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Gallery: Pro Pedalboards 2014, Pt. 1

Tasty stomp stations from top players.

Keith Urban

Since our last Rig Rundown, Urban has scaled down his pedal stash. He now uses only a single drawer of effects that includes a Wampler Ego Compressor, Visual Sound VS-XO Dual Overdrive, Xotic BB Preamp MP, Xotic BB Preamp, Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer, Mesa/Boogie Flux-Drive, and an XTS Custom Pedals Atomic Overdrive. According to Urban’s tech, Chris Miller, about 80 percent of his lead tone is the Flux-Drive, with the other pedals floating in and out depending on the song. A Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II handles all Urban’s delays, reverbs, and modulation effects. Each pedal is routed through an RJM Effect Gizmo, and Miller controls the entire rig via a Liquid Foot 12+ MIDI controller.

We rummaged through our entire backlog of Rig Rundown footage and photos to compile a guide to some of 2014’s tastiest, most elaborate stomp stations, including boards from the Cult’s Billy Duffy, Keith Urban, the Pixies, the Sword, Carlos Santana, Brent Mason, and more.

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Supro Montauk Mini Rocker Amp Demo
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This simple passive mod will boost your guitar’s sweet-spot tones.

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