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UPDATED: January 26th, 2014
Joe Perry is the guitarist for Aerosmith, and is legendary in his own rite. Chasing after Joe Perry’s sound can be a never ending quest, as he can travel on tour with about 200 effect units, swapping them out at will. Still, there are certain standards he employs to keep that sound relevant to songs he’s been playing for years.
Below you will find a large list of pedalboards throughout Joe Perry’s career. These lists will help you ascertain what effects are used on a given song at a given time.
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Joe Perry’s 2011 Pedalboard
During these years, Joe Perry was using a trailer trash pedalboard with a Bradshaw switch. Half of his effects were in the rack unit, with the rest on the floor.
Floor
Brand | Bradshaw | Ernie Ball | DigiTech | Electro-Harmonix | Dunlop | |
Pedal | Switcher | VP Jr. Passive Volume Pedal | Whammy Pedal | POG Polyphonic Octave Generator | Siren Pedal by Rob Lowry | Jimi Hendrix Wah |
Type | Dynamics | Pitch/Frequency | Pitch/Frequency | -- | Modulation | |
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Alternative? | Available New | Available New | Electro-Harmonix POG2 Polyphonic Octave Generator | -- | Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah | |
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Ground
Brand | TC Electronic | TC Electronic | MXR | TC Electronic | Duesenberg | Klon | Option 5 |
Pedal | Vortex Flanger | Flashback Delay | M169 Carbon Copy Analog Delay | Hall of Fame Reverb | Gold Boost | Centaur Professional Overdrive | Destination Bump |
Type | Modulation | Time-Based | Time-Based | -- | Distortion | ||
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Alternative? | Available New | Available New | Available New | -- | Available New | ||
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Joe Perry’s 2012 Pedalboard
A similar set-up to 2011, with the DD-7 added.
Floor
Brand | Bradshaw | Ernie Ball | DigiTech | Electro-Harmonix | Boss | Dunlop | |
Pedal | Switcher | VP Jr. Passive Volume Pedal | Whammy Pedal | POG Polyphonic Octave Generator | Siren Pedal by Rob Lowry | DD-7 Digital Delay | Jimi Hendrix Wah |
Type | Dynamics | Pitch/Frequency | Pitch/Frequency | -- | Time-Based | Modulation | |
Notes | |||||||
Alternative? | Available New | Available New | Electro-Harmonix POG2 Polyphonic Octave Generator | -- | Available New | Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah | |
Image | -- | ||||||
Buy Online | -- |
Ground
Brand | TC Electronic | TC Electronic | MXR | TC Electronic | Duesenberg | Klon | Option 5 |
Pedal | Vortex Flanger | Flashback Delay | M169 Carbon Copy Analog Delay | Hall of Fame Reverb | Gold Boost | Centaur Professional Overdrive | Destination Bump |
Type | Modulation | Time-Based | Time-Based | -- | Distortion | ||
Notes | |||||||
Alternative? | Available New | Available New | Available New | -- | Available New | ||
Image | -- | ||||||
Buy Online | -- |
Joe Perry’s 2013 Pedalboard
This photo seems more recent than most (though please leave us a comment if you have a precise year), but could very well be an earlier board that has just surfaced lately. No rack system, with all the effects on the floor.
Brand | Pigtronix | DigiTech | Dunlop | Electro-Harmonix | Ernie Ball |
Pedal | Disnortion | Whammy Pedal | Original Crybaby Wah Pedal | POG Polyphonic Octave Generator | VP Jr. Passive Volume Pedal |
Type | Distortion | Pitch/Frequency | Filter | Pitch/Frequency | Dynamics |
Notes | |||||
Alternative? | Available New | Available New | Available New | Electro-Harmonix POG2 Polyphonic Octave Generator | Available New |
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Buy Online |
Brand | TC Electronic | TC Electronic | MXR | Duesenberg | Klon | Source Audio |
Pedal | Vortex Flanger | Flashback Delay | Custom Audio Electronics MC-402 Boost | Gold Boost | Centaur Professional Overdrive | Soundblox 2 Dimension Reverb |
Type | Modulation | Time-Based | Dynamics | -- | Distortion | Modulation |
Notes | ||||||
Alternative? | Available New | Available New | Available New | -- | Available New | |
Image | -- | |||||
Buy Online | -- |
Joe Perry Pedalboard Videos