One of the U.K.’s most buzzed-about rock bands shares the stories behind gear with two settings—loud and louder.

Adam Slack runs a cable from his guitar to a TC Electronic PolyTune Tuner. From there, the signal hits a Dunlop Volume X pedal, a Fulltone Ultimate Octave, a Shin OD-X, a SoloDallas Schaffer Replica, a J. Rockett Audio Designs Archer, a Mythical Overdrive by Rimrock Effects, an MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe, an MXR Analog Chorus, a Strymon Flint, and a Radial BigShot ABY that splits the signal to both amps.

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