4. Erik Allen: The Brain
The brain of my board is a Musicom Lab EFX MK-V switcher. What can I tell you? This gives me everything from Eric Johnson’s pristine cleans to sustain-y leads without blinking an eye. Right now, I’m just using the preset mode on the Musicom Lab. After years, I’m done with the tap dance. Want my shoes?
Signal chain: Dunlop MC404 CAE Wah, Peterson tuner, Keely Compressor, Ernie Ball volume pedal (active), JAM RetroVibe, Friedman BE-OD, Xotic AC Plus boost/preamp (using the red side only), Free the Tone Red Jasper overdrive, ZVEX Box of Rock distortion (I use the boost only.), Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo (for analog delays), Free the Tone FT-2Y (digital delay), TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb, TC Electronic Ditto Looper.
It’s that time of year, when Premier Guitar readers wow us with the intricate details of their pedalboards. A few highlights for 2019 include a surf board station, a bright board with LED lighting, a Nashville guitarist who gigs on Lower Broadway, and a pedal setup with no frills … and literally no board at all. (All this player needs is beer and broken glass.) As an added bonus, a pro pedal builder shares his demo board and tells us why and how he started building pedals from scratch. Read on, play on, stomp on!
