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"JD is a working guitarist who calls his board a ""simple setup"" that covers everything from metal to modern country. His signal chain is a Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus, Guyatone MD3 Micro Digital Delay, Guyatone FL3 Flanger, Dunlop Cry Baby Wah, and a Boss GE-7 Graphic EQ into a Korg Digital Tuner (not pictured). He also uses the Guyatone CB3 Cool boost in his amp's effects loop to boost leads. The board and road case are made by OSP Audio, and the setup is powered buy a Guyatone Power-All."

"Patrick says that his board is ""always in a state of flux."" His most recent rendition's signal path is his guitar into a Line 6 C30 wireless into the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, Pro Co RAT2, GFS Tuner, MXR Classic Overdrive (modded), MXR Smart Gate, and Line 6 M9 with Expression Pedal into a Fender Super Sonic amp."

"Evan explains that he recently pared down his rig to this. He explains, ""I run my guitars through an Electro-Harmonix Frequency Analyzer ring modulator and an Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress Flanger, before hitting my Boss PS-5 which I use for chorus-like effects and sometimes an octave down. That runs into a TC Electronic Polytune and into a digital Boss Phaser and then into a BBE Green Screamer. I use an old discontinued Boss pedal called the Powerdriver for all of my ""heavy"" parts, it basically sounds like King Buzzo from the Melvins' guitar tone. It rocks. That drives an Ibanez TS-9 DX used for everything in between the Green Screamer and Powerdriver. That feeds a Nobels Tremolo, which I've found to be much more flexible than the Boss tremolo, and it has not signal drop or loss. That feeds into an Electro-Harmonix Cathedral Stereo Reverb and a Line 6 DL-4."""

"Nick is the lead vocalist and guitarist for Soundspeak and guitar tech for a small number of studio musicians. The signal path for his rig is a Fulltone OCD (at 18V), Fulltone Full-Drive 2 (at 18V), Red Witch Empress Chorus, modded Vox V847 wah, MXR Phase 90, Fulltone Supa-Trem, Maxon AD999 analog delay (all rack-dwelling pedals powered by a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2), and is controlled by a CAE custom switcher and RS-10 floorboard. That feeds into a Mesa/Boogie Heartbreaker, modified by Voodoo Amps. A Peterson Strobostomp 2 sits mid-line in the CAE switcher's wah send/return loop and can be used as a mute for guitar switches."

"Thomas from Denmark says, ""I have tried to create a simple but versatile setup that covers lots of ground. Keeping my clean sound untouched is very important to me п so I can bypass the signal chain (apart from the Xotic RC Booster which is always on) by using the Little Lehle."" His signal chain in the Little Lehle Looper Switcher is a Vox Wah rebuilt by Stuart Castledine of the UK, Way Huge Pork Loin, Providence SOV-1 Stampede Overdrive, Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe Jr., T-Rex Replica, BFD Tremolo, and TC Electronic PolyTune. The pedals are powered by a T-Rex Fuel Tank, and the board is wired with George L's."

"Chuckуs signal chain goes from a TC PolyTune to an ISP G-String Decimator, Snarling Dogs Mold Spore wah, and Mars Effects Manipulator (programmable true bypass looper) out to the right channel of two 50-watt Trace Elliot Bonnevilles (one 4x10 set to Tweed preamp and one 1x12 set to Plexi preamp) and the left channel of a Hiwatt Custom 50 (with bridged inputs) driving a 2x12 closed back and a 2x10 open-back cab. Loop 1 of the Manipulator is a modified ProCo Rat into a Rocktron Banshee. Loop 2 is a DigiTech Whammy feeding a Snarling Dogs Erogenous Moan volume pedal and an Electro-Harmonix POG2. Loop 3 (which is on most of the time) is a Keeley Compressor feeding a Fulltone GT500 and a Fulltone Mini-DejaуVibe 2. Loop 4 is a Zoom Tri Metal feeding a WMD Geiger Counter with a Control Voltage pedal. Loop 5 is an MXR Phase 100 routed to an MXR Flanger (18-volt). Loop 6 (always on) is the ISP G-String Decimator in gate function. Loop 7 is a Tortuga Effects Martini feeding an Electro-Harmonix Stereo Pulsar set to slow pan right/left. Loop 8 is two BBE Two-Timers (with the right channel set no higher than 330 ms, and the left channel set to a quick slapback echo)."

"Adam uses this setup with his punk/ska band Avon Junkies. The board is an NYC Pedalboards Pedalhead with a Boss TU-2 Tuner, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Plus, Electro-Harmonix Small Clone, Malekko Omicron Vibrato, Electro-Harmonix Little Big Muff, Electro-Harmonix POG2, Electro-Harmonix Voice Box, Boss TR-2 Tremolo, Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy, MXR Phase 90, Boss MT-2 Metal Zone, Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q, and two Roland FS-1 footswitches."

"Craig's board was custom-made for him in 1989, he says it has logged, ""hundreds of shows and countless configurations."" The current signal path is a FoxRox Octron 2, Dunlop Cry Baby Wah, Ernie Ball Volume Pedal, Xotic Effects Andy Timmons BB Preamp, Xotic RC Booster, custom-made overdrive (Harley box), Wampler Pinnacle Distortion, Xotic EP Booster, Boss DD-20 Digital Delay, Boss RE-20 Space Echo, custom-made TremBoost pedal, custom-made pedal for Peavey Valverb, custom-made pedal for Leslie G37, and a Korg Pitchblack tuner."

"Glenn's Pedaltrain pedalboard is loaded with an Analog Man Bi Comp, AMT Electronics Astral Tube, Blackstar HT-Dual, AMT Electronics SS-20 preamp, (in the effects loop of the AMT SS-20: Peterson StroboStomp tuner, Analog Man Mini Chorus, Retro-Sonic Analog Delay, and Ibanez AD9 Analog Delay), Fulltone MDV-2, Vox Wah, and TC Electronic Nova Reverb. He says of the setup, ""I get my basic clean sound from the AMT SS-20 preamp and many different levels of gain from the different combinations of overdrive and distortion pedals. I can plug this into any tube amp set on about 3 or 4 and get basically the same tones. Also, if my amp fails I can run the AMT SS-20 straight to the board and get not the exact same tone but good enough (not wimpy or cheesy sounding) to make it through the gig."""

"Michael plays for contemporary worship services, so he has to be ready for a wide range of styles, without a lot of time for tweaking controls. To accomplish this, he uses a Carl Martin Octa-Switch. Before the Octa-Switch is a TC Electronic PolyTune, true-bypass modded Dunlop Cry Baby, and MXR DynaComp. Loop 1 has a low-gain Boss OD-3 overdrive; Loop 2 has a higher-gain Boss OD-3 and a Pro Co Rat; Loop 3 has an Ibanez TS9 set for gain and boost and a modified Boss BD-2 Blues Driver for a clean boost; Loop 4 has a Line 6 Tonecore Tap Tremolo, Electro-Harmonix Small Stone phaser, and Line 6 Tonecore Roto-machine; Loop 5 has a Morley volume pedal and Line 6 Tonecore Echo Park; Loop 6 has a Danelectro DE-1 Dan-Echo; Loop 7 a Line 6 Tonecore Verbzilla (or sometimes a second Echo Park); and Loop 8 has an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail reverb. The entire setup is powered by a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power and Visual Sound 1 Spot."

"Jonathan from Canada uses this board for his original and cover bands. The signal chain is a Fulltone '69, Xotic EP Booster, Paul Cochrane Timmy, Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive, Skreddy Lunar Module, Sonic Research Turbo Tuner (he puts it in this place to mute the gain pedals), Catalinbread Semaphore Tremolo, Empress Superdelay, and Dr Scientist Reverberator. "

"Angelo is a session guitarist from Amsterdam who has used this Paul Lenders custom pedalboard on tour and for musicals. His signal chain goes from a Little Lehle II A/B box to a Dunlop Crybaby 535Q, Korg Pitchblack tuner, Barber Electronics Tone Press, Retro Sonic Phaser, Wampler Pedals Super Plextortion, then to his amp. In the effects loop are a Retro Sonic Chorus, Ernie Ball JR Volume Pedal, T-Rex Replica delay, and a Fulltone Supa-Trem. The power supply is a Burkey Flatliner Pro, which supplies AC power in 9, 18 (for the wah), and 12 volts (for the delay)."

"Jamie's board is stocked with an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb, Electro-Harmonix Small Stone, Line 6 DL4, Line 6 MM4, T-Rex Tremster, Xotic AC Booster, Xotic BB Plus, Barber Electronics LTD, Fulltone Full-Drive 2, Maxon CP-9, Boss TU-2, Wah, and Volume Pedal"

"Nopporn from Thailand's signal chain is a Dunlop GCB95 Cry Baby Wah, Ibanez TS-10 Tube Screamer Classic, Zoom G2.1u, Boss HR-2 Harmonist, Boss DD-3 Digital Delay, and Boss RC-2 Loop Station."

"Pierre, from France, sent both his electric and acoustic pedalboards. Pictured is his electric board which is a Pedaltrain board powered by a Voodoo Lab power supply and features a modded Vox V847 Wah, 1972 Tone Bender, Boss HR-2 Harmonist, Homebrew Effects Power Screamer, T-Rex Mudhoney, Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron, MXR MC-401, 1982 MXR DynaComp, and 1978 Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress. Not pictured is his acoustic board with a TC Electronic TC XII Phaser, Vodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, and Aphex Acoustic Xciter."

"Brendan's pedalboard is an NYC Pedalboards Gigman powered by a Dunlop DC Brick. His signal chain is a Tele into a Boss SD-2 Dual Overdrive, Blackout Effectors Musket, FuzzHugger(fx) Phantom Ring, Red Witch Empress Chorus, EarthQuaker Devices Hummingbird, Ernie Ball VP JR, Line 6 DL4, and Malekko Omicron Chicklet Reverb. He says, ""the '90s SD-2 stays on for the most part with a low gain setting just to add some grit and warmth to my Tele."""

"Nick says he designed his pedalboard with three goals: ""signal clarity, the ability to run in stereo with a second amp acting as a slave to the first, and separate signal chains for before the master ampуs guitar input and for its effects loop."" He uses an SKB PS-45 board with Mogami cabling he built himself. The signal chain before the master amp's guitar input is a HardWire HT-2 Tuner, Dunlop Cry Baby Waah, Boss SD-2 Dual Overdrive, and Marshall Guv'nor Plus. The signal chain in the master amp's effects loop is an MXR M-108 10-band Equalizer, Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster, Boss CH-1 Super Chorus, Boss DD-7 Digital Delay, stereo signal split to Crate GT-80 slave amp guitar input, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Plus, and master amp effects loop return. He explains, ""Splitting the stereo signal at the end of the effects loop and sending it to a slave amp with a clean setting allows the slave amp to see all master amp channel and effects changes without further footwork for the slave amp. This also enables the volume pedal on the master ampуs controller to modulate the volume for both amps simultaneously and uniformly."""

"Bruce's pedalboard is an SKB PS-45 that he has set up for the blues. His pedals are a Boss FS-5L Channel Switcher, Rocktron Nitro Tonal Booster, Ernie Ball VP JR, DOD FX22 VibroThang, DOD FX64 Ice Box, Dunlop Rotovibe, Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion, Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive, DOD FX80-B Compressor Sustainer, Peterson VS-S Strobe Tuner, Dunlop Cry Baby Wah, and Rocktron Tsunami Chorus."

"Manny is a solo guitarist who built his board himself. He uses the gear for creating live loops on the fly, adding drum parts, backup vocals, and just about anything. The signal chain is a DigiTech RP1000, DigiTech Vocalist Live 3, DigiTech JamMan Stereo, Boss FV-50H Stereo Volume Pedal, out to the power mixer. He has a Zoom Rhythm Track RT-223 patched into the JamMan, and DigiTech Metal Master, Grunge, Hot Rod, Digidelay, Multi Chorus, Turbo Flanger, and Digiverb pedals in the stomp loop of the RP1000."

"Al's board is a Trailer Trash pedalboard stocked with all of the tools he needs for his band called Etch: Axess Electronics BS2 Buffer (under the board), Vox Wah, Ernie Ball VP Jr, Boss TU-2 TUner, Keeley-modded Boss DS-1 Distortion, Keeley-modded Ibanez AD-80 Analog Delay, Wasabi Forward/Reverse Delay, Ibanez SD9 Sonic Distortion, Boss OC-3 Super Octave, Boss EQ-20 Advanced EQ, Keeley Compressor, Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso clean boost, Line 6 MM4, Axess Electronics MFC5 MIDI Controller, Keeley True Bypass Loop, and LOOPER 5 True Bypass strip. It's all powered by two Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2s underneath the board."

"Alessandro's board includes a Klon Centaur, Boss DD-7 Digital Delay, Maxon Rotary Phaser, Analog Man Chorus, Lightfoot Labs Goatkeeper, EMMA DiscumBOBulator, BJFE Honey Bee Overdrive, Analog Man Sun Face, and Fulltone Octafuzz."

"Obviously I woudn't take this monster to a jam or gig, explains Craig, ""but I will select certain pedals depending upon what we're playing and what amps are in the mix."" His pedals include an Ernie Ball Volume Pedal, Peterson Strobe Tuner, MI Audio Boost 'n' Buff, Fulltone A/B splitter, JangleBox, Keeley-modded Ibanez Tube Screamer, Fulltone Catalyst, Electro-Harmonix Memory Man, Keeley Compressor, Fulltone Wah, Fulltone Deja-Vibe MDV-2, Keeley Treble Booster, Mojo Hand Analogue Filter, Fulltone Ultimate Octave, Keeley Nova Wah, Fulltone CF-1 ChoralFlange, Keeley Java Boost, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb, Fulltone OCD, PedalDoctor Valve Driver, Mojo Hand Nebula Phaser, Fulltone '69 Fuzz, Fulltone Soul Bender, Fulltone Tube Tape Echo, and Carl Martin Parametric EQ."

"Jon's pedalboard is Boss-themed and starts with a BCB-60. He's put together a mix of vintage, modern and modified Boss pedals after trial and error. The signal chain is: CS-1 Compressor Sustainer (vintage, modded to use modern power supply), DS-1 Distortion (modern with Keeley Seeing Eye-type mod done himself), BD-2 Blues Driver (modern with Keeley mods), TR-2 Tremolo (1997, Keeley-modded with Volume control to eliminate volume loss), CE-2 Chorus (vintage, modded to use modern power supply and metal film caps to clean up noise), DM-2 Analog Delay (vintage). The pedalboard also has a Boss TU-12 tuner and is wired with custom-made Mogami cables."

"Antonio in Italy handbuilt his flight case/pedalboard, complete with a riser for the second row and compartment with a lid for extras. It's powered by a Bespeco 9V power supply. His signal chain begins with an Axess Electronics BS2 buffer/splitter. The first path is a Danelectro Free Speech talk box with a Shure SM58 mic. The main path is an Ernie Ball Volume pedal split into a Boss TU-2 tuner and '90s Dunlop Cry Baby Jimi Hendrix Wah, '90s DOD FX80B compressor sustainer, two Ibanez TS9 and TS5 Tube Screamers modded to TS-808 specs, Boss DS-1 Distortion (modded), Fulltone FB-2 Fat Boost, Fulltone Ultimate Octave, Sweet Sound Mojo Vibe (with speed controlled by an external modified Bespeco volume pedal), '90s Morley Crystal Chorus, MXR Phase 90, Ibanez FL5 Soundtank Flanger, Electro-Harmonix Micro Q-Tron (not pictured), Fulltone Supa-Trem, Visual Sound H20 Liquid Chorus & Echo, and Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail. Pictured around the pedalboard and added to the signal chain occasionally are Ibanez Soundtank Powerlead, Bass Comp, Digital Delay, Tube Screamer, Super Chorus, and Tremolo, and Boss BD-2 Blues Driver (modded), MT-2 Metal Zone (modded), DD-3 Digital Delay, SD-1 Super OverDrive, PH-1r Phaser, CE-2 Chours, OC-2 Octave, and TU-15 tuner, as well as an Arion SCH-Z Stereo Chorus nd modded Dunlop Cry Baby wah."

"Patrick uses an NYC Pedalboards Gigmaster board with a Dunlop Rotovibe or Dunlop Cry Baby, depending on the gig, followed by a Boss TU-3 Tuner, DigiTech Synth Wah, custom Dallas Rangemaster clone, Visual Sound Route 66, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, Visual Sound H20, Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter Tremolo, and a HardWire RV-7 Digital Reverb in his amp's effects loop. The board is powered by a Visual Sound 1 Spot."

"Rich's board is an SKB PS-45 with a Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Wah, Sweet Sound Ultra Vibe, Fulltone OCD (V2), Fulltone Octa Fuzz, Danelectro Tuna Melt tremolo, Fulltone Fat Boost (V1), Boss DD-3 Digital Delay, DigiTech Multi Chorus, Boss TU-2 Tuner."

"Yong from Australia's signal chain starts with a Gibson Les Paul Traditional and goes to his Pedaltrain Pro HC board into a Moogerfooger Phaser, DigiTech Whammy 20th Anniversary Chrome Edition, Dazatronyx custom Germanium Boost, Plutoneium Chi-Wah-Wah, Analog Man King of Tone, Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet, Paul Cochrane Timmy clone, and MI Audio Blue Boy Deluxe into his Blackstar HT Stage 60. In the effects loop, Yong has an ISP Decimator, HardWire Stero Chorus, Empress Tremolo, Ernie Ball Volume Pedal (with Korg Pitchblack tuner in the Tuner Out), Eventide TimeFactor, and Strymon BlueSky Reverberator. "

"Ken plays a 6-string short-scale bass, and uses his effects to get a vintage sound. His board is a Pedaltrain Jr. powered by a T-Rex Fuel Tank Jr, with a Korg Pitchblack tuner, Boss PG-1r Phaser, Tech 21 VT Bass, Analog Man Chorus with Deep toggle run at 18V, Boss BF-2 Flanger (he prefers the guitar version to the bass version), Boss DD-2 Delay modded by This1smyne for a tape-like effect, and Boss RC-2 Loop Station with a custom This1smyne dual footswitch. "

"Bart calls his setup his, ""humble pedalboard,"" with a Z.Vex Wah Probe, Suhr Riot Distortion, Dr Scientist Tremolessence, Malekko Ekko 616 Analog Delay, Malekko Spring Chicken Reverb, and Korg Pitchblack Tuner."

"Christian from Denmark houses his board in a Ritter Keyboard Gigbag. His electrics run into a TC Electronic G-System, which has a Custom Audio Electronics 3+ SE Tube Preamp for clean sounds, and uses one of his Koch Studiotone's preamps in one of the G-System's loops for overdrive sounds. He uses Ernie Ball Volume and Expression pedals and a Fishman Aura for acoustic guitar. "