Guitar Pedals For Beginners - In Less Than 10 Minutes

🎸► The Beginner's Guide To Guitar Pedals & Guitar FX

In this video I'm going to talk about what I wish I knew about guitar pedals when I first started as a guitarist. There's so many guitar pedals out there on the market so it's tough to know what each effect does as a beginner. However it's actually much simpler than you think! In this video I break it down using a simple analogy that everyone can relate with. We'll cover gain/drive pedals, modulation pedals like flanger/chorus and essential effects like reverb and delay and you'll hear how each pedal and effect changes the tone of my guitar. There are ofcourse many more effects and pedal types out there but I feel like the ones I talk about in this video can cover most guitar tones out there.

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00:00 INTRODUCTION
01:25 THE SPAGHETTI ANALOGY
01:40 TUNER PEDAL
01:54 DRIVE/DISTORTION PEDALS
03:25 MODULATION PEDALS
03:45 CHORUS PEDAL
04:25 FLANGER PEDAL
05:10 TREMOLO PEDAL
05:53 DELAY PEDAL
06:32 REVERB PEDAL
07:13 LOOPER PEDAL
07:46 PEDAL CHAIN ORDER
09:03 MULTI-FX PEDALS

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-Dave Tran (Your online guitar teacher 😁)

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[Graemie]

That was honestly one of the best and easiest to understand videos on pedals! Like how you broke it down and simplified it. You’ve more than earned a new subscriber.

[donpark]

I started playing guitar in 1965, and yet your video proves you`re never too old to learn. Excellent! Thanks.

[guitardedmaniac]

So far, the best pedal adviser for beginners. So many videos similar to this but it didn't explain so well as this! Thank you!

[KingstonDizz]

Been playing 4 months now and I am learning a lot. Your explanation of pedals is thorough and easy to understand. Thanks!

[Slashx]

I loved that you used a song that originally uses the effect being demo. It makes it sp much easier to identify and remember. And makes sense of sounds I've already listened in other songs. Awesome video!

[samuelpunkt]

This is honestly one of the best tutorial videos I have seen in a long time. I just knew the basic basics about effects and wasn't even sure about the difference between distortion and overdrive. Now I know everything I was curious about and wasnt overwhelmed by to much detail!!!

[richieg-p]

Did you read my fricken mind?!? How the eff did you know I was about to pull the trigger on my first pedal?!?

[markstephenson]

Thanks for such a clear and unpatronizing explanation - I feel enlightened instead of confused as I normally do when I've watched other videos on this subject - great work!

[CAZ]

Excellent video!!!
Thank you for NOT playing long guitar examples.
Your examples are just right to understand the effect.
I'm also grateful for mentioning the chain of effects placement.


Once again probably the best and most informative video I've seen.

[biscuitking]

Honestly Dave your such a great teacher man everything you teach is really easily understood and simple to follow. I'm not sure how my journey will have gone if it wasn't for your video's.

[Davy_Great]

You are probably the no. 1 guitar channel on YouTube in my opinion. No tutorial or video is more clear than yours. Thanks for Al the effort you put in these Dave!

[VashStarwind]

I was wondering why my reverb and delay sounded so horrible, they were the first things i was putting in my chain lol, thanks dude

[Alan-yrhj]

I think metal zone is one of the best pedals out there despite all the hate it gets...

[pupawheelie]

After playing guitar for over 45 years I wish I knew this when I first started!! You explained this beautifully.❤

[johntierney]

Best video on effects I have ever seen. Great examples, fantastic analogy, wonderful execution. Absolutely beautiful

[AlistairDsilva]

This video is brilliant 👌 as a beginner on electric guitar, this makes it so much easier to understand how each pedal work... fantastic

[rickw]

I just found this video and as a brand new guitar learner (not even really a player yet) this instructional video about the pedals was AWESOME!!! Great way to explain them and help me understand them. Thanks bro!

[herewegoagain]

from someone making the switch from acoustic to electric, thank you!

[satishjha]

My Lord - you just made something that I thought was super complex and made it easy enough to understand and act upon, Bravo!!!

[Bilge-koqp]

This is the best pedal/effects explanation video i've ever seen and i can't tell how much i enjoyed it! Thank you :)