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Rabea Massaad New Pedalboard Build

Published 3 Apr 2020

We welcome our wonderful friend Rabea Massaad to the show and build a whole new touring pedalboard for him.

Life too short for long YouTube videos? ‘Interesting bits and go-to sections’ info below.

Welcome! In this episode we are delighted to welcome our old mucker, Rabea Massaad back to the show. Not only is Rabea genuinely among the best humans we know, he’s also a truly gifted, creative and inspirational musician.

Rabea plays through the Toska track ‘Prayermonger’ at the end of the show. He literally stood there and played the guitar parts over a backing track. We watched totally agog!
Please check out Toska’s music: https://www.toska.tv/
Enjoy the episode!

COVID 19: Before you lambast us for not socially excluding, read this…
This video was filmed before the UK lockdown measures. As I explain in the intro, Rabea was on his way to us when the UK government started making noises about being careful about travel around March 16/17. The actual instruction to stay at home did not come until March 23 in the UK. As of that date, we have been working from home and self-isolating in accordance with the government instruction and advice.


Pedals & stuff in this episode…

• Schmidt Array SA750 XDM: https://www.schmidtarray.com/copy-of-sa525xdm-1

• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

• Buffalo FX Germanium Fuzz - No longer made

• Coopersonic Germaniac
https://coopersonic.com/portfolio-item/germaniac/

• TC Electronic Mimiq Doubler
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/345Wefk
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/OA79z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3bMljhX

• Mr Black Thunderclaw Distortion Pedal
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3bMmcah

• Gamechanger Audio Third Man Records Plasma Coil
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3aEx35S
Australia: https://bit.ly/33Ze7fG

• Electro-Harmonix Micro Pog Octave
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2dxmneP
USA: https://bit.ly/3pgea1E

• Walrus Audio EB-10 Preamp, EQ & Boost
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2ntc1Ul
USA: https://bit.ly/3IgVVlu
Australia: https://bit.ly/2X1rZoi

• Keeley Synth-1
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2tJONwE
USA: https://bit.ly/3DbLxaQ
Australia: http://bit.ly/2uynyVG

• Strymon BigSky
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2wpLdEx
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/ddY9q
Australia: http://bit.ly/2x0GSdY

• Strymon Timeline
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2fzulGD
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/yNYev
Australia: http://bit.ly/2pSEFKm

• Strymon Möbius
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2rmZgHS
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/Yz7qm
Australia: http://bit.ly/2rn724e

• Strymon Volante
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2GqJ6Iw
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/K57qA
Australia: http://bit.ly/2Ie0UZe

• Boss TU-3s
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2nUhodT
USA: https://bit.ly/3rcyZO7
Australia: http://bit.ly/2Li9A0Y

• MXR M199 Tap Tempo
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3avwKu5
USA: https://bit.ly/3q2AAVT

• Mission Engineering SP-25M-PRO Aero
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/2UVAnTk
Australia: https://bit.ly/3bLEQPB

• Mission Engineering SP25L Pro Aero with LED Base
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3bJ8DbE

• Lehle P-Split II - Link to latest version
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3bKM5aa
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/Dx7bo

• TheGigRig G2
https://www.thegigrig.com/g2

* Preferred retailer links? Find out here: http://www.thatpedalshow.com/partners

Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Hello, Covid-19: 0:00
- What are we doing?: 1:25
- Rabea! 1:45
- The new board: 4:08
- XDM? 5:10
- Initial layout: 5:40
- Layout & under the hood: 7:58
- Power? 9:02
- Day 2 – audio: 9:49
- Let’s hear it! 11:25
- Core tones: 12:25
- Amp gain: 13:20
- BOARD SIGNAL DIAGRAM: 13:25
- No noise gate? 15:05
- Gain staging? 16:35
- A little bit of reverb: 18:05
- Rabea’s BKP Silo bridge pickup: 18:35
- Wet sounds: 19:00
- High gain with the EHX POG: 20:15
- Pad sound: 21:10
- Patch 7, a bit of everything: 22:50
- Buffalo FX Germanium & EHX POG: 24:44
- Mr Black Thunderclaw: 26:50
- Coopersonic Germaniac: 28:20
- Strymon Möbius: 29:15
- MIDI & Stompbox mode on G2: 30:28
- Keeley Synth 1: 32:20
- New favourite pedal: 34:08
- G2 preset bank changes: 36:40
- Strymon Volante: 39:10
- New music? 41:28
- New Chapman Pro Model ML3: 43:30
- Schmidt Array SA750 XDM: 44:50
- Rabea plays Prayermonger: 46:38

Guitars:
• Chapman Rabea Massaad Signature ML3 BEA Pro in Carthus Burst
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/2USrDxl

Amps:
• Victory VX100 Super Kraken Head with Victory V212-VH cab/Celestion Vintage 30 & Celestion G12H Anniversary
• Victory VX The Kraken with V212-VB cab/Celestion G12M Greenback and Celestion G12H

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