. Erm, or not.
Enjoy the episode!
Pedals & Stuff used in this show
• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one
• Sonic Research ST-200 Turbo Tuner
Australia: https://bit.ly/3AIinS5
• Greer Lightspeed
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/2KCxbd6
USA: https://bit.ly/3uL1dAw
• ’70s MXR DynaComp [links to new version]
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3uIKaSP
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/4PDLG9
• Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/DKG14d
• Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/4bZsAux
USA: https://bit.ly/3F4Bmqe
• Union Tube & Transistor LAB
https://www.uniontone.com/
• UA Teletronix LA-2A
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3TpgSCn
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3eWOGM
• UA 1176
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/4c1Yy9C
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Kjm9DN
• J Rockett Audio Airchild
UK & Europe: Details to come
Australia: Details to come
USA: Details to come
• Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick Jr
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
• TheGigRig G3S
https://www.thegigrig.com/g3-s
Interesting bits & go-to sections
0:00 Intro
1:53 How far have we come? Dyna Comp and CS-3
3:30 Todays new offerings
5:05 Amps today
5:20 Deluxe Reverb
6:10 Bluesbreaker love
7:08 Dan’s fave Dyna Comp
10:00 What does a compressor do?
10:56 BOSS CS-3
13:00 Max comp on the Dyna Comp
13:42 CS-3 high compression
15:30 What are we hoping to hear from the new compressors?
18:40 UA 1176 and the Cali76
24:00 Comp and Overdrive
25:30 Secret sauce for low-volume tones
30:00 UA 1176 parallel compression
32:30 Bluesbreaker and 1176
38:10 Teletronix LA-2A?
39:40 Union Tube & Transistor LAB
41:08 UA Teletronix
45:00 UA and LAB into the Bluesbreaker
48:10 What is a Fairchild compressor?
51:15 J Rocket Airchild Six Sixty
56:00 Thoughts on the Airchild?
58:00 Using a compressor as a boost
1:02:00 Thanks for watching
1:04:00 ALL ON!
Guitars used in today’s show
• PRS Myles Kennedy - no specific video yet
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster - Dan’s video here: https://youtu.be/rnQ4OIJFTgY?si=Sk1Ypq3VvQPjQsc-
Amps used in this show
• Marshall 1962 Bluesbreaker combo (modern reissue) with 2 x 12-inch Celestion G12M Greenback speakers
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3eWOnM
• 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.
You can buy TPS merch to support our efforts https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com
We are on Patreon – crowdfunding for creatives
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Please visit our preferred retailers!
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Australia: Pedal Empire http://bit.ly/2mWmJQf")
![TPS Viewer Comments & Questions 25 March 2024 [Erm, Not Live]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RJKzo6wy9WE/hqdefault.jpg "TPS Viewer Comments & Questions 25 March 2024 [Erm, Not Live]
Hello friends, slightly out of the ordinary but we had some network / internet issues last night on our live VCQ episode.
To whit, we recorded this this morning to work through the remaining Super Chats - the Patreon podcast happened as normal if thats your usual tipple.
Thank you for your patience, and thanks for being here!
Dan & Mick")
![A Hang With Rabea [Strats, Pedalboard Update, Music Man, Neural, Real Amps, Stormzy & More!]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RT41cPOc1ng/hqdefault.jpg "A Hang With Rabea [Strats, Pedalboard Update, Music Man, Neural, Real Amps, Stormzy & More!]
A long overdue catch-up with the man who has it all going on!
Welcome to the show!
The rise and rise of Rabea Massaad is a heartwarming testament to sheer passion, talent and dedication to doing what you love. A familiar face on the internet, Bea has been a key figure in the success of veritable six-string institutions including Andertons TV, Chapman Guitars, Victory Amps and more.
2023 sees him continue the ascendency to fully-fledged artist as he prepares for new projects, a place in the Ernie Ball Music Man artist family and plenty more cool stuff besides. It’s our absolute pleasure to welcome him back to TPS to chat about it all.
If the rig explanation leaves you confused, basically…
• All drives and compression go into the front of the Kraken.
• Out of the Kraken FX loop into the wet effects on the board.
• L-R out of the wet effects into the Mesa Stereo Power amp and Zilla stereo cab.
• The Kraken’s preamp signal is carried all the way through the wet effects as well.
• There are no wet effects in the Kraken and Marshall cab.
• The stereo Mesa and Zilla stereo 412 are panned hard left and right.
Some links:
Rabea YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVDigtKhrCVwNDc76KnPUA
Bare Knuckle Pickups Triptych: https://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/pickup/strat/tt-custom-strat
Enjoy the show…
Pedals & stuff in this episode…
• Schmidt Array SA750 XDM: https://www.schmidtarray.com/copy-of-sa525xdm-1
• Boss TU-3s
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://bit.ly/3rcyZO7
Australia: http://bit.ly/2Li9A0Y
• MXR M199 Tap Tempo
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://bit.ly/3q2AAVT
• Mission Engineering SP-25M-PRO Aero
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3bLEQPB
• Mission Engineering SP25L Pro Aero with LED Base
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
• Origin Effects Cali 76 Stacked Edition
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/2HbYgAr
USA: https://bit.ly/3pK2nZE
• Coopersonic Germaniac
https://coopersonic.com/portfolio-item/germaniac/
• Fortin Tempest Architects Signature Overdrive
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
• Stone Deaf PDF-1X Ghost Edition
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
• Origin Effects Halcyon Green Overdrive
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3gkIjfR
USA: https://bit.ly/3UPYKzH
• Electro-Harmonix Micro Pog Octave
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: (Nano Pog) https://bit.ly/3oEElmk
USA: https://bit.ly/3pgea1E
• Mr Black Thunderclaw Distortion Pedal
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
• JHS Bender Fuzz
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/308Q91I
USA: https://bit.ly/3ogepua
• Strymon BigSky
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/ddY9q
Australia: http://bit.ly/2x0GSdY
• Strymon Timeline
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/yNYev
Australia: http://bit.ly/2pSEFKm
• Strymon Möbius
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/Yz7qm
Australia: http://bit.ly/2rn724e
• Strymon Volante
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/K57qA
Australia: http://bit.ly/2Ie0UZe
• Lehle P-Split II - Link to latest version
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/Dx7bo
• TheGigRig G3
https://www.thegigrig.com/g3
Interesting bits & go-to sections
0:00 Intro playing
0:50 Hello & welcome
3:40 The Stormzy/Reading story
7:30 Leo Frogleap, big & small gigs
10:43 Today’s rig
12:30 Basic board settings
15:40 Stone Deaf PDF-1X
18:50 Thunderclaw & Bender & POG!
20:40 Single coils?
22:20 Halcyon and Tempest ODs
25:30 Neural, modellers, flying beast
38:00 Strats and pickups
44:10 Pickguard makes a difference
46:00 Pickup sounds with some lovely ambience
50:40 1970 Strat & Rabea’s ’55 CS
54:56 Chapman & Music Man
1:01:45 Band activity?
1:04:30 Pickguard/pickups comparison
1:13:18 Rabea plays us out
Guitars in this video
• Fender Custom Shop ’55 Relic Stratocaster
• 1970 Fender Stratocaster
• Fender Custom Shop ’62 Relic Stratocaster
Amps in this episode
• Victory VX The Kraken head
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3MFbR3U
USA: https://bit.ly/3M9Tl30
• Marshall 2061cx 212 cab with Celestion G12H Anniversary speakers
No longer made
• Mesa 50:50 Stereo Power Amp
No longer made
• Zilla Custom 412 with 2 x Jensen Raptor 100 and 2 x Celestion V30 speakers
https://www.zillacabs.com/
We hope you enjoy this episode. Please subscribe to our channel.
You can buy TPS merch to support our efforts https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com
We are on Patreon – crowdfunding for creatives
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Please visit our preferred retailers!
UK & Europe: Andertons Music https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: Pedal Empire http://bit.ly/2mWmJQf")
