These BUDGET Shoegaze Pedals Are All You Need For A Complete Sound!

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I get asked about an affordable shoegaze board a lot here on this channel, so I’ve made this mini board that in my opinion does everything you’d need to play Alt/Shoegaze without breaking the bank!
This pedals will be able to serve you well for as long as you’re playing and will never really need upgrading! Enjoy x
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@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

I have set up a new monthly newsletter which you can sign up to here: these-things-make-noises.ck.page/4abe01d5fc I’ll be sending my first email next week!

@coconut6431 9 ай бұрын

The DigiTech DigiVerb is a great option for those looking for reverse reverb options at a low price. It's also less expensive then the holy grail.

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Ahh awesome. Thanks for that!

@ioncewasmikey 6 ай бұрын

Behringer's got one with a reverse function too!

@stuartchapman5171 6 ай бұрын

@ioncewasmikey they have but its one of the early discontinued ones, it can go for £50-£75.

@stuartchapman5171 6 ай бұрын

Those Digitech era pedals are my fav. I've bought loads.

@ioncewasmikey 6 ай бұрын

@stuartchapman5171 I forget what I paid for mine, might have gotten it in a lot of 3 or so Behringer pedals on ebay. I picked it up on there at the same time I got the Digiverb! ☺️

@mikecole4489 9 ай бұрын

Really love the camera work and the playing dude it's great!

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Hey! Thanks so much. That’s a big compliment coming from you. Your videos have been a huge inspiration making this channel ✌️

@cc_182 9 ай бұрын

Great video! Discovered your channel about a couple months ago, keep making great videos! Side note, absolutely loved Forever Whatever, might be one of my new favorite albums now!

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Hey, really glad you’re enjoying the videos! Ahh thank you so much, that’s awesome. We’ve been busy recording new stuff!

@johanneskulesza6841 9 ай бұрын

Great video, always wanted to hear the EHX Holy Grail in an alt rock / shoegaze context, and it really sounds amazing!

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

It’s a beast of a pedal mate!

@tipston3366 8 ай бұрын

Nice video and cool choices! Fokken love the Rat!

@thesethingsmakenoises 8 ай бұрын

🤘🤘

@aluminati9918 9 ай бұрын

Excellent and affordable choices. I actually have both Soul Food and TC’s MojoMojo on my board right now. Soul Food has come very close to the Klon in some blind test shoot outs, very useable pedal. Keep the great vids coming!

@harrisontownsend910 9 ай бұрын

Most overdrives sound very similar in a mix. It all comes down to personal preference of controls.

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s certainly a great pedal! Thanks so much.

@DrHopeSickNotes 8 ай бұрын

I was thinking where I recognise you from... I caught you at the Roundhouse the other month; great show. Enjoying the content

@thesethingsmakenoises 8 ай бұрын

Ahh no way! It was amazing to get to play that stage. Thanks so much, really appreciate it.

@denverrandy7143 8 ай бұрын

Sounds great!!!

@thesethingsmakenoises 8 ай бұрын

🙌🙌

@conalmcintyre 9 ай бұрын

All classics. It's nice to see a budget pedalboard recommended as buying less pedals but still buying really solid high end gear - the only thing better than a Rat is two Rats!! One budget pedal that I'm very fond of is a reverb called Snake Bite by Caline - I own two of them and they're great for playing around with in series but I always go back to the Holy Grail. I also love that it's called Snake Bite - I assume the marketing team have no understanding of either reverb or snakes.

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah my thinking was get pedals that are going to last and make it as affordable as possible. Haha 2 rats would be awesome. Oh I haven’t heard of that before, that really is quite funny. 😂

@bankirt8498 9 ай бұрын

you could also go the DIY route... pedal PCB is very accessible. you can also go with kits!

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Yes! I’ve actually got a kit which I am going to build and make a video for asap.

@michelvondenhoff9673 9 ай бұрын

I heard Cocteau Twins before even clicking on the video, very spooky 😂 Speaking of spooky stuff, Bela Lugusi's Dead, In The Flat Field and Double Dare by Bauhaus is pretty nice with bats and stuff... As for the video as always solid advice 😎

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Haha no way really? Ohh I haven’t heard the first one. I’ll check it out. Live Bauhaus though!

@dariagodina 9 ай бұрын

Oh it was this song (Bela Lugosi's Dead) that inspired me to watch Ed Wood 🦇

@leftfordead8336 6 ай бұрын

Another transparent OD I've really liked for years now is the Emerson Custom EM Drive, you can pick em up for under $70 used all day long. Stacks really with other gain stages

@thesethingsmakenoises 6 ай бұрын

Sounds awesome!

@fcmhockeyvideos 9 ай бұрын

For me right now it's Behringer SuperFuzz first in signal chain for huge lead or powerchord sounds. Then I'll use Digitech Screamin' Blues, BOSS OS2, Digitech FX69 "Grunge", DOD Ice Box chorus, Digitech Digidelay and - for now - a Behringer Reverb. The rationale is this : SuperFuzz has a boost option. Screamin' Blues, when pushed, can also sound fuzz-distortion-like. OS2 allows a blend of OD and DS. I would love to find a Digitech Digiverb.

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Sounds like a great shout!

@framlucasse 5 ай бұрын

IMO, Holygrail Max, BD-2 and Big Muff is a great combo.

@mikegutterman3427 9 ай бұрын

I agree these are good choices. However I do think delay is important for any board in these genres. On the affordable front there are a lot of good options, but I have been very impressed with the JHS 3 series pedals and the new Walrus Fundamental series. Lot of bang for the buck in those lines and they have all the bases covered in them. Also.... hate to say it... people will need a tuner pedal!

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Yeah you might be right there! The 3 series pedals are such good value. I should really add a jhs pedal to my board!

@Toy1er 7 ай бұрын

The Joyo Analog Delay is very good and very underrated. And it's only $35 new on Amazon. I picked up a used one years ago for $15 and it's still going strong.

@PBJtimeGUY 9 ай бұрын

those 4 pedals are really nice

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! They can get a pretty complete sound I think!

@davemish4163 9 ай бұрын

I know you don't care for multi effects, the Zoom MS series is excellent. I'll recommend the MS70-cdr, which has kept its place on my board for close to 10 years. It punches well above its weight, and could easily handle all reverb, modulation, and delay functions. It's a space saver too!

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

I do actually think I’m gonna check them out properly. I hear amazing things!!

@jswen2477 8 ай бұрын

particle verb alone reason i still zoom ms50g

@evmanbutts 9 ай бұрын

For the reverb - Id say the JHS Series 3 reverb is a pretty good choice. It's more versatile than the holy grail, and I bought mine new for $99 CAD.

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

That’s a great shout!!

@Toy1er 7 ай бұрын

I prefer to support companies that aren't owned by hateful religious zealots, but hey that's just me. Different strokes.

@zachwilson1986 9 ай бұрын

For a different overdrive and reverb... look at the Ehx Turnip Greens... it's a Soul Food and Holy Grail Max (spring, hall, plate, reverse). It's been on my board since 2018!

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

No way! Didn’t know about that pedal. Great shout!!

@zachwilson1986 9 ай бұрын

@@thesethingsmakenoises I can find them in the states for less than $250... not bad considering the two pedals. There's a switch for chain order and an insert for putting other pedals in between.

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

That’s really cool! Will definitely keep an eye out.

@willrobertsmith 9 ай бұрын

Joyo do some good options ,the tauren also does the klon thing well, cheaper than the soul food. Recommend the d seed for delays including reverse and modulated, very good for shoegaze.

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

I need to check those pedals out. They sound awesome!

@pavelmazalek2838 9 ай бұрын

you missed EHX Flatiron which is EHX's take on Rat. Just to have full EHX board 😆 On serious note. Great option for alt/gaze reverb could be TC Electronic HOF Mini. You can also upload your own TonePrint in it and use types of reverbs such as gated (used in shoegaze same way as reverse) or shimmer or modulated.

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Haha yeah!! Ohhh that sounds awesome. I’ll have a look into that thing.

@TheRobsnobrock 9 ай бұрын

Sorry in advance for the question, I'm quite new to that whole pedal-stuff, but if I wanted to go for a noisier, fuzzier sound, would I just switch the rat out for a fuzz-pedal, or would I use an additional fuzz pedal and then have 3 pedals for some kind of distortion? Seems a bit overkill, but then again for shoegaze maybe not 😅 Btw. love your videos, watched a ton of them the last days!

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

I mean I personally have a distortion (Rat, DS-1 etc) and a fuzz on my board. I use the distortion when I want less heavy sounds and then the fuzz for when I want to go all out. The JPTRFX Warlow has a bit of both in one pedal which I love!

@basman2006 9 ай бұрын

I now own the Boss DS 1 and Sonicake - Levitate. I am trying to choose the next pedal for that 90's alt rock/dreampop sound but i'm not sure. Maybe the Big Muff?

@SIGILHOUSE 9 ай бұрын

I currently run a ds 1 and big muff and the both of them stacked sound great definitely recommend one I’m now looking for a good atmosphere pedal

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

You can’t go wrong with a big muff dude! They’re awesome

@oliverdepauw5663 9 ай бұрын

For anyone with slightly more money to spend check out the wampler tumnus is another klin clone but it has 3 band eq

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Nice!! That sounds great.

@GuitarsAndTea 9 ай бұрын

I need to checkout that Soul Food pedal

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

It’s a great pedal

@GuitarsAndTea 9 ай бұрын

No joke I went to the guitar store today and bought one, I'm getting the Holy Grail next @@thesethingsmakenoises

@lukehenderson436 7 ай бұрын

I’d love to see how you fair with a Valteon Dapper Indie effects strip. I’ve seen them go for under £80 new, and has tuner, drive (Rat?), fuzz (Muff?), modulation, delay, and reverb, with a lot of options on the latter three.

@thesethingsmakenoises 6 ай бұрын

Ohhh will have a look at that!

@jstample Ай бұрын

I picked one up a month or two ago for $69 USD and it is super versatile and fun to play with especially for the price! I love how big the range is for delay time and reverb decay settings. Awesome bang for the buck IMO

@scr34mmm 3 ай бұрын

what are your thoughts on tc electronics hall of fame 2??

@PeterAngeloZambrano 5 күн бұрын

what amp will i use

@finnj_ 9 ай бұрын

Sorry it's not related to the video but I was wondering what October Drift means/where did it came from?

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

No worries! In all honesty not a lot. Me and Kiran the singer were born in October and I think one of us suggested the name and it went from there. We just thought it sounded cool and there was nothing else called the same (which is actually pretty hard haha!

@finnj_ 9 ай бұрын

@@thesethingsmakenoises ah that sounds pretty cool and yeah you’re defo not wrong about finding a name that doesn’t already exist haha Keep up the great work and look forward to more music from the band :)

@gopistons22 6 ай бұрын

Hi, noob here, any suggestions for recording? Do you record using a mic'd amp or straight into the direct input on the interface?

@InvictusMilitis 3 ай бұрын

Record a plain clean signal into the interphase and then use the daw to shape your sound.

@gopistons22 3 ай бұрын

@@InvictusMilitis thanks! 👍

@kevinsolie2208 9 ай бұрын

Nice set of pedals. More importantly you’ve reminded me I don’t have a jazzmaster

@michelvondenhoff9673 9 ай бұрын

Isn't it rule of thumb to have as much invested in the pedals as guitar? Agree very nice guitar.

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Haha apologies to your wallet in advance

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Hey! I feel like I’d like a ‘standard’ jazzmaster trem so I think I’m gonna buy a used squier at some point. I’m pretty sure it will be awesome but I’ll definitely do a video on it comparing to the fenders.

@grantdyble3472 9 ай бұрын

Stock blues driver. Second hand under £70 all day long. Does light gain and much heavier stuff. Almost impossible not to like.

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Great pedal!

@grunge223 9 ай бұрын

And more. Please tell me the guitar tuning?

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

No probs! First 2 demos were just standard tuning and then I believe the last was drop D!

@drstrangelove4925 2 ай бұрын

You can actually same more money and remove the overdrive the rat pedal is a great distortion pedal but what makes it such a great pedal is you can easily get just an overdriving tone or a fuzz tone too if you dial it correctly

@oliverdepauw5663 9 ай бұрын

My favorite fuzz pedal is the rat

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Awesome pedal right!

@filip_petric 9 ай бұрын

Do you put chorus and reverb in front or in effects loop?

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

I put them in front. I’ve never really used effects loops as some of my amps haven’t had them/ I’m just a bit lazy haha

@filip_petric 9 ай бұрын

@@thesethingsmakenoises awesome, me too. Just wanted to check. I just binge watched couple of your videos, keep doing them!

@gazeunderthesunmusic 9 ай бұрын

good video dude, my opinion the zoom ms 50g and 70cdr are the best reverb if you're on the budget. i know going off subject but have you tried the fender shields blender? also i'm think about getting the slowdriver by emmergy fx, it's like a rat clone dedicated by slowdive

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Those things look really cool mate! No I haven’t Unfortunately. The studio I was in a couple months ago had an old fender blender, but never got chance to plug it in. Oh that sounds really cool!

@gloryxkid 9 ай бұрын

I’d swap out the holy grail for a hall of fame 1 for just a few more bucks, if not the same amount

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Ahh good shout actually 🤘

@morbidanimal333 2 ай бұрын

Im doing a rat - Russian muff - mxr analog delay- anubi ambient box or walrus audio lore

@JulienFERRAN 5 ай бұрын

Who is this guy ??

@BeesWaxMinder 9 ай бұрын

What is the absolute cheapest reverse reverb out there?

@thesethingsmakenoises 9 ай бұрын

Oceans 11 looks great, or boss rv6 but I’d say you can get pretty far with a ‘normal’ big reverb!

@BeesWaxMinder 9 ай бұрын

@@thesethingsmakenoises 👍

@framlucasse 5 ай бұрын

Holygrail Max works great.

@BeesWaxMinder 5 ай бұрын

@@framlucasse thanks!

@stuartchapman5171 6 ай бұрын

Theres another version of the Holy Grail that has a reverse reverb. I had the Holy Grail, I used it to record really old studio verb guitar licks for a track, I used an old Teisco and a little valve combo. Wow I nailed thdcsound straight off the bat, not faffing about setying up the pedal or amp parameters. How often does that happen. Cant go wrong.