The Pixies’ Joey Santiago

Santiago controls his pedals primarily via his GigRig G2 switcher, which engages various combinations of pedals while keeping unused ones out of the signal path. His stompboxes include a Boss LS-2 Line Selector, Keeley Compressor (2-knob), Swart Atomic Boost OC44, Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz, Fulltone OCD, Maxon AD-9 Pro analog delay, Empress Tremolo, a trusty and crusty old DOD FX-17 wah-volume, an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano, a TC Electronic PolyTune, and a Lehle Dual SGoS for amp switching. Hidden under the top of Santiago’s pedalboard are three Moog Moogerfooger pedals: an MF-104M analog delay, an MF-108M Cluster Flux, and an MF-105 MIDI MuRF, all switched by a GigRig QuarterMaster. A Roland EV-5 expression pedal controls various Moog parameters, depending on which pedal is engaged. A Boss FS-6 footswitch activates the Vibrolux’s tremolo. All pedals are powered by a GigRig Modular Power Supply setup.