Building Josh Smith's New Pedalboard – Dan's Vlog: That Pedal Show

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Hello! I've been building boards again – this time a new mega pedalboard for the amazing Josh Smith. We had two days to put the entire rig together before Josh hit the road on his UK tour with it so everything had to be right the first time. Some awesome clips of Josh tearing it up plus a great insight into how these sorts of pro touring rigs go together. Cheers!
Dan.

Gear in this episode…
• Schmidt Array SA-525 Pedalboard

• Evidence Audio Screw In Solderless patch cable

• Xotic XW-1 Wah

• Sonic Research ST-300 Turbo Tuner Mini

• Lovepedal Believe Octave
Not currently in production

• Vemuram Myriad Fuzz

• Lovepedal Tchula

• Kingtone Duellist

• Vemuram Tube Screamer

• Lovepedal EchoPlexi

• Origin Effects Revival Drive

• Strymon Volante

• Eventide H9 - No longer made. Links to H9 Max

• Line6 HX Stomp

• Morningstar MC6 MKII MIDI Controller

TC Electronic Flashback Mini

• TheGigRig G2

• TheGigRig Modular Power Supply

- Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Intro and pedal selection: 0:00
- Schmidt Array board and layout: 3:45
- Bottom layer update / two outputs? 6:00
- Batteries? 7:30
- Bottom layer wired up: 9:30
- Top section update: 10:10
- Evidence Audio SiS assembly: 14:30
- Tidy with cable ties: 18:15
- Power test: 19:30
- Audio test: 20:19
- Finished board ready for programming: 28:50
- Vemuram Myriad Fuzz: 32:00
- Strymon Volante: 36:40
- Line 6 HX Stomp: 38:54
- Morningstar MIDI control: 40:26
- Revival Drive: 40:48
- EchoPlexi: 42:57
- Tube Screamers: 43:55
- After 2 weeks on the road: 47:33
- Josh plays us out: 51:27

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[patrickcarroll]

Dan is sweet, humble, and and brilliant. And I hope he knows that. And Josh is a barn burner of a musician

[_Heinle]

I found Josh Smith because of TPS, and he is quickly becoming one of my all-time, favorite guitarists. Thanks, Mick and Dan!

[powercourageandwisdom]

Josh Smith is absolutely amazing and looks like he loves his rig and excited about it just like one of us. He is one of the greatest guitarists on the planet but yet he made time for us!! He is the people's champion of guitar heroes.
Thank you, Josh 👏

And thank you Dan. You have put together an amazing product second to none and your videos on That Pedal Show have a format that are also 2nd to none. Thank you for also time labeling in the comment section so we can locate sections of the show we want to see quickly. The effort you put in to your videos is greatly appreciated. Again, thank you Dan 👏

[JohyeahM]

I keep coming back to this. Such an immense board.

[cayceburks]

Josh Smith is refreshing because he is a true “tone hound”.. most pro guitar players can’t explain the signal flow, and specifics of their gear, but Josh is the kind of dude who seems to have the user manual in his head for every pedal he owns!! I really love when players can know and explain their gear well. Love this video!

[PJSGBC]

I will often send a video clip to friends and say, "This is why I Youtube"... it will either be filled with hate or love.This last couple of videos with Pete's board, the amp builds, and now Josh's have truly been awe inspiring and why I love Youtube. To the point of making me emotional. I am old enough to have been around before the internet. A young guitar player of my day could only dream of having this kind of inside look. It has nothing to do with my own gear or playing. It is just kind and generous for TPS and the artists/vendors to let us go behind the scenes like this. Thanks for letting us hang with the cool kids guys. Really.

[CLCallender]

What a great vlog! Great job Dan, Mick and Josh. It's very rare and refreshing to see someone as patient and humble as Dan. And clearly, not only is Josh a great musician, he's got a lot going on in his head! Mega Tones!!

[cawfeedawg]

FFS everytime Josh is on TPS my brain explodes. what a fantastic episode. Dan you are a humble brilliant master of your craft.

[timhalligan]

I'm pretty sure those notes aren't on any of my guitars...

[budgetguitarist]

I get stoked when I see a Pedalboard Build on this channel - these are my favorite kind of videos.

[jazzmasternovo]

It has to be said. The content from TPS gets better and better. I like where this is going!

[johnrigdon]

This is passion. From Dan and Josh. Both of these men are so passionate about what they do. Dan's the best and Josh is amazing.Thanks for this both of you.Cheers from Texas!

[speedball]

Josh is finally getting some good exposure. Monster guitar player.

The only player I fear playing with is Josh Smith.
- Joe Bonamassa

[FossilFishy]

Here we go again. I very much want to watch this and at the same time I very much don’t. Josh’s playing is so good as to put me in a simultaneous state of joy and despair. Joy at the beauty of it and despair at my own inadequacies.

[andrewrwhitfield]

Josh seems like a really nice guy. Must have been a blast hanging out. Amazing guitarist/musician. Well done Dan - once again an incredible board build.

[gibbysg]

Watching stuff like this makes you realize that the pedals and stuff are cool and it’s fun geeking out about them. HOWEVER it comes down to whether you can play or not. All Josh’s shit sounds great because he’s a great player and has put the time in to be so. And the pedals and Dan’s incredible pedal board are just the icing on the cake

[masonianbund]

Just spent all day building a pedal board for a friend of mine, then popped onto YouTube and watched this. Now I question everything in my life. 😅 Dan, you are a gentle fuzzy soul and a fount of pedal wisdom.

[wallqvistphotography]

Just want to say that stumblin on people like Dan and Phil X has reignited my love for the guitar again. It was my world for many years and 3 albums and some tours later I fell out of love with it. Much due to trying to please an imagined market.. Anyway, thanks! And Dan, you're an incredible player!

[kmickp]

😳😳what a player Josh is & such a nice guy who knows what he wants and has the technical know how to articulate it. A player’s player! 👏👏👏 Great video Dan!👍🎶

[timbob.]

Another fantastic episode! I love the build specials, and this was like a 3 for the price of one, artist interview, pedal reviews, product demos and build tips for good measure!