Dan’s Pedalboard For 2024 [All The Toys, But Which Ones To Choose?]
With some live shows upcoming, what does Dan T. Mann choose for his rig?
Welcome to the show. Dear Daniel has summoned the pedalboard gods and sought their counsel on his latest sonic smorgasbord. What results is truly a heavenly helping of tone and taste, replete with all the main staples of effects offerings.
Join us then, while we break bread, smash the metaphorical bottle and mix all kinds of other metaphors as the Starfish Danterprise blasts off.
Enjoy the episode!
Pedals & Stuff used in this show
• Thorpy FX Blue Tacit
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3O2OmmO
USA: https://bit.ly/3SiN5ur
• Diamond Compressor
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/4buBgc0
USA: https://bit.ly/3HPljzO
• Pre-Thorpy FX Red Llama Type Thing
No longer made
• Kinglsey Harlot
http://kingsleyamplifiers.com/products/pedals/23/
• Maxon SD 9 Analogman Mod
https://www.buyanalogman.com/Maxon_SD_9_Super_p/am-maxon-sd-9-super.htm
• Jam Pedals Harmonious Monk MkII
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• Diamond Vibrato
Not currently available
• Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress – no longer made, link to newer version below
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/487PeO8
USA: https://bit.ly/30PDOSO
• Source Audio Zio
Australia: https://bit.ly/40Y7Eyv
USA: https://bit.ly/3oBzuiE
• Meris LVX
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/424UZcv
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/q4qmPq
• OTO Machines Bim
Australia: https://bit.ly/3W4lWur
• Chase Bliss Audio CXM 1978
https://www.chasebliss.com/cxm-1978
• TheGigRig G3S
https://www.thegigrig.com/g3-s
Interesting bits & go to sections
0:00 Intro playing
3:29 Inspiration behind the updated board
5:50 Noel’s Knobs – Bass Breaker and Matchless
9:00 OTO BIM and CXM1978 in stereo
12:47 Gain stages
13:00 Pre Thorpy Thorpy Llama type
14:59 Kingsley Harlot
15:50 Analog Man Modded SD-9
19:40 Boost with the Diamond Compressor
21:23 Comp in place of a treble booster?
22:38 Johnny Marr’s favourite compressor
23:31 Thorpy Tacit Blue Fuzz
28:00 Fuzz on top of OD
30:29 SD-9 reacting with the volume control
31:30 Wobbly stuff, vintage EHX Electric Mistress
34:35 Flanging wet dry
39:00 Diamond Vibrato
41:20 Harmonius Monk
44:40 CXM megaverb
45:50 Is it worth the weight and carry?
46:40 Meris LVX magic
53:30 LVX filters
57:30 Dan plays us out
Guitars used in today’s show
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster – Dan’s video here: https://youtu.be/rnQ4OIJFTgY?si=ajbHXyYAf2P5ptLk
• 1962 Gibson Les Paul (SG) Standard – no video yet
Amps used in today’s show
• Matchless C-30 & 212 ESD with one Celestion G12M Greenback and one Celestion G12H Anniversary
• Fender Custom Shop Bass Breaker c2001, with 2×12 Celestion Vintage 30 speakers – no longer made
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Originally posted by UCnUXq8mGmoHt0e6ItuTs10w at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zr5v06tre8
Thanks for fiddling with Dan’s knobs Mick. ???? By doing so you saved me a couple of questions. Dan also helped me with an option for my similar vexing issue where my Source Audio Nemesis drops volume so much when engaged and doesn’t have a volume control. I think I will try your approach with the Electric Mistress into my Boss ES-8 switcher. And the tones from the board sounds killer!
Dan keeps starting Run to You and then swerving back to general atmospherics. Just enough for Bryan's eyebrow to rise slightly as he sniffs the air and cocks his head to one side ????
“Sorry for fiddling with Dan’s knobs there; I just wanted to see how much fuzz it had.”
(Context is key.)
I got a question about this, is it run stereo with the amps both in phase, or one out of phase, or dry/wet?
The way Dan is using the red Llama reminded me of an OCD set to low gain. That’s a very usable tone.
Great video. I thought the vintage yellow Telecaster was Dan's new main.
Great board and tone as always! I saw you at the Musician and was blown away!
I’ve noticed the Pre Thorpy, Thorpy is before the Comp. Just wondered why….
Are they being used as different flavours of boost into the gain stages? Thanks.
Would you guys ever do a show featuring multi-effect floor units like the Helix floor, quad cortex, fractal fm3/9? Interested in seeing how you two would use them with your more traditional set ups/amps
It surprises me that no one seems to use a boss EQ-200 with a switcher like the G3…
It's an incredibly low-noise and versatile EQ pedal, it's midi programable, and can be split into 2 separate EQ's in series, parallel, or their own loops. It also has the option to store 128 presets.
I have mine set up so that one loop can be used anywhere I like, usually to shape overdrive sounds, or as a boost (btw, EQ pedals are IMO the best poosts possible, this one has 15db of clean gain, and you can bump up the mids for solos to cut through a mix). I can store presets for different drive sounds so that, even though I just use a wampler dual fusion, I can access a tonne of different classic OD sounds with the touch of one button on the switcher.
I have the other loop sent into the FX loop of my amp, I use a studio JTM so this is super useful, allows me to tame the bass where needed.
I LOVE it.
5 months later I'm still trying to catch my breath after this deep dive, and especially the outro.
Kudos to you both, but especially Dan on this one.
Each time I convince myself that one of your videos simply cannot get any better you two continue to prove me wrong, leaving me speechless!
Many, many thanks!!!
EHello Dan, i'm wondering why you chose the Harlot v1 than the Harlot v3. Thank you! Regards from the Philippines. ????????????
Really clever stuff at work here – thought provoking and yet very practical at the same time. You guys have challenged me many times to rethink what I thought I knew!!
I have to say though, that LVX seems like a musical rabbit hole to waste hours going down, but can't hear anything musical from it for real world stuff – unless I wanted to turn my guitar into synth (we have a keys player who does that bit already 🙂 but I know many don't )
Love the LVX.
Thanks for suggesting that Diamond Compressor. Absolute magical tone sauce. 3x Diamond mk 1 pedals for me in 3 weeks. Vibrato, Phase and now Compressor. 3 of the best pedals I've EVER played. Apples and oranges to modern digital pedals–better: that's subjective, different: objectively yes.
I wonder if there's a Mercury X on there by now…
I just traded SO much shit to get one of those OG Diamond Vibratos. Dude who's trading it has the new mk2 and says they're a bit different tonally: mk 1 more mid focused and warm and mk 2 more compressed, low passed and "open" -which makes me think it sounds more like a VB2.
MaxOn, MaxOff… nice Mick.
9:43 agree. And it will NEVER get old either.
20:00 lovely
Thanks Mick and Dan. Dan; what adjustments do you make on the fly when going from single-coils to buckers? Cheers, sh
"Happiest I've been with a pedalboard!"…….that has to be a great feeling….thanks for sharing!
It’s weird how similar this is to my setup. I play a Telecaster (though through a Fender Vibro Champ) with the Meris Mercury X (which has a lot of CXM inside), Meris LVX, Diamond Vibrato, Diamond Compressor, Jam Harmonious Monk, a Tone Bender replica and the Boss BP-1W preamp. Insane how similar our tastes are, and I don’t even watch this show often, should probably start doing that now!
Huge fan of the show! question on fuzz faces or germanium fuzzes. I love putting them after a univibe and wah. Do you think the Impedance Changer pedal from dpFX Pedals (or something similar) would help preserve the fuzz tone and dynamics with the guitar ? I may put the fuzz in its own loop with the Imp Changer and only use them together or neither. Thoughts?
Hello Gents, i have an old chestnut of a question for you guys. I am currently running a 4 cable method setup on my pedalboard into an Orange CR 120 pro head. I want o run my blues jr. into an output of either my reverb pedal or other pedal that is stereo. Will that send the amps speakers out of phase? or is that only an issue when running a true stereo setup? Or is is dependent on the blues jr's speaker and the 4×12 cab which are celestion vintage 30's?… thoughts? before you ask why i am not running a true stereo setup, my custom made american loopers 4 cable box doesn't have stereo outs… Cheers mates.
Haha! Dan’s really gone down the rabbit hole in this one! I just checked out your guys website, for the first time in yonks. Pleased to see you’re playing at the Cavern on my birthday! I’m in. Looking forward to it ????
If you have to a/b for gain illustration, you have too many gain options.
Ps, I am sooo fond of you both.
Thanks for the video. Very interesting.
I write in Spanish and Google translates it into your language. Sorry if there are errors.
I have some doubtful questions. I would appreciate your attention
1.- Does using Delay and Rever together in the same loop imply that they always have to be together, on and in the same preset?
2.- In my case, as the final point of the pedalboard, there would be the DSM & Humboldt Simplifier MKII. Is it possible to keep wet and dry parallel?
Would you use the Simplifier effects send and return for stereo modulation, delay and reverb pedals?
Thanks for the channel
Greetings
Awesome sounds
Dan, that was an insanely beautiful gated filter sound on the merris LVX. PLEASE DO AN EPISODE ON THE MERRIS LVX
You guys designed such a stellar Trem, the eq on that thing is very powerful and much sweeter than the harsh highs on the walrus monument.
Have you guys tried the Matchless and Two Rock Classic Reverb together? If so, what was your experience?
First time I heard the diamond vibrato it literally haunted my dreams. You guys know if they are making a new one that’s smaller?
What incredible tones and versatility. If this isn't an endorsement for the G3 system, I don't know what is.
How on earth did all those great 1970's bands manage on stage without all this clutter?
Great tones of sheer beauty…!
Hey Dan, are your reverb and delay going into the front of both amps? I assume the Bassbreaker does not have an effects loop……
Following this episode, there is now a time before I loved Flanger and a time after. My search has begun!
Gents! Lovely video. I notice the two mics on either amp are different than what I'm used to seeing, like the Deltas. What kind were these?????
Sounds sweeet! Any idea if the OTO Bim tap update is available or is it forthcoming? The materials for the most recent update don’t mention midi cc tap.
Attempting a firmware update on the BIM seems like the closest thing to programming a floppy disc that I will encounter in my lifetime.
Dan typifies the G.A.S. the rest of us experience. What pedal is Dan "over the moon" about? Answer: The last one he's heard. I absolutely love his enthusiasm because I feel it whenever I hear a new pedal on TPS! (Fortunately for my finances I'm usually behind on watching and the pedals are already sold out by the time I watch ????)
When you absolutely positively HAVe to sound more like Bryan Adam’s than Bryan Adam’s, and HAVE to get rid of 20k……accept no substitutes.
Whatever happened to the passion project Thorpy FX Camoflange?
I love all those modes he was playing at the end. Go Dan!