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Rig Rundown: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

“Cooder-casters,” boutique amps, classic Gibsons, and a healthy amount of pedals give fire to Isbell’s brand of Southern-bred rock.

Here is the signal path for Vaden's board: MXR Dyna Comp, Dunlop Volume Pedal, Korg Pitchblack Tuner (from tuner output of VP), Greer Amplification Lightspeed (from main output of VP), a ZVEX Box of Rock, a Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeler (stereo signal out), an Analog Man ARDX20 Dual Analog Delay (stereo signal in/out), a Strymon Blue Sky Reverb (stereo signal in, right output to Vox AC30 Handwired), and a 3rd Power Line Selector (mono input from verb, dual mono out, to channels 1/2 on 3rd Power British Dream amp).

Special thanks to Tech Michael Bethancourt for taking PG through the nuts and bolts.

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For the first time in the band’s history, the Dawes lineup for Oh Brother consisted of just Griffin and Taylor Goldsmith (left and right).

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The folk-rock outfit’s frontman Taylor Goldsmith wrote their debut at 23. Now, with the release of their ninth full-length, Oh Brother, he shares his many insights into how he’s grown as a songwriter, and what that says about him as an artist and an individual.

I’ve been following the songwriting of Taylor Goldsmith, the frontman of L.A.-based, folk-rock band Dawes, since early 2011. At the time, I was a sophomore in college, and had just discovered their debut, North Hills, a year-and-a-half late. (That was thanks in part to one of its tracks, “When My Time Comes,” pervading cable TV via its placement in a Chevy commercial over my winter break.) As I caught on, I became fully entranced.

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A more affordable path to satisfying your 1176 lust.

An affordable alternative to Cali76 and 1176 comps that sounds brilliant. Effective, satisfying controls.

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Warm Audio Pedal76
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Though compressors are often used to add excitement to flat tones, pedal compressors for guitar are often … boring. Not so theWarm Audio Pedal76. The FET-driven, CineMag transformer-equipped Pedal76 is fun to look at, fun to operate, and fun to experiment with. Well, maybe it’s not fun fitting it on a pedalboard—at a little less than 6.5” wide and about 3.25” tall, it’s big. But its potential to enliven your guitar sounds is also pretty huge.

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