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Today’s pedal line is from Jon and Paul from Mod Gun. If you have a pedal line (doesn’t have to be in a board) for your rig, please email me a photo, bio, description of pedals and routing to pedallineeffectsbaycom. Every Friday I’ll showcase a pedal line submission. Make sure you include any links to your band or music page.

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Here are the pedal boards we use in the band Mod Gun. We are from the Boston area and gig regularly. Our music is available for free download at modgun.bandcamp.com. Please take it!

The first board is home made from ply wood and carpet. The red boss master switch toggles all of the modulations and time based effects on the second row on and off. I run into a dynacomp before my gain stages on the first row, and there is a second dynacomp outside of the switch’s loop at the end of my signal chain. I run my board through a 77 bassman 100 head with a 2×12 avatar cab loaded with eminence swamp thangs. For guitars I use a Gibson Les Paul 40th Anniversary model and a De Armond Starfire.

The signal chain goes like this
MXR Dynacomp
Guyatone SV-2 Slow Volume
MXR M-109 6 Band Graphic EQ
MXR M-104 Distortion +
MXR M-103 Blue Box
EHX Big Muff
Fulltone Octafuzz
Dunlop Fuzz Face
Boss PSM-5 Power Supply & Master Switch

Out from the switch into:
EHX Deluxe Electric Mistress
EHX Small Clone
MXR M-101 Phase 90
Guyatone MD-3 Micro Digital Delay
Boss DD-6 Digital Delay
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Boss TR-2 Tremolo
Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner

Back into the switch:
MXR Dynacomp

The second board is our lead guitarist’s Pedal Train Pro. That’s his Fender Custom Shop 1960 Stratocaster. He also uses various other Strats. He runs his board through an Orange Rockerverb 100 into a 4×12. The following pedals run through the front of his amp:

Vox V847 Wah
Xotic EP Booster
Catalinbread Ottava Magus
EHX Pog 2

The rest run through his effects loop:
EHX Little Big Muff
Zvex Fuzz Probe
EHX LPB1
Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe
Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
Boss TR-2 Tremolo
EHX Memory Toy
EHX Freeze
Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner

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Early on in my guitar youth, I always had a chip on my shoulder about Stevie. Not sure why, because I never really listened to him, etc.  I was young and had a narrow opinion of music and styles. When I began to actually ‘study’ guitar a little bit and wanted to improve myself and learn, that is when my eyes and ears opened. I began to respect quality of play regardless of styles or genre of music. I started to *hear* tone and marvel at effortless play, that was truly inspirational. Stevie Ray Vaughan definitely captures that, but the point that blew me away was watching an episode of Austin City Limits with some old live footage. I was absolutely blown away by how he played. His aggression with the guitar, but how clean it was sounding. How effortless it appeared for him to lay down some serious licks. At that point… I said… “I get it now.. yeah, I get it”. He was amazing guitarist on multiple levels.

I was excited to see a pedal board of Stevie Ray Vaughan the other day. His set up is very basic, tube screamer, vox wah and a couple of Fender amps. The tone definitely goes beyond the Strat and the gear. His hands and gnarly thick strings help. But you need the soul. Over the years his pedal board changed in configuration, and I’ll include the description that talks about the set up. The full article and other shots of gear can be found here at Premiere Guitar.

Ibanez Tube Screamer: Stevie upgraded as new versions came out – TS-808, TS-9, TS-10 Classic. A fan reports that the chip in Stevie’s pedals was probably the RC4558 chip for clean boost.

Wah-wah: Vox wahs from the ’60s. Occasionally connected two together.

The usual setup in the later years was Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-10, Vox wah, vintage Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face, and Tycobrache Octavia. For a brief time he used a Univibe. Roger Mayer Octavias were used prior to the Tycobraches. Cesar Diaz installed matching germanium transistors in the Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face body to increase transistor life.

Loop Selector – Stevie had several MXR loop selectors in the early ’80s, one of which is in the author’s collection.

The splitter box which later replaced the loop selectors was one input and six outputs to the amps. No preamp, but resistors to cut down the noise. With the Vibratone he used a Variac AC power regulator.

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Premiere Guitar has another great Rig Rundown that they posted yesterday. This is for Steely Dan’s Jon Herington. I liked this video a lot. Instead of talking with a tech, the interview was with Jon Herington. I particularly liked this video. I thought it provided some great insight on why he used certain guitars, amps and effects. I thought it was very informational. Jon is a great player and to hear him talk about gear, is a treat.

Here is a screen snap of Jon Herington’s Pedalboard:

Here is the breakdown of the pedal board:

Boss TU-2 Tuner
Xotic RC Booster (x2)
Vox Joe Satriani Big Bad Wah
Earnie Ball Volume Pedal
Boss RV-5 Reverb
Tech 21 Boost DLA
Tech 21 RotoChoir
Voodoo Lab Tremolo
Ibanez Modulation Delay DML
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Mesa Boogie Channel Switcher
Bludotone Switch/Boost

I liked how he uses the Boss TU-2 as the buffer for the pedals. I personally do this as well, and for those of you don’t know, the buffer will raise the input signal to the pedals. Especially if you use long instrument cables, this can help with cable capacitance. For more information on cable capacitance, check out this post: Visual Sound (buffered bypass) and Route 808. I also liked how he ran the delays and reverb through the amp’s effects loop. I’ve played around with this in the past, but for some reason always end up with those pedals in front, maybe I’ll re-address it again.

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I know I’ve mentioned this in the past, but in the early 90s I was a HUGE Smashing Pumpkins fan. I would still have to rank Gish as one of my top 10 defining albums.  I have to say I haven’t heard listened to much Smashing Pumpkins in the last 10 years though, which is something I should change. I’ve always respected Billy Corgan as a musician as well as a producer, etc. I came across this great video (by PumpkinsMediaMilitia) where Billy Corgan shows off some of his pedals (some used on the classic albums).  Some tasty boxes for sure.

Here is a listing of pedals he mentioned for reference:

Fender Phaser
Roland Phase 5
Mutron Phaser
Maestro Sutainer
EHX NYC Big Muff
EHX PolyPhase
Jen Motorphaser
Tone Bender
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Ring Stinger Pedal
Lovetone Wobbulator
Roland AF-60 Bee Gee Fuzz
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EHX Electric Mistress

If you’re interested in finding some of these gems, you might want to check out PedalNerd.com. PedalNerd is the best place to find vintage guitar pedals on eBay.

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Today’s pedal line is from Shane Pachica (@Shane_TheCowboy). If you have a pedal line (doesn’t have to be in a board) for your rig, please email me a photo, bio, description of pedals and routing to pedallineeffectsbaycom. Every Friday I’ll showcase a pedal line submission. Make sure you include any links to your band or music page.

This is my double board

Boards:

Furman sbp8
home made pedal board with electric tape

One Spot w/ daisy chain connected to the furman to power the homemade pedal board

Pedal Chain:

(amp) Crate V33H class A tube head on a Crate V212 cab >
- Line 6 echo park- tons of features, tape, analog or digital delay sounds, swell, dotted eighth, triplets, ducking, panning, and 2 random rhythm modes, tap tempo
- Rogues analog delay- to beefen up solos, cheap one trick pony
- TC Electronics Nova Modulator- my newest toy, unbelievable amount of features, yet can be very simple if you want it. You can have it in manual mode and use it like a single effect, or program up to 18 presets,. You can set each preset to have two different effects at the same time. Modes are: Chorus, Trichorus, Flanger, Through Zero Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, and Vibrato. Perfect for saving space and money if you use modulation sparingly. Tap tempo
- BBE Sonic Maximizer- cleans up the muddiness of any amp, gives life and punch back to your sound. This pedal is ALWAYS ON
- Digitech Bad Monkey OD- great sound and versatility for a very small price
- Vox Valvetone V810 OD- discontinued. Very sweet, transparent, Vox-y sounding OD. Killer looks with its chrome design, and that signature VOX logo. You stay classy San Diego!
- Rogue Compressor- when you need that extra squeeze and sustain out of your solos
- Boss FV50 Volume pedal- for siren swells, or to control the grit on my OD’s
- (tuner out) Korg Pitch Black Tuner- if all I could have is one pedal… The tuner is left on constantly, connected to the volume pedals tuner out, so i can tune with sound, or silently depending on the volume pedal
- Digitech EX-7 Expression Factory- 7 modes, Crybaby Wah, Vox Wah, Digitech Space Station, Digitech Whammy, Unichord Univibe, Leslie 145 Rotary Speaker, A/DAFlanger. Amazing sounds, great versatility, great features, especially for the money. Plus there is a Digitech DF7 distortion factory built inside. Space Station and Whammy alone are worth the price
- (home made FS3X footswitch) allows me to go up or down the modes, or turn on the distortion on the EX-7
- Digitech Flanger- my old langer, no longer needed since i got the Nova Mod. Although, it does have a lot of features including trigger flange, constant fall/rise flange, and a synth-like step flanger
- Danelectro Fish and Chips EQ- used as a mid/volume boost, and also coupled with distortion to get that underwater distortion sound
- Marshall JH-1 Jackhammer Metal Distortion- a very convincing Marshall stack crunch
- Digitech DF-7 Distortion Factory- 7 classic distortion modes that sound fantastic. TS9, DOD 250, Boss DS1, ProCo RAT, Boss Metal Zone, Digitech Metal Master, and Big Muff Pi Fuzz
- Morley Tremonti Wah- ultimate shrieking solo wah

> (guitar) Les Paul Ultra II- Classic LP with quilt top and a Shadow Nanomag
> Acoustic pickup in the 24th fret, w/ stereo outputs

- (not connected) BBE AM64 American Metal distortion

And those are my babies, each with their own individual characteristics. And I know the ins and outs of all of them. Since I play in a worship team at church, I need all my equipment to be very versatile, without compromising tone. I have to be able to get virtually any kind of sound out of my rig. The left board is the main, worship essential board. No heavy distortion needed, just layered OD, and multiple delays with tap tempo. Volume pedal and Space station for ethereal swells, and angel like organ sounds. I guess the second board is for heavier rock. Marshall Jackhammer, EQ and a solo wah. With all my equipment, I get what I want… a lot of versatility, and great tone!

thanks,
Shane

twitter – Shane_TheCowboy

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Today’s pedal line is from Eugene Van Wyk. If you have a pedal line (doesn’t have to be in a board) for your rig, please email me a photo, bio, description of pedals and routing to pedallineeffectsbaycom. Every Friday I’ll showcase a pedal line submission. Make sure you include any links to your band or music page.

The board is:
1. Boss TU-2 tuner
2. Vox wah
3. Boss CS-3 compressor/sustainer
4. Digitech Metal Master distortion
5. Morpheus drop tuner
6. volume pedal
7. Boss NS-2 noise suppressor
8. Boss DD-7 delay
8.Boss FS-5U 1 delay tap switch (not connected to chain)
9. Dunlop DC Brick power supply

The pedals…

My basic sound is just the distortion pedal. Been trying for years to find the holy grail of distortion but I’ve been struggling all the way. I am currently using a line 6 spider valve 212 which is plenty powerful and gives me kind of the sound I’m looking for. It’s always been a mix of pedals and amps and currently I have EMG pickups on my Gibson Les Paul.

The tuner, noise suppressor and volume pedal are there for obvious reasons.

At the moment I’m switching between the metal master and the MXR fullbore metal. The built in noise gate and scoop on the MXR are pretty awesome but sometimes I like to be able to control the feedback instead of eliminating it completely. The volume pedal works really well when I’m on stage trying to fade the feedback in and out.

The drop tuner is a relative new add to my collection. A lot of my favorite metal bands are all playing in drop C and drop B and I find that manually tuning my guitar is like “having an elastic band pulled over a cereal box”. But the drop tuner works great to give you that real heavy sound that dropping your tuning would give you otherwise. I find that it does affect your sound somewhat in a kind of slurry way… if that makes any sense.

Finally, the delay with tap switch and the vox wah are just for me to experiment with. It gives me some room to explore and experiment with my sound. Sometimes it just gives you something to work with if you’re stuck for ideas but it’s not really a big part of my live setup…

This is my band.., The Crow Murder.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Crow-Murder/107337329319587

http://www.youtube.com/user/CrowMurderBand

All I have are some very old demos… but are new tracks will be out real soon

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Here is a good deal at Musician’s Friend. This deal is on the Vox Joe Satriani Time Machine delay.  The delay lists at $270, and is available for $199.99, but comes with a $30 cash back via mail in rebate. This offer will expire on 4/30/2011. The rebate can also be applied to the Satchurator and Big Bad Dual Wah as well.

Here is a partial description on the Joe Satriani Time Machine:

The Vox Time Machine dual-mode delay pedal was created in a collaboration between world-renowned guitarist Joe Satriani and VOX. With two delay modes and a Hi-Fi/Lo-Fi switch, it delivers a wide range of delay sounds and yet remains remarkably easy to use.

Two delay modes to handle any situation
The Time Machine has both Modern and Vintage delay modes. The Modern mode mirrors your original sound with full clarity and fidelity, and will fit any style of music. As its name suggests, the Vintage mode delivers the sound of a classic tape delay pedal. A proprietary saturation circuit creates a warm, analog sound with a nice sense of distortion. Gentle modulation is also applied in the vintage mode, reproducing the slight warbling produced by a tape-based delay. The amazing effectiveness is the result of an uncompromising process of testing and refining carried out by Joe and VOX.

For those of you not familiar with this delay, I found this video by gadottiguitars:

You can pick up the Vox Joe Satriani Time Machine Delay pedal (with $30 mail in rebate) at Musician’s Friend for $199.99. You can download the rebate form here.

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In honor of Jimi Hendrix, I thought I would talk about the Vox V847 Wah. The V847 is based on the original specs of the wahs of the ’60s. There are some other builders (based on the Clyde McCoy – Fulltone Clyde, Teese, Vox V848, etc) that make some great wahs on the older circuit design. There are some amazing musicians that played the older Vox wahs.. obviously Hendrix, Page, etc.

Here is the official description:

The Vox V845 Classic Wah Wah Guitar Effects Pedal is based on the specifications of the original pedal developed by VOX in the ’60s. The V845 Wah-Wah offers guitarists the same legendary Wah-Wah tone in a new sturdy but very affordable design. The fitted AC power connector saves on batteries and the outer case is coated with tough all-black finish making the VOX Classic Wah-Wah a perfect choice for your pedal board.

VOX developed the world’s first Wah Wah effect during the ’60s to give guitarists the ability to sound like a trumpet being muted—an important musical ingredient of the day. VOX’s original Wah Wah pedal quickly gained widespread popularity and its unique sonic characteristics have encouraged further experimentation by guitarists ever since.

Right now there is a sale on the Vox V847 Wah at Musician’s Friend. It’s available for $69.99, which is 54% below MSRP.

I found another great video by gearmanndude where he compares the Vox V847 against the Dunlop Classic Crybaby.

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Update… since writing this post, they raised the price to $69.99. That’s still a good deal with the rebate.

So I found a crazy deal on the Vox V845 Classic Wah at Musician’s Friend. Right now they’re on sale for only $49.99. That alone is a good deal (that’s 67% off of MSRP), but they’re also including a Mail-In rebate of $20. According to my math that puts the cost of the V845 at $29.99. Plus, this Vox Wah is coming with a free gift… Danelectro DA-1 Power Supply ($9.95 MSRP).

The rebate expires on 12/31/10 (view rebate form). I might end up buying this.. just for a nice wah chassis to work on mods, etc?? Who knows, but this price it’s worth picking up for sure! Check it out here.

Here is the official description of the Vox V845 Classic Wah:

The Vox V845 Classic Wah Wah Guitar Effects Pedal is based on the specifications of the original pedal developed by VOX in the ’60s. The V845 Wah-Wah offers guitarists the same legendary Wah-Wah tone in a new sturdy but very affordable design. The fitted AC power connector saves on batteries and the outer case is coated with tough all-black finish making the VOX Classic Wah-Wah a perfect choice for your pedal board.

VOX developed the world’s first Wah Wah effect during the ’60s to give guitarists the ability to sound like a trumpet being muted—an important musical ingredient of the day. VOX’s original Wah Wah pedal quickly gained widespread popularity and its unique sonic characteristics have encouraged further experimentation by guitarists ever since.

I found this video by MusikSchmidt (it’s in German):

So let’s summarize…. Vox V845 Classic Wah – Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP)  is $155.00, it’s on sale for $49.99 (save 67%) AND you get a $20 mail-in rebate, so you can get this bad boy for $29.99. Oh and it comes with a power supply. You can pick this up at Musician’s Friend

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Yesterday I posted about the Analog Man ARDX20 Dual Analog Delay, and on Facebook, Aljon Go mentioned that he was using the JS Time Machine. I’ve heard of that unit, but never really looked too closely at it. The JS or Vox Joe Satriani Time Machine Delay is collaboration between the legendary Joe Satriani and Vox to develop a pedal that merges the worlds of analog and digital. By switching to Lo-Fi, you will get some warmer delay tones with slight break up and darker signal, Hi-Fi will retain your tone 100% within the delay.  I’ve seen a few other digital units that can simulate analog style delays, and that is definitely an important feature if you like that sound, but want additional functionality that goes beyond the analog capability.

Here is the official description:

The Vox Time Machine dual-mode delay pedal was created in a collaboration between world-renowned guitarist Joe Satriani and VOX. With two delay modes and a Hi-Fi/Lo-Fi switch, it delivers a wide range of delay sounds and yet remains remarkably easy to use.

Two delay modes to handle any situation
The Time Machine has both Modern and Vintage delay modes. The Modern mode mirrors your original sound with full clarity and fidelity, and will fit any style of music. As its name suggests, the Vintage mode delivers the sound of a classic tape delay pedal. A proprietary saturation circuit creates a warm, analog sound with a nice sense of distortion. Gentle modulation is also applied in the vintage mode, reproducing the slight warbling produced by a tape-based delay. The amazing effectiveness is the result of an uncompromising process of testing and refining carried out by Joe and VOX.

Hi-Fi/Lo-Fi switch summons up Joe Satriani’s custom tone
Joe wanted to get a sound that blends nicely with the other performers—whether you’re on stage or in the studio—and yet also has some thickness to the tone. The solution was to add a Hi-Fi/Lo-Fi switch to the Time Machine. The Hi-Fi mode delivers a transparent, uncolored sound. The Lo-Fi mode, on the other hand, provides a distinctive EQ, combining both high-pass and low-pass filters. This EQ uses filters that have been precisely adjusted to Joe’s taste, so that your guitar sound will blend naturally in the mix—without obscuring or interfering with the other players.

Versatile functions equal a diverse range of sound
The Vox Time Machine is an effect pedal like no other, one that expands your sound-creating potential through a variety of practical functions. The delay time is adjustable over a broad range—from 30ms slapback to nearly 6 full seconds of delay*. You can also use the tap tempo switch to set the delay as triplets, eighth notes, dotted 8th notes, or quarter notes depending on the delay range position setting. The chicken-head knobs that are a VOX tradition (and also favored by Joe) allow you to make fine adjustments—even while holding a pick—so it’s easy to make quick yet precise changes. There are also two output jacks, so the unprocessed “dry” sound and the processed “wet” sound can be output separately. By connecting these two jacks to different amps, you can obtain spacious delay sounds that are highly effective in any playing environment.

* Maximum delay is 5800 milliseconds when using the tap temp switch and 1000 milliseconds when using the delay control.

I found two videos on this pedal. Here is one by guitarworld:

That was a fine video, but seem to just go over the features, without going into too much detail, but I found this by gadottiguitars where he demos this pedal pretty thoroughly:

You can pick up the Vox Joe Satriani Time Machine Delay for$199.99 at Musician’s Friend.

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