4 Insanely Complex Guitar Pedals

[@Jamsville]

1. Metal zone 2. Metal zone 3. Metal zone 4. Metal zone 5......... ...... 100. Metal zone

[@mikedelisle6419]

Dude you need a waza metal zone in slot 45

[@arthurpires6178]

*More geinnn*

[@GearGasms]

As long as there’s at least on me auto wah in there, then yeah

[@Zezezeze69]

101. Miku

[@batrezz]

metal zone mix with vodca :D

[@ShallieDragon]

For folks who are unfamiliar with the Zoia: that thing can have numerous effects on screen (you can pick from over 80), and then can also have multiple PAGES of those effects. All of those pages of effects can be saved as a single patch. It can then store up to 64 patches on a single device. This thing is essentially a modular rig in a pedal. Tyler wasn't joking when he said it's the most complex pedal in the world.

[@tsrocks48]

I want a Zoia so much it hurts my insides

[@QuikdethDeviantart]

tsrocks48 ha! I kinda feel that way about a Headrush board...

[@jjrusy7438]

@@tsrocks48 warm up with a zoom cdr70..the poor man's zoia. For $130 you get a 5 pedal chain and like 150+ pedals to choose from AND a nice LCD screen. it is the secret weapon of synth geeks because you can put a virtual pedal board on every synth for cheap or parallel 2 or 3 of them for effects density without completely destroying the original sound. and you can save like 50 pedal configurations in memory.

[@tsrocks48]

@@jjrusy7438 Thanks for the tip! It looks interesting, I'll have to dig into it a little deeper.

[@n8shac1978]

Looks like a gimicky interface plus every DigiTech multieffects pedal ever made. The Plethora looks like a much simpler, much better interface to use live or in studio than this one.

[@RC32Smiths01]

The Korg Miku pedal is still one of the most sophisticated and advanced pedals I have ever seen.

[@daveforton]

dleifteH semaJ hey I've seen you before semaJ.

[@DanishAra]

dleifteH semaJ ayy semaJ where’s temmaH kriK?

[@oisavvy]

HA, Fools... You're all Damn FOOLS! *Laughs then starts the SWEDISH CHAINSAW IN HM2*

[@lucaserojas]

bro you forgot the funny

[@toonix1015]

@dleifteH semaJ you _bastard!_ dont you know how much my family needs those Wah pedals™?! My family practically lives on Wah pedals™! And you are just gonna hoard those Wah pedals™ and not even use them?! Smh...

[@GonxalusAika]

The Plethora actually looks like the cleanest user interface I've seen in a multiFX

[@guitarofdestiny]

Yep, it's the cleanest best pleasure.

[@pedrocabral3859]

Helix wins for me

[@PostalDude667]

Would you say I have a plethora of effects?

[@gfgnickname_not_chosen2598]

Hell yeah and it’s not even complicated at all! I would love to own one!

[@gfgnickname_not_chosen2598]

I hate Menu diving and software effects but this one just seems so simple clean and easy to use

[@Wickedsensations2001]

The most sophisticated pedal I own is a wah pedal. And it's the only one I own lol

[@enzo4648]

same hehe

[@dubbningardeluxe_4706]

Me too

[@weepinangel4485]

Kirk is that you?

[@GearGasms]

Weepin Angel lol

[@toonix1015]

*_laughs menacingly_* YOU FOOL! I have a _wah pedal and an acoustic!_ And you think your pedal is sophisticated... *_laughs even more menacingly_*

[@greggoso600]

the most sophisticated pedal i own is my bike's

[@ErickBRSAO]

greg goso nono the gas pedal is the king here

[@roberteltze4850]

I was going to nominate my old Digitech RP-12. Not the best sounding but it has complexity in spades. But now that you mention bicycle pedals, I do have a pair of pedals with power meters that connect via bluetooth or ant+, those arguably beat out the RP-12.

[@itzmeleo9810]

@@roberteltze4850 no one asked

[@dknubed]

Definitely knew he didn't wanna use that "Corona Chorus" 😅

[@rikkifknrobin]

i keep getting ads for things with corona in the name. mostly the drink

[@dblat1291]

Did anyone else notice that during NAMM, TC Electronic in its press PR releases for the Plethora X5 listed $399 as the street price? Then when they finally showed up on merchant sites $499!!!! I would have jumped at $399, that's $80 a pedal slot. Will probably wait now for a demo/used model. Or maybe the X3 when it drops next year or so.

[@maxmoumneh4909]

Finally a pedal that lets me sound like a glitched copy of animal crossing

[@elduderino3995]

To be completely honest, I like it better when Tyler's personality is normal and toned down like in this video. It's kinda try hard and cringey when he tries to be funny and most times it's just hard to watch. No hate

[@twat9954]

EL DUDERINO agree 100%

[@JonathanFisherS]

100% disagree. Tyler is awesome just the way he is

[@glenndwyer5786]

I like his funny personality,but yeah its good to see some professional, like peeps on tha net

[@synchronisticmelanatedmysitic]

That Zoia demo was the most clear and concise demo i've ever seen, you made it very easy to understand wow!! Thank you very much!

[@StuartRochabrunt]

Maybe that wasn't the most comprehensive review of the Zoia, but I can assure you, it was the most simple and clear I've seen so far. Helped me understand it a lot.

[@augusta-m2405]

My bank account doesn’t want me to watch this video

[@48mastadon]

That second pedal....If my guitar sounded like that, I would be looking for the problem with my gear.

[@alexk3393]

But in the mix it would sound really cool especially in recordings as doubletracked guitar

[@K4RN4GE911]

I've been wanting to get an Electro Harmonix Mono Synth pedal for a good while now, mainly because it has that chunky and aggressive Sega Genesis sound to it that I absolutely love.

[@edgeofarevolution3729]

My most sophisticated pedal I own is a Boss Overdrive/Distortion OS-2. It's the only pedal I own

[@Tawper]

It's all you need

[@joandrumz3176]

My most sophisticated pedal is a Big Muff with tone wicker, I'm really proud of that tone wicker part XD

[@robinfarstaddey1990]

OS-2 is awesome!!

[@Tawper]

Yeah all I got is a tuner pedal, a caline orange burst overdrive pedal, and a boss ds-1 distortion pedal. I mainly use the overdrive for like verses and a nice quieter sorta mild distorted sound. And then we all know what ds-1 does so I don't think I need to explain that.

[@stlawrenceships5892]

1:32 “Corona Chorus” 😳😷

[@vastmangogaming5486]

I can’t wait until you get one million subs I’m gonna be so happy for you

[@Yanthungbemo]

If Jimi Hendrix was alive today, I bet this one would be on his pedalboard! 4:58

[@CorBor69]

I love that silver sky. I own a tungsten or silver one. Green would’ve been my first choice but the guitar center only had them in black and silver

[@TruthGuitar]

I have been waiting for this pedal for weeks.

[@andrewclark1222]

I'd be interested to hear your take on the Line 6 Helix. It looks like a great option for eliminating a bunch of pedals and streamlining a rig for recording or live gigs.

[@nine9whitepony526]

I'm old fashioned. I like collecting and combining a bunch of individual pedals.

[@monteqila4832]

1:56 was close to Sanitarium. I enjoyed every second of this improvisation.

[@rileyfaulknier8390]

Tyler: Now the next one is kinda complicated... *PULLS OUT LAUNCHPAD*

[@spinye]

Most sophisticated pedal I own is an XTomp. It's a chameleon pedal that can run a single patch at a time. Some patches, however, can emulate a pair of pedals, making it the most versatile thing on my board. Patches include amp sims, cabinet sims, overdrives, distortions, delays, reverbs, choruses, envelope filters, equalizers, octavers, auto/touch-wahs, etc. It isn't really a multi-effect since you can only run a single patch at once, but combined with a couple of other pedals (my staples - a delay/reverb, and looper), it gives me a similar flexibility. And I think the patches actually sound pretty good.

[@poundtacos4006]

Never heard of the plethora,. That thing is rad as hell!

[@shanehumberstone5262]

That zoia is mmmmmmental,I love my pedals I have a korg ax100g,a korg ax1g,a boss got-10 and a boss dis-1,I’ve been playing for almost 40 years on 6 strings,7 strings and recently an 8 string

[@alessandrorocco2958]

Boss sy‑1 synthesizer is also a cool one to have some fun with

[@kabirprakash]

Kangra is named after the hill valley in India , as you can see on the pedal itself that the observer is looking at the mountains in front which depicts the feel of the place. It is pronounced as Ka-ng-ra like you say ka-yaking . Keep up the Good work Tyler .

[@ThalassicMeasure]

EHX Hog2 is the most complex pedal I own. After a few years of use, I still find news sounds daily. Increasing the complexity, I connect an EHX 8-Step to the Hog2 expression input. Fucking amazing!

[@Michael-xp6jt]

It's so much fun to play with new peddle's 😎👍

[@stijnroelands2819]

Bro that forst pedal board is sick!

[@jeccf5072]

his guitar collection costs more than my life

[@rafaelbrenerrosa]

Empress and Plethora.. great units!

[@riverr9568]

I aspire to have the sheer skill of this man

[@karlkrabbenhoft9560]

For me it was the TC-Electronic G-System with the TC-Electronic Nova Drive connected as a slave. So many options! Difficult to get a decent config..

[@CasperHaasnoot]

Most complicated pedal I own is the Strymon Timeline. Not hard to get a nice sound out of it, but it does have a ton of tweaking possibilities if you need to get your delay exactly right.

[@lorenzodappiano4502]

I see you have a plethora of pedals in your collection

[@nilswegner2881]

Eww that was too bad, get outta here

[@DorGreen1]

Try setting up a guitar KZbin channel

[@Dieselpower994]

I have the collider pedal and that pedal is absolutely amazing, best pedal I have

[@jonathanrossmusic2509]

That Plethorax would be perfect for times like these. All you have is time to mess around with different pedal board combinations.

[@skweksi]

These next few weeks of quarantine will be great for getting the plethora x5

[@muntificator]

Coolest pedal I ever owned was the Electro Harmonix Pitch Fork. Unfortunately had to sell it, but if I see one going on a gear exchange group i'll probably get it again

[@JMac.]

I have a Zoom G2... it gets the job done for living room playing lol. That being said... that TC Plethora pedal has my interest.

[@frankfrank7921]

My most sophisticated/complicated pedal hands down is the Hologram Infinite Jets though I've only had it for a week.

[@TheHumanEwok]

This is the most fun pedal to use because it does this: *advert starts*

[@Spikehead777]

The one and only pedal I have is a Zoom G1Xon multi-effects pedal with up to 5 stackable effects and an expression pedal. I bought it because I wanted my first pedal to not just be one effect. I'm satisfied with it (and I just learned I can use some software on my computer to configure it as well). Before that, I just hooked up my guitar into a fake pedalboard setup using either FL Studio if I was feeling frisky or Rocksmith 2014 if I just wanted to screw around.

[@madhavmittal7577]

What software are you using to modify it? I've been trying all day to get more out of mine

[@MikeNevill3]

dude .. ima bassist and I wanted to do some 8 bit bass and needed a pedal to control the pedal.. I didn't know it was just, another pedal I needed .. thanx

[@regolithia]

Probably my Wah or my Basic Audio Tri/Ram fuzz.. I don’t know how complicated that one is, but it sure works well!

[@diagonaltripod3713]

Can you maybe make more of these as I have been getting interested in pedal construction/modifying as well as wanting to see bonkers petals without spending more money than I have available to get tones I wouldn't use enough. Great explanation BTW. Thanks

[@curtisoconnell1598]

Yes

[@saltspringdesign]

TC plethora looks the most useful. thx for sharing man :)

[@YCSthekidd]

wow your almost at 1 mil! keep up the good work and you'll get to there man!

[@TheJackKnite]

What I’d do for just one of those PRS guitars

[@JacobDFerguson]

What would you do Jack?

[@poundtacos4006]

@@JacobDFerguson I also would like to know.

[@hamish7722]

I would nothing hate shred guitars

[@TheJackKnite]

Jacob Ferguson Ungodly, absolutely despicable things

[@JacobDFerguson]

@@TheJackKnite what and absolute MAD LAD!

[@therealjackfisher]

0:29 - Plekthorax5 multi fx. 4:33 - Kanora farting buzz sound 7:50 - Ventris dual reverb for people on drugs. 11:37 - Zoia alien reverse engeneering pedal. Its multifx, a modular synthesizer, speaker cab sim a beam weapon and alien space craft controller. Seriously.

[@alexoftheway8169]

That Empress peddle looks insanely complicated. I've gotta agree, I love a bit of distortion & reverb. The big sky is complicated enough for me!

[@GearGasms]

Nice watch!

[@nimagarthe]

Dude I love your video please make more. You are making not enough videos.

[@mightyjay3743]

11:50 it's an electronic calculator with tetris

[@gamblore5148]

My most complex pedal is an eventide modfactor - that is a pretty serious piece of equipment.

[@superman198224]

The Kangra sounds like me in the bathroom after having too much clam chowder and Dr. Pepper.

[@216trixie]

Nice. I commented before seeing your comment, that it sounds like ass! I think we're in the same toilet I mean ballpark.

[@JeremyBorkat]

What a fantastic combination.

[@jjrusy7438]

brutal! That has now replaced my old "beer and broccoli" saying.

[@airconditioningunit9777]

1:57 that tone sounds perfect for playing Sanitarium’s main riff (Metallica)

[@v2ckxz181]

I just got an electric guitar for my birthday yesterday. Dude it is so sick. It is a Squier strat. It is my first electric guitar. Yay. I have no idea what pedals do so. ........

[@frankfrank7921]

Thanks Tyler for giving an understandable, cogent overview of the Zoia. I've watched other videos that have left me as confused as when I started. Now at least I get the basic principles of using it. I still don't get the advantage of it if one is a home recorder who already has a boat load of pedals.

[@lycantrofy]

Oh man that final pedal.. i want it so so bad. A wet dream for a budget guitarist like me haha, maybe one day i'll have it

[@joshuastclair7725]

M stands for mountain V stands for valley and it's basically a high or low boost.

[@spiceberry167]

The 4:03 face is the frosting on top of this channel

[@shawnhockey4841]

Personally I’d appreciate any pedal Tyler keep rockin

[@martinheath5947]

The only sound conspicuous by its absence is the sound of a cranked amp plus pedal board in a room of varying sizes instead of just digital reverb "wash". Would love to have heard some room simulations if they were available!

[@MouthyKnight]

That pedal at the end looks pretty sweet. Did it take a while to figure out, or was it pretty intuitive considering how complex the pedal is?

[@ishankalia3948]

Hey man! Love your content🎥 Keep rockin🤟

[@spiceberry167]

I’ve been waiting for thissss🤓🤓

[@T4eTurtleC1ub]

That last pedal... Are you playing guitar or a strategy game????? Yes.

[@vhcxhbvg]

I've got the old Zoom G3x not the new G3N series. For years I've been wanting to get midi into my guitar them a synth pedal but it's so expensive. I should've bought this Brian May iGuitar with midi built in years ago but didn't have $300. Great video. I liked the ZOIA the most, maybe just cause it's an interface I've never seen

[@FriskTheFallen]

Oof that second one was killer on the ears with headphones on

[@rickc2102]

My most complicated pedal on my board is the ehx ring thing. You should try it.

[@jarylamargo1038]

Thats a cool pedal thats the first time i saw that kind of pedal❤️😍

[@ToyotaCamry-zd4hg]

The second riff on the first pedal sounded like it was straight out of bladerunner.

[@ryannolan134]

Get this man to 1 mil

[@agentsmanto]

The DigiTech Trio+ band creator + looper.

[@737Garrus]

Zoia - A pedal that is a spaceship computer of guitar sound effects!

[@hereseangoes]

Check out the Hologram Infinite Jets if you haven't. The thing is bananas.

[@Tommy-il2mu]

Last time I was this early .. I wasn’t in quarantine

[@sansimo96ify]

wooow super pedal effects

[@gulaschgunther2336]

Wanna have the TC Pedalboard😥

[@cloydibones1709]

Ventris has one of/if not the best shimmer effect I've heard. Unless there's other pedals I don't know of

[@lucastytla]

Can you please make a video on how to stop guitar buzz or hum while recording

[@ibji]

Congrats on making Guitar World's Top Best Guitar Lesson Channels (you're number 5 out of their top 10)

[@GFJDean35]

Cool pedals, but can you play anything other than those hackneyed blues licks? It would make this video a lot more fun to watch?

[@TheUnmitigatedDawn]

Habits of Andres Segovia

[@budiman1990]

That was so beautiful i didnt know that woow🤗 goosebumps

[@biggestboy6672]

Love your vids

[@YOYO_GLOWS]

That ventris pedal sounds like Buckethead I love it

[@taylorowens3721]

Can you do a video of the best affordable amps? Basically Targeted towards high schoolers trying to sound better but don’t have a bunch of money to blow.

[@airconditioningunit9777]

Just asking, can you do a guide on how to pick faster?

[@MikeyVonSwank13]

Was never a fan of reverb (maybe I never used properly) but that reverb pedal was tasty

[@andypantz8919]

The Boss ME-50 is the only guitar pedal I own at the moment. It's pretty complicated haha

[@maxellison55]

Zoya! Holy mackerel! My head hurts!

[@kiefdemon1979]

I have an eventide h9 but the meris enzo is probably my most sophisticated pedal

[@Belalmondeo]

Expecting the shimmer effects to be amazing with Joe Satriani's Baroque.