Shoegazing - reference to the tendency of the guitarists to stare at their feet—or their effects pedals while playing. This Tumblr is dedicated to Shoegazing, staring at pedalboards & effects!

This is the 2013 pedalboard of Annie Clark of St. Vincent. From left to right:

- Eventide Pitchfactor (pitch & octaver effects)

- Eventide Space (reverb)

- Zvex Mastotron (fuzz)

- Death by Audio Interstellar Deluxe (drive)

- Boss PS-5 (pitch)

- Korg Pitchblack tuner

- Mastermind (for controlling al effects with patches)

- tap tempo pedal

- 2x loop pedal (silent tuning vs sound and amp vs di?)

- Moog expression-pedal

Dave Grohl’s 2011 Foo Fighters Pedalboard.



The big black box on the left: CAE ampswitcher, Boss DD-3 delay, MXR Phase-90 Phaser, and 2 Boss Tu-3’s for tuning

Thom Yorke’s Radiohead (2008-ish) board



From left to right: Fulltone Fulldrive 2, Boss LS-2 Line Selector (not plugged in), Bixonic Expandora Fuzz, Telenordia Kompressor, EHX Holy Grail reverb, Boss TU-2 Tuner

Baroness’ John Baizley pedalboard.



His board: Retro-sonic Chorus, Electro Harmonix Pog 2, Blackout Effectors Whetstone Phaser, Maxon AD999 analog delay, Boss DD-3 delay, Fulltone OCD, Boss Tu-2, Blackout Effectors Twosome, Ernie Ball volume pedal, achannelswitcher and a pedalswitcher

Yeasayer’s Anand Wilder



Electro Harmonix Hot Tubes, Boss CE-5, 2x Boss DD Delay, Boss TR-2 Tremolo, BBE green screamer, Boss tuner, Ernie Ball volume & Boss RV reverb

Robin Finck’s Nine Inch Nails board (he previously also played in Guns n Roses)



From left to right:

Custom made patchbay, 2 Ernie ball volume/expression pedals for the timefactor, EHX Pog octaver, Eventide Time factor delay,



upperr row: Boss Tuner, Boss ge-7 equalizer, Boss MT-2 Metalzone, EHX Big Muff (mid ‘90s), Boss LS-2, wahpedal, Boss BD-2 bluesdriver, Devi Ever The Legend of Fuzz, Crowther Prunes & Custard



Johnny Bucklands board



Fulltone OCD drive, EHX Micro pog, Proco Rat (vintage reissue big-box), Ibanez TS-9 tubescreamer, HBE Power screamer, Boss Tuner, Boss RV-5 Reverb, MXR Phase 90, Boss DD-3, 3 volume/expression pedals and a Line 6 DL-4.



The big pedal on the left is a midi-pedal, for controlling his rack.

This is Jonny Greenwood’s 2012 pedalboard. Left board:

2x Boss LS-2 lineswitcher, EHX Freeze, EHX Small Stone Phaser, Demeter Tremulator tremolo, Dod 440 Envelop filter, Digitech WH-4 whammy



Right pedalboard:

Ernie Ball volume pedal, Marshall Shredmaster, Boss Tuner, Boss LS-2 lineswitcher, Boss RE-20 space echo, Boss Sd-1 superoverdrive, Boss RV-3 Reverb/delay and an Akai Headrush E1

Tom Morello’s pedalboard. Apart from switching from a ‘80’s Ibanez Flanger to a MXR-90, nothing changed in 20+ years of playing with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. His Signal Path; Crybaby Wah, Boss TR-2 Tremolo, Digitech WH-1 (original!) Whammy, Boss DD-3 delay, Dod FX-40B equalizer and a MXR Phase 90