Dan Boeckner

Pedal-wise Boeckner is a big fan of EarthQuaker Devices, with their Disaster Transport getting a decent workout on Thin Mind, but it’s his Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water that he feels made the biggest impact on the LP’s sound. It pops up on almost every track and, again reinforcing that Wolf Parade give and take, was employed to play off Krug’s shift towards FM digital synth sounds redolent of mid-period Depeche Mode.

"Night Wire is a reactive tremolo/envelope follower that’s super expressive."

"Utility distortion pedal. Replaced my high school era Boss Orange Distortion years ago."

At 11:17 in this video, you can see Dan using the Lastgasp Tone Axe. The 3 black knobs have gone missing, but the pedal can also be seen on an earlier version of Dan's pedalboard seen here: http://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/forum/guitar/acapella-29/1690715-

He used the Korg Electribe EMX on his Hansome Furs project.

From the linekd interview:

CZB: What kind of drum machine is this? Dan Boeckner (Handsome Furs): It's a Korg Electribe MX and it is not very well liked in the electronic music community. It's kind of looked down upon. Basically, Korg made this machine to compete with the Roland Groovebox, which was a more professional sequencer that combined all of their previous drum machines, like the 808, the 909 ... so Korg came up with this idea that they would make this machine that was really not for live performances. It was for kids in the UK to make drum'n'bass in their homes, pretty close to the mid-nineties. It was never really meant for live performance and all the sounds on it are very specific to this era. In the successive years in them making the new models of the machine, they never updated any of the sounds. The great thing about it is you can go through it and de-program it completely. You can take the sounds and tear them apart and put them back together again – and the work flow is very simple, because it's made for amateur electronic musicians, which I think is why the electronic community looks down on it – but it's great....Yeah, I think we're one of the only bands that makes albums using this machine, so that kind of makes me happy.

"Maybe the weirdest pedal I have. It goes at the front of the chain because it’s basically a synthesizer. Essentially makes grinding, early Devo synth fuzz. I love it and have to restrain myself from keeping it on constantly."

"Transmisser...is beautiful and makes everything sound like the seasick keys on Joy Division's Closer."

"Does a great job of emulating this old analog CE-02 that’s on its last legs and no longer tour worthy."

"I think I’ve owned over 50 of these things in my lifetime. The most meat and potatoes tuner. Can confirm you can spill a full tall can of Tecate on it and it will continue to accurately track pitch."

"Ah thank you! It’s the Annie Clark Music Man model."

On Thin Mind, Boeckner largely split his time between a Music Man St Vincent, his Lincoln Gin, an old Danelectro baritone model and a 12-string electric they DI-ed straight into the board. In harness with Goodmanson, he was meticulous in ensuring that each time his guitar spoke it had something worthwhile to add to the conversation. Guitar.com

At 19:53 (and throughout) this video, Dan can be seen playing his Fender Lee Ranaldo Signature Jazzmaster guitar.

At 11:17 of this video, you can see Dan using the Boss CE-2 chorus. It is distinguished by the 2 knobs (the CE-3 has 3 knobs) and the single output jack (the CE-2W has dual outputs).

At 11:42, you can see Dan's Vox AC30 Combo Amplifier.

At 11:17 of this video, you can see Dan using the Boss DD-20

At 30:40 in this video (and throughout), you can see Dan's vintage Music Man combo amp near the back.

A close-up of his amp can also be seen at 5:24 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CWTrb7SQgc

"New addition. Really diseased sounding, grindy fuzz that goes from saggy and strange to Eno like and needle-y."

"This thing...is a glittery pitch shifting, mellotron like organ emulator that makes weird sonic hellscapes when you overload it with fuzz from the Data Corruptor."

"Kind of a Swiss Army knife of delay and reverb. I use the reverse setting with the mix all the way up for Kissing the Beehive and when psychedelic Byrdsian freak outs are needed."

Pedal-wise Boeckner is a big fan of EarthQuaker Devices, with their Disaster Transport getting a decent workout on Thin Mind, but it’s his Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water that he feels made the biggest impact on the LP’s sound. It pops up on almost every track and, again reinforcing that Wolf Parade give and take, was employed to play off Krug’s shift towards FM digital synth sounds redolent of mid-period Depeche Mode.

At 13:45 in this video, you can see Dan using a Rickenbacker 360 Guitar.

At 2:05 in this video, you can see Dan using a Novation Bass Station II

At 2:06 of this video, you can see Dan using the Moog MF108M Cluster Flux.

At 11:17 of this video, you can see Dan using the EHX Micro POG

"Has a nice drive section...nothing super special...just a solid delay."

In an Instagram post by Dan Boeckner, he is seen using the Chase Bliss Audio MOOD MKII pedal as part of his touring setup. The post is captioned "Most compact touring jam set up yet" and includes a photo showing the pedal. The image was shared by Boeckner on March 21, 2024.

In an Instagram post by Dan Boeckner (@boec_kner) on March 21, 2024, captioned "Most compact touring jam set up yet," a photo shows him using the Teenage Engineering EP–133 K.O. II for his touring rig.

In an Instagram post by Dan Boeckner, he is shown using the Teenage Engineering TX-6 for touring, captioned “Most compact touring jam set up yet” (Instagram, March 21, 2024).

In an Instagram post by @wolfparadefans, Dan Boeckner mentions that he uses the Ribbons pedal.