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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

Scott Tournet (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)
"Tournet also uses the Fishman Aura Spectrum DI and Fishman AFX Reverb for his acoustic board (bottom), along with a Boss TU-2 Tuner. His electric signal chain starts with a Line 6 Relay wireless system into an Xotic EP Booster, into the black pedal on the far left which is a boost built by a guy in Nashville, into the Wright Sound Fuzz-Stang, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano, Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man, and an Line 6 M9 Stompbox Modeler used for tuning, delay, Univibe, tremolo, and volume pedal. The chain finishes out with a Line 6 expression pedal and a switcher that switches to cables in case the wireless goes out."
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