Pedal Board Breakdown – Jónsi Birgisson – Sigur Ros

Yesterday I saw a video of Sigur Ros playing “Kveikur” on Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon.  I’ve always been a fan of the band. I’ve always appreciated and admired their ability to craft such thick sonic textures. Jónsi Birgisson is the lead singer and is often seen using a cello bow with his guitars. I thought it would be interesting to do some research on what he’s using for pedals. Unfortunately, I need your help. Some of the items were unidentifiable.

First here is the video:

 

Based on the opening scene (shot from above), I was able to identify a couple of pedals

Boss RC20XL Loop Station
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
Boss TU-3 Tuner

There are 2 pedals that I’m not able to identify between the Loop Station and Volume Pedal. The white-ish pedal could be a EHX Freeze (but he seems to prefer a OD in this postion), the other one is too hard to see. Doing some research, I was able to find some other (older) pedal board shots. In the post he used a Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

Here is a rough image, but could possibly be the unidentifiable pedal in the first image (sorry that I don’t have a bigger shot of this)

If you have any photos showing what that pedal, or just know what it is, please let me know or comment below!