Guess the Cheap vs Expensive Pedal Blindfold Challenge! - Can You Hear The Difference?

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With a sea of options available, choosing the right effects pedal for you has become an ever more daunting task. Today Chappers & the Captain hope to make that desition a little easier by showing it's not just a higher price that goes into making a good pedal.
Comparing the new Tone City pedal range against our industries most popular brands such as BOSS, Electro Harmonix, Keeley & more. Can a £59 pedal sound as good as one three times its price?
From Overdrives & Distortions to Chorus, Flangers & even an Auto Wah. Can a blindfolded Chappers guess which pedals which in our blindfold challenge?

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↪️ Episode Guide ↩️
» 0:00 Let's Play Cheap Vs Expensive Pedal Shootout
» 2:34 Tone City Noisy Boy Vs Snouse Blackbox Overdrive 2
» 6:44 Tone City Rubine Fuzz Vs Keeley Fuzz Bender
» 9:45 Tone City Green Tube Vs Ibanez Tube Screamer
» 12:56 Tone City Blue Crystal Analog Delay Vs MXR Carbon Copy
» 15:35 Tone City Aviator Vs BOSS BF-3 Flanger
» 18:34 Tone City Funny Boy Vs Electro Harmonix Q-Tron
» 22:08 Tone City Silver Angel Vs BOSS SH-1 Super Chorus
» 26:06 Was Chappers Correct?

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[patrickcarroll]

You can say a lot of things about Rob. But you can't deny he's the blindfold challenge king.

[madmarsbars]

"lets go maximum depth and half speed" - that's some good technique

[jorgeleonel]

Really dig these types of Andertons videos - fun, entertaining and informative. Kudos to Lee, Rob and the great editing champ!

[TheGhostGuitars]

10:06
Rob: Tubescreamer...
Lee: (Face Expression=WTF)
😆

[brysimm]

I thought there was a mess up with Rob’s Chorus choice - confirmed. Always double check in the edit 😬

[disfibulator]

I think he said "oh that's nice" when the Captain switched it to the Boss chorus, so I think it's 6-1, with a nod to it being about what it more expensive rather than a slag on Tone City. Amazing what they can do for a lower cost.
Edit: I wrote my comment before the correction text was posted. Glad they caught it.

[nicolamagliocco]

the editing is so good it's distracting

[demseyemson]

Who edits these videos? They deserve a raise! The snoop dog/just eat mashup was incredible

[ChrisHendrix]

Anyone else think Rob should add “Tone Sommelier” to his CV?

[RizingZeppelin]

I remember hearing that 7 is the most often selected number when randomly choosing between 1 and 10. Great to see Lee reinforce that here 😅

[ledhendrix]

Ah I'm in my nice warm safe place again, Rob armed with the axe while Lee juggles a hundred and one different pedals again. Bliss.

[budgetguitarist]

One thing to consider with more expensive pedals is that the part tolerances are usually smaller than on the budget pedals, so you're more likely to get consistency in the pricier pedals. IN GENERAL, but not always. That said, today's budget pedals are really damn good, compared to 20 years ago.

[cameron]

Captain: “I shall delve down below...”
Pete’s dissonant voice (somewhere in the background): “Oh!”
Haha

[TheChainsofAlice]

Capt too worried about selling tone city pedals dinked up the score

[Robdoesguitar]

Things to take away from this video..
1. Rob has incredible ears and knowledge of all things sound 😮
2. Lee is crap at nursery rhymes 😂
3. Rorys' editing is just superb, makes me laugh so much
Long live Andertons on YT 😃

[vasilshkutov]

Lee has indeed become a master of leading this type of videos. Just wonderful to watch.

[chroniclesofbap]

"I haven't been abroad, honest" says the man with the golden tan 👌😎👍🤣

[srh]

IMO Andertons are the kings of the YouTube guitar videos and have been for awhile. As always great video guys.

[davepitt]

I'm not a "expensive is better" snob... but the expensive drivers were all better IMO. The TC drives seemed to sit on top of the dry sound, while the more expensive pedals sound like the dirt is integrated better into the tone.

[brentharms]

The editing on these videos is always top notch. Never fails to get a few chuckles out of me!