GUITAR PEDALS - how to STACK them!
I Love Testing GUITAR PEDALS! A pilgrimage to J Rockett's audio mancave resulted in a very thorough exploration of various boost and overdrive pedals. The big surprise was the AIRCHILD compressor pedal! Hang out with me while I route pedals in different paths to find the best gain staging and tone combinations! You can also discover how to use a COMPRESSOR AS A MASTERING TOOL FOR YOUR PEDAL BOARD. It was a very fun and educational deep dive and there's more to come in this 'How Pedals Work' series! Special Thanks to Chris Van Tassel for the elucidating chat and and making such effective pedals. His 'feel first' approach is very apparent when you play through them. https://sweetwater.sjv.io/NGReVN This episode was not sponsored by J Rockett and no money exchanged hands so these are all my raw unbiased opinions. That being said, if you're interested in any of the pedals mentioned I'm including a link to Sweetwater. I also tagged them in the video so you can click from there. Full disclosure, creators receive a small commision for links that lead to sales, so thanks for supporting the channel! As always I look forward to hearing what sounds you liked best in the comments. And don't forget, I'm back on the road this fall! For Tour Dates & Tix head to : http://dweezilzappa.com CHAPTERS 00:00 - Coming Up 00:29 - ANEMIC to POWERFUL 01:49 - The FEEL of a Pedal 04:03 - The COMPRESSOR Pedal 06:09 - COMPRESSION is the OPPOSITE of REVERB 06:50 - AIRCHILD Pedal 09:48 - LENNY Boost 10:48 - EL HOMBRE Overdrive 12:11 - Compression in FRONT 13:29 - Compression as a MASTERING TOOL 16:25 - Multiple COMPRESSORS 21:28 - The DUDE Overdrive + AIRCHILD 22:30 - MELODY EQ/Drive (Mark Lettieri) 26:12 - Shaping with COMPRESSION 27:35 - ARCHER (Jeff Beck) 29:57 - DUDE + LENNY 34:09 - J.45 Overdrive 34:52 - J.45 + LENNY 35:16 - ROCKAWAY EQ 36:10 - FEEDBACK w/ Compression 37:37 - Compression BEFORE or AFTER 40:03 - EL HOMBRE + AIRCHILD 42:51 - AIRCHILD + EL HOMBRE 43:44 - Know Where To Place Your Pedals 44:14 - J.45 + EL HOMBRE 45:15 - Adding COMPRESSION 46:29 - PXO (Phil X) 48:09 - Adding AIRCHILD 53:02 - FEEDBACK!

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