Boss RC300 + Pedalboard. Build and Rig Rundown.

[@dkdowntown]

The way you assigned the Loopies is a brilliant idea, thank you! I hadn’t thought of track choice for my externals; this will be way better than the tap dance.

[@smithmusicstudies]

Playing a sample from each pedal was so helpful. Many loopers will your the board, but not actually show you how it sounds. Thank you so much!

[@davidshanhun]

most welcome! Ever test out effects on the violin? 🤔

[@ericwillmusic_tpa]

Probably my favorite KZbin video of all time! Trying to do the same thing with my RC-300. Thanks for all you do

[@PhilSmythMusic]

Do you know how long I've been waiting for this to drop! lol. Nice mate, very nice!

[@davidshanhun]

ah... might even be longer than the two months since I started filming it haha! 😝 Stoked to be sharing vids again man! Hope you're well.

[@stephenlennartz3466]

Very nice board. Congrats! ... and kudos to Molly for being such a great helper!! 👍🎸🎤

[@davidshanhun]

😊

[@briankeithwaters]

Powerful as they may be, I'm not a fan of the all-in-one boxes. Just for the reason you specified - if something goes wrong - everything goes wrong. I have an RC-300 so I'm always glad to see new content about it. Thanks!

[@davidshanhun]

haha yeah that's very true! Look forward to sharing some new tunes using the RC300 with you. Really enjoying the pedal - how long have you been using yours?

[@michielruighaver9570]

Hi David, Thank you for creating so many great video, I watch them over and over again. Can you please provide some tips on your RC300 settings when you are looping 3 tracks with same length vs 3 tracks with different lengths (eg loop sync vs tempo sync settings, record/loop vs record/play, etc) 😁

[@jeremyjamesmusic]

I was literally JUST having this conversation with one of my mates yesterday about why I should to build up another/separate pedal board when I have the VL3. I brought up your name saying I noticed how you weren’t using yours as much and thought I should email you to ask your advice… and here’s your video about it. Perfect. Can’t wait to watch! (might still e-mail with questions… lol)

[@sullyk1316]

Glad to have you back! Thanks for all the great info.

[@davidshanhun]

Hey Sully :) Super nice to be back on here and sharing some vids! Most welcome for the info!

[@PaulvanHuet]

Thank you David for the clear explanation. And the effort you put into it.

[@davidshanhun]

Most welcome Paul 😊 Hope it shares a few ideas for people - and if not perhaps some enjoyment along the way!

[@stephenrourke5404]

Great content as always 😊 I’d love to see you make a video comparing just the RC300 and VL3 since you’ve had professional experience with both!

[@davidshanhun]

Thanks Stephen! Yep it's on the list!

[@wallacenock7423]

I also use the OC5 and the POG for two different basses, and i have Wampler what a pedal. Your board is looking great mate

[@davidshanhun]

ooh that's a nice bass combo right there! Yeah I'm really enjoying this setup ay!

[@justinwiantmusic]

Awesome video. The mic switcher is going to be a game-changer for me. I have always just used a second mic with a switch for looping. This will keep everything at my feet.

[@davidshanhun]

how's it going for you with the mic switcher?

[@theslank216]

Love it brother !! Awesome to see the new pedal board setup in action 🔥🔥🚀!! Looking forward to seeing more and more with the RC-300 yes boyz !

[@davidshanhun]

Cheers!! Looking forward to actually sharing some tunes with it soon! Great to chat last night too mate! catch you soon 👌

[@dancassidy7471]

Dave you can set BR 300 up to turn Mic on and off as well.Jus saying one less pedal

[@davidshanhun]

yes! Thanks Dan!

[@Joergblues]

Thankˋs for this video, it helps me to build my pedalboard :-)))

[@davidshanhun]

perfect!

[@NickleRock]

Excellent, as always. Thanks a lot for sharing this with us.

[@davidshanhun]

Cheers Nick! Great to be back sharing some videos man! Hope you're well 👌

[@riffingt0n]

Absolutely love the editing in this one :)

[@davidshanhun]

thanks! ☺️

[@stuj]

Have watched this a couple times now - excited to take my looping game to the next level! I was wondering, (asides from the AB footswitch) does your mic go through any type of effect? I'm looking at the TC Helicon Mic Mechanic 2 - mostly for a boost, compressor, reverb (delay on occasion).

[@davidshanhun]

hey brother! yep that's a good option - the tone button is the winner from this system more than anything, and handy to have the delay and reverb in a pedal that you can switch on or off as suits when chatting etc.

[@andrewjgraue]

Great video bro. Love the way you’ve added in the Loopi pedals. Hey, where is the setting to only trigger tracks 1 + 2 to play/stop? What a great idea but I can’t see it in the settings.

[@davidshanhun]

Thanks Andrew - it's using the assigns. Assign 1 to start stop track 1, Assign 2 to start/stop track 2, and target for both is the same control pedal. Let me know if you want more detailed info on it - that should point you in the right direction to experiment with it - but if not let me know and I'll go into it properly for you!

[@andrewjgraue]

@@davidshanhun Of course. Amazing!

[@PiersCawley]

Holly is so cute! She’ll be surpassing you at looping next :)

[@davidshanhun]

hehe!

[@tcollie2211]

David, love your sound brother, thanks for all the videos - BIG time saver for a lot of us! Appreciate the run down on your new board as I wasn't aware of "Loopi" pedals and haven't seen them integrated with the RC300. Would you mind terribly if I lean on your experience a bit further? With your move to the RC300 - curious if you considered the Headrush Looperboard? I've been using the Boss RC30 for years ... love it and the large pedals it offers because they're easy to hit without looking down ... allows me to focus on the audience, not my board. That said, I find myself increasingly wishing I had a 3rd Track. Have you found the pedal size on the RC300 and their positions (close proximity) challenging in a live setting? Headrush has foot "switches" (like your Voicelive 3) as opposed to "pedals" and also seems to offer a few better options with regards to recording (export multi-track audio and 32bit vs. MP3 quality). I love Boss products, have no experience with any Headrush products, and just curious if you invested any time in that particular comparison before biting the bullet on the RC300. Plus, really, really curious about your experience with the size and proximity of the RC300's pedals. Thanks in advance and congrats on the new set-up!!!

[@davidshanhun]

hey brother! Cheers for the note. Considered the Headrush for sure - it's probably the best new development in a long time... A few reasons for me not going with it - starting with simply the fact that it was recent and receiving a lot of updates still and I didnt want to dive in and be the test pilot for its reliability etc. Aside from that there's not options to map starting multiple loops from one button (eg my own combinations rather than just all start stop etc), and the issues with the buttons used on the board not being great/failing. Having said that a buddy just swapped out all the original buttons on his headrush and is now loving it. Curious to see what might further develop from them but it just doesn't quite seem like a good fit for me overall. I think you'll find the pedal spacing on the RC300 pretty ok - I have done a rare mis-hit but not typical, and not something I'm concerned about etc. I did a little interview chat the other day, and it seems a bunch of us that are loop artists are essentially waiting for Boss to build upon the RC300 and release a new flagship model (even those that are using the headrush!). Anyway brother - that's just my own thoughts/opinions on things and based on how I personally use pedals and loop. We all have different needs and demands. Hope that's somewhat useful for you in the mix of things you're considering! If you're coming from using an RC30 then it is a big size increase - and bigger still if you add in trigger/control pedals like I have!

[@tcollie2211]

@@davidshanhun Awesome - thanks for taking time to share your thoughts and experience! I wasn't aware the Headrush had issues with their buttons and am surprised in all of it's functionality it can't be configured to turn on/off multiple tracks ... appreciate the intel. I'm definitely in the camp of waiting on Roland/Boss to update the RC300. That aside, I'm assuming getting use to the pedals is just going to take practice and building muscle memory like anything else. Guess I need to just go ahead and bite the bullet ... but building a new (larger) pedal board ... ugh! Ha! Cheers mate - enjoy the tour!

[@davidshanhun]

@@tcollie2211 all good mate! It's still a great piece of kit (headrush), and as they keep doing software updates it will likely keep improving too. The fun game is that each piece of gear takes a bit of time to learn - and regardless of how good the gear is we each use it in slightly different ways which makes one bit of gear amazing for one artist - and terrible for the next haha! The RC300 or the headrush will open up a lot of new options for your looping beyond the RC30. Thanks for the wishes too!

[@johnnygacoustic]

Love this video a lot. Would love to know more about powering some of the pedals through the Zuma. I know not all pedals are powered the same and wondered if you ran into any issues. The Zuma looks to have 5 supplies on it. Do you daisy chain out of those with 10-12 pedals? Thanks so much! Second question too. Can you one day talk more about getting your percussion sounds from your guitar? It is a work in progress with me and I am always looking for advice on that.

[@davidshanhun]

hey Johnny! Yep - you are correct - I'm daisy chaining the Boss pedals (tuner/delay/oc3/oc5), from memory something else is chained but I'd have to go and check specifically which. Each output on the Zuma is 500mA and quite a lot of pedals are 100mA (not all so check) so daisy chaining works pretty nicely. I was a bit wary of doing it in case of hum getting into the mix but have had no issues. More than happy to chat more about percussion sounds - been considering doing a Zoom session with a few people and making a video from that to share so I'll keep you in the loop. The main thing with guitar percussion is that each guitar has a different sound direct to the PA so it takes a bit of playing around to find what will work best for you.

[@dovane9932]

Mr loop is back! How did you fix all these pedals on the pedalboard? What is that killer groove at 3'30? Is it imported or did you built it? The « wah» come from the RC?

[@davidshanhun]

hey Dov! All velcro to attach the pedals. The groove at 3'30 is an original tune of mine - the 'wah' sound is an envelope filter pedal I have on the board - it's not from the RC300.

[@dovane9932]

@@davidshanhun it sounds terrific! I am gonna watch the video again because i missed the wah. Thanks David.

[@1dkappe]

Thought for sure you would go with the RC-505

[@davidshanhun]

Did consider doing the 505 and a midi controller. Always watching to see if a 505 or equivalent does get made at some stage with foot control options. The endless 'watch this space' potential though eh?

[@1dkappe]

@@davidshanhun the boss FS-6 and FS-7 (what I use) fit the bill.

[@davidshanhun]

@@1dkappe that's awesome then!

[@1768pt]

Hi David, loved the video. Can you tell us about your new PRS? Sounds great I’m wondering about how you’re finding the pickup sound. I’m not usually a fan of the fish man sound. I’d be keen to hear you thoughts and comparison with your Takamine. Cheers brother 👍

[@davidshanhun]

hey Paul - yeah will do - it's actually a real interesting discussion and comparison with the Takamine. I'll put things in a vid of some sort to discuss it - will be a better explanation than me typing here haha!

[@stephenrourke5404]

Oooh I was gonna ask this exact question!! 😆😆 what model was your old Takamine and do you know what electronics were in it?

[@davidshanhun]

@@stephenrourke5404 answered this in the last AMA session around 15 mins in - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKqucpxqa5yanbc. Old Taka is an ND15c with the standard AD1 preamp in came with. Will do a video on the PRS along the way!

[@davidshanhun]

hey Paul - put a brief discussion on this in the last AMA at around 15 mins in! Hope that helps give some of my thoughts and reasonings! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKqucpxqa5yanbc

[@BenTForkx]

Got a little lost with the Loopi Mic AB switching..... So one line goes to the RC300 guitar channel for looping, and the other goes to your PA/mixer for voice over??? And great video!! been looking for something along these lines for a while now!

[@davidshanhun]

Hey Ben! Yes you are correct! Most of the time my mic goes through the switcher and direct to it's own channel on the desk for my vocals. That's the blue light on the switcher. When and only when I want to loop my vocals I hit the switcher, and that now sends my mic into the RC300 and no longer to the desk - so if I record a loop now both my guitar and mic are getting looped. This looped signal comes out the guitar channel and into the desk (now with both guitar and vocals). When I'm done looping my vocals the I hit the switcher and now my mic goes back directly to the desk. Does that help explain it?

[@BenTForkx]

@@davidshanhun That's a sweet setup, does it handle phantom power??

[@davidshanhun]

@@BenTForkx it's a little odd with phantom as it will only pull phantom power once you switch from the line it's running to and that means drop outs and clicks, better to go with an upgraded version if you're wanting phantom power to your mic - www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SelectorXL--whirlwind-selectorxl-active-a-b-switcher

[@BenTForkx]

@@davidshanhun Sweet!!! Now I have a great excuse to buy the Mic switcher AND a new mic!!! Cheers! Thanks again!!

[@davidshanhun]

@@BenTForkx haha love it! One thing to be aware of with the mic switcher I use (and other similar options), they can pick up a popping sound through the PA if there is 'bad' power (for lack of a better term). 95% of venues are fine and if I had better electricity knowledge I'd explain what it actually is from, but every now and then it is an issue - as in, you wouldn't want to use it at that gig 😝just fyi so there's no surprises for ya!

[@dancassidy7471]

You're killing me lol.Thank you so much . Your girl is adorable Wish you had time fora nap Hahaha

[@davidshanhun]

nap time! haha

[@darlenemcmillan5802]

Unwrapping a new pedalboard is more fun than playing with a Barbie dream house 🏡

[@davidshanhun]

haha yes I agree! :P

[@michaelgillespie8257]

Just played a looping gig last night, what's your best tip for making all yours songs not sound the....same?

[@davidshanhun]

haha love it! I would pick somebodies loop cover and learn to copy it how they do it - you'll pick up things from their looping style each time, and as you do you'll start having more and more ideas that naturally find their way into your looping. Seeing as you have the RC-300 I'd pick something you like from Luke James Schaffer - you can usually see his foot pedal etc in the vids. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3Slm5pnZphrac0 (as idea/example). Carl Wockner is another good artist to check out if you haven't already.

[@dancassidy7471]

Dave can you tell us what brand those control pedals are. They are so compact the Boss control pedals eat batteries

[@davidshanhun]

Hey Dan - I linked all the pedals in the description of this video - the control pedals in particular are these though: www.loopipedals.com.au/product/dual-latching-footswitch-for-boss-fs-6/

[@dancassidy7471]

@@davidshanhun thank you

[@thedirtytones]

Cool vid

[@davidshanhun]

Thank you!

[@krzysztofnowinski3952]

Hi David. I dont see any effect for vocal in your pedalboard. How do you deal with it .

[@davidshanhun]

Hey Krzysztof! I don't have one at the moment! - I chatted a little bit about it in this video about 4 and a half minutes in - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKqucpxqa5yanbc

[@tterrabend]

Is that a new guitar, too?

[@davidshanhun]

haha yes... 😉😎