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Pro Pedalboards 2022!
Effects

Pro Pedalboards 2022!

Panic! At the Disco, Idles, the Sword, Torres, and more appear in this gallery of our 14 favorite boards from the last year’s worth of Rig Rundowns.

Reader Pedalboards 2022, Pt. 1
Pedal Projects

Reader Pedalboards 2022, Pt. 1

These days, there’s more time to spend in the pedal vortex. Behold the boards of fellow guitarists from around the world.

How Many Pedals Is Too Many?
State of the Stomp

How Many Pedals Is Too Many?

Stompbox builder Aisha Loe on how a recent encounter with an old bandmate answered the age-old question once again.

Rig Rundown: Ariel Posen
Rig Rundown

Rig Rundown: Ariel Posen

The soulful slide wiz shows off his Teisco-inspired baritone and several "different" tone tools that have inspired his pandemic projects—including a knockout Custom Shop Jazzmaster.

Pedal Alley 2021: Reader Boards
Gear

Pedal Alley 2021: Reader Boards

The pandemic has brought guitarists lots more time to tinker with tone toys. Here’s what players all over the world have been putting together in their bunkers.

Rig Rundown: God Is an Astronaut [2021]
Bass

Rig Rundown: God Is an Astronaut [2021]

See the transformation from digital efficiency to a sprawling setup for Ghost Tapes #10 that now includes Gretsches, Jazzmasters, traditional tube heads, and more stomps than a store.

Rig Rundown: Molly Miller
Rig Rundown

Rig Rundown: Molly Miller

Whether backing Jason Mraz or fronting her trio, she just needs a 335, a Princeton Reverb, and a plane-ready pedalboard to make the world a groovier place.

Rig Rundown: Deep Sea Diver's Jessica Dobson
Gear

Rig Rundown: Deep Sea Diver's Jessica Dobson

“Strangled cat" and "glassy Jonny Greenwood” are just two attitudes the former Beck and Shins sidewoman engages in her band’s adventurous indie-rock.

Rig Rundown Best-Ofs: Gargantuan Pedalboards Vol. 1
Gear

Rig Rundown Best-Ofs: Gargantuan Pedalboards Vol. 1

Get a load of these space-station control centers from Nick Reinhart (Tera Melos), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Steven Wilson, Dweezil Zappa, and Steve Lukather.