Cheap Pedalboard...Expensive Sounds?

In this video I put together a pedalboard using the most inexpensive pedals in my collection. We compare tones with my "EXPENSIVE" pedalboard...LET'S GET IT!!!

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[koko]

11:58 pm writing this. This takes me back to my first time getting into worship. First time getting my first pedals. Building my first board. And playing with a worship band. Hearing you playing back and forth just flooded me with emotions and memories. I miss it so much. I miss church. I miss worshipping. I miss Jesus. This video made me cry out of nowhere. I don’t know why. 🥹♥️🙏🏻

[rogerbakke]

Your expensive board definitely has a high fidelity to it verses the less expensive board, nothing an average audience would notice.

[JeremyLeech]

Love these kinds of videos. I sometimes use a joyo preamp house when I go direct. No complaints!

[ChrisEllisMusic]

Im definitely gonna build something like this for my son. Thanks for showing us it can be done without spending a ton!!!

[alfianbanjaransari]

This is so inspiring! Personally as an aspiring guitarist with some budget constraints, my situation necessitates me to mix and match expensive and affordable pedals. Trying to get the best of both worlds (cost vs performance) is the name of the game here. Fwiw, what I've learned is to never skimp on patch cables and the power supply. Fantastic video!

[jacobcox]

Very cool video! It’s nice to hear someone explicitly say something like, “I own and prefer this expensive gear but there’s nothing wrong with this budget gear and you can get good sounds out of it”.

[davidsummerville]

Really good video. Both boards are cool. Excellent experiment. Thumbs up! 😎🤓

[deanbootlegguitarist]

both sounded good. the more expensive sounds more epic and more "controlled", but that doesnt mean the cheaper-board sounds bad. i hope that this video educate audiences that cheap pedals can sound good.

[JapInfinity]

It is bc of reverb & delay. The expensive has great reverb while. If you put expensive reverb on the cheap it will sound great too.

[nvjohansson]

Beringer for 30 bucks, hard to tell the difference between the Boss original. Knux and Caline make great pedals too in that price range.

[nicholasstorer]

Both pedalboards are very usable. I have a Joyo American Sound and British Sound and I agree that, as much I love those pedals, they do need an IR to get the full potential of them. I got the Joyo Cab Box to do just that. Great video!

[marce]

Excellent video! Agree, at the end what you like most and what you feel comfortably with playing is what really matters. Love your pedalboard. I have a Golden Boy overdrive and it's fantastic. I used to have a Morning Glory ( Which still think it's a great pedal) but the versatility and awesome tones from the Golden Boy made me added to my board and keep it there.

[alexforget]

I think the cheap sound a bit better, more forward, but that's just eq or gain differences.
Try a Zoom G1X and keep the drives pedals.

[jbert]

If I was just getting into pedals. Your less expensive board would be a board I would be proud of. It gets you there. A little eq from the house and your off into that atmosphere world. (If it sounds good, it is good). Cool video.

[marylandstationmusic]

Great Video idea, own a Joyo California, think it sounds better than the Actone from what i hear of the Actone from Videos, definitely prefer the tones from the expensive set up, even tho it wasnt as bright it was less harsh and had a recording polished quality to it, but im sure with tweaking the other board can get there

[scale]

Should run this over with the Joyo American Sound. It's the only one out of the list of Joyo amp sims worth using.

[boiisantell]

I like the overdrive Sound in the expensive board, but in the delays, for me the dd5 sounds better

[alxmrls]

Cheap board I think sounds great for playing alone or at home while the expensive board sounds better in a live mix. The cheap board seems to have significantly bigger bottom end while the expensive board retains a hifi quality that would sit and cut in a full band mix.
Both boards though could be tweaked to sound closer and in a live situation could be almost impossible to tell there was a drastic difference in price between them

[HeManSean]

Thank you for making this video. Your presentation was simple and clear, and I feel like I learned a lot about why you might choose more high-end pedals over the budget option.

I've seen the word "hi fi" used a lot in the comments to describe the expensive board, and while I agree, could this not be mitigated on the cheap board with eq adjustments and a cab sim/IR like you mentioned? With guitar gear it really seems like the law of diminishing returns applies big time. I'm not sure that it will ever be worth spending thousands on a pedalboard for any reason other than personal enjoyment because the listening public will never care, and if you do become a guitar legend then people will argue forever about how your cheapo gear is actually the best gear ( à la the recent Bad Monkey/Klon mess)

[nedim_guitar]

Hey, I've got that Donner compressor! It's not on my board anymore, but I will remove a pedal or two and make room for it. I could need some compression for my cleans. Then again, maybe not.