I built my ULTIMATE DREAM pedalboard

[@landrysaathoff2418]

Mike is a gem, and deserves all the icecream he’s ever eaten

[@cloudturner3782]

LOL that's the most wholesome thing I've heard in a while, I love it! Totally gonna says this to someone the next chance I get. 😆

[@danmohan1981]

I'm a sound engineer and I seriously question why for stereo effects. When it comes to PA design, there aren't many times where it actually makes sense to run a PA in stereo for a live event. To use stereo effectively, you need the listener(s) to be roughly centered between two speaker stacks. In very few venues can you have more than about 20% of the crowd in the center coverage area such that either the left or the right is too dominant to really perceive that the other speaker even exists. Stereo is awesome for headphones, broadcast, and recording... but for a live crowd it definitely doesn't help and often hurts due to comb filtering of the two sound fields. I'd love to hear any reasoned arguments to the contrary. I'm a lifelong learner and am willing to be proven wrong.

[@mykhedelic6471]

I'm an at home headphones warrior, and in that context stereo is essential, but live as you say, with two amps on a stage and the crowd dispersed then you are correct. What's needed is some mega surround sound. Now in Super Quadrophonic Surround Sound Vision!!!!

[@stevenbatke2475]

I prefer all my guitars to be mono. Stereo is… kinda overrated. As you say, you’d have to be in the perfect spot to notice, otherwise it’s useless. And summing it could cause phase cancelation and other artifacts. Also, enough can go wrong with one signal, I can’t be bothered to worry about two.

[@dancrowell2933]

Stereo sounds amazing for the types of delays and lush reverbs used by CCM guitarists.

[@danmohan1981]

@@dancrowell2933 ok, but what happens when you put that stereo delay or reverb through a mono PA? I'm also a CCM musician and I agree they sound great on recordings. But I also mix at the largest church in my state and our PA is still mono (by design... not for lack of resources).

[@dancrowell2933]

If the PA is mono, a stereo rig will be summed to mono which would not be good. You need to know if the church has a stereo PA. If it's your local church where you play regularly, you should know. If you play at unfamiliar venues, you could use a DISO+ to be in control of summing to mono when needed.

[@ogmakefirefiregood]

My mini pedalboard? A Friedman irx, a Wampler Pantheon, and an Eventide H90 with 2 mini expression pedals. Yes, it costs more than a helix, but it sounds absolutely perfect.

[@seancook2264]

Enjoy the channel and the storytelling. As a novice player relearning after 35 years this is extremely useful. Recently acquired my first tube amp (Marshall Origin 20) having been playing with a Spark Go. What a total revelation. Now completely understand the sense of feel when interacting and playing. Of course this now leaves me on the precipice of having opened an aladdin’s cave of pedal tonal options. Deciding if something like an ME-90 offers best bang for buck or the pedal collection journey begins!

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

My Boss GT-1 was the most impressive piece of guitar-gear I’ve purchased in the past few-years. I never thought I’d use one for anything but practice, but it’s been a workhorse.

[@ogmakefirefiregood]

I bought a Boss GX100 about a year ago. I absolutely love it. It does so much for $600.

[@Mike-rw2nh]

Fantastic Tone Mob chat, Mike. Would love to see you develop your own podcast too.

[@frusciantegeartone]

One thing I’ve recently tried on the helix is amazing. After my amp/cab block, I have an “always on” stereo reverb (dynamic ambience). I have the room size at 10m, predelay at 0, and mix at 50%. Everything else I just kept factory settings. If listening through an amp/amps, headphones, or even studio monitors, it really gives that studio sound. Almost like doubling guitar without sounding too filtered. It just brings it to life. That’s as good as I can explain. I was listening to stadium arcadium album’s master guitar tracks, trying to match John frusciante’s “in the room” sound. It’s so close to what that album sounds like, it has given me so much inspiration.

[@ProffessorMusic]

I've torn up and rearranged my board a million times but there are exactly 3 pedals that have never left it and probably never will: Boss DD-500, Source Audio EQ, and Peterson Strobostomp.

[@MrJingles021]

I built my board based around versatility as well. The HX One is incredible. I don't understand why people hated on it.

[@patrickcarroll1754]

Great video Mike! You're so likable. I still have faith in the HX STOMP myself. Even though thd. Quad Cortex and so forth is all the rage. Your Pedalboard sound just as good as either

[@r1208]

I’ve been focusing on my time based effects more than anything. I’m running two reverbs and a delay, Blue Sky, Sloer and Fable. I had the Timeline, but it has more options than I could ever possibly use and I would imagine the Big Sky is the same way. The blue sky is everything I could possibly want in a reverb pedal.

[@defangz769]

Could you do a video with the most minimalist pedal board? Like the essentials for beginner-intermediate guitar players looking to get into pedal boards? btw love the content

[@doofinator4285]

On the chance he doesn’t respond I’ll give my 2 cents. Until you’re gigging like crazy, save the money and space and get a clip-on tuner. Why this gets recommend for “beginner” pedal boards is beyond me. If you do go this route earlier, consider a volume/tuner pedal and put it at the front of your signal chain. Massive disclaimer: Your style of music and even your amp will change the recommendations. E.g. do you have built in reverb on your amp? What about Boost/overdrive? If so, skip it for now and come back when you’re refining YOUR sound. When you’re first learning or learning what makes your own style money, time, and space are a premium. Disclaimer 2: My opinion Note: Splurge on a good isolated power supply and then never upgrade it again. It’s the one thing that you can keep forever no matter how you refine your sound. Bare bones recommendation for beginners in order of signal chain: Guitar> Compression> Distortion> Amp input> Amp send> Reverb> Amp return. This is where it gets interesting and you should take the time think about what YOU like vs general recommendations. For instance, if you’re just starting to play with settings and sounds, consider some of the JHS 3 series. Practicing leads? Get a looper. Know that you’re going to want reverb and delay on your board? Consider the Keeley Caverns combo pedal. Love Metallica? Get a Wah at the front of that chain. Smashing Pumpkins? Get a Muff in there. Remember, you’re an artist inspired by artists. Use the paints you like and inspire you. If you throw out more of what you like I’ll be happy to give more feedback as I’m sure others would too and you’ll note that opinions vary (overdrive before distortion or distortion before overdrive). Good luck!

[@bradm-h1842]

Honestly I think it’s just the HX stomp. I’ve had one for over a year now and it’s probably the only thing I would bring gigging with me just cause of convenience.

[@hotrodjones74]

Pedals you should consider are: 1. Tuner, 2. EQ, 3. Wah (Dunlop), 4. Overdrive (Tube Screamer or Blues Driver), 5. Distortion (Rat, or Boss DS-1/2), 6. Fuzz (Big Muff) 7. Delay (Analog or Digital - very different sounds.). These are what I have on my pedal board. Basically you should pick pedals based on their use case (overdrive, distortion, etc) and find the ones you like best. You don't have to go buy $200 pedals to sound good. I love my Boss pedals. They're bulletproof and sound great once you dial them in. It's all about the knob fiddling. Chances are with an EQ in the front of a good basic pedal board you can get any sound. Like make a Les Paul sound like a Strat.

[@terrenceflynn]

I have a min max board with a dod 280->cry baby wah-> tce spark->keeley darkside-> waza craft blues driver-> either a looper or one of a couple reverb pedals depending on the amp I'm using or if I'm practicing or jamming/recording. I'd recommend a low watt tube amp until you're ready for serious volume. (They sound better at lower volumes if you don't cheap out.)

[@robg1996]

Check out JHS $99 pedals and play around. They are great entry level pedals.

[@meloche1syndrome]

So, same deal. Had an rp100 in high school and hated it. Went for in-amp sounds only. Borrowed the church's helix, and now, my valeton gp200 is my most favorite piece of gear

[@marshallrankin168]

Cool board!! I like the idea of using the tonex as a catch-all drive pedal. I haven’t seen that done before!

[@ronymartinez7949]

made me think way more about the board im buiding,thanks mike!

[@michaeldschutte]

Nice to see you playing an Ibanez. They are so underrated.

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

My IK Multimedia TONEX, Line 6 HX Effects and Boss Waza-Air Headphones are the gear that's grown on me the most.

[@davidroden3799]

Appreciate the explanations of your pedal choices. I recently added the Plethora X5 into the effects loop my my HX Stomp XL. I've been moving all of my patches to stereo and added MIDI to control the X5. Lots and lots of options.

[@dinosaursr]

Funny enough, I swapped some duplicate pedals for a TC Electronics G Sharp rack mount (which has a pedal controller) and a Gurus Double Decker 1959 for overdrive tones. I’ve always been wary of rackmounts as too 80’s but it works well and doesn’t need a separate power supply.

[@ChrisSearls]

I got so sick of chasing "klon" type pedals that i just sold a bunch of "klon" type pedals and bought an actual Klon. Love it. Will have it a lifetime.

[@Terryrouge427]

A board like this is my long term goal. I’m currently playing helix pod go with tone factor presets. Hoping one day I am able to build something like this when I have the cash!

[@netzarim1277]

I like that board! Good pedal choices…one thing I noticed is string noise when changing fretting positions…if you use coated strings it will help mitigate that issue.

[@chrisclark5135]

Mike have you ever talked about your KZbin setup? You have some of the best sounding narration audio of the channels I watch and would love to know what your setup consists of. Thanks for sharing!

[@darrenlivy]

Hey Mike, it's a coincident that you put out a video on building a pedal board and I just finished building one myself today. Mine is built around an HX Stomp, Tonex pedal and a Boss SY-200 and because they all draw a lot of power I went with the Cioks SOL. I'm liking your build.

[@Mark_B585]

It only gets creepy if he finds you outside his living room window 😐🥴

[@tfajsh]

Killer stuff Mike!!!

[@SirMalone]

I never considered the Walrus ACS1....hmm this video gave me something to think about!

[@marceloaugustogasparfilho5977]

Great content as usual!! I’m the Pod Go dude 😊 won’t let you down

[@atticuscrowley]

legend

[@inthestudy]

Over the last five years? The vibrato arm. Before 2022 I didn't have one which ...worked properly. But with the help of a skilled machinist, I was able to refit and repair both the 20-year-old 2-point trems on my Jazzmaster's; and with a few tweaks to a Jaguar and a Bass VI - got those perfect too. Now whenever I play a hardtail it always ends in confusion when I try to grab an arm that isn't there. I'm currently trying to finish off two boards - one fot mainly guitar, one for mainly bass. There's three things I've found difficult: finding a delay I like, finding a tremolo I like, and finding a used tuner at a sensible price. So - my next move is to try and build a tremolo. If that works out, maybe I'll try a delay, too. If it doesn't, I ..have an old tremolo pedal I *don't* like very much, and it'll do.

[@stratodan2745]

Pedal board sounds great. Do you plug your last pedal in the chain into a DI box w XLR to FOH?

[@timmer92211]

I think that's a great sounding board, is what I think.

[@seancastleton]

Love your gear videos. On a different note, would you mind sharing a bit on how you got to the level of playing you are at? Seems like you improved quite drastically from the older clips you show. Did you take lessons or online courses? How did you keep progressing besides just practicing? Did you have to learn theory first? I would say I'm an intermediate player but have hit a wall and feel like I can't get over the hump to become a more advanced player. I don't have access to private lessons where I'm at and have a hard time learning just from YT videos. Thanks.

[@Mark_B585]

I always learned so much from your videos. This is dope

[@giorgiomusso8558]

You are a really good guy, and I don't want to sound rude, but I really don't get why people pack a pedalboard with 4-5 digital pedals instead of buying a Helix or a Fractal. I mean, I understand old-school analog guys who want a classic pedalboard with no-frills, 3-knob analog pedals, but if you have to go digital, you can optimise the result with an FM9, a QC or a Helix Floor. But different people like different things, and I'm perfectly fine with that. Cheers!

[@petersouthwell5971]

The Helix. And for portability the Pod GO.. Totally man.

[@ArgenisAlbaD]

Hey Mike great video. I’d love to hear your opinion on the Valeton GP200, would you recommend it?

[@maxbialystock254]

20 Watt or smaller tube amp. Tuner Blues Driver Boss Chorus. Tele. DONE

[@Kreye-Baby]

Modulation shection 😂 just playing. Great video! Love your insight into the choices you made.

[@RobertNolan]

I can't wait till you dip into midi for all of this.

[@karlotolentino0723]

12:55 thanks, mike

[@picksalot1]

Your "dream" is my nightmare. HX Stomp for the win. YMMV

[@christiankiedrowski]

How did you decide to orient your pedals like you did? There should be plenty of space to face them all up correct? And get that LA-2A out of the prime bottom row since it's an always-on pedal

[@musicman4christjesus]

Are you placing the delays and reverb after your amp/cab section?

[@riffsfoundhere]

I would

[@patrickbelanger2535]

I’m trying to find the perfect drive comme combination right now.. it’s not easy! Everything seems to sound great but as soon as i try something else, it’s even better! Right now i have a Boss OD-3 as my od and a Nobels ODR-1 as my clean boost and it sounds very good! I think it’s always going to be a work in progress..

[@meloche1syndrome]

What gets me is that i hear the difference between the guitars and my neural divergence wouldn't allow me to keep the same settings between different guitars, because the tone changes. Hence, the in-amp or the valeton

[@geceergen]

I just watched your other pedalboard videos. Good coincidence.

[@mykhedelic6471]

Prediction: There will come a time when the lights from that Star Eater will shine brightly, and on a regular basis...

[@FakeGlasses]

Buddy, you gotta include a shot of the whole pedalboard all together so we can silently judge you.

[@musicman4christjesus]

He did. At 11:18

[@markd.bogart2166]

What power supply did you end up using?? I'm getting ready to put my board together and that was a big concern of mine. As always, I enjoy your channel. Thanks Mike.

[@toliskoskinas]

Mike, the basic tone of this board coming through my KRK's or my ATH-M40x headphones sounds muffled 🤔 Like there's some kind of really extreme hi-cut that produces the blanket effect. Sorry, may be my setup it's just very different from your other videos.

[@_alifmk]

ah finally got piece of golden advice from giannis antentokounmpo

[@narrowonflow]

10:34 thats the sound of god right there

[@WackyEncapsulatedFruitCup]

Mk.Gee Tone-torial When? lol. Love your videos, you actually convinced me to spend some cash on an authentic Strat. Best decision I made on an instrument a while!

[@gregward404]

Hey Mike! Great pedlboard… in this video, are you running your board into an amplifier and a cab? or a combo amp? or is it just interfaced into your laptop and running through desktop monitors? thanks for all of your GREAT content!

[@chrismarschall8664]

Great video!

[@MurrayWilliams]

Good title change I like this one better

[@makingmusiconline2309]

Would love to hear how much two grand plus of pedals plus board and power supply compares to a Helix? Is it better, or is it just being able to adjust the knobs quickly while you’re performing?

[@DylanWOWilliams]

Man, you and I have very different dream pedal boards. Haha

[@georgekatechis628]

What are your thoughts on the tonemaster pro?

[@1funkyangel]

Love your videos Bro ! :)

[@stonebrakerstudio8238]

Go Mike❤

[@LedZeppelin1333]

Mike great video! Question for you. My struggle with amp modular has always been live whether you play it through the PA system or an amp and cab. I find with the amp the sound of the amp is fighting with the amp modeler. What do you do live?

[@dtwo31]

Do you use any IRs with the ACS1 or the stock ones? Honestly, I’ve heard York was good and tested them myself, but there was a very little difference and I honestly liked the stock IRs better

[@MrEvanBacon]

I’ve never looked back after getting my helix

[@scattystormborn]

My board is dumb. Polytune Noir > Ehx Tone Corset > Ehx Spruce Goose > Ehx Operation Overlord > Keeley Moon Op Fuzz > JHS Unicorn V2 > Ehx Silencer. On the silencers fx loop I have Ehx Neo Clone > Keeley Caverns v2 > Ehx Small Stone > back to Silencer

[@danielhunter1919]

I want a helix bro. Not that double helix tho 🧬 man if I only had a friend who doesn’t play his… 😂

[@BOctaveFyden]

Can you help me pick,rather I take telecaster or stratocaster

[@st4rxreaper657]

my always on are the boss compression sustainer, and my warped devision on the chorus setting. then i have a klon clone which sounds absolutely epic for them john mayer licks, a t800 tube screamer (need to get an ibanez one) and a blue drive pedal from donner that i rarely use now. i use the klon and the t800 together for when the solos start properly and need more distortion. and then i have the boss ds-1 distortion pedal for heavy metal. need to get more as my reverb is coming from my fender mustang amp clean preset so would be nice to get the sound without a preset.

[@CameraLaw]

Your board is way cool, but a bit too complex for my head and pockets. I’m just getting into the $325 Boss ME-90 which you have kinda scratched the surface of with a cool woman story, but I’m ready to hear more. I find some of the “pedals” quite amazing, especially the Klon Centaur emulation. And the so called “X-series” amps with multi-dimensional processing react so differently to my many picking styles.

[@diegomema]

did you try the uad dream 65? thanks

[@Starter001]

How do you go from board stereo out to your amp ? Or it is just a PA ampless system / studio ?

[@bradm-h1842]

I’m curious if you notice any latency stacking from all the digital pedals you’re using?

[@paulneugebauer7768]

plain and simple. Acoustic guitar

[@ferudave]

Hey Mike, what camera are you using for your videos?

[@sondretandberg3116]

which camera do you use mike??

[@joesatchton212]

Ibanez AZ? Shocking heresy....lol... XD

[@lavalizard1]

You reinforce my eternal belief in stripping down boards to the bare minimum. On the power side I highly recommend Mission Engineering products - I run both of my gigging boards off of USB batteries. And ditch the pre-set nonsense. Learn your gear - tweak a knob or two between songs… JMHO….

[@guitarproject3661]

Context : Pedalboard Worship 🗿

[@n.s.a5661]

Hey Mike, what Ibanez guitar model is that?

[@bluestalfos1410]

i gotta know. Mike, what is your favorite guitar?

[@jimmydenny168]

loving seeing someone put together a perfect board

[@malachischarfe3781]

0:01 boss rv200

[@matthewguzman6806]

What powersupply is that

[@JudeReissMusic]

A brand called haggtronix has changed my pedalboard for the better!!!!

[@rochat]

"I made my dream pedalboard" [makes a face like someone farted]

[@jaden_shah]

For real this time! 😂

[@marctono1776]

just to mention: nice video! what about saying something about WahWah-pedals? you did not use one on your pedalboard. btw: i like your channel! greetings and thank you very much!

[@matthewbertram3304]

*modulation sheckshon*

[@slash0abid]

did you buy the Hxone?

[@blipblipblip4892]

As much as i like the tone, pedal choices?? My OCD is triggering about your pedal arrangement haha your board is big your just did it like that..

[@drcustomblades2984]

I highly recommend the CIOKS power bundle. It comes with the DC7 brick and the CIOks 8 expander complete isolated power gives you 15 outputs plus a 5v usb plus a 24v Aux out. The great thing about this power solution is that each output can be set for 9v, 12v, 15v, or 18v. This is the most compact at 1" deep and it fits perfect under pedaltrain boards or any board you choose. Also comes with mounting hardware for pedaltrain and temple audio boards. 5 STAR Rating in my book! you can also expand this setup with yet another CIOKS 8 or other power brick from CIOKS with the aux 24v output. This gives you tremendous power possibilities for future growth.

[@JoelWilliamHarrison]

Don’t ever say it’s ’the ultimate’ or ‘all I’ll ever need’ 😂 it’s a curse. A new pedal will be knocking on your door the next day.

[@michaeljoyce3286]

How many kids are real? I played in a worship band and I have a helix line 6 floor model. And as coming to realize that I would rather have a paddle board to get the helix really sound the way you want to you gotta have a sound engineer, and the truth be told the true guitar tone too well you could really what you wanna hear out of your guitar or amplify it, but you gotta really know how to dial it

[@Varone26]

Doesn’t almost everyone of these influencer/youtuber guys have the same basic board like this?

[@FreeWilly22]

Yep, every church player also pretty much follows the same exact template because of the brand name. Same with bass players. Not a board without a Strymon for guitar and none without a Microsynth for bass. It’s so funny😅

[@marshallrankin168]

@@FreeWilly22I’m a church guitar player that doesn’t have a strymon to speak of lol. Out here swimming upstream by myself

[@frusciantegeartone]

Not Ryan from 60 cycle hum. His “affordaboard” in the shape of a cross is so cool and unique. I’m sure he probably has this other fancy stuff but I like that he tries cheap stuff in a live setting.

[@ejmazzi1499]

Play a fretless bass. I dare you

[@bluntforc3studios198]

Don’t need pedals , never understood the waste of money. Good amp and a foot switch is all you need .

[@juliorivera1466]

This guy looking like Gregory from Abbott Elementary 😂

[@Mark_B585]

And you being a dumbass and saying that this guy's a solid person

[@IanHarsh]

Surprised you didn’t pick up an HX Stomp and use it to do most of the heavy lifting! These days I’m even using it for my church reverbs. I’m never selling mine!

[@dbecker33]

I feel like the stomp is the answer for a lot of the players in the pedal camp.

[@robertmueller2023]

I so wanted to get this board for my son Trevor, but he was deafened as a toddler by a guy who got 12 years in prison, then was later gang-raped and beaten to death in the prison shower.

[@Gliese710_]

Just bought my 1st non battery operated pedal, WHY DO THEY NOT COME WITH A CABLE?? ITS SO STUPID, NOW I HAVE TO WAIT 3 MORE DAYSBEFORE I CAN EVEN USE IT.

[@xsm5525]

no boss pedals. instant fail.