Neon Egg Planetarium, Keeley Synth-1, NRG Mono Double, Hamstead Trem MkII [TPS Pedal Jams]

[@neilgrimes]

Thanks so much for featuring one of my new creations and your praise of my work... made me blush with pride! Great show, explanation of the Monochrome Double pedals and wonderful sounds from everything. Cheers to Dan, Mick and all the TPS crew! Neil x

[@ThatPedalShow]

Love your work Neil, sensational stuff :)

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

NRG EFFECTS TPS now made me aware of you. I really liked your Kicker pedal. What a fantastic pedal for a mostly clean player like me. But I’m sure it works great for dirt sounds too. I checked out your website.

[@neilgrimes]

Thanks loads @@JazzRockswithAdam! Yes, the KICKER-5457 does wonders for clean tones, but can also really enhance and push drive sounds too. So it would also work very nicely with PURRER-mini or another of my other dirt pedals in the Monochrome Double setup. You can do much with just a good drive and boost. Give me a shout anytime if you've got any questions or requests. Neil

[@livingthedream137]

This wins the vote for best looking pedal array. This is how all pedals should look. Especially that planetarium. All these are gorgeous. 50's future. :)

[@tonybrooks476]

This really is TPS at its best. Exploration, excitement and then execution in context. Fooofing Hada.

[@dmac-333]

Yeah , very cool guys. The Neon Egg design reminds me of my hand held video games from the 80s. Astro Wars anyone?

[@jhnlk]

02:40 "Building Sonic Cathedrals in the Sky" Behold, the name of TPS's new synth-shoe gaze band.

[@nyeehah]

What about "I Built the Sky" oh wait, that's taken

[@joshjenkinson1929]

The Hamstead tremolo is marvellous! The most realistic one I’ve heard out of all the tremolo pedals. They’ve clearly nailed the electronic paraphernalia going on under the metal case!

[@pedalgazer7109]

WOW- that neon Planetarium thing is amazing. It sort of sits somewhere between a pedal and rack gear- although it might more sense to just plunk it on your desk and use it for mixing. I went to the company's website and watched their tutorial. Amazing piece of gear. I figured it would be really expensive, but it's less than half the cost of a Strymon Big Sky- go figure....Here's a quote from their website- "If you want to make epic cinematic music or blur the lines between electronic/post rock/ambient genres then this pedal will help get you there (but if you are looking for a tool for your Status Quo covers band you're probably on the wrong website..)."- now that's MY kind of pedal. Can't wait to get one!

[@jonathanyork3636]

How analog is the Planetarium? I assume the verb and delay is digital- but what about the compressor? Website says it's a VCA. If so, that's a budget friendly price for a VCA compressor.

[@shiny.90]

Absolutely just loved, loved the jam at the end! Plus quite a perfect mix of pedals today. They all went together incredibly well...

[@nicolasvandermeer2145]

With Dan’s EPIC demo of the Neon Egg, I don’t think I’ve ever GAS’ed so hard for a piece of gear. Great sounds all round this episode, so inspiring.

[@goodknight37]

I’ve been waiting for this episode synth the show started!

[@luthiervandros]

Caleb I heard that in my mind with Mike Tyson’s voice.

[@goodknight37]

Luthier Vandros 😂well done

[@luthiervandros]

Caleb I almost spit out my coffee!

[@dinadams]

That outro jam is the best antidote to modellers I’ve ever heard. Organic, Visceral, Joy.

[@chimichurrimojo3096]

I've been watching TPS for a while now and it has been highly educational, y'all are great teachers. Thank you, you've been helping me to find out what I like and you inspire me to work on being sonicly fearless. I hope y'all keep finding joy in this for many episodes to come!

[@rickya3877]

Thanks to TPS,I have an NRG Poker treble booster...fantastic little pedal

[@jrchanning]

Some unusual pedals showcased in this video, great fun especially liked the utter epic weirdness of the Synth-1 and Planetarium, they would inspire hours of creation !! :)

[@Astral_Wave]

First episode I've seen with the jam at the end. Thank you. Sounded excellent.

[@TraneFrancks]

Jeebus! Dan was RIPPING IT UP at the end there. I _really_ dig these pedals. Would love a Planetarium on my desktop.

[@dunhamchris]

Dan's playing at the end is truly inspired

[@groundzerro]

playing and experimenting so much fun!

[@pd4165]

I've commented before - but I'm so stunned I've come back for another go. That was the best nearly-an-hour I've had for quite a long time (discounting trousers off+whipped cream and a bicycle pump episodes). Entertaining, educational, inspiring and lots of other things starting with I and ending with ing. Blimey!

[@Andy_Yates]

Been watching this show a good while now, and some days it can be really obvious when the sounds inspire you. THIS is certainly one of those days. You guys were on fire here, and everything sounded killer

[@ampoll88]

Wow, wow, wow. Epic jam at the end!! Great job mates!

[@periloustemple8290]

You guys have been magnificent as ever these past months. You have grown and evolved an already powerful and entertaining learning experience into a continually relevant enterprise - and I did not even mention the beautiful and inspiring music you have made along the way. In 2003 or so, I sold my MesaBoogie Pre, my Ensoniq DP4 and TubeWorks Power Amp for a Mac, Amplitube and an interface (GarageBand, BIAS Deck, ProTools, then Logic). It seemed so practical and amazing back then - and I spent years creating songs and the whole bit. But as Apple continued to make life harder for creatives, I am sat here with my 2006 MacPro upgraded to the hilt and hacked to 10.11.6. But as of 4 years ago, I have not been able to solve certain problems that emerged. Enter the Kingsley Page and some other preamps as my fix. That's about when I discovered you boys in days when it was still GigRig's channel. Now, I have a handmade, lovely EL84 amp, a load of pedals, a decent speaker mic-ed in a home grown isolation box in a closet - and I have never made been happier. I hope this nerd meltdown helps you know that there is lots of love out here for you as you and your skills - and your music - continue to change the world.

[@ThatPedalShow]

That’s awesome PT!! Making music is what it’s all about, and finding ways to get over the barriers. Well done sir 🤓👍

[@cirjames2540]

That is what music is all about-having fun and being creative and these pedals do that perfectly. Thank you guys, now I'm going to listen to Sigur Ros.

[@gregstanard2026]

Holy tone!!! The whole backing track outro was top tier. Props, men. More That Planetarium Show!!

[@mmonks]

Blinding paying at the end, absolutely love it!

[@garyturner3085]

I want someone to appreciate my music the way Dan digs Mick when he starts playing 😥

[@delta-9969]

don't forget he's getting paid you may have to hire someone

[@stevieboy444]

Enjoyed this. Love the egg. By coincidence I watched this immediately after watching a video of Chet Atkins dueting with Mark Knopfler on acoustics. I'm now having the "what is art" conversation that we've all had with ourselves so many times. I'm drawn to Neil Peart's lyric "All this machinery making modern music can still be open hearted".

[@HaydnMowbray]

Dan channelling his inner 'Link Wray' on the jam at the end. Good stuff......swampy!!

[@ForeverDownByLaw]

I really love that red Gretsch. Definitely on the radar for my next guitar.

[@weschilton]

Yyyyyyeaaaah.... suuuupppppper trippppy stuff. I dig it. With my digger! nice show gents!

[@thinkthirsty1305]

While I haven't scanned the comments to see if there's any bristling at the synthesizer sounds from the more... minimalist (?) viewers, I just have to say that for me, the synths, drips, blips, loops, and bloops.. man that is *home*. Excellent demo as always!

[@vkelly1975]

Both an NRG pocker momchrome treble booster that you had on the show amazing, I emailed Neil just to say how I was blown away by his work , Neil wrote back a very nice Email saying thanks and said to feel free to contact him if I any questions about pedals or anything that he could help with me. Very nice of him.

[@DRChevalier]

I appreciate every episode that you guys do. Thanks so much. Dan’s ecstasy faces need to be in the rock guitarists playing faces hall of fame. I also want to thank you for not costing me any money this episode as for me at least, nothing demanded that I get one. That’s not a bad thing considering how much you guys have encouraged me to spend already.

[@danRW]

That Jam Show needs to be a thing. Just superb MUSIC, which I thoroughly enjoyed and will listen to many times over. I felt it had a vibe of The Lost Highway mixed with True Blood. Wow

[@brandonbernhard491]

Loved the Jam this week.

[@shook9042]

That jam at the end! EPIC! Great show guys!

[@williamwagnon2809]

I ‘be been kidding around, but you did a splendid job of using these in context.

[@mattbrown995]

Both of your playing is excellent at the end.

[@gregneilson1569]

More of these jams along with a backing track in your TPS videos please - it really takes your playing to another level.

[@samhatman6536]

Ohhhh Myyyyy G------! I gotta play a gig up in Minneapolis tonight, but ..... Can't wait to get home and hear more of this!!!

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

The Neon Egg Planetarium... a very practical shaped unit for your pedalboard! Said with no sarcasm whatsoever.

[@davidkieltyka9]

Perfect put next to a minimoog, though!

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

David Kieltyka Yes, probably good for recording at home or something like you said.

[@martinhjerrild7159]

Dan + Synth = The equivalent to a kid in a toy store :)

[@chedhead3278]

Cheers gents, now that was fun, weird and wonderful. Lovely stuff! :)

[@marklangley217]

It's not normally my kinda thing, but that red Gretsch is awesome!

[@cliffsadozer1241]

Awesome video guys. Thanks

[@BaronsDuju]

It's time for bed so I fast-farwarded to 16mins just to see Mick play blue even tho I was dead tired. Worth it.

[@lucianodebenedictis6014]

use the neck pickup with tone all the way down for synth pedals! that's, attack aside, as close as you can get to a sine to start with, and helps give the pedal an already quite understandable signal

[@MrGuitarHack]

Great way to start the day in California. I get up at 0400 and look forward to watching TPS while having my breakfast

[@lynetteaylsworth4739]

Up all night with an old dog, nice to be early.

[@hoboroadie]

☕ Greetings from Oregon.

[@marcofioravanti4176]

Actors and spectators, we all are: Nerdy, nerdy nerds in toy paradise, enjoying ourselves - with no excuses. Because this "joy about noises" is something... Even more impossible to be reasonably explained to your partner than watching porn... :-D Well, seduced, go and stand in the queue to buy a next pedal. Past your family! I´m one of same kind, of you. Proud of it. GAS, it Miku´s my day.

[@_RLP]

Kickass episode. The NRG sounds killer and seems to be very versatile. That trem is gorgeous too. If I wasn't so happy with my flint...

[@pagey038]

Planetarium had me at hello.

[@epscaling]

Caught a Ben Howard vide from one of Dan’s riffs and I’ll be checked out all day listening to I Forget Where We Were.

[@justingarcia7722]

Big smile. Fun sounds in this one. Crazy reverb/delay sounds

[@JustenStoodley]

Oh man..... I reckon you guys just broke the neon egg website. What a machine!

[@MichaelBogomolny]

Cool jam at the end :)

[@pedalgazer7109]

Best jam backing track yet-

[@MrBingping]

And here comes the wait list for the planetarium

[@periloustemple8290]

37.32 - Dan, that's the King Crimson-est lushy thing you just did (so Thrak!). And now you are really there in a whole other way in the jam @ 43. Prog loveliness!!!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ah, cheers matey 🤓🙏🙏

[@peterjessop1878]

That Neon Egg is fantastic and its got real KNOBS. Would be great for synths too especially analogue.

[@pd4165]

Spectacular knobage!

[@ndr475]

With the side chaining it is a synth wet dream

[@fpsknifer9906]

That Synth-1 is amazing! I firmly believe that every pedal board should have at least one special effect which sounds like a broken glitch monster. I would probably never use that volume-swell function, but I love everything else about the pedal. The square wave reminds me of the MXR Blue Box, another glitch beast I love dearly.

[@KozmykJ]

Started listening from the kitchen. Guitar synths and steamer from the espresso machine blended in strange ways ... You KNOW it's a Good Show when it get's you grabbing your guitar before it reaches the end. Perfect timing this week. By the time I was all plugged in it was Time To Jam ... Nice one guys. 😎

[@danpeabody5687]

listen to Alan's psychedelic breakfast Pink Floyd atom heart mother I think that's the name of the album

[@KozmykJ]

@@danpeabody5687 Good shout. Yup. I was 14 and enjoying my own Psychedelic Breakfasts when AHM came out. Dat sizzling in the pan 😎

[@danpeabody5687]

@@KozmykJ i was 9 but precocious

[@KozmykJ]

@@danpeabody5687 50 years too late to worry about starting too young innit 🤪

[@danpeabody5687]

@@KozmykJ yeah I hear you honestly I never thought I'd live this long but I have a lot more musical toys and I used to

[@joshuacarpenter4456]

When I saw that thing on the board... I knew it was going to have a fun day!

[@t3golf]

I love that Gretsch. One of the most underrated guitars out there. I’m glad to see that they’re getting a bit more love from a lot of people these days.

[@mattgilbert7347]

You know that scene in "Rocketman" where Elton is playing the Troubador and he starts to actually *be* the Rocketman, feet rising from the ground, a star rising towards its new home and taking the audience with him? Yeah. That. That's Dan playing the Planetarium and TPS Viewers rising into the ambience along with him. If you sync up some of Dan's ambient chordal work with certain scenes from cinema (real cinema, not Marvel "movies"), like Tarkovsky, Lynch, Kubrick, et al - totally works. Dan should do soundtracks.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahahahaha! Ah cheers Matt, you’re too kind

[@DGDude87]

Part of one of my rigs uses a Boss GT-6. I'm used to the synth stuff. Is the Keeley pedal polyphonic? If not, I have found that bending/vibrating the string is counterproductive for usable sounds for me personally. I know there are no rules to creativity. I just find having as little play in the string as possible works best for me. I spent years working on making "finger vibrato" natural and then had to train myself to not vibrate the string while using monophonic effects.

[@robbarstow2074]

Bloomineck the Planetarium sounds and looks incredible!! P.S. looking forward to hearing your E.P. Dan!

[@gcvrsa]

That Hamstead is the pedal that might just make me put tremolo back on my pedalboard, which I've not had since I sold off my Boss PN-2, years ago. I'd love to hear it back to back with the new Origin Effects tremolo.

[@tomsteer3485]

I am reasonably certain that if Ed O’Brien didn’t own at least two of these pedals, he watched this episode and he does now. That Egg is insanely good!

[@gcvrsa]

Moorish? Oh, "more-ish". :D Dan's jam on that backing track is brilliant! That is my kind of music. And Mick acquits himself well, too! I felt like I was back in the 70s.

[@JasonClute]

This group of pedals will make you backwards speak your words 😲 Very nice!

[@sl.is.google]

Some lovely tones and soundscapes in that last jam boys :)

[@kaiserjoe2316]

The Egg is something else. EPICNESS! Plus it looks like a prop from 60s Star Trek.

[@ralvknights]

The Lords of Synth Mick and Dan.😁 Great jam gentlemen. Next Synth jam gotta use Wah to Funk the place up even more. No space aliens were harmed, they ran away fast.

[@andreacremonese7778]

Great show guys! Dan really is The Dark Lord of The Synth! Please do a show about the process of setting pedals (how do you find where unity gain is, understanding how much headroom a pedal has, setting each volume right, start with setting the first or the last pedal in the chain, etc.)

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Dan with the Keith Emerson ( R.I.P. ) Brain Salad Surgery Intro. It looks like a mini-mini-mini Moog.

[@TheFibreman]

9:33 I turned away briefly but turned back in severe concern that Dan had just managed to flush himself out to space

[@GitShiddy]

Gotta love Mick. You hand him one of the most creative, inspiring soundscape pedals that's ever been on TPS & the first question is "can it do a bit of slapback to just the ol' blues licks?" Never, ever change Mick. 😊 Here's hoping Neon Egg do something a little more board friendly in the future, cause it's awesome.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ah come on. Gimme some credit. That was literally the last question I asked! We did the whacky stuff first!

[@GitShiddy]

@@ThatPedalShow Fair. Plus you outdid yourself with that closing jam. I just find it entertaining that the "does it normal" is even brought up with creativity devices like that.

[@david_cummings]

Wow! After Dan's opening jam, I suddenly found myself rapidly snapping my fingers like some beatnik after a Ginsberg reading of "Building Sonic Cathedrals in the Sky" Cosmic, Daddio My brain has a Chaos Switch At first blush, the Synth-1 sounded like an old, over-the-hill Miku when she's holed up in the Morrison Hotel living on nothing but pills and sake. But still rockin' the thigh high boots The outro did change my opinion of the Keeley

[@southwestkittyit]

You guys are on 🔥 here. Planetarium all day!

[@Grant_Ferstat]

I could buy a Neon Egg for the looks or the name alone! If only the Hamstead Trem had a Harmonic Mode.... Thinking out loud, what I'd really like is a pedal that can switch between regular photocell style trem and a harmonic trem. I know I could get that out of a variety of multi-effects and things like the Flint like a favourites switch but I'd really prefer something analog and menu/secondary funtionless if that makes any sense?

[@MartinRonky]

Cool stuff as always. How do the synths compare to Boss SY-1?

[@Pro355Street]

Do another synth pedal show..get the Meris Enzo in there, please! These sounds out of the Keeley are awesome!

[@Grindian]

Ryan S I think they had the Enzo in another one of the episodes!

[@mark7166]

That Planetarium is INSANE sounding....

[@baxterwolfe9578]

Finally! What we’ve all been waiting for, a boutique Miku. I hope it’s prohibitively expensive.

[@muuhn]

cthulhu fhtagn ! the great old one is proud of those noises

[@mgiliberto]

Nice jamming at the end, but I was waiting for Dan to jump back in and join Mick for an outro!

[@jamesmoverley5712]

Yesssss! One of your best!

[@philh27]

Brilliant Dan. The soundtrack to John Carpenter’s next film right there!

[@matt_ess153]

I think you guys would enjoy the Industrialectric RM-1N. A drive , distortion, fuzz, multi-verb and oscillator. Thank you for the great videos!

[@miguelteixeira1979]

Next challenge: each one choses 4 odd effects for the other one to make music with. Support backing tracks will be provided, but none of them should make the task any easier (example: old jazz, bluegrass).

[@harryhiggs6418]

Great show fellas, recently digging the synth guitar vibe after listening to Nate Mercereau - properly nails guitar to synth tones! Super fun! All the best

[@luthiervandros]

The intro is like Prince and Andy Summers doing Spaghetti Western

[@ThatPedalShow]

We’d buy that.

[@luthiervandros]

That Pedal Show if anyone can reach Andy, it’s you cats. Prince, well 😳

[@spookydirt]

i liked the bit in the jam at about 46.30 where the Clangers joined in

[@Zwidawurzn]

Oh this workstation i mean reverb pedal, it looks very interesting! Another question: are there any plans for Tps-Store to offer the Klon-Necklace Mick has in the "Money No Object Rig Challenge" episode thumbnail? I mean i want that but can't just wear my actual Klon clone. I should probably get a fake housing with jacks and knobs.

[@nodfactor8808]

Killin' it today, Dan! Get this man some more (real) coffee!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Cheers Nod, I think a shot of real coffee would probably end me at this point ;)

[@vadlasletta]

Epic start!

[@l.i.a.l42]

Noticed the JHS Colour Box on the right side of your pedalboard...which begs the question, will you review v2 some time soon?

[@57too]

Thx for the demo. Wonder how these pedals would be with vocals?

[@pd4165]

Wot a......surprising bunch of pedals! I watched it with my mouth doing its best dying carp impression. That's how to do a pedal review!!!

[@seankebely]

Mick “you would never use it for this.” Me “why the hell not it sounds great.” LOL Epic jam at the end too. This was a great episode.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahaha! Indeed! Maybe it’s overkill is what I meant. :0)