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Pedal Line Friday :: John T

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:


1. TC Electronics Polytune 3 Tuner with Buffer
2. Jam Pedals Chill Sine-Wave Tremolo
3. Catalinbread Valcoder Valco-Style Tremolo
4. Catalinbread Topanga Spring Reverb

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

Apache (Cover) - The Shadows







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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Christoph Gorman
Christoph Gorman
3/19/2023
Custom quality cables, with very reasonable prices. It amazes me that they can do this for the price that they do. Makes me feel like a superstar when I roll them out in practice. The components and the ends are awesome. Love all of my cables!
Tommy H *Low End Insight*
Tommy H *Low End Insight*
5/24/2021
Excellent high quality/heavy duty cables! Built extremely well and sound fantastic! Rattlesnake customer service is equally satisfactory!
Trevor Mosher
Trevor Mosher
11/4/2025
Bought my first Rattlesnake Cable Co. cable and was very pleased all around. The Customer Service was top notch, shipping was quick and the cable arrived well packaged. Performance-wise, the cable is well built and should be very durable. The sound is what I was shocked by the most (its just a... Read
Christoph Gorman
Christoph Gorman
3/19/2023
Custom quality cables, with very reasonable prices. It amazes me that they can do this for the price that they do. Makes me feel like a superstar when I roll them out in practice. The components and the ends are awesome. Love all of my cables!
Tommy H *Low End Insight*
Tommy H *Low End Insight*
5/24/2021
Excellent high quality/heavy duty cables! Built extremely well and sound fantastic! Rattlesnake customer service is equally satisfactory!
Trevor Mosher
Trevor Mosher
11/4/2025
Bought my first Rattlesnake Cable Co. cable and was very pleased all around. The Customer Service was top notch, shipping was quick and the cable arrived well packaged. Performance-wise, the cable is well built and should be very durable. The sound is what I was shocked by the most (its just a cable, right???). I have been using pretty decent cables for years, but the Rattlesnake cable had a noticeable clarity right away, compared to my other cables. Highly recommend this product.

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