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GALLERY: Pro Pedalboards, Volume II

Go onstage with 36 pedalboards from guitarists like Rush''s Alex Lifeson, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, ZZ Top''s Billy Gibbons, and more.

By Rebecca Dirks,
Rebecca Dirks
Rebecca Dirks graduated from the University of Iowa with degrees in journalism and art, and joined Premier Guitar as an intern in 2007. She lives in the Iowa City area with her husband, two giant dogs, and more cats than are appropriate to mention. When not petsitting, she enjoys challenging herself in the kitchen, watching the Packers dominate, and discovering new music or rediscovering old favorites.
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Chris Kies
Chris Kies
Chris Kies has degrees in Journalism and History from the University of Iowa and has been with PG dating back to his days as an intern in 2007. He's now the multimedia manager maintaining the website and social media accounts, coordinating Rig Rundown shoots (also hosting and/or filming them) and occasionally writing an artist feature. Other than that, he enjoys non-guitar-related hobbies.
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Oct 10, 2011

John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
"Though Petrucci gets many of his effects from his Fractal Audio Axe-FX II, he does use a handful of stompboxes that are often changing. When we caught up with Dream Theater during their fall 2011 tour, he was using a Keeley-modded Tube Screamer, Boss PS-2 Phase Shifter, MXR EVH117 Flanger, and a G Lab BC1 Boosting Compressor, powered by a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus. On the floor, Petrucci uses an Ernie Ball 25K Stereo Volume Pedal an Axess Electronics switcher to control his stompboxes and Axe-FX II, and a wah pedal that controls a rackmount Cry Baby. He finishes things up with a Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner. "
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