Our Pedal Boards as of October 2023
In Episode 62 we cover pedalboards and reference our current pedalboards. Below are pics of the boards for reference….
Vintage Fender Fuzz Wah
A thoughtful coworker gave me this after learning that I was into fixing and restoring old guitar gear. The issue was that the wah part wasn’t working. I traced it to a loose set screw on the wah pot’s shaft. It was an easy fix. The Fender Fuzz Wah is a pretty impressive beast from
MXR Distortion Plus
Christmas of 1978 I found one of these mustard-brown beauties under the tree. Finally I was able to approximate those hard rock sounds I heard on records. I really loved that pedal. It felt like a serious professional accessory with its sturdy, business-like design and solid construction. I don’t recall how I used the pedal
Thomas Organ Crybaby
I suck at wah. I might not suck so much if I spent some quality time working out how to make use of one in an interesting way. This is something I’d definitely like to do someday because any time that I do plug into one and put in a little effort I can see
DOD Mini Chorus 460
Chorus is one of those effects that is nearly impossible for me to separate from a certain decade. Every time I step on a chorus I can’t help think 80s. This is probably due to its overuse in that decade. The chorus adds a beautiful sheen to everything so I reckon a lot of 80s
Unsolicited Review of the BOSS RE-20 Space Echo
In the late 90s a friend lent me a Roland 201 Space echo. I had it in my possession for quite some time. Maybe 8 months or so. I was doing a lot of home recording back then and got to know it quite well. When I returned it I replaced it with a BOSS
My Spartan Pedal Board
The other day a Facebook memory came down my feed. It was a photo from a tour one of my old bands did in the very early 2000s. It was a shot of me futzing with my pedals on stage at Hotel Utah in San Francisco. It was a nice warm fuzzy memory as I
Something for Nothing: Maestro PS1-A Phase Shifter
Phase shifting is one of my favorite guitar effects. You would never know it by watching me play live or by listening to records/recordings I’ve played on. I hardly ever use a phaser in the music I play. Still, I LOVE phase shifters and spend a good deal of time plugged into them while dicking
The Quest for LOUD – Electro-Harmonix LPB-1
One of the greatest struggles for a teenage guitarist coming up in the late 70s was procuring an amplifier capable of getting you heard above a drummer (or a room full of other teenage guitarists coming up in the late 70s). It’s easy to take for granted the sheer number of affordable, medium to high
My Tube Screamers
I currently own and use 2 Tube Screamers. One 90s reissue TS-9 and one 80s TS-10. I use them both often. I picked up the TS-9 in ’96 or so and put it on my live board. It’s been on there ever since. It’s also been engaged the entire time. I am an “always on”
The King of Cheap
I was in no real hurry to enter the work force after high school graduation. I also had no plans for college since I assumed college was just a more self-disciplined version of high school and I really hated high school (and self-discipline). All I really wanted to do was play rock and roll guitar.
DOD Overdrive Preamp 250
In 2008 or so I took up building pedals. I became quite obsessed with the hobby for a couple of years. The www provides so many great resources for building, modding, and dissecting guitar pedals. It’s a great community and a classic example of the internet used for “good”. I reckon I built 30 or