How To Build a Guitar Pedal Board

[@kentmains7763]

My wife thinks it's amusing that I watch so many of Rick's videos because I don't play any instruments or read music. Just a music lover who enjoys watching someone who is not only a great musician but a damn good teacher.

[@ZMartinW]

You should get into it! It's not as bad as it may seem from the outside.

[@Blaydrnnnr]

My wife is amused by the fact that I watch Rick's vids and have 11 guitars, 9 amps, 12 speaker cabs, over 150 pedals, loadboxes, dozens of mics, cables EVERYWHERE, two DAW's, and dont do a damn with them.....but will watch him do so much with everything....LOL

[@adamlowry8687]

Your wasting your life... Your wife should leave you.

[@adamlowry8687]

Your even fucking worse blaydrnnnr...

[@LouisSerieusement]

buy an instrument !! if you watch enough vidéo eventually I'm sure you rock already XD cheers :)

[@2refinish]

Rick looks like he's running away from home. "I don't need anything but this Fuzz Face. Nothing but this Fuzz Face and this reverb. Nothing but this Fuzz Face, this reverb and this tuner...and this chair..."

[@chubbypapaya]

and that's all i need!!

[@leahharmony8219]

best comment!!!

[@sunbrookcondo4179]

And this lamp, and this thermos, oh wait I need this too...

[@stevekuebbing9907]

@@sunbrookcondo4179 and my little dog s&%thead

[@jackhaugh]

“And this paddle ball game...”

[@guyb7005]

11:54 notice the delay pedal didn't immediately drop to the floor -- it took a few seconds longer and bounced a few times

[@charlesmerfeld2988]

It was delayed

[@EBJorge-ql1ii]

😂😂

[@devinsinderwitcz9134]

Good one

[@setzer1987]

it was the Ditto though

[@guyb7005]

@@setzer1987 I agree with you, ditto

[@mdmsr2000]

I'm 63. I've been messing with guitars for over 50 years. But haven't been in a band since high school. You have taught me so much.

[@MandyFlame]

A useful tip - I always lay out my whole board with the Velcro covered in cloth or paper to stop everything sticking together until I’m ready. Saves a lot of effort seating and unseating pedals. When I’m ready, remove the paper and press the two velcro halves together

[@nibrocnoel3240]

Good tip Mandy Flame

[@JCBigCat]

Mandy Flame this one comment was way more useful than the entire video.

[@christopherburnett1745]

I realize that this is an old comment at this point, but I've seen Dan Steinhardt doing the same thing. Great tip!

[@danieli.9252]

Great suggestion. The sound of Velcro being pulled apart makes me cringe.

[@MrSvante88]

Great tip, the one thing I was missing really.

[@silviomp]

Rick, wow! Your home is like Disneyland for musicians. What a dream home!

[@gregcoleman9959]

The scene where you are holding all the pedals you want on the board is hilarious. It reminds of Steve Martin at the end of The Jerk. He keeps grabbing one more thing on the way out and keeps saying, “ This is all I need!”

[@adamajehobasgitara]

Rick, a "How To Build a BASS Guitar Pedal Board" video from you would probably give me a dopamine overdose.

[@SonicXRage]

I think that anywhere _"BASS guitar X"_ is mentioned provokes an adrenalin rush in any bassist. That moment when you actually feel like you exist... 🙂

[@RJrules64]

I usually start the chain on the lower level of the board, because I find that I use things early in the chain more frequently (Drives, Wah etc.) wheras I usually am pressing the top row (reverbs and delays) less frequently.

[@demagmusic]

A tip if you want a more permanent solution than Velcro: Most pedals have screws on each corner. Remove 2 diagonally opposite screws. Get "master links" for bicycle chain, and use the flat figure-8 shaped sides (you can get a dozen for a couple bucks). Screw one end of the master link to the pedal corners, then you can screw the other end down to the pedal board It's a good solution if you don't change your pedal board often

[@dannfeltrin]

You have just WOW'd me... how didn't I think of it over 15 years ago when I started to build my first board?! Thank you for that thought!

[@theonetruestickman]

Also works great when you are cheap and your pedalboard is a piece of plywood.

[@michaelsparks8632]

LOVE that idea!

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

Well played.

[@andrewgremba1450]

I just read this and I'm already planning.

[@TVguy9999]

Great teacher and a wonderful dad. He does his best to make time for his kids!

[@robbievalentine8239]

To anyone who reads the Comments, here some additional tips. Use Gaff tape (or masking or painters tape) on or near the power supply to mark which plug is going to which pedal. This will help you keep track of what's plugged in where for trouble shooting if it comes to that. I would.also suggest 3m dual lock tape to velcro, simply because it.holds stronger AND doesn't attract dust or lint or fuzz. For gigging guitarists this keeps your board extra tidy. In this example the guys went right to left from the top, then crossed back to the bottom row and went RTL again. Depending on what cables you have available, you can go in a zig zag pattern (top right to bottom right, to top left, to bottom left, top left, bottom left, etc) if you want to.make sure certain more commonly used Pedals are in front vs the back. Great work Rick (and rhett) love the channels. If anyone appreciates these extras please listen to a song or two o. My channel and give it a like!!

[@good_king_guitarman1334]

I love how children keep you grounded. It doesn't how much of a wizard i am at anything, to my kids i'm just dad. It looks to be the same Rick's place!

[@RichTones]

Love how you cover so many topics from business side to ideas, theory, techniques etc. thanks for sharing with everyone and that’s what music is supposed to do!

[@foto21]

Wow, I don't know if I've ever heard Hendrix's sound nailed like that. Rick, you've helped my musical education a lot. Where were you when I was 17? I know, I need to return the many favors...

[@krispynachos9980]

Plugs in Flanger pedal..plays Unchained. You're so damn cool Rick!

[@NahreSol]

Now I want a pedal board. 😂 Enjoyed the video!!

[@RickBeato]

Haha! I will build you one for your keyboard.

[@eld208]

You can use the top of a hard guitar case and use Velcro.

[@mcminimethec]

Rick is about the only person I don't mind watching and can easily get sucked into his wonderful world of knowledge all day long! Always great to see him because he's a master at everything he puts his mind to. Thanks Brother!

[@joeliska313]

Everything you said as for order has been the way I've seen most boards done. Seems logical. I now have a Hum Debugger for my single coils. I placed it guitar>Debugger>wah>overdrive1>overdrive2>flanger>chorus>amp. As you stated for tone first, the Debugger, at least to my ears, adds mids to my tone. So, loading that total tone to the wah, I'm getting a true tonal sweep with the wah. The clean up of the 60 hum before the rest of the board has worked beautifully. The chorus is an MXR M234 with a 2-band eq. I mainly use it to clean up my overall sound because I have a passive attenuator in my effects loop. I've run out of room to add a 7-band eq!

[@thaddeusmax7816]

Love the idea of the pedal board setup. About 80 percent of the pedal chain would be set up how you would expect, but where I have found some unexpected nuance is to get a few eq pedals and set different parameters on them, experiment with some different placements of eq in the chain as well, and you can really change up your guitar sound with the push of a button- as boring as some people perceive an eq pedal to be

[@burgerguitars]

I love pedals, making pedal boards, watching you make a pedal board. It's all awesome stuff. You have such great content all the time. Who needs cable tv?!

[@jacobpeacock393]

The power supply he uses only has 8 ports yet he’s able to power more than 8 pedals, how is that?

[@burgerguitars]

@@jacobpeacock393 10:35

[@jacobpeacock393]

@@burgerguitars yeah I saw that, but he’s powering like 11 pedals and even with 9 ports he can’t do that

[@burgerguitars]

@@jacobpeacock393 The power output on the tuner can power about 8 pedals by itself with a daisy-chain cord. Another pedal on there probably has the capability as well. So add those to the 8 or whatever the pedal board has, and you have more than enough.

[@jacobpeacock393]

@@burgerguitars Oh wow that’s good to know, doesn’t powering lots of pedals from the tuner create allot of noise though🤔

[@jessemoneyhun3621]

Rick always looks like he's trying to calm me down. Love you man

[@bobgausman1127]

When I built my Pedaltrain Nano pedal board, I did put some planning into it and it paid off. I used custom built and tested 4 inch Lava cables with Switchcraft pancake jack connectors and used a Volto Lithium Ion battery. Result was clean signal chain with no noise. This made my Mesa Express Plus 5:50 very happy. Board holds a Carbon Copy Delay, MXR single knob Chorus, Distortion and TC Tuner pedals. Very portable and cleanly routed, rock solid stability. Ran everything through the front end with great success. As I learn more I'll take another stab at it to add pedals.

[@javierf55]

My first amps has been solid state, full of different tones, drives, etc. I've just bought a Fender Hotrod Deluxe iii and I promised myself not to enter into the pedals nightmare. Hahaha, so here I am watching pedals and pedals videos. This is one of my favorite

[@Bomber848480015]

Hey Rick FYI your the first guy who actually gives you reasons for WHY you put things in a certain order. Thank you Thank you!

[@Cambodia69]

One thing to be mindful of is the bottoms of the pedals. Many have rubber/some other material that is often problematic for the hook and loop tape to (adequately) stick to. As such, it is necessary to remove such bottom material--and adhesive residue--so the hook and loop tape can be applied directly to the metal/plastic housing.

[@seanmiller7889]

Rick is brilliant. I was so ready to write 'that's why I went the Fractal Axe-FX route' and boom first 30 seconds he addresses why his video will still be informative. This channel is in my top 3 favorites.

[@ronfrey5327]

Sean also an axe ii player here, im using an octa switch before the front of axe ii and taking any pedals I want which are not in the axe or I like better ect before the front input and you can setup pairs of pedals as favorites so you can do essentially the same as what Rick just said USE TRUE bypss switching and have all your pedals out before the axe fx and route them how ever you like and you just save what ever other efx on mfc to on so they come on along with the rest or stay of ect... This way you can fly all your pedals before the axe and through it and mix it all unity or above or below to taste, then compare with efx inside the axe fx by turning the actual pedal on and off and ABng the two and tweaking to taste.. I did this with a full drive and ff and well all my pedals and it works the settings on your pedal might vary to the internal ones in axe so go by ear till both are identical and save as inside the axe and in library and name it as such so you know its a tone matched actual physical pedal you own and saved from that.... some efx just cant replace the real deal and you might fly those before the front end and use switching and pairing channels you always want on say delay and chorus and reverb or delay and fuzz or flanger to be on at same time well you can also stack efx up and find unity and adjust and they are then one touch button control over as many as 3-4 efx per channel if needed and if somethings are not always on such as leslie or flanger or univibe I stack those up and turn them on manually on floor as needed in groupings of 2 or more. So you can cherry pick what you use most and pair those up and then add on or off efx with those.... stacking efx that are not used alot but essential to a specific sound.... Thought you might enjoy trying that I sure did now im spoiled worse....

[@bojangles6444]

Velcro is just fine nothing on there is permanent lol

[@bryantcochran5065]

Thank you Rick and Brett, I had been waffling on buying a pedal board. You have shown me why I need one and how to put it together. Great information

[@chrisggoodwin777]

I tend to keep my board relatively simple, and I try to select pedals that sound good with both guitar and bass without much, if any, adjustments. I've got the Boss TU-3, into any of three LPD drive pedals (Modern Classic, Seventy4, or Sixty8 blackout), into the MXR analog chorus, into the LPD Rival delay (recently added), into the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail reverb.

[@SuperScitty]

One of the best and most important pieces I ever bought in all my years of purchasing guitar equipment... was a pedalboard... it’s a life saver and a must for live performances!!!

[@OliverBooks]

"Well I want a fuzz pedal. I definitley want a fuzz pedal on there." STORY OF MY LIFE

[@anarcowhatever]

I was surprised he didn't grab that green Russian muff

[@endriu55]

Same, but I would want few of them lol.

[@wildfeuer]

a must have!

[@jamesmolloy5350]

"a" fuzz pedal

[@sparkyguitar0058]

Why does it show a Tube Driver and not have 1 on the board. Best hard drive I've heard. So I got 1 on my board

[@HensleyDon]

This might be might first comment on your channel. I've been subbed for a good while and enjoy your shared insights and knowledge. Great video. A pedal board is part of my plan to rehab my chord hand now that I am no longer able to work. I put music aside in the mid-80s to concentrate on raising the kids. In the time since, industrial accidents left me with a bummed up thumb and index finger. I'm hoping the fun of playing around with pedals will get me to stick with it....

[@kilgoretrout3966]

Best of luck, buddy! i am disabled myself. Then last yr. my doc told me i was losing cartilage in my hands. Some days i can only do maybe 5 mins, but i don't back down, cuz some days i go for hours! i've lost some speed changing between open and barré chords, but heck, i could just sit and veg out in front of a TV. i choose Art instead! :) All The Best -trout

[@HensleyDon]

Kilgore Trout - Thanks! :) Sorry to hear about your hands. My mom fought RA for years and right after she passed away we found out my wife has it. I try to keep guitarists like Toni Iommi and Django Reinhardt in mind. Also, am pretty far along on what will be my last build, a bit of an homage to my to my 1979 Carvin DC150 Canadian Maple that was stolen a few years ago. A whammy bar wasn't an available option back when I ordered mine. (I was told they considered them a fad that had passed) I was fortunate to buy a licensed Wlikinson that Carvin was offering before they discontinued them. The only thing I'm dropping from the original wiring (I found a set of the original 22-pole pickups on eBay) is the stereo outputs. I never used it on my 150. So I have a goal on the horizon and hope to get there one of these days. [Grin] Best of Luck with your hands. I still wake up every morning with a song playing in my head... Don

[@9iwthyh6]

@@kilgoretrout3966 ; This has worked for me; I use a product called DMSO on my hands for arthritis pain. It comes either in a liquid or gel. I rub it in like any hand lotion. It absorbs quickly and has never affected any guitar finishes. DMSO has been around for decades and it sure does work for arthritis, especially in hands. You can order it online. Worth a try. Don't give up.

[@silviomp]

Rick, I remember when I first subscribed to your channel. You still had 60 to 70 thousand subscribers. I'm really happy to see it's almost half a million. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@RickBeato]

Thanks Silvio!

[@michaelscott1199]

Some good info here guys. Thx! Try "3M Dual Lock Reclosable Fastener TB4575 Low Profile Black" instead of velcro. It's a solid connection that doesn't wiggle and very thin. You can't even tell it's there.

[@lucasshaffer3324]

This is one of those old guy "ya know back in the day" golden pieces of info. I'm willing to bet.

[@billb825]

Love it. One thing that I picked up from somewhere was to use a heat gun on both sets of velcro to the point where the glue is shiny (but not bubbly). Then it's really stuck on there really well (and for good).

[@timharrington4470]

Man, I just have to say it, I just love the Everything music channel. It frankly enhances any musicians life who is curious. You guys rock!

[@BrockBarr]

Rhett, this is the second time I've seen you build a pedal board with the distortions furthest away from the from the front edge of the board!

[@MrJoakimBergman]

Just found this very impressive high quality channel with massive and great edu. stuff. Now, I have been playing the guitar for plus 20 years and my worn out wah wah triggered me to upgrade pedals an the board. Not too surprisingly, I had way too many pedals (9-11) in series on my old board. Despite top quality signal cables, the original sound signal was/will be semi-corrupt and the dynamics when playing was/is quite crappy. Builded a new board last summer. Fortunately, I did my theory homework and bought a Boss ES-8. Seriously an magnificent product that eliminates all issues with boards like this. Yes, it is not for free and it takes some space but this i so worthwile (I custom made a 2 floor pedal board to get max space). Boss ES-8 = excellent sound independently on how many pedals you add (have mini series if 2 when using more than 8 pedals). The Strymons sounds superior in the effect loop om my rig. This I write only to inform those pedal collectors that were not aware of the guitarists key issue problem solver. Obviously there are also alternatives. I love my new pedal board also in the aspect of ”no more pedal dancing” as the ES-8 is a computer :)

[@secularZoo]

I love the fact that Rick also likes Boss pedals, and I also see the Danelectro French Toast pedal in his group.

[@schiggy182]

Thanks Rick, I’m building my first ever board today and your video was the most helpful

[@jeffparker4840]

"We're not going swimming.. don't come down please.." I love the real life aspect of some of these videos.

[@joelhoffman1764]

I miss the MXR flanger so much! I got one used in the 80’s. Even the white noise it put out without a guitar was amazing. Sadly, that pedal got lost somewhere. Holding out hope it shows up some day! Great video, as always Rick! Let me know if you see my flanger

[@RC32Smiths01]

When I saw that pedal from '76, I actually got chills. Does look very ancient and a relic to me, being born in 2001!

[@g.t.marshall5681]

I've had good results slightly warming the adhesive on the velcro tape with a blowdryer so they remain attached to the pedal base when removing them from the board.

[@TheBGS128]

A much needed and very important tutorial. I wish I had this like 5 years ago

[@cirjames2540]

A Metal Muff sighting at 9:52 Very underrated pedal. Thanks Rick for yet another great video. BTW, WMTSG Jellyfish, REM, Soul Asylum, Deftones and Graveyard Hisingen Blues

[@Horriblelilman]

Great video Rick, I know you said tuner always goes first but I tend to put a tuner after my wah as the tuner has a buffer

[@ManCalledMif]

cheers Rick. Seems so simple when it's demonstrated clearly. 🙌🏼

[@JRP3music]

I put my Drop pedal first, then wah. I have a Boss MS-3 Switcher for overdrives in loops. It has stereo fx that are used infrequently. I have 4 stereo fx after the Boss MS-3. Stereo dual modulation, then Eventide Pitch Factor, then stereo delay, then stereo reverb. The few fx in the Boss MS-3 are momentary vibrato, panner, compressor on clean preset. So, it is like I have 4 channel amp with a boost on any of the channels in manual mode. The stereo signal feeds a stereo tube preamp, into a stereo analog, speaker sim, and then into a stereo power amp. I can get great sound at any volume. I am building a 2nd pedal train board with similar fx, but no overdrives. My Mesa Nomad 100 does it all. I discovered Vitoos DC 8 isolated power supply, which I am gong to mount under in my pedal train classic Jr!

[@JRP3music]

The Boss MS-3 Switcher is awesome, because it gives you instant switching like my Mesa Boogie amp. Plus the added bonus of built in fx is nice.

[@zukacs]

14:20 I finished my first analog setup yesterday and didn’t understand why I had huge noise, thanks for this tip

[@leica_sl2]

Now I feel grateful that I stuck to acoustic guitar/music playing , nothing personal I feel that I don't need the extra stress on whether or not my equipment works when the power is turned on. BTW great vid and great info.

[@Iain0101]

As a lifelong keyboard player who dabbles in guitar these basic guitar intro videos are valuable to me.

[@ApeLikeCreature]

Rick, you are awesome...One of the BEST KZbin channels for musicians! Thank you for such clarity with pedal setups!

[@Slaughterhauzen]

When I bought my first two pedals, I quickly learned that it goes wah wah then big muff, not the other way around

[@doogdoogdoogdoogdoogdoog]

Whichever way sounds best to you is the “correct way”; some notable guys do wah after dirt.

[@jeffhollers]

Just set a fuzz after the wah and it pretty much erased my wah. Now I put the fuzz before the wah. Damn wah expression came to life like a beast in heat.

[@slavesforging5361]

great video. watching Rick stack his arms with a pile of pedals while just rambling off what he wanted like a kid in a candy shop was great! couldn't even hold them all. lol. i love the Pedal Pad brand myself, though my board is filled with all tone shaping pedals. lots of eq's, tone boosts, overdrives and always a noise gate, DI, and Tuner. even a dreaded Boss Acoustic simulator (i like to put it on cheap piezo's). probably should get a Compression pedal now that i'm starting to use the board for bass too.

[@montraix]

Oh irony of ironies, my Voodoo Labs dingbat Pedal Board with Mondo Power, my FIRST pedal board, just arrived 20 minutes before this post. Thanks Rick!!! I feel like this was almost customized for me!

[@Steveleter]

I loved the demo with the Van Halen song. You really nailed it! Great explanation of how to set up a pedal board with really good suggestions.

[@shinyredguitar]

Hey Rick, Great Videos.... Brad Davis taught me that Vintage Germanium Fuzz Faces need to be the first thing in the chain with no buffers or tuners before. I was getting a skipping sound otherwise. needs to be part of the pickup and guitar circuit...... This is super Important with the germanium Fuzz Faces,,,, Wah first is fine because it is just a modified guitar tone circuit....

[@wildhorse4262]

Thank you!!! I've been waiting for someone to make this video this well!!! I just bought a eleven rack to simplify my set up and never had much of a background in guitar to begin with, this is crucial information!

[@christianmcintire9864]

Well, found this today by accident, and should have known you had a video about this. Perfect timing for me, since I'm building a new pedalboard and hadn't done one in decades. Thank you!

[@scottwalters624]

Hi Rick - Looks like the power brick has 8 slots, plus the extra slot on the tuner, but the final board has 11 pedals. What's the magic ? Cheers

[@leomuzzy6554]

I'm a bit older than Rick, so the phrase, "First, you have to shop for your pedals" made me chuckle, because I was buying them in sequence be fore the concept existed. My first fuzz box was something called a "Fuzzder", and they tricked me by using the Fender font on the "F". I was 11, so 1966 or so. Then I heard "White Room" and said "What's that?" A few years later someone said "Son, I said son, what you need is a "chorus"! You get the idea . . .

[@charleshoernemann8661]

Can't wait for the demo of your board Rick! Especially how that EH Freeze pedal works at the end of the chain...G'day from WA 😊

[@kangaroofoot]

NAILED that Purple Haze tone!

[@SJKile]

I got excited when I first laid eyes on this video. The meat & potatoes of it deflated my excitement. I thought you were building a pedal board from scratch. No Such Luck. You’re not building a pedal board, you’re assembling a piece of IKEA furniture.

[@timharrington4470]

Very useful information indeed. I consulted this video before I build my 1st pedalboard. I am looking forward to having things nice n tidy.

[@patcupo]

I like the P.T.M.T. approach when starting a pedalboard. With all of the synth pedals out there, I'd add "Timbre" before "Pitch", so T.P.T.M.T. Most synth pedals are monophonic and would work best before a HOG or POG style pedal to make things polyphonic. Loved hearing that Hendrix chain - thanks!

[@stulora3172]

14:02 This urban myth will never die.… Avoiding to cross signal and power cables is only relevant if the power cables are AC. Only then they create an alternating magnetic field, i.e. electromagnetic waves which can be picked up by the signal cable. So when you build a tube amp you will want to think very carefully about where you put your signal and power leads and how they cross. On a pedal board with 9-24V DC, don't worry. And the picking up of radio signal is a complete different effect that can happen to any circuit with a long wire attached to it, if some part of the circuit happens to be sensitive to radio frequencies, demodulates the radio signal and amplifies it. Doesn't matter if cables are crossed or parallel.

[@yorganyog]

Correct. I made a simple pedal. I got radio. no cross or pararell cables.

[@buzzcrumhunger7114]

Lead dress! So important.

[@kenharding8181]

I've been a professional electrical engineering tech for over 30 years so I have a bit of a clue. I'd agree that it's generally going to be a non-issue but not necessarily. It's true that DC isn't likely to bleed noise over onto your signal line, the issue is the opposite. The guitar signal is essentially AC so there's some potential for it to bleed over onto the DC power and introduce noise that could make its way into the pedal circuitry if the pedal has poor power filtering. However, it's a weak signal through shielded cable so the odds are low but not nil. It's still a good rule of thumb to always avoid running any type of signal and power lines parallel to each other.

[@djmartinez5054]

I don't know what any of the jargon means: AC, alternating magnetic field, electromagnetic waves, circuit, power leads, 9-24V DC, radio signal, radio frequencies, DEMODULATES. I do understand the sentence: "Doesn't matter if cables are crossed or parallel. :)

[@chipsterb4946]

Ken Harding - correct! It’s the signal leads that carry AC, not the power supply. The exact same applies inside an amp. By the time you get to the preamp, your B+ is damned close to DC but you do NOT want it running parallel to any signal leads. Trust me... I learned that the hard way. The output signal from a Blackface tremolo can bleed into anything else it gets too close to, and there’s virtually no current there with very low voltage fluctuations. The big difference with pedals is that the signal cables between pedals are all shielded. How well they are shielded is a different story.

[@jmanson3310]

Watching Rick pick out pedals was like watching a kid in a candy store... I'd love to have so much to chose from.

[@Tricknologyinc]

Only if the kid OWNED the candy store! It certainly was not like watching a kid in a candy store that wasn't allowed to have anything!

[@reff9289]

This is great RB... you always have the answers & superb intel w amusing & entertaining content!

[@Ohudy]

I wish you would explain the importance of power supplies and why daisy chaining isn't the standard. Also a bit more on the different power supplies out there for different needs (how you can daisy chain two or three pedals into one output if the mA's on the pedals are low enough and the output from the power supply is high enough, etc...). I honestly wish someone would have explained that to me when I was building my pedal board.

[@AvianSavara]

Funny I usually go with the reverse order of sections from a mixer's channel : (they usually go preamp -> dynamics -> eq -> pan -> fader) I go : Instrument -> Tuner -> Dynamics (gate/comp) -> Pitch FX -> Envelope FX-> Gain FX -> Final EQ -> Preamp/DI -> amp/board

[@chrissoares23]

Dirty in the front, swirly in the back. Meaning drive,fuzz, boost in front of the amp. Modulation in the FX Loop. --as *general rule of thumb.

[@michaelmurphy987]

I will never be able to un-think this. That being said, thanks.

[@JR-dd4ec]

I ran wah-fuzz-noise suppression (phaser, and other color effects looped into the noise suppression fx loop)-delay-stero chours so I could run stereo and that served me well

[@michanowak7060]

I think we'd love to see a video about how and where to use compressor pedals

[@MrSimondaniel3]

that would be cool but one common use with guitar is on a clean sound. set slow attack, quick release if possible. Low- to- medium compression. 1. it changes the tone slightly. I like this. 2. it evens out your playing, quiet notes are boosted + loud notes are compensated. 3. it can make chords + individual notes jump out more. basically it makes clean playing seem louder/more present, but more controlled. same settings work good on bass too.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Basically they are just overdrive for clean pedals. The Keeley is supposedly second to none from everything I've heard.

[@m0j0b0ne]

You can do more with a compressor than just sustain; the right settings can emphasize the attack of each note, giving you a little 'pop' that enhances pick-and-fingers or chicken-picking technique. Albert Lee, Johnny Hyland and Brad Paisley, among others, are masters at this.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Brent Mason as well. Country guys live and die by compression the same way blues guys live and die by Tube Screamers.

[@JG-ux7of]

I use Compression first. It just sounds best there for me, I feel like it cleans everything up before being sent to other effects. I have it dialed in so my volume isnt noticeably different on and off but its almost always on

[@rgreenphoto]

Funny, I was looking to see if Rhett had a pedal video. Bonus, best of both worlds😂

[@pauljude]

Great video as usual. Following Rhett now as well, you guys know your stuff. The board looked huge until you started putting pedals on it lol.

[@m0j0b0ne]

I wouldn't necessarily always put the tuner first; some have a buffer. Of course, everything depends on the sound you're going for, but TMHB switching (true mechanical hardware bypass) is a feature you should look for in any tuner with a footswitch, though it probably can't hurt to have your tuner downstream from a buffer stage. Personally, I won't have a pin-positive pedal, though I don't mind mixing Boss-style barrel connectors and MXR-style 1/8 in T/S power. Sound-wise, my two biggest tips are as follows: it matters which side of the wah your overdrive, distortion or fuzz is on; note that in some vintage photos, Jimi's Octavia and Fuzz Face are either side of his wah; pretty much any dirtbox will sound completely different on the opposite side, but the conventional method is to distort a wah-ed sound, rather than vice-versa. The latter sounds MUCH more radical. The same goes for chorus/flange/phase; chorus and sometimes a mild phaser effect can sound good either side of an overdrive, but will be different, and a deep or complex flange will sound like mudbutt, when placed before a distortion or fuzz. Delays/echoes and reverb generally sound best after the rest, and tremolo is a wild card, because it modulates amplitude and can swing your carefully crafted tones in and out of clipping.Not a hard or fast rule, but because it affects the envelope of each note, I tend to always put a compressor first in the chain, especially in front of a volume pedal that's used for swells.

[@freakuensea]

I have an MXR Micro Flanger and that sounds amazing too!

[@martincaz7772]

How had I not seen this video??? This was a cool format!

[@YonathanLeibovich]

I wanna tag Dan & Mick to remind them that "That Pedal Show" should be about pedals. ;) Thanks Rick! Keep on Rickin'!

[@headly21]

I'm not sure whether anyone else already mentioned it, but you don't have to worry about noise from running your signal/patch cables parallel to the power cables. The power cables from the supply are running DC, not AC, which is what you WOULD have to keep away from your signal/patch cables. Just don't run the signal cables parallel to the AC line from the mains to the pedalboard power supply.

[@sleggarri]

Excellent vid my man. EVH does not leave the flanger on during the whole riff. He turns it on and of to accent the C sharp chugging on the low E string.

[@mrjljjl]

Just saw a youtube ad for the ocean 12 I would love to get my hands on that

[@kannonmcafee]

Great playing on the VH Unchained riff. That sounded great \m/

[@palacerevolution2000]

That was funny; I kept thinking "Put em on the table next to you Rick, LOL". But it reminds me of someone else who plays professionally: a lot of boosters. Distortion, Overdrive, Tube Screamer.

[@dylansabbath9085]

i really love your videos . i like to spend time bingeing your content !

[@haydendillon-lloyd9304]

This guys New Jersey accent and the way he says “wah wah” is freakin amazing! Hahaha

[@timdoubrava8064]

He’s from upstate NY and lives in Atlanta. That’s def not a jersey accent

[@AuntAlnico4]

@@timdoubrava8064 update, new York and new Jersey are a few miles apart from each other !

[@gravl1]

You’re like Steve Martin in The Jerk grabbing all those pedals!!

[@Eventual420]

gravl123 And this... and this... and this... and that's it. And this...

[@tinyb69]

That's the first thing that came to my mind. Where does the paddle-ball game go on his pedalboard?

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

I don't need you! I don't need anything! except this... LOL!

[@danieltrue1689]

I'll trade a Thermos for all those pedals!

[@NiRo_90125]

I usually place a chorus and a rotary effect after my delays to emulate a delay going into a Leslie.

[@RealMNeutral31]

Thanks guys! Putting a pedal board together is easier that I thought. Wow!

[@muralidharanj2857]

Also to Indus Creed - Pretty Child ( and other tracks of their's Indus Creed is a rock group based in Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1984 as Rock Machine and renamed in 1993, and included Uday Benegal (vocals), Mark Selwyn (bass), Mahesh Tinaikar (guitars), Zubin Balaporia (keyboards), Mark Menezes (Drums) and Jayesh Gandhi (guitars). It disbanded in 1997, only to regroup in 2010 with some new members.

[@d3w4yn3]

The mufelletta is an awesome pedal, but your collection is amazing!!!

[@aneilaseyiekeretsu]

Every pedalboard video should have some great guitar playing to make it more interesting and uncle Rick just done that.

[@MrZipdang]

The Freeze pedal is an interesting beast. I have mine after my looper to avoid overdubbing a drone every time I lay down a new loop. Also, it seems to need more power than just the standard 9volt.

[@larryguy7160]

Your knowledge of music is incredible....Thanks Rick...

[@tjallingdejong9645]

Hey Guys I´m a hobby builder with my own board Changin´ every once in a while , the thing Rhett is talking about On Minute 14 never really occured to me , nice to know and deal with in near future , thx !

[@dextrodemon]

no miku no buy

[@aperezdeal]

Non-negotiable.

[@tvnorminstudio3080]

Yes

[@sam_uelson]

No waifu no life-u

[@davidstaton1835]

Uwu

[@doramen8317]

This is the way.

[@mattgilbert7347]

What about a Germanium fuzz? If you put a pitch shifter, wah etc in front of a Ge Fuzz (or germanium treble booster) there might be oscillation/noise issues, depending on buffers and your fuzz. It can happen with silicon Fuzzes as well. Some mods work really well pre-gain. Phase and Univibe, Flanger. Chorus into Echo can sound great as can distortion into tape delay. He's right, they can be in any order. My only hard & fast rule is tremolo between delay and reverb. The Red Dirt is basically a modded Keeley Tubescreamer isn't it? I mean, stacking Tube Screamers can be fun but I would have gone for something like a Keeley SPM or a Bluesbreaker-style pedal. I guess it depends on your guitar, amp, and what tones you're going for

[@benesmonde6866]

Finally! PTMT rule just made my tone 100% better. Thanks Rick!