Building John Mayer's Pedal Board on a Budget!

[@Whiskeyklone]

You should turn this into a series. "Sound Like [insert artist here] on a Budget". And occasionally without a budget...

[@markdavidofficial4274]

For under 1500£ lol

[@jakemixd]

They can use my pedalboard, if they’ll going to do the “Lil Wayne on a Budget” or maybe let me play too. 😊

[@Lukas-mu2tw]

Whiskeyklone this was a good joke

[@viggoulander9671]

Shitaki Wasabi Joke? No they really should do it!!

[@TheEchelon]

Yeah, I'd love to see what they can come up without busting the bank

[@TheLadsBandLive]

Prediction: John Mayer sees this video. John Mayer submits a better “sound like John Mayer” video. John Mayer is chosen by Andertons to appear as the winning “sound like John Mayer” entry. John Mayer.

[@lucaguerrinimusic]

TheLadsBand4ever 🤯

[@jwlademann]

Then the internet complains that John Mayer sounds NOTHING like John Mayer.

[@kaiselkamish9904]

is it the Strat John, or the Silver Sky John!?

[@bhaswardutta4890]

@@jwlademann Lol!!!!!!! XDD

[@alessandrorossini8704]

John Mayer will sue the two guys for the #gayformayer t-shirt.

[@colinaclark]

The thing I love about this as opposed to the 'Sound Like' videos is that you guys went more in depth in how to dial up the tones. This is something as a guitarist that is really challenging for me. I would love to see more of this.

[@greyonyt]

Please do a seperate pedalboard series for artists!!! This is awesome, you have your general sounds like with general amp pedals and guitar, and now this series with a lot more detail for specific pedals.

[@jeffreyvanhouten1239]

If “Sounds Like Pedalboards.....” is a new series, can we do David Gilmore on a budget please.

[@bryanherward4679]

there's a pretty good one on youtube using just Mooer pedals...

[@harrytuttle8161]

SEE. The Keeley Dark Side. all in one pedal .

[@bryanherward4679]

@@harrytuttle8161 Jam Pedals Pink Flow

[@AngelPerez-lm8uj]

They already have in the past

[@Shoot_and_Scoot]

Gilmour

[@micaiahwunch4572]

One of the things that makes Mayer’s tone Mayer’s tone is the fact that he fingerpicks as well as playing through guitar amps that nobody can possibly afford

[@thomasguerra6810]

You have to turn the Q and the gain basically off. And push the pedal with the TS. If you leave the gain up on the q Tron it will clip when it peaks. Leaving both relatively off will prevent that. Also use your middle pickup. You’re welcome.

[@adrianhjordan1981]

And use your fingers not a pick to soften the attack.

[@THEJADAN200]

John uses a lot of wah in the "where the light is" concert and uses it a lot for the trio stuff. Sounding like John Mayer is tough cause he has literally used everything AND he's just an absolute god at guitar and I would say that is 50% if not 75% of his tone.

[@bigfoot_1824]

I think in some of his newish music like ‘moving on and getting over’ he uses one too I’m pretty sure, 100% agree

[@joshsinclair1796]

The whole envelope filter struggle is why Jerry Garcia had an on board effects loop built into his guitars. That way the effect could always be hitting at the perfect response no matter where the volume knob was

[@j.dtruths5577]

Guys enough already , John said he would come to the studio when you saw him at NAMM... He knows you guys , call him !!! He is a really normal kind guy, call his agent or his PR team . He will stop by when in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, heck he might just hop a plane if you make it fun enough ..... He’s a Big Watch Guy too , commission a one off Andertons / John Mayer Rolex ..... Lol... Be creative he will come ....

[@SmoereJM]

I would like to see the "Sound Like" series but with the discussion about the tone and the pedal/amp settings.

[@williammartin3915]

FYI The Boss Octave is a nod to Jerry Garcia, who used the pedal with his Mutron Envelope Filter. So Mayer uses his with his Qtron to replicate some of Jerry’s tones.

[@niklasschmid9123]

Rabea and Matt: Are we a joke to you?

[@TheCrazymicki]

and Rabea is very good to explain how to use effects to get the sound!

[@josephhutchins8]

@@TheCrazymicki To be fair Rabea probably would have just gotten a Boss Katana

[@derykwilson139]

@@josephhutchins8 Because the Katana is really the only thing you need to be fair.

[@Avim111]

Niklas Schmid Maybe the thinking that we Are stupid.

[@Avim111]

They are not stupid at all they sell very high level but this time they messed up a big dear friend I had a very high expectation but very disappointing and really a pity

[@andertons]

We are loving all your feedback from this video! Do you think The Captain & Pete got close to John Mayer's tone? What pedals would you have chosen? Also, link to Pete's cover of "Rosie" Can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4HdeZqMfZ6enLc

[@joellomusic]

*have

[@MrTonicAmps]

Envelope followers (filters) like the Qtron are very input level dependent. Jerry Garcia was a huge user of envelope filter and had an onboard fx loop built into his Doug Irwin guitars (Wolf, Tiger, and Rosebud) to avoid the inconsistency of trying to balance output level and getting the effect to sound right. If you work your guitar volume a lot, the envelope filter sound will change as you roll it back, until at a given point just fails to work. The onboard fx loop allows for the effect to have a consistent input level and performance while having a master volume on the guitar post fx loop to control the level that hits the next pedal or to the amp. Anyway, you can achieve the same thing with 2 volume pedals.

[@stevethompson5013]

I must confess that I am not a John Mayer fan but this video is great in showing the thought process and method behind building a board and sounds from combinations of pedals. Many thanks

[@91Metalhead]

You know you're addicted to Andertons, when you play black metal and watch a video on a knockoff John Mayer pedal board.

[@YeOldEPatT]

A-fuckin-men

[@nostalgiajunkie]

Hamse Anders I’ve never heard straight black metal that had any good tone, what’s some good stuff to check out?

[@BeefNEggs057]

Seriously. There’s likely a support group for that but maybe only for dark gray metal. Black metal maybe too niche. 😏

[@91Metalhead]

@@nostalgiajunkie Good tone is subjective to the genre.

[@ripplebear]

Knock off John Mayer pedalboard inspired by Jerry Garcia too LoL

[@crazydman7987]

The octave is used for Belief! He uses the polyphonic mode on the OC3 to emphasize the bass notes on the main lick

[@mcamp9445]

The octave pedal is used on Althea, cats under the stars, feel like a stranger, looks like rain and other dead songs. Qtron on estimated prophet, shakedown, Fire on the mountain, etc. Wah pedal is used for pre 1972 dead songs, after 1969 mainly used by “setting it in a single position for the song... not being varied. The phaser on Candyman, waiting for a miracle, some shakedown streets. Delay mainly used on JGB songs. Overdrive, Boss, too many to list. As with everything dead it’s all up for grabs as every song was played differently every time. Big part of Jerry Garcia’s tone was a fender blackface/silver face preamp into a solid state McIntosh MC2300 solid state audiophile amplifier through JBL K120 until replaced by 3 or usually four vertically stacked JBL e120s. This covers 1970 to 1993. Also most everything he plays and thus Mayer plays with dead and co is on the middle pickup with a split humbucker used from 1977 on.

[@mcamp9445]

Jerry rig reverb.com/item/11837750-jerry-garcia-1977-1978-pedalboard-collection-mutron-mxr-alembic-and-more

[@mcamp9445]

1993 on rig images.equipboard.com/uploads/source/image/54425/big_Jerry-new-gear.jpg?v=1501787125

[@mcamp9445]

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[@mcamp9445]

The best Jerry Garcia player is John kadlecik... this is three different levels of pedal boards/effects used by john. www.johnkmusic.net/gear.html

[@seanmurphy.]

Bought the Spark Mini a couple of years ago, I have it always on and use an MXR EQ pedal with it, so good for achieving good clean (fatter) tones.

[@JimJamDaMan]

Used blues junior would be the best budget choice IMO

[@blueshadow3812]

Captain meets john frusciante 2020 !!

[@fraenkiboii]

I'd love to see him more than the mayer gayer

[@Josh-iw2kw]

@@fraenkiboii they're both absolute legends

[@SirBender]

Josh Hamilton the One (jf) more than the other in My musicaly opinion!

[@gunkanjima3408]

Frusciante barely leaves his house

[@BustinBoarders]

That would be sooo sick!!

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Little Known Fact: Rosie is played with a Miku.

[@gabopalacios2028]

Are you serious? It's impossible to detect sarcasm through this! XD

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

@@gabopalacios2028 My mother in law told me I have "mastered the art of sarcasm". Lol!

[@glenproctor1999]

Love this kind of tone forensics. Really informative.

[@curtwojcik2678]

The Wah pedal is for sensitivity of the Qtron. It helps to trigger effect if you turn on wah and back off alittle to keep the sound on high end and then leave Wah alone once dialed in.

[@fabiocaeiro_99]

3:54 - 4:10 Pete was on fire with the "Wah" 🔥🔥🔥

[@Michiel1972]

That moment when Pete is about to take a sip of his coffee and Lee says it wil be difficult to get it under a 1000 pounds on a budget. 4:30 Hilarious the geniune reaction.

[@jaysonmakesmusic]

I believe John rolled down the tone knob on his strat and either used the neck or the neck and middle pickups. I also think playing with fingers rather than a pick would get you a little closer to the tones you’re looking for on “I Don’t Trust Myself” and “Rosie”

[@NicholasJens]

Yeah, John tends to roll off the tone, (somewhere between 6 and 8) and play in the 2 and 4 positions on the 5 way switch.

[@ifixthingsjr]

The Wah pedal is definitely used on Fire On The Mountain. Those transitions on the B to A inversions definitely uses the Wah.

[@jigsorbmr7910]

The key to a great envelope filter /auto wah sound is the blending of the full frequency unfiltered sound with the filtered sound. Your not going to do that by sending and receiving the entire sound through the filter. Bootsy Collins splits the unfiltered Mutron sound pre Mutron to one amp and the filter goes to another amp. With the Qtron plus there is an in and out plus a fx send and return which enables one amp to mix the 2 sounds. The Digitech Synth Wah pedal has a dry output as well as a wet output.

[@jameslewis2635]

With the Danish Pete tele, the durple pedal and the dane you are a signature amp from the Danish box set.

[@briangtat2]

Hey @andertons Mayer uses the Q-Tron for dead and co. They have a few songs where Jerry would use that sound. Jerry had an old pedal called a Mu-tron. Look up a Grateful Dead song called “shakedown street”.

[@ledhendrix5054]

All those lovely guitar wood tones running through all those pedals !

[@alexswmr]

The mini tube screamer and the bad horse together was easily a Trio tone. It was super thick and creamy, but also sharp around the edges where it needed to be. The durple was definitely not the answer.

[@bombombom3204]

what about a ts + blues crab? (bluesbreaker clone)

[@NicholasJens]

Yeah all they had to do was roll off the tone knob on the strat.

[@andrewdimayuga9685]

I think he was using the auto-wah preset from the Roger Linn Adrenalinn 3 for the recording of trust myself...it was what he used for Bigger Than My Body and Heartbreak Warfare. I have one, and it gets the tone spot on. I think he switched to having the q-tron in his pedal board sometime after the continuum tour.

[@Visionism]

Pete's face after they dropped the Tube Screamer. "Oh! THAT'S where all my lows went!"

[@ransombaggins9301]

Budget...which is why I have to rely on BIAS FX (which I picked up on a big sale). 😄 Great stuff, as always, guys.

[@lynnhathaway1247]

Finally nailed it when they hooked up the delay. Up till that point I wasn't sure they were pulling it off.

[@jaredk8098]

From what I've seen of John using a wah, this past summer tour he had used one pretty regularly during the outro solo for Belief. Other than that, songs that has he has done with the Trio like Good Love is on the way or Wait has the wah used during the solo

[@TheKogunEnjou]

And a blistering rendition of All Along the Watchtower which is on youtube

[@Gummmibaer]

I think the weak spot is the really dull amp. The pedals would sound great in front of a deluxe reverb, hot rod deluxe or any fender-style tube amp.

[@KeeperOfPoops]

A valve driven fender would work better, or a milkman like he used

[@fawkesandhound]

William Allison -I could put a turd in front of a milkman and it would sound great

[@danielschafhautle1691]

@@fawkesandhound YEAH maybe the milkman floor amp

[@sgtmac62]

Spot on. But the focus is to sell the pedals. The XL ran away screaming...

[@misterknightowlandco]

They could have saved 300 bucks and get a squire strat and spend it on a valve amp. Almost any fender styled valve amp could do it.

[@Nikoo033]

Such a subtle advert for the mug with your picture with John Mayer Pete! 😂 0:36

[@LukePerri]

Danish Pete really is the comedic relief here

[@kahiausouza4607]

Did no one see his shirt saying "#gayformayer"

[@grampabob6115]

Yes, I see Andertons are now making political statements, what’s next vote Liberal Democrat’s, convert too !!. I thought this show was about guitar gear. What a shame. I’m done.

[@JS-rp7qb]

Grandpa Bob ok boomer

[@obiwankenobi4529]

Whats that gayformayer stuff? Just John Mayer diehard fanboys or something else about John Mayer im not aware of?

[@galacticpills]

@@grampabob6115 kids, that's a boomer.

[@Cool3reeze]

Grandpa Bob uh oh big boomer

[@jeffreyesguitar5129]

"If you can sound better than Pete..." Pete: "Hahaha"

[@SimmoSavvo91]

For the 'I Don't Trust Myself' tone, try rolling off the tone on the neck pickup. Make the Q Tron more subtle and that should be closer.

[@joshbabbitt9243]

A lot of catching that qtron filter right is using your fingertips to pick instead of a pick. It can fool the filter with the softer dynamics.

[@caleshtcincredibles]

Well done lads , you nailed it ! Those tiny pedals make great stocking stuffers too!

[@Zeppelin180]

They’re going to release the Mayer interview on Christmas Day, aren’t they? Aren’t they??

[@danielhoskins4690]

Richard Littlewood it feels like this is the direction we’re headed in, doesn’t it?

[@KevisaVivose]

YES PLEASE!!!!! YES PLEASE!

[@cruzcontrol1303]

#gayformayer #manstalk

[@jeffreyesguitar5129]

@@cruzcontrol1303 #Gayer?

[@Astral_Wave]

No

[@musicloverfan1000]

Definitely love the concept of “Sound Like... pedal board” and I believe he really just uses the wah for his Hendrix covers

[@milesroozen2918]

There are so many little things in this video that have me laughing so hard. You guys are absolutely great.

[@erictoniaschwab1009]

John Mayer ‘s board is actually less snooty than a lot of the pedal boards on the Gear Page as well as a lot of church pedal boards I see on any given weekend.

[@raf_the_riffer]

Ok, Let’s just pretend that Lee and Pete didn’t just hijack the “sounds like” name.

[@YoungAngus1999]

SkinnyMan it’s ‘Sound Like’

[@werdna_sir]

Katana.

[@ryanmachell7581]

It's Lee's shop, you'd assume he has some input into the creation of the original series

[@lilivi4301]

Honestly they did it better. Bea and Matt's approach is "Get what we think sounds like them, then go to the sound room and test it." I think they should take a bunch of options then mess with them to try to dial it in better like they've done here. Often times they miss the mark and I think it's because they're guessing, and come in with the wrong pedals for the job.

[@pingronquillo4859]

Octave = Belief solo, among other songs.

[@benmccaughtry5273]

Interesting I’ve always wondered that

[@BCBBCL]

Came here to comment that too, that's a great tone on that solo

[@pingronquillo4859]

@sfairraid 13 if it is the Micro Synth, the octave slider is cranked up on the pedal for that killer tone. This video might help us determine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foC6Z6yoetKBh9E

[@derred723]

wouldn't he use it on covers of Hendrix's Machine Gun?

[@Kipas_Maspoin]

Alright that T-Shirt is something isn't it? 😂 I think it's a cool perfect budget blues rock/pop set up for a new artist that has just started touring 😁👍👍👍

[@quinnhumphrey3472]

Thank you for enlightening me that he uses the octave in the q-from loop! I’m trying that

[@imacmadman22]

Love the Hendrix-y sounding riffs at 11:35-ish, very cool!

[@willmidgley6681]

It is a hendrix riff! Wait until tomorrow, which mayer covered, and sped up to that speed.

[@EricFoster]

I love this. Watching the conversation about what does and doesn't work is incredibly informative. Please do more of these.

[@thehound2161]

Absolutely series on pedal boards on a budget and pedal boards with no limit.

[@thehound2161]

Void the cost of the power supply and the board in the total price.

[@bryanherward4679]

the phaser and octave pedal were part of Jerry's rig...and it looks like Octave went after the Mutron

[@mcamp9445]

This is correct, notable on feels like a stranger, dead song

[@bryanherward4679]

@@mcamp9445 I know Mayer uses the Q-tron for his stuff, but I've never heard him use the Phase 90/100 on his own stuff...just recently started noticing when Jerry uses the Mutron and Octave divider together...it's a cool sound...both are on my board (Microtron III and Boss OC-3)...I'll have to start trying that combo...

[@mcamp9445]

Bryan Herward Can’t speak to Mayer’s solo effects work, but I do know he learned a lot from Jerry and the deads music.

[@bryanherward4679]

@@mcamp9445 Yeah, Jerry's rig is pretty simple...4 pedals...clean amp...it's mostly his phrasing and scale choices...and he had a deep knowledge of chord voicing and melody

[@TerenceKirton]

Good Morning and Good Day. Great video, We all appreciate your guitar skills and knowledge,

[@spiderjesse4632]

Turn on youtube captions and go to 1:20, read how they translate “Tube Screamer”

[@Ds92817]

Hahaha

[@jacobbenton9500]

Lololololol

[@rcnewman51.]

Hmmm these seems strange putting a John Mayer pedal board together... especially with Lee’s recent post... I smell a captain meets video coming, but I could be wrong

[@badinstinct]

Let's pray to god you're right

[@bulkhogan-s2o]

I hope so, and I hope its not just an interview. I want full on John Mayer Squier v Fender blind fold, nitro v poly blindfold, cross dressing and stuff

[@TheKaptainKernow]

I think that their #gayformayer t-shirts are hinting or hoping in that direction

[@SohamBhattacharya3105]

Did you guys see the coffee mug at 00:39

[@felipedonoso8599]

oh man, it wold be a BIG christmas surprise

[@jeffreyesguitar5129]

I love that the Durple sounds better. It actually does, but it also conveniently adds to the marketability.

[@rjroth4869]

John used the Wah quite often on his Trio songs.

[@bherward]

The octave into the Q tron is for Grateful Dead tunes...Jerry used one

[@redbandmedia79]

TC getting some love again from Andertons.

[@sl.is.google]

Nice tones at the end there :) Good job boys...

[@ConjuredUndead]

Great. Love this! More pedal builds in the future please?!

[@stlawrenceships5892]

Their mugs and shirts! Haha we need a proper the Captain and Danish Pete meet JM video

[@petelavery1866]

Haha, budget John Mayer isn't easy! Loving Danish Pete spitting out his tea at the "no way under £1000" comment :)

[@Mike-sq5ud]

I really felt like some sort of dumble based drive was missing to nail that Belief solo. Also a fuzz for the Hendrix covers? My JM inspired setup is: Strat - Polytune mini - EHX Octavix - Mooer Ninety Orange - TS mini - JRAD The Dude - Ibanez Mini Delay -Amp (V40)

[@markdavidofficial4274]

So basically the Q Tron is a usable MIKU?

[@yaguitar]

Was thinking that!

[@dannyalleyway6835]

@@yaguitar implying the miku isn't usable smh

[@mcamp9445]

Q tron is a replacement for the mutron 111 auto wah

[@lelobster8935]

Please make this into a series! I this would be great, as is this video

[@sanulasendiw3609]

That coffee mug is the real star here

[@pitis2flie]

Wah pedal is maybe for the Rosie solo, Moving on and Getting Over, and I think Another Kind of Green. And octave is on the solo of his version of Crossroads and the Belief solo.

[@SamJMartinMusic]

TIPS FOR THE QTRON PLUS TONE! whack the Q basically all the way down (maybe like 8 o clock) stick it in the low bass setting and turn the drive to about 1 o clock and BAM! instant “i don’t trust myself” tone baby!

[@ninjaboy201090]

I think an EQ pedal with turned down mids may help to get his sound?

[@BoxroomTraxs]

This is really good! More please 💪🏾

[@JoseCanihuante]

It would be cool if you ever get John Mayer to be in one of these videos, helping to build his own pedalboard on a budget

[@JGAbstract]

Damnit I wish I could play like Pete. Jesus. He's so good.

[@scottrattray5454]

This has got to be a new series!

[@FlyGuy457]

The wah is used in between songs as a filler, in between many songs to slow down the pace like Belief. He also clicks it to the floor to use it as a volume control.

[@bretthackett4124]

Building . . . Pedal boards on a budget would be an awesome series! No compression pedals?

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

22:40 I've got the feeling the Sub'n Up gives the MicroQTron a better responsiveness. But the lows scream for EQ'ing them out.

[@AJloeshx]

Fun video and solid choice in pedals! The tone sounds great the only thing stopping it from getting that Mayer sound is the amp imo. I just dont think you can do it without the dynamics you get from a tube amp. I have the boss katana 50 and whilst it's a versatile amp you cant get that Mayer clean tone, it's just impossible. And even the fender cleans from the Champion cant really do it. I understand this is a budget video but just saying in case it helps anyone

[@Rustocaps]

You do realize that you’re doing a sound like JM doing a sound like of Jerry Garcia, right? That said, I love this.

[@R9boss]

Sound like Danish Pete, ten years lessons on a budget?

[@messinr10]

Make this a series please! Would love to see you build Claptons board.

[@willco5431]

I wonder if John Mayer watches these videos and what he thinks of them?

[@abhikkashyap]

John Mayer uses the wah pedal for the Good Love is on the way solo.

[@geralr]

You guys didn’t link Pete’s cover of Rosie

[@geralr]

Patiently waiting 🤩.. Thanks for the reply. And great vid as always.

[@tylermann650]

@@andertons

[@claybennett5875]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4HdeZqMfZ6enLc

[@claybennett5875]

It’s at the end of this video, just sayin’

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Rosie is my favorite song on the Search for Everything. Also Movin' On and Gettin' Over. I'd still say Rosie though because it sounds like something that should have been on an early Chicago record or something.

[@gieltjegymbroek7026]

He uses an octaver on In repair

[@stevedimebag]

Gieltje gymbroek yep. Good man for pointing that out. Cmon Pete n Lee 😒

[@eloC311]

He sure did! He also has it there to add that high octave (with or without the qtron) to dead stuff like fire on the mountain

[@pjbarford]

Yes, and I think he also used it in the solo for Belief in WTLI, or maybe some octafuzz

[@Josh-iw2kw]

Pretty sure he uses a POG too

[@elmalo551]

John Mayer bores me to tears.

[@gator3g]

He uses a Wah during the solo for Good Love Is On The Way.

[@JakeFields92]

damn this is like pretty damn close to the mayer sounds! thank you!!!! im buying these pedals lol

[@theformerknights8538]

Pete mentioned “Fuchs” amps - I work for them and if Andertons doesn’t stock a couple of them, they should. For real. Very much the way you do custom orders from the fender custom shop you should order a couple of ours. Really.

[@jasonmaltz7040]

JM uses a Wah for the solo on Good Love is On The Way.

[@danwintle8585]

Yeah but he hasn't played that live in quite some time is what they're saying

[@wingedscourge]

I'd like to see a famous artists' pedal board mimicked with an affordable multi effects pedal. How many John Mayer tones can you squeeze out of a Zoom G3Xn would be a worthy challenge

[@samringwald]

That Pete kid is going places, guitar-wise. Keep practicing son!

[@andertons]

He is pretty good, isn't he? ;)

[@mikedeuce13]

“If it’s green I’ll make it sound good.” Challenge excepted.....I’m going to send him a green kill box. 🤫