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:
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:

• TheGigRig Three2One


• Buffalo FX Germanium Fuzz - No longer made

• Coopersonic Germaniac


• TC Electronic Mimiq Doubler
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• Mr Black Thunderclaw Distortion Pedal
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• Gamechanger Audio Third Man Records Plasma Coil
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• Electro-Harmonix Micro Pog Octave
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• Walrus Audio EB-10 Preamp, EQ & Boost
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• Keeley Synth-1
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• Strymon BigSky
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• Strymon Timeline
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• Strymon Möbius
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• Strymon Volante
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• Boss TU-3s
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• MXR M199 Tap Tempo
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• Mission Engineering SP-25M-PRO Aero
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• Mission Engineering SP25L Pro Aero with LED Base
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• Lehle P-Split II - Link to latest version
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• TheGigRig G2


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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
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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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