5 Essential Guitar Pedals - The Only Guitar Effects Pedals You Need?

Dagan talks us through his 5 favourite guitar pedals that should be on every guitarists pedalboard.
Pedals taking up too much room? Strip your board - this is what you really need!
In this video, Dagan talks us through 5 essential types of guitar effects pedals an d why you really need to think about adding them to your rig.
We learn about Overdrive pedals, Reverb, Delay, Phaser and Wah pedals and get to hear some examples too!
Dagan also reviews each pedal at the following timestamps:
00:00 - 5 Guitar Pedals Everyone Needs
00:45 - Drive Pedals Explained
02:04 - Reverb Pedals Explained
03:34 - Wah Pedals Explained
04:50 - Delay Pedals Explained
06:06 - Phaser Pedals Explained
08:25 - Boss BD-2 Blues Driver - bit.ly/2OS4bhZ
Waza version - bit.ly/2OR6To6
10:14 - Landlord FX Banging Hangover Reverb Pedal - bit.ly/2DRhM2I
11:30 - Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal - bit.ly/2FnwYGD
12:50 - MXR M101 Phase 90 - Orange Phaser Pedal - bit.ly/phase90
16:05 - Dunlop GCB-95 Crybaby Standard Wah Pedal - bit.ly/2FnpoeQ
Of course, this is just a selection of our favourite effects pedals, but these particular guitar effects pedals can add so much more to your sound and really fatten up your tone.
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[@jaimcallister2193]

He could sell me air

[@hrrxhrrix8150]

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[@shawnshipstad8883]

If I owned a shop, I would want him on board. He does not put your feet to sleep and demos well. I think people would at least buy what they could afford as they go.

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You're talking crisps now, right?

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Haha!

[@picsbykait]

Ikr!!

[@ivansitogonzalo3341]

Beck from Victorious really moved to the UK, became a guitarist, and called himself Dagan. Nice

[@n00bie96]

I had the exact same thought

[@AndrewPRoberts]

He learned the accent while he was at Hollywood Arts

[@Log-On-Line]

and mixed with a bit of ben barnes and johnny depp

[@guitarandgames1386]

This dude is literally jack sparrow as a guitar salesman

[@RainerK.]

I see him more as a sane Russell Brand.

[@Jackalos1]

@@RainerK. Now I see Jack Sparrow as a pirate version of Russel Brand xD

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Its uncanny lol

[@haeussi]

@@eugenenaputi2253 Jack Sparrow with a Rolex that is

[@rdrake316]

Who is essentially Keith Richards.

[@figtreewasp4590]

This legend should receive commission from every music store across the globe.

[@mcr0741]

I friggin love this Dagan guy! He's so rock and roll.

[@forrest.0569]

Me too, he’s sooo cool

[@shannonhondo260]

He is cool

[@rdrake316]

Is this kind of manliness even legal in London these days?

[@BRUNHILDofficial]

@@rdrake316 I believe he may be on the ragged edge. Lol.

[@dbo4506]

What does that even mean.... explain to me how he is “so rock n roll”? Saying he’s rock n roll is such a wanky thing to even say. But now I’m curious as to what on earth that even means.

[@laurenmills1462]

"Swimming in a lovely pond of your own notes" beautiful :)

[@leebailiff1010]

It's easy to sell something that you genuinely love to mess around with. He's having so much fun. It's contagious.

[@SnuffySpaghetti]

His charisma is otherworldly. I don’t know if it’s the accent or the way he chooses his words, but I definitely want pedals now.

[@TheFlagnard2]

Watching your videos has rekindled my love for guitar. It's been years since I've played and I no longer even own one. After watching your videos, I've been inspired to go out and buy everything once again and dive back into playing.

[@zenistermister9695]

🤘

[@theosnowling8882]

A year later, still doing guitar?

[@opgkoyote7989]

I’d like an update too as to how you’re progressing!

[@Hiro.the.God.]

Get a Harley Benton Fusion III.

[@johndrowe5281]

Chuffed to hear someone so excited by someone else’s work… Gifts are made to share, right? Hope he is able to continue sharing his gifts as I am fairly certain that you are not the only one so affected 😊. 🎸👨🏼‍⚕️🎸🫶✌️♾️

[@OsbornIOW]

I've said before on some of Dagan's other videos. I think he could / can sell ANYTHING. Always explained in down to earth language. No in depth tech talk ... Great guy :)

[@davecarpenter7266]

"Boss pedals never break" Unless youre Kurt Cobain lol

[@spiritoftime8464]

Lol. Also guitars and cabinets

[@ashamedmusic8350]

and drums lol

[@DatMetalBoi75]

Pretty much everything on stage wasnt safe from kurt. Even kurt himself

[@joandrumz3176]

K, that's actually true XD

[@NegativeCreepYT]

@@DatMetalBoi75 Deep shit

[@RyanWright]

6:26 "and I always go for.... The Korg Miku"

[@giovanniflores919]

That's immediately what I thought he was gonna pull out

[@victorramsey5575]

Ive been playing for decades, and Ive probably learned more from this guy in the last 10 months!

[@dragan4658]

Leave it to Dagan and PMT to always keep the videos exciting, entertaining and AMAZING! 👌 from Dragan in Canada! Makes me smile during a dark time.

[@checkpointcovid8021]

So hard to only have five essentials. A tuner definitely needs to be one of the five.

[@aureliusthegunsmith7203]

Gotta love this detailed review and explanation of each pedal and what they do.

[@cubano076]

Dagan got me hooked on this channel! Love the energy and enthusiasm

[@hedekbass]

That submariner on the right wrist must have scratched so many guitars...

[@michaelloomisiii3475]

He must be a lefty.

[@hedekbass]

Michael Loomis III but he plays the guitar right-handed. So his picking wrist is scratching back and forth against the body.

[@LeviBulger]

And then God said, "let there be pickguards and scratchplates" and lo, guitars became equipped with them and he saw that it was good.

[@Adamjpx]

Imagine having the money to be able to scratch your guitar worth thousands of pounds with your Rolex worth tens of thousands. What a life

[@OGGalleryCrew92]

@@Adamjpx The Job Must Pay Well

[@wilsonminogue8282]

Eddie van dagan love it

[@neilcassar8899]

Dagan should have his own tv channel. Natural presenter with great humour. BBC/ITV/SKY watch out

[@danareese5260]

The BD-2 was the first pedal I ever bought. I basically watched a ton of videos and then just went to a shop and tried a bunch, that one was just the one I liked the sound of the most. Love that pedal.

[@tylercady3985]

I think I'm more impressed that you managed to get through talking about the wah without bringing up Kirk Wammett

[@hogtied12]

Just an ordinary guy who explains and plays guitar really well

[@thadstuart8544]

love your energy and sense of humor. you make learning about all these things fun

[@savethefails]

please never stop making these videos...ever.

[@terryclark7700]

Very impressed with this guy, great at what he does, one of the better tubers out there in the guitar world, he explains everything so one can understand it, he's not there trying to impress or show off and talk above peoples heads.

[@Monmorrangr]

I loved you in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”

[@themaliceking6804]

I loved him in, "Get him to the Greek."

[@TokyoBlue587]

This is great content, I love to see Dagan reviewing stuff

[@jamesdonnelly8888]

Absolutely outstanding video all round!

[@richardbrodbeckbeginninggu7330]

Finally I found info on what a beginner should be looking at for a starter board and how they work. And my amp has many of these effects so this gives me some ideas of how to use it better.

[@warhead5809]

7:44.... Literally the best tone I´ve ever heard... wow...

[@alexmurphy5289]

Blues driver man. Blues driver.

[@shawnshipstad8883]

He is good.

[@SimonRobinson137]

That was my favourite part - what a tone! Is it all pedals together or just some?

[@muhammadghusain945]

Warhead lmao I watched that part atleast 10 times

[@petrolhead007]

What a brilliant video, just what I was looking for.

[@tylerdavis3948]

Awesome video man thanks !

[@HANGINWITHTHEDREAMER]

Perfectly perfect Dagan I have all of them your videos are very cool and I can’t get enough of them

[@electrickid101]

I love the Tele on the end sunburst , bound white pickguard !

[@christophermcfadden5640]

Great video, I like this Phaser pedal though I got the MXR EVH phase 90 2 days ago, I like all the pedals you did. Even the Blues Driver

[@MeR-md1jq]

Your videos are always informative and entertaining! I just subbed.

[@alanskidadomdom3748]

Another invaluabe vid from Dagan, great advice and recommendations that save me hours of research.

[@MindDezign]

One of the best guitar tone videos out there

[@charlesw.4576]

Really fun video. Thank you!

[@veizour]

This is a pedal passion list. What is it? What does it do? Why do you need it? + some heart spilled in

[@studiojace]

This chanel has always been helpful!

[@heinrich5098]

You are so authentic and sympathetic

[@71tbomb]

This is soo much fun talking about pedals. I've used so many over the years. All of the ones you're using are great. I've played most of them so far. I'm using a Boss Turbo Overdrive instead of the BluesDriver. I bought all my pedals as they became avilable years ago when the dinosaurs were still playing. I remember my Uncles telling me Music was better when they were playing. I started in the Van Halen Era. I'm a dinosaur too I guess.

[@daviddorrian5349]

Playing with myself, with my delay pedal is one of my favourite things to do at the end of a long hard day...

[@Alexandahls]

Nothing beats 'playing with yourself'.

[@rdrake316]

Everyone needs a hobby...idle hands, the devil, Morrissey and all of that ya know.

[@nazarenofernandez2549]

@@Alexandahls great billy idol song

[@garyeckel1656]

add a looper youl be glad you did'

[@shanebracey9862]

I use EH for reverb, Beringer for Fuzz,all rest are boss delay DD3, Tremolo,Chorus,Flanger,Blues Driver,Looper.

[@TheYagomestre]

1- Saturarion (Overdrive/Distortion, etc) Ibanez Tube Screamer (or Fuzzface, Big Muff, BOSS OD-2) 2- Wah Dunlop Crybaby 3- Modulation Boss Digital Delay (or EHX Cathedral) THAT'S IT The real essential ones. But of course, you could add in a second tier, pedals like Phase 90, Rotovibe, Morley Wah, etc...

[@ro3784]

Diffently, a Wah Wah! So far every pedal you've mentioned is totally cool. My very first pedal was a MXR Phase 45. Of course I stepped up to the 90. Don't have either pedal now but it is in my next purchase. Been thinking about going with the mini MXR.

[@johnroberts838]

Excellent Video 👍👍👍. Absolutely Brilliant choice of Pedals, been playing for nearly twenty years Sold my DD3 instant regret, a mate replaced it for me, I was so Grateful! You couldn't done any better at choosing 5 Essential Pedals, I do love the Neunaber Immerse Reverb but it is quite expensive. Take care ♥️🎸👍. Melbourne, Australia.

[@rockerstreet8743]

I think noise gate pedal can be quite essential as well

[@SimonRobinson137]

This is such a great video. I had a school band in the 80s with no pedals and just a cheap guitar. I recently got back into it and have a Boss Overdrive with a Cry Baby Wah. I do have a few effects on my litle Marshall practice amp but the reverb is something I really want next and also the phaser as my inbuilt one is not so hot. Great demo - cheers.

[@seniorjuanvaldez]

I just love that sg!

[@steveoconnor7069]

Love you guy's videos!

[@canucklehead0]

Dagan you never cease to amaze!! Great selection of pedals, cool lookin' SG and Eddie Van Dagan?!? Too much fun, my friend!! Have a great week and I'll be anxiously awaiting the PMTVUK Christmas Special and the Year End Review!! Cheers from Canada!

[@tonguitarra]

Its a les Paul jajaja 😉

[@necrothescistt8164]

For me it's simple, tube screamer, chorus, loop, noise gate and whammy.

[@rickk1235]

Great video, thanks for posting!

[@eu514]

i think this is excellent advice and i would like to add some auxiliary information. i ended up playing a lot of afternoon, outdoor gigs, with 10 minute band-change times. more pedals just equals more pain in the bum, in such a situation. like many of the other commentors, i advise getting an amp with built-in reverb, clean, dirty and dirty-volume-boost facilities (i wish they would also include volume boost on the clean channel, but i have never seen that). way less pedals, for a practical situation. one of the worst problems in daytime outdoors is ya can't see the active light, on most pedals. often, pedals crackle, hiss or even shut down your signal chain. always ram your quarter inch plugs in and out of the jacks on your pedals (kinda like intercourse) to clean off the connection-corrosion which causes this. from the perspective of listening to bands, i find that when people just click on a wah pedal, then leave it alone, they get the coolest, throaty, filtered sound on lead passages. if you are going to use a delay pedal, get someone in the audience to record your sound. i have heard so many guitar signals, smeared to the point of unrecognizability by poorly-set delay pedal controls. this could also go the "fun" effects (like phaser, chorus or flanger). you may find, in a live situation, that they actually detract from a good, solid, present guitar sound.

[@theheadstock9079]

I've been playing for 25 years and at this point I get so caught up in having that "next great pedal." But realistically, this is all you need to make some great tones. That was a really fun vid. Thanks!

[@awwwyeaboyeeee]

Finally, a dude who isn't afraid of having feathered hair.

[@zohaiblughmani5089]

I had feathered hair and my family kept making fun of me so they gave me a buzz cut 😔

[@starshot5172]

@@zohaiblughmani5089 yo what the fuck is wrong with your family, that haircut is like the best thing ever

[@arigreen5845]

@@zohaiblughmani5089 you should grow it back!! If you want ofc!

[@zohaiblughmani5089]

@@arigreen5845 LOL I did over the past couple months. looks much better now

[@Justafeller]

Thinking Dunlop wah, DD-7 delay, big muff fuzz, ISP decimator noise suppressor and ditto looper. My Blackstar 40 MkII amp has massive gain & overdrive, plate and spring reverb, and American and British voicing.

[@Pulse2AM]

That SG and Vox sound really good together, I never considered that combo.

[@FraterAlex]

I can agree with most of this. I wind up using reverb instead of delay for some reason, most of the time, but delay is a very good effect.

[@benallmark9671]

What’s wrong with reverb on my amps and or through the Spark amp online settings ?

[@TheBlackHelicopterRevue]

The Boss Blues Driver is a wonderful little pedal 🤘

[@fenderjm3396]

That was lovely fx!

[@JE-western-rider]

00:09:37 Rolling the guitar sound to about 7 is a master stroke. Then set your amp for gain and tone. This also does wonders for a single pickup guitar.

[@AaronHuie]

Great reviews mate!

[@arjunchakrabarti9491]

Man this is so awesome. Thank you so much.

[@trinityflow]

Pretty spot on. I like a compressor, boost, overdrive, 2nd overdrive, delay long, and delay slap into Fender Deluxe Reverb using Les Paul with coil splitting, but agree with your witty reasoning and repartee! Keep up the good work young man!

[@SaxJockey]

I think it was a good summary too. I have tried other pedals but never bonded with some (chorus, flanger). My essentials are LP into a Treble Boost > Tuner > Compressor > Overdrive > Delay > Amp (Fender Reverb). Have a few of the others in there, but normally on bypass (Phaser/Fuzz/Wah/EQ).

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

I love Bd2. Great price great look great sound ! Just amazing ! It can sound like an amp an OD or like a fuzz with an overdriven amp.

[@paulvallentin2979]

Totally agree, but i would also recommend a looper such as the Ditto

[@BrockRodriguez]

If we are talking essentials, I think every aspiring guitar player should invest in a proper tuner before anything else, but this was a very nice demonstration. I liked your choices of pedals here. My first pedal was a TU-3 and my second was a BD-2. Been having them for about 15 years now and they still work perfectly. I loved the Phase 90's tone at 14:05. It sounded just like JPJ's piano during Zeppelin's live performance of "No Quarter" at the Celebration Day concert. It's a nice choice for those soft piano tones. I already have so many ideas from watching this. Thanks so much

[@firemarshal2629]

Glad to see Boss get some love. With so many boutique pedals on the market some people scoff at the idea of having a 50 dollar Boss overdrive on their board not knowing the very pedal they love and paid 200 bucks for is likely just a mod for a Boss pedal. Looking at you JHS.

[@carnivaltym]

Good practical advice for all here.

[@iangray1010]

Before watching this video, not sure about getting any guitar pedals. After watching this video, now I know which guitar pedals I need!

[@stratman103]

My #1 must have pedal is a TC Electronics Mimiq. I never turn it off. If you dial it in just right, you can't tell it's on until you turn it off.

[@cooperyorksmusic3865]

My first pedal was a Vox Wah Wah pedal and just ordered my second pedal a TC electronic forcefield

[@robertschultz4100]

his descriptions on most of his vids are really good

[@jessenoordhuis8171]

Gibson SG, Vox AC15 and a Blues Driver...Great taste dude!

[@EChee-kg3rv]

The inspiration for "Wild Stallions"!!!🎸🤘🎸

[@isabelayourboyfriendshere1961]

This dude has the best helpful videos no cap

[@sherrigaskin5656]

Super Distortion, Delay, and Relay. Those are musts. Steve

[@Madmax-rz5hz]

People seem to get very snobby about Boss pedals but I find them consistently great. No matter how much I spend on boutique crap I always seem to come back to Boss (except for wahs)

[@mykkgybb2269]

Cool helpful video! Thanks!

[@hogtied12]

Always puts a smile on my face he is so relaxed and out there, imagine walking in the shop and he comes to assist you. Superb keep it up man

[@annekaczorowski6025]

Yeah it’s Dagan!

[@teemakarov9375]

Dagen Rocks!!! I started out in high school with a les Paul copy, Fender deluxe reverb, big muff and small stone. After forty years of experimenting, I ended up with a Strat, Epiphone Sg standard (2020), 5w tube amp and pedal board. The pedal board consists of an ac tone modeler, reverb, blues driver, cry baby and tuner. I am in the market for a delay pedal. When I saw this video, I immediately thought “great minds”. Just wish I had Dugens energy. 😎

[@benallmark9671]

I’m a paraplegic so can’t exactly use my foot on a wah so is there another one that might work for me ?

[@garytate8284]

great vid!

[@charlesrobertson2642]

Just bought an amp from pmt great fast delivery nearly blew the windows out enjoys degans bids thanks

[@PMTVUK]

We hope it serves you well! -Lee

[@user-zx7bs3hf6w]

Really useful for a beginner. Thank you 🙌

[@MrShankism]

(ES-335/ Prestige RG/ Strat Plus) into (Dyna Comp> TS9> Shin Juku Drive)> Mesa Dual Rectifier> FX Loop (MXR 10 band EQ> Phase 90> Micro Flange> Boss DD-7> Carbon Copy> Boss Loop Station)> Tube reverb and output

[@stevestringer7351]

Nice vid mate! I agree with your choices.... but might would have included a nice chorus pedal as well. Many players seen to try to expect pedals to play for them.... there is no substitute for actual talent and technique.

[@timbartlebaugh9915]

TS-9 is a must as well. Can’t wait for Eddie van Dagan and Best of 2019🤘

[@CurtisAlfeld]

I bought a Blues Driver because of this video. Went to Sam Ash, tried out a few pedals, remembered you mentioned it, tried it, and fell in love.

[@benallmark9671]

You still love it ?

[@CurtisAlfeld]

@@benallmark9671 Yeah. Great OD with a fuzz pedal.

[@A.D.D.O.C.D.T]

The old hair was the best brotherman. Love your reviews ,happy new year from the convict island mate.

[@kevinmackfurniture]

That was very entertaining 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Bravo.

[@alaneddy4575]

Thanks dude. You sound like you have like a hint of Scouse in your voice. I've got a vintage cry baby. The boss delay is already on my list along with the boss eq pedal. My biggest surprise here is the phaser. What a great pedal! Turn the fun up to eleven!

[@coldwar1977]

I could listen to this guy for hours

[@pedalscapes]

Cool Jam 😎 Nice demo

[@shawnshipstad8883]

Nice. I would add a flanger. In addition, these pedals can, even when running through an effects loop-I believe an EHX "The Silencer" inexpensive and has a built-in looper should be involved. Less than 80.00 U.S. My humble opinion. These pedals do make unwanted noise.

[@carlos_al]

you're my favorite. thank you!