Aside from the Shure GLXD16 Wireless unit and passive Boss TU-3S Chromatic Tuner, Sam’s stomp station centers around the always-on Electro-Harmonix Soul Food. For any solos or stand-out riff moments, he’ll kick on the Xotic EP Booster and/or the Ibanez TS-9. Things start getting weird when he incorporates the reverse setting on his Boss DD-7 Digital Delay, shimmery reverbs in the Strymon BigSky, or the chop trem from the Eventide H9. Auxiliary funkiness gets introduced with the EHX Q-Tron and Mel9 (he really loves the choir setting). And while not finding much use for it yet, Cooper is still trying to bond with the ZVEX Lo-Fi Junky to cover a warm warble in their newest single “Rearrange Us.”
Rig Rundown: Mt. Joy's Sam Cooper
“Astrovan” took him from lawyer to soulful indie-pop headliner on the back of his rewired, ragged ’69 Jag and a bed of shimmering ’verbs and reversed delays.
By Chris KiesJun 17, 2020
Chris Kies
Chris Kies has degrees in Journalism and History from the University of Iowa and has been with PG dating back to his days as an intern in 2007. He's now the multimedia manager maintaining the website and social media accounts, coordinating Rig Rundown shoots (also hosting and/or filming them) and occasionally writing an artist feature. Other than that, he enjoys non-guitar-related hobbies.