A Small But Mighty Pedalboard - The 5 Pedals I Need

[@TedTalksGuitars]

Thanks for sharing this I found it very helpful.

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

@@TedTalksGuitars awesome! Thanks for letting me know!

[@joerobertson795]

Really enjoyed it. Thanks! Until KZbin, I never realized that there was a P&W guitar community, let alone gearheads and composers. Glad I found out! Keep up the great work my friend

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

Thanks very much! Glad you dug the video. Take care!

[@pjorge8363]

Nice information, It's all about the amp......I always relied on my amp and one over-drive that's it. Less is more...Thanks for sharing! Best Wishes

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

For sure. Less is more! Thanks for the comment!

[@crazywisdom2]

Such a little board, so Much sound ! Great tones .......... NICE job ! Honestly can't think of any thing I'd add to it.

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

Thanks so much!

[@khudson4901]

Like... a simple pedal board the covers all the bases. I really like the drive pedal. The affordable TC pedal did the trick.

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

Simple but effective! Thanks for the comment! What are you running these days?

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

Thanks for this one, brother. I've been starting to sing at church over the last couple months. And I have found that my main big board that I use for lead guitar is a bit too complicated for when I'm singing as well and not playing a lot of solos. I use the Strymon Flint, Boss DD-8, Xotic SL Drive or Fulltone OCD depending on my mood, JHS Screamer and either a Blues Driver or JHS Morning Glory for that always on pedal. So much easier to negotiate when I'm singing. Thank you for this video. Eric

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

Glad it helped!

[@EnterJustice]

Korg Pitchblack Mini (tuner) Mooer Yellow Comp (optical compressor) Keeley D&M Drive (dual drive - boost & overdrive) tc electronic Flashback 2 (delay) Boss RV6 (reverb)

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

What is on your pedalboard these days?

[@EnterJustice]

@@GettinBetterWithDave oh, it's a bit bigger than yours. Bit overkill but oh well: - xw-1 wah - polytune mini 3 - cali76 (for percussive clean or light drive stuff, sometimes as a boost) - a fuzz (keeley fuzz bender, jam red muck, boss fz-1w,...) or high-gain pedal (jam rattler, ocd,...) - archer ikon klone - protein or gladio (dual drive) - julianna chorus - iridium (ampless) - el capistan delay - flint verb&trem Sometimes I use the deco, or the twin peaks trem too. I'm a fan of the polychrome as well, though I prefer trem and chorus most of the time.

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

@@EnterJustice that's a killer setup! I've got an Iridium as well. I've wanted a Deco for a while. How ofter do you change out pedals? Do you swap for different gigs or just the mood you're in?

[@EnterJustice]

@@GettinBetterWithDave The deco is truly awesome! I don't strictly need it, but it can add *something* to anything. I mostly play around with different sounds at home when practicing. For a gig I might switch a couple of pedals depending on the songs on the setlist or if we want to do a specific effect. It's mostly the gain pedals that get switched out.

[@gregsmith2917]

You need a buffer at the front of your chain. Or a boss tuner in place of the tuner you has as the boss pedals have built in buffer. It will help your tone for sure

[@TonyTrupp]

Not really, the difference with a buffer is barely noticeable (especially at the front of the chain) except with a very long cable. Can be mostly compensated by turning up the treble a little. If anything the buffer should go at the end.

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

I like a buffer on bigger boards with more pedals and cable to run through. The fewer pedals you have, the less it is necessary to use a buffer. Thanks for watching!

[@williamdevlin366]

Thank you for this video! I’m trying to figure it out as an old, low tech AKoustic dude. Simple works for me.

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

Glad to hear it! You're very welcome. Do you have a pedalboard now or are you planning to build one?

[@williamdevlin366]

@@GettinBetterWithDave I’m looking at a Gator, a small orange one. Got a few pedals. I’m gunna subscribe to your channel in a minute or two.

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

@@williamdevlin366 Right on! Those are cool and should be pretty light, which is nice. It all adds up. Also, Thanks for the sub!

[@williamdevlin366]

Hey man, I just subscribed then bought a British Orange Gator pedalboard! Looking forward to scoping out your videos!!!

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

@@williamdevlin366 Thanks so much! More coming next week.

[@yousayidontknow]

Supreme pedalboard.

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

Thanks!

[@LittleRapGuy]

nice

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

thank you!

[@kevincull1091]

Power supply,? Nice video just missing the most crucial component no one ever mentions?

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

For sure! My Little board is a 1Spot CS6, My big board is a Voodoo lads PP2.

[@nathanchristopherson3038]

Great video! Trying to get into leading worship on electric and the world of pedals and effects is quite daunting lol. Thanks for the idea for a small setup here. Question for you. Been leading with mostly acoustic for the past 15 years or so. When I lead on electric I am constantly knocking the guitar out of tune. My left hand is chording to heavy for the guitars I have used. I end up going out of tune about every song. Not a problem when I am on acoustic. Any thoughts or ideas on how I can remedy this until I get my muscle memory to loosen up on electric. Know of a good electric or better strings that will hold tuning consistently?

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

I have a couple thoughts. If you find that you are sounding out of but your tuner says the strings are in tune, you might try heavier strings AND OR check the height of the nut. If the nut is cut too tall, you can pull strings out of tune just by fretting anything below the 4th fret. If your guitar just won't stay in tune, I'll look at replacing the tuning machines and adding some kind of string lubricant.

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

PS, Thanks so much for supporting my channel! :)

[@nathanchristopherson3038]

@@GettinBetterWithDave thanks, appreciate it

[@nathanchristopherson3038]

for sure man. video was genuinely helpful. if you don't mind me asking, what area are you based out of? are you a worship leader/pastor?

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

Sure! I'm a worship leader in Chandler, Arizona.

[@goodtimefolkrock]

rowdy and worship are not generally used in the same sentence

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

Not nearly enough. ;)

[@steviev2504]

Why not stereo out? Your delay and reverb are both stereo…

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

This board could easily go stereo out but at the time made this video, most of the places I was playing only had enough channels for mono electrics. I'm now stereo all the time and it's wonderful. Thanks for the comment! Do you play a stereo rig? What do you use?

[@clgmafnas]

Hi. What amp/program did u use for this demo? Thanks

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

For this, I was using a "large Tweed Combo" setting for an amp sim in Logic Pro X.

[@clgmafnas]

@@GettinBetterWithDave thanks man. Appreciate it 🤙🏼

[@domonichalladay2402]

Could I ask what make of pedalboard you used?

[@kcbc9037]

It's most likely a Pedalltrain I would guess the nano model

[@domonichalladay2402]

@@kcbc9037 funny you should reply months later with that.. I'm now using a pedaltrain nano+

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

Correct!

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

Yes, It is a Nano+. Great little board and the 1spot cs6 fits under it.

[@nasticanasta]

funny i don't need a drive pedal.. I own ENGL

[@GettinBetterWithDave]

I wish! I bet that thing roars!