Pete Anderson

When Pete plays, you hear vintage Fender Deluxes and Twins. But what you see are two first-generation Line 6 Pods (the old, kidney-shaped ones that many of us have buried in our gear graveyards). Pete worked with Line 6 early in the development of the Pod, and the company recorded and modeled Pete’s actual amps.

Pete’s signal flows from his guitars through a Nady W-1KU dual-rack system into a Lehle P-Split II splitter box, which routes the signal to his two Pods, one wet with reverb and delay, and the other dry save for a whisper of ’verb. From there the signal feeds a Fryette Two/Fifty/Two Stereo Power Amplifier plugged into two Weber Deluxe open-back cabinets, each with a 12" Patriot Cannabis Rex speaker by Eminence (for that smoking tone). These cabs provide the stage volume and vibe, but most of the house sound comes straight from the Pods. A Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 provides the AC.

Pete does not use any pedals with his rig. However, a MIDI cable connects his wet signal with the drummers’ click to keep delays in sync with the band. All other sound variation comes from Pete’s hands and pickup selection.