Pedalboard Rundown - 2015

[@chasemcdowell7334]

It makes me so happy to see you advancing your musical career through KZbin and your band! Keep up the awesome work, man!

[@alecdavis2401]

Digging the stains on the shirt, man!

[@barrywood8249]

Out with the wife, time for a new band! Yeah!!! No disrespect Fluff, I've been there. Can't wait to hear the new stuff, man!

[@AmericanLoopers]

Awesome board Ryan! Glad the looper works for your needs. PS: We're still making the 5CH Programmable.

[@RockerBen]

(The comments didn't load and and I thought I'd be first. lol. Was pretty excited.) Point is though. Love the hair lately. And I want to thank you for basically showing me the importance of a goof riff, and just enjoying being a riff guy. What made me change from bass to guitar was the main riff for "Waking The Demon - Bullet For My Valentine" as well as all the shredding solos and I just fell in love. But as I'm honing my craft and writing my own music now, your "riff first, ask questions later" style has really appealed to me and helped me find MY style. From a fellow gear and riff junkie. You have been Fluff, and I have been "wonderful". Have a nice day!

[@stevenkatien3292]

Do all your effects go into the front of the amp? If so, why did you choose not use the fx loop? Too annoying?

[@marcrontsch2597]

Your OD sounds are insane - I awesome gain, low end and clarity.

[@Lauen]

"Today on Riffs, Beards and Gear" always sounds like "today on rasputin gear" to me..

[@risonbison7207]

Øyvind Lauen I swear to God I thought I was the only one

[@michael72324]

Øyvind Lauen when he says the band name I always think he's saying "Rectal pose".

[@saltymajor5806]

russias greatest djent machine...

[@kaseylawrence8767]

"You've been awesome, and I have been Fluff. Thanks for watching." Haha gotta love this guy.

[@mcl40000]

love to see the slowfire in action!

[@michaelgallegos8811]

thats a very neat set up fluff i know this is old video but i glad i found it !!😈🤘

[@EasyHeat]

Rig looks great! Dig the switcher mod a lot. My old guitarist used to dance on his board to switch multiple fx on and off sans looper. Midi rigs just look like a headache to me. Looking forward to hearing the new band. Cheers bro!

[@JackBrianDixon]

Jesus fluff, you really got that Jim Root tone at 7:14, nice job!

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Great Wah Sound for this genre of music. I Love Stompbox-Pedals, Effects, and Pedalboard / Rig Videos. Enjoyed the Video. - Michael Caz - NYC -

[@thefretbuzz6659]

Nice board! I started a board earlier this year, but I decided to only stick with a looper just to stay true to the tone of my guitar. oh and I made a board with an old skateboard!

[@pameladiaz532]

Love the simplicity of your rig bro!1 Keep up the good job!

[@ericportillo8277]

What size gator board is that? thats exactly what id like!

[@ericportillo8277]

i guess it's the large from check-in em out! perfect size

[@juanfichtl2011]

Awesome and very neat!

[@dlpasco]

The playing sounds good, Ryan.

[@Nachtopus]

Do you have a grit pedal in front of the Clean channel, or is that just good old fashion tube breakup?

[@lilybeejones]

Yay Fluff did the thing I asked. Thank you very much sir. Nice set up.

[@felipepavan5360]

Simple, clean, love it!

[@Mindartcreativity]

Yeah,Fluff, congrats on joining a band again! Wish you all the best and keep doing what you love, *both thumbs up* Also, very nice pedalboard setup :)

[@jackhaugh]

Dude your wah tone is sick

[@tomwolfe8225]

The moment the wah came in gave me chills

[@willyorkmusic467]

You should do a 2017 update of this. Or, better yet, a full rig rundown!

[@AJbassist]

have you ever tried , putting non looper delay , in the effect loop with volume pedal and l have it on so you can control the amount wet/dry sound

[@chrisattigliato1]

Hey fluff any idea what the "channel switching options" which are quarter inch jacks that are on the back of the new dual recs? Been trying to figure this out but can't really find it anywhere. Thanks

[@mattfowler6331]

Hey ***** - I know you said you wouldn't go into it more in this video, but I'd really like to hear more about the American Loopers setup you have !! Rock on buddy \m/

[@johnpatchymillar8367]

So, when's pedalboard 2016 coming out? ;)

[@marshalltucker459]

I've noticed in a few of your vids that you have your noise gate at the front of the board instead of at the end right before the signal hits the amp. how come?

[@Loverocketschannel]

Hi! Which camera do you write video? Your job - gorgeous

[@xammaj4844]

Hey man! For a future Q and A monday I was wondering as to what hour opinion of system of a down is? Awesome pedal configuration btw.

[@xammaj4844]

*FAQ monday

[@gabrieloalgo]

Why you use the gate after the wah?? I have one after the "drive section" of my board ...

[@yorkiel7446]

so he can switch wahs easily

[@redevil200]

every time fluff says, "you've been wonderful, I've been fluff." reminds me of how Dave Mustaine closes his shows and says good night. "you've been wonderful, we've been megadeth"

[@Jeepjones85]

What kind of guitar strap is that. I've looked for them before but to no avail. Thanks great video !

[@maxcraigen7199]

It's a dimarzio clip-lock strap. Excellent straps, my go to for them.

[@birdley34]

good stuff man

[@RobNY5150]

Hey Fluff, I use a BOSS GT-100 via the four-cable method that does everything I need including channel switching on my Marshall. I don't detect any tone suck btw. Have you ever used the 4CM?

[@diogoalmeidavisuals]

Hey *****. Do you know the Tronical Tune and if so what is your opinion on the product? Is it worth the price? Thanks, Great video BTW

[@justinwhite762]

Could you do a review on that reverb pedal I have one on the way and I would like to here it in the mix.

[@colbywilliams296]

wah sounds awesome!

[@bigjohn2433]

Ok, Mr. Fluff... I have a question for you. what is the deal on the walls behind you? is that decoration or is it for acoustic purposes? If so, did you make it yourself of purchase it someplace? oh, and if you made it yourself maybe a video on how you constructed it and with what? thanks, John

[@FrancyCardoni]

May I ask why the mxr smartgate is at the beginning of the pedal chain and not at the end? I'm not so familiar with pedals and i wanted to understand

[@wakjob961]

He explained that a couple of FAQ mondays ago. He doesn't want to gate his rig...just the guitar.FrancyCardoni

[@FrancyCardoni]

Wak Job ok, thank you :)

[@marvinthemartian696]

What pedalboard/case are you using? Can you fit a line 6 helix in there? Thanks

[@jomarthegreat1]

what make and gauge strings do you use, Fluff? you use Cleartones if i remember correctly...

[@jomarthegreat1]

actually scratch that, all i had to do was look at your instagram... :P

[@stormjett2608]

what are your thoughts on the Peavey Supreme Solid State head? I just bought one and they sound great and they really have a punch to my tone.

[@Xannther]

hey fluff i noticed in this video you were using the voodoo labs pedal power 2 plus and as i'm considering getting one for my own setup i wanted to know your thought on it. please and thank you.

[@Xannther]

Xannther ps i use an ehx cathedral that is digital and an old boss bf 2 flanger that is 12v ac. Would this be a problem?

[@charlesbrooks1199]

+Xannther i have the same voodoo labs power supply and I'm not 100 percent positive but i believe the power supply came with an adapter cord for older gear like that. I know it came with a bunch of standard cords for hooking up pedals and a couple of less common hookups for different types of pedals. Hope this helped

[@BMrks0125]

Hey Fluff, what's the best way to run a boost in a chain? I have a Peavey 6505mh, Maxon OD808, Boss NS2, all run into a Mesa Vertical 2x12

[@teunputker]

Before a distortion and in the front of the amp if you want a gain boost. For a volume boost you need to put it after it and in the fx loop.

[@Thomogon]

Hey Fluff, I have a question that needs urgent attention and I have no idea how to fix it. I've been living with my dad for the time being untill I finish secondary school and can go to college, thus living in my own place. The thing is I'm still here for aproximately 2 years and the house is really old and does not have a central heating system as well as it's poorly isolated if isolated at all. Since I live in The Netherlands, I live in a very damp, swampy and disharmonic climate and my guitars don't like that at all and need truss rod and bridge adjustments every 2 months to keep it from fret buzzing all the time. How can I deal with this for the time being untill I can move out of the house?

[@XIIMonkeysMusicGroup]

Humidistat control systems. Marketed for violins, violas and the like. Just maintain it with desicants (when wet), and water (when dry). Gauges will tell you when!

[@andrewanderson3746]

Hey Ryan, nice vids man. I was wondering what the advantage of a power source like the one you have there is versus my cheap 1Spot that I plug into the wall. I've been trying to improve my pedalboard lately , so any light you could shed on this would be really helpful. thanks!

[@shockt9610]

Less noise/hum through isolated outputs and you can run some pedals that require different voltages.

[@mcclainj16]

Hey Fluff, I've been playing on a Fender Mustang combo amp with all kinds of effects programmed in, but now I'm getting ready to start making my own pedal board and all that jazz. My dilemma is picking between a Big Muff Pi or a Tube Screamer as my first pedal. I'm using an old Kasino amp and it probably isn't the best but it's all I got. I want to have that classic heavy metal sound but I don't want playing knew stuff with more of that chugging sound to be a problem... any suggestions???

[@vformarallo]

If your amp can get enough distortion to play heavy metal, then the tube screamer might be a good options, if it doesnt then you need a distortion pedal like an ehx metal muff i think? It achieves classic metal easily, but really you have to watch by yourself, there are way too many options to recomend just a few, after all distortion is all personal taste. You might want to start with boss, ehx and mxr because they have many demos and are easier to find on stores, personally i use a Palmer Solid Metal. Good luck ;)

[@hyperliteBo]

Extremely cheap? Think again, my Harley Benton(rebranded JOYO) was less than $200 and has 8 loops, 2 trigger outs, midi out and even an option to use the 8 loops as 4 loops in front of the amp and 4 in the fx loop. A total of 32 programmable presets. Metal casing, sturdy switches and 3 year waranty. Couldn't be happier with it !

[@hyperliteBo]

***** Yes it actually is good gear. So everything that isn't true bypass sucks? Then everything BOSS ever made is by your reasoning garbage. Btw, nice little story: Their was a brand Freekish Blues and they had a $200 boutique overdrive pedal called the Alpha Drive. Many boutique pedal enthusiasts loved it. Later they found out it was a scam and that Freeqish Blues repainted $30 JOYO pedals... I'm not saying the American Looper pedal is bad, I'm just pointing out it is in fact not super cheap.

[@mathiasteixeira2917]

***** Dude, have you tried any joyo pedals? For 30 bucks they are REALLY REALLY REALLY good pedals, and they are the same as harley benton as far as i'm concerned, I don't have any on my board cause I'm happy with it, but they are fine ass pedals

[@mathiasteixeira2917]

***** Aren't JOYOs and Harley Benton pedals made in the same factory? At least some of them are. Dude, I didn't say that his switching system was good, I haven't even tried it, I was just saying that JOYO builds some gnarly shit. I have a fultone OCD, the second version, and my buddy has a JOYO Ultimate drive, and guess what? It's pretty damn close. I have a NUX phaser with a relay based bypass system that you can find in some boutique pedals, better bypass than the one that comes in my ehx or my mxr's and guess what, it's an alright phaser, and it's waaaaaaay less expensive. Inexpensive gear is okay dude, a Joyo Ultimate Drive is 30 dolars, and it's a more than usable distortion. As I told you, it's close to an OCD, it's more compressed and higher gain, but I tell you, it sounds killer. So does the compressor, the flanger and the phaser. The digital delay is kinda shitty, the one that's two channels, it sounds good but I hate the functionality, for the price, JOYO pedals are killer. Not all gear that's inexpensive is inherently bad, remember that when you purchase an MXR or in a more extreme example, a Gibson, or a Fender (specially the mid rangey ones) you're paying a LOT of Trademark Marketing Value

[@johnstrh1]

+hyperliteBo I have the Joyo overdrive pedal, I absolutely hate it

[@ericwheeler7948]

+Baroch telma I wouldn't say that 'every' BOSS pedal is obsolete.... Yeah, they do have some they just need to kill off and get rid of, but some of their newer stuff is quite nice actually. I really like the DD-500, which has switchable TB and buffered mode, and I like some of their new pedals like the Waza Craft stuff. Note, everything I like from BOSS came out either this year, or fairly recently. I don't like much of their old stuff, especially those awful distortion boxes, bleh.

[@mattdyck9931]

Could you explain your placement of the SmartGate in your FX chain? I'm not using an isolated power supply, so my gain pedals introduce a lot of extra noise (compared to when they run battery), so for me it seems necessary to put it afterwards.

[@joeyfalcone4701]

What kind of pedal(board) is hat called. What is the board made of or the brand?

[@morphinglight]

Watch the end of the video for the answer

[@allfornaught0]

Explain why you have your gate so early in the chain, and right after the wah please? Thanks!

[@joeyx53]

hey Fluff have you heard of the badass beard club???

[@HawxGaming]

I have a 1980 ES Artist... such amazing guitars :)

[@funcmed86]

where do I remember that riff at 5:52 from

[@thrasherfan9636]

Does the MXR smart gate work better if you aren’t pushing your high gain amplifier with a clean boost/overdrive? I’ve had experience with two different rigs and the smart gate STILL lets in a metric fuckton of feedback and noise even with the settings dimed out on the gate. Is this user error or is this pedal not that great for high gain pushed with an overdrive/clean boost?

[@thrasherfan9636]

I shouldn’t neglect to say one rig was a Mesa half stack with a Fortin grind/33 in front with a guitar equipped with EMGs, and the other rig was a Marshall dsl40 with a tc electronic analog 50$ OD with a guitar equipped with P90s.

[@cainegreenslade4791]

Not sure where to ask this but what do you think of Iron Maiden's new song?? And are there any bands/musicians you think should retire?

[@wahdefuzz]

good video again.

[@southofheaven4321]

the gate at the start. always thought thet went at the end.

[@centocerez]

so the delays are in front of the amp? How do you get it to work with heavy gain?

[@willyorkmusic467]

centocerez I think he's got one in front and one in the effects loop

[@hankrocks7504]

hey man how do you like the 5150 mini head?

[@mikeholiday1926]

So would I need a looper pedal to go from clear+delay to amp distortion to clear with out delay cause atm I'm playing footsie with my pedalboard, please make my life simplier

[@AmericanLoopers]

+Mike Holiday yup, with a programmable looper you can eliminate the tap dancing.

[@DanCapeau]

Cool vid. Just a thought, when doing something like this that the audience is looking at, have the camera angle show it right-side up so we can read things :) best of luck with the band fluff!

[@bh543211]

what is the actual pedal board called.

[@duanehardcore]

Socks with vans slipons??? Are you a stock broker???

[@wheresallthezombies]

wait you have two dual rects ?

[@VincenzoToroRoot]

Can you please teach us how to set the american looper in a separate video?

[@KingOfTheOzone]

hey fluff whats the best "cheapo" microphone for metal/screaming vocals

[@roberttucker2224]

shure sm58

[@teunputker]

Shure SM7B.

[@Rammstein815]

Hey Fluff! Sweet board! Random question, I'm using a voodoo modded multi-watt triple rectifier halfstack live, mic'ed with a sennheiser e906. Looking to pair this with a Heil PR30. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks man.

[@JeffManseau]

You, sir, are Krist Novoselic's long lost brother :O

[@eigonguitartech]

Hey Ryan! How are you? Your channel is great \m/ How it works your loop station? you built or is original? Thanks

[@mrjaydlyon]

Have you tried your Kemper in a live band?

[@itlsofficial]

Sweet set up, Fluff! What pickups do you have on that RD? Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@nkjagshenry]

i think he has his signature beardcombers

[@joeyfalcone_]

Who makes the board itself?

[@thankyoumisterspell]

That Nautkicker poster

[@carlozcoronado2228]

review on the pedal switcher ???

[@coolatta1]

When are we going to get a video about that RD artist? or am I just that blind not noticing there is already one about the artist out?

[@DomesticRex]

Whats the pedalboard he is using?

[@slickwilliam]

What kind of patch cables are those?

[@electricabyss3071]

Spectraflex

[@Filterbear]

hello, wich Spectraflex patch are they ? thanks

[@mickhofman]

Plugged through effects loop ? Or in front ?

[@tattoofred]

Thanks for this video

[@carlozcoronado2228]

what tone print is on the TCE ???

[@Jeepjones85]

Cool set up what tuning do you use ? Thanks

[@sfatie]

drop b

[@jdown4533]

Why not out the noise gate at the end of the chain?

[@coltenmilford6837]

Newb question; do you use all these pedals when recording?

[@ManyGenres1212]

How come you switched to the MXR Custom Badass Modified OD?

[@motorheadbanger90]

What are your top five fav bands of all time?

[@worsthandleever]

Hey Fluff. Please tell me good sir, which Toneprint are you using in the Flashback mini?

[@1432marcos]

Hey Fluff, what board is that?

[@barneychamorro]

what shoes are you wearing?

[@shea_o_keith]

They look like Vans slip ons.

[@cameronchambers8435]

Fluff and Eric Shreds should do a huge gear shootout collab series

[@nkjagshenry]

Fluff destroys Eric shreds. I'm a fan of Eric, but he doesn't come close to fluff

[@pickleslz9919]

+Probosquadhenry In ammount of gear or skill? Skill- Fluff Ammount of gear- Eric

[@twelveweeks9009]

Why do you use an Overdrive pedal with such an expensive amp?

[@hinchmiester]

"Rectum fire" doesn't sound very appealing...

[@РусланМеркушов-х4у]

Greatest intro 4ever,man) Thanks from Russia))

[@AthanInsideOut]

Fluff, how did you become a social media strategist?

[@mudbone80]

Hey bro, what's the name of your band? I can never understand what you're saying lol