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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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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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Today I came across a artist I wasn’t familiar with – the pride of Philadelphia, G. Love. G. Love and the Special Sauce is a three member alternative, blues, hip hop band. Okay, so that caught my eye and wanted to learn more. If you’re curious too, you need to go here: Philadelphonic.com for the full scoop. What really got me on this journey was Premier Guitar’s rig rundown piece with G. Love. I LOVE the rig rundowns. Great stuff. If you aren’t subscribed to Premier Guitar’s YouTube Channel.. you should be.In that segment, G. Love goes into great detail about his board, and what I really like, into WHY he likes certain pedals, etc. It’s one thing to have a quality effect on the board, but it’s quite useful to hear the rational as to why it’s there. That same logic might apply to you, etc. and might help you find that missing piece in your line.

Here is the break down of pedals on G. Love’s board:

Voodoo Lab Amp Selector
Electro-Harmonix Wiggler
Boss BF-3 Flanger
Boss TU-2 Tuner
Xotic RC Booster
Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron Plus
Boss DD-6 Digital Delay
HAO SP-1 Sole Pressure
Keeley Compressor (2 knob)
Dunlop Cry Baby Wah GCB-95

I thought it was interesting that he mentioned that the Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron Plus would be his  “deserted island pedal”. I really like it when this question is asked. By answering you really get a glimpse as to what is the biggest component (effect wise) to their tone or sound.

If you’re interested in any other artist boards that haven’t been featured on EffectsBay.com, please let me know!

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The Smashing Pumpkins are on tour again, and TC Electronic posted some photos of a recent show. In those shots, there is a great shot of Billy Corgan‘s pedal rack. There are some interesting pedals in there, but I was mostly surprised.. no Big Muff? It’s great to have a recent photo of his gear!

Here is the shot of his pedal rack:

Digitech Whammy
Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe
Blue Collar Menatone
Analogman Standard Chorus
MXR EVH117 Flanger
Keeley Electronics Nova Wah
Xotic Effects RC Booster
Analogman Peppermint Fuzz

I’m not sure if there are additional pedals at his feet close by to the controller or not. If anyone has additional information/photos please let me know.

Here is a shot of the full pedal rack:

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Just saw Phil post a update on their Facebook page stating that he is having a one day sale on all in stock Electro-Harmonix and Xotic pedals. He’s knocking off 10% with free shipping! To get in on the action, simply go to Fat Tone Guitars and at check out add the following coupon code:  XOTEHX10

Electro-Harmonix Pedals at Fat Tone Guitars
Xotic Pedals at Fat Tone Guitars

This might be my chance to buy a EP Booster.. or Memory Boy.. hmmmmmm

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I’ve been hearing some talk about the Xotic EP Booster. Been seeing it on a few Pedal Line Friday submissions, and I wanted to take a closer look. Xotic makes some great pedals, and are really creating a giant name for themselves.  Looks like the EP Booster is modeled after the preamp side of the Echoplex EP-3.  Apparently, the circuit is quite different than the actual Echoplex (since the Echoplex’s preamp had additional requirements, etc). In a nutshell, this is a clean boost, but with more sparkle and definition.

Here is the official description:

What do the tones of renowned guitarist such as Page, EVH and Johnson have in common? They all used the legendary echo machine EP-3 as a pre-amp.
We’ve captured that magic in a new Xotic Effects pedal, the EP Booster.

We’ve used the highest quality parts available with a discrete FET design and low impedance output, the EP Booster provides up to +20dB of unadulterated boost with multi-dimensional, shimmering highs and lows, and no ear fatigue. The internal DIP switches let you choose the boost frequencies, and EQ settings.

Housed in a small 3.5″x 1.5″ x 1.5″ case with blue LED and transparent knob, the EP Booster can be powered by 9-volt up to 18-volts.

A simple pure boost that pays reverence to the magical EP-3 and captures the celebrated tones of the world’s most famous players.

Here is a video by XoticGuitars:

You can pick up the Xotic EP Booster EQ Effects Pedal for $116.00 at Fat Tone Guitars.

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Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about the Xotic line (BB, AC and RC) of pedals and wanted to take a closer look. The pedal I wanted to check out today is the Xotic BB Preamp. This seems to be a great clean boost pedal giving you a 30dB boost with a 2 band EQ. This would be best used with tube amps to overdrive it naturally or to use it for additional sustain on leads. I like the idea of the 2 band EQ to fatten the tone a bit further for leads.

Here is the official description:

The BB Preamp offers a wide variety of sounds. It’s capable of a 30dB+ clean boost with an adjustable ±15dB two band active EQ which adds a wide range of harmonic content to your ideal sound.

The BB also utilizes a pre-gain stage which allows the Pedal to go from a very pristine clean to a very smooth,compressed, overdriven sound.

True bypass for eliminating any signal interference when switched off.

Can be used with AC adaptor (optional) or 9V Battery.

I found two good videos by ProGuitarShopDemos. Here is the Xotic BB with a Les Paul

Here is the Xotic BB with a Strat

You can purchase the Xotic BB Preamp for $186.00 at Fat Tone Guitars.

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