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Rig Rundown: Guided by Voices

Doug Gillard, Mark Shue, and Bobby Bare Jr. reveal how a few quirky vintage axes, some classic amps, and a few utilitarian pedals get the job done night after night.

Doug Gillard’s pedals have grown past the board and now spill onto the stage. His signal starts with a Boss TU-3W Waza Craft tuner and from there, the signal hits an EarthQuaker Devices Tone Job, an EarthQuaker Devices Arrows, an EarthQuaker Devices Speaker Cranker, an EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold, two Boss GE-7 EQs, a Boss PS-6 Harmonist, an EarthQuaker Devices Transmisser, a Strymon Flint, a TC Electronic Corona Mini, an EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master, an Electro-Harmonix Canyon, and an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail. A pair of Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 power supplies handle the juice.

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