Pedal Line Friday :: John T

Amp: Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue

Board: Pedaltrain Classic 1 22" x 12.5"

Power Source: Strymon Zuma 9-output Power Supply

Cables: Rattlesnake 10' Snakehead Purple + 10' Standard Purple; Rattlesnake patch cables.

Front of Amp:

Project: Surf, Spaghetti Western, Spy & other Instrumentals.

YouTube Channel: Apache (Cover) - The Shadows

Bio:

In the spring of 2021, I was jamming with my friends Brian (Stratocaster) and Lewis (drums) in Lewis' basement studio. I had my acoustic Martin 00-15 playing songs I had written. After about an hour, I asked Brian to play something so I could take a break. He started to play the instrumental surf tune Diamond Head. I was immediately blown away! That summer I ordered a Fender Deluxe Reverb amp and a Fender Am Pro II Stratocaster. After 40 years of playing several genres of acoustic guitar, I was inspired to "go electric." We have been playing 60's surf and instrumentals, spy & spaghetti western (The Ventures, The Chantays, Dick Dale, The Shadows, etc.) ever since.

The Catalinbread Topanga gives me a clean spring reverb sound. It's a very essential pedal. The two tremolo pedals are quite different. The Catalinbread Valcoder has a choppy square-wave tremolo sound while the Jam Chill has a smooth sine-wave sound. The Polytune 3 Tuner is a fantastic pedalboard tuner. I have it set on buffer mode for running the two 10' cables.

The idea of having a board with only four pedals is to keep the signal as clean as possible all the while keeping the sound faithful to the genre. Spring reverb and tremolo are the signature sounds of 60's surf and instrumental music.

Thanks!

John T

Bands / Projects

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.