Rob's Swiss Army Knife Pedalboard - What would be on yours?

[@elijahdidomenico5755]

expanding on the idea of selling Rob's pedal board as a package, something you could also do would be to have a 'create your own' section of the website where you could choose 4 or 5 pedals of your own taste, along with a board and power supply, and buy that all as a package at a slightly discounted rate. basically the same as what youre doing with Rob's board, but just with customizable options. just a thought!

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

That would be incredible. Have like an outline preset where it's like: Pick your Board, then have like 3 sizes of boards, small, medium, and large with like 4 6 and 8 pedals respectively or something, and then Pick Your Pedals: Drive, Effect1, Effect2, Effect3, Power Supply, etc and then have 5 or so recommended pedals for each slot. So it'd be like a PC part picker type thing except for pedal boards. That'd be incredible and I'd spend WAY too much money because of that feature lol.

[@bobbob24able]

I would buy the hell out of this.

[@trys9262]

alll they would need is a 5% discount to make that look really viable. so profits probably wouldnt be affected. if anything theyd attract more - especially if good patch leads were in it

[@darrenbatty7090]

This needs to be upvoted like Hell so it can be seen by Andertons :)

[@JustinHollandFitness]

Does any other stores do this

[@MichaelJBirch-yj1ol]

I asked the Swiss army which pedal was the Swiss army knife of pedals, but they prefer to remain neutral.

[@classicmacos1682]

Ohhh, man that was a good roast

[@ikhsanhasbi657]

lmao I was going to comment something along that line.

[@panicraptor2837]

The specs would be ridiculous. Must work at 5000 meters in -50°C as well as at sea level in +50°C. Light enough to be carried by mules and handpowered for areas without electricity. Must survive nuclear denotations and run 50 years without maintenance, because you may be stuck in a glacier for that long.

[@apfelmistnutte]

I am in the swiss army, can't confirm that. But it doesn't matter which pedal we choose, it won't work anyway ;)

[@inshoremaniyak2938]

Perfect 👌

[@benlogan430]

No More Rob bashing. I know everyone can’t like everyone but without Rob and Lee this would not be. I enjoy the videos because of The Rob and Lee. Can’t have Chappers and the Captain without Chappers. Many more like him anyway! I don’t shred or dgent, I play blues usually in open G. But Rob is the shit (that’s a compliment) and some Shredios are good for your health.

[@pharmerdavid1432]

Rob seems like a nice guy, so I don't understand the bashing, although I don't appreciate his taste in music, which leans towards heavy-metal distorted sounds. He's obviously very intelligent, knowledgable, and funny, but not my cup of tea musically. That's not "bashing" - just saying... EDIT: I DO love his guitars though, and appreciate his obvious love of the instrument, even if he is a shredder...!

[@danteinouye6098]

@@pharmerdavid1432 That's not bashing. That's portraying your opinion, nicely and intelligently, like a good human being. Something like "rob sux can only play 2000 notes per second uhuhuhuhuhuh" would be bashing

[@DaveDexterMusic]

I just tack a sheet of A3 to the left side of the screen

[@mattgilbert7347]

The converse is also something that needs to be addressed: no more non-shredder bashing. I don't use my pinky much, can't alternate pick, and play fairly slow. "But dude, you gotta use your pinky...and how can you play without being able to pick "properly"...you just gotta believe in yourself man" Blah blah blah. I play for fun, not to prepare for an audition at the Conservatorium. And 3-finger soloists are among the greats, as are slow-blues players. Less really can be more...( *ahem* Malmsteen *cough* )

[@jimjambananaslam3596]

Chappers knows tons of theory and could probably play anything he wanted to. What he does might just sound like "shredding" to some, but it takes a lot to get to that level, it's not just playing scales and patterns fast. Nobody who can play fast is incapable of playing slow, that's just not how it works, you still need to know what notes to play to make the sounds you want to make lol. You're still fundamentally dealing with chords and keys and all that when you play metal, it's just a different style of music. You have your snobs in every genre though, so what can you do?

[@TheGreensideProject]

I think that a video of Rob getting 'his' sound from a variety of high headroom amps (like the Twin mentioned in the video) would be rather entertaining.

[@JackBealeGuitar]

Yes, yes it would

[@JedNadin]

Would watch.

[@stanislavmigra]

This!

[@EzyoMusic]

Roland JC-120. That would be something.

[@NevuSGRock]

As an actual Swiss citizen, I would like remain neutral on whether this board genuinely bears army-knife-properties - but y‘know what yah this is pretty good!

[@Kryogenikz15]

The combination of the "Around the Globe" comment and Pete laughing in the background and yelling "it's flat" is priceless.

[@lance134679]

I do something similar to the line driver, only my pedal is an attenuator called the Signal Pad that turns the sound down for rhythm and is bypassed for leads. What's nice about the signal pad is that is requires no power, but I do have a 9V battery inside to power the LED.

[@TheR00BIN]

I would go Boss, TC, EHX and MXR only if i want to be sure that i can replace anything anywhere.

[@willbrock6799]

Love how that guitar Rob is playing sounds, hits me every time y’all use it in your videos. Thanks for the content!

[@filnn]

Is Baked Patatay when Pete gets higher?🤔

[@meadish]

Perchance so. More importantly, good Sir, I declare 'tis spelt 'patatae'.

Thanks to Lee and Rob for yet another entertaining and informative video. Rob, the action figure thing is pretty cool! Way to go! Thanks you guys (and the entire Andertons crew) for years worth of cool videos. A big hug from Brazil.

[@simonblide5602]

Oh man, Rob seems so excited to have a show about his board! This was fun to watch 😄

[@hearpalhere]

There were definitely some good insights in this video and I actually really like the creative use of the flat boost in the effects loop! I didn't know about the tuner in the loop either, that is smart too. Thanks for another great video guys.

[@ZRJZZZZZ]

Rob’s discussion of the effects loop was wonderful. Thanks.

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

So TLDR: I go wireless>Wah>Whammy>Fuzz>Phaser>Spark(boost)>Tuner>Delay>AMP. Which is where I get all my gain, solo/lead volume boost, and my reverb. What kinda setup do you guys use? I love talking gear. For you all that want to know in more detail, I have a Marshall JVM 210 with the 4 way footswitch, 3 clean and 3 gain channels, it has 2 master volumes, so I set one slightly higher than the other and that's my version of Rob's line level solo boost, and it also has built in reverb so I don't need a pedal there either, so, on my actual board, I have a 2 tier leveled board, and under the higher tier I have tucked my Sennheiser G3 wireless receiver, and my voodoo labs pedal power, into my Red Fasel (smoother sounding) Crybaby, into my digitech whammy/detuner combo pedal, into an old iStomp which is have set to fuzz(it actually sounds incredible), another old iStomp set to phaser, a TC Spark for a little more top end and a touch more gain to fill in the gap between the JVM's green and orange gain channel, into Boss TU3 tuner, into a Carbon Copy at the end, which actually does go into the front of the amp, and I don't have anything going into my FX loop because I don't want to deal with 2 more sets of 30ft cables just for 1 pedal (which I very rarely use.) I already have 2, one goes into the front of the amp and one for the footswitch, and then power for the pedalpower (obviously.)

[@ryanleone3007]

More pedalboard episodes. Love this stuff. Great job guys.

[@coyotehollowband]

Could not agree more regarding the rotovibe. One of my favorite effects and yes it has to be the Dunlop one!

[@jjcevallos12]

Rob looks like my dad, and is friendly the way I wish my dad was… He has a special place for me

[@ResoBridge]

Hmm well the BOSS TU3 Wazacraft has 'refined' audio circuits. All that really seems to mean is that you have the option of switching between buffered or true bypass. I do wonder whether that means the switching itself is still achieved 'electronically'.

[@Reveltt]

I'm a rotovibe fan too! I can't wrap my head around why no one uses it. It's great. I'd buy a mini one if it sounds the same as the big one.

[@tunaXonXtoast]

I'm so glad you introduced me to the MXR MC401. its a life saver

[@michaelgray9236]

I beg you guys to balance the audio levels in your videos! The guitar is like 3x louder than when you guys are just talking - really annoying to keep changing volume every minute

[@leesloan8216]

Also try and get rid of the sound of Lee swallowing his coffee, because that's just what I want to hear in my right ear! NOT!

[@mjallenuk]

Not so bad with a set of half decent headphones on... probably how the video was edited.

[@BV_Beve]

TU-3W - refined audio circuit with the same accuracy as the TU-3/TU-3S but the 3W has switchable buffered/true bypass :) .. but the board really needs an Ibanez MT10 Mostortion :)

[@seamasrigh2162]

40 years ago I had an MXR Distortion pedal and a Morley Volume/Phase pedal. I still have that Morley.

[@vorncoza]

Very keen for The Captain's board choices! Great video guys!

[@garrettodonnell4177]

Kaffir Lime > Sweet Cream > Angel Wing > Doom Stick > Dispatch Master > Purple Plexi > MIKU

[@tylerangle1990]

Lee, I had many of the same complaints about the Carbon Copy and Hall of Fame. I went to using a Boss DD-7 and Strymon Flint instead and am much happier.

[@nigelmaddison1707]

Why not use a Boss JB2 Angry Driver ....That way you still have the Blues Driver but can also stack into the Angry Charlie if you have the clean amp situation.

[@DerEchteBold]

He explained, at length, that it's about replaceability ...you can't expect any small music store at the back of beyond to stock JHS but they will have Boss and MXR ...I'm not so sure about Neunaber though.

[@nigelmaddison1707]

@@DerEchteBold ...The Boss JB2 is surprisingly made by Boss .....there's a clue in the title...maybe you could look it up

[@DerEchteBold]

@@nigelmaddison1707 Ah right, sorry, I misremembered, thought it was a JHS that included the Boss but it's the other way round, you're right.

[@JeeWeeDonkers]

I specifically bought a TC polytune 3 tuner with the buffer in it, to compensate for the bad buffer in my Ibanez WH10 wah. With the tuner in front of it, I am retaining all my highs.

[@mickhaslam2985]

With Christmas on the horizon do a video for 'Best pedals for £75'

[@TheJaysimus]

I'd say under £100 Gives us more of a selection, and lets Lee show off the best of the more affordable pedals...remember the guy needs to shift stock Also, it allows more EHX pedals to be thrown in, and I'm totally biased in their favour 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@henryturner-ward3879]

This has got to be the best Anderton's video I've watched for a while.. :D

[@daddio307]

I think others have said this in this thread, but a few things would be helpful. Pedal boards and what to put before what. A comparison between pedalboards and multi-effects units. Where to put the looper in the chain. Pre-amps and effects to use live with acoustic guitars. There, something to start with. Always appreciate your efforts to do what you do. 😎

[@Ejmillanv]

i don't own individual pedals, however, back in 2006 i bought a boss gt-8 pedalboard (talk about boss being everywhere in the world, i'm from Venezuela) and i have never ever felt the need to trade it/ sell it/ swap it for any other pedalboard, so versatile, so easy to use, sounds amazing and have never given me any problems, i love my boss gt-8

[@blindjohnharrison8026]

This is the best Rob has sounded ever. 10/10

[@rowlandstraylight]

I'm using a regular Boss TU-3 specifically because if i don't have a somewhere between the guitar and amp when I've got a handful of true bypass pedals and a long cable run it sounds awful with them all off. But in Rob's case the blues driver does the buffering so its not needed. And you probably don't need a buffer in the loop unless you're doing something really strange.

[@RGGifford]

+1 on the Volto. Rechargeable, plus already international ready with all the adapters needed. It is what I use for my compact Swiss army travel board.

[@troyjeffrey4311]

TC MojoMojo, MXR Analog Chorus, MXR Carbon Copy, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail, and Joe Bonamassa signature wah. Sorted.

[@djklinger1627]

A good swiss army pedal is the hotone tuner which can mute, cut or boost. I use mine mostly as a cut to take a crunchy amp to clean .... and most of the time i don't really bother with muting it when i tune. The boost is decent as well.

[@SeanPierceJohnson]

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that Steve has his Carvin Legacy Drive pedal. The Boss pedals are easily accessible but that Carvin Legacy Drive is a big part of Steve being happy on fly gigs.

[@DerEchteBold]

Is that the huge thing Henning raffled off once?

[@SeanPierceJohnson]

DerEchteBold yes that’s the one.

[@artificialinsolence3182]

In my opinion, the most useful feature about true bypass is, that it's not interrupting your signal chain, even if they battery is drained or power supply is taken away. Especially when you're doing A/B tests or want to quickly take pedals in and out of your setup, this will save you a lot of time and nerves.

[@CodyAlushin]

Tuner in the FX loop....a must try when I get home!

[@martrich1098]

If you want to buy a good drive & boost combined would it be The Dane or the D&M Drive? I think they are quite similar.

[@chrissoares23]

Did Lee drink his coffee through the lav mic at the beginning? Sounded like it. :)

[@RabidWookies]

Damn! I can’t believe you were in Fountain Valley, CA and I missed it Chappers! I wish I had known!

[@stephenjames4937]

I couldn't agree more about Boss: they ought to make a RotoVibe pedal. A real RotoVibe will put me back more than two hundred quid.

[@N00dleBandit]

Dunlop has fantastic rotovibe pedal

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

Captain Anderton; There's actually a "Bright" version of the Carbon Copy. - I guess it would be perfect for the issue you have with it. But there are lots of other ones as well.

[@stevenpape2021]

Captain is pro buffered pedals, me too. But you only need one buffered pedal in a chain, why buffer an already buffered signal?

[@AshanXguitarist]

I've never really explored the effects loop portion of my amp and always tossed my pedalboard in the front. I should try the effects loop sometimes just to see how much different it really is.

[@Graceharris7467]

The rotovibe is an amazing pedal! A mini rotovibe would be amazing. Rob, you are on to something.

[@dexteruk150581]

Was only thinking today that I haven't seen the Captain with his sig for ages, and boom! There it is :)

[@joshuajouet]

So, the obvious question is: Is there any way Andertons can set up a custom 'pick n mix' pedal board service where customers can pick the board, power, cables and pedals, and then have a bundle discount applied at checkout or something? Or indeed have some kind of online advisor to help with some of the more mysterious areas (power supplies etc). I like Rob's board, but it isn't quite what I would go for. Plus a lot of folks will already own pedals they want to include, so may only be buying a partially complete set of new bits. I wonder if there is any viable middle ground, where the buying experience is better than just browsing for individual components, but not tied to a single configuration either. Great work though chaps

[@tylergibson7652]

I guess you'd just go ahead and add all the separate items you want to the cart like normal?

[@pmacfto]

Another perfect tool for this traveling, gigging, session playing is Helix or other modellers. I use HelixLT - if I turn up and it's a decent amp I can go 4CM. If it's not one I like I can go into the FX Return and model everything and finally, my most favourite option is direct to PA. We live in good times for guitar gear! Old school guys will turn up with a small board and just ask for any clean amp and off they go - sounding amazing too.

[@coreydavison4971]

You can switch the tu wc tuner between buffered and tru bypass.

[@bavarianbanshee]

I definitely hope to see a video on Lee's complete pedalboard!

[@marcelo_campitelli]

I agree with the "boost pedal being in the fx loop" thing because it makes sense, but some of us dont have the luxury of going into the loop of our amp with some pedals and into the front with other pedals. I guess what I'm getting at is that I have a pedalboard with about 9 or 10 pedals, and I have a booster pedal after my dirt and I go straight into the input of my amp, and i can get volume boosts very easy. I understand that the signal is going into the pre-amp tubes, but that doesn't mean that I won't get a boost in volume when using a booster, I disagree with this statement from the video (9:10 in the video). Anyone else uses a booster to boost their volume for a solo and go straight into the input of the amp?

[@markhill5786]

Volume pedal after dirt also gets rid of the amp hum and hiss when you’re not playing

[@13StJimmy]

I love Boss and would be my first choice for a lot of things... but the neunabers are absolutely beautiful sounding machines

[@tinyj4520]

Boss Blues Driver (my secret weapon) > Dunlop 535q wah > Golden Plexi > Danelectro FAB Chorus > Boss DD7 > Mimiq > Stereo Reverb of your choice. Add your favorite effects after the Fab chorus.

[@natskis]

Me watching this video during lockdown in Australia having missed the clinic by... 2 whole years :)

[@guitarhiker4449]

Please bring back the mythos rob chapman titan pedal !! I missed out on purchasing one !! Thanks guys nice setups!!

[@wraith1977]

Lee, try the Carbon Copy Bright if you think the regular one darkens your sound too much.

[@mattrussell106]

Danish Pete laughs at all the circumnavigation jokes, but not at Rob's comedy masterpiece: "But what if they've only got a Fender Twin?" "Then I would run that Twin loud so it crunches". Good work.

[@michaelconland6345]

Interesting idea for a video. I'm not sure about selling Rob's specific choices as a bundle (maybe you'll show me up there), but having recently bought a pedal board setup from you guys, some sort of bundle for the board basics (Board, power supply and patch cables) would be super handy, particularly if that sort of tie up can get a little discount for us representing the great unwashed! If you were feeling really brave, how about a pedal board designer on the site? If the pedal dimensions are already in the spec of the pedals on the site, then you might even be able to arrange them on the board in real time. Shooting for the moon a bit, but don't ask, don't get, right?

[@stevebees3992]

I'm pretty sure that you can run the Volto with the charging cable plugged in if you haven't charged it, whereas a lot of rechargeable supplies don't allow you to do this.

[@ShredShed]

Not usually a fan of Wah, but what rob does at 25.55 sounds sick

[@gordontubbs]

My swiss army knife pedalboard happens to be BOSS. It's a BOSS BCB-30 case with (from left to right): NS-2 Noise Suppressor, GE-7 Equalizer, and TU-2 Tuner. But on the other hand, my go-to one pedal to rule them all is the Behringer Vintage Tube Monster, because it can function as a color booster/EQ, overdrive, and distortion; and it also has a built-in noise suppressor.

[@jbbeaudry]

Man, did Lee crank up the volume of his throat amplifier at 1:14 ? You can hear him swallow miles away...

[@patfix]

Is Neunaber that widely available? It's not a massively known brand for me personally and the biggest Dutch music store doesn't carry it. Probably their loss anyway, but still...

[@nitegoat1369]

Hey Lee, try out an EHX Holy Grail Nano or Holy Grail Neo. I run both on my pedalboard. I use the Nano for its Spring reverb, and the Neo for it's Plate reverb. They're also small and inexpensive. I also run two different delays; a Carbon Copy and a Boss DD-3. It's really the best of both worlds.

[@shadowsong1]

i like the line 6 m5 as a swiss army knife pedal. its just discontinued so.....hardish to find.

[@willgoodfellow3144]

Idea for a blindfold test- see if Rob can tell the difference between 3 or 4 boss pedals and their WAZA counterparts

[@andresilvasophisma]

Didn't try this, but instead of a tuner you could try a noise gate in the effects loop

[@Ganlorth]

They have auready happened! it was awesome being apart of the Canberra clinic! \m/,

[@1dkappe]

Is it possible to put the camera farther away from the pedalboard and maybe add a fisheye lens?

[@larrydj549]

I was waiting outside with the crowd while Steve was doing his soundcheck at a smaller venue and he almost blew the walls down playing Gravity Storm so loud

[@brendonriley]

Rob mentions the WazaCraft the tu-3 is true bypass. The regular white tu-3’s are also true bypass though.

[@bisheshpradhan5674]

Can’t wait for Rob to come to Australia.

[@isaiahfurrow7414]

Has Lee come up with his pedalboard yet? I'm still deciding between a tuner, and 4-6 pedals, OR a a multi-FX.... I think my board would be similar to Lee's board here, but with a different selection of drives...

[@mikeboxler759]

I know this has nothing to do with this video, but what do you guys think of the Nu-x mighy lite as an affordable alternative to the Katana Air? Would you review it?

[@kimmolingonheimo]

BOSS; I havent tried the Pigtone Super Overdrive yet, I suppose its an BOSS SD cop..., luv from K

[@TheAdjacents-ABQ]

Korea? When? I will be in Seoul and Daejan in December happy to buy you a round or two or.....

[@TheJMan1K]

Ibanez/Maxon, MXR, and Boss can be found at pretty much any music shop

[@steveforster8652]

where can I get a blank sheet of that lovely tortoiseshell pickguard?

[@robertogrady2798]

19.55 bring on the Mini RotoVibe 👍💪🤘

[@michigangreen1915]

Lee, how could you complain that the carbon copy darkens the sound after years of using it. I am sure you know they make the Carbon Copy Bright for just that reason.

[@thehound2161]

Love pedals and hearing them in different combinations. This is a great idea and i might suggest a video per month or so where you two just come in with 5-6 pedals you want to run that day and see how it turns out. Any brand, price, type you want for the episode. Maybe themed episodes such as the 60's, 70's, 80's etc or featured boards such as fuzz, then OD, then high gain boards, clean boards with modulations, whatever. Also in the mix you have a wheel of guitars and spin it to see which guitar you run through that pedal board, that day. Thus we can maybe have a good match or even a bad match, if that is possible.

[@explode4]

Dunlop makes the uni-vibe pedal, which has an expression out, which I assume works with their mini expression pedal. Go on that pedal show and get sorted out!

[@naturalmeditation101]

The rotovibe does sound great, I'd love one

[@clydebigsby4117]

You guys still haven't done a video of the roland space echo thats been sitting behind you.

[@Edwardrae1234]

Hey where in brighton are you from? I go to school there im on coombe rd by aldis.

[@m.balauszko]

No pedals is what I call compact pedal board. At the moment I run Tube Screamer + wah in the front and then chorus + delay + reverb and volume pedal in the loop.

[@samuelgomez974]

So you don’t have a compact pedal? Lol

[@m.balauszko]

Samuel Gómez Nope ;)

[@siddharthsharma1526]

Rotovbes are fantastic, would love to see a mini version myself

[@nw379]

Does Rob puts 10s on his Ibanez JS ? Usually see those with 9’s but I know Rob loves his 10s

[@roundboywarm]

I would have thought a swiss-army knife pedal board wouldn't rely on the amp for distortion or an effects loop. An optional DI box in case of total amp failure surely would be a "covers all situations" board?

[@elvirrechi6150]

Compare ELECTRO HARMONIX SILENCER NOISE GATE/EFFECT LOOP with the boss tuner runing from the fx loop. Do a video wich is the best solutions...?!

[@preferablystephen480]

Hey Lee. Why not try the Tape Machine delay pedal from Tone City?

[@thedondeluxe6941]

I also love the Rotovibe!

[@mrakk]

To answer the question of why one would use Boss TU-3w instead of buffered one is exactly that - the buffer. But not because you want to be a True Bypass Warrior, but because of some fuzz pedals (and as we know all you need is fuzz). Typical place for fuzz is at the beginning of the chain. Some older (or "truly" based on old) fuzzes don't like buffers. In fact some boosts as well. And if you have a buffer before one, it messes the sound completely. Since the tuner usually is in the front of the chain you want a true bypass tuner in front of that (if you're not using it in the loop like Rob does). I really like TU-3 and also have a pedal 60s fuzz face that doesn't like buffers. That's why I use Boss Waza tuner and than the fuzz. And just to be clear - after two other fuzzes, I have a standalone buffer pedal to power up the rest of my pedalboard. So yes, buffers are great - just not in front of every pedal :)

[@ontheroad579]

The Waza is just too expensive for what it is.

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

I love the RotoVibe aswell, but I'm just gonna get a stomp-pedal with the effect.

[@JDODify]

My board is tuner>TubeScreamer > OCD>boss super chorus>tone city phaser>FX Loop>Mooer Echolizer >HoF The Echolizer is a bit shit, I’d like a nicer delay. I wouldn’t mind a better phaser too, although the Tone City Summer Orange is pretty good and it was really cheap.