Lately I've been doing a lot of pedal demos as we build and receive inventory. I think it is important to provide our subscribers with demos that are consistent. We don't claim to have the best equipment, be the best guitar players, or even do the best demos. What we do promise is that we will try and be as consistent as possible in our setups.
To that end, I play three different guitars: A Roland G202 which is basically an 80's Ibanez double-cutaway with two humbuckers. Number two is a Rondo SX Telecaster which has been highly modified into a player's special, with locking tuners and hand-wound custom Vintage '54 pickups. Finally comes a Fender MIJ Mustang with a single coil neck and Seymour Duncan humbucker in the bridge. Most of the demos feature the Mustang.
I play one amp: Fender Silverface Champ. This is a little single-ended class-A tube amp combo that takes pedals extremely well. The basic sound is clean and sparkly like a Silverface Fender should sound. Still using the original 8" speaker which still sounds great.
Recording-wise, we use the GoPro Hero3+ with a lapel dynamic microphone placed about one foot from the guitar amp and elevated in-line with the speaker. We try to record three or four demos at a time to minimize setup movement. Our GoPro get's mounted onto a goose-neck arm that attaches to the pedalboard so we can easily position it over new pedals.
Hopefully this gives you some insight into the humble setup we are using to record our demos.
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