Mad Professor Twimble, Stone Deaf FX Syncopy Delay & EarthQuaker Devices Pyramids

[@danielr8932]

Once again, an episode from the TPS archives turns out to be helpful. It provided guidance as to securing a second-hand Mad Professor Twimble on Reverb. Found one in mint condition. Thanks Dan and Mick!

[@ryanjacko1]

I love this channel so much, it's so refreshing to watch people who are so passionate and genuinely love creating their content. Please never stop!

[@bigpapachance]

Dan and Mick, you two are pure class. No one does it better. Your passion for the game is unparalleled. I, for one, appreciate you both.

[@10sassafras]

High action, shag carpet, rigid schedules, no speaker cabs and Henning Pauly wandering through your shoot. This is the TPS equivalent of Celebrity Wipeout for our fearless presenters. There will be days like this.

[@colaboytje]

The Twimble is fantastic. I own both the Simble pre-drive and Simble. I love it.

[@user-oy7gz5bf2h]

Been eyeing the Simble overdrive for a while now. Haven't seen Dan excited about a pedal like this for a while. Will have to try out a twimble soon!

[@matiasarrala3447]

3:47 Mick, the man you're refering to is Peter Lerche! He is one of the all-time top tier finnish guitarists. *EDIT* I stand corrected: The guitarist in Mad Professor's official video is Marko Karhu. Peter Lerche has made excellent videos of Simble and a real Overdrive special independently.

[@Abutado]

I love the Simble side when playing at home quietly and I just want to push my amp a little to make the tubes happy.

[@erniesfo2022]

Great to see Dan and Mick finally get a chance to have a go at StoneDeaf's Syncopy. Tremendous range of sounds available. I'm sure the Syncopy in the video is now MIA...

[@MythosSoundStudio]

Awesome Pick ‘n Mix. It’s awesome to see you guys work through pedals on the fly - really gives some understanding on how to test out pedals in a way I never quite thought of in such detail. Thanks again, guys.

[@davidkieltyka9]

Picked up a Mad Prof Dual Blue not long after watching your in-studio (the place you’ve recently had to leave) segment with Matt S. Lovely sounding delay…I even do the Matt thing of having one half set up as a slapback and the other set up longer with more repeats. At this point you guys are responsible, indirectly & sometimes directly, for about half my active pedal collection. :)

[@justingarcia7722]

I’m sure it must’ve been very strange in the room, with the volume tamed and attenuators but you guys got killer tones coming through in the video. Suppose that’s the benefit of things like two note or the ox, you get great, consistent sounds via the interface or to the audience in the front of house (as you guys have said many a time it feels like hearing your amp through the monitors) but it can feel a bit insipid in person. Seems the best application is having the amps roaring on stage and using the line out on one of those for FOH QC

[@chrishepburn1503]

You definitely should get into that Stonedeaf "filtery" thing on the show. I just bought the PDF 1 parametric EQ. And I love it to bits. Would love to hear your take on it. Cheers!

[@GunnerWoodMusic]

Some of Dan’s best playing imo

[@pastorchrisstewart6141]

awesome stuff as always guys, and its always nice to see Henning....especially with the potential for antics!

[@DannyBrooks1]

I have been though most of the D style pedals and the Twimble ended my search for an overdrive. Fantastic tones at a reasonable price!

[@zachwood5347]

Hey. So it's been a year since you said you weren't looking for overdrive. No joke, is that still the case?

[@DannyBrooks1]

Zach Wood The Twimble has remained my main overdrive for humbuckers and I am using a Kingtone Blues power for my Strat. I added some Kingsley Maiden D and Page for tone shaping. I Just did a video on my channel using the Twimble and the Kingsley pedals in combination. Check it out if your interested. Cheers.

[@TheWhollymoly]

Watching Mick twiddle the knobs on a delay or mod pedal: I keep thinking this is my penance for something bad I've done somewhere along the line! Love you, Mick! Don't ever change! :D

[@ThatPedalShow]

I know, even I thought it was painful. I couldn’t work out why the mod depth wasn’t changing. It was mostly because I wasn’t changing the mod depth. Keep me away from this stuff! 0)

[@TheWhollymoly]

Well, I suppose we could blame your having to hurry Dan along because of the time constraint. Yea, that's it! It's Dan's fault! You blokes are both fantastic! Hope I get to meet you on my next visit to Jolly Old England! Cheers!

[@stevengarvey5782]

You guys would enjoy Jamie from EQD immensely. Next trip to the States (Shur guitars is in the neighborhood too).

[@featster100]

First; thanks for a great show. You have helped me immensely to get closer to where I want to be soundwise. Happy to see and hear that the Twimble is to your liking. I use the Simble, which is closely related to it. Anyway, I miss some info in your video that might be useful to the folks who are interested in either the T or the S. At least I found it to be when I got mine. Level: is the output level Sensitivity: is the amount of drive Contour: is the overall eq Accent: is the eq if the signal going into the drive stage To get a startingpoint for tweeking, it’s easiest to set the pedal thusly: LEVEL at max SENSITIVITY at zero CONTOUR at 3 o’clock ACCENT at 9 o’clock The knobs are not working the way knobs usually do on pedals. The controls are interactive, so things happen when you start tweeking 😉. Keep up the excellent work, and again; thanks a bunch!!!

[@BenOastler]

Mick is on absolute fire in this vid! Maybe you should raise the action on your Strat? Mind you, I always tend to play a bit better on an unknown instrument because I need to concentrate.

[@themattybags]

Syncopy AND Pyramids! Best Pick N Mix lineup so far! I was bummed the Pyramids hadn't come out a few weeks earlier in time for the Hunt for Dan's new Flange episode but now here it is! And I've been waiting to see more of the Syncopy since NAMM '16! Great episode! I hope to see more of these pedals on a full-length TPS episode.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Oh, pretty sure you’ll be seeing more of the Pyramids on TPS... :9)

[@DavidDyte1969]

Mick ON FIRE. Oh my yes.

[@cbeserra]

Mad Professor pedals are great! I like the dual pedal version, might be time for an upgrade

[@wariusgaius]

The way guitarists make eye contact with each other when one’s playing a cool riff always sends shivers up my spine.

[@quibster]

Everything Dan plays on the Stone Deaf from 18:45 on is fire.

[@oskarnystrom4643]

Mick, you really look like Sandman from Spider-Man 3, and that’s a compliment!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahaha!!!!

[@simonsmith3867]

You two just love your visits to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop ;-)

[@sethchenko]

So glad you guys got EQD on the show! Time for some OBNE and Wren & Cuff next :)

[@ThatPedalShow]

We need to get it back to our place, to really get to know it. :0)

[@sethchenko]

That Pedal Show for sure! If anyone can get to know it well it's you guys, love watching how you guys unlock all sorts of pedals, from both classic and new tones from pedals we all thought we knew, to unlocking the full potential of newer multi-functional stuff (much like the Pyramids for example) which eludes us commoners. Throughly enjoy your videos guys, keep it up!

[@BlueSkyDogs]

"Blimey O'Reilly, its that pedal show"t-shirt time!

[@paultwiselton1996]

Mick Mick Mick THAT playing at the start was electrifyingly good.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Wow, thanks Paul!

[@thelongandwindinroad2888]

Please make a show about tubes, like tubes 101 kinda thing where you go through all the different kind of tubes and their sound etc. Love the show you guys are awesome, keep the videos coming

[@petehixson9046]

Brilliant vid guys, loved the Castle reference Dan well done, showing some Aussie.

[@TSFAHTPS]

Straight to the pool room! ;)

[@eba53]

Great video, specially Mick's scream during the intro! lol

[@carbonfreeze6635]

HAHA at 29:20 I've never seen you guys do that kind of stuff on TPS! I'm sure you probably have, and I just haven't seen it, but that was awesome fun! Looked like that episode was fighting you throughout. But great job putting it together in foreign territory.

[@Tomsdrawings]

Carbonfreeze I totally agree

[@russellyoung1063]

Great stuff once again chaps. I would like to have heard Dan's Les Paul into the Twimble. I already bought the Twimble a few months back and love it. It sounds great with my Lester but mine is only the cheaper 60's tribute from 2013.

[@vincemarinelli5809]

Challenge! I saw your OR15 video and thought it would be cool to do a comparison of all the classic British amps of the 60s and 70s: Marshall, Vox, Orange, Hiwatt (PLEASE!), etc. And you could do it in two parts: one for the older 100/50 watt amps (Plexi, DR103, AC30, OR120) and then! do a comparison of the lower watt, bedroom friendly amps (Bluesbreaker, Tiny Terror, AC10, Custom 20). It would be loud but the most amazing noises to behold! If you get to a new location that will handle lots of noise, please do this one!

[@jdavis.fw303]

Damnit guys, I already wanted the Simble, now I feel compelled to get the Twimble. That pre-driver seemed like a throw in, but oh how I was wrong!

[@ThatPedalShow]

No no no! It’s really really good. :0)

[@drebrose1983]

MICK! play one of those Ibannex AZ's! I know it goes against your Fender ideals but just have a fair go and let us know what you think.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Two-point trem: no. Poly finish: no. That’s what I think! Cheers!

[@jimmyjoe3823]

As always a great video. Thank you guys. Thumbs up!

[@morais99]

Another great show. Thank you guys!

[@burt2800]

That intro jam was tasty af

[@kimmolingonheimo]

lucky lucky lucky, got the Predriver today, gonna use it to: make better tones outa my my my systemation...lucky lucky lucky.....seriously, youre great M&D, love, K : )

[@nickwilson9210]

That Morgan is sounding amazing

[@gibbysg8143]

Eric Steckel just recently collaborated with Knaggs guitars for an awesome LP type signature model. Great player!

[@joeljohnson4548]

Just bought the Schwang shirt while watching. Guess I'm more Dan than Mick today...Cheers fellas!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you Joel - makes a big difference to us and what we can do. Thank you.

[@BoyAditya]

Pickn mix for half an hour?! I feel like TGIF (^^)

[@evanmiller2579]

Need more time with that Flanger. Sounds great. When will you be in the new place??

[@ThatPedalShow]

We move this coming Friday and yes we have one on order. Two more TPS episodes fromThat Pedal Shed - we filmed them tonight!

[@focntt]

24:22 - Just do it, Dan. We've all longed for that chance at least once.

[@TheInsanityofGab]

it would be good to see an episode where dan compares analog and digital flangers, to see if there are any digital flangers he likes. episodes where you guys challenge your biases are always the most interesting.

[@andrewhorne7443]

It Is where the ROCK is!

[@urbanesoul8400]

Good morning from Canada, though it's probably afternoon there, lol. I like the red strat! Not as much as my SG but still cool ;)

[@hanvandenessenburg6703]

Great sounding Strat!!!

[@DonGoliath]

One good thing about Corona: I've been mad busy in the studio and got several new Steppers Dubs ready. Come check 'em.

[@jensenbell]

Hey fellas. Ok. I ordered a Twimble because of 2 of your videos. Tell Mad Professor (and other gear friends) that gear snobs will absolutely spend money after watching your show. :) - see you on Insta. where I will post some stuff about it.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ah man, we hope you love it! Can’t wait to hear what you think of it - man of your calibre and taste! :0)

[@Mrthreadedtime]

Would love to see a video comparing the 68' Vibrolux Reverb and 68' Custom Deluxe Reverb...you guys do this better than ANYBODY!

[@ryancoveyduc9160]

You want to talk vintage Marshall collection, check out Johan Segeborn. Unreal.

[@jackcraig4655]

Great stuff as ever guys! Not related to this but is there any chance of a full video on the Boss MD500 and a comparison with single modulation pedals? I feel like it was hinted at at some point.... x

[@ThatPedalShow]

Did we do that already? Maybe not. Maybe that was the Strymon one and we decided that they never sound much like the real thing... Hmmmmmm

[@jackcraig4655]

Yes you did the Mobius vs old school modulation and then featured the MD500 on a pick & mix and said you'd be doing a full video on it... To be honest I'm just intrigued to see how it measures up to the Mobius! I expect the end result will be the same: It doesn't sound like the real thing!

[@glendaw2268]

Suddenly I really want to hear the Twimble next to the Manticor. I’ve bought pedals based on your reviews and one of them is next !

[@ThatPedalShow]

Cool! Quite different things, and we’d bet they’d play real nice together!

[@mitchellbartolo9063]

I'd love to hear more about the amps you're plugged into. I noticed a h&k Grandmeister 40 at the back there, any comments on the h&k range as a pedal platform?

[@leopoldoinnecco5924]

Seems almost weird to see you do a video at Thomann and not put links to their website for the gear you put on the show :-) I say cuz I am a regular Thomann customer

[@ThatPedalShow]

Indeed. Except that we have exclusive preferred retailers already. Please check our website for details. Cheers’

[@Guitar19774]

Love you guys love the show can't wait till you're out of gear Head University. Still a great job but missing the real cabs

[@Nintyponds]

Any chance you could review some of the joys pedals, I'm just starting out and have a few but would like to see your opinion on them. Love the channel by the way.

[@justinbouchard]

13:24 When the sound is so good the world around you smells like a dirty diaper. #guitarface

[@thenotsoguitarguy9429]

TGU 2018 came at just the right time, eh. Plenty of moving content... you know... cause you guys are moving. Here's hoping the new Pedal Shed is coming along nicely.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Indeed! We move on Friday. Happy days!

[@twhitmore00]

Will the pyramids make it to Dan’s pedalboard to replace the electric mistress?

[@ThatPedalShow]

Probably.

[@ronnieeagleandthealchemist2333]

ooooh...I've been thinking as not a big fan of flange, the only one I'd want is the EM but it's somewhat impractical to get an original. First listen to EQD's flange and its got that worthy fidelity, like the EM -- and for myself I don't have to reach so far for justification to get one. Well done EQD.

[@BK-lx5mo]

That Knaggs is AWESOME

[@ThatPedalShow]

Such beautiful guitars. I feel I abused it a bit here. Much better tones in that guitar!

[@kimipaunonen]

Peter Lerche is the Simble/Dumble demo guy you are talking about! What a monster of a player! Greetings from Finland.

[@ThatPedalShow]

No, it’s Marko Karhu we’re talking about. Cheers!

[@kimipaunonen]

Oh I tought you were talking about the "original" Simble vs Dumble videos before it became a Mad Professor pedal. I highly recommend you guys check those out as well ;)

[@stilllifewithguitar184]

The struggle is real!

[@mikefenton5634]

The tint on the strat neck is dark AF. Gonna have to revisit the idea of getting a twimble now.

[@ThatPedalShow]

It’s one of the baked/roasted maple ones Mike. It’s a thing at the moment - the maple goes darker and apparently sounds, er, ‘older’. Cheers!

[@mikefenton5634]

That Pedal Show ah roasted maple is the best. Feels great, doesn’t need lacquer, is rock solid and smells like marshmallow. Where’s bad in that?

[@aaronnickell3717]

The Twimble absolutely buries any Zendrive I've ever played. It has no peer in its price range (perhaps any price range). Less compression - so it's more responsive to picking dynamics - and low end to spare. It's smooth. It chirps. It's a stupendous pedal. Get. IN! Have schwang.

[@guitarputt83]

I just purchased one for myself.... it is absolutely amazing. Couldn't agree more

[@Micky-yo3ng]

Dan played a run at 11:21-23 I’d love to have a go at but the camera was focused on a pedal which is appropriate but I want a guitar lesson. So here’s an idea for a show: we send in which bits of playing we’d like explained and Dan and Mick can show us their chops. Maybe a Tuesday video and feature the pedal that inspired such great playing.

[@flynn_22]

Dan will the EQD flanger be on your board for a flanger replacement

[@kimmolingonheimo]

the Simble is myh aalways on, just ordered the Twimble: BOTH are discontinued, so hurry...😎

[@christurner2398]

Boys I'm saving up for one of Dan's quartermaster 4s, but if you keep showing me great Mad Professor pedals Im going to get confused about what to buy first! :p

[@ptrisonic]

I luv the Fiesta Red Strat/......... Another ancient blues bloke, P,

[@ptrisonic]

PS Please tell Hari that I said hello..............

[@PombaAbusada]

I am thinking of buying a looper pedal and just to be sure I understood how it works depending on where I put it on the pedalboard: If I put the looper last on the chain, whenever I record a layer, that layer will always keep the same effect I used when recording it, and I can then add more layers with different effects. However, if I put the looper first the effect will change whenever I engage or disangage the pedals after recording it and every layer will have the same effect. Is this correct?

[@charlottebell9867]

Pedro Bragança Correct.

[@KozmykJ]

Yup. I now have two. One at each end... My older cheaper one (Harley Benton Dual Looper) goes at the front when I'm using it. Usually for setting up sounds or making FX comparisons. My better one (Boss RC-3) goes at the end for conventional Loop building duties.

[@antonyfaulkner8649]

All over Dan and Micks faces. "Henning, please, please foxtrot oscar out of our show

[@johnballantyne3458]

Seeing a blackguard tele with a rosewood fretboard gives me The Fear.

[@acousticglue]

The thing I gather most of archive videos is that users always say they love a pedal but 3-5 years later they arent using it lol.

[@peterjessop1878]

have you got many more vids from TGU to show prior to your new premises being set up?

[@ThatPedalShow]

A few yes. And we’re filming the very last vids from the old place tonight, to give us enough vids while we do the work at the new place. Move on on Friday!

[@peterjessop1878]

Got to say the TGU 18 came at a rather opportune time for you :-)

[@deathbykitty1954]

When you guys gonna try the Supro Drive pedal?

[@gookiecrunch]

Please get Marko in your studio! pick his amazing brain! Great great player!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ooooh, that would be cool. We have some licks to steal!

[@gookiecrunch]

That Pedal Show me too! Haha

[@jeremiahmccann83]

The LED's from the Syncopy dont show up as lit in the video- strange! Must be frame rate issue?

[@ThatPedalShow]

Eeee. Look at you all technical!

[@Corporations8MyBaby]

The Tubers who love Tube Amps.

[@jaskiniamestwa]

I'm planning to buy either Wampler Tumnus or some good sounding fuzz at the same price range, which would you recommend buying first? Thanks!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Depends what you’ll use more. Go with your gut!

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

I´d say both. Fuzz into Tumnus and away you go.

[@mattflickinger8151]

The tumnus isn,t necessarily the best on its own. If you like your amp sound it will push it harder and better, or use it the same way before another pedal you like.

[@Les537]

Tumnus is the god of all pedals, but it sure aint a fuzz. Get the tumnus and own it for life, fuzzes come and go.

[@DavidDyte1969]

Ry Cooder is the other old slide dude who plays a Dumble, among a hundred other things.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Wow, I never knew that! Mick here. I’d always assumed he’d played some broke ass amp his grandma knitted. Or something. ;0) Seriously, never knew he was a D boy!

[@DavidDyte1969]

Here it is, the Borderline Special: www.tdpri.com/attachments/ry-cooders-dumble-1-jpg.181742/ www.tdpri.com/threads/ry-cooder-rig.401845/

[@michaeljohnson7892]

Who was that unmasked man

[@brianricker1703]

Mick, the fears of having to go direct that you mentioned in the “5 drink” podcast, appear to have come true. Bummer. I can’t wait until you guys get into your new location, and get back to doing things your way.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Yep. Although most of what you’re hearing is a mic’d cab. But yes, new place. We’ve been planning it for weeks - now just need to do the move and get settled in. We’ll document as much of it as we’re emotionally able to do. :0)

[@brianricker1703]

I think the next chapter for TPS is going to be epic! Really looking forward to all of it.

[@jeffpfeffer4316]

The hot side of the Twimble sounds a lot like a love pedal cot50 or tchoula would you say they are similar?

[@ThatPedalShow]

Without comparing them side by side, I’m not sure. Doesn’t really sound much like the Tchula from memory though. Much smoother in this instance. The Tchula is aggressive (in a good way)

[@micha-elcleveland1265]

Shag carpets - have they come back in Germany? Looks better if you rake it before filming :)

[@micha-elcleveland1265]

My parents have that same exact carpet all over their basement. Ick

[@ThatPedalShow]

Eeeuwwwww

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

Fairly sure my last minute would consist of a mad self-oscillating finish ...

[@lukepowell1201]

This is not fair. In the past few months I have bought 9 D-style pedals and my 2nd Fuchs head (first one was a used mod) . I haven't even received my new JRockett Touch... . and you guys feature an awesome D-style pedal that I haven't tried. Sigh.. . . I have a problem.. . .

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

Sell it all,- buy a couple of Fender or Peavey tweed 4x10s and the Twimble and you´ve got your Dumble style sound at a fraction of the budget. I have that setup with the Peavey amps,- sound gloriously for anything rootsie or classic rock. ...And it even left money in the budget for upgrading my guitars and my pedalboard. Love the setup.

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

Oh, yes,- and buy a Korg Miku! Essential!

[@IceGuitarist23]

Luke Powell check out a brand called Ceriatone Amplification

[@Paul123hendricks]

I'm going for the Vox MV50 Boutique. It's a 50 watt D-style amp using nutube... for under $200!

[@musicmann1967]

So where did you guys go after they kicked you out of the building? hehe

[@ThatPedalShow]

Back to That Pedal Shed to film the last two epic episodes. With more analogue gear than is feasible for two idiots like us. :0)

[@musicmann1967]

Haha!!

[@DalelCampbell]

I don't remember Dan, liking the Simble that much in the Dumble pedal shootout. Ears are a capricious things.

[@KozmykJ]

28:52 Was that Instant Zappa setting chromatic or merely dissonant ??

[@samuelrutherford8107]

Im torn between j rockets dude and the twimble. What do u guys think would work better for me? I play a telecaster through a super reverb, im a finger picker tho.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Mick here. Twimble. The extra clean boosty buffery thing is superb. Just a bit of push that works well with the other side and great oon its own. Three sounds at your feet. As good as the Dude is, it’s one sound. Mmmmm

[@samuelrutherford8107]

That Pedal Show thanks mick! I got the twimble and love it

[@gookiecrunch]

Please get the new benson preamp in there!! Please!

[@ThePedalBored]

The Syncopy sounds great, and I love Stone Deaf's stuff, but what's with the artwork?? Haven't we moved on from tits on pedals?

[@hustinjahn]

was about to comment this same exact thing. alienating to a huge portion of the guitar-playing industry that has, for too long, been merely objectified and cast to the role of holding guitars on magazine covers. plus, just c'mon...

[@ThatPedalShow]

Goodness! Mick here - I hadn’t even noticed! But yeah, I agree. Although, if you want to see who really objectifies women, look at any fashion magazine. The guitar industry / men / idiots do it in the most unintelligent way that really shouldn’t offend anybody. It’s so Neanderthal it’s laughable. But the beauty, cosmetics and fashion industries... much more dangerous, insidious and damaging, in my opinion. Hmmmm

[@simoneskesen7391]

The Artist mcbess mcbess.com/ makes all the art for Stone Deaf... And that's just his style. And IMO it's beautiful art.

[@jonathanm9069]

By your coment I thought it was going to be some nude photo of some porn star, but then turns out it was this inoffensive cartoon. I guess we don't need religion anymore to act like everything is offensive.

[@nickfit3]

That Pedal Show agreed! This is akin to WW2 fly boys painting Vargas girls on planes, more inspirational than offensive in my book. Hot rod and rockabilly culture is steeped in this type of imagery, it's art! No need to get your knickers in a twist over it!

[@eddlabel]

Hey! I'm missing the horn! Excellent video as usual!