The Ultimate Guide to Building a Budget Pedalboard!

[@anthonycutt8854]

'Cheap pedals vs multi-effects unit for the same money' would be a good challenge video.

[@geralr]

I second this

[@k.l.graham5860]

Absolutely.

[@barretprivateer8768]

Yeah that is a good idea actually. I suspect the individual modulation might be better than the multi fx version. But then, I'm still imaging gear as it was in the 90s and 00s and they've improved a lot.

[@fozlike]

Yes!

[@samwarrener8281]

Yes!

[@hotdotdog]

Refreshing after just watching Dan's $10k pedalboard on That Pedal Show.

[@teagenbinder948]

Can you do more challenge videos? They are super entertaining and can demo a wide variety of products

[@terrybanks5063]

that rusty fuzz is the real winner, i was surprised by the tone for that price

[@teagenbinder948]

The greenday song is the chords that Pete said but with a capo on the first fret

[@jarthursands]

I dig it, it's a bit more candid and accessible than a standard review video, but it's still a review video, and a basic introduction on how to properly build your first budget board. Well done Gents!

[@swordandsorcerer]

Behringers are great. Circuits ultra close to the originals (most of them). Just rehouse them in a metal enclosure and you've got a decent pedal even if the knobs are a little close together.

[@daro9582]

That’s what Behringer did when they bought TC, they put nicer components into metal enclosures and out came the Tc electronics „smorgasbord“ series of pedals

[@Kenneth.W.63]

Cool... the Captain has become the "need to have some fat distortion" for som rock-metal riffing (y) Who would have believed that, a coupple of years back? :) Your playing has really improved too...

[@hasancanyldrm629]

I think that an "all TC Electronics pedalboard" would still sound good, and cost less than 300 euros (without a tuner). They just have an incredible lineup. Nether octaver - 39 Rusty fuzz - 36 Magus - 34 El cambo - 35 Afterglow chorus - 35 Thunderstorm flanger - 35 Prophet digital delay - 38 Skysurfer reverb - 31

[@hasancanyldrm629]

@@mark5150ty aah, then it is the old model that I found on Thomann. Without the switch. Thanks for correcting :)

[@andrewpappas9311]

Just a question but will the Sounds Like series ever come back, obviously I get why Matt and Rabea haven't been able to do it but I guess I just miss the series is all. Still some killer-sounding pedalboards though, TC definitely make some awesome pedals (a friend of mine has the Rusty Fuzz and it sounds awesome, and he uses it on bass)

[@andrewpappas9311]

day 2 day I have no idea to be honest

[@beebee404]

@@malfeasant_dino I think Matt actually left Chapman guitars which was what had him working with Rabea in the first place

[@alanbeesby8914]

In one of the Ibanez takeover videos they let slip a little hint that Nolly and Bea would be doing a sounds like series! With COVID it is probs not too easy to just wander around the shop and try out gear plus with Nolly’s schedule and travel it is probs just taking a little time to sort out 👍

[@andrewpappas9311]

Alan Beesby Really, so is Matt not doing them anymore?

[@alanbeesby8914]

@@andrewpappas9311 don’t know, it’s all jut conjecture at the moment!

[@kimmolingonheimo]

my Simble is my main ped 200€, other expensive ones Fender Engager Boost 100 and Nobels ODR-1 100, then the others about 50 or less, Ive accumulated 8 ZOOM G2s so I dont need separate reverb and modulation ones, what really makes it expensive is that I have 2 or 3 of each...lately i have 4 Mad Prof Simbles cause its discontinued and really stays first in line in my chain! my latest find is the 24€ NUX Amp Simulator which I use for jazz with my strat!!! I Play Yamaha Pacifica 112V strats and various solid state amps, big and small...It has taken me a long time to get the ones for my ears, one criterium is how good the pedals stack! The Fender Engager Boost was the game changer for me controlling bass/Treble and mids, now my earlier maybe for sale pedals get extra control!!! Cheers, K

[@philmus1]

Secret with the DS1 - Lots of distortion, turn down the tone (no more than halfway). That gets rid of the trebly fuzz. Also, it needs to be used into an already driven amp like a Marshall

[@woodyforest2100]

Not only are you and dp the best team ever, but your guy overlaying the graphics as you speak is killing it also! 👍🏼

[@GuitarJawn]

This has been my pedalboard for a few years now, Polytube3- Dover Drive- Keeley Monterey- Wampler Mini Ego- Fuzz Puppy Phaser- J.Rockett Holdsworth OD- Old Ibanez SD9- Digitech DL8- Surfy Bear Metal Reverb Unit- Strymon Big Sky

[@petersadler87]

Ok, this is the gear test I’ve been waiting for for ages!!!! Safe to say that Squier came out of this looking ACE! Sounds awesome through a cheap rig. The Chapman, however........... if I’ve got £500 to spend on a low end guitar, I’m going Squier classic vibe all day long.

[@thomasraven]

I think the Blackstar is the weak link in Cap's rig, not the guitar. Not saying the Chapman is great - I don't care for it at all - but to be fair, the amp's the biggest problem imho.

[@jonathanmclamb6831]

To be fair, the Blackstar has a ton of tone options with 2 channels and 2 voices per channel. He didn't really fiddle with the different amp settings. Could've made a difference.

[@Fenrirblu3]

Thanks for doing this video. As a beginner guitarist, this would be something I wanted to know. And another reason we need to thank you for doing this is that the clean-up must be a pain! Greetings from Australia!

[@gcvrsa]

I'd go all tc electronic, as I've done for my jam session/practice pedal board: a pair of Spark mini boosters, a MojoMojo, a Spark (the big one), Flashback mini, HOF mini or Skysurfer mini (unless you need stereo), and whatever modulation you might want to throw in. For a budget board, tc electronic really can't be beat for price/performance. I would happily put the two Sparks, the MojoMojo, and the HOF mini up against any competition at any price.

[@eddykidd]

Behringer and TC Electronics. Can't go wrong. For the record we pronounce it Grand Magus (May-gus) Gus as in the man's name. Tomato/Tomaaato. Also The El Cambo was called the El Mocambo and they changed the name for some reason. Of course the El Mocambo in Toronto is very famous but I don't think it was because of that... not sure. anyone? Captain rig was very thin sounding, propbably due to that Chapman guitar. Pete's rig sounded killer. good job

[@KKMcK1]

Christmas morning in July. Another fun video from you two. Thanks for all the laughs!!!

[@texasbootlegger3752]

Andertons - I had to comment 1 more time! I read all the comments, and the interaction with this video was excellent! Great humor and others had great additional pedal recommendations.

[@stephencholette947]

Lee chose the Magus Pro, that one is roughly $80 us, it's the run of the mill Magus that is $50. So The Captains board is about $50 more than advertised.

[@erajad]

Seventy-four people have probably already pointed out that the TC electronic "elCambo" must be referring to the famous El Mocambo (Toronto). Quite a famous venue over the decades. "SRV Live at the El Mocambo" (1999) should be familiar to Messrs Anderton and Honoré?

[@deanstienessen6334]

could not stop crying I was laughing so hard from the out takes at the end when they stood up. Thanks Guys!!!

[@randy94willimas]

Love the new video editing and stuff on screen!

[@bennymastrup]

I would opt for a Line 6 HX Effects and a tuner. No cables and no buzz issues. Not as much fun but ....!

[@cliffordgwekwe9853]

Can't believe I watched the whole video but twas worth every moment.. Thanks guys

[@damasterkarej]

I would like to see "The battle of eight-inchers". All of small combo Andertons sells shootout. With all-favourite Marshall MG15 and Line 6 spider!

[@mrcoatsworth429]

Oh, Pete would have a field day with "eight-inchers" lmao

[@damasterkarej]

@@mrcoatsworth429 that was kinda point of :D

[@faboolean7039]

The rug like really ties the room together dude

[@shepp7988]

And also sell preloaded pedal boards that way some people especially beginners that don’t know exactly what to put together to get the sounds they are hunting but don’t know exactly how or what to put together

[@clydebillingsworth8574]

I for one think this is an interesting video concept. I am enjoying immensely. It feels quite limited but an idea is maybe to flip in one dearer pedal of choice for videos using this? Because really most people will have their cheapo board and finally spring for one more boutique pedal. Loving it

[@pieve5516]

Brilliant. This video was fun, interesting, and actually informative. This is a compliment. I felt at home. You guys are great.

[@joeg1709]

This is the most relevant thing you guys have done for most of the players out there lol

[@wesleymorris1]

Them tc pedals are the best for the money, I got the forcefield compressor and I did afew mods and it's my number 1 pedal, I changed afew power supply caps and 2 tone caps and it the best compressor, I tried to reproduce it on breadboard and can't get it to sound the same. But all the rest of those tc pedals are killer.

[@bpastorb]

'El Campo' = El Cambo = El Mocambo. It's a tube screamer clone named after SRV legendary El Mocambo gig in Toronto. Interestingly it was originally named the El Mocambo pedal but then was mysteriously renamed to El Cambo not long after. Could have something to do with the El Mocambo (often reffered to as 'the Elmo') venue being renovated and brought back to life Nobody seems to know if this is a TS808 or TS9 clone - nor does anyone seem to know what exactly SRV was playing that gig either, it is discussed from what I gathered nobody knows for certainty.

[@AryaPradyumnGupta]

i am happy to see my amp there - BOSS Katana 50

[@ioncewas]

Great job guys! But you both forgot about a looper for those home practice sessions. Gotta be able to jam with yourself.

[@alexandercorreus6158]

The ds-1 is great with some Amps and horrible with others. The amps basic sound makes the difference between chainsaw and great distortion, i play a little 15 w head with a 1x12 V30, and in this case the ds-1 do a great job. Thank you for all the great vids, its always interesting and funny 😁

[@patrickpierson6079]

Great Video. IT was a Bit confusing that the Pedal Order at the Screen was from left to right but on the Board it ist from right to left... IT took A while since i realised that.... Oh. Maybe next time you should use a big table... Sitting at the floor is hurting the knees...

[@ookami692]

Great video guys!! Now could you do it with humbucker pickups? 🤣🤣

[@bartlettpsj]

Great video. Entertaining. Hated Lee’s guitar ,- what was is? Too tinny.

[@benford1726]

I'd go Korg mini tuner £55 TC Magus pro £49 TC Zeus £49 TC Thunderstorm £30 Tonecity Wildfire £40 Tonecity Tiny Spring £50 £273 total +£35 for the board makes £308 And the Tonecity pedals come with a free power supply but only a 5way daisy chain so £6 for another daisy chain cable brings my board to a total of £314

[@andybungert]

This was a blast on so many levels. Thanks guys!

[@nicholaskillmeier4895]

Lee, can you do a 1,000,000th hammer-on special for that 5^7 riff you do every time you pick up a guitar?

[@anthonycutt8854]

The number of years those little Tone City pedals have been around, have they got a warehouse of their own? You must have thousands of them!

[@yeah-no1353]

When Pete said "Meh" to that beautiful clean tone he got from the Afterglow I died a little on the inside LOL It sounded so good 😢

[@Lez325]

30 minutes of Hot Yoga- made me laugh so much I spilt my coffee- great video guys :) I bought a Boss Katana 50 from you last year and I stillplay it daily - great amp for the price

[@beng808]

I’d imagine the El Cambo is a reference to SRV live at El Mocambo. It kinda has that glassy slightly hairy thing

[@JesseLeeKing]

I love watching andertons by far my favorite KZbin channel but man I am a little jealous I can't lie because fml I wish I had a friend who owned their own music store.

[@JDMVman]

Ds 1 is the banana for scale of pedals. Should be on the board.

[@jon8021]

Let’s have an Andertons sleepover next time!

[@ajhimself1988]

You should try joyo pedals

[@martinj8936]

Pete... no one saw you doing your flies up at 1.04 ;) ha ha ha!!

[@anthonycutt8854]

Have you always had the dB counter in the background there? A nod to That Pedal Show?

[@MaartenAnna]

Thanks that's really insightful. Love the sound of the durple & sweet cream. There's not much between them.

[@earthlights_]

Great concept! Thought about doing it live and having the chat interact?

[@richgrothaus3537]

How about an explanation on why you put certain pedals on the board in a certain order. That way we’re not putting things in a jumbled mess.

[@texasbootlegger3752]

I really like this video! I call it "Creating Mass Confusion!"

[@olavjorvik94]

Couldn't Lee just borrow Pete's Metro board that was just sitting there to his left, anyways? hahaha. He'd fit everything easily haha

[@claireriou256]

Interesting video, well done!

[@righustle6859]

The DS-1 is a fantastic pedal, but it's made for going in front of a dark, medium-gain Marshall, not a clean channel. No 49 quid EHX pedals ? :)

[@CraigFlowersMusic]

The best sound that Blackstar would ever make is when it hit the pavement from being thrown from a high window. Besides that, all good choices. Although the Chapman is also . . . touch-and-go. The TC pedals are great, as are the Tone City pedals. The Squier is decent, and who doesn't love a Katana.

[@AlexanderXtcSlayin]

Haven’t seen the whole video yet but how have your legs not fallen asleep 😸

[@coffeest]

Could you put a link to the patchcables and especially that orange cables you're using? Thank you!

[@judosailor610]

What a fun video. Thanks guys! Also, I live in Florida. Can you give me a ballpark estimate on shipping a durple to me? Thanks!

[@massimobargagna5641]

Pete was playing the river by zakk wylde

[@otoms]

Is that the John Mayer Casio on Captain’s wrist?

[@philstone7277]

Already have the DANE and ODIN and now have the need to buy the durple and fro,,,,,,,Andertonsmademedoit,,,,

[@vincentras1991]

Skysurfer is the best budget Reverb out there.

[@adrianmiller1971]

El Cambo = SRV - Live At The El Mocambo DVD....its an SRV type pedal...

[@rynomclaughlin1595]

Yeah I think elsewhere in the world it's just called the El MoCambo, and it's a TS-808 style pedal similar if not the same as the Behringer

[@adrianmiller1971]

@@rynomclaughlin1595 yup, its called the El Mocambo here in Australia....

[@howardbrianj]

A 2,000 lb. pedal board? How does he lift it? Mine is under 20 lbs.

[@katsumotoamaya6540]

That was fun!

[@paulfearismusic]

This is the way I want to buy pedals... just sit me on the carpet with a giant heap of them and leave me alone, I’ll find my tone and buy 5, job done. The only thing that would be better than that would be having Pete sitting there too for a modest extra fee.

[@durferz]

Pete was closer with his rendition of That One Green Day Song

[@MrDalegray]

Looks like kids opening Xmas presents lol

[@mauricedibert2635]

Getting christmas morning being a child opening gifts vibes

[@thewazzaboo9095]

Them sitting on the ground with all these empty boxes, looks like Christmas morning... have fun kiddos

[@kanamisprs4330]

Two kids at christmas sitting on the floor playing with their new toys. Andertons version.

[@stevesmith3990]

Just what I was going to say :)

[@Gaslight.Guitar]

Haha me2

[@elancaster3989]

Well said

[@OgamiItto70]

Yeah. Train sets.

[@EdwinAng]

This video teaches us the NEED to own an internationally renowned guitar shop.

[@MatzeMaulwurf]

Or at least to stack the same amount of pedals 😂

[@TheOtherOtherJoey]

It’s the only way to build a cheap rig, really.

[@vincentriverdavis6269]

You’re not wrong… haha

[@60CycleHumcast]

Affordable pedalboards.... what a great idea. Maybe you should make a series out of this, needs a cute name though, maybe something like “affordable board” or “afford this board”. I’m sure you can come up with something clever and original.

[@rossthomas5357]

🧂

[@stefanhansen5882]

Is Mr. 60 Cycle Hum being funny or being cranky that Andertons "stole his idea"?

[@anthonycutt8854]

The 'cheap but pays its taxes'' board.

[@60CycleHumcast]

@@stefanhansen5882 I’m being silly. ;-)

[@Muddbruv]

I hear Danish Pete has just bought a brightly coloured blouse and grown a ginger beard to go with it.

[@bonedale]

This is KZbin bringing balance to the universe after Dan’s pedalboard

[@OnePaintedMan]

I used to laugh at Behringer for having cheap plastic cases. Now I have some and I'm not laughing any more. Epic value and waaaaay more resilient than you would think.

[@benjaminfowler4513]

I love the green vibrato

[@samuelxavier2473]

OK for home use, I guess. I'd never take them to a gig, though.

[@petersadler87]

Second this. I got the Behringer chorus after the chaps did a chorus shoot out. Thought it sounded great in the test and have it as a constant on my board since. Used to be quite snobby about Behringer and even TC but now the quality is fantastic!

[@diyvince59]

@@samuelxavier2473 ive got some behringer pedals for years for gigs stomped and beer soaked never had one fail...

[@tomfonner1886]

You’ve got TC in mix. That has brought the Behringer level up.

[@lance134679]

Well, I learned that Tone City and TC budget pedals are pretty darn good. Also, that top-mounted jacks are the way to go for pedals on pedalboards. Thanks for crippling yourselves to make this video. :-)

[@DerekHartley]

My board is mostly Tone City to be fair. Really can't go wrong at that price.

[@joellebrodeur1015]

TC's smorgasbord line has jacks on the top. Pedal such as HOF and Flashback have them on the sides. Wish they figured a way to mount those at the top instead on those pedals.

[@holtrops]

You're missing the TC Mojomojo. I freaking love that pedal, such an insane overdrive for such a cheap price.

[@davidaustin6271]

Agreed! I was bummed when my last bad monkey died a couple years ago (was just a favorite of mine), but the mojomojo is fantastic. The best value pedal I own. Love tc electronics for what they do price-wise.

[@TheSwanepoelmj]

Mojo mojo plus Dark matter and Flashback = Heaven

[@oansun]

OMG, Lee has been selling the DS-1 for years but turned the Tone knob past 11 o'clock. lmao

[@EversonBernardes]

DS-1. Set the tone at 10 o'clock. Leave it there. Forever. Can probably pull the pot out and sub it for a fixed value resistor.

[@richardreed6538]

Just wondering where the Glove and the East River would be on those boards? I have both and only paid 49.00 a piece on a holiday sale.

[@texasbootlegger3752]

I have the East River on my board and it is a great pedal. I have not tried the Glove...

[@jordandangelo180]

@@texasbootlegger3752 my friend has the Glove. It’s a pretty good pedal. Stacks well. Definitely good for the money and stacked with the East River it would sound great. I’ve recently bought a 2 in 1 pedal called the Aria by Keeley. It’s not cheap but if you break down the price of the drive and compressor it actually is a great deal. Best pedal I’ve bought in a long time. The D&M Drive is similar. You can get everything from light boost to soaring heavy overdrive in one pedal. Both you change the order of which is aide goes first. Those two pedals alone can cover the ground of a boost, overdrive, tube screamer tone, Klon tone a distortion tone, and a really great compressor/sustainer tone. I’ve had other Keeley compressors and the compressor in the Aria seems to be on another level. Back to the OD Glove…it is a good pedal for the price.

[@GraniteSoundtrack]

Decent tones, cool insights as all this is in my budget... but man Chapman guitars are hideous.

[@shepp7988]

Please guys you have to make more videos like this because some people like myself have been in accidents and playing guitar was second nature to people like me until I was in a IED and lost a lot of my memory and The motor functions but when you guys do videos like this you don’t understand how it helps people like me I love you guys please keep doing what you’re doing and more videos like this and aunt sounds and settings of the amp in order to get particular sounds if there’s anybody else out there like me it’s hard to remember how to get certain tones that you used to get as easy as going to the fridge to get a beer

[@sirdijamond]

26:35 Definitely nailed that Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Lee. 😂

[@ryanhurst3859]

The tele with the Durple sounds killer. As someone with zero pedals, I learned that tone is 10% guitar, 10% amp, 80% pedals and 100% Pete's hands.

[@jakeman1397]

The TC and Beringer tremelos literally are the same, Lee was on the money with that one. When Beringer bought TC, they remade a load or Beringer pedals in better cases with slightly better components and branded them with TC.

[@daro9582]

Which is great if you think about it, they’re still cheap but fix problems many people are complaining about with the Behringer ones (mainly the plastic cases and the Behringer brand name some people don’t like because of their reputation for being affordable)

[@JTakasa]

I really enjoy this concept with all the conversation and commentary included. It felt very real and genuine, in the room as well as how it really is for those of us fortunate enough to have a mate tha supports gear addiction.

[@JonathanLalrempuia]

Yaaaas been so long 😍 last time with chappers using a plank of wood from the backyard, showing off the beautiful UK weather 😉

[@9timesacharm]

Damn, that's indeed a long time ago!

[@paulandre3250]

Is there any way we can get Sound Like again? I really miss it!

[@thseed7]

I like the budget pedal board concept. While I'd love to own a board full of $7500 Klon pedals and equally desirable boutique entries, all I have are $40-80 pedals and this video is more representative of the realistically priced pedals most players would actually use

[@murthisrikanth]

Sound like on budget? There's still an appetite for amongst us subscribers Lee. Get bea back.

[@ricksigurdson2016]

Still haven't broken my plastic cased Behringer or Danelectros. And I've had these a long time. You look like a couple of kids who just found treasure.

[@ricksigurdson2016]

Where are the EHX? TC pedals seem to have 3 to 6 db loss of signal when used. My Sky Surfer just went surfing to the pedal storage container. The one that goes on the street weekly for curbside pickup.

[@TMillsMusic]

The spark, durple and TO800 in different combinations just shows you don’t need to spend much for killer tones!

[@ivorharden]

I'd never thought I'd say this but I preferred the driven solid state amp to the valve amp. It could of been Lee's settings but the Katana sounded better with the overdrive pedals.

[@plumbummusic2051]

Blackstar cabs and speakers, man. Lee was severely handicapped by them. Their amps are very good, though.

[@WM-sz5mn]

The player helps...

[@paulcowart3174]

Yeah was thinking the same thing Caps tone was harsh

[@Ndlanding]

Personally, I think it was Lee's guitar which sounded horrid.

[@imagzz4942]

Now have these boards go against something like the TC Plethora, Boss ME-80, Line 6 Pod Go or Stomp. Would be pretty interesting I think.

[@moonray1276]

Ryan on 60cycle hum has covered lots of budget pedals on his affordaboard videos. Some of them are probably better than some of the pedals here and cheaper. Still appreciate the video as I have been able to experiment with lots of tones from cheap pedals before commiting to more expensive versions.

[@joellebrodeur1015]

Ryan's board is good. When Josh Scott of JHS is impressed, you know it's good.