Doom Metal Pedalboard

Eric Merrow

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[musicplaylists]

for a doom metal pedal board you could just use a big muff (as the pedal board) and tape a tuner on to it

[EricMerrow]

Thanks for having me over, Jason! I had a blast filming with you!

[hommedammn]

First pedal says FUZZ, second pedal says FUZZ, third pedal says FUZZ... nothing wrong with that.

[brians]

U guys seem like the nicest dudes in the universe

[jimm]

You’re the “Chords of Orion” of doom. Subsribed

[Brokeninc]

As a synth player, to me it seems pedalboards are like building a modular synth rack.

[DoesItDoom]

Great video, guys! Excellent tips as always. Really enjoyed watching!!

[Satyr]

If listening to a band like Weedeater has taught me anything it's that there is no such thing as too much fuzz. So I think the pedalbard needs at least two or three more fuzz pedals.

[SimAlex]

I recommend two big muffs into each other, one as a rhythm muff and one as a “lead boost” channel muff.

[tuxiepapa]

Think I've watched this 5-6 times already and I keep coming up with new ideas for my board! Thanks Jason. Looking forward to your future builds and projects.

[Cursed_With_Nightmares]

can you please do a video for Sludge metal pedalboard too?? For sound like Down, etc

[MrDonc]

In the 60s/70s/80s, delays and reverb usually drove the front of an amp. Effects loops were usually parallel or non-existent. This is key (rvb/dly>overdrive>amp) if you want an authentic stoner sound that has become pretty uncommon these days. It's perfect for drony, slow riffs, as well as my bloody valentine/ sigur ros style washes. It's an effect that forces you to play a certain way and I love the way it sounds! Love this channel, too! Keep it up! 🤘🤘

[Combine_Harvester_of_Truth]

I use distortion, fuzz, reverb, delay.. But, I also use an EQ. I think EQ is way too underrated for getting a sound nice and deep. I actually use two EQ pedals, that way I can get two different settings or double them up.

[radishlive]

So I'm actually really proud of the way i have my amp and pedalboard setup so I wanted to offer my insights into my thought process behind the setup. The pedal chain goes like this Guitar -> Chromatic Tuner Tu-3 BYPASS OUT -> INPUT NS-2 noise suppressor SEND -> Famicomp Fuzz/Compressor -> Input Randall RX120D Send -> MT-2 Metalzone -> Behringer Ultra Chorus -> RETURN NS-2 OUTPUT -> Solidgold Electroman Delay -> EHX Cathedral -> Return Amplifier. My board is powered by an isolated power supply. I have spent many hours tinkering with all the possible combinations I could put this board in and have settled on this as my mainstay. My logic primarly is I want the NS-2 to include the entire pre amp chain inside of it's own loop for noise supression purposes. This allows me to put my time effects outside the suppressor just before the signal goes to the return on the amplifer which serves as the power amp in. My famicomp is my secondary fuzz distortion, the metalzone is my high gain clarity distortion these two dont sound good together so i use one or the other. The famicomp doubles as a compressor and is designed to go at the beginning of the signal for the fuzz effect this allows me to cleanup the overloud parts of my playing and bring up the pitch harmonics and tapping so they are more audible. The ns-2 in spite of the bad rap it gets is instrumental to keeping all these effects clean and my amp from feedbacking. it also serves as my mute pedal. The chromatic tuner is bypassed and is on all the time it cannot mute. The metalzone also gets a bad rap but it is actually a really good high gain distortion. It is designed to go inside of the effects loop of your amp after the preamp section but before the time based effects this is where i feel the pedal really shines as it really gives a full heavy distortion sound. putting this pedal in front of the preamp is awful, wonky, inconsistent and feedbacky and is the reason why many people hate the pedal. Sorry for the long winded comment. Many of my effects are on the cheap side I think my most expensive pedal is either the famicomp or the cathedral. You would be surprised how much mileage you can get out of cheaper common effects pedals.

[AcidFink]

Lots of great info for a beginning board builder and great pedals. I'm going to get me one of those Space Echos. I have a Boss TU-2 at the end my chain as well but for the signal boost from the buffer.

[bsmith]

Weird that the doom people have the charisma of QVC salespeople

[BatEatsMoth]

I play bass, and I put my chorus and echo before my dirt pedals. I've noticed that the effects blend together better that way. If I put the echo after distortion, there's too much distinction; the distortion sounds too separate from the echo, and the echo is dynamic-independent (i.e. slapping back all the time). If I put the echo before distortion, they blend together better and the echo becomes dynamic-dependent, so I can get a general reverb sound most of the time and trigger the slapback where it has the most effect.

You don't hear the slapback anywhere else except the slides. It also colors the distortion in an interesting way that I wouldn't get putting the echo after distortion.

He uses Van Halen as his example. I used to wonder the same thing about EVH's sound; how he could go from a general reverb sound to a slapback sound just from a riff change.

I also put my chorus before my echo; I haven't tried echo before chorus yet because I'm happy with the way it sounds now, but I just might try switching them.

[MrHeshersNeighborhood]

I’ve got an Orange or15 with an EQD Black Ash fuzz, EQD Speaker Cranker, a RAT clone built by my friend Eric from Strange Effects, and Dunable’s Complete Distorter all running into the front. I’ve got the amp’s gain at roughly 10 o’clock. In the effects loop I’ve got OBNE Dweller, EHX Memory Man w/ Hazarai, Source Audio Ventris, and OBNE Darkstar. The sonic palette is great.

[tonymichaiel]

Very cool! Following generally the same order but adding a looper pedal at the very end to layer deeper and heavier!

[EricFaries]

This is an awesome look at setting up a board for Doom, Sludge, and Drone style metal. For my band, this is my setup: Walrus Audio Missner overdrive, into a Fuzzrocious Demon, into Big Muff Triangle, those go into the front of the amp, then in the effects loop it goes Boss Space Echo, then into a Behringer Reverb, then at the very end i have an EQ pedal for controlling volumes when needed. Funny enough, one of my favorite settings is having the overdrive, Demon, and Big Muff all on at the same time XD It's one hell of a nasty tone. Stacking is fun hehe