One Guitar, One Amp, No Pedals Challenge – Dan Vs Mick
Back to basics with a super simple rig – what will they choose?
Welcome to the show! Like it or loathe it, there remains a kind of noble dignity associated with the simplicity of a guitar-cable-amp rig. No fancy pedals, no cheating with MIDI and no other complication to interrupt the pure musical flow of self-expression.
Or at least that’s how a lot of people see it.
In this episode then, we grab that particular nostalgic chestnut by the horns by choosing just One Guitar & One Amp to see if we can cover a range of tones. And while we’re at it, how about we forget about channel switching and multi-mode amps too?
Enjoy the show!
Pedals and stuff in today’s video
• Echo-Fix EF-X2
https://echofix.com/
• Free The Tone FT-2Y Flight Time
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Interesting bits and go-to sections
0:00 Hello & The Rules
1:00 Mick’s Amp Choice?
2:55 Mick’s Guitar Choice?
4:20 Guitar setup issues
7:42 Dan’s Choices
10:05 Back to the studio – amp reveal
12:25 Guitar reveal
15:05 Let’s plug in
16:45 Dan’s funky clean tone
17:40 Mick’s funky clean tone
21:13 Dan’s crunchy rhythm tone
24:10 Mick’s crunchy rhythm tone
27:00 Dan’s solo sound
29:25 Dan’s pick dynamic range
30:00 Mick’s solo sound
33:00 A new challenge flies in!
34:18 Two Changes Each?
35:10 Dan’s new tone
38:55 Mick’s new tone
42:35 Can Dan get cleaner?
46:50 Why are we doing this anyway?
49:37 Dan plays Mick’s rig
Guitars in this video
• PRS DGT – Mick’s video here: https://youtu.be/gRJQIYMHbUU
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster – Dan’s video here: https://youtu.be/rnQ4OIJFTgY
Amps in this video
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue with standard speaker
• Vox AC15 C1 with Celestion G12M Greenback
• Two Rock TS1 50w 1×12 combo with TR1265B speaker
• Matchless C30 Head & 212 ESD with one Celestion G12M Greenback and one Celestion G12H Anniversary
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Originally posted by UCnUXq8mGmoHt0e6ItuTs10w at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMvhraRDvDs
Take the guitar examples just exhibited, add bass and drums and keys, vocals and it's all I need!
Great challenge. Both amps great, guitars too. Note: Two of four picks are Fenders.
The Two Rock is great, but I always seem to slightly prefer the sound of Amplified Nation amps over Two Rocks when it comes to Dumble style amps.
Synergy 50 head would allow you to have two different preamp modules with 4 channels with 4 different tone possibilities. For example, the Friedman BB/BE module would give you a great Bassman like clean channel and a Plexi like gain channel. And for a guitar, an HSS Strat, so you have both humbuckers and single coils.
Hmm…. I'd go with my '74 Strat and Carr Mercury.
That ac30 is kinda pretty wonderful.
I know y'all love your tubes (or valves), but why no modeling amp with built-in effects? Was that not allowed?
The Strat defender didn’t pick a Strat. The Tele defender picked a Tele. Nuff said.
This might be one of my favorite TPS episodes. Good stuff. ????????
Strat with a Humbucker, two channel amp with reverb. Done
Those two are so into their favourite gear, that they are not able to think outside the box. Why wouldn‘t you choose a HSS guitar and a neat 2 or 3 channel amp? Even if you mustn‘t use a switch pedal, you could easily switch it by hand while playing.
Great episode! This makes me want to get a splitter so I can fire up my Boogie .50 Caliber and my Mark IIB together.
Love this concept. I recently got frustrated with my pedal board due to twiddle paralysis and a mystery buzz. Plugged my Reverend Double Agent OG straight into my Marshall DSL40CR and man! My go-to guitar and amp had all the tone and flexibility I've been chasing for years. I've since purged my pedal board… Mostly just tuner-fuzz-delay-reverb. Tonal Nirvana and zero twiddling. Again, it's been inspiring to see you guys pull off the same concept in such a brilliant way.
15:55 XTC – All of a Sudden?
No offense, but both sounded better before adding any of the other things.. JMO
I really thought Dan I was going to go with the SG / Les Paul Jr and the Vox, cranked, with heavy usage of the volume control roll-off technique.
So does this mean an AC15 would be just too quiet to pair wet-dry with a Deluxe Reverb, or is this a bad analogy because in this case you have no drive pedals, therfore you have to turn the DRRI up higher to get overdrive? If you had your normal setup with overdrive pedals, would they then be a good match? Would an AC30 be too loud to pair with DRRI?
Did either of you two listen back? Not to d+m standards?
Mick mucking about talking and playing with his tuners should be saved til after the vid (optional extra?). Dan's guitar is priority for the flow.
Try a super sonic twin reverb one of the best amps
A year in the future here, hearing Dan’s AC15 with his SG would be awesome. I have a HW AC15 and my CS 61 SG sounds absolutely stellar through it.
Vox ac30 with a p90 Les Paul
07:44 "This is reeaaallyy tricky. … Telecaster. Obviously."
I play a Hotrod Deluxe, mainly with a Strat and an LP Standard. It's funny how often I hardly use my pedals (some 9 on my board):)
Friedman BE100D, 4 channels that can go brit clean to full shred with a HH chambered tele
A 5E3 deluxe would be a better comparison. Both amps cathode biased at around 15 watts.
Breakup in Deluxe reverb is terrible. Breakup on AC-15 is still full of harmonics.
Tele w/neck humbucker & Quilter Aviator Cub.
Anderson hss strat and a katana artist mk3.
In my opinion, tonal diversity and clean and dirty diversity is more dynamic than effects. A multi channel Amp with a guitar is absolutely amazing and definitely enough for even genre bending music. When your tools are meat and potatoes it forces the creativity to come from your playing and understanding of song structure, texture, motifs, melody, etc.
Have just watched this again as it is SOOOO good! One thing I have noticed doing so many covers gigs, and that is the low level gain sounds "clean up" when in a band situation…..I don't mean the compressed OD tones, but bright clear, crunchy tones always sound cleaner to my ear when the band kicks in, so to that end, actually Mick probably nails it overall, with his "one under drive away" comment being not necessary actually.
This is a cracking video, and I was yelling at Dan "PLEASE out a clean boost in front of either the AC15 or the Matchless and forget about delay!" ????????
These videos are truly priceless lads…..never stop doing them! ????
P Bass and an Ampeg B15. Heaven.
For guitar, i’d pick a Tele and an AC15. Dan’s right on the money! There isn’t much they can’t do convincingly together.
HI Guy's i have a weird problem hope you have a suggestion > My tube amp is super quiet when i go direct into it, when i put in the cable from the pedal board WITHOUT any pedals turned On , i am getting very loud noise/hum…without any volume on also from pedal.. ?? don't get it .. Help ???
I would choose my Marshall JCM 900
50 Watt High Gain Dual Reverb model 4502 with foot switch. For guitar I would use my Epiphone Classic Les Paul with Semour Duncan 59's and Gibson volume and tone pots in it.
It really does the Brian Robertson thing well.
Edit: I don't particularly care for the ac15. Brought one home… going to return it for a 57 custom pro with a 15"
One issue, why go with an ac15 when he could have fixed issue with an ac30. This proves to never under purchase for your needs. If you actually take gigs, buy an amp with some headroom. Its half the instrument
so talented, both are really great guitar players. It's frustrating that they are not allowed to ever play any good songs. I don't know how they got banned from playing any lick that isn't complete shit but its not fair, they seem like good guys
Fender and Vox Amps of course.
Somehow i needed this kind of video and well look here????
what are you saying here? set the reverb down ……. at what?
18:18
My question would be: Why not the King Tone Imperial? It would solve all the issues Mick had with the Deluxe Reverb.
MARSHALL DSL 2000.
Love these guys. Such a joy to watch. Would love an evening with them in the pub!
Great Video and lovely sound from the PRS guitar
My deserted island rig is a Fender Deluxe Reverb (with bright cap cut and speaker change) and a Gibson Les Paul (with paf “style” humbuckers, PIO bumblebee caps, and 50’s wiring). Nothing else is needed. There’s a reason the DR is one of the most recorded amps of all time. ????????
Awesome episode guys and thanks so much for everything you do on this channel. It's always a joy to tune in. Have to say I'm feeling the gravitational pull of the Fender Deluxe Reverb after watching this, but regarding versatility in one amp I still worship my Marshall Jubilee 25/50 combi with 3 channels: 1) clean, 2) gain (via footswitch) and 3) a transparent overdrive crunch (from pulling out the volume knob). Really useful.
I know this may be unpopular but a well maintained and properly modded AC15CC1 will you give you the headroom you are after.
I can't believe he just dumped his PRS on top of a steel stool. If I had a guitar that nice I would care for it better.