Daniel Johns of Silverchair Pedalboard (circa 1999-2005)

0:00 Intro
1:22 Overview of Pedals
6:02 Clean Overdrive
6:41 Miss You Love (clean overdrive)
7:01 The Door (clean overdrive)
7:11 High Gain Channel
7:29 The Lever (high gain)
8:46 One Way Mule (high gain)
9:31 The Lever (high gain and Micro Synth)
10:10 Without You (clean overdrive, high gain, and Micro Synth)
11:30 Spawn Again (high gain and Octave)
12:45 Anthem for the Year 2000 (high gain, Fuzz Factory, and Octave)
13:18 The Greatest View (high gain and Fuzz Factory)
13:52 The Greatest View (high gain and Micro Synth)
15:00 Slave (high gain and Chorus)
16:07 Pins in My Needles (clean overdrive and Chorus)
16:59 World Upon Your Shoulders (clean overdrive, Chorus, and Digital Delay)
17:54 Ana’s Song (clean overdrive and Digital Delay)
18:52 Outro
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Here's my replica of Daniel Johns' pedalboard for the Silverchair live concerts from Diorama. This pedalboard can also accommodate anything from the Neon Ballroom tour, and you can still do some live Freak Show, Frogstomp, and much of the Young Modern stuff with this setup too.
Pedals:
Micro Synth by Electro Harmonix
Fuzz Factory by Z-Vex
Octave OC-2 by Boss
Graphic Equalizer GE-7 by Boss
Tsunami Chorus by Rocktron
Digital Delay DD-8 by Boss
Chromatic Tuner TU-3 by Boss
And although this video is about Dan's pedalboard, in case you want to know what other gear I am using in this video...
Guitar: Fender Special-Edition Custom Telecaster FMT HH Electric Guitar Black Cherry Burst
Amp: EVH 5150 40w 1x12 Tube Combo Amp

Пікірлер: 55

  • @AndrewBernardin
    @AndrewBernardin3 күн бұрын

    Thank you for all the research and attention to detail that you put into this. Super cool.

  • @benmpearson1
    @benmpearson13 күн бұрын

    Like this.

  • @deadroses19
    @deadroses19Ай бұрын

    11:50 this riff is so sick...

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks! I intend to do a cover of Spawn Again someday.

  • @USGovsOwnersRtheRealEnemy

    @USGovsOwnersRtheRealEnemy

    Ай бұрын

    Drop D just crunches everything.

  • @deadroses19

    @deadroses19

    Ай бұрын

    @@USGovsOwnersRtheRealEnemy its Db actually but yeah agree

  • @gfx2943
    @gfx2943Ай бұрын

    Always cool to see people throwing it down on the Rocktron pedals. I've owned a few Zombies - I need to grab another, plus the random modulation pedals they made like the Tsunami and Hypnotic Flange

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks! I love the Tsunami so much because it’s a unique type of chorus pedal with how big and loud it makes riffs sound (like a tsunami!). And then you get the second channel. Best chorus pedal ever.

  • @chiefcrowtheflatearthworms3259
    @chiefcrowtheflatearthworms32595 ай бұрын

    You freaking rule dude! So glad you did the octave pedal micro synth settings. I always wondered how he got that.

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    5 ай бұрын

    I love that pedal!!! I might do another video on just that pedal because there’s lots of ways he uses it.

  • @marcochaparro
    @marcochaparro2 ай бұрын

    Amazing memories. Accurate, thank you

  • @PanicJackShow
    @PanicJackShow5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for everything man! Great videos

  • @LucaAlvarez
    @LucaAlvarez6 ай бұрын

    Awesome job John!!! Thanks for the information

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    6 ай бұрын

    Hell yeah, bro! Thanks for watching!

  • @stevenmreinhardt
    @stevenmreinhardtКүн бұрын

    add dd-20 to the young modern era too

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    Күн бұрын

    @@stevenmreinhardt Maybe one day. I did just get the Digitech Whammy though!

  • @tristinsean7222
    @tristinsean72222 ай бұрын

    you’ve gotta do a tutorial for Without You if you haven’t already. there’s part of that song I still haven’t figured out

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    2 ай бұрын

    You mean a guitar lesson video? Or is there an effect in the song you’re wondering about?

  • @tristinsean7222

    @tristinsean7222

    2 ай бұрын

    @@thesilverchairfan a guitar lesson. but specific effects would be cool too!

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    2 ай бұрын

    @@tristinsean7222 I’ll definitely consider it!

  • @bandangbayan4192
    @bandangbayan41922 ай бұрын

    Can you please make a toturial of anthem of the year 2000 guitar intro sir?

  • @clfnole
    @clfnole6 ай бұрын

    Very informative video, really enjoyed it. I have recently been working on Without You and creating a preset with my Line 6 Helix. Do you think the Fuzz, Octave, Synth or anything else was used on the studio version?

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    6 ай бұрын

    @@clfnole I know in live settings he uses two Soldano amps - one for lighter rhythm stuff and another for high gain/heavy stuff. In studio for Diorama, I’m not sure. I know he had the Soldano there, but he was known to also try experimenting with other amps laying around the studio to get different tones. It’s hard to say for sure, but I think you’d be just fine as long as you have a low-gain overdrive and high-gain overdrive.

  • @idleave
    @idleave17 күн бұрын

    He had to have a phaser at some point right? Abuse me, point of view… maybe he got it from the rocktron? Great video 😊

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    17 күн бұрын

    @@idleave Yes! He used the Rocktron on those songs live! If he ever used a phaser live, it was definitely before the Neon Ballroom era. In fact, he used the Rocktron on at least 50% of his live guitar performance during Freak Show and Neon Ballroom tours. All of his ‘big rock riffs’ as well as many of the quieter guitar parts are the Rocktron. It was absolutely his main pedal between 1997-1999 shows. Good ears!!!

  • @user-zp5gk7mr4r
    @user-zp5gk7mr4r5 ай бұрын

    Could you make a video on Silverchair tone for the freakshow tour

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    5 ай бұрын

    That was an interesting guitar tone. I believe there are already some videos about it that did a better job than I could probably do, so I probably won’t make a video of my own.

  • @bandangbayan4192
    @bandangbayan41923 ай бұрын

    How about the Intro of the anthem of the year 2000 sir .what the fx daniel use??.ty

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    3 ай бұрын

    On the album recording, I don't know. But on the NB tour he stacked the Rocktron Tsunami chorus on top of his overdrive, and on Diorama tour he used the Micro Synth and played single notes.

  • @ToneOClock
    @ToneOClockАй бұрын

    Did you previously have a pedal overview where you used a blues driver in place of the soldano? Ive been looking everywhere for that video and i cant find it anywhere

  • @alberto.grimaldi
    @alberto.grimaldi3 ай бұрын

    Where does your clean drive come from? I saw in another video that I can't find that maybe you could use a blues driver. Congratulations from brazil

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    3 ай бұрын

    I get my clean overdrive through my amp now. It has two overdrive channels. I put a little bit of dirt on channel one for my clean drive, and I push the overdrive harder on the second channel if I need to play heavy rock/metal riffs. I have a ‘boost’ option built into the amp if I want to thicken up the light overdrive some more - which is the main sound I use in my cover videos for Young Modern Station, Mind Reader, Low, and Ramble. That’s actually my favorite tone, because it is versatile for rhythm riffs that are a little crunchy, and the micro synth and fuzz factory sound killer on top of it. I don’t use my high overdrive very often unless I’m playing a super heavy riff. If you don’t have overdrive on your amp or you prefer pedals, I recommend the Boss Blues Driver for a low gain overdrive, a boost pedal of some kind such as a Tube Screamer, and a high overdrive pedal. Soldano actually makes a high overdrive pedal now that gets pretty close to the amp sound for the price, and Dan does use Soldano amps, so that will work. I took the first video down because I improved my gear and made this one instead. My amp is the EVH 5150 Iconic combo. It is freakin’ awesome for doing what a Soldano does and at a fraction of the price. Hope that helps!

  • @tninelives

    @tninelives

    3 ай бұрын

    I had the opportunity to see Daniel playing in my city - Recife, when he came to Brazil in 2003. I love diorama album. Your explanation was really healpful! Actually I am trying to find some cheap pedals to get close to this sound, at least a cheap and good high gain pedal. Does Revv 3 or 4 gets closer to your high gain pedal?

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    3 ай бұрын

    @@tninelives I don’t know anything about the Revv 3 or 4. Also not sure if there’s any cheap overdrive pedals or good quality that get close to the tone you’re chasing. Ideally, you get the overdrive from a high gain tube amp. The one I use, the EVH 5150 combo, is a little under $1,000 USD. The next best thing I can think of would be the Soldano pedal which goes for close to $300 USD. All other decent overdrive pedals are going to run somewhere around that as well. The thing with overdrive pedals is they are trying to mimic a tube amp and it’s hard to pull that off as accurately as the real thing. Wish I had better advice here. I’d say do some research on some of the best overdrive pedals available and see if you can find one used/

  • @tninelives

    @tninelives

    3 ай бұрын

    @@thesilverchairfan sure thing! I'll do It, thank you!

  • @alexandreavelar9696

    @alexandreavelar9696

    26 күн бұрын

    ​@@tninelivesjá viu o pedal "soldano" do TMiranda?!

  • @calonmayat8009
    @calonmayat80095 ай бұрын

    How Much for all ?

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    5 ай бұрын

    Just the pedals - $1,200. That’s not including the overdrive from the amp, the pedalboard itself, or the power supply. If you add those items in, it goes up to $2,500. And if you add in my guitar, the whole rig costs $3,500. This is all in US Dollars. That might sound like a lot, but Daniel’s guitar and amp setup is top-shelf merchandise. Just his amp, speaker cab, and any one of his main custom guitars alone could easily add another $15,000 USD.

  • @marcobh85
    @marcobh852 ай бұрын

    And what is used for Young Modern songs?

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    2 ай бұрын

    Pretty much same setup except add the Digitech Whammy pedal, swap the DD-8 for the DD-20, and ditch the Rocktron Tsunami chorus.

  • @mothbasher
    @mothbasherАй бұрын

    Didn’t he have the whammy for diorama?

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    Ай бұрын

    Not in his live pedalboard setup until Young Modern, but he did buy it while recording Diorama and used it in studio.

  • @mothbasher

    @mothbasher

    Ай бұрын

    @@thesilverchairfan right yeah cos I remember them talking about getting it in that great Australian albums doc.

  • @bointin6780
    @bointin678025 күн бұрын

    do know if Daniel used the fuzz factory in 97

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    17 күн бұрын

    I’m not entirely sure, but I don’t think so, based on the live shows I’ve watched from that era. I know for certain though he had it on his board from 1999-2005.

  • @naeltxr1543
    @naeltxr1543Ай бұрын

    Where is distortion ?

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    Ай бұрын

    I explain in the video that the overdrive comes from the amp. No pedal can supersede the overdrive of a good tube amp. Dan also gets his overdrive from his amp. If you absolutely must use a pedal for overdrive, I recommend the Soldano pedal as it imitates the overdrive of Dan’s amp.

  • @naeltxr1543

    @naeltxr1543

    Ай бұрын

    @@thesilverchairfan and where is the jekyll and hide from the first video?

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    Ай бұрын

    @@naeltxr1543 since I now use a high gain tube amp, I now get my overdrive from that (the EVH 5150 Iconic 40w tube combo amp) instead of getting the overdrive from the Jekyll and Hyde.

  • @arconeagain

    @arconeagain

    Ай бұрын

    Fuzz is distortion, is it not? The diodes are clipping the wave form, about the most intrusive method of distortion.

  • @thesilverchairfan

    @thesilverchairfan

    Ай бұрын

    @@arconeagain Fuzz, distortion, and overdrive all fall under the category of ‘dirt’ pedals, but they are distinct. There are lots of articles online that can explain it if you want to learn more.