Don Carr's Pedalboard - What's on Your Pedalboard? 🎸

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Mitch Gallagher sits down with Don Carr to check out what's on his pedalboard, why it's there, and how he approaches choosing pedals for specific applications.
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[@sweetwater]

Thanks for checking out what's on Don Carr's pedalboard! If you want to see more cool pedalboards and other great gear hit those like and subscribe buttons 👍

[@johnlowrance8815]

Have you guys ever tried a Origins Cali 76? Would be great if Sweetwater would carry them.

[@edsterling5258]

Big respect to Don - what a great talent, killer tones, and a class act. A+ video here.

[@chriss9274]

Don is a guy I'd love to hang out with and share a beer and absorb his knowledge. I've been playing almost 40 years, and Don just GETS IT. What an absolute gem of a player. Sweetwater lucked out bringing him in.

[@KennyCarlile]

Don and Mitch ARE Sweetwater. It's great to have such trustworthy demo guys. Thanks!

[@leocubiasmusiclifestyle7460]

Loving this “What’s On Your Pedalboard” series . Now that NAMM is over you guys need to get back to this . can’t wait to see more pedalboards !

[@jst601]

Mitch & Don. The best. Sweetwater is blessed! Thanks for sharing these two amazing musicians who really *care* about customers & product knowledge.

[@ekimmikeb]

Been watching his demo's for years. Seems like an awesome player and amazing guy! Neat to see his personal board!

[@brianturner5850]

If you didn’t know Don Carr was a professional side man for years. He played for Marie Osmond and was the Oak Ridge Boys touring lead guitar player from the early 90’s into the 2000’s. He’s a monster player!!

[@petruccirocks02]

Don’s a great player and his rig sounds amazing! I love this pedalboard series!

[@DeathMetalGuitar]

Don Carr OWNS on that SP compressor - most impressive sir :)

[@oldtimer99]

curious about Don's SP setup - likely internal switches?

[@Five0Music]

All hail the mighty 513! Love the versatility, PRS should never have messed with that perfect formula. Thanks for sharing your pedalboard thoughts!

[@pdbordelon]

Excellent stuff Don, please keep more practical rig reviews and ideas for the local gigging musician coming!

[@briandefusco1544]

Man! I love Mitch and Don! I just spent 13 days in the hospital with Covid and all I watched was Sweetwater videos! Thank you for such great content!!!!!

[@sweetwater]

Thanks for hanging with us, Brian! Stay safe and healthy 😊👍

[@therealdavidleong]

Haven't seen one of those Visual Volumes for a while! I used to own one 10 years ago!

[@tjnugent62]

Don, it is interesting to see a older guy like me show off his old school main board. Some of this takes me back and I can relate to the simplicity. Thanks for sharing.

[@oansun]

you consider big box multifx midi units simple? Ok, my man.

[@tjnugent62]

@@oansun Not sure Don is using the Midi function on any of his boards. As far as a Delay or Modulation pedal that does a variety of sounds? I call that flexibility. My point is that Don doesn't have many pedals, but what he has are flexible. He also has the older Visual Sound Visual Volume. Don knows how to get the most out of what pedals he has.

[@oansun]

TJ Nugent it doesn’t matter if he’s using it or not.

[@tjnugent62]

@@oansun What is your point?

[@Earl00001]

@@tjnugent62 He has no point, he's a troll.

[@masque1313]

another great video! I love this new series you have started.....loved seeing Mitch's board and now getting to see Don's was great too! it's great to see guys like you two geeking out about music and pedals and gear. You guys could easily get jaded and burnt out on this stuff, but it's great to see you be so enthusiastic like we all are. Keep em coming.

[@chrisf6216]

Thank you SW / MG and DC / AV folks. 10:20 bravo Mr. Carr, what a sweet lick - cheers! PS Love the hybrid picking technique

[@tomc9302]

That's a great lick, the one after when he stacks both sides, sweet!

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Love these 2 guys together. Salivating for a Mesa Rectoverb 25 Combo. It's a Little Beast. Purchased my Phenomenal-Sounding Boss DD-500 (and 90% of my gear from Sweetwater)

[@cpfs936]

Makes me wish I had an excuse/reason to record there! Loved the "Why? Because I can!" remark!

[@Hasselblad9999]

Don Carr is an incredible talent and the best spokesman for gear.

[@Mega_trav]

Don Carr is the man

[@tjnugent62]

He sure is.. I am glad he is at Sweetwater and sharing with us, though I am sure he likes all sorts of different gigs.

[@tjnugent62]

@@OLDGUYSK8R And your point is? Don is a woman? Or are you just another troll? What have you done in your professional guitarist career that can best 20 years with a top country act and Nashville session player?

[@Mega_trav]

George1002 dude. Playing guitar isn’t a competition. It’s fine if you don’t like him, but commenting so and trying to bring somebody else down for no reason is pretty weak.

[@skepticalbystander]

@14:56 omg thank you for the thought, i run my volume pedal the same way so my swells have all my amp's distortion through the throw and to have that master volume function, but i never thought to be able to just have a quick simple cable change if i ever run into an amp i'm gonna use without an fx loop! I have a pretty complicated board that barely fits on a Temple 43" Trio, and that's with my amp's switcher, my wah, expression, volume, and this big Morley FX Blender, all 5 of those are on the ground in front of the board, makes things tedious to switch around, so suffice it to say when i look for what amps i might want to own, it not having an fx loop has always backed me away from wanting to like an amp...this makes me not so scared if i can rig it up to easily patch it into place if everything needs to go through the front! I always looked at it like, "well, i put myself in this corner, many options has its own intrinsic limitations, i'm not gonna wanna have to redo such a big board every time i wanna switch to an amp without a loop, so fx loops only," i now finally feel that sort of fear drifting off into the distance, haha! Makes me wanna test it out on the only amp i have without a loop, my little belt-clip Fender Mini Deluxe, lol!! A 30+ pedal board going into a fanny pack style amplifier, this might need to happen...for...science...or something...

[@littlebrownhash]

Awesome video! Don is an incredible player!

[@eddlabel]

Sold my SP Compressor due to the "pop" it makes when you hit the string. Now I'm happy with my Mini Ego.

[@mattgilbert7347]

Great choices!! I'm running the Pugilist & MXR Echoplex myself, as well as the Fender Tre-Verb last in the chain. Get my compression from T-Rex or Keeley tho :) Pugilist is maybe the most underrated, value-for-money dirt pedal ever. It even does the Jimi "Cranked Marshall" thing, not just high-gain

[@DannyStarr1976]

wow this guy can do it all. never heard of him before but he could play the phonebook and make it sound good

[@oldtimer99]

what is Don's setting for the xotic compressor, including DIP switches? Curious that he feels it works for all of his playing. Thanks.

[@ParthPandya1992]

Great new series guys, I love these! Could you also do a similar series and who us the guitars/basses y'all use? Thanks

[@powercourageandwisdom]

These are nice pedal boards. My general "go jam or top 40 gig rig small pedal board is pretty simple: Boss Tuner > Tchula > Echoplexi > Rotoverb and out to a Hotrod Deluxe or other small combo. I keep a MXR octavio, a Hoof fuzz and Crybaby in my gig bag to add in front of the pedalboard, just in case.

[@johnmcelhaney8490]

Like the what's on your pedalboard videos a lot! Couple of really well educated, genuine dudes here. Great job! P.S. If my wife ever finds out how much $ I have spent at SW I am a goner! Rock on!

[@TonyHookedonVanlife]

Love this series! I have about 4 sounds, generally... A squeaky clean chorused 80s clean, a roaring Marshall-esque crunch (like a JCM800 loud enough to make your liver quiver LOL), a doomy fuzz tone, ala 'Master of Reality' era Sabbath, and a modern chugga-chugga tube screamer+Rectifier metal tone.

[@matthewoconnor1577]

Don, what are the settings you said you like on the XP Compressor?

[@sweetwater]

I use the Xotic SP Compressor in the "Low" setting on the 3-way switch. I normally keep the Blend and Volume in the 1:00 - 1:30 range. For me, that's a slight volume boost and some of the unaffected signal still present. There are internal dip switches for Attack/Release Time, High Cut Filter, and Input Pad. I set those when I bought it, and I frankly don't remember if I ended up with anything outside of the stock settings. If anything, possibly a change in the Attack/Release times because I prefer a quicker attack. The Xotic owner's manual shines some light on the internal dip switches: xotic.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/SP_Compressor_manual.pdf And for more info on the Xotic SP Compressor pedal: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SP-Comp--xotic-sp-compressor-pedal Thanks for the interest, Matthew! DC

[@rkb2092]

You guys do such great demonstrations, thanks!

[@dpgoguen]

Loved the Gallagher and Carr pedal board videos. Always something interesting. Best reviewers in the business. My question is whether Mitch or Don ever use stereo rigs, and if so how is it set up? Would be nice to see an extended instructional video on stereo rigs in general. Pros and cons. Types of setups, etc.

[@DaveMcCall]

Here's Mitch going over a Wet-Dry-Wet rig with the Helix... kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3ionYivlpqai5Y

[@DirtyCityMick]

Nice job! Really enjoyed the presentation.

[@Frankinsteinguitar]

Don is #1 in my books!

[@marksguitars5617]

great stuff, I put together very similar to Don, we have matching taste! Thanks!

[@bobbypoole7935]

A while back, I watched a video where Don Carr had two paddle boards… One for delays and reverb’s maybe multi effects? And the other I believe was his drives…. I would love to see a video on this to elaborate what he did. hook a brother up! Oh yeah, I know Chris Moseley! well kind of…. I buy stuff from him.

[@giovandenberghe1628]

Don is such a pro

[@PinProductionsNYC]

Very nice. Super informative!

[@pookievanderbilt6889]

Which wah pedal is that? Sounded beautiful man

[@GerryBlue]

Please upload some lessons from Don!

[@Zoroman-rb4yd]

I like this I hope you do more of these in a series

[@MrDoopper]

Nice video:-) you don't need a noise gate pedal ?

[@real_fjcalabrese]

As always this is a great presentation! Too bad the VV10 Visual Volume pedal is out of production.

[@robb4340]

Nice tones and inspiration.

[@graxjpg]

I need a good compressor like that.... it’d be easy to get one from sweetwater... I see what’s going on here...

[@orryfishburne5326]

Same here man. I have the Wampler Ego V2 and i really dont like the way it sounds. I know a lot of people swear by that pedal but i just cant seem to find that sweet spot. I used to have the Boss CS3 and i loved it but the way Don has that Exotic Compressor set up is exactly how i want a compressor to sound

[@tg6373]

Don Carr is the BOSS!

[@jamesgrobertson8024]

Great board Don 👌👌👌

[@stargroves14]

I am for sure getting a Fillmore 50..wanted one since they came out

[@stanislavmigra]

Fillmore, Roadster or Lone star ... cant decide myself, but sadly all of the are way above my budget ... damn

[@gunsandguitars6678]

Excellent. a worthy board ☆☆☆

[@Mahdi_ddA]

I love this channel its amazing thanks this video i build my first pedalboard thank you guys really i love USA and pop rock music 😊😊😊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🌟🌟🇺🇸🌞🎸⭐⭐🎸🌞🌞🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🌞🎸🎸🌟🌟🌞🌞🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😊😊

[@Cosmos_Dancer]

Don... The Man. #respect

[@nimblefred2932]

+1 for the MESA Roadster

[@tjnugent62]

Isn't the Roadster a triple rec type amp?

[@nimblefred2932]

@@tjnugent62 It's a dual-recto

[@tjnugent62]

@@nimblefred2932 Thanks...

[@orryfishburne5326]

That PRS is the most beautiful guitar i have ever seen. That color is stunning and i love the pickups it has. and Don Car is outstanding!! Such a nasty player!!! Im not a jealous person but i am jealous of Don and Mitch for having the jobs they do have. Lol

[@GuitarGodgt]

That was great. Keep this series going. I don't care if you have to go grab some random sales engineers, keep this up.

[@sweetwater]

Thanks for checking it out! 😎👍

[@lightsjohnson8253]

what are the pros and cons of using a buffered pedal or not...…..who , what , when ,where and why.

[@e4w1r4]

"Hey Mitch...Great to meet you"...hahaha...

[@karenmcguire4387]

Cool guitar! Would love to win!

[@Anonymous.android]

Man it seems like such an obvious thing going straight into a tuner then into a volume pedal but I’ve never thought of that until now

[@juanforrester2283]

He went from tuner to wha

[@tjnugent62]

What size pedaltrain is that for your main board?

[@sweetwater]

Hey, TJ! Don has the Pedaltrain Novo 24 24" x14.5". Check it out here: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PTN24SC--pedaltrain-novo-24-sc-24-inch-by-14.5-inch-pedalboard-with-soft-case Thanks for the interest!

[@tjnugent62]

@@sweetwater Thanks Sweetwater web team!

[@ebojeff]

This is great! Thank`s!

[@SpacePatrollerLaser]

PedalBOARD?! I guess we've come a long way in 52 years when all we had was a fuzzbox and Vox Wah-Wah and were trying to make our guitar sound like a sitar. Anyone remember? Then the next stop was the first incarnation of Electrok-Harmonx: LPB-1 or 2, Big Muff and Bad Stone

[@greatvanzini]

Yes indeed! I would love to say those were the days but to me,,,, these are the days!

[@tonymarinelli7304]

Which PRs model is he playing?

[@sweetwater]

Hey, Tony! Don is playing his PRS 513. Thanks for the interest!

[@bangurhead4027]

Very NICE!!!....👍💯

[@flobeeonekinobee2353]

An amp controller a guitar/ loop switcher a boss tu2 a voodoo labs PSU and the only effect... A snarling dogs blues bawl wah

[@vishyoutubevideos]

you need Beetronics pedals.

[@electricgypsyblues4761]

Shout out to Sam Hillman Sweetwater Rep.

[@shadowcasterstudios4042]

So when do we to see whats in Don's closet. that would be an awesome video

[@RS2KR]

Don looks like the crazy hippie lady at the flea market but he can shred. 🤟

[@frankerock5317]

No Tube Screamer?

[@jeffroalson1915]

FRANKE ROCK TS style pedal is in the JHS Double Barrel

[@thehound2161]

That JHS Moonshine has a beautiful feeling TS. It has a toggle for 2 stages and a blend knob. You can put the moonshine into the Morning Glory or vice versa. The Morning Glory is similar to a Boss Blues Driver and also has 2 stages.

[@pedalscapes]

Cool! :)

[@sauljewhebrewberg3147]

I have them same Dr. Marten's.

[@elvis_chen]

Wait...G3? I'm surprised Mr. Carr is also a high gain guy in personal!

[@PooNinja]

G3 cause REVV Rules!

[@fjfrancois]

A Ventris dual reverb.

[@gunnerjenson]

Modeularity? WTF?