Building Danish Pete's New Affordable Pedalboard!

[@shanewalton8888]

Should I send the next two hours watching the new Thor or watching Danish Pete making a pedal board? No contest. the Dane wins.

[@bpsiloam]

just got done watching love and thunder, so darn good mate. now watching Mr honore and the capn have some pedal fun 😃

[@Mindartcreativity]

Don‘t watch the Marvel/Disney bullshit. Just don‘t.

[@marktlog]

I've done both in the last 24 hours.

[@trisjackson6084]

"should I watch a film about a Scandinavian, super-powered legend or should I watch Thor?"

[@davidstaton1835]

@@Mindartcreativity the most beautiful 90s 99*

[@mackslovelace]

My favorite Andertons video in a long time. The last one minute won the day!

[@pCeLobster]

Pedalboard builds are the top tier content. Throw this on in the background and the day just flies by.

[@chibisven]

I played and gigged for YEARS with like 2 drive pedals and a multi FX and it worked great, I'm a huge proponent of that for new guitarists and I wish I had an option as good as the plethora when I was starting. It's such a great way to keep a small manageable board that's legit gig worthy. I was able to keep that and convert to all individual pedals over time. First get a good overdrive you like, then get another because obviously, then get a compressor because digital compression just isn't quite the same, and then of course you'll end up with a dedicated delay unit, etc etc. The nice thing about that route is you're never starved for an effect and each time you buy a new pedal you know exactly what you want and it'll feel like a real upgrade.

[@Songbirdstress]

Love these. The Captain is like a kid managing all his toys. And he's let his friend round to watch :) I also love it when he reacts like a customer. 42 quid?! You can't complain. He's such an Englishman.

[@ledhendrix5054]

Ive got lots of Overdrive pedals but the one I love is my Sweet Cream it works extremely well with my Blackstar amp head

[@FJcv-lt7qu]

Like watching 2 boys playing on the floor with new toys at Christmas! Guys, can I come and play?

[@oblate777]

The absolute best thing about Andertons is that you find out exactly what they think about gear (one way or another).

[@mark.guitar]

Yep. We'd be mad to just watch an hour of Pete and Lee rolling around on the floor...err hang on...

[@johniresearchist7263]

lol one way or another one way: pedal a product because its on their shelf..need to make money. another way: honest opinion and sacrifice a sale

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

@@johniresearchist7263 And you'll spend more on a guitar

[@johniresearchist7263]

@@fritsvanzanten3573 sometimes you have to just look away, avoid reviews, avoid visiting your favourite gear shop...and just use the gear you have, record and mix.

[@ethanpunto9222]

That is sacrilege damn you you're supposed to keep buying more gear until you magically sound better ​@@johniresearchist7263

[@PretentiousNoob]

This reminds me of my Daughter playing with her Lego. She's 3. I applaud you both as I do my daughter after she completes her latest work of art.

[@evenrai1021]

you guys (Andertons team) are so fun and insightful thank you for your time going through all this hour of effort to give us the best on which pedals to go for or not and what works and don't i come back to your videos time to time,i have watched this 3 times already to get some info so just want you guys to know your time spend recording 3, 4 hours are appreciated. wish i could meet your team and have a fun evening .Thank you

[@daddio307]

I love when the KZbin host points to the corner of the screen and says 'we'll put a link right up there ' and the editor never bothers with it.

[@Hulin-0]

After watching this entire video and then taking a while to recover and collect my thoughts, I have to say I would still go for regular pedals. Thanks to Tone City and the like, I can experience the joy of building a pedal board to use with a reasonably priced guitar and half decent amp without taking out a second mortgage (next to impossible in my youth) I know that things are increasingly digital, but I love the feeling that the old-fashioned approach gives me. There has never been a better time to be a guitarist; there really is something for everybody nowadays : )

[@bradmathis8196]

Ditto. In reality, when I'm playing live, I generally keep pedal settings as-is, but I occasionally need to tweak my distortion, boost, delay, and modulation pedals for specific songs. A programmable pedal is not convenient. I had the Boss GT-1 which is analogous to the TC Plethora and tweaking on the fly was not convenient. Changing banks is equally inconvenient. I'll take discrete pedals any day.

[@stoneysdead689]

Hmm- when I was young you could buy a real fender for a reasonable amount, and tube amps were fairly cheap- mostly because everyone wanted solid state amps and digital rack effects which were both sort of the new kids on the block so- everyone wanted to try them. Now- even a Harmony tube amp- Harmony by the way was like the most basic, low-end, generic brand when I was a kid- sells for over 400 bucks. And a real, American made Strat costs some serious cash. That said- I will agree there are tons more budget options on the market than there used to be. And- those options beat the heck out of what we had to choose from in the early 80s. A lot of these budget guitars and pedals nowadays are really good- I'm not ashamed to play anywhere with my gear- I can keep up. Most of the time the guys I play with are freaked out how good these pedals sound once they hear the price- then they want to know all about them. My Peavey Transtube gets a lot of attention as well- ppl are shocked how much like a tube amp it sounds. It's not spot on, but it's very close.

[@Hulin-0]

@@stoneysdead689 Good point, I suppose there is rarely an absolute truth that applies to us all. In my part of the world, American goods were expensive when I was starting out, and the cheap stuff that was available was not on a par with what we have today. I am getting on a bit, but at least I can enjoy my retirement with a new guitar now and then🙂👍🏻

[@aryoadhitomo]

Same, i build pedalboard just for the nostalgia of it, because 10 years ago it is just to expensive for hobbyist

[@AngelarmSpartan777]

Did you guys realize that you had the T.C. HOF mini on, for the entire time you were trying out all of the other reverb pedals? When you thought the one had trails, it might have been that you were hearing the Hall Of Fame Mini. 1:12:48

[@larrydj549]

Oops Was that the trails they heard too?

[@ckortjester]

I’ve had a really long day. Very excited for this video, guys. Loved Lee’s video so I’m stoked for this. Heck yes.

[@DahveeedL]

Great vid for an amateur guitarist. I've had a PlethoraX5 for the past 12 months. I love it more every day - it gives you so much control and sounds great. I wouldn't swap it for anything. Your vid confirmed this. Thanks lads

[@avenue6.554]

My knees and hips hurt just watching you guys sit like that for so long! LOL

[@Pear_Trees]

This was such a joy to watch. I heard the coral verb II and fell in love with it so much I immediately bought it.

[@-kentonwilson]

Love the show! I’ve just noticed that I’m now watching your videos even if I’m not necessarily interested in the pedals covered. You two are a hoot, very entertaining. More please! :)

[@martinwolters1839]

Pete sets a pedal to a good sound and Lee immediately starts turning the knobs again without letting Pete play with the sound he likes... 😄

[@patrickjamesworrow1130]

well, there was always one like that in the playground years ago. "it's my ball" 🤐so it's my rules. Or I'm telling on you😃

[@unabonger777]

aye, aye, Craptain

[@zackcahill7966]

This Channel is a joy. Instantly bought the durple and nobleman

[@QuickSiR]

The first three pedals on my board are the Spark into Tube Screamer into Durple. 😎

[@zoomzoom3950]

The first three pedals on my board are one (1) HX Effects. In 4CM, and MIDI, with my Catalyst 100. 😁

[@panospyrgiotis2992]

Great video guys. Wasn't at all long-winded. Cheers to the editing team, I suppose. Great array of pedals demonstrated and good showcasing of the TC Plethora. And thanks for the unbiased review and demonstration. More channels should be like this.

[@mrmanch204]

Great stuff lads. Just like a couple of lads sorting out a train set layout. They are painted pretty colours for a good reason. "COME ON BOYS, IT'S ON THE TABLE, ITS CHIPS ",

Glad to say I’m one of “the persons”. Cheers, guys!

[@fraenkiboii]

Honest piece of advice for people getting their first effects. I've been playing for 10 years now and I'm the pedal kind of guy. I like swapping pedals around and constantly changing stuff on my board. Since I bought the Quad Cortex, things changed drastically for me. I'm gradually changing from true analog pedals to digital only. At first, I used the QC for amp sims and drives only and kept all my analog drives, modulation, delays and fuzz. Best example: The Boss CE2w Chorus. I never thought I'd replace this pedal digitally. But the QC has a model for that exact pedal and it sounds epic! Even stereo. Sure, the QC costs almost 2 grand, but imho all the digital multi fx pedals have become so good over the last 2-3 years. I tried the Boss GT1000/CORE as well and it was absolutely amazing. So my personal conclusion: If you're new to effects, buy yourself a decent multi fx pedal, like the helix POD GO, for example. It will look very expensive at first. But trust me: If you go the pedal route, everything you'll buy will cost more than that over the years, because you have to include cables, board and power into the equation.

[@nomadwd]

This was my all-time favorite Anderton's video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marekw7562]

Tbh I spend like 40 minutes watching closely and then I had get back to work and listen all the way to the end as a podcast goes.... You're great guys. That was super fun, bit ridiculous and may even has no conclusion but it was tone of fun. Have a great day!

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

I've found both the Klon circuits and Tube Screamer circuits to sound much better through either a dirty amp or another overdrive pedal.

[@thorpenator9148]

I just got the model M and the King of Blues. I have Strymon pedals and love them, but they are not leaving the house, but the Tone City is going to be out at the clubs all summer. They are amazing, and purchased both for 150 bucks.

[@HorizonMelt]

I watched some of this in the morning, some in the afternoon and the rest at night. I like these long, hang out videos. On another note, the Durple after 3 plus years remains a staple on my board. On my Marshall Origin 20 I use it... and the boost on the foot switch for the sweetest, warm, 70s sounding overdrive.

[@janbrenner9488]

Nice! Physical boost and drive-pedals for the grid and Helix HX Effects for everything else. Works well for me.

[@johnjgibson6807]

My Solution is Get it all Probably why I have 4 Boards and working on #5 👍👍🎶🎶🎸Love Those Videos Guys.

[@TractorMonkeywithJL]

You guys are my favorite gear channel!

[@bigtguitars7312]

Loved my soul food best value pedal I’ve ever had cost £40 and used for 5 years with the internal buffer on til I finally caved and upgraded for a mini tumnus and separate buffer

[@johnpasch9649]

It took three days, but I watched the whole thing. Awesome!

[@I.M.Guitar-Nerd]

Can't help but notice that every time the Spark boost pedal appears that it is always the one knob mini version, it would be nice to hear how the bigger four knob version sounds.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

I have both of those. The bigger version sounds great too. It has a toggle switch for clean, fat or mid boost which is really nice. I personally keep the EQ at noon but I was thinking of trying it with the treble cranked and using it as a treble boost.

[@mark.guitar]

I agree because I have one.The tone shaping on the big one is reeeally good for overdriving a pedal, or an amp, that is just breaking up. Good for pretty much any tone shaping, from scooped mids to old school. It doesn't have the momentary function that the small one has but the three way gives three great basic tones and the treble and bass work well over their full range.

[@robertbrown2728]

I prefer the big one partly because it doesn't have the momentary function on the footswitch. Also the fat setting is really useful.

[@jpob5]

How funny. I just watched you 2 build pedalboards yesterday and now you upload a follow up vid today

[@brothermarc7293]

The plethora 5 is on sale at Sweetwater (January 2023)- Great video and cheers to Oz !

[@isaiahfurrow7414]

Watching this video was awesome .... I've been torn as to which route to take... this video covered many of the pedals on my wish list...and the DP Dumble spunded awesome! My list has about about 12 slots to fill, and about 20 or so pedals inhabe my eye on... from TC , EHX , MXR , JHS , etc... to start with even just the tuner I want, and 1 or 2 others, plus some power, I'd be close to the cost of the MX5... so I have finally decided to go that rpute for sure. Maybe we will add to that with some pedals later, and as its small it would be OK as part of a hybrid board with a few other widgets ... but it seems like it would get us the best start... and it's not like either boutique pedals or multi-fx would make a lot of difference to some newbs with a solid state practice amp...lol the MX5 just seems so flexible and powerful for a really good price, in a small and handy form factor... I'll still always want some stuff like Soul Food, and the HoF and Flashback, and a few others, this video also gave me another example of how great those pedals sound... Others I'd love to see you and DP do a video on, Sugar Drive, Bonsai, Packrat, Oceans 11 and Canyon... let me know if those are featured in a previous shootout video or something. Cheers

[@kaiying74]

I'm a bit late to this party but it would be nice to see how this budget board goes up against something like the Valeton GP-200 multi-fx up to the low end Helix-ish price point.

[@Stringtrees]

Took me ages to get through this, I feel like I was there with you. I don't think I have spent that much time sitting cross legged on the floor since primary school. As a feat of human endurance, I doff my metaphorical hat to you both.

[@joshfrommilan6130]

Love when someone uses the word doff lol

[@stoneysdead689]

Screw the pedals- what impressed me was that they could get back up after sitting like that for over an hour. Well done.

[@TP-xe2hi]

I would go the plethora route then bite the bullet and add that moore envelope pedal along with the various drive, boost, and compressor you chose. Thank you for introducing me the plethora though! My dream "mini" board will now include it along with: - mooer enveloper - wampler ego comp - xotic ep boost - dunlop mini Timmy - mxr mini classic fuzz - tone city golden plexi

[@reneeeverding8911]

The end killed me😄 watched the hole video and i really understand why you guys had such struggle with the Tone City Pedals, i mean they're sooo great for the price!

[@brothermarc7293]

Couple of "light bulbs" in this one- awesome!

[@tonyottaviani6480]

I bought the EHX Glove from your OD shootout and it's my fav pedal. That pedal is a must have on my pedal list. I even have it dialed as you had in today's video

[@AvACyberSecurity]

Found this months later. Best pedal video I've seen yet. Love your content so much! But that means I keep wanting to buy things from you 🤣

[@larsfocken3456]

For a low budget pedalboard I highly recommend the Mooer Soul Shiver pedal. It is a chorus, a vibrato and a rotary speaker simulation all in one little affordable pedal. As far as I know it is not a copy of anything else. It sounds good and is very versatile.

[@HomesickMac]

So liberating to see affordable and small pedals come to shine.. I'm considering a killer micro pedal board for easy travelling and managing both live and studio work on the go. A little booster up front, Slide Rig Compact Deluxe compressor by Origin, overdrive + Plethora 3X. Got everything except for the Plethora. That said, I've already got the TC Pipeline Tap Tremolo, HOF2 reverb, DD-5 delay, and honestly, apart from attaching the tuner in front, this wouldn't take up so much more space. But, as you guys said, the convenience of presets and all sound tailoring that can be done up front, less hassle with cables, power supply to kepp it all juiced. Yepp, Plethora seems like a great solution.

[@michaelraimondi4448]

Loved this video, and yes, I watched to the end! The x3 vs individual pedals has been an important “1st world problem” I’ve been pondering.

[@tomfonner1886]

Made it through the whole thing. I think the plethora makes a good less expensive choice for an H9. It’s nice to have programmability on modulation and delay.

[@benbeattie4609]

This is such a great video guys, I absolutely love this format - it’s exactly what we’d all love to do in the shop! Thank you very much, keep more of this coming across all of the different product range please!

[@wardcheryldarcie]

That was the most enjoyable thing i have watched in a year !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@seancook2264]

I am looking into putting together a beginners pedal board. Seems like you can’t go too far wrong with a hand full of Tone City save for a digital delay.

[@briancardinali]

Lee- I feel ya brother. You trying to get up at the end was epic!!!! Getting older sucks. Haha. Love'd the video guys.

[@waynebridger4998]

My board at present is an EHX Glove, Behringer chorus, Behringer Tremolo and TC flashback 2. The Behringer pedals were chosen to see if I like chorus and tremolo enough. I want the TC pipeline as it has tap tempo function

[@SeanDS89]

1:09:43 the editing in these videos is ALWAYS top freakin notch! Props to you editor person 👏 1:29:10 ahhh, so that's who does it! well, assuming he's the only one lol anyway, great job bro

[@Magic_Man916]

When Pete first played the Magus some years ago now.. he called it the "meh-goose" , every time I see that pedal, or hear the name, I hear it, lol

[@ledhendrix5054]

That was some cool laidback blues at the end .

[@matthewtyler-jones8317]

So, my conclusion as a learning guitarist, is to go for separate pedals. I did start off with a multi effects pedal (a Sendai day hand Boss me 25) but I struggled to set it, not because if the clunky interface (well that too) but mostly because I didn't really know the sounds I was mean to be emulating. I have going it easier to learn about the way pedals change the signal by buying them one at a time.

[@davidg4726]

Good video! Yes, Guitar Effects are expensive, so I would buy the Boss Katana for the built-in effects. Hi from USA!

[@mikearmitage4147]

Definitely not a waste of 3 hours captain. I’ll end up buying something as a result but like Pete, even after the epic pedalathon, I’m still undecided.

[@clydebillingsworth8574]

Do em live!!!! That's a great idea.

[@stoneysdead689]

The reason so many ppl overlook auto wah on their board imo is because unless you get the right pre-amp, have the right guitar, and set it all up right- they don't sound that good. They sound o.k. but- get something like the Nyle preamp/compressor which is designed for playing funk and R&B, use a strat in the second position (Neck and middle)- now turn on the auto wah- sounds amazing.

[@goswo]

I watched to the end. Great slow tv, kind of meditation. My pulse is so low I’m worried. But I smile - I am being…

[@Mpcoluv]

So many OD pedals sound the same to me. I’m glad I am not alone!

[@tilmanstablein9255]

Great video, love your content! Don’t know if tc electronics already fixed it but when I owned a Plethora X5 what bugged me the most was that it didn’t support trails between patches. Switching between patches always resulted in a brief moment of clean tone which made the change to another patch very obvious to the audience. Hope this is not the case anymore.

[@robertkrutso3217]

one and a half hours of 2 guys playing with pedals on the floor like kids playing with lego's on a rainy day recess

[@SeanDS89]

Thank you for making these videos! I've been playing guitar for years but haven't used pedals much... with your help, I will (some day) make an awesome pedal board :)

[@Smart-Alex]

my board is: TC Plethora X3, TC Ditto looper, Boss NS1 Noise Suppressor into the EVH Iconic loop AND Mini Tube Screamer out front. Super simple, and powerful!!

[@boggeshzahim3713]

Nice! I have a Plethora x5, a Vox wah, big muff and EHX Soul Food, I love having the board centered around the plethora

[@SeanDS89]

57:13 Pete - "I only picked it because it was blue, I didn't know what it did" lol I must admit, aesthetics play a big part in which guitars/accessories I purchase

[@youbecha64]

I appreciate the work with the boost/overdrive pedals...I am shopping for another one...

[@rjester21]

So cool! 😀I want to make a tone city/ehx pedalboard! Still want to see Lee and Pete do a series where they go through High Gain And Metal boot camp, and we get to see their progression and also it would be cool to have guests come on to give them tips and guidance! 😎🔥

[@zoomzoom3950]

yes, because modern metal is not repeating itself ad nauseum. 😁

[@davidclarke6329]

Spent the weekend building a new board nearly binned the whole thing several times, away to check out the plethora now.

[@gitarowydominik]

When you are the one person that watched till the end and you hear the dead queen jokes and the queen is actually dead.

[@GoTellJesusSaves]

Do you all ever use an EQ pedal on your boards to get the tones you like?

[@SymptomOfDepravity]

I would love to see danish Pete do one of these blindfolded, would be very objective to see what he comes up with and how the pricing come out

[@Mateplaysguitar]

i want one of my rooms to look exactly like this studio. great video as always!

[@BelaCurcio]

this is really helpful as a beginning pedal user :) i watched the whole thing

[@MrBarnejstinson]

Do anybody knows how long it takes PLETHORA to runs up? Is it really that long(about 16 seconds) like in video when Pete plugs power conector about 1:19:08 and it finishes loading 1:19:24 or am I missing something?

[@ronniboi312]

Went through this dilemma in May and bought the Plethora X5 Which together with tone prints, my favourite overdrives (Durple, Gladio and Silverlinings) and my Boss AW3, gives me everything I want. I especially liked the flexibility of a configurable insert send & return and the connection for the expression pedal ... AND 127 different boards..!!! What's not to like.?

[@pieve5516]

Most fun in a long time. Thanks. Seems though the volumes were not consistent to properly follow your evaluation

[@brooksroman2918]

36:28 Pete “my leg is sleepy. wake up” 😂😂😂

[@SeanDS89]

1:02:11 I like the term "auto wah" because it sounds just like "Ottawa"... also Pete is right! these sound fun, I'd love to have a Canadian made one :)

[@theorc9098]

I've got the X3 on my board. I really don't know how I coped before I got it. Awesome piece of kit.

[@zoomzoom3950]

Time for the X5?

[@theorc9098]

@@zoomzoom3950 I chose it over the X5. My board is pretty full and the X5 was just too bulky.

[@gearngigs]

Happy trails, Hans! Die Hard of course! Nice reference Pete.

[@salterclan]

That was a great video man!!! Hilarious too at the end.

[@BrentAdams]

I like the individual pedal style...just personal preference. I enjoy being able to put the pedals in the exact order that I prefer.

[@zoomzoom3950]

You mean just like every digital modeler / multi-effects option from Line 6, Boss, Headrush, Neural, Fractal, Mooer, NUX, Zoom, etc., lets you do?

[@alsmith7316]

@@zoomzoom3950 and the Plethora x5 which also allows you to split it up and put some before the amp, and some in the effects loop.

[@zoomzoom3950]

When selecting effects and routing, I like to place the looper in the front of the signal chain; then I let the loop play while I experiment

[@bryantwalley]

So this is the UK version of Ryans 60 Cycle Hum Affordaboard?

[@claytonmcgrew5874]

That fender overdrive wasn’t bad

[@forthebayers]

Happy trails Hans (Gruber)

[@cwtv716]

At 39:25 when the Captain says the Durple is the worst name.. you looked genuinely unhappy and a little bit offended. 😅 I don’t know if I’m reading it correctly or I’m misreading it? I just want to say I personally think the name Durple is an awesome Freaking name. I would be proud to have a pedal named Like that if I were nicknamed, Danish Pete and my presumed color was purple. It works.. it’s awesome.. I love it. Be proud 👍❤️

[@nellayema2455]

So many choices! This makes me appreciate my Boss Katana 100 even more. I have a bunch of pedals, but my board is noisy. there's a click that is annoying. Perhaps it is my cheap power supply.

[@kimmolingonheimo]

Land Ahoy! just found a nano-sized fav: Rowin Tube Drive: 😎😎😎😎

[@svenscheil902]

Hi guys, you should try the NUX Mini SCF Chorus/ Flanger. Under 65€ at the moment. Great tone imho. Angel Chorus has also great tone.

[@MrNastyguitar]

the ending was worth the wait

[@Lalairu]

I might get that Tone City tremolo, sounds nice, it's affordable and the colour looks nice :D

[@lucaszembrzuski]

IMHO Tone City Tremolo is awesome because it's one of the few ones that have a volume control, and i found that it's super important for me, because other pedals go from more quiet to more loud than the original sound, and i don't like it, especially as a home player. I want to keep the max volume level the same as when the pedal is bypassed. Im selling my Carl Martin Surf Trem right now just because of that.

[@dpault]

"Happy Trails Hans" Die Hard. Great Christmas movie.