That Pedal Show

Tips For Your First Pedalboard

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/y_Ymybn-8jA In this episode we discuss and demonstrate the things you need to think about when putting together your first pedalboard. It’s the really basic stuff like choice of board, potential layout, fixing pedals to the board, power, cabling and so on. We try to keep it as entry-level as possible, but if you want something more involved, check out our big board build videos! More on a big board build: https://youtu.be/-wpAnCeHPQs M...

Viewer Comments & Questions 8 April 2019

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/stwEsf58pqM This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too.   Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was a wonderful show with the actual Ed O’Brien from the actual Radiohead! https://youtu.be/YK4Fmrlqz3I   We also discussed our recent Jazzmaster show: https...

Ed O'Brien Of Radiohead Visits TPS!

Our First 24 Minutes With A Fender Jazzmaster

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/WqvQNE4lOvs   In this episode we flop like new-born giraffe from the uterus of ‘normal’ guitars onto the unforgiving savannah of the Fender Jazzmaster. Watch in awe as we struggle to our feet, wide-eyed at the new horizon before us and stagger instinctively towards safety and nourishment. Will we get eaten by lions or survive to master the jangly jazzer? One thing is for sure: Dano, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. Big t...

Volume Pedal Fundamentals – That Pedal Show

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/TF-W7JIaPHE In this episode we explore the basics of using a volume pedal. Now you might think it’s a simple matter of varying your volume from quiet to loud… but as we find out, the specifical placementation of the volume pedal in your signal chain can have radically differentialising effectalisations on the resultifying tones emanating forth from your electronical guitar device, amplficator equipments and effectatious pedallion combi...

Viewer Comments & Questions 25 March 2019

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/S8MsDnCBRQs This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too. Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was about visiting Rift Amps to build a couple of 5E3 Deluxe type amps https://youtu.be/rBV4FYCPoIY   We hope you enjoy this video. Please subscribe to our chan...

Dan & Mick Build A Couple Of Tube Amps!

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/rBV4FYCPoIY In this episode we board the TPS charabanc and head north, following tales of a near-hermit-like being, who, in return for crossing his palm with silver, would educate us in ye olde ways of building tube amps. Or valves if you’re British. Thusly, we crossed river and ravine before happening on the opening of a great cave, strewn with the carcasses of dead amps the souls of those who had abandoned them. Uttering the magic wo...

Viewer Comments & Questions 18 Mar 2018

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/rzo84MDN4Bk   This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too.   Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was about Danish Pete’s pedalboard build https://youtu.be/p3DQaN7yzos   We also talk about Mick’s vlog on the mid-side technique: https://youtu.be/uN7zbAr...

Danish Pete Pedalboard Build – That Pedal Show

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/p3DQaN7yzos In today’s episode Dan puts together a pedalboard for our wonderful friend and all-round awesome geezer, Peter Honoré. For anyone who doesn’t know, Danish Pete is a professional guitarist whose day job is over at Andertons TV on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/user/AndertonsMusic A master of taste and touch in his playing, Pete requires a relatively simple but versatile board based around the Schmidt Array SA-450 platform...

Pick'N'Mix: CTC Falcon, Thorpy Deep Oggin, Anasounds Utopia, NRG Humper 4558

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/UTfEmrOFosY   This is Dan’N’Mick’s Pick’N’Mix where we feature four pedals that are new (to us anyway).  Our agenda is purely to plug them in, see what cool sounds and features we find, and combine them in whatever way inspires. That’s it! Enjoy… Pedals in this video • TheGigRig Three2One https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one • Crazy Tube Circuits Falcon https://crazytubecircuits.com/falcon • NRG Effects 4558 Humper https://shop.n...

RAT Distortion & RAT Alikes

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/ub9KjynPa6Y In this episode we get down and dirty with arguably the king of classic distortion devices: the not-so humble ProCo Rat. In equal parts loved, despised, revered and feared, its contribution to music over the past 40 years is immeasurable. Dan has always been a fan, me less so, but this episode has definitely made me rethink everything I thought I knew about the raucous rodent! We run through a bunch of Rat and Rat-alikes a...

Pick'N'Mix: Chromatron, SoloDallas, Runestone, Lillian

This is the audio from our video here: https://yhttps://youtu.be/4UfGYIVtzGc This is Dan’N’Mick’s Pick’N’Mix where we feature four pedals that are new (to us anyway). Our agenda is purely to plug them in, see what cool sounds and features we find, and combine them in whatever way inspires. That’s it! Enjoy… Pedals in this video • TheGigRig Three2One https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one • 3 Leaf Audio Chromatron https://www.3leafaudio.com/ • SoloDallas Storm http://solodallas.com/ • Myt...

Viewer Comments & Questions 4 March 2019

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/YgKPZes_PKc This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too.   Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was about spring reverb pedals https://youtu.be/ljv0hymTx60   We also talk about Mick’s vlog on the mid-side technique: https://youtu.be/uN7zbArULh0   We h...

Spring Reverb – That Pedal Show

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/ljv0hymTx60 In this video we drip slowly into the tank of spring reverb. Among the oldest effects anywhere – not least for guitar – a classic spring reverb uses a physical tank, in which sit a number of real springs with an input transducer at one end and an output transducer at the other. Audio goes in, excites the springs, and the resultant sound is swathed in ambience. We love it. However, not all amps have spring reverb – or any ...

Viewer Comments & Questions 25 Feb 2018

This is the audio from our video here:https://youtu.be/dtx-vDjXyPU This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too. Here's the link to the main show being discussed – we were discussing mini pedals: https://youtu.be/0RCQTEvj7P4 We hope you enjoy this video. Please subscribe to our channel. You may even want to buy a T-shirt to supp...

Big Vs Mini Pedals – That Pedal Show

This is the audio to our video here: https://youtu.be/0RCQTEvj7P4 In this episode we take a first step into a question that gets asked all the time. Well, a couple questions actually: what’s all the fuss about mini pedals, and are they as good as the big versions? So in this, erm, not exactly rigorously scientific examination, we schwang through some sounds courtesy of five pairs of pedals in regular and small formats to hear what we think. We will revisit this using some other kinds of p...

Source Audio True Spring, JHS Mini Foot 2, ProAnalog Manticore 2, Catalinbread Coriolis – Pick'N'Mix

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/1tSrbIT96Vc This is Dan’N’Mick’s Pick’N’Mix where we feature four pedals that are new (to us anyway). Our agenda is purely to plug them in, see what cool sounds and features we find, and combine them in whatever way inspires. That’s it! Enjoy… Pedals in this video TheGigRig Three2One https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one Sonic Research ST-300 Turbo Tuner Mini USA: http://bit.ly/2AYjob5 Australia: http://bit.ly/2mR1s8c Catalinbread ...

Viewer Comments & Questions 18 Feb 2019

This is the audio of our video, here: https://youtu.be/TGKGzIkbz5E This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too. Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was the detailed look at the Strymon Volante. https://youtu.be/tNHZhIWPSBU We hope you enjoy this video. Please subscribe to our channel. You may even want to buy ...

Strymon Volante Has Landed – That Pedal Show

  This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/tNHZhIWPSBU In this video we welcome perhaps the most anticipated pedal of 2019: the Strymon Volante. Strymon of course has enjoyed phenomenal success with its delay pedals to date, particularly the genre-defining TimeLine and much-loved El Capistan. The Volante adds a whole new voice to Strymon’s echo choir, namely the vintage, multi-head drum echo sound made famous by the Binson Echorec. It also does multi-head tape and studio tap...

Viewer Comments & Questions: 11 February 2019

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/ONalea6S7bg The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too.   Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was the second instalment of, ‘Oh, yes we do like transistor amps now’ videos. https://youtu.be/2Yy7sPVyVUs   We hope you enjoy this video. Please subscribe to our channel.   You may even want to buy a T-shirt to support our efforts https://ww...

Transistor & Valve Amps Wet Dry: Quilter & BluGuitar

This is the audio from our YouTube video here:https://youtu.be/2Yy7sPVyVUs Dan and I are both dyed-in-the-wool valve amp fans – unashamedly and unapologetically so, based on decades of their use and abuse. In this show however, we follow last week’s realisation (for us at least) that transistor amps really have moved forwards in recent years. There comes a time in every tube-amp-fan’s life when they need to listen to the best of the latest solid-state amps to hear what’s changed… Watch last...

Viewer Comments & Questions 6 Feb 2019

This is the audio from our YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/Us_YNMd4UEk   Here's the link to the main show being discussed – Oh, So We Do Like Transistor Amps Now? https://youtu.be/_QZOeXHB8AQ   We hope you enjoy this video. Please subscribe to our channel.   You may even want to buy a T-shirt to support our efforts https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com   We are also on Patreon – crowdfunding for creatives https://www.patreon.com/ThatPedalShow   Please visit our preferred retaile...

Your Comments & Questions 4 Feb 2019

This is the audio from our YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/Rf0aKXTzW_M   This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too. Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was about Wet-Dry and Wet-Dry-Wet setups. https://youtu.be/bSz7GrRdHc0   We hope you enjoy this video. Please subscribe to our channel.   You may ev...

Reappraising Modern Transistor Amps #1

This is the audio from our YouTube video here:https://youtu.be/_QZOeXHB8AQ In this video we revisit a contentious subject for TPS: transistor amps. Dan and I have never been fans, based on those we’ve owned and played to date. Before you accuse us of snobbery, it's a matter of pure personal opinion – clearly, loads of people LOVE them.  However, we’ve played a few things recently that have perked up the ears. Roland’s JC-40, the new Boss Nextone amps and also the Amp1 Mercury Edition by Th...

Wet-Dry & Wet-Dry-Wet Setups Explained – That Pedal Show

This is the audio from our YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/bSz7GrRdHc0 Regular viewers will know that Dan and I are big fans of the wet-dry rig. According to our definition at least, that means using two amplifiers where one of them gets signal from ALL of your pedals including reverbs and delays (wet), while the other gets only the drives (dry). And maybe compression. And maybe modulation depending on how you like it. It’s a very simple concept… until you get into the nuts and bolts...

Viewer Comments & Questions 21 Jan 2018

This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was about classic wah-wah pedals and their interaction with fuzz. https://youtu.be/mT_8cayp3RI   Also Mick’s Strat Vlog, Part 2. https://youtu.be/c8VrLWnW8Pk   We hope you enjoy this video. Please subscribe to our channel.   You may even want to buy a T-shirt to support our efforts https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com   We are also on Patreon – cr...

Viewer Comments & Questions 14 Jan 2019

This is VCQ - here's the video version. https://youtu.be/ryCeO3HAAEw   This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too. Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was Great Uni-Vibe Sounds, Signal Chain Considerations & Associated Tangents. https://youtu.be/Te97X_WBRyQ Yeah, we had some background noise on this one… even...

Uni-Vibe Sounds & Questions

This is the audio from our YouTube video of 11 Jan 2019. https://youtu.be/Te97X_WBRyQ   In this episode Dan and I ask and answer some common questions about classic Vibe style pedals. The original Uni-Vibe pedal first appeared in 1968, introduced by Japanese company Shin-ei and released in the US by Univox, erm, according to Wikipedia. The name Uni-Vibe is now a trademark of Dunlop Manufacturing Inc. The Uni-Vibe sound was immortalised into rock history by Jimi Hendrix and Robin Trower am...

Viewer Comments & Questions 7 Jan 2019

This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. Video here: https://youtu.be/TQWzArp2Zec   The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too. Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was Using Pedals Into Gainy Amps… And Loops!. https://youtu.be/8LW_v-U5QV0 We hope you enjoy this episode. Please subscribe to our channel. You may even want to buy a T-shirt to support...

Using Pedals & Loops With Gainy Amps – That Pedal Show

This is the audio from our YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/8LW_v-U5QV0 In this episode we meander through what seems to be a huge point of discussion with a lot of people: using pedals with overdriven amps. As regular viewers will know, Dan and I tend to use cleaner / higher headroom amps for the basis on which to stack different gain sounds from pedals. However, lots of people really like the sound of an overdriven amp… which is where the ‘problems’ really start when adding pedals. W...

Pick'N'Mix: NV81, DMBL, Echotopia, Resound

  This is the audio from our YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/W-eK6JodKQI This is Dan’N’Mick’s Pick’N’Mix where we feature four pedals that are new (to us anyway). Our agenda is purely to plug them in, see what cool sounds and features we find, and combine them in whatever way inspires. That’s it! Enjoy… Pedals in this video • TheGigRig Three2One https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one • D’Addario Pedal Tuner UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2tIN4lD USA: http://bit.ly/2x4Bm6m Australia: http...

Viewer Comments & Questions 31 Dec 2018

Viewer Comments & Questions: 31 December 2018 – YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/45b_Rd0TVXQ   This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too.   Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was 10 Great Ways To Use Your Delay Pedals. https://youtu.be/Ol1Z6OF6N-U   Sorry I haven’t had chance to do the question timi...

10 Great Ways To Use Your Delay Pedals

This is the audio from our YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/Ol1Z6OF6N-U We get asked lots of questions about delay pedals and how to use them creatively, so in this video we show you 10 cool things you can do with… yep… delay pedals. It’s important to note that not all delay pedals will do all of these things. For example, Thing 5 – Changing The Sound Of Repeats –requires a pedal that has the ability to do that. Many modern multifunction / programmable delays from the likes of Strymon,...

Worst Pedal Platform Amps?

This is the audio from our YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/lS10FEevBbI Okay, for everyone I send here from the comments section, this explanation is for you… Dan and I DID NOT select these amps as ‘the worst pedal platforms’. You did. And here's how that went down… A few weeks back we were asked a question about ‘bad pedal platform amps.’ We said – as we always do – that there really are no bad ones, it’s more a question of what you want to achieve and whether your amp choice is approp...

Viewer Comments & Questions: 17 December 2018 – That Pedal Show

This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too. Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was about some holy grail vintage amps. https://youtu.be/TKjSyFqKpAs We also talked about the recent refret video: https://youtu.be/nONCCSdA9Ds We hope you enjoy this video. Please subscribe to our channel. You may even want to bu...

Four Vintage Fender Amps… And One Marshall - That Pedal Show

Pick'N'Mix: Plasma Drive, LA Lady, Echosex Baby, Dandelion Trem

Viewer Comments & Questions: 10 December 2018 – That Pedal Show

This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too.   Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was about Marshall Blues Breaker style pedals. https://youtu.be/XBOjIVs4b7o   We also talked about the recent refret video: https://youtu.be/nONCCSdA9Ds   We hope you enjoy this video. Please subscribe to our channel.   Yo...

Marshall Bluesbreaker Style Pedals

This is the audio from our YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/a6bDuYkuiIs In this episode we revisit the venerable Marshall Blues Breaker overdrive pedal of the early 1990s. This one was very kindly loaned to us by our good friend Chris Buck (honk). Thank you Chris! The pedal was designed to sound somewhat like the even more venerable Marshall 1962 model 2x12 combo, used most famously by Eric Clapton on the 1966 album ’Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton’… by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers...

15W Amp With 112, 212 & 412 Cabs

This is the audio from our YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/XBOjIVs4b7o In this episode we take a popular ’small’ guitar amp – Fender Bassbreaker 15 1x12 combo (Celestion V-Type speaker), and put it through a couple of bigger extension cabinets, to see what we hear and feel. The cabs are a Victory V212VC 2x12 with two Celestion G12M Creambacks… and a Marshall 1960A 4x12 with four Celestion G12M Greenbacks. The settings for the Bassbreaker 15 amp throughout are: Lowest gain mode Gain 1...

Pick'N'Mix: JHS The AT+, Tru-Fi Zosa Fuzz, Fulltone Mini DejaVibe MkII, ZVEX Instant LoFi Junky

This is Dan’N’Mick’s Pick’N’Mix where we feature four pedals that are new (to us anyway). Our agenda is purely to plug them in, see what cool sounds and features we find, and combine them in whatever way inspires. That’s it! Enjoy…     Pedals in this video   TheGigRig Three2One https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one   D’Addario Pedal Tuner UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2tIN4lD USA: http://bit.ly/2x4Bm6m Australia: http://bit.ly/2tfHqHN   JHS The AT+ UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2Rg...

Viewer Comments & Questions 26 Nov 2018

This is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too.   Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was about Boss’s Dimension series of modulation effects. https://youtu.be/UR9Zh6yv1YU   We hope you enjoy this episode. Please subscribe to our channel.   You may even want to buy a T-shirt to support our efforts https://www.thatpedalsho...

Boss Dimension D, C and DC-2W

Viewer Comments & Questions: 19 Nov 2018

This is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too. Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was about understanding drive and gain pedal types with Josh Scott of JHS Pedals. https://youtu.be/sd4JgAJkaKo We also talk about the utterly awesome Devin Townsend show. https://youtu.be/_zm5QD7smSw We hope you enjoy this episode. Please subsc...

Understanding Gain Pedal Types – With Josh Scott Of JHS Pedals

ZVEX Vibrophase, FEA Photon Fuzz, NRG Poker, Fender Marine Layer: Pick'N'Mix

This is the audio from YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/cOIHmv64g2Y Dan’N’Mick’s Pick’N’Mix is where we feature four pedals that are new (to us anyway). Our agenda is purely to plug them in, see what cool sounds and features we find, and combine them in whatever way inspires. That’s it! Enjoy the episode… Pedals in this episode • TheGigRig Three2One https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one • D’Addario Pedal Tuner UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2tIN4lD USA: http://bit.ly/2x4Bm6m Australia: ht...

Viewer Comments & Questions 12 Nov 2018

This is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday. The main focus of the Q&A will be the show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too. Here's the link the main show being discussed – it was with the utterly awesome Devin Townsend. https://youtu.be/_zm5QD7smSw We hope you enjoy this video. Please subscribe to our channel. You may even want to buy a T-shirt to support our efforts https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com We are also on P...

Devin Townsend Blows Our Tiny Minds

Mick's Board 2018

This is the audio from the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/53R5o7qQEVw   Mick says: “Dan made my first proper, grown-up’s, flightcased G2 board back in March 2017 – you can watch that video here: https://youtu.be/-wpAnCeHPQs “That board has served me exceptionally well, but it’s time for an upgrade! I recently acquired a Schmidt Array SA525 pedalboard – lighter and better dimensions for what I need – so what better excuse to have a switch-up? “This video documents the various stages o...

9 Awesome Fuzz Pedals

This is the audio from our video https://youtu.be/Bk8TcxrlLwM This is Dan’N’Mick’s Pick’N’Mix where we feature bunch of pedals that are new (to us anyway). Our agenda is purely to plug them in, see what cool sounds and features we find, and combine them in whatever way inspires. That’s it! This one is a slight step from the norm – we’re currently inundated with fuzz pedals, so here are NINE in one hit! A note on the stereo field changes/anomalies in this video. Mick's thoughts... "You'l...