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Pedal Alley 2019: Reader Boards

Whether it’s collections of old-school straightforward stomps or elaborate circuits for spacey experimentation, each year we’re blown away by the different pedalboard setups our readers come up with. Here’s a dozen for the tonal takeaway.

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7. Martin Sánchez Maurello: Holeyboard

I play worship music in a church in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This pedal chain gives me all the versatility I need, from a rhythmic hit to ambient sounds, including the power for a solo, either clean or distorted.The Holeyboard from Chemistry Design Werks is very comfortable to use and has a great design. I love it.

The pedal list is:
• TC Electronic PolyTune 3
• Dunlop Wah Cry Baby Classic
• Xotic SP Compressor
• Tech21 SansAmp GT2 preamp
• Friedman BE-OD overdrive
• Boss CE-2W Waza Craft Chorus
• Boss FV-500L volume pedal
• Strymon blueSky Reverberator

• Strymon TimeLine delay

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!