Famous Pedalboards

Famous Pedalboards

...and their featured pedals. By artist, of course.

Foo Fighters : Dave Grohl and Chris Shifflet Pedal Boards

While there are many pedals that go into Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters sound, their is one pedal that I find really defines his sound: the MXR phase 90.
While it isn't applied all the time, it is essential for those few key songs that it appears on.

Jack White Pedal Board (of the White Stripes and Ranconteurs)

Jack White's time as the guitarist in a two-piece band has definitely influenced his choice of gear, with or without a bassist. You can hear his use of the Electro-Harmonix Bassballs on the Ranconteurs "Salute Your Solution".

John Mayer Pedal Board

John Mayer is a true guitar pedal aficionado. You will occasionally hear a pedal that is exclusively used for a particular song, as it was written while he was testing out the pedal. This is the case for "Where the Light Is", which use the Electo-Harmonix Micro Synth (no word whether it is a Nano or XO).

Jonny Buckland Pedal Board (of Coldplay)

Jonny Buckland has a lot to contribute when it comes to Coldplay's innovative signature sound. Of course, pedals have a lot to do with his contribution. One that contributes much to his sound is the Pro Co Rat, now available as the updated Pro Co Rat 2. It appears on songs such as: "Square One" and "God Put A Smile On Your Face".

Jonny Greenwood Pedal Board (of Radiohead)

It takes a lot of effects to be able to produce the wide sonic swath of sounds provided by Jonny Greenwood. One of the tools in his arsenal is his delay pedal, the the Roland Space Echo. It is now produced by Boss.

Josh Homme Pedal Board (of Queens of the Stone Age)

Josh Homme has a lot of pedals that provide the same general effect. That is to say, he doubles up on a lot of different distortion pedals, using each one for particular situation, while others are used as boosts during certain parts of the songs. One that caught our eye was the Boss SD-1 super overdrive.

Noel Gallagher Pedal Board (of Oasis)

Noel Gallagher started of with a very simple gear set up, but has added on considerably since his humble beginnings. A trick he uses on solos occasionally is to apply a delay to double up the lead. His latest delay pedal is the Line 6 DL4.

Kirk Hammett Pedal Board (of Metallica)

Kirk Hammett used an interesting frankenstein monster of a pedal. Basically, he used a gutted Ernie Ball volume pedal with the electronics of a dunlop original crybaby Wah. So to get a similar sound, don't go by what you see on the board... go with the Dunlop, or even the Kirk Hammett Jim Dunlop signature wah.

Mike McCready Pedal Board (of Pearl Jam)

Mike McCready has a well documented history of his pedalboard. One important effect in his arsenal is the rotating speaker sound. It once was provided by a Dunlop Uni-Vibe, but it was replaced with a Hugues and Kettner Rotosphere.

Stone Gossard Pedal Board (of Pearl Jam)

Stone Gossard seemed to have consistently used compression pedals on his board. Perhaps it was in his role as rhythm guitarist for Pearl Jam. Still, he seemed to employ other dynamics pedals to tweak his sound, in addition to the usual distortion pedal. His latest compression pedal is the popular Keely Compressor.

Nick Valensi Pedal board (of the Strokes)

Nick Valensi employs a lot of pedals that boost his sound and distorts it in order to give him that signature Strokes sound. This pedal, the Double Trouble, has been seen on his board, and could be an important part of this sound.

Trey Anastasio Pedal Board (of Phish)

Trey employs a trick that many other famous guitarists use. He uses two of the same distortion pedal, the popular Ibanez Tubescreamer; one for an ever present but light distortion, and the other as a boost during solos.

The Edge Pedal Board (of U2)

For the Edge, effects are essentials. With some many possibilities, it's hard to pinpoint one pedal that is essential for his sound, but the Digitech Envelope Filter is as good as any.