James Santiago of Universal Audio | What’s on Your Pedalboard?

[@freneticGTR]

James would be a really cool hang. The guy knows so much and has such a great way to deliver his knowledge...also a great player. Great job Nick!!

[@jonathanrolland3419]

Sweet water and James: People don’t realize the big bright sound of the Police was actually Marshall. Andy Summers on Rick Beato’s channel the same week: in studio I used a Fender Twin, I was never a big Marshall guy, but I had to use them on stage.

[@synonyx]

James is such a driving force in guitar innovation these days. All of the UA stuff he touches these days is pure gold! Now about that Ox Box 2……

[@gregmize01]

YES!!!!!!!!! A LEGEND and James Santiago together!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marcoalexanderwinthermikke9132]

So 2 Legends...! 🤪😁

[@badtonestudio]

Great board rundown, much respect to James and Nick. Both of these gentlemen are historical musical treasures. Keep up the good work guys 🤘

[@nonemlinus]

Came here to learn about uafx’s tape pedal…but then realized, I would love to sit down and chat with James Santiago too. He sounds like a very knowledgeable, humble cool dude. (Mrs. Santiago: thank you for letting him buy stuff!! :))

[@thomascleveland]

Any info I get get from this guy is pure gold. Best ears around. If you get a chance to interview him about the dream pedal and his specific favorite use cases for some of the particular settings on there, I would love to get some of that information

[@sweetwater]

James shares lots of interesting knowledge in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmTRhIx-rZ6bh9U

[@johanneshej4940]

You instantly notice how good of a guitar player he is and how MUSICAL he is. Most guitarists on this app just play boring blues riffs with zero emotion or variation. This guy played like 10 inspiring melodies/chords and impressive sounds with great tone in just the first few minutes of this video. Wow what a legend.

[@MidlifeSlices]

No argument about the clean Marshall sound but Andy Summers just revealed on his interview with Rick Beato that early on it was Fender Twins. Sounds like he used Marshall’s later in live settings. James is a wealth of knowledge, I always enjoy his vids.

[@Jonathan01ukk]

What a great interview with an obvious sound enthusiast. Well done Nick. Anyone who enjoys this should also listen to Rick Beato's interview with Andy Summers - another enthusiast.

[@sweetwater]

Whose pedalboard would you like to see next? Tell us in the comments about the sounds you want to unlock, and don’t forget to drop by Sweetwater for an in-depth look at what Universal Audio’s James Santiago is rocking on his pedalboard 👉 sweetwater.sjv.io/James_Santiago_Pedalboard

[@michaelmele4888]

Steve Vai

[@4602experience]

Way Huge are great pedals that get zero airplay. Tripps is an industry genius

[@orryfishburne5326]

I just realized UA has released their amp pedals in a timeline order. Obviously the first 3 were released at once, but we have the Woodrow 55, Ruby 63, Dream 65, and now the Lion Super Lead 68. I wonder if they were waiting to release a bass amp modeler to keep the timeline. The obvious choice for a bass model would be the SVT and that came out in 69. 🧐 Probably not, and i could just be having a moment, but i could see them doing that at the same time.

[@pinheadgringo]

Can't wait for the UAFX Spider in 2030!

[@orryfishburne5326]

@@pinheadgringo I really hope they get the insane channel right

[@k071400k]

Every single pedal designed by James sounds just awesome. I have a couple of Voodoo Lab pedals, and they never left my board.

[@jackprice7828]

Me thinks James is a modest incredible guitarist!

[@Twominutedevotions]

James is one of the reasons I play guitar today and I will never not click when I see his namr

[@dinofurlan3745]

James has one of the most beautiful phrasing and tones.....awesome player...so good^^^^

[@stratjed]

You forgot the GRATEFUL DEAD. They recorded at Sound City. Since you're listing all the greats, thought we should mention one of the greatest American bands ever.

[@danmills8521]

Awesome player with awesome tone. His EJ tone video is stunning!

[@greatvanzini]

Yes! Finally. Johnny A. was my intro to Marshall clean. Still is, I said to myself, "What Da?"

[@allanramusiewicz996]

Johnny A Rules 🎶♥️🎶‼️‼️‼️

[@Dickunddoof]

What a gifted guitar player

[@adamkrauss303]

That Strat got some extra shielding, yet its as noisy as s*%#.

[@NERDOFUNK]

My telefunken bc108c into the uafx lion is absolute late jimi heaven🎉

[@niallpadden]

For the record. This is epic. Thanks guys.

[@ZacPettyMusic]

What an incredible video. James is a wealth of knowledge

[@MATTHEWS_IXXI]

Finally, been trying to find a demo to here the cleans👌👌

[@swede7160]

Fantastic player!

[@xderiwx]

Always killer tones and playing with James! Is he using Jazz 3’s here?

[@TechMetalRules]

Santiago is the gear GOAT

[@LochNessAnthony]

What’s knuckles, mental and enigmatic?

[@findandexpressyourself3229]

hi-is a Treble Bleed in the Strat? greetings from germany

[@Catsaretheenemybutilikethem]

Anyone know what Hendrix song that is that he plays the chords to at 17:05 ?

[@GreggStallingsProject]

please ask why there is no on/off switch or a headphone out on the Lion 68?

[@odgeUK]

So when playing live, is James plugging the Lion into the FX loop of any given amp for that gig? Or is he going straight to house, and listening back with a stage monitor?

[@Jonathandavidk]

Almost anyone I know who is using something like the Lion (Dream, Ruby, Woodrow, iridium, hx stomp) is using them as a direct solution. Plug it into a DI on a stage have front of house send a mix to a wedge or use an in ear monitoring system. At home or in the studio, these get plugged into an audio interface and you hear them back through studio monitors. In general pedals like this are not meant to be used into the front of an amp and they sound pretty bad if you do that. People try to get around this by using full range full frequency (frfr) speakers and cabinets, but in general those still don’t sound as good as just going direct. My experience is that these are good amps for silent stage environments with in ear systems or playing around in a studio environment (home or otherwise). These pedal are not great for most people for jamming with a band or playing bars. Hope this helps.

[@odgeUK]

@@Jonathandavidk That’s helpful thanks. I thought as much. Trying to get my head around the idea that all this great Marshall tone is going to end up going through a stage wedge before I would hear it, and/ or through a set of PA speakers that the soundman is going to EQ to his taste anyway. You really want this sound to come out your guitar cab on stage, right behind you.

[@Louister16]

I’ve always preferred Marshall cleans as opposed to fender

[@JackTheSkunk]

I am old school and believe in playing the GUITAR and not the effects rig.

[@allanramusiewicz996]

Indeed 🎶♥️🎶‼️‼️‼️

[@sconni666]

I always chuckle when I hear you can’t get a good clean tone from a Marshall.

[@stockholm1752]

What’s on *my* pedalboard? Not a single one of UA’s effects. But I can wish. 🤞

[@HendryWong324]

17:06 what song is it?

[@sampokantele]

I think it’s intro chords of ”Angel”

[@pedrolourenco2707]

that noise on the guitar makes me crazy!

[@allanramusiewicz996]

That’s Why “They” Made HUMbuckers and Noise Gates 🤪😲🤔🎶♥️🎶‼️

[@Blaiification]

Single coil stuff, love it or hate it hahaha I personally think it has "personality", but not everyone likes it.

[@vspa]

i agree, i play my strats with noiseless pickups, and my amps with isolation transformers

[@pedrolourenco2707]

it's supposed to be a commercial video! just by turning the position a lot of noise goes away... @@vspa

[@goswo]

Yeah, its hard to listen to real instruments played by real players. Go listen to a modern overproduced piece of music and be happy.

[@TCMx3]

ok happy to see James on but note to the presenter, putting the volume and tone on 10 and never leaving the bridge is peak boomer behavior.

[@twolfordguitar]

Pretty noisey on my end

[@allanramusiewicz996]

WHAT are You Listening Through ?

[@slugtoenail]

The 60 cycle is strong here.