What does piano sound like with guitar FX pedals?

Man, I really love when you apply the whammy pedal subtly. Gives it a kind of warped tape sound. Just beautiful

I would love to see more sound design sort of stuff on this channel!

Fender Rhodes and wah pedal was a very popular combination early 70s (Pink Floyd, Alan Parson project spring to mind but there were many others), Chorus pedals have been used extensively with keyboards from electric pianos and early synths which didn't have in-built effects. Phaser was one Jean-Michael Jarre used a lot especially on the emininet string synth to give the sweeping effect on his early albums.

The whammy pedal with the piano has such a magical sound. It’s reminds me a lot of Thom Yorke’s music, especially “Pink Section”

As a guitarist who dabbles in piano I've long thought it an interesting idea to make a solid body electric piano. Imagine the pickups on that sucker!

A lot of Canterbury-based bands like Caravan, Soft Machine (and other bands that couldn't afford synthesizers in the 70s) used electric organs/pianos with fuzz and wah pedals hooked into guitar amps. It makes for a really unique sound that would be great to hear again. Guess it became a lot more convenient to gig with a synthesizer than a big setup with an organ + amp.

Fun fact, Keane's entire album Under The Iron Sea (2006) was deliberately recorded using piano/synth and guitar effects, making it completely different to their debut album Hopes and Fears. It has this otherworldly quality to it, what sounds like an electric guitar suddenly has overtones because the chords are built differently to guitar chords.

Very nine inch nails with the Big Muff

At 4:48 it almost sounded like you were going to play the electric version of Neil Young's "Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)" cool sound!

David actually had to put shoes on for this one

This is basically the entire spiel behind “Is it any wonder” by Keane: Just a singer, drummer and heavily distorted electric piano. They use it to great effect; it’s a very unique sound 🙂 Just from the title, that song was my forest thought, and I had to pause this video to relisten… Also, the video is simple, but awesome! I love that song, but the point is not the effects… They’re cool and all, but it’s the artistry that matters!

The Wah pedal was originally imagined as an effect for organs which (I think) generally take effects better than a piano. If you want a great example of how an organ can sound with something like the Big Muff you should check out the version of 'Speed King' by Deep Purple on their Made In Japan Album. Admittedly Jon Lord is running his Hammond B3 into an overdriven Marshall guitar amp but the effect is pretty similar.

Guitar player here. There are no hard rules for pedal order; do what sounds good to you. However, Wah-wah is usually better earlier in the chain, especially before fuzz/distortion. With the Big Muff first, it generates all those high fuzzies and static-sounding frequencies then the wah-wah sweeps those as well as the fundamental tones of the instrument. If you, instead, put the wah first, it sweeps the instrument tone, then the fuzz is applied to that sound. It’s hard to describe, but just try swapping the order of the pedals around to see what you like. No wrong answers if you like what you’re getting. 😎

Nice David! Would love to see a part 2 on this focusing on modulation pedals i.e. chorus, phase, flanger, tremolo, vibrato, uni vibe, etc Some fantastic sounds to be had with those, and more suited to keys 😊

I love that piece at the end, sounds a bit like tape-flutter. Very beautiful.

I think the wah wah pedal would be really interesting to play with just for the two different tones

i actually loved how the big muff and the wah pedal interacted

Compressor, phaser and chorus pedals are also worth experimenting with. And echo of course :)

There's a pedal called the Screen Violence by Old Blood Noise Endeavors which was developed for the group CHVRCHES for their last album. It's a stereo modulated delay and reverb into a distortion (or the reverse, you can change the order), very shoegazey, and sounds incredible with keys.

Tony Banks messed around with keyboards through guitar pedals in the past. Phasers and such. They sound very interesting!