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Rig Rundown: Tedeschi Trucks Band

Guitar’s power couple of Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi share the stories behind their rigs, and bassist Tim Lefebvre walks us through his trippy pedal setup.

Lefebvre gets trippy with a few effects. He plugs his bass directly into a 3Leaf Audio Octabvre Mini (his signature model) and then from there into the Amptweaker Bass TightFuzz. Next up is a true bypass looper designed by Sy Moorehead that reins in an MXR Echoplex, MXR Carbon Copy Bright, and an Analog Alien Bass Station.

Thanks to Ryan “Murph” Murphy and Bobby Tis for their help.

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