Buck Meek

Buck is seen with this guitar in multiple performances, including the "Cattails" (Live from The Bunker Studios) live video. He also mentions using this guitar in this article: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/30242-big-thiefs-adventures-in-alchemy-Big-Thief-Adrianne-Lenker-Buck-Meek-Collings-Martin-Magnatone-Neil-Young-Whizzer?page=3.

Buck Meek of Big Thief utilizes the JHS Colour Box, a Neve 1073 console channel strip clone, on his pedal board. In an interview with Delicious Audio, he explains that he primarily uses the highest gain stage for direct console fuzz sounds on the track “Real Love.” Additionally, the sensitive EQ section allows him to transform his amp’s clean tone using the clean stage.

We asked the band’s guitarist Buck Meek (who also has a solo folk project we recommend checking out) to tell us about the stompboxes he uses when playing with the band, here’s his very thorough response!

Listed in this November 17, 2016 Delicious Audio feature and visible in this February 26, 2019 Instagram post by Big Thief.

(crazy broken amp deep in a cave reverb).

tape echo modulator. This is my favorite. The multiple tape head settings and wow and flutter are so lovely

We asked the band’s guitarist Buck Meek (who also has a solo folk project we recommend checking out) to tell us about the stompboxes he uses when playing with the band, here’s his very thorough response!

chorus/vibrato, for Magnatone type vibrato

poly octave pedal that lets you set the range of notes to be octaves, so you can keep your higher strings dry, and add a low octave to your lower strings. I put this after my dirt pedals so the octave is fed an overwhelming signal and acts unpredictably

Buck Meek of Big Thief includes the Sarno Music Solutions Earth Drive on his pedal board, as highlighted in Paolo De Gregorio's article on Delicious Audio. This overdrive pedal, often likened to the Klon style and recommended by Nels Cline, is a key component of Meek's setup.

compressor, I mostly use it as a dirty boost

In an article on Delicious Audio, Buck Meek of Big Thief discusses his pedalboard setup, highlighting the Ernie Ball Volume Pedal, which has been modified by JHS to include an active buffer for no tone loss.

In an article on Delicious Audio, Buck Meek of Big Thief showcases his pedalboard, featuring the Electro-Harmonix POG Polyphonic Octave Generator.

mostly use this for reverse tape sound

Shot of Buck Meeks board on Big Thiefs instagram account showcasing the Julia as well as the Fathom and Jupiter V2. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuWTbiFHqHM/

Shot of Buck Meeks board on Big Thiefs instagram account showcasing the Fathom as well as the Julia and Jupiter V2.

Shot of Buck Meeks board on Big Thiefs instagram account showcasing the Jupiter V2 as well as the Fathom and Julia by Walrus Audio. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuWTbiFHqHM/

Visible in this February 26, 2019 Instagram post by Big Thief.

Seen on his pedalboard in this Reverb blog.

Seen on his pedalboard in this Reverb blog.

Buck Meek mentioned the use of Benson Nathan Junior Reverb Combo in the end-of-the-year Guitar World 2022 issue.

In this Reverb article Buck Meek and Adrianne Lenker talk about using Magnatone Twilighters, with custom-built devices to change the volume controls via a footswitch:

Both Lenker and Meek have an auxiliary robotic box that controls gain-staging on their Magnatone Twilighters via a foot pedal. Meek has been using this with the band for several years, with Lenker getting one more recently.

In this article Buck Meek and Adrianne Lenker talk about their Collings guitars:

I have an I-35 with ThroBak humbuckers, and that’s my main guitar in Big Thief.

From this Reverb article we can see Buck has a Sun Face with 2SB transistors.

In this YouTube video we can see Buck plugged into a Deluxe Reverb.

This Reverb.com article states that Buck uses the EHX Holy Grail and you can tell it's the Nano from the picture.

This Reverb.com article states that Buck uses the Hologram Electronics Infinite Jets, which can also be seen in the picture of his pedalboard.

This Reverb.com article states that Buck uses the Gamechanger Audio Plus, which can also been seen in the picture of Buck's pedalboard.

In this image from Buck's instagram story, we can see the numerous new pedals he's using in the studio.

In this image from Buck's instagram story, we can see the numerous new pedals he's using in the studio.

In this image from Buck's instagram story, we can see the numerous new pedals he's using in the studio.