Updated: October 14, 2013
The Foo Fighters have a classic distortion sound, which came out of the 90’s, and seem to actually reverse into the late 70’s, with a classic hard rock crunch. The sound does not solely rely on frontman Dave Grohl’s gear, as the other guitarist Chris Shiflett has a much heftier pedalboard. In fact, Dave Grohl’s pedalboard is fairly slim in compared to Chris, though both are eclipsed by their contemporaries in terms of the sheer number of pedals.
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Dave Grohl Pedalboards
Current: Dave Grohl 2011 Pedalboard
Dave relies much on his phase pedal, something we see from many guitarist who were once in the grunge scene in the 90’s (see: Mike McCready).
Brand | Boss | Boss | MXR | Voodoo Lab | Dunlop |
Pedal | TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner | DD-3 Digital Delay | M-101 Phase 90 | Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply | Heil Talk Box |
Type | Tuner | Time-Based | Modulation | Other | Filter |
Notes | One for Acoustic, one for electric | ||||
Alternative? | Available New | Available New | Available New | Available New | Available New |
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Dave Grohl 2000 Pedalboard
Dave has been sporting a very similar pedalboard for much of his frontman career, though the effects did get updated, as he moved on from the discontinued DM-2 pictured here to the DD-3 Digital Delay.
Brand | Boss | MXR | Boss | Vox |
Pedal | TU-2 Pedal Tuner | M-101 Phase 90 | DM-2 Analog Delay | AC30 |
Type | Tuner | Modulation | Time-Based | Amp |
Notes | One for Acoustic, one for electric | |||
Alternative? | Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner | Available New | Maxon 9-Series AD-999 Analog Delay | AC30VR |
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