8 Tips for Getting the Most out of Your Boss ES-5 (featuring 1973 Fender Stratocaster) HD

The Boss ES-5 loopswitcher is a great centerpiece for any medium size pedal board. Here’s some tips on how to get most out of your ES-5 controlled pedal board ... especially if it includes MIDI controllable pedals. My approach is having a good combination of “Total Recall” Presets on one hand, and on the other hand as many options for customizing them on the fly as possible. 00:28 - #01: Use Patch Select Mode 2 03:10 - #02: Create dedicated Mute/Tune Patches at *55 04:23 - #03: Use the BANK footswitch for Tap Tempo 06:07 - #04: Add another MIDI controller to your ES-5 board 07:56 - #05: Use the MUTE footswitch for in-Patch switching 08:48 - #06: Change effect presets within one Patch with MUTE and CNUM 09:59 - #07: Add external footswitches and use them cleverly 13:05 - #08: Use template Patches Fender Stratocaster from 1973 into pedal board into Real Guitars Leo 2×10" Combo (tweed 5E4A Super Amp clone) and Vintage Sound Amps Vintage 15 (Princeton Reverb Clone w/ 12" Jensen speaker). Also, Korg Electribe 2 Sampler. Rockboard Stage pedal board powered by Truetone CS-12. Disaster Area DMC 3XL Gen1, Dimehead patch and switching box, Boss ES-5, Prostage Remote Wah Wah, Kingsley Minstrel v2, Sonuus Voluum, Line6 M5, Strymon Timeline. Recorded live through Sennheiser 421 and e606 mics through a RME Babyface Pro into Cubase. Copyright for the cover songs by their respective writers and publishing companies, for the rest © 2019 TheGuacamoleXplosion