Coronation Pickin’ Challenge [Or 6 Ways To Achieve Ruling Tone, Dan Vs Mick]

Some right royal rigs to help your Accession To The Tone!
Blimey. Here we are during the celebration weekend for the coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom. So what better excuse for a royal-themed challenge show?! We must both choose up to five things and one guitar that are either royal- or heraldic-themed… in order to demonstrate some key concepts of guitar tone. What could possibly go right?
Who shall be crowned King Of Tone, and who will be sent to the Tower?
Enjoy the show…
Pedals & stuff in today’s episode
Mick’s Board
• Kingtone Duelist
www.kingtoneguitar.com/produc...
• TheGigRig Humdinger
www.thegigrig.com/humdinger
• Dawner Prince Boonar
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: bit.ly/415spak
• Diamond Vibrato - not currently made
Dan’s Board
• TC Electronic Polytune Noir
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: bit.ly/348bMOY
USA: sweetwater.sjv.io/GmKz79
• Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress - no longer made, link to newer version below
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: bit.ly/30PDOSO
• JHS Angry Charlie V2 - no longer made, links to newer version below
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: bit.ly/2hE3vP1
USA: bit.ly/3mqekD7
• J Rockett The Majestic
Australia: bit.ly/2FT4PEg
• TC Electronic Alter Ego - no longer made
• TheGigRig QMX6
www.thegigrig.com/quartermaster
Interesting bits and go-to sections
0:00 Intro & outline
2:35 Rigs assemble, Mick
6:36 Mick signal path
7:36 Rigs assemble, Dan
9:33 Heroes arrive
10:56 Amps reveal
12:40 Pedalboards reveal
15:00 Guitars reveal
16:40 Dan rig quick play
17:57 Mick rig quick play
21:39 Dan - Flanger Before Overdrive
26:02 Mick - Using Two Amps Basics
32:35 Dan - Volume & Gain Stages
39:45 Mick - Fun With Wet-Dry
46:50 Dan - Delay Levels & Gain
52:40 Mick - Multi-Head Delay As Reverb(ish)
59:20 Mick - Gain Stacking
1:04:14 Closing thoughts and results
Guitars in this video
• Gibson Custom True Historic 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Murphy Aged - no video yet
• 1965 Fender Telecaster - Dan’s video here: • Pimp Your Vintage Guit...
• Fender Custom Shop ’62 Relic Stratocaster - Mick’s video here: • Three New Strats For M...
• Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335 - Mick’s video here: • Gibson Memphis 1958 ES...
Amps in this video
• Fender ’65 Princeton Reverb with Jensen C10R speaker
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: sweetwater.sjv.io/g1OZ2O
• Tone King Imperial MkII with 112 cab / standard speaker
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: sweetwater.sjv.io/0Z9LeP
• Marshall JTM45
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: sweetwater.sjv.io/R5Gvka
• Marshall 2061cx cab with Celestion G12H Anniversary speakers
No longer made
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[@astewart9410]

Dan’s choice of Angry Charlie and Electric Mistress though, I cannot think of it any other way now.

[@ThatPedalShow]

It's just PERFECT. Mick here. Chapeau mate.

[@DavidGarcia-kw4sf]

It took me a while to get that one, but it is hilarious. 😎

[@astewart9410]

@@ThatPedalShow That entire episode was brilliant (as are they all). Thanks for everything!

[@roughcutguitars]

Yep, brilliant!

[@dozerandgabby]

Dan FTW

[@WhatsUpWhitey]

Dan has never been more Australian on a TPS episode than this one. Fantastic take.

[@corpse-in-orbit]

Interesting that Dan runs his flanger into his gain stages, whereas Angry Charlie historically slams right into the front of his Electric Mistress.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahahahahah!

[@eDWICHt]

This comment wins the day!

[@roughcutguitars]

Fantastic 😅

[@ewetoo]

Sir you have won the internet

[@aquilarossa5191]

For years, Angry Charlie just had the Electric Mistress on the side. Hidden under the pedal board. They still had the RAT on the board though, i.e., the dodgy brother Andrew. Angry Charlie's second son Harry rebelled and went for a digital model from the USA.

[@simpwood4973]

„They‘ll send you back to australia for this“ was a comedic highlight of tps and life in general. The camilla toe was the cherry on top.

[@dubshockmedia1110]

In honour of the shape-shifting reptiles, surely the new EHX Lizard Queen would be a great choice 🤣

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ah, ours is stil in transit. Doh!

[@xx-ip7ej]

They’ll have the BOX!

[@truthfactreality6814]

@@ThatPedalShow how did I get it so fast ??!!

[@BeesWaxMinder]

@@truthfactreality6814 you must be a secret lizard and not know it?!😂

[@nadyanmrtz]

Corona means "Crown" in Spanish, so there's another justification for Mick's guitar choice XD

[@ThatPedalShow]

Oh wow! I so should have known that. Doh! Thank you!

[@lucaguerzoni416]

And in italian also! ✌🏻

[@edwardjons8684]

Ironically, it means this in English too - a coronation is literally a crowning, and a coronet a small crown, after all.

[@YoDidz]

@@ThatPedalShow look at the little logo on the famous beer

[@Cornan1980]

Seeing Mick physically recoil at the Electric Mistress was worth the price of admission alone. Great episode gentlemen!

[@TheMerc1950]

The laughs as Dan revealed his board made my morning. 😂😂😂

[@gongqi67]

Intresting that the Electric Mistress is ontop of the Angry Charlie. Good insight to the Royal bedchamber.

[@stevem-h3562]

Proper LOLZ, Daniel, outstanding stuff. That irreverence is EXACTLY what was needed!

[@jeremiahMc11]

Episode idea: Let Patrons vote on a list of pedals we want you to re-visit or spend more time on. The Mythbusters show used to do this thing where people could write in and explain how they should test their experiment differently and get different results. Something like that.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Love it!

[@bonestockrotorary]

I love when you gents do challenge videos. It always amazes me, when you create these incredible soundscapes, from pedals that are seemingly random.

[@andsoistopped]

Arch top Bishop of Canterbury. Just wonderful.

[@Damianjkerr0]

Litters lol’s when Dan was selecting his pedals. Chefs kiss!

[@Astral_Wave]

I love you guys. Friendly, informative, entertaining, and absolutely killer players!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you!

[@SWizz871]

Laughing at the 'Mistress'. There goes the Knighthood Dan!

[@mobiesque3159]

I made a fuzz pedal and housed it in a charles and diana commemorative biscuit tin. I called it Diodey Al Fayed.

[@alanstrathmann4454]

I love how these challenges bring out inspirational moments in playing and creating. It's why I change my board from time to time, especially in the context of writing in a band.

[@seanpatrickwatkins640]

Dan has hit the high point of comedic genius in this one. Bravo sirs.

That’s why I love you, guys! Super fun episode, but still filled with knowledge and amazing tones!! Cheers!!!

[@timothylenaghan4892]

Dan's thoughtful expression when he listens to others play is inspirational in and of itself. It's clear he's always paying attention and always appreciative of what others are bringing to the table. A true gentleman and player!

[@stanislavmigra]

I absolutely adore Micks choices of suuuuper simple pedalboard, that do basically all i want

[@gbarge4]

This episode was in parts hilarious and in parts genuinely informative. Mick's reaction to the unveiling (can I say that) of the Electric Mistress was priceless. The age old punishment of deportation! On a serious note, Dan's lesson on pedal gain and amp volume really hit home. I'm forever believing I'm setting pedals to a unity volume with respect to each other and then (not often but sometimes) changing the volume on one of two vastly different amps. Absolutely nothing is the same. Reminded me that while hearing new and innovative pedals is always cool, an element of TPS trouble shooting concepts is invaluable. Thanks, guys.

[@Benz2112]

A lot of these principles have shaped the evolution of my rig over the last few years. The main takeaway I have is that my tone is overall bigger and broader. The how to use the pedals stuff is far more fundamental than which particular device(s) you use. Thanks guys!

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Great stuff guys! Awesome tones and plenty of silliness! ;)

[@J-P65]

I loved this episode! As a Canadian whose grandparents came to Canada in 1930 for free farmland, I am a Royal fan (of your show) and have and will proudly fly my Union Jack. Also, a big bonus as Mick has chosen The Tone King, which I recently purchased. I'm sure fans out there like it when the boys use gear that we possess?

[@jtcolecomedy]

As a yank it's always nice to hear Brits play My Country Tis of Thee haha! Love the challenge videos.

[@ronrumsey3205]

Spectacular, gentlemen! Very well done indeed!

[@SomeKindOfMadman]

Awesome upload, Mick and Dan. Really made my day. Thank you both.

[@fewerowls6411]

Peak TPS! All the ingredients that make this the show of shows after all these years. Live long and prosper🦸‍♀️

[@hovikmekhjian2464]

Showing again why the Diamond Vibrato (alone, wet/dry, or going to two amps mono) is my favorite pedal! Magic.

[@AndyCooper761]

This was the best show ever - hilarious, plus great tones. I can imagine you two dreaming up this plot over your Meat-feast supper one Friday evening! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@everynotecountsofficial]

Oh wow, I love the title of this video 😂. Can’t wait to see it all the way through!

[@seangardam1779]

Thanks for the proper laff lads. These themed shows are great, please don’t ever be afraid to throw more of these light hearted shows in the mix. Part of what makes TPS great!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Cheers Sean! Yeah, a bit of levity on the ridiculousness of it ALL is good for the soul we thing. Oursouls. Hhaahahah!

[@happihockey8601]

Love Dan's sarcastic board and how it comments on an Aussie's view of the monarchy

[@michaelgriffin5304]

American here. Watched the full video and absolutely loved it! Do more 'themed' videos like this. It was really fun. I thought the alter ego would be used to represent the way politicians/rulers are in general. Didn't think to tie it to an altar at all lol

[@GazMoz78]

Thoroughly enjoyed this one chaps. The intro section was particularly funny 😂

[@ToddTheJoker]

Happy King Day! Great advice Dan, about volume and the amount of gain to use, this was something I learned by trial & error, to turn down the gain when upping the amp volume in order to acheive a great tone and keep dynamics etc..Good Stuff!

[@sdw1979]

Okay, haven't had a chance to watch this until May 7th, just after it was put up. 15-16 minutes in and I'm laughing my a## off! Great work chaps!!

[@TheAdventChronicles]

The Archtop Bishop of Canterbury!! That's genius. I was waiting for one of you to whip out a Brian May signature or Petrucci Majesty guitar.

[@CJLee-jd2lh]

Happy to see Mick playing Strat! Feel we haven’t seen that for awhile. I certainly missed it!

[@DickFitzwellJr]

If I remember correctly, the swell function plays back "repeats" from each head. So if you engage the swell but have no playback heads selected you will only hear those four singular "repeats." When you engage one or more of the playback heads those four "repeats" will playback through those heads. IOW swell mode is kinda like turning on all four heads in repeat mode.

[@MrGuitarMan335]

Possibly the funniest episode of TPS ever! Well done, guys!

[@TheMerc1950]

😂 I feel like King Chuck takes himself more seriously than anyone else in the world. Cheers good gentlemen!

[@davidtomkins4242]

Genuinely lolled at Dan’s choices. Disappointed that neither of you had an orange/ginger pedal on the board which was then removed. You guys also needed a brian may Queen guitar....

[@stevem-h3562]

oooof!!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ooooof!

[@owensagness43]

Hilarious! And of course the 335 has the crown inlay on the headstock!

[@UberGuitarDude]

You guys are such hams and I freakin' love it. 11/10 haha!

[@fredberthold1696]

Hey mick and Dan Fred here from Brooklyn NY. Love the show and I can't tell you guys how much I have learned from the show about dialing in a great tone with pedals and amp control. Keep up the good work and talk soon...

[@christophervincent8420]

Fantastic show guys! Made me laugh with Dan's choices. Cheers from the States across the pond.

[@mcpribs]

I played in a heavy, but very dynamic band, playing VERY loudly. Our band was stupid loud. The drive level on my pedal never hit 9 o’clock. The notes would sing/take off just like Dan’s here. Brilliant the relationship between the guitar and amp at those levels. Regal, indeed (fitting today’s theme).

[@steverolfeca]

In the mid-late 70’s, I was messing with a Les Paul and my silverface Princeton at home, and decided to send the secondary output of my first-gen Deluxe Memory Man out to one side of the stereo. When you split the Memory Man and turned on the modulation, there was no “swirl” happening inside the pedal- you just got the unaffected sound on one output, and the pitch-shifted sound on the other. That meant that the chorus effect was created acoustically in the room as they blended. As the slowly modulated direct signal from one of my Klipsch corner horns mixed with the slightly-pushed Princeton, it literally made it feel like I was being physically pulled back and forth between the two sources. Mesmerizing…

[@ThatPedalShow]

Coooooool!

[@ewetoo]

I love this challenge, what an imaginative idea. We have the best community on youtube.

[@smiggy1968]

Great show as always boys. Angry Charllie paired with the Electric Mistress. Absolutely hilarious and total genius. Well done Dan!

[@matthewnew13]

Mick killed it. That Strat was singing! Great episode guys

[@johancarlson2774]

In terms of tone, agreed. Coronation puns, though... Dan nailed it!

[@jamesdonahue6466]

Another great episode lads! I'd really love to see a partscaster challenge! I know it would be an investment, but wouldn't it be fun? Mick's guitar mag experience and obsession for details vs. Dan's creative engineering brain! Truly, what could go wrong?

[@edwardbosloper2445]

Brilliant and hilarious episode! Just like when overdrive needs to be recalibrated for when the amp is made louder, the same could be said for wet dry; as the second/dry amp is introduced, the wet FX on the other side could be made to be more wet. Love it

[@ThatPedalShow]

Totally that! One reason we love wet-dry so much!

[@tmsglobal5848]

This was was a helpful episode. Thanks for gain staging information/advice.

[@mattflickinger8151]

Cracking idea boys, very entertaining!

[@anmolatwal]

From time to time, i still go back watch the 30th anniversary custom 24 demo that Mick did for Guitarist......its just wow....wish that would be released as a song.....that piece if music, the playing and the tone.....wow!!!

[@none_remaining]

The dip into “inform, eDuCaTe, and INSPIRE” BBC voice, seamlessly segued to “anyway ywanna have a drink?” so thoroughly established the perfectly casual tone as much as the abovementioned excellent gags!

[@HeikkiRHackman]

Great video once again. Fun and useful facts. For me timing to view this is perfect. I am going to have a weekend with a new band setup and I have a new louder amp and been wondering the effect behavour compared to less loud usual setup I play. Dans volume part nailed it for me on gain and delay usage. Thanks! (Btw loud is relative. I have gone from 1 to 25 W 😉)o

[@terryeaster1]

Gone get sent back to Australia!! I'm glad i was sitting down for this one. My face hurts

[@marklavanish5024]

You two are the best! Love this show soooo much!! Scent.

[@chrisjohnstone6164]

The Archtop of Bishop of Canterbury 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 followed by the Camilla-Toe 🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭 --- nearly fell off my chair ... er sorry throne

[@ickebins6948]

My tone always rules. As soon as I pick up a guitar, the room suddenly empties quite fast.

[@jordantaylor1988]

As a descendant of the Scottish diaspora, I'm actually pretty pumped for the coronation. Plus, you guys recently convinced me that I needed a Nobels odr1, so there's that.

[@rodrigoguaspari9445]

One of the best, funniest most creative shows ever! laughed so hard ! Thank you! ❤😂

[@roughcutguitars]

You had me at 'Coronation Pickin' 😀 Mmm... delish!

[@sroelit]

I just kept thinking, as good as Mick’s rig sounds in my room, what must it sound like in that room? I have to believe that the two amp setup is one of the best moments for those lucky enough to attend an experience day.

[@ScottfromBaltimore]

Thanks for the advice! I just added a basic flanger to my board. Now I've placed it before the gain pedals. We'll see how it sounds after my spouse leaves the house.

[@Sunset1997]

Fun episode. Electric Mistress had me laughing out loud. Thanks!

[@tejas.darwin]

You guys crack me up! Made my day chaps! CHEERS!!

[@andrewr2650]

What makes this channel great can be completely summed up by the child like joy on Dan's face when Mic says "why do I have a felling this is going to be tenuous"

[@ThatPedalShow]

Bahahaha! Awesome!

[@TheWheezinHeathen]

First off Dan's commitment to the hat-on-a-hat bit was commendable, but then he cancelled that out with the 'Camilla-toe' comment putting an image in my head I did not want there lol, cheers for all you do guys ^_^

[@ThatPedalShow]

🤣😂

[@JasonsGuitarJams]

Brilliant Episode guys!

[@johnmaseratis]

What an excellent episode. Loads of useful content. PS... We are amused

[@dudusanduba]

i really clicked thinking this would be a show on how to get Josh Smith's tone, but i was pleasantly surprised by what it actually turned out to be

[@Frankie_Holt]

The playing of God Save the King at the beginning triggered an odd memory. As a person that grew up pre cable tv I watched a lot of reruns of 1960s television. There was an episode of my three sons where they were greeting an exchange student from the uk by playing God Save the Queen on guitars. This surely was post Beatles on Ed Sullivan and the height of the British Invasion. Greetings and salutations from Muscle Shoals Alabama hit recording capital of the world 🗺️ 🎉

[@ralphzajac8397]

I was today years old when I learned that "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" is set to the same music as "God Save the King".

[@gd9986]

I've been on a recent journey to do my first pedal board and making my own cables to the correct length. So any time you're making your own boards, i'm paying close attention and have no idea how you can get them so neat. Quick aside: saw Crowded House in Seattle this week, really cool, but i did think when Neil Finn was changing some of his pedal settings, "thats probably the board Dan made for him". Excellent night of music. Eddie Vedder was sat directly in front of me enjoying it too.

[@gregmottram292]

Excellent another ep to watch!!

[@avenue6.554]

I’m only 17 minutes in and this is the funniest TPS show I’ve ever seen. Well done Dan!

[@mrslashjr666]

Great episode! I haven't laughed that much in ages😂

[@jacobbartelt4480]

Absolutely Loved this week's show! I think Dan takes the cake with the pedal choices in the storyline 🤣. The Wet Dry section made me miss having real amps! Also, I caught a glimps of the JHS Kilt V1 at the beginning of the show! Do you guys ever use that one or do a show on it??

[@MerrickGuitar]

Nice playing guys, tastefully clean at 18:05

[@taviswardlaw]

Quick note on the Diamond - it’ll run happily at 18v if that’s an easier option. To my ear it sounds a tiny bit darker at 18v but that might be in my mind. Just got to make sure it’s running centre positive. Also, as a fellow Aussie, love the choices Dan! 😂

[@jonnyd6597]

Flanger before gain stage is easily on of my favorite tones. Also, turn the rate all the way off on the flanger and you have an AMAZING filter by adjusting the delay time. You can get some super cool and cutting drive tones with that.

[@andsoistopped]

Ahhh the capes! Wonderful.

[@Gathbard]

This episode definitely rocked&ruled.

[@fabianericson5454]

For a while there it was a breath of the mighty Pythons 😂, although their version would probably have dove into medieval multi-behead delay more! Creative, inspiring as always and bloody funny!! 😂😂

[@generalreviewer]

Well played, Dan. Well played. 🎉

[@igordemoraeslenzi]

Production just keeps going up! Lol awsome laughs today!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Yeah man, the people we had to get in for this. It's like Netflix in here. Haahahahahaha! Cheers Igor!

[@quinnmcentire1090]

Hey Mick! I think the reason you were having problems with the Boonar before this video was because even though the buffered mode was on, you had it in a true bypass looper. Every time you switched to that loop, no matter if the pedal was on or bypassed the phase would flip. In this video, because it’s not in a loop, the Boonar has a constant phase flip, allowing the humdinger to compensate. I hope this explanation makes sense!

[@ThatPedalShow]

It does, thank you. Now I’m wondering about analogue dry through, because there’s definitely something weird going on with the phase.

[@phillipasby9202]

Heh - I use fountain pens and the Angry Charlie is a classic! Perhaps the kind folks at Conway Stewart can send over a Winston or Churchill model of his own that he can have one of his minions carry along for such occasions!

[@m.charron]

I was thinking of Keeley's blue (blooded) Hydra - cut off one head and there are several more to worry about. Also a great opportunity to bring out the King of the Britains and a Lizard Queen.

[@mdl12321]

What a way to get free ticket to Australia :). But one must be true to himself and Dan was :). I think the most questionable was Alter Ego, but he clearly said he loves it so no issues there. But in a positive way, if one alters his ego, even as a King, it is the most honourable thing to do. So good points there m8 ! .)

[@davischip]

With the state of things in your former colony, the USA might become your newest colony as the USGB! You might get it back soon for a song! Great episode guys!

[@MAMTROTH]

I’ve been gigging with a JTM45 head like that for a while always into a deluxe reverb as the cabinet. I have the same 2061cx cab. Opening the back of the cab / using the JTM45 with an open back was a revelation for me… I thought I heard you guys mention you are moving the head along for a bluesbreaker combo? While that will achieve the same thing, I’d urge you to try that head with any open back cabs you have first. JTM45 into a G12-65 heritage speaker is absolute magic. Edit: forgot to mention my bright cap is clipped and I go into channel I with no jumper.

[@emdblues]

That multi head delay as reverb is similar to what Andy Timmons did with Keeley. That effect is amazing

[@gcvrsa]

I will start with my tc electronic Arena reverb, and the "Royal" patch, which is a cathedral algorithm intended to evoke Westminster Abbey. For an amp, a Mesa/Boogie Road King. I'll choose the tc electronic Corona chorus ("corona" means "crown" in Latin, perfect for a coronation chorus). For a boost, the Hamstead Ascent (because HM is ascending to the throne). And for a guitar, the Mayones Regius (Latin, "of or pertaining to a king"). That's five items.

[@johancarlson2774]

Ah, The Boonar! Love it! Only problem is it hasn't got tap tempo (nor tempo input). Angry Charlie (Prince Charles?) and the Electric Mistress (not to be named), just brilliant Dan!