Pedal Line Friday :: Rich Y.

Here's my board. I play Alt-Country/Repacments-esque Rock N' Roll. I've become a big fan of the Catalinbread Foundation series pedals. These allow me to have Tweed Fender tones and the SFT gives me Ampeg V4 tones. I used a V4 half stack as a young man in the 1990's! The Earth Driver gives me Klon like tones. Belle Epoch is a recent addition that I'm really liking. Sparks is a great boost. It has the secret sauce! JHS Harmonic Tremolo is a great pedal especially at $100 or less. Boss DD3 is my workhorse delay. Wampler Faux Spring is as solid a reverb pedal as you will find.

For amps I typically use a 1965 Deluxe or AC15C1.

Board in order:
Boss Tuner
J. Mascis Signature Big Muff
Catalinbread Belle Epoch
Sarno Earth Driver
Sparks Boost
Catalinbread Formula 51
Catalinbread SFT
Catalinbread Formula 55
JHS Harmonic Tremolo
Boss DD3
Wampler Faux Spring Reverb

Rock On!
Rich Yarges

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.