Viewer Comments & Questions 20 May 2024

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[@macmurphy74]

Just had to pause the video to go play guitar for a while... Ugh, I love it so much.

[@jimmyether]

Mono compatibility is the secret to a good mix. Sum to mono, work to make that sound great, and pop back out to stereo. It will solve a lot of the issues you likely run into. Not to mention make mixes sound better in compromised playback situations: on the phone, in cars, in restaurants, over a TV sound bar (watching KZbin for instance).

[@jeffrywhite6008]

We have wheels and stuff in Australia now too. 😂😂😂 Literally spit my coffee out laughing ! Great show legg-ends !

[@MrAwesomeSaucesome]

FOH tech here, shout out to Mick's clarification re guitar causing the most potential problems with the vocal translating clearly out front. I would like to imagine (ahem) most techs don't ask for guitars to turn down just for the sake of it, but rather because they are causing some kind of issue which is having a net negative issue on the overall mix. Not to say loud amps can't work, they certainly can! I've had the pleasure of being at the desk for Ariel Posen and Bros Landreth shows (amongst others) and been blown away! And as a lifer guitar player, ive particularly enjoyed the loud amps. Can't overstate the importance of the player and their dynamics though in getting it all in cohesion. There are few things more damaging than an inexperienced player dead set on a loud amp (in my own experience)

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you for this. Totally agree about the player and the dynamics. Dan and I have often remarked - perhaps somewhat controversially - that loud guitars aren’t the problem. Horrible tone and bad playing are the problem! Hahahaha!

[@jeremypmartin]

Yes… please come to Canada! 🙏 🇨🇦 So many great places you could play music, tons of D&M / TPS fans, and no $$$ would be needed to consume the unlimited sights, drinks, & food that me and my fellow Canadian’s would provide for you! Most importantly… Joey Landreth lives over here 😜

[@m.charron]

Taco question: the tortilla is a component, and traditionally the tortilla is soft. A quesadilla might be considered a sandwich, being 2 flat tortillas with filling between. But then technically it would be a melt.

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

Vocals are there to hear the lyrics. Lead vocal is there to carry the verses. Background vocals are there to harmonize with the lead vocal and to carry the choruses. Drums are there to keep the time because vocalists usually cannot. Drums are not to be allowed to "dominate" the singers. Bass is there to cement the drums to the rhythm guitar. Keys are there to augment the rhythm guitar. Piano can (but should not regularly required to) provide bass rhythm melody and harmony. Keys, in a band mix, must NOT usurp sonic territory of any other instrument (including vocals). Lead guitar is there to augment the keys and lyrics, melody, and harmony. The lead guitarist provides rhythm, comp, fill, and lead. I caries the brunt of the song. There may be a requirement for two or three guitarists if one cannot handle all three roles. To bury the lead guitarists is to "gut" the performance. Separate instruments by frequency range of parts provide. Do NOT attempt to "balance" sound by volume alone. Separation of performer roles should be set in approximately 3dB increments. Lead vocalist -3B equals background singers. Piano and rhythm guitar (including any played by the lead vocalist} fall in with them. Bass and drums should be no louder. Lead guitar needs to be between the bass and drums and the lead vocalist - due to the sparseness of playing. EQ the lead guitar for "mids" and set volume NOT for perceived volume. In a congregational setting, total volume should be set to allow audience to hear themselves sing.

[@alex241]

@That Pedal Show Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing Steve Morse and the Dixie Dregs and the Egg in Albany, NY. I saw them many years ago but had somehow forgotten what an absolutely massive guitar player he is.....and @ 70 years of age!!! Not sure if they plan to come to the UK but if they do you must make the effort....I am still smiling....thanks for all you do!!!

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

I've only seen ducks lined up, out of the water, and walking behind their mom (and others who beat them into line). I chalked this up to some limited mobility until they could more easily wander.

[@BriantheLionNZ]

Also not a question, Cartman/JLo singing "Taco Taco Buritto" popped into my brain and wont go away.

[@shanelofton5857]

On the buffer fuzz face discussion, I always found it interesting that Eric Johnson always has a tubescreamer before his fuzz face. It doesnt always have to be first ;)

[@tgdkls5891]

Jamiroquai groove episode would be amazing, and something very different. Yes please!

[@astewart9410]

The two amp thing rules. I still just have my Boss Katana 50 MkI and 50 MkII connected ABY via Radial Big Shot for wet/dry glory. Cheap, sounds great, all I need for home playing.

[@Dave79-be7ld]

Agreed.

[@astewart9410]

@@Dave79-be7ld Not gonna lie, tempted to try out a Gen 3 in the shops, though ;)

[@astewart9410]

I absolutely have a guitar that I keep for sentimental reasons: as Covid was wrapping up the worst of it, my parents decided to do up Christmas right and they gave me an Epiphone ES 335 Pro and it is my favourite guitar, and not just because they gave it to me, but because it is a brilliant machine. I’ll be leaving it to my kids when I check out of this mortal coil.

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

I recently decided that tuning always falls short without first setting intonation. Intonation allows for more accurate tuning for any fingering used - at every position along the neck. Since guitar can only be tuned "relatively" intonation is required as the basis for limiting those relative errors by averaging them.

[@tonebender69]

I'm also big on the Hendrix and fuzz. Would like to suggest a Roger Mayer pedal exclusive show. He was basically the very first boutique pedal maker for sure. Would be great to have him on. And have you and Dan demo his offerings.

[@chrisnorman5558]

Offset Teles - as much as I love my new Tele Deluxe, and love the whole sound, vibe and aesthetic of standard Teles, I tend to find them uncomfortable, whereas the Jag / Jazzmaster shape is much more ergonomic for me. I'm a fan.

[@dougmishoe1336]

Wait.. did you just say Warren Haynes is coming on? God bless you guys!! 🎉❤❤❤ My fave!

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

The technical conundrum is the proof of human endeavor.

[@TkArtsandphotoghytv]

Also if your using a loop pedal,.. and also using a ABY Box to split the guitar signal

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

I have tried to set up a rig for preferred tonal quality using either fully hollow, semi-hollow or solid body guitars and concluded - it can't be done. Each type of guitar plays best when set up for it. Certain individual guitars simply need a dedicated set of components to sound their best (to my ears).

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

Selling seems an immoral concept, although, I have done it. Trading up makes more sense to me. I enjoy change for the better, even at 2 or 3 for one. I do keep some things I rarely use if only because they have, and may again, fill a certain need. Remember that things which are held onto cannot fill a need another may have. I like to set "things" free to serve another.

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

In a search for definition of perfection, only one ultimate source is sufficient. All receivers become cooperative only when tuned to the same source. That "one" cannot be "found" without being "revealed" to the recipient (receiver).

[@lettherebemorelight]

Traditional Latin Taco : 2 (!!!) corn tortillas, dip in consommé, heat on comal (or flat top grille), flip once, add your slow cooked marinated meat, fresh rough dice white onion, rip some cilantro off for topping, or pico de gallo, eat as many as you can! And of course all variations are acceptable pending deliciousness. Just like music, why not throw some goregrind with your delta blues. YOU know what you like, but hey doesnt hurt to try the original. D&M if youre ever in Oakland, california i will make you real tacos + pupusas

[@lettherebemorelight]

Side note the supro grille (room temp) is particularly effulgent here! I've been eyeing and earing them much lately cheers folks

[@tonebender69]

Dan and Mick! Love you guys. Being a huge SRV fan? I thought that a tube screamer is the only overdrive I needed. I have an Analogman TS 808 silver mod and a Maxon 808. Thanks to watching you guys for a while? I got the idea of getting myself a more transparent OD. And after much researching online through the forums I stumbled into the Barber LTD pedals (low gain OD). I first bought the gain changer but I wasn't happy with it. Mainly because it sounded like a pedal. So I went for the older versions and boy!!!! Happy days! What a great Overdrive pedal. There are different versions of them in the EQ section. Some having more/flatter mids.I liked the first one that I bought so much that I bought a second and different version. I have the LTD SR (secret recipe) and an LTD silver. They sound fantastic through my blackface amps.They have an internal trimmer pot for bass and presence (set and forget). Brilliant stuff. I know that you guys demoed the gain changer. But was hoping to see a transparent OD pedal shootout including the Barber stuff? And of course this led to others. Klon clones (2 Mythical Overdrives) and a Wampler Belle OD 😂. Great stuff! Cheers mates

[@Angus.Maclean]

Include DC offset and such other problems in a new VCPI show.

[@SamColson4]

Thanks so much for the detailed answer on line level! Getting a proper interface has got me delving into the world of rack effects units - dangerous territory!

[@Casinofire1]

Oh man, The Young ones! Classic show Mick!

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

I try, but cannot enjoy listening to bass without drums. Bass players very happily demonstrate their prowess. But, without the synced timing of drums, I just hear lower notes. I'd rather listen to solo guitar (not jazz). I play solo (not jazz) guitar often and have considered getting a base, many times, and then I pick up a different guitar.

[@david_cummings]

Order a Torte Lengua. Spicy Mexican tongue sandwich. Keep in mind the type of bread is crucial. P.S. Canadians need to get their Geese in a row for free postage P.P.S. I've mostly have gotten out of the tone game and have pared down my pandemic collection. My simple pedal array is what I need for my core tone and I'm happy with that. The one guitar that I own and might never part with is a nylon string Ovation from the 1970's. I can quietly, depending on my mood,, go from attempts at Segovia, to attempts at hot jazz, to attempts at Dick Dale and attempts at everything in between. It's the one guitar that never frustrates me and always makes me smile.

[@lettherebemorelight]

So good 👅

[@stanislavmigra]

Vast majority of my favourite records has hard panned dry guitar on one side and reverb (or room mic) on other side. Magic

[@elliotgreen987]

Missed the last couple of q&a's but wanted to thank you for an awesome gig at Fat Lils! Inspirational stuff!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you Elliot. Hope you’re well mate!

[@Tomsdrawings]

Yes but the EP booster just induced such vast disturbing amounts of low end to my sound. I sold it because of that. Never heard anyone about that. Must be me then.

[@vorncoza]

Love the show - more more more! 😊 As a fan of the Jazzmaster, I'm hoping there's an inexplicably high number of views of this video which might prompt more Jazzmaster usage and not just in the thumbnail 😂

[@allardvanderstarre]

hey nice videos i enjoyed them

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

Yes, but many of my friends have dogs.

[@buzzcrumhunger7114]

So glad to hear that your experience of living in the country is really widening your horizons, Mick. 🤣😂🤣😂

[@buzzcrumhunger7114]

Also, sending taco flavored kisses to you both. 2 tacos, a burrito, and a soda pop to all!

[@buzzcrumhunger7114]

Mick: we don’t like to play on the show. Also Mick: here let me play this guitar unplugged while Dan gets nerdy about buffers.

[@BriantheLionNZ]

The girl in the car "Shaddup"

[@victorbeebe8372]

Aloha Guys! I been in a bad motorcycle accident; which, left me handicapped. I can't stand for any long period. A offset guitar were made for sitting in a chair. So I would be open to any variation of offset. Yes, I do have a Jazzmaster.

[@kubbingtonbear]

On the Hiwatt.... I am about to start building a Mojotone Custom 100 based amp.... This may be applicable to yours as well. Obviously caps do need to be checked out and replaced if there is any doubt. But, if the Hiwatt has a flaw??? It's the bias circuit.... More importantly the low 50VAC bias winding resulting in only about -38VDC bias voltage through the half wave rectifier.. This will definitely give the amp an appetite for smelting EL34s... But also, remember, that "setting EL34s on fire tone", is part of the sound too.... Biasing the amp as hot as possible is something you'll want to do....like 75%. Also, this largely a huge part of why Hiwatts are so loud ... They literally run at 110W... Check out Fryette's Hiwatt restoration videos. There is the common voltage doubler bias mod circuit available online.... One other option, also with less wiring mods is to use a full wave bridge rectifier module on the bias winding, into a slightly modified circuit on the turret board. Fryette, however is opposed to any mods. I see the supply of tubes as being short these days, and they need to be biased within limits to last. In my case, I settled on using Mercury Magnetics power transformer that has a 70VAC winding for bias.

[@cameronlesley2428]

in regards to tunig. i tune my double bass wit a tuner and i pick the string with my thumb nail as close to the nut as possible to get the cleanest signal possible for the tuner

[@wastl10]

Funny you came to this. I used two amps wet/dry and it was a huge sound, but for me mostly playing rhythm in a two guitar band it was just too massive, so I'm back to just using one amp

[@benallmark9671]

Thanks gents !

[@TkArtsandphotoghytv]

Good Day Guitar Brother, can you share with us, what would be the best way to setup and use a Trio loop pedal or any loop pedal with your rig? Where should the loop be placed on your guitar board. If you already have a tube booster, fuzz, delay, overdrive, reverb, plate, chorus, etc,…

[@Evy-1988]

right at the end of the chain mate

[@Kalthos85]

Tacos are not sandwiches. Taco shells come crunchy, soft (tortilla (wheat/white flour or corn)), and some are even flavored.... like Doritos taco shells. If you want Mexican or Latin-American sandwiches, you are looking for what's called a "torta".

[@erickaymusic]

What if you use two tortillas and put all the fixins in between? Then it's maybe technically a taco sandwich?

[@ryangunwitch-black]

In the States, tacos can be hard or soft shell. Hard is corn. Soft is flour. And they are definitely not sandwiches. lol. 😂 More like a wrap if you’re having a soft taco. And while I love the sound and response of my current amplifier set-up, I imagine the responsiveness of that Dumble would break me. ❤

[@fearnpol4938]

Ooh soft Taco is the traditional Mexican variety the crispy one originated in the US!

[@Evy-1988]

"what is going on in your brain" - love you guys

[@michaeljohnson8058]

Luv u guys so here goes from illinois; tacos are attached so therefore not a sandwich. Hard tacos are corn based. Soft tacos are usually flour based. 🤘🏻😉

[@nealpike6611]

The jag is back!

[@SteveSZ27]

doggone those cameras anyway!! 🤣🤣

[@joshuaraysummey7679]

Per 1:40 active pickups: mxr's current bc108 has a button for buffers. Ehx cock fight's bias control with that circuit can achieve a bunch of fuzz sounds though i think its more of a distortion. It may work as well

[@2stroke556]

Tacos are soft, hard tacos are more a TexMex deal. A taco ‘sandwich’ is a quesadilla. It is experientially a vastly different experience to a sandwich however, in as much as sushi has a similar equivalency yet remains distinct. More fuzz shows please!

[@MattVoyageOfSound]

Had to replace my Washburn acoustic I've had for 20 yrs. I just picked up a Guild OM260 CE Deluxe. Amazing! Anyone else play Guild acoustic guitars?

[@WolfDaddy884]

Y'all, I would be more than happy to educate you on the glorious nuances of tacos.

[@be8965]

OMG!!! A taco is made with soft tortilla can be corn mainly for central and south Mexico or flour more popular in the north of Mexico and hard shell taco is a US disgrace to Mexican culture. And any other country in Latin America. Dan and Mick I highly advise for you to watch the Netflix series that talk about tacos!!! Taco Chronicles.

[@astewart9410]

My first home PC was the Amiga 500. 500kb! Lol

[@lucaszembrzuski]

1:53:37 my new sms sound ;)

[@acousticglue]

I really mess with input impedance as this can subtly or even radically change the harmonics of the amp selected. Fuzz can be tamed somewhat too with it. Helix has it as other devices and some pedals are introduced with it.

[@davidyelland908]

Physicist hear. Don’t beat yourself over phase and polarity. Reverse polarity is 180 degrees out of phase. It is the phase angle that matters.

[@kevinvandenberg5548]

The Jaguar ❤

[@cleftturnip7774]

I had a Vic 20. My next door neighbour had a 64

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

Mick is very cricket. Fore...

[@Zan_Halford]

Like me . Internally. Isolated. 😂😂

[@tonyvardy2399]

Does anyone know whether the thorpyfx electric lightning is a pre amp as it has a valve 🤔

[@ThatPedalShow]

It’s an overdrive pedal. Cheers!

[@MACKHAWKSS]

10:43 😂

[@loudmikedxb]

First!

[@mrskullman40]

Chalupa will really mess you up, hard shell wrapped in tortilla 😅

[@monk3ysmuggler]

Chalupa is taco bell's version of a gyro. A stacked taco is a hard shell taco with a tortilla pasted on the outside with beans. Gotta love the creativity!

[@mrskullman40]

@@monk3ysmuggler straight to the shitter

[@rickysleeper]

Do you two like any of the Amplified Nation amps?

[@ThatPedalShow]

Haven’t really played any.

[@rickysleeper]

@@ThatPedalShow They are sometimes compared (favorably) to a Two Rock type amps and fingers crossed that perhaps one day one (think, Amplified Nation Overdrive Special) shows up on the TPS set because your review of one of this would be the one I trust the most!! I'm a huge fan of all that you broadcast!!

[@johnelcanrab2114]

5,067th! 🎉😢

[@cleftturnip7774]

The hard shell taco isn't a Mexican thing. They use tortilla s

[@StevenHadfield]

Isn't mexican food all the same, just folded differently?

[@johnelcanrab2114]

Can we safely say that after today there will be taco Tuesdays? 🤔

[@juzzybassgrove4354]

TACO … pronounced tarco

[@aidanswafford]

Much confusion re tacos 😂 Tacos can be soft or hard, but are always made from corn tortillas and historically are soft. Burritos are made from a flour tortilla. Hope this helps 😅

[@acousticglue]

the better the equipment the worse the video quality and sound

[@No_idea_whatsoever]

Second