Let me know what's on your pedalboard! 🎸⬇ Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:24 Step 1: Choosing a pedalboard 01:37 Step 2: Choosing a power supply 02:38 Step 3: Get some patch cables 03:32 Step 4: How to correctly order your guitar pedals 05:56 Step 5: Attach your pedals to the pedal board 07:13 Step 6: Connect your pedals together 07:57 Step 7: Test your pedalboard 08:40 Step 8: Storing and transporting your pedalboard 09:07 Final thoughts

@manuelpassarella

10 ай бұрын

Currently on my pedalboard you find: Peterson mini, Mooer e-lady, Strymon Riverside, Tone city Angel Wing, MXR Carbon Copy and Strymon Flint. Powered by Cioks Sol

@ConorRocksYT

10 ай бұрын

@@manuelpassarella Nice, that sounds like a cool board! I've been wanting to pick up a Carbon Copy for a while!

@manuelpassarella

10 ай бұрын

@@ConorRocksYT I love the CC's modulated repeats. I also found that you can use it like a fake double tracker... Just one repeat with a fairly high mix (almost unity) and a short delay time, shorter than an usual slap back. It widens out the guitar sound, especially with gain!

@ConorRocksYT

10 ай бұрын

@@manuelpassarella that sounds like a cool trick!

@spidgeb3292

Ай бұрын

Bottom row: PolyTune Tuner, Morley Crazy Horse Wah, Fulltone Fat Boost, Tim overdrive, Boss OD-1 (although I may switch the Tim and the OD-1 order), Keeley Blues Disorder, Ross Phaser, Small Clone Chorus, Boss TD-2 Tremolo, MXR Carbon Copy, Keeley Halo, BBE Sonic Stomp, TC Electronics Rush clean boost. Occasionally I may throw an ElectroHarmonix Pitchfork for instant de-tuning and for that intro lick divebomb in Black Keys' "Lonely Boy."

this video is like a blessing lmaoo i could'nt understand pedals or the orientation till your vid came up! not only that i feel confident to start looking for new pedals and expand a bit more.

@ConorRocksYT

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, I'm really glad it helped! 😊 Good luck with your pedal shopping - you can never have too many! 😄

Aside from the content/info, the filming, sound, pace, visual... this video tutorial is among the most excellently done I've ever seen. Congratulations, and thank you.

@ConorRocksYT

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Jon! 😊

Great video! Got my first board today! I had a Behringer CL9 Comprssor/Limiter and bought the board and a used Behringer TO800 Vintage Tube Overdrive. It's my father's day present! Going to tryout the CL9 tomorrow morning in church, also maybe the TO800. Thanks for walking me through putting my first board together 😊🎉

@ConorRocksYT

13 күн бұрын

That's great! Glad I could help 😊

You can save a ton of space by finding a way to fix your power supply under the board too. As far as correct pedal order goes it's whatever gets the noise for the part, plenty of people have used super funky setups that many would consider "incorrect". Wah after gain, etc. The only real rule I'd follow is tuner at the front, and maybe learn how an fx loop works if your amp has one cause a lot of modulation/time effects are much better going through it than the front of your amp, even something like a looper

@Kille1967.

5 ай бұрын

I do that. 🎸👍

Great vid, thanks.

excellent video - this has given me the confidence to build my very first pedal board! thank you

@ConorRocksYT

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Good luck with putting your board together 😊

Absurdly helpful, thank you.

@ConorRocksYT

Ай бұрын

Thanks Chris! 😊

Thank you

Thank you so much, I was able to find a pedalboard with a power supply for around 130 which has good reviews.

@ConorRocksYT

6 күн бұрын

Awesome! Enjoy your new board! 😊

@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy

6 күн бұрын

@@ConorRocksYT thanks, I’m picking it up in a couple days, it’ll be my first pedalboard!

This in hindsight seems so basic but I didn't realise there was quite alot of thought on what order they should be patched together in. Cheers

@ConorRocksYT

4 ай бұрын

Happy to help! it's not an exact science, but that order is a great place to start 😊

Thank you for the tip about the gain pedals I was using fuzz, o.d., and heavy d I'll try using it your way to hear the the difference 😁. I don't have wah/ volume pedal yet but I'm definitely going to invest. Thanks again for the tips and keep rocking 😎🎸👍

@ConorRocksYT

6 ай бұрын

Glad I could help 😄 it's a small thing, but sounds better imo! Let me know how you get on!

@spidgeb3292

Ай бұрын

​@@ConorRocksYT Actually, I think it's a pretty big thing and properly emphasized in this excellent video.

Soft velcro (loop) is for the pedals. The rough part (hook) goes on the board!

Cochise? Hell yeah! 🤘

@ConorRocksYT

Ай бұрын

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you have saved me sooo much confusion 🤣🥰

@ConorRocksYT

2 ай бұрын

glad it helped!

Thanks for all your tips. Where would you place an A/B pedal if your running two amps?

@ConorRocksYT

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! It depends - if you want to use all your pedals with both amps - I'd put the A/B at the end of the pedal chain. But if you have certain pedals you only want to use on one amp, then I'd put the A/B before those pedals, and put them in the signal chain of the desired amp. Hope that makes sense!

One point I would consider is using the order described, but instead of stacking gain top to bottom, consider your ability to easily access the pedal buttons you often turn on and off while playing on-stage. If you are changing gain levels, boosting, or otherwise using pedals to sculpt your sound during a song, keep those pedals on or close to the bottom row where you can hit them quickly. It is not always easy to gingerly step over a pedal to reach a back-row pedal when you're ready for a lead boost or more gain while gigging live. Ya gotta hit those buttons at exactly the right time. I am NOT suggesting that you change the order of the pedals as described. Do not do that. The pedal order that Conor laid out in this video is how I do it and it works beautifully. Almost every expert I've found agrees. But what I don't do is organize gain pedals from top to bottom, because I frequently use low gain for rhythm and higher gain or boost for lead. So on my board, those pedals sit right next to each other, right-to-left, low-gain to high-gain, on the bottom row (closest to me), so I can get to them without balancing on one leg and aiming with my toe over another pedal. As always, practice makes perfect, and proper positioning of your frequently-used pedals makes it easier to achieve. Great video! Very impressed with your communication skills. You didn't waste a single word. Keep 'em coming!

great video its very helpful but I have a looper pedal and I was wondering where that would go on the pedalboard

@ConorRocksYT

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 There's a couple of spots you can put it depending on what you want to do! Putting it towards the front of the signal chain will let you add and remove effects to the loop as it plays, but it will effect the whole signal chain - so the non-looped guitar will sound the same. Putting it at the end will "bake in" any effects to the loop, and you can then change the effects for you non looper guitar - which might help it stand out. Again, it depends what you want to do! I'd try both and aww which works for you 😊

@PairoDraws

5 ай бұрын

@@ConorRocksYTthanks for the response this is very helpful!

@todd1612

2 ай бұрын

Optional, but I recommend Last position

Thank you so much. Excellent advice. My pedalboard though had a groove for a wah on the right hand side. What now? Also, noisegate. At the end? - Subscribed! - Audie from Perth Western Australia.

@ConorRocksYT

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Audie! I'd suggest picking up a couple of longer patch cables so you can wire everything in the correct order, while also using the wah groove! I like to put noise gates after any distortion to help clean it up 😊

@user-ix8fs2xv7f

3 ай бұрын

Good solution! Now I'm wondering though how I'd go from guitar to tuner with the wah in the way. I'm such a bloody neat freak. Is there an email that I can send you a photo of my board?@@ConorRocksYT

@user-ix8fs2xv7f

3 ай бұрын

It's ok. Found it!

Hello. Looking at what Order you suggest, starting with the tuner. Where would you recommend a Vocal Harmoniser (one that takes the pitch from your guitar), be placed. Many thanks.

@ConorRocksYT

2 ай бұрын

Hi Jason - I'd say straight after the tuner, before any other pedals as you'll want a really clean signal.

@jasonmcloughlin5036

2 ай бұрын

@@ConorRocksYT Many thanks.

thanks a lot. where can i buy all your pedals? do you have link or name of them?

@ConorRocksYT

5 ай бұрын

Here's a link to a list of what's on my pedalboard! (affiliate link): amzn.to/3SwzmA8 The ones not on that list: Boss OC2 (octave pedal) Boss CE3 (chorus) Frederick Effects Demon Fuzz (fuzz) - (I prefer the Big Muff Pi over this anyway)

I have a question so I have a flama pedal and a tuner that kinda has the same rubber as the ones on the back of the boss pedals but the sticky from the Velcro won’t stick have u had this what should I do

@ConorRocksYT

4 ай бұрын

It happens sometimes (especially with any pedals with indents on the base) but here's a few things you can try: 1) Double check the back of the pedal is fully clean before applying the velcro (wipe it down with some rubbing alcohol) 2) If that doesn't work - remove the back of the pedal and put it on backwards (the other side should be either be plastic or metal which will take the glue better) 3) If that doesn't work - you can use a stronger glue (or different pedal velcro with a stronger glue) to stick the velcro to your pedal Let me know how you get on!

@MotoNathaniel

4 ай бұрын

@@ConorRocksYT okay thanks man a lot I’m currently funny to say this I’m at my local guitar shop getting new strings rn for my Floyd rose but when I get home I’ll definitely try that out and tell u

How did you manage to attach the wah pedal to the board, doesn't it have feet which don't allow for you to put velcro under it?

@ConorRocksYT

28 күн бұрын

I put it on the front half, and slide the pedal forward so the feet "fall" into the gap. It's enough to get it to stick down!

@DoDaDuckMan

28 күн бұрын

@@ConorRocksYT Alright, thanks!

Actually where to place the eq pedal,thanks.

@ConorRocksYT

2 ай бұрын

Honestly, wherever you want to adjust the signal. A common place is towards the end of the chain just before the time/space pedals.

Stupid question I know should the 9v battery be removed connected to a direct power supply?

@daviddougherty7289

3 ай бұрын

I been out of the loop for 30 years!

@ConorRocksYT

3 ай бұрын

That's a good question! You don't have to remove the battery - but it's a good idea to if you're not going to be using the battery often, as they can break down over time which might damage the terminals! If you're going to be using the battery or changing it before it gets damaged, then you'll be fine 😊 (For what it's worth, I have batteries in most of my pedals that I haven't changed for years and they're all good!)

@pauldsheppard126

Ай бұрын

Most pedals bypass battery as soon as DC is put in in my experience.

My OCD means I had to stop watching when you stuck down the velcro!

@quiescence3980

3 ай бұрын

Yes I hate sticking velcro on the bottom of nice new pedals ☹️

most of the noise comes from EMF pollution that you have to shield fully or get really far away from they go straight in ur pickups nothing to do with wired electricity, if u have noise in ur circuit ur psu is faulty or your power line wasnt wired properly there shouldn't be noise coming through there daisy chaining is fine

Ehm... Fuzz should go first in the chain