LIVE Viewer Comments & Questions With Adrian Thorpe [Thorpy FX] Special Guest!

[@ThatPedalShow]

SCAM ALERT! Hello to everyone watching this. Please note we will NEVER promote competitions or prizes in KZbin comments sections. There are parties pretending to be us. So if ANYONE asks you to contact them saying you’ve won a prize and asks for details, please ignore them. Better still, please help us report them to KZbin. You have not won a prize, and it is not us. It’s happening right across KZbin, with collective apologies! Mick & Dan

[@ROAMZ101]

Mr Thorpe is an absolutely brilliant human being. Who has both offered advice and supported me with his products on multiple occasions. I would recommend him and the team to anyone looking to buy a good quality pedal. Loving my gunshot and Si veteran fuzz!!

[@dhod900]

Daniel from Seahampton here… very grateful to be receiving the pedal, thanks Dan!! PS - I ran into a TPS video a little over three years ago which led to me buying a guitar and the rest is as they say… you blokes are a hell of an inspiration 🙂

[@ThatPedalShow]

Congrats Dan!!! 🥳

[@zootallures1]

Thank you Mr. Thorpy for answering my question on the Fallout Cloud volume control and thank you for producing such fantastic pedals! You too, are a legend....🎸

[@tonyyorke7050]

Great to have you guys back. ,Thorpy is a great guest & a nice bloke . Rotund players Lowell George stunning guitar player. LOVE and PEACE to everyone

[@drcockles]

I have a collection array of Thorpy and all the Redbeard pedals and am always excited to see what’s next 🤟🏽❤️

[@yohnsvain9651]

Thorpy is obviously one of those wonderful human beings you chance to meet. An all Thorpy show, where we could get to hear a bit more of his back story. Great show!

[@reecebeard6323]

Absolutely, 100% on all of of this!

[@danielherbert8060]

Thanks for the many OD ideas, ​ @That Pedal Show , exploring those will keep me busy for a while. See you live again on the other side of the semester

[@lanceleslie5165]

Two Rock show, most definitely!

[@VintageRadius]

Yes! And don’t worry too much about what you think the people want 😊Most of us find anything TPS related interesting

[@eaglerayrob]

So good to have you back, great VCQ. Mr. Thorpe was an excellent guest. I love my Peacekeeper, looking forward to adding the Heavy Water to the board. CLRS/TS1 episode, yes please (for completely selfish reasons😈).

[@brianmiller6828]

Excellent bad name: braille for the deaf!!! Really enjoyed Thorpy. Will definitely check out his products!!!

[@TheHowardSinclair]

Odly enough, it's Geoff Capes' 73rd birthday today - 23rd of August. As usual, I'm late to the party catching up on the episode, but great to see and hear Thorpy, and good to have you back creating a couple of hours of content to keep us smiling :)

[@jrdelapierre6008]

I vote to turn the Duo into a Trio. You guys had amazing Chemistry and Adrian seems like such a genuine and kind bloke. Cheers.

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Still loving my Fallout Cloud. It's an incredible pedal and Thorpy is a great company to do business with.

[@Bullittbl]

Sorry I missed it live but ist So great to wake up and turn on VCQ! I have never been to Spain but I've been to Oklahoma

[@eaglerayrob]

"Never been to Spain" was written by Hoyt Axton. Hoyt owned a Dumble Overdrive Special amp that is now owned, I believe, by Joe Bonamassa.

[@gcvrsa]

What what? Thorpy received Honours? I hadn't heard about that! Well done, you!

[@chrisdavies9143]

Great to have you back gents and very much enjoyed hearing from Thorpy, what a thoroughly nice bloke (and I'm not just saying that because he could crush my skull with his bare hands 😅)

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahahaha!

[@paulmatulevich3623]

Praise Thorpe!

[@jeremyversusjazz]

missed u guys! love love loved the strat refret show. never tried thorpe stuff but want to! cheers “sir”!

[@benjammin4840]

2:02:30 never too late to start learning drums! I didn't start til I was 26 and now after several years have made a ton of progress. Drums and guitar are great compliments as instruments

[@ruffryder13]

Watching this again because of the currently strong USD. Lifting weights and was inspired to add a couple more plates...thanks Thorpy! :)

[@telsutton]

I wouldn't mind a medal from Brian May too! Love Queen. p.s. I used to work at Granada Studios, 1992 (and appeared with my band on Yorkshire TV's Calendar in 1989, where I was given a proper tour)... In a tv studio/newsroom you tend to get individual battery-powered lavaliers, and I've seen both pencil condensors/boundary mics used on the desk. And they rooms are so dead that phase barely enters the equation. Boom mics rarely used in the 'newsroom' - you'd be surprised how small the news studios actually were - hardly any standing room for an Operator.

[@lawrenlelko]

OK, here's the one we need. A lot of pedals have come out before this, and that is a mistake. It's about noise. There are gates, but that leaves the noise sound mixed with the guitar sound after you push past the threshold. We can do better than that - we can have all the instrument and NONE of the noise. We need sampling noise reduction (like Waves X-Noise). If it was a very simple pedal, you would have to leave your guitar volume on 10 and use a volume pedal after the noise reduction (or you could use the strange sound of too much noise reduction as an effect if you use the vol. on the guitar - it's a useable sound, though I never have). The reason is that the sampler is taking out the specific noise that exists with the instrument set at a specific volume. It would only need one button, "activate" which would sample the noise and turn it on. Automatic sampling would be unreliable (it sounds like someone goofing with the eq while a person is on a video chat - we know that sound right? - for a guitarist, that would result in the other band members looking over and wondering what happened). Another thought is that it could be incorporated into the instrument so that the noise reduction would stay with the volume control (buy stock in 9-vold batteries?) So, guitar with everything on 10 (with your hand over the strings) -> click sampling noise reduction -> volume pedal -> the rest of your rig. This would get you chillingly clean, no-noise-floor single coil sound. It's more important now with the resurgence of high-end performers using P-90s. If we can get a pedal like that, everyone will sound better. PS - I love that sunburst strat missing the back-plate, haha, that's most of mine. About the time I think "yea it's stable now" and take the zip-lock baggie out of the parts box an put it back on, the weather changes or I decide to try a different set of strings. Anyway... your mission, should you choose to accept it... this message will not self-destruct, but will probably stay here until there's a big solar flare. Then we'll all be playing acoustics. I hope someone puts a Blues-breaker in a Faraday cage...

[@simonthompson9380]

Dan - agree about Italy , love it too

[@craiger2399]

I want the Thorpy Decadence pedal - a TPS signature.

[@lincolnosiris3665]

Make it the DecaDance an I´m in

[@corpse-in-orbit]

To the person who's researching frequency response in different guitar builds: I would really pay close attention to bridge design. It's *incredible* how thoroughly a Strat trem vs. a 2-piece Tune-o-Matic vs. a one-piece wraptail can change a guitar. (And also mass in the neck, like Bill Collings said.)

[@stanislavmigra]

Agreed

[@astewart9410]

Brilliant episode! Man I want to all the Thorpy pedals! What a cool guy. Update. Not a Thorpy pedal, but I did recently get a Boss Blues Driver Waza BD-2w. I love it!!!

[@corpse-in-orbit]

Lol at "Sometimes you get an old cab, you open it up, and it's a spaghetti Western in there"

[@arnolddealiii4259]

I’m glad you guys are back! Monday’s suck bad enough without my VCQ to make it through the day!

[@wadesummers4102]

Alas, did not run into Dan in Rome!! We were only there a day. We too had a great Italian adventure in Florecene/Pisa, Rome, Amalfi Coast and Venice. Lots of live music on the cruise ship!

[@bryangarcia662]

Hi TPS! Meant to "Super Shat" but employment got in the way, maybe next week. :D Watching a day late, but I must say I'd LOVE to see that Two Rock comparison show, whether its a full show or vlog (though watching Dan get affected by Two Rock tone is always fun haha). As always, thanks for all the tonal fun and education!!!

[@jmanson3310]

Sad I couldn't see this live. Thorpy is a legend.

[@johnnyboymcconnell43]

I'm so glad someone asked Thorpy about lifting.

[@zaccaria-dribi]

Ciao signor dan! Un salutone dall'Italia! Un abbraccio e buona giornata 😊

[@gcvrsa]

Very impressed to hear Thorpy suggest the Blackstone Appliances MOSFET Overdrive. That one has been on my list for ages, and I really, really need to get one.

[@anthonydevito1298]

@1:55:00 One good way to get post-amp effects is using the effects loop on the Fryette Powerstation PS-2A. The effects loop comes after the power amp instead of between preamp and poweramp.I have found I much prefer it for my reverbs and delays. It makes reverb sound much more like a real room and is similar to the production-type effects that happen when recording... very cool!

[@allenwhite1978]

Yeah, definitely, Monday’s are not the same without TPS. ”let me take you far away, you’d like a holiday”.-Scorpions. Welcome back, Dan!

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

There is a test for the resonant quality of an acoustic which is to remove contact from the belly to detect any increase in volume or tonal quality.

[@ruffryder13]

Fingerboard materials: Sorry, but wood is also a composite material...a naturally occurring composite composed of cellulose fibers in a lignin matrix ;)

[@jamiemharrison4493]

Love Thorpy! Great Show!

[@johndogwater]

It's funny the colour of wood. I got a recent Squire with Pau Ferro and it has one of the darkest boards I've ever seen, it's not stained or anything, I've cleaned it like crazy, it's just a really dark piece. I've also got an old Brazilian board on an acoustic that has a light caramel swirl in it. You can find all kinds.

[@natenobrakes6292]

Lying in bed, feeling unwell, but a good dose of TPS elixir helps enormously. Thanks gents.

[@allenwhite1978]

Emg pickups usually have plugs. If I recall they are similar to the plugs on a rc car. Square pin electronic connections.

[@lakeheadsociology]

Richie Havens playing 'freedom' at woodstock - them big hands and big thumbs surely made the tone awesome

[@aaronm5535]

Fat Tire is from the great state of Colorado, mate ! 🤠 bless ya

[@kennethsease6761]

Are you all stoned? I mean it's Kool, cause you're all cracking me like so much! Thanks

[@bmcpherson3071]

@thatpedalshow Fun Thomas the tank engine trivia seeing as you brought it up. The chief model maker for Thomas the Tank Engine was Tim Staffell the bass player and lead singer from Smile with Roger Taylor and Brian May.

[@davidluscombe3260]

Not sure if anyone has answered your question about mics and ducking them and also the question about Lapels but the answer to your question is AMM ( automatic mic mixing) or Dugan as it is known as well👌👌👌

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

The physical separation of a panel of spokespersons is a function of the distance they are from "their" microphones. When they are directly in front of and close to them they may be placed closer shoulder to shoulder. When the microphones are above (out of view) the mouths must be separated farther from each other. This approach allows the volumes for each to be adjusted for their projection qualities and no real time volume adjustments are necessary. To do so would be a nightmarish distraction for the viewers (listeners) as well as an impossible chore for the tech crew.

[@stevem-h3562]

One of the players referred to by Thorpie about getting their manfuzz stuck in the springs is none other than Neil Finn, during the recording of Together Alone, as told by the producer of the album, Youth. I think he'd encouraged Neil to play naked during the recording of the song Locked Out, if I recall rightly.

[@BigSh00tsie]

Obviously late on this but I use PCB terminal blocks on thr connection between the guitar and the pickguard so i can change pickguards. They work perfectly.

[@Evy-1988]

DO the Two Rock episode. We're all geeks and we love the specific shows just as much as the more general shows

[@eaglerayrob]

Corpulence: The new pedal from ThorpyFX. When only big round tone will do. 😀

[@BlueSkyDogs]

I would be very happy to see the "two rock comparison" B

[@dustytreweek7156]

New Thorpy pedal: The Braille. When engaged, completely kills your signal.

[@stanislavmigra]

My observation sofar with Pau Ferro boards, is that they get sticky with "man gunk" going in, while there is such no issue with Rosewood. No biggie, just clean the board more often.

[@gcvrsa]

I'm sat here watching this, and when Mick's mum started ringing his phone, I thought it was my mum ringing my phone.

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

I prefer having , as a base level, speakers with the flattest response curve available. This allows for a wider range of tweaking through other components - one of which may be the addition of less "flat" speakers and perhaps even in a mix of cabinets.

[@stevenheinje181]

The 1-variable thing is for teaching the scientific method: we often do not test one variable at a time, we can use a statistical technique called Fractional Factorials. I often test more than 4 at once because my product, paint, like guitar has many interactions among the components. A tool called multiple regression allows us to say Factor 1: is say 80%, then factor 3 is 10% and maybe 2 and 4 didn’t really matter - not statistically significant. Now maybe with repeats we find we can prove 4 and 3 did matter. Sort of like neck wood and glue joints. So its possible if we did a FF we’d see these anecdotes are all true, but that the smaller variables, like neck wood, may matter overall but maybe not on all models/makes and specimens. I think the main thing that TPS has offered me as a scientist who plays guitar is my interaction with the instrument matters: that might be physical or psychological but real none-the-less. That means to really do science you’d need various players to capture that. Often the cost of such science exceed the value of the problem. In this case we still rely on Expert Opinion. We generally accept that the experts mind find real relationships that in fact haven’t been proven. I think the science of guitar sound is in this realm, so when I see people like Santana using their Dumbels I take that as “the best available science.” I appreciate TPS in this same light.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Love this, thank you Steven!

[@mark.guitar]

@11mins. You have got to keep this as a way of doing the housekeeping.

[@waynebridger4998]

Hi guys, love this channel. You both have helped me immensely over the last couple of years. Not sure if you have done, but are there any plans on doing a video, talking about valves/tubes, brands for different amps etc. I have a vox ac10c1 and have read many contrasting reviews on valves

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hello Wayne. It's not something we know very much about, truth be told. One of the many considerations for new amps is that they tend to be designed to work with modern tubes. So it might not be the case that your beautiful old Mullards would necessarily be a great partner. This is where we duck out and consult people who really do know what they're talking about. And those people are the people who've worked on hundreds and hundreds (at least) of amps. Cheers!

[@waynebridger4998]

@@ThatPedalShow yeah, makes sense. Thanks for the reply, hope you have a good rest of summer

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

I recently discovered replacement blades for a razor cutter that survived against rust in a prominent Texas Gulf Coast city for decades due to having been sealed in a plastic tube. An electrical contact kept '"dry" by similar means should b equivalent if not superior to a soldered contact.

[@murray.altheim]

Mission furniture from the early 20th century was ammonia-fumed. I've got a few old chairs in my lounge that are fumed oak. When you fume white oak with ammonia it first comes out grey-purple, then after applying wax it goes dark brown. The advantage of fuming over dye is that the colour goes really deep into the wood. If I'm not mistaken I think it also hardens the wood a tad. But of course dealing with high-mole ammonia is extremely hazardous, so warnings are in order: a single breath of the fumes would likely kill you, and it's highly corrosive to your skin. Really, really not for amateurs to handle.

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

Reductive sound shaping is more inclusive of the possibilities for change due to the relative "upfrontness" of a frequency range "Q" and position as limitations are introduced.

[@jasonb1846]

Name drop horn for the Queen!!!

[@-plexico-]

So glad you’re all back….

[@AngelarmSpartan777]

Someone give Mr. Thorpe a handkerchief. Some big guys run at a hotter temperture than others. 😅

[@thorpyfx2679]

yup, im always the same... those cameras are on and i start sweating... apologies.

[@hikinguphigh]

Thought it was Eddie hall for a second

[@shamsam4]

Regarding Dan's not playing piano regret: I know the guitar is far too much for one man to master, but you might find playing piano opens up things in your guitar playing. Love you guys and I'm glad you're back. Inspiration to play!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Yeah, if I can squeeze it in I think it would be worthwhile 👍

[@bfitz111]

Chaps! would love to hear your thoughts on the Japanese guitars that over the years have become quite revered and hallowed from the lawsuits to all the weird and wonderful yamaha guitars to modern fender japan and tokai and all that? Then would love to see if you can get a big ol' Orange OTR 120 or Matamp Green GT120 and hop it up there next to your HiWatt and let the doom come forth!? great work as always lads. Loved the refret show! ill probs be sourcing some DP tele pickups from him. Xo from Ireland!

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

Decision based on miserliness or greed are a disservice to both others and self.

[@cowieson]

Slightly late to the party in watching this episode, but Mick! Just do the Two-Rock show already! I understand your reservation, but at the same time there isn't a huge amount of good quality dedicated Two-Rock content out here on KZbin and not very many of us have played one in real life so getting good playing through these things with TPS level recording quality - what more could we want? (Moany gits wanting shows dedicated entirely to pedals notwithstanding, there are plenty of those already in the catalogue! ;) )

[@corpse-in-orbit]

One vote for the Two-Rock episode

[@DirtyDavesDirt]

Two Rock show 💯

[@gcvrsa]

Dan: You and the family are going to love Amalfi and the Amalfi Coast. I highly recommend staying at the Hotel Luna Convento in Amalfi. Eat at Torre Saracena, Eolo, and Trattoria da Gemma (not mine, just good food). Go up to Ravello and eat at Cumpa Cosimo; in Positano, try La Cambusa and Chez Black. Can you tell I like food? :D

[@hotblackdesiato3451]

So who would have the better tone, a fat Hendrix or a thin BB King? This is the sort of question that could break the internet (I blame Mick).

[@johndogwater]

Neil Diamond should have done an album singing through a Marshall stack, that'd be sick.

[@thorpyfx2679]

yes he should have!! To my eternal embarrassment it was Neil Youngs Amp.... memory isn't what it should be lol.

[@taliskaster1026]

Neil Diamond / Neil Young >> both would sound excellent singing through a Marshall stack :)

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

Consider the contact employed by the Somnium guitar and it's rivals.

[@RMosack]

Thin guitarists: Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Eric Clapton, Steve Howe, Eric Johnson, Johnny Winter, Randy Rhoads, Eddie Van Halen, etc. Fat guitarists: BB King, Freddie King, Albert King, Leslie West...

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

I was O.K. when I was overweight but have gotten better but older after retiring and losing 25lbs. Was it the weight, or the experience , or the reduction in stress? Who cares!? I'm happier and still playing.

[@bobgreenlee7852]

When in Rome ..had a hit with " the Promise"

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

The presumption of my ignorance goes without admitting and I await the opportunity to be proven less than sufficiently accurate - thank you.

[@dwaynejessome1728]

do the Two Rock show!!! F the pedal hecklers

[@vinnieRice]

Yes, the mic ducking is generally automated, (very 'spensive digital automixing)

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

12 amps arrrayed like a clock?

[@daviddowns16]

Two rock VLOG please!!!!!!!

[@obiwankenobi6271]

I want enveloppe filter and adelay pedals made by thorpyfx ! Please!

[@NonalignedVideos]

FYI: Every person who comments on my "Pedalboarding is not a crime" t-shirt asks what "pedalboarding" is. Even the musicians. This shirt is a TPS-only in-joke! LOL! I need to buy an "All You Need Is Fuzz" shirt to make the questions more interesting. Sadly, as an aged fellow I already have 100+ t-shirts, so more t-shirts makes little sense.

[@petergoddard1960]

For a minute there, before Gibson woke up, they put Richlite fingerboards on some of their guitars, including the SG. Thankfully they no longer do this.

[@jsack4]

Do the TR video! A non-friday show makes sense.

[@jsack4]

Also.. the train sounds from your current rig video was my favourite TPS moment of all time. SO GOOD!

[@claudiocolombini4014]

In italian!?😄 che bella sorpresa

[@benkeen]

I have the Fat General. Quiet genius, just like it’s maker.

[@nevillecragg9066]

Can Thorpy please give Line6 a Dane to model?

[@acousticglue]

I worked out for years and back when 165lbs at 30+ years old could still bench 300. When was in early 50s walking my pit bull he yanked to get after a barking dog and ripped my right bicep. Yeah made me stop working out that way at all.

[@NINEWALKING]

Always soldering. Good wiring harness is crucial. Why introducing possible weak spot how ever long it could take to make it fail? Gibson wiring harness made in 50's is only way to go with such guitars. Two layer isolation Gavitt braided cable, Switchcraft jack and pickup selector, 500K CTS pots and nice paper in oil caps. In decades I've tried it all and nothing touches such classic wiring harness.

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

How does a 3/10 compare to a 4/12?

[@philmus1]

But if your Brother is playing in the staff pupil match this afternoon, move his coat on to the lower peg before you write to your mother

[@sf-gl7tr]

3 or more Microphones: Dugan Automixer solves the Problem

[@neilsmith5464]

Who? Him?!?! 😂😂

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

Custom designed combo amps should be designed with the speaker and cab in mind to create that artistic "thing". I am limited to a number of "things" both by spatial and financial resources. I recently saw a video by someone able to design a room around a stereo system. Even without limitation of finances, time to custom manufacture and machine after engineering stretched the completion out decades. I'm not that patient.