Acoustic master Mike Dawes shares the secrets of his incredible-sounding (and complex) pedalboard

00:00 Intro
01:06 Pedalboard overview
01:55 Pickup system overview
04:10 Percussion effects
04:24 EQ settings
05:10 Effects routing tricks
08:01 Whammy pedal
09:40 Amp simulator and drive pedal
11:00 Boss OC-3 Octave pedal
11:58 Strymon Timeline soundscapes
13:50 Neunaber reverb tones
14:10 Sampler and looper
17:04 Outro performance
Mike Dawes is one of the world's most astonishing acoustic players - and his pedalboard allows him to get every last drop of expressive potential from his guitar. From stunningly beautiful natural acoustic tones to magically atmospheric reverb-scapes, authentic percussion sounds and simmering overdriven tones, Mike reveals how he achieves an astonishing range of modern acoustic tones through his four-pickup guitar. He demonstrates his sonic secrets with the jaw-dropping playing that has seen him become an acknowledged master of modern acoustic guitar who shares stages with Tommy Emmanuel and other luminaries.
Reviewed in Guitarist Magazine 511
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[@Stephen_Lafferty]

3:24 - "Please remember to keep it in the fingers!" - something for every guitar student out there!

[@hilla42]

RC-500 😅...thank you for the detailed description of the board. Cheers, Lars

[@WSBM]

Mr. Dawes is a highly accomplished explainer. This was fascinating.

[@isaaclau957]

Thank you for this excellent walkthrough

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

I am focused on getting my actual guitar playing up to snuff before I start getting into all that electronics, but it is still interesting to hear all this. And what an opportunity to open for the Moody Blues just because they were delayed in transit!

[@MrHeliosoul]

Masterclass! Thank you for sharing!

[@ChapmanMusic]

Really enjoyable Sunday morning watching this. Learnt so much. Thank you.

[@ivankachkovski]

Amazing! Thank you for this!

[@ollieguitarman89]

That was enjoyable 😎

[@YMESYDT]

What a beautiful human being, not just a wonderful guitar player

[@KRayxKodessA]

Criminally underrated guitarist.

[@GuitarJawn]

14:31 everyone needs a hype man :)

[@DjNikGnashers]

That avalon is a fantastic starting point for a good final sound though.

[@glenndavid8725]

Nearly as good as my guitar teacher! ❤

[@yh-bs7ju]

I thought that Mike had already done away with this pedealboard to switch to Neural DSP Quad Cortex two years ago. Does he still use the both of them?

[@Nord1980]

What's the name of the outro song ?

[@hilla42]

Somewhere home.

[@maxturgeon89]

Ok, now I know how to get incredible-sounding tone, but how do I get incredibly long fingers like Mike Dawes? 🤔

[@torsuntsu]

I wish my guitar playing gets 1% as good as this 😅

[@lifelongfan07]

Shi Big Shi moor.

[@orion-quest]

first

[@atticushexcel9567]

So wiggly... that's the key.

[@goatedsapien]

He looks likes he smells bad but his tone is good

[@leftpastsaturn67]

Wow, that was childish.

[@josearjona3728]

A KZbin coment hater smells waaaay worse

[@hilla42]

Smells like teen spirit! 😂

[@mikedawesofficial]

I actually smell great. Your mum bought me some new cologne.

[@goatedsapien]

@@mikedawesofficial Mike I like you even more after this comment 😂

[@EJK1965]

This is AI, don't be fooled.....

[@guitarist]

Wow, that’s amazing - it’s so realistic that we all thought we were there filming it and then editing it! Extraordinary