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Okay, for everyone I send here from the comments section, this explanation is for you…
Dan and I DID NOT select these amps as ‘the worst pedal platforms’. You did. And here's how that went down…
A few weeks back we were asked a question about ‘bad pedal platform amps.’ We said – as we always do – that there really are no bad ones, it’s more a question of what you want to achieve and whether your amp choice is appropriate for you, or indeed not.
We carried on to say that we thought we could make pretty much any amp sound good with pedals and asked the audience to suggest the worst pedal platform amps, in their opinion.
Among the many, many suggestions the absolute stand-out, clear ‘winner’ was – by a country light year – the Peavey 6505. We were surprised! Somewhere in the far distance was the Roland JC120. However, given that isn’t a real game and we can change the rules however we liked, we chose the JC40 instead. It’s more common, more affordable and I really wanted Dan to hear one.
So, we plug in, try some pedals and hopefully offer some useful suggestions along the way. As we find out… they both cope admirably with pedals!

Also: What’s that new white PRS?
Mick says: The Silver Sky has gone to pastures new and PRS Guitars Europe kindly offered to loan us something else to use on the show. I said what we needed was a relatively simple, mahogany body guitar with humbuckers, as we don’t currently have such a beast. Welcome the S2 Singlecut Standard – link below.”

Please enjoy the episode…


Pedals in this episode…

TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

Sonic Research ST-300 Turbo Tuner Mini
USA: http://bit.ly/2AYjob5
Australia: http://bit.ly/2mR1s8c

• Keeley D&M Drive
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2oTblU1
USA: http://bit.ly/2rfACMd
Australia: http://bit.ly/2pUDUAE

• Kingsley Page Tube Boost V2
http://kingsleyamplifiers.com/product...

• Keeley Filaments High Gain Distortion
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2PTsOrQ
USA: http://bit.ly/2ihcnud
Australia: http://bit.ly/2A2HmjZ

• Boss CE-2w Chorus
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2fkq9tv
USA: http://bit.ly/2pDHIXo
Australia: http://bit.ly/2iqp2rs

• Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe CB-3
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2RVldeS
Australia: http://bit.ly/2Ovelqa

• Walrus Audio Monument Tremolo
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2SdmoFY
USA: http://bit.ly/2A8qIzf
Australia: http://bit.ly/2PQxT4j

• Neunaber Immerse Reverb
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2QFbjkg
USA: http://bit.ly/2Ey6YIp
Australia: http://bit.ly/2Gzpdjn

TheGigRig G2
https://www.thegigrig.com/g2

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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Intro playing: 0:00
- Well, you asked for this: 1:10
- Today’s amps: 2:05
- Alan’s 6505: 2:40
- ASOs? 3:27
- Roland JC40: 4:10
- JC40 settings for today: 4:50
- Oooh, a new dB meter: 5:15
- JC40 bright switch: 5:55
- JC’s chorus sound. Woooo: 6:48
- JC built in overdrive: 7:45
- D&M Drive into JC40: 8:40
- Kingsley Page Tube Boost: 11:20
- …plus D&M Drive: 13:18
- Keeley Filaments into JC40: 15:57
- …and some ambience: 19:15
- Peavey 6505: 23:50
- 6505’s three channels: 24:05
- D&M Drive & 6505: 26:25
- Kingsley Page Tube Boost: 27:10
- Keeley Filaments: 28:28
- Belle Epoch Deluxe: 28:51
- What would Mick do? 30:20
- Gain pedal into a gainy amp: 32:00
- Using the clean channel for solos: 34:20
- Is that a new tuner? 35:45
- 6505 and Dan’s Les Paul: 36:25
- Volume jumps ad dynamics: 39:10
- 6506 Strat, Kingsley Page Boost: 41:10
- Are these ‘bad’ pedal platform amps then? 45:20

Guitars in this episode:
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster – Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster – Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dlZJ6K
• Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard – watch Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dbwbvS
• PRS S2 Singlecut Standard – https://www.prsguitars.com/index.php/...
• PRS DGT Model – watch Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2d8Xo2I


Amps in this episode
• Roland JC40
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2rM56UQ
USA: http://bit.ly/2QLX2Tf

• Peavey 6505 into Marshall 1960AX 4x12 with Celestion G12M Greenback speakers
(no longer made)

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This is Dan’N’Mick’s Pick’N’Mix where we feature four pedals that are new (to us anyway).
Our agenda is purely to plug them in, see what cool sounds and features we find, and combine them in whatever way inspires. That’s it! Enjoy…

Pedals in this episode…

• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

• D’Addario Pedal Tuner
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2tIN4lD
USA: http://bit.ly/2x4Bm6m
Australia: http://bit.ly/2tfHqHN

• Gamechanger Audio Plasma Pedal
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2PtoZcK

• Source Audio LA Lady
USA: http://bit.ly/2G9O9xT
Australia: http://bit.ly/2PsuzvO

• Foxgear Echosex Baby
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2rv2Dhj

• Flower Pedals Dandelion Tremolo
https://flower-pedals.com/

• The GigRig G2
https://www.thegigrig.com/g2
The GigRig G2
https://www.thegigrig.com/g2

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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Intro playing: 0:00
- Today’s pedals: 1:32
- The Macmull T-Classic: 2:08
- Today’s amps: 2:38 ( 3:20)
- Hats! 4:13
- Gamechanger Audio Plasma Pedal: 5:28 ( 6:46)
- Source Audio LA Lady: 11:33 ( 13:30)
- Foxgear Echosex Baby: 20:50 ( 22:05)
- …and Flower Dandelion and LA Lady: 24:22
- Flower Pedals Dandelion Tremolo: 25:46 ( 27:10)
- All on? 32:15 ( 33:55)


Guitars in this episode
• Macmull T-Classic – https://www.macmull-guitars.com/t-cla...
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster – Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster – Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dlZJ6K

Amps in this episode
• Victory V140 Deluxe prototype and V212VC cabinet (Celestion G12M Creamback 65)
• Sovtek MIG50 and Marshall 1960AX cabinet (Celestion G12M Greenback speakers)


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Dan here, hello! In this video I take my Fender Ed O'Brien Sustainer Stratocaster to Johnny Kinkead to get set up. As we find out, a good setup makes all the difference to how the guitar feels in your hands… which makes all the difference to how much you end up playing it!
Johnny takes us through all the main aspects of a guitar setup as we fettle the EOB closer to where I want it to be. Enjoy…

For anyone not familiar with the guitar, here's the link to Fender's webpage, https://shop.fender.com/en-GB/electri...

…and my own video: https://youtu.be/FEVMt85GWUc

Key timings:
- The initial look/evaluation: 0:00
- General playability: 3:54
- What does a truss rod do? 5:10
- Sighting the neck: 9:54
- How high the nut? 13:04
- Off with your neck: 15:20
- Adjusting the nut: 17:30
- Looking at the nut and stringing: 22:20
- String tree: 27:00
- Lubricating the nut: 28:30
- Imperial or metric: 31:00
- Sighting the neck again and nut adjustment: 31:45
- Filing the nut slots: 33:00
- A recap of order of work: 37:10
- And on to the action: 38:35
- What about the vibrato? 40:40
- Dan has a play test: 41:30
- It’s a different guitar! 45:55
- Intonation: 46:20
- Dan does intonation: 51:15
- Pickup height: 53:00


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In this episode we get down and dirty with arguably the king of classic distortion devices: the not-so humble ProCo Rat. In equal parts loved, despised, revered and feared, its contribution to music over the past 40 years is immeasurable. Dan has always been a fan, me less so, but this episode has definitely made me rethink everything I thought I knew about the raucous rodent!
We run through a bunch of Rat and Rat-alikes and ask most of the obvious questions. It begs a follow-up episode featuring more of the more contemporary takes on the circuit, but as ever we can’t do every pedal in one episode. Enjoy!

Pedals in this episode…

• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

• Sonic Research ST-300 Turbo Tuner Mini
USA: http://bit.ly/2AYjob5
Australia: http://bit.ly/2mR1s8c

• ProCo Rat (White Face, old)
No longer made

• ProCo Rat (old reissue)
No longer made

• ProCo Rat 2 (current standard model)
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2Tmovw3
USA: http://bit.ly/2VPXcaf

• JAM Pedals Rattler
https://www.jampedals.com/rattler/

• Arc Effects Soothsayer
http://arc-effects.com/

• JHS / ProCo Rat 2 Pack Rat
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2IiFnhE
USA: http://bit.ly/2IWPr0t
Australia: http://bit.ly/2jVePEy

• Mooer Black Secret
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2TCz9Oi

• Walrus Audio Iron Horse
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2TmXQiE
USA: http://bit.ly/2tVWFYo
Australia: http://bit.ly/2tX7U2I

• 1981 Boss DS-1
No longer made

• Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2dRVXa2
USA: http://bit.ly/2gybTw3

• Walrus Audio ARP-87 Delay
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2khFrA2
USA: http://bit.ly/2yLOder
Australia: http://bit.ly/2xXMsvF

• Walrus Audio Fathom Reverb
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2Jxexiz
USA: http://bit.ly/2Hc5lSJ
Australia: http://bit.ly/2JsVFRM

• TheGigRig G2
https://www.thegigrig.com/g2

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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Intro playing: 0:00
- What are we doing today? 1:33
- Famous Rat users? 2:57
- Today’s amps and a Marshall tangent: 4:09
- Tube Screamer for reference: 7:23
- Boss DS-1 for reference: 8:53
- The filter control? 12:50
- The other Rats today: 14:50
- Dan’s old Big Box Rat: 16:00 ( 16:45)
- …and with Mick’s Strat? 19:40
- …and Dan’s ’61 Les Paul Junior
- Low gain through to gating: 22:40
- Clean up off the volume pot: 23:25
- Jam Pedals Rattler: 27:58
- Rattler with Mick’s Strat: 30:35
- Tube Screamer with Rattler: 32:43
- Arc Effects Soothsayer: 33:20 ( 35:15)
- JHS Pack Rat: 39:45
- Vocally midrange and a neck humbucker: 44:45
- Walrus Audio Iron Horse: 48:21
- Mooer Black Secret: 54:00
- All on? Surely not: 59:14

Guitars and amps used today:

• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster – Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster – Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dlZJ6K
• 1961 Gibson Les Paul Junior – watch Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2r9lRJZ
• G&L Fullerton Deluxe ASAT Special: http://glguitars.com/product/fullerto...
• Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335: no video yet
• Marshall 1987x and 1960AX cabinet with 4 x 12-inch Celestion G12M Greenback speakers
• Sovtek MIG50 with Zilla custom 1x12 with WGS12L speaker

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We often get asked about our personal guitars and amps that crop up on That Pedal Show, so this series/playlist seeks to answer some of the more common questions and provide a bit of background. Please note these aren’t demo videos as such. They’re just some context for the amps we use on the show.

In this video Mick talks about his Two-Rock Classic Reverb Signature. Mick got the amp part way through 2017 following a very long journey, much soul searching and a little bit of luck here and there!
It’a post-2016 model, after Two-Rock was acquired by new owners led by one Eli Lester, and also rehired original designer Bill Krinard.

You’ll see our amps crop up variously on the show. We mix it up depending on what we think works best for the job.
Enjoy the video…

For more on Two-Rock amps, please visit https://www.two-rock.com/

The cabinet used in this video is the Two-Rock 2x12 with TR 1265B speaker.

Pedals used in this video:

• Analogman / Maxon TS9/808 mod with built-in Bad Bob Booster
• Keeley D&M Drive
• ProAnalog Devices Manticore Man Lion
• Free The Tone Tri-Avatar Chorus
• Analogman ARDX20 Delay & Amazeo
• Hamstead Soundworks Signature Tremolo
• Neo Instruments Mini Vent II

Guitars used in this video:
Fender American Vintage Stratocaster: watch Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT
Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335: no video yet!
Collings 290 DC S: watch Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2dDG96k




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If you're looking for the wah comparison, head straight to 30:47.
Other main timing / section guides are below...

Back in early 2018 we did a wah-wah show and promised a follow up… not least because we didn’t include the best-selling, most common wah of the last 25 years, maybe more: the Dunlop Crybaby Standard, GCB-95.
The next most common question concerns classic Fuzz Face-type fuzz pedals, buffers and pedalboard order, so we crawl through all of that to see what we can learn. What you see is as it happens… including the realisation that the modern GCB95 seems to be true bypass… which it never was back when this was all fields. No doubt some info on that will come out in the next few days via the comments section. It’s a source of potential confusion in this video because Dunlop also makes myriad other Crybaby wahs including the GCB95F Classic. We are just double-triple checking (update later today) that it was definitely definitely the GCB95 Original Crybaby mode in this video and not the GCB-95F Crybaby Classic. We don’t think it was…
Eventually... we then get on to comparing the basic tones of some of the best wah-wahs currently on the market. No, we don’t use any optical or digital wahs. This is one of those examples of when Dan and I aren’t going to engage in stuff we don’t know much about and will never use.
Enjoy!


Pedals in this episode…

• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

• Dunlop GCB-95 Crybaby Original Wah
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2AUoOTp
USA: http://bit.ly/2sBkV1e
Australia: http://bit.ly/2HUY0nX

• Fulltone Clyde Standard
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2n375iZ
USA: http://bit.ly/2nR2Z1y

• ProAnalog Devices SupaQuack Wah
https://www.proanalogdevices.com/

• LAA Custom The Italian Wah
http://laa-custom.com/en/products-en/...

• JAM Pedals Wahcko+
https://www.jampedals.com/wahcko-plus/

• Analog Man Sun Face NKT Red Dot:
http://www.buyanalogman.com/Analog_Ma...

• Dunlop Jimi Hendrix JHF1 Fuzz Face Distortion
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2AUTELD


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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Intro playing: 0:00
- What are we doing today? 3:10
- Mick can't wah sat down: 1:45
- Tasmanian geography lesson 2:00
- Dan’s local guitar shop for a Crybaby 3:40
- Why did Mick buy a Fulltone: 5:30
- Hers & hers Sun Faces 6:04 ( 6:20)
- Amps today 7:34
- Dunlop Cry Baby 9:45
- Fulltone Clyde Wah 10:20
- Dry January: 11:15
- Fuzz order with wah 11:40
- Beginning of the buffer confusion: 14:00
- Dunlop Hendrix Fuzz Face 16:15 ( 17:45)
- ... And with wahs: 19:15
- Buffer on and off in the Fulltone: 20:30
- Our new Sandholm Leather straps 23:40
- Back to the Crybaby and Fuzz Face: 24:40
- Finally... the problem we were looking for: 25:40
- The Crybaby true bypass revelation: 27:20
- Wah comparisons begin! 30:47
- What is Q? 31:00
- Crybaby: 34:06
- Fulltone Clyde Standard: 34:21
- ProAnalog Devices Supa Quack 35:00
- LAA Custom The Italian Wah 37:00
- Inside the LAA Custom for options: 39:20 ( 41:49)
- JAM Pedals Wahcko+ 43:10
- Conclusions, thoughts and all that: 46:00
- Belated Wah history 49:45
- Thanks & goodbye 51:15


Guitars in this episode:
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster – Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster – Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dlZJ6K

Amps in this episode
• Marshall 1987x and Marshall 1960A cabinet with Celestion G12M Greenback speakers
• Fender Super Reverb with 4x10 Jensen P10R speakers

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This segment is where we answer your questions and comments – hopefully every Monday.
The main focus of the Q&A will be the main show that went out on the preceding Friday, but we'll answer other stuff too.

Here's the link to the main show being discussed – it was the detailed look at the Strymon Volante. https://youtu.be/tNHZhIWPSBU

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Mick here. I'm currently travelling from the US – this description will be more full as soon as a I get home and have chance to do it. In the meantime....

This video covers our introduction to the Universal Audio OX Amp Top Box. The short story is that we went to Real World Studios in Wiltshire to record a couple of tracks, to try to get a sense of how OX - https://www.uaudio.com/hardware/ox.html - performs in a, ahem, real-world recording scenario.
Part 2 of this video has much more on the recording part and our reactions, including the finished tracks (that aren't finished yet!).
This video looks more generally at OX as a product and what it does.

This description will have more detail as soon as I'm back in the UK!


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In this video I pick up from Part 1 where I decided that I’d subject my favourite electric guitar to a couple of major changes. Blue’s American Vintage Syncronized Tremolo unit gets swapped out for a Callaham Vintage S Model Strat Bridge Assembly – this one: http://www.callahamguitars.com/strat_...

Can I hear much difference? Well, a little bit perhaps. Can I feel the difference? Oh yes!
I put new strings on the guitar, play some phrases… then swap the bridge and document that process, with a few tips on setting action and intonation along the way. Then keeping the exact same settings on the pedals and amp, I go back in with the new bridge and play the same passages again so it can edit into an A/B comparison.

That was all done 23 December 2018. After three weeks of playing, filming TPS shows and one gig, I reflect on the bridge change experience.

NOTE ON THE ‘CORRECT’ WAY TO SET STRAT BRIDGES
Okay, so I don’t have my Strat bridge floating… which is the traditional, ‘correct’ way that many people like, and indeed how they come out of the factory. I don’t like that because the guitar detunes when you bend strings, and tuning/bridge stability in general is less reliable for the way I play. The way I like mine is set flat on the body and poised so it will down-bend relatively easily… but not so easily that string bending will make the other strings go flat. Hope that makes sense. Fender has a good guide to setting up a Syncronized Tremolo in the ‘correct’ manner on its website, here: https://support.fender.com/hc/en-us/a...

Interesting bits and go to sections…
- Intro: 0:00
- The bridge change happens: 2:17
- Comparing the old and new bridge before it goes in: 9:40
- New one goes in: 11:23
- Springs? 15:30
- Action and intonation prep: 18:00
- Intonation adjustment: 19:40
- Mick's action measurements: 25:10
- Arm tension? 25:35
- The sound comparison: 28:42
- Post-playing thoughts and observations: 39:40

Enjoy the video!

Pedals and amps used in this video…

• Keeley D&M Drive
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2oTblU1
USA: http://bit.ly/2rfACMd
Australia: http://bit.ly/2pUDUAE

• Chase Bliss Tonal Recall
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2wonMwL
USA: http://bit.ly/2wuEBWL
Australia: http://bit.ly/2oln0MC

• Supro Tremolo
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2pZrAkZ

• TheGigRig QMX6
https://www.thegigrig.com/quartermaster
Two-Rock Classic Reverb Signature with Two-Rock 212 cab and TR 1265B speakers

Guitars in this episode:
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster (2001): Watch Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT

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In this episode we revisit the venerable Marshall Blues Breaker overdrive pedal of the early 1990s. This one was very kindly loaned to us by our good friend Chris Buck (honk). Thank you Chris!
The pedal was designed to sound somewhat like the even more venerable Marshall 1962 model 2x12 combo, used most famously by Eric Clapton on the 1966 album ’Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton’… by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers. Needless to say, that’s where the amp picked up its new name. Phew. That’s a lot of Blues Breakers and Bluesbreakers, but I think it’s right. Mick here.
We start by listening to the original, then stomp through a bunch of modern pedals that take the Blues Breaker pedal, combo, or the head version JTM45 – as their principle inspiration.

Couple of things to note. First, there’s hefty low end in this mix. Maybe it was the bigger cabs. If it’s too much for you, just notch down your graphic EQ a few dB from about 120Hz down. My mixing headphones (Beyer DT880 Pro) are very balanced... a lot of modern 'listening' headphones accentuate bass and I should remember to check that. Apols.

Second, we were remiss in not getting a modern Marshall BB-2 Blues Breaker pedal. Maybe we can revisit that at some point soon.

Yes, that is a real 1965 JTM45 at the end. It’s on next week’s show…

Meantime, please enjoy the episode…


Pedals in this episode…

• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

• D’Addario Pedal Tuner
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2tIN4lD
USA: http://bit.ly/2x4Bm6m
Australia: http://bit.ly/2tfHqHN

• Original Marshall Blues Breaker
No longer made

• JHS Morning Glory V4
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2REVhDE
USA: http://bit.ly/2rn6E7B
Australia: http://bit.ly/2REPZb0

• Keeley 1962x
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2Qdu12l
USA: http://bit.ly/2BUgIeh
Australia: http://bit.ly/2SyT2ls

• Z Vex Box Of Rock
Australia: http://bit.ly/2JbC5JS

• Snouse Electric Company Black Box 2
https://www.snouse.com/index.html

• Analog Man King Of Tone
http://www.analogman.com/kingtone.htm

• Wampler Pantheon
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2POI0eU
USA: http://bit.ly/2R9c8OK
Australia: http://bit.ly/2zwyfFn

• Dunlop EP-103 Echoplex
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2cQsuNc
USA: http://bit.ly/2cLB8JH

• TheGigRig G2
https://www.thegigrig.com/g2

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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Intro playing: 0:00
- Grumpy? 1:00
- What are we doing today? 1:25
- Bluesbreaker. Eh? 1:50
- What does it mean? 2:45
- And the pedal? 5:00
- …that has spawned many others: 7:15
- Simon’s Clapton knowledge: 8:19
- The ‘listening objectively impossibility’ tangent: 10:20
- Today’s amps: Victory prototype: 12:20
- Blue is back! 13:50
- Sovtek Mig50: 15:03
- Red is back! 16:10
- Why are we doing this… and the Pantheon 16:42
- Questions: and today’s pedals: 17:15
- The original Blues Breaker and Dan’s Tele: 18:15
- …and with humbuckers in Mick’s ES-335: 19:30
- Gain range in the Blues Breaker: 20:45
- …and with the Strat: 22:43
- JHS Morning Glory V4: 25:21
- Keeley 1962x: 28:32
- KT66 and KT88? 32:10
- ZVex Box Of Rock: 33:38
- ZZ Topless and the tribute band tangent: 35:25
- Box Of Rock with the Tele: 37:44
- Snouse Electric Company Black Box Overdrive 2: 40:18
- OD pedals making amps sound small? 43:20
- Analog Man King Of Tone: 44:30
- Is the KOT a BB clone? 46:25
- KOT with humbuckers: 47:40
- Wampler Pantheon: 51:09
- Our faves? Dan 58:05, Mick 1:00:50
- And ooh, it’s only a real 1965 JTM45… 1:06:45


Guitars in this episode:
• Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335 (2017 model) No video yet
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster – Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster – Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dlZJ6K
• Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard – Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dbwbvS


Amps in this episode
• Victory V140 Deluxe prototype and V212VC cabinet (Celestion G12M Creamback 65)
• Sovtek MIG50 and Marshall 1960AX cabinet (Celestion G12M Greenback speakers?

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