"The goal of this pedalboard is to be as streamlined as possible," says Alex Poeppel. "All of the gain pedals are connected to the loop master so my foot never has to leave the front row." The signal chain is as follows: Empress compressor (always on), loop master (tuner, TC Electronic Mojo Mojo, Blackstar distortion, Xotic EP booster), ISP Decimator (always on), followed by the Lex, Ola, Dbucket, and Bluesky (all by Strymon). "This is an amazing stereo board that provides me with an extremely wide tonal palate!"
Miller’s Collings runs into a Grace Design ALiX preamp, which helps him fine-tune his EQ and level out pickups with varying output when he switches instruments. For reverb, sometimes he’ll tap the 