Nigel Hendroff Breaks Down His Stereo Pedalboard | Reverb Interview

Worship guitarist Nigel Hendroff has been cultivating his tone for decades. In this video, Nigel explains how he maintains a diverse stereo effects board with the cleanest signal and the least tap dancing possible.
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Gear Used In This Video:
Suhr Classic T Antique Guitar: bit.ly/2ljgqTV
Jackson Ampworks Scarlett 30 Amplifier: bit.ly/2ldOEM5
Fender Vibrolux: bit.ly/2k1hgaC
Jackson Audio Prism Boost: bit.ly/2ljar1x
Ohmless Yara Optical Compressor: bit.ly/2lj3ddI
RJM Mastermind PBC: bit.ly/2kg2qcF
Electro-Harmonix Micro Pog: bit.ly/2klkkx6
Cusack Music Scream Overdrive: bit.ly/2li9Fkp
Selah Scarlett Love v3: bit.ly/2jWuW7f
Teletronix Mulholland Drive: bit.ly/2kH0X2u
Cusack Music Scruzz Fuzz: bit.ly/2lj2Obx
Dunlop DVP1XL Volume Pedal: bit.ly/2li0nF5
Boss DD-5 Digital Delay: bit.ly/2kMyvfl
Strymon Timeline Delay: bit.ly/2kMznk4
Strymon Big Sky Reverb: bit.ly/2kBzvAU
Eventide H9: bit.ly/2jWob5g
Electro-Harmonix Super Ego: bit.ly/2jWAUF0

[@ramiroordonez9246]

@9:15 ... and there’s the Hillsong electric guitar worship setting that we all know and love

[@justincase4925]

The song I surrender

[@fireworx_925]

Was about to sing "You were the word at the beginning.."

[@JohnStrattonMusic]

He's an awesome example of a very well rounded, and humble guitarist! :)

[@jed3077]

John Stratton that's the spirit of God in him ;)

[@juliomolina8858]

Hey bro, funny running into you here too God Bless!

[@neiljirahcatalino373]

his miserable life

[@jordanbrazinski8260]

Very cool seeing the rig of a sound I grew up listening to. Nigel's one of the unsung heroes of the instrumentation on their records. Great guy with an incredible ear.

[@magnoliagrove7002]

"You really need a Bachelor's Degree in Audio Engineering to fully understand this board, but I'll do my best to break it down for you"

[@AdamSteinzOfficial]

I am just now "discovering" Nigel and his work,,,and I am so impressed and completely blown away! LOVE this guy!!!

[@tyler4girlz]

Wish more guitarists used stereo setups. It's a pain in the butt carrying 2 amps and setting everything up, but it sounds so stinking good! That's when those fancy stereo delay/reverb pedals really shine!

[@Boujonzu]

JC 40 ;)

[@tyler4girlz]

That one's on my wishlist. Love the Jazz Chorus amps.

[@joshhorne]

I did stereo for a short time last year. Only a handful of gigs. It was a real pain carrying all that gear. But after I didn’t do it anymore I’ve really missed it.

[@forrallofusplenty4342]

wet dry is where it is at, friend

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@forrallofusplenty4342 Absolutely. Superior to stereo imo and lacks the problems that piss off the soundperson running the board. It's better for FOH and the audience and can sound "more stereo than stereo" if done well. It's like a "meta-effect" Atm, I have Chorus/Rotary/Vibrato(it's a Source Audio Gemini pedal, can be set up for any of those and more), Opto/Bias/Harmonic Trem (more Source Audio, the Vertigo), a Nemesis Delay, and my Reverb running to the wet amp post-split. It's not a pure wet/dry rig as I do have a flanger pre-gain and another delay going to the dry amp. 1/4 notes + dotted 8ths or triplets for each amp, respectively - it's phenomenal. Delay times set to the Brian May "Brighton Rock" values can be amazing. But mostly it's one delay, and that dry amp means I never get lost in the mix if I wanna crank the wet FX. Can't say enough good things about W/D. Wet/Dry/Wet - now that is something I wanna try as well!

[@brandonstune]

Beautiful work Nigel, it takes so much time, dedication and sacrifice to keep honing your sound, God Bless man! much respect

[@joshhorne]

Very intelligent, engaging and humble dude. I appreciate you guys featuring him.

[@JarrettHucksPhoto]

I've been eyeing that synth engine for a while. Love the sound!

[@joshuatrujillo168]

9:30 I wish I had this sound!!!!!!!!!!!! The sound of happy dreams!

[@joshuatrujillo168]

He explains them all in the video.

[@johnnysnyman6302]

I love the sounds. I'm definitely doing this... Thanks Nigel...

[@jaydenfriesen]

Awesome tip with the Timeline. Will try that. Also, his ambient setting sounds huge.

[@MarlonGibbons]

and.... my gear-want list grows again! This is awesome, of course so is Nigel!

[@saustindavis]

That reverse delay from the DD-5 is incredible! I've never gotten a usable reverse delay out of mine.

[@kierenmoore3236]

Must be Jebus, doing more magic through it ...

[@GilbertTheodorus]

I love the way Nige present his gear! hilarious 😂

[@calebmills2345]

Nige! Love this dude.

[@Tone2town]

Caleb Mills yeah this cat needs to come out more. He has an awesome tone.

[@snooze0023]

What no metal zone... plz Explain

[@historicity123]

Best comment

[@MrDarkchocolat]

omg no

[@Ranametalera]

hahahahaha! Cleaver comment!

[@floridaman7079]

nah was expecting a Korg Miku

[@ryanspencerlauderdale687]

haha imagine that! ^^

[@fremzter]

9:16 OMG the sound of heaven

[@landguitar]

Thanks for doing this Reverb, and I agree that the title is a bit misleading. Still an interesting video. Nigel is clearly a talented and creative player/musician, which I hadn't realized before. Was interesting to see how he stacks his pedals for his tones - and loves to have the Fuzz even though he doesn't get to use it on Hillsong songs! I imagine a way could be found... And I immediately recognized the great work of the Goodwood boys on his board!!!

[@TheFarout69]

The Superego pedal is such a powerful musical tool. Had one for a couple years. Then I got the Super Ego +. And I love it. - Cool board Nigel! I really like the side chain (parallel) processing feature of your crazy cool switcher. Parallel processing is the real deal for solid tone.

[@RobbySigman]

Such an under rated guitarist.... had no idea of what all his skills on a guitar were! Been doing worship music for a long time as a pro.. And this explains ALOT of how he gets those beautiful sounds!

[@reignaropero378]

When you hear part of a riff to one of your favorite worship song.

[@jimmydavidson8174]

Thats bloody amazing and it sounds gorgeous

[@drewbeasley6453]

I had the pleasure of loading in hillsong's gear a few years back, and they let me lay our Nigel's rig. It was quite the experience being a gear head and honestly I worshipped the guy.

[@benbrunskill5618]

loading in gear, a pleasure? !!!!

[@drewbeasley6453]

Ben Brunskill haha I enjoyed it

[@kierenmoore3236]

Which god? The one you happened to be taught to believe in?

[@lexestrada9556]

I do really like the design and color of this guitar, I wish Fender will make this on their production.

[@GregVasquez777]

Thanks brother, kewl set up!! going to try some of these pedals

[@KleyDeJong]

Great tones.

[@fancysanjeev9719]

I wish you guys did a Gear Video with Bobby Strand from Bethel Music too.

[@danielcervantes3905]

Who?

[@carlostorres1171]

@@danielcervantes3905 And THAT'S the problem

[@Crusader926]

@@carlostorres1171 lol

[@gabe1655]

@@danielcervantes3905 he's one of the producers/guitarists/music director? i think im not sure at bethel church

[@jamgroup2215]

Just love the distortion tones 😁

[@thatdrummerkid2348]

His my favorite guitarist

[@kierenmoore3236]

Ah-hahahahhaaaa XD

[@gerardorojas9304]

He's

[@joenicolette]

9:30 is SO good. Love that he doesn't lose his pick attack in the ambiance. A bit surprised that he's not running an analog delay, tbh. :)

[@xsynkr0389]

I need to know how he did that. *NEED TO KNOW.*

[@luisjustiniano2385]

If you watch other rigrundowns of his gear he actually uses the analog delay from boss

[@TheKperk1989]

Giving your reverb a longer pre delay will allow the attack to come first then the reverb to come in a few ms after.

[@BoyAditya]

such an inspiring pedalboard

[@miguelperez1793]

I just bough the Super Ego Synth and Delay V. 2 from Earthquaker Devices and I can't wait until they get here. I was going to buy the Big Sky instead of the EQ Delay. My next buy will be a drive, the Big Sky for sure, a compressor and a pedalboard. What kind of pedalboards are good? I ended up downloading Reverb app and well I love it, thats where I'am buying my gear haha Thanks Nigel and Reverb for uploading this, it helps us worship leaders/group members firgure out what to use and make the song, our own version. I personally don't like copying what people use, because we aren't being unique. But we have to start somewere right? Thanks again, Cheers!

[@martysradioshow5979]

nice Drives thanks Nigel for sharing your gear

[@isaacwoodward440]

Has Nigel considered making a podcast about crafting tone?

[@JayJay-ke4ei]

You have an amazing talent bro

[@brightonmkamba3701]

This my best guitarist ,he is very series with what He do!

[@Pedalnerds]

Nice board! I just picked up a Dunlop DVP1XL and I love it so far.

[@kevinnel7038]

Nathan Shafer I was looking into those a while back. How is it compared to an Ernie ball. My Ernie ball takes up like 2/3rds of the weight of my entire rig 😂 they're so heavy.

[@Pedalnerds]

Hey Kevin! It is actually a lot bigger than the Ernie Ball, which could be good or bad depending on how you look at it. I know a lot of people are going to smaller volume pedals but I actually like having a nice big footprint for now.

[@IamCceeLL]

That clean tone!!! Damn!

[@agusg.t.8950]

Everybody lately is using the same pedals...which makes them sound sooo similar😕...of course it sounds amazing

[@phil151987]

strymon strymon strymon

[@phil151987]

They are so great. I love the timeline and the big sky is just angelic...but as you said...they all have them But at least they create great music :-P

[@justingarcia7722]

Agus G.T. Information overload, less happy accidents. People have too much available at their disposal so are making a lot of vicarious choices opposed to making what they can work which = creativity and unique choices

[@blackie75]

Except me....guitar/tuner/amp lol. No help at all. When I started out on it, I'm like fuck! I can't play as well as I thought. It took about a month to get really clean on it, and I've been playing for over twenty years.

[@chairmanJackie]

i agree a lot of pedalboards (especially in the Church band type boards) tend to have the same type pedals. But this is supposed to be a "professional board" so i interpret this as someone who is a session musician for hire, who needs a general range to cover the sounds needed by most situations. My board definitely would not look like this pedal wise. I'm more interested in the aspect of making it efficient technical wise rather than sound wise.

[@ThanasiManoli]

man for how expensive and boutique almost all that stuff is, what a bright sound! Soooooo b-r-i-g-h-t. Can't say I latched on to anything but the verb/delay/synth stuff. That was gorgeous. What a player, too. Geez

[@williamrodrigues7385]

9:15 I really love it!!!!!!!

[@jeandersonbc]

I wish I could setup this reverse delay in my DD 20... really nice sound!

[@naingoohtun6716]

Title: Stereo Rig..... Me: Listens in mono...

[@saltspringdesign]

A board to gweesh over. Nice!!! Nigel, if you're listening to these comments; try a BOSS DF-2, amazing effect when you stomp and hold, i think you'll love it. Also the FB-2 similar but without the distortion but also useful/expressive i find.

[@paultanderberg]

Nigel is, as always, an absolute legend. Love how he uses the Timeline (with the Mod Depth and Speed to enhance the stereo image) and I'm fairly positive his expression pedal is connected to the Repeats but can someone confirm?

[@pedrocruz4669]

Legend!

[@John-fk9ye]

i think this is the 100th time I'm watching this, i almost memorize this already

[@milesmatulionis]

Awesome 👏

[@MrRafaelMatiazoguita]

amazing Suhr Alt T Pro

[@jodyjimenez1980]

I LOVE YOU MAN

[@255george]

best person in the domain why knows how to play to/in/for the song. Domain = the world.

[@alvertskaunang4947]

i love all about feel that buddy play :D

[@KevinPlaysGuitar]

I love Nigel! :)

[@mitsinjotsiresysambatra187]

This guy is cool ,His is my favorite Guitarist , I love so much same cornestone song with his sound Guitar

[@fidelmusau4518]

Nigel, blessed with great skills

[@kierenmoore3236]

He has loads of time to practice ... ...

[@ismaelflachdiretodairlanda4755]

Hey Nigel! I living in Ireland and im involveld in worship here. Any chance of you Sharing some strymon time line Presets you created? God Bless Ish

[@JonKaneshiroGuitar]

Anyone have an idea which interval he uses on the ice setting on his Timeline for the ambient tone in the video?

[@johanivarsson4639]

Great video of a Great and inspiring player but, does anyone know which powersupply he uses?

[@funkybasstrix]

Dude! You have killer guitar licks...

[@treybraswell7682]

Smashing

[@avantgardenovelist]

Is he using a 2 to 1 quarter inch cable from the stereo outs of the strymon at the beginning to the mono input of the compressor? And if so, does this maintain the stereoness (if that's a word) of the strymon without alteration. i only ask because ive been told that if you have mono-only and stereo-capable pedals, the latter always have to be at the end of the chain. this seemed crazy to me but is it true?

[@Jonac094]

OMG! This Pedalboard its Awesome!!!! I need all the Pedals! , Nice Tutorial , its much expensive but i try no posses all , Tasty Song´s!

[@nicobocchino7437]

Smart Guys! Could anyone explain me the trick with the expression pedal in minute 7? I don't understand it theorically but also I'm trying it in my boss dd500 and don't know how to set it..

[@gulliver0155]

Droff always knows best.

[@Migler1]

Question. Is Nigel playing on the top boost channel or on the clean channel?

[@chriskindler7625]

I can do all that with a BOSS Metal Zone and RV5! :-P I kid I kid.....I do think however, that Nigel would be one amazing person to jam with and have some inspiring sessions!

[@enginnergereja]

how to connect cable with effect and mastermind pbc. thanks

[@lcglazer]

Love 'Droff and Hillsong :)

[@popabeniamin455]

In this video use prism first but now i see in jackson audio video use first compresor(bloom)

[@giovannimartinez6826]

Nigel Hendroff totalmente es un crack

[@jadonsvd]

love his ambient tones. IMO all he needs is a noise gate + make some of his tones darker and he’d have a perfect sound.

[@juansalazar6443]

Do you know how he runs the superego in his signal chain?

[@stancj7]

I recently got a MicroPog after seeing it on so many worship boards but am seriously having a hard time finding uses for it. It sounds so out of place in worship to me..maybe I have the setting wrong but I tend to use it for leads but it makes the lead sound less clean and glassy and more nasally. I even have it set pretty low and when I try playing leads it tends to always sound better off. Thinking of getting rid of it

[@alleonidovich2571]

What is the settings for that big sky shimmer sound? Thanks!

[@joseluisjlr6642]

Love

[@duskcity6]

does anyone know what he's playing while demonstrating the BigSky?

[@mitsinjotsiresysambatra187]

I like so much

[@KampongBoy]

Anyone knows what pedalboard he is using? He used to use Timon Klein's. But this board seems bigger. Any idea, anyone?

[@Ayyyyeeeeeyooooo]

Lol I love these 90's law and order licks

[@kierenmoore3236]

Lol 😂

[@ramirezwilder4485]

Gracias 👍🎧🎸👍🇭🇳🇭🇳

[@ronborneo1975]

ICONIC FIGURE!

[@chriscross1737]

Wicked sound 9:14 I could swim on it all day long!

[@nologo24]

You ‘re play suhr awesome ...guy

[@S19NALC14AIN]

What a rig! Drool-worthy.

[@MarkTayMusic]

What guitar strap is he using? Looks awesome!

[@leonardoalves4546]

This solo 8:20 to 8:51, is it some of the songs you play at Hillsong?

[@Xianpaul0523]

All I can do is salivate with the rig 🤣😂

[@janpaulinerelampagos6394]

7:46 what's the title of the song?

[@michaelgeorgopulos8531]

Price tag for everything he's using... $10,386.95

[@spicecrop]

Not even. less than a couple grand easily. for everything including board and cables.

[@kierenmoore3236]

Either way, taxpayers are probably footing at least part of the bill (Hillsong) ... *eyeroll* ...

[@garyh5225]

Kieren Moore lol taxpayers? How?

[@PazmatiKz]

The musicians purchase there own gear man. Take it easy. Also they don't get paid big bucks even when they tour because its part of there job description.

[@jamiecrawford1634]

spicecrop Whatever not even close. His guitar alone is over 2k.

[@jacktorr1507]

I really want to know your setup on Hosanna.

[@Tyler_Wilson]

Anyone know what pickups he has in the guitar?

[@MooreMatt]

Wicked. 🤘

[@smacman68]

The only thing I didn't care for was the Cusak Scuzz Fuzz @ 5:10 That was not pleasant at all. Maybe it was how it was set but it was not a good tone. All the others were the best to be had, and his playing is so clean and precise. Another up and comer to keep eyes on. Damn, there are so many!

[@Worshipcaster]

Nigel's been around for a bit. Very accomplished, actually

[@Rj-fv8uc]

Dimebag Dio Kilmister he's the music director of hillsong.

[@alexho8405]

hi do anyone knows what kind of playing style? genre? is it from 0- 0:30s of the vids. coz ive been finding for that kind of playing styles all over and couldnt find anything like that. pls do give me some suggestion. thx

[@drummerboy1296]

Its not a particular style he's soloing combining blues and jazz with a modern worship wet reverb sound

[@_pant0m]

can you call it greedy (preamp) i like natural sounded of the wood and the string

[@catalinblaga2592]

so from your looper, you run straight in front of the amp? Does anyone know if he is using the FX loop?

[@drewbuller5806]

No fx loop. If you run your peedalboard into clean amps then an fxloops are not entirely necessary. (Also fx loops are more difficult to incorperate into steteo setups.)

[@luisgoregonzalez7394]

This guy is a Big musician.

[@markod442]

Nigel your a god my friend !

[@digitalramyun]

Well, I share at least one pedal with Nigel: the EHX Superego (which I think I use more, the more I find it's capable of) 😎

[@ottofianus4110]

Nice