Pedal Line Friday :: Eric M

I play guitar, tour, write, and record in Gabe Woodrow (Alternative, Post-hardcore, Emo) and have a number of additional projects as well (isilmé, Years of Bliss, and Kingstarn). I am also honored to have been a PRS Pulse Artist for some years now.

I have a fairly large board and use a Pedaltrain Classic Pro 32”x”16” with a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 3 mounted underneath.

1. First in line is a Digitech Drop. This pedal has become essential for my live playing, as it allows me to switch between E Standard to Eb Standard and Drop D to Drop C# with the touch of a button. No need for switching guitars!

2. Next in line is the Tallon Electric Noise pedal. This pedal is ridiculous and I love it. It allows me to interject pitch shifted, modulated, dissonance whenever I want to intensify a moment in a song. The two switches allow for either pitching shifting of one or two octaves up.

3. Third in line is another pedal from Tallon Electric - The Banshee. Many of its features are similar to The Noise, but I find that its application of modulation, pitch shifting, and dissonance (and square wave fuzz) are somewhat more subtle. Effectively, The Banshee adds an effected layer to your dry signal, while The Noise affects/shifts your entire signal. One of the primary reasons I got The Banshee pedal is for its “chopped” effect (think a hard tremolo/glitch effect). This is a great effect to add in breaks and sounds more like a post-production trick you would create in a DAW.

4. The tiny pedal in position 4 is the Electro Harmonix Deep Freeze pedal. While I am still exploring this pedal, and likely haven’t tapped into its full potential, I primarily use it to sustain final notes/chords of songs indefinitely or for ambient pads between songs. By having the Digitech Freqout positioned after it, I am also able to make the sustained sound feed back at will.

5. As mentioned above, the next pedal in line is the Digitech Freqout. The Freqout has become one of my favorite pedals and I never knew how useful it would be to be able to create feedback at will. I leave it set to “Natural Hi” feedback and it’s become a big part of my sound. Be careful of the mini toggles though, as they can break easily!

6. It feels wrong to refer to it as a “pedal,” but last in line is my Line 6 Helix - which I use for modeled amps, cabs, mics, and additional effects. I run an XLR out to front of house and then a ¼” out to a small monitor (just in case something goes wrong with the house monitors).

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Thanks to my Furman surge protector for keeping all of my gear safe!

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About a million years ago, I used to run a blog called EffectsBay. On that blog, the most popular feature I would run was Pedal Line Friday. This is where readers of the site would send pics of their pedalboard and a short (sometimes long) write-up of routing and thoughts about specific pedals and the reasoning why they liked it, etc. Readers. loved this. It was a great way to learn about new applications or techniques regarding pedals. It also brought a little inspiration and knowledge about pedals you were not familiar with. It also brought a great sense of community - people like sharing and absorbing cool things, right? It was a super popular feature, and I loved putting them together.

All you have to do is send a pic of your pedalboard (or pedal line - it doesn't have to be on a board) along with a short (or long) write-up of the board. We want a list of pedals (manufacturer/model), routing would be great, and, most importantly, why you use those particular pedals. Also, this is a great way to promote your band or musical project - include that information as well!

You can send the pic and the write-up to pedalline@rattlesnakecables.com.

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10/5/2023
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