Pedal Line Friday :: Sam N.

I like to keep my pedal board pretty simple. I play mostly country, rockabilly and some surf instrumental stuff, and love the sound of clean! Honestly, I could probably be just fine going straight into my amp (Fender Twin Reverb Custom 15) with my Fender Telecaster B-Bender. But, I do use a few pedals, most pretty intermittently.

My signal chain is as follows:

Boss Chromatic Tuner->Keely Katana Clean Boost->Ibanez Tube Screamer->custom tremolo (built by Hank at Rattlesnake Cable Company)->MXR Phase 90 Phase Shifter->Boss DD-3 Digital Delay->Ibanez Analog Delay.

Most of these would be pretty self explanatory.

Boss Chromatic Tuner does what it does.

I run the Ibanez Analog Delay on all the time, for a nice slapback echo. I'll modify the knobs for a real rockabilly sound by doing full delay mix with a single repeat.

The Keely Katana (labeled "Ouch" by my bass player) is for a clean boost only, for taking leads.

Ibanez Tube Screamer for distortion when needed (like in a Link Wray tune).

The tremolo was built for me by Hank, and it's fantastic! Has a wonderful vintage sound and look, and honestly, sounds WAY better than the onboard vibrato on my Twin Reverb.

The MXR Phase 90 is great for the Waylon Jennings type sound. I had a MXR Phase 100, but really, who needs two knobs on a phaser? Not me!

I use the Boss DD-3 Digital Delay for 1 thing: the cascading delay trick made popular by Albert Lee. With a single repeat and the correct delay time, you can play an eighth note run where the repeat creates a staccato effect, so it sounds like I'm playing twice as fast as I really am. It's a cool trick.

Again, I really just love the clean sounds of a Fender Telecaster and a Fender Twin Reverb. My pedalboard really just enhances that sound with a few cool tricks to throw in now and then. Hank just did a custom build on all of my patch cables, so my pedalboard has just gotten a major upgrade!

Sam N, guitar slinger
The Revelators, The Idle Ranch Hands
Missoula, MT

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The Idle Ranch Hands
The Revelators

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Submit Your Pedal Line!

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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Victor Potesta
12/28/2021
This cables are the best! Hand made from very high quality materials like oxigen free cooper and first class plugs; plus excellent and dedicated craftsmanship from Hank and his team. Customer service is also amazing, taking care of every detail on my orders, fast order process and shipping. Thank... Read

Josh Dahlheimer
2/13/2025
Rattlesnake cable company is amazing! I ordered a guitar cable from that that shipped quickly and the quality is unbeatable. Made in the USA and supporting small business is well worth it. The cable is built well and will last. The owner also sent me a personalized thank you video (which is unheard... Read

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10/10/2022
Discovered Rattlesnake Cables when searching Internet for a Ric-O-Sound splitter to upgrade cheap-o Y splitter, also had them build me a Snakehead TRS cable with a 90° end to connect to my bass, I am impressed the strong effort in their ability to process the order rapidly, received the order in less than 72 hours from Missoula to Atlanta, exceptional quality product so I placed an 2nd order to upgrade my speaker cable on my Trinity B15 clone to Ampeg 2×10 cabinet, also ordered a Snakehead Rattlesnake weave 15' guitar cable with 90° end to replace my aging cable, same result with receiving order almost sooner than possible, I have always purchased quality cables from independent music stores but unfortunately for them Hank and his Rattlesnake Cable company now have any of my future business, these will likely last me a long time so I gotta recommend purchasing from them to keep them busy

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