Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams) Trem Pedal?

[Enjoyer]

The Way Huge = A Saffron Squeeze Compressor.
I don't know what the Guytron is.

[BmoreTele]

I think that's a Guyatone MR-2. Discontinued for patent infringement or some such thing.

God I am such a geek.

[pepperco]

Originally Posted by BmoreTele

God I am such a geek.

Well you are among friends.

I am enamoured by this pedalboard, a working mans board.
Few observations, could be wrong

-Zvex SHO (top right).....first in chain? possibly always on / buffering ?
-2 trems, in the front row, as it shoud be, the throb must do the
helecopter sound.
-Red Snapper front and center, must be his main solo booster.
-AD80 set for a REAL tight echo, 100 ms or so, 2 repeats or so.
-Wood block under the fuzz factory ?
-The small box on the bottom right, amp reverb ? amp trem ?
-You think he could get a short AC cable to go from one PPower
to the other......hehe

I really need to try a Hot Cake, so many of my favorite guitarists
use one. Any one feel like taking a shot at the signal chain ?

[ezra-g]

is there an advantage to using one pedal for helicopter effects and the other for regular tremolo when you've got 2 speed settings on the throb already? has anyone A\B'd these pedals personally?

[todaystomorrow]

Originally Posted by Improviser

Wow, thanks for the pic (despite the huge size) !

You're right, looks like a rehoused Tremulator and the PE Throb being used. I use a Tremulator and it is an all-round good-sounding trem, whereas the Throb (based on the EH Pulsar) I believe DP uses for the helicopter effects.

Can anyone list all of the effects, and in which running order they are arranged?

yeah....it looks like he has the throb set to "chop" trem mode and the faster of the two trem channels looks to be maxed out as fast as it will go......it's a great trem

[TwinandTwang]

I recall being able to get the sounds from "Essence" pretty easily with a SUPA TREM

[ezra-g]

Hi everybody.

After delays due to a broken computer and changes to the site hosting the photos, I've reposted the photos I took of Doug Pettibone's pedal board at the Feb-06 duo concert with Lucinda Williams in Portland, OR. I uploaded them in full-rez, but Flickr resized the max size to 1024x768, so if you still want higher resolution photos, contact me and I'll send 'em to you.

So experts: Wanna tag the different parts of the photos with the pedal information?

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=pettibone&w=98743768%40N00

I know some people were really eager to see these again so thanks for your patience.

-Ezra

[ezra-g]

it just occured to me that a wiki engine might be useful so that people could dicuss the pedal board in addition to tagging the photos. might be easier than using the gear page. anyone interested?

[Dirk]

I would be interested in discussing the order of effects....the Red Snapper is the older 3 knob version...would enjoy looking at full size photos to assist with identifying effects.

[Dirk]

Appreciate any update regarding information on Doug's pedalboard. We all agree fantastic tone, now just to sort it out eh? TNX, Dirk ~

[mcdyas]

lucinda williams was on acl last night and like every time i've seen doug pettibone, his overdrive tone was excellent. wish i knew his pedals and signal chain-

[Bulldog]

What I can pick out of the mess on that board (not in order):

Older Red Snapper - 3 knob version
Prescription Electronics Throb Tremolo
Maxon AD-80
Hotcake (3 knob version. I'm assuming standard)
ZVEX Seek Wah
ZVEX Fuzz Factory
ZVEX Super HArd On (in the upper Right)
Boss TU-2
Boss Delay (3,4,5,6?)
Way Huge Saffron Squeeze
Boss Auto Wah (in the lower right)
Ernie Ball Volume

There's a Cornish pedal I don't recognize
I dont know the guyatone pedal. I thought at first it was a Sonic Shaper, but I dont think so now.

[fuzzinator]

I've recently read that Doug is using the new Seymour Duncan trem pedal.

[Bulldog]

Well in that picture, it's absolutly a Prescription Electonics THROB