Dave Grohl’s Pedalboards – Foo Fighters

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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Let’s have a look at Dave Grohl’s Pedalboard.

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).

BrandBossBossMXRVoodoo LabDunlop
PedalTU-3 Chromatic Pedal TunerDD-3 Digital DelayM-101 Phase 90Pedal Power 2+ Power SupplyHeil Talk Box
TypeTunerTime-BasedModulationOtherFilter
NotesOne for Acoustic, one for electric
Alternative?Available NewAvailable NewAvailable NewAvailable NewAvailable 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.

BrandBossMXRBossVox
PedalTU-2 Pedal TunerM-101 Phase 90DM-2 Analog DelayAC30
TypeTunerModulationTime-BasedAmp
NotesOne for Acoustic, one for electric
Alternative?Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal TunerAvailable NewMaxon 9-Series AD-999 Analog DelayAC30VR
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