Category Archives: Pedals by Effect

John Frusciante Gear and Pedal Board

John Frusciante has become of the most well known guitarists today, and his pedalboard is an important part of his notoriety. Learning about John Frusciante gear can be very entertaining, as the list of pedals grows through every album. Recently, he has been seen adding Moog brand pedals to his boards, Read more [...]

Best Reverb Pedal

What makes the best reverb pedal? There are many factors, but it mostly depends on what you plan on doing with it. Are you looking to play Reverb-drenched Surf music, à la Dick Dale? Maybe you're building your own "wall of sound"? You might probably want to try to replicate your favorite artist's. Best Read more [...]

Noel Gallagher Gear Update – New Pedalboards and Delay Pedals

Our Noel Gallagher gear page has been updated, and now contains the many different versions of his pedalboard throughout the years.  These pedalboards range from his beginnings before  Definitely Maybe to as late as 2007, and a few in between. Noel started with humble beginnings, which is reflected Read more [...]

Best Delay Pedal

How does one choose the best delay pedal? Everyone has their individual needs for sound, ease of use, or even just familiarity. Still, the deciding factor, for us anyways, is definitely the number of times we see it on an artist's pedalboard. For this list, we tried to stick to strickly delay-type Read more [...]

John Mayer Gear – Micro Synth on “Where the Light Is”

The John Mayer gear page just went through a major update, adding in two of the latest peeks at his pedalboard configuration, dating back to early in his career and as recent as 2010. As you may know, John changes his pedalboard very often, at least on every tour. Keeping up with what changes can Read more [...]

Stone Gossard Gear – Guitar Pedal Delay Effects

There have been many changes in Stone Gossard gear throughout the years. While mainly taking care of rhythm guitar for Pearl Jam, there is a wide spectrum of effects found in the effects found in Stone Gossard gear.  In fact, he seems to employ more effects, and also change them much more frequently, Read more [...]

Mike McCready Gear Update – Pedalboards by Era and Delay Pedals

Mike McCready Gear Additions Our Mike McCready gear page is definitely one of our most popular pages. An update has been long overdue. Mike McCready Gear by Era The most important change to our Mike McCready gear page is the separation of the list among three distinct eras of pedalboard configurations. Read more [...]

The Strokes Pedals – Nick Valensi’s Distortion / Overdrive

The Strokes Pedals for Distortion Nick Valensi's pedals are a driving force behind the the Strokes sound. Distortion is a major part of that, so these The Strokes pedals can help you replicate that sound. A Few of The Strokes Pedals These unique The Strokes pedals can be found on Nick Valensi's pedalboard Read more [...]

Best Tuner Pedal : PolyTune Chromatic Tuner

What is the best tuner pedal? There are many difference factors that one would consider when trying to find the best tuner pedal out there. In terms of popularity and proven durability and quality, the Boss TU-3 would win hands down. Innovation Makes The Best Tuner Pedal But with the launch of TC Read more [...]

Foo Fighters Pedals – Dave Grohl’s MXR Phase 90

Foo Fighters Pedals - Phase Effects Dave Grohl doesn't have an abundance of pedal effects on his pedalboard. One mainstay that truely has it's place among all the Foo Fighters pedals in the MXR phase 90. We often see this pedal on the boards of artists from the 1990's, most particularly those who Read more [...]