Building Robben Ford’s Latest Pedalboard [For Autumn & Winter 2024 Gigs]

[@davedavem]

Robben Ford just went into Andertons and bought a Strat. I'm just like Robben Ford!!! Mine is a Squier Bullet :)

[@MadProfessorPedals]

Sounds great! So glad to see our products in the hands of a true legend.

[@williamrpetrie]

Robben or Dan (or both)?

[@MadProfessorPedals]

@@williamrpetrie Absolutely both!

[@Chilinoploppy]

​@MadProfessorPedals can you make me a dual blue delay? My friend had one amd it was just what I need! Thanks

[@gbarge4]

Wait until Robben tries a Mad Professor Supreme with his new Strat. Such a brilliant pedal for Strats.

[@timchalmers1700]

I'm not a legend, but I love the Sweet Honey Overdrive!!

[@gclarke180]

Going to see Robben next May in Holmfirth can't wait

[@nonemlinus]

Wow, that was a lot of work! Glad Robben dug it!

[@sargentppeper]

Great looking Pedalboard! I have the Xotic XW-2, Hermida Zendrive and Mad Professor Silver Spring reverb pedal!🙏🏼😊

[@TheFeelButton]

I love it when a board comes together! Cheers Dan and Robben!!

[@pauleddy5146]

Robben is such a gracious person. Back in the Blue Line days, saw him consecutive nights/days at outdoor festivals. The whole band, sound guys, roadies were all approachable. Got the best seat at the board the second day as they remembered me. I've never been remembered by a short visit with a band before. A highlight of my musical journey. Beautiful work Dan. Gotta be special to rub shoulders with as much talent as you do.

[@williamwagnon2809]

Thank you so much for saying how long that took! I always feel like I should be able to do the changes quicker, but you have made me feel much better about the time that I spend making sure that it's a proper build!!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Glad it was helpful! 🤓🙏

[@briandoherty3364]

My favourite kind of TPS show :)

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Me too. I love Pedalboard build videos.

[@justinmayfield6579]

Oh man, that’s really fun seeing a guitar legend’s pedal board build and then watch him take it for a spin.

[@kiritsi100]

Great build Dan! Robben is one of the best, not only as a player but as a human. I had the honor of opening for him with an artist named Maia Sharp around early 2000s. I'm a Strat player and he complimented me on my use of the vibrato bar. What a feather in my cap! Congrats!

[@Stormchaser335]

Nonchalantly drops into spieil - 'picking Robben up in the morning'. You legend Dan 😉

[@MegaTubescreamer]

BRILLIANT job dan, i shall be hearing that kit here in gods golden acre on my birthday at the picturdrome ,its a hat trick of yorkshire robben ford gigs for me ..can`t wait.? of course i can 😇😎

[@zoomzoom3950]

GigRig Dan the pedalboard-man to the stars! Nice work; appreciate you sharing the knowledge and your process. Cheers!

[@kevinthomas3341]

Bloody hell!! I never knew that a pedal board build was soooo complicated!

[@nathanleonardmusic]

Love your work, Dan - what a dream gig to tone chaperone for Robben. And awesome to hear him on the Strats!

[@riklionheart23]

An amazing job well done! Great to see the problem solving being applied and a master of his trade in action (both Dan and of course Robin). Having rebuilt my board many times over, the gag about the patch leads had me giggling. And though this was filmed a while back, I heard from TPS central that Dan is better and back on the horse - good news!

[@grahamnunn8998]

Just come to this after watching Gardener's World. Dan really is the Monty Don of the pedal world! What a lovely guy Robben is too.

[@ashbody3499]

Awesome video. Would never have put Robben & Ring Mod together, but what fun sounds 👌

[@myeyesarewaiting]

my favourite tip for mounting a wah on a pedal board - put the no longer used rubber feet inside the wah pedal where the battery would go. That way you never loose them, and you'll know where they are should you ever want to take it off the board and refit them.

[@southpaw335]

Who doesnt love a good board build to start the weekend off… lucky you knew a guy that could give it a little test run at the end 😂

[@Francis23777]

Wonderful, what a joy to listen to Robben Ford

[@VonBluesman]

Sounds fantastic. That Zen Drive adds the perfect touch, the 66 Custom Shop strat sounds amazing. Glad you are feeling better Dan. 👍🎸😎🙏🏼✌️

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

'66

[@VonBluesman]

@@PeterbrendanalbertThank you for the correction. ✌️

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

@VonBluesman Mon plaisir.. Glad I stopped you running into Andertons and dropping 4 grand on the wrong guitar. 🤣

[@DavidHendersonMusicChannel]

Robben plays one note and you can immediately hear the difference. He has such an amazing and soulful touch!!

[@ToddTheJoker]

This was a treat today! I love Robben and His board looked and sounded amazing Dan! Great job! You have a great job Dan!

[@gmoney9794]

That Throbak ODB sounds killer. I think the best of drive pedals onboard.

[@jamesfrisbey6273]

Great video! Life long Robben Ford fan! Super work on the board!

[@scottcurry4116]

Great job Dan! These videos always teach me what I can do better on my boards.

[@WTC_2U]

What a chore! I just rebuilt my comparatively simple board, including a switcher for the first time ever, and it took the better part of two+ days to get it all working. I am feeling your pain Dan! I am REALLY liking your volume pedal solution, may have to incorporate the same idea. Great work! Am a big Robben Ford fan too.

[@robzagar4275]

Such a good show man! That was so interesting Dan. Good production, presentation and interesting information

[@ikbogle]

Nice one chaps, well done Dan! I spent a month putting my board together 😄 Albeit after the kids were down and I’d have time to solder a couple of cables and would come back a day or two later and do another. Have a great weekend, hope you’re feeling better Dan!!

[@martintracey4949]

It’s a joy to watch the maestro at work and the problem solving solutions. Tip of the hat sir. Great to see Mr. Ford, working his magic…some heavily tones emanating from Robben’s fingers, strat and set up. Magical.

[@jeremiahMc11]

Love the change of pace! Great simple video with some good tone and knowledge nuggets. Get well soon Dan!

[@danottley2627]

Thanks leg-ends highly enjoyable watch. Always get new tips whenever you do a board build. Sounds killer too!

[@mike70s]

Amazing . What a joy getting a glimpse into the process and seeing Robben in his home, very cool

[@stevemaass3074]

It’s amazing how great talent playing a great guitar through a great pedal board into a great amp can sound… great! 😊

[@Grant_Ferstat]

I've been close to pulling the trigger on one of those Throbak pedals many times.

[@WhitAnderson70]

Coffee in hand, this is great and much needed positive start to the day!

[@hoboroadie4623]

☕ didn't work, I'm going back to bed...

[@telecasterman18]

Robben Ford is such a cool dude. Also, great pedal board build. Everything sounded really good!

[@EWhite-95]

Simply lovely! makes me want to get a Delux reverb even more now from his playing at the end

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

Fits a London Edwardian fireplace nicely too. Dubble Bubble.

[@tomlundholm]

Great episode 👌

[@AlOKaneMusic]

Amazing board, nice one Dan! 🎶

[@jonassink]

I love seeing the pedalboard of a rock legend and seeing he has the same $99 import midi controller I use. I laugh, but also the Ampero Control is a great unit.

[@bodenschatz10]

Just bought a house so (just for today) I'm more distracted by Robben's wainscoting and butcher block counter tops. My wife said, "you should message him and ask about his experience with butcher block." I said, "Dear... That's Robben Ford."

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

Danish Oil? Mmmmmm.

[@cornerstonegear]

Amazing work Dan! And that strat is 😍

[@ebeep]

To Robben: highly recommend the trem arm spring that goes in between the block and the arm. It allows the arm to stay where you put it while still being completely movable. Prevents having to search for the arm mid-play. Game changer for me anyway. It's a Hank Marvin essential too. He knows a thing or two about use of the Strat trem ;)

[@philwildcroft1764]

Nice to see at least one of those expensive Custom Shop Strats that Andertons keep getting in is getting played on stage.

[@Wilderness_Alex]

Cheers Dan, I recently bought an overdrive pedal off Reverb called the ‘Banzai Fireball 2’ - it is signed by Robben and appears to have come from his personal collection from a previous Reverb sale from Techno Empire in California - i’d love to know if he remembers the pedal!

[@SjaakShirly6559]

Pedalboard Tetris…you’re good at it Dan! Well done!

[@andsoistopped]

Love his house slippers. Rock and Roll.

[@_lucasmaciel]

man, the double faced tape was a golden advice haha

[@LarryLeiting]

Robben with his Dumble and he chose mad professor reverb for his verb 💯 awesome pedal

[@TomPowell-jk1xy]

That strat is amazing

[@mikemorgan4774]

The best part of this video is that Dan appears healthy again. Mick is getting lonelier is recent videos methinks.

[@GetEspo]

I thread a small cable tie through the rubber wah feet and store them inside the enclosure.

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

Tasty.

[@rigorhead01]

Love these videos!

[@itofranco]

Privileged to be able to spy on the backstage of such a guitarist. Thanks Dan!

[@GazP23]

Absolute class, loved that video 😎😎😎

[@JamesRichmondMusic]

With cables getting reversed, I used to do that loads then I switched to the Evidence Audio solderless plugs. I use the silver ones for pedal input and black ones for pedal output. This way I don't have to mess with labels (which eventually fall off) but I always know which is the input and which is output.

[@BrettValentine]

Wow! Great video. Now I need a More or Less!! . . .or 2. . .

[@thebrokenstringstudio2930]

great stuff Danno

[@hisproperty1438]

G'day Dan, It's good to see you back online. I hope you're feeling well. I also hope we don't get to hear Mick's atrocious impersonation of Dame Edna Everage... LOL All the best Andrew

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hello dahhhhlings!

[@hisproperty1438]

You must mean; "Hello possums." LOL

[@bradylambert6820]

Came for the tones, but I love that color choice on the walls at Robben's place!

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

Pantone

[@madraxz8284]

I also like the boost after the gain pedals, I use it for more volume on the solos. I am considering changing the boost for an EQ, any thoughts on that change would be greatly apreciated. On my board I have the gain before the Delay, but I am sure that Ford has his reasons for putting it after.

[@wolfganghuber3616]

Wow, Dan, so much respect to your hard work and endurance. The most of us would have need days for thinking and doing this what you made in a half day! You really made all cables new? And the timeline and the reverb is always in the signalpath?

[@DarkAtFour]

Outstanding “back to basics “ episode of that PEDAL show… actually love all content natch but this reminds me of why we are all so obsessed. Just how many board builds have we all “done” and by done I mean butchered before we caught a glimpse behind the curtain? Thanks D and M

[@mikeschneider2251]

If I understand correctly, with the QMX-6, each switch effectively engages a loop. A loop consists of 1 or Many pedals. Am I right? I like your signal path diagram, but do you also do a physical diagram to show which pedals are activated by which QMX switches?

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hi Mike, the footswitches are labelled so you can tell what is being switched in when a loop is activated 🤓🙏

[@jp7963]

Loving Dan's solution to Robben being able to add in his external volume pedal whenever needed but it just operates as a "standard" board the rest of the time. I think I need to look into copying that little beauty of a trick!

[@stratsouldier]

I usually flip the door/cover on the wah. That way you can get a good amount of dual lock or Velcro and you also don’t mess up the label or serial number

[@Evy-1988]

can cause grounding issues though

[@stratsouldier]

How??

[@stratsouldier]

@@Evy-1988 how???

[@jhonfelo]

Hey guys, awesome video, loads of knowledge and beautiful tones as always, but I gotta say that 20mins of TPS show a week is not enough of a dose for my addiction 😅, cheers!

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

Start anew at the back catalogue. Interesting over the years that have passed how information is more relevant, or less, as my own years have passed. All the QnAs too. So much information to chew on.

[@darrencunningham4782]

My word that guitar, board and amp sound glorious. Player ain’t bad either 😂😂

[@kylebarton6498]

If you ever think of it when having him on your show, would be interesting to ask him how he used the red knob twins when on tour. There’s miles of forum speculations and I own one probably partly as a result lol it is certainly an.. ambitious amp ;)

[@chrisvsmusicny]

I knew I would learn something watching this video. What I didn't know is that I'd learn that Dan gets as fatigued and annoyed at rebuilding pedal boards as I do. 😅

[@periloustemple8290]

Where is the other hour of this show! LOL. Kidding. This was amazing as ever.

[@charlesray-p1i]

Highly recommend a wah mounting plate. Saves the bottom of your wah pedal too.

[@chrisegg7936]

glad to see Zach got the current version of the argo onto Robben's board 😁

[@ThatPedalShow]

That’s my Flippin Argo and I want it back! Mick here!

[@rolcab]

Hi Dan, really liked this video on your work on Robben's latest touring-board ... great, no compromise work and Robben was righteously happy with the result ! Here comes a question about pedals & jacks: On one of your former videos (about 5 years ago) you were promoting solderless cables & jacks. I also use (George L) solderless cables & jacks for many years now on my big (touring) board ... mainly, because I liked the idea to being able to repair anything quickly when on the road (or if problems arise shortly before a gig). But I did have some issues over the years and now that I see you using soldered connections on this high profile board, I'm just curious to know, why you seem to have changed and in particular: Which cable and jacks are you using here ? A short answer would be highly appreciated. Keep up the great work and a HAPPY NEW 2025 for you guys 🙏🏼☺ Best regards, Roland 🎸

[@paullanham1014]

More content like this please!

[@paulmatulevich3623]

Yummy yummy TPS for my goblin brain. Excellent show!

[@douglasmackay8389]

Hey mate, did you not have to use different screws on the wah pedal? On crybabies you can’t take the feed off and use the same screws to reattach the cover plate because they’re too long and the cover plate fit tight to the pedal.

[@rkharper]

Yeah man, I hate that!! Floppy bottomplate!!!

[@HouseOfCouplePuffs]

You’re so cool, Dan.

[@dhod900]

Hey Dan, have you ever tried an “auto trim removal tool” for pulling pedals off pedal board tape? Works a charm and less likely to nick paint vs a butter knife. $10 on Amazon! Edit: just watched on to see the tape, but I reckon would work well for that too

[@jamwayofaiken-augustarockb7643]

Dan, the man, please ask Robin to play through your dnm Drive! Right now, it is my most favorite pedal!

[@martonjancsak]

Hell yeah!

[@VintageRadius]

I wonder if you asked Robben about that Fender ’68 Custom Deluxe Reverb? I can’t buy a Dumble but would be interested in what he likes about an amp I can afford 😊

[@andysolomon279]

Volume AFTER the delay? Interesting!!

[@leighsayers2628]

A strat ..yes !!!!

[@vadlasletta]

18:46 i thought he bursted into “the entertainer”!

[@carwynvan]

Dan! Do any of your switchers allow tails when you switch a reverb/delay off?

[@ThatPedalShow]

thanks, Yes, the G3's do, or you can use a WetterBox 🤓👍

[@jaltsch1]

US tour? Excellent!

[@didifischervideo]

Go Robben Go!

[@myblindspot]

What bonding solution do you use please? And also what are those cable tidy things under the board? Thanks!

[@gregmize01]

3m dual lock and do a search for "cable tie mounts or zip tie mounts" on google

[@fram5199]

Power booster / overdriver pedals like the throbak are so underrated! Ps. What cable do you use for pedalboards? I have to rewire mine 😅

[@ThatPedalShow]

Chers mate. Evidence Audio Monorail 👍

[@Burnt_Gerbil]

I use Power Grip, which is like a heavy duty dual lock. Why not use something like that instead of the Nano tape? As I missing something?

[@jamieosborn]

Nice!

[@bleeknoir]

Lovely work! Graham left a Mason behind too?

[@ThatPedalShow]

Sure did, soooo much fun!!!

[@gbarge4]

Well done, Dan. It's amazing how these build videos can be so inspiring. Is that a standard QMX 6? My eyes must be playing tricks. Maybe because mine's a 10, but the profile and edges look a little different.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Cheers G, yep, stock QMX6 🙏

[@gbarge4]

@@ThatPedalShow My eyes must have played tricks. I LOVE my QMX!!!

[@Evy-1988]

may I ask, why the more or less and the boomster? both clean boosts that take expression pedals

[@fusionfan6883]

Hopefully a helpful suggestion Dan. It really stressed me out seeing you using metal scissor blades to lever off the pedals because they are almost guaranteed to chip paint off the pedal and damage the board itself. A much better solution is to use hard nylon car trim panel removal tools, a varied set of which can be purchased for a few quid from Amazon etc. Because the kits include different sizes and shapes of levers, you are guaranteed to find the right one, even for tight spaces between pedals🤘🏻 Btw I hate any form of Velcro or tape fixing methods, and am really getting good results from a bracket fixing system🎸

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

Don't brackets take up space? We all know how vital those mm between pedals are.

[@fusionfan6883]

@ They do but no more than pancake connectors if your jacks are on the side of your pedals.

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

@fusionfan6883 Ah! Ok, I've found them. Interesting. Pedalboard would get riddled with screwholes when rearranging but I guess that's no biggie..

[@darrinheike1495]

The Wah Pedal. The screws are proud of the base, means they sit flush/smooth.