James Petralli

Visible in this February 20, 2014 photo of Petralli’s pedalboard, as sourced from Other Bands’ Stuff.

Visible in this February 20, 2014 photo of Petralli’s pedalboard, as sourced from Other Bands’ Stuff.

Visible in this February 20, 2014 photo of Petralli’s pedalboard, as sourced from Other Bands’ Stuff.

As seen in this photo, James Petralli at one time used a vintage Sears Silvertone 1472, in conjunction with other low-wattage tube amps, from the early days, up until around the "Stiff" era. From then on, it was usually a Vox AC30, w/ a Fender amp (Blues Jr, etc).

Visible in this February 20, 2014 photo of Petralli’s pedalboard, as sourced from Other Bands’ Stuff.

Note: This is outright incorrect. James DOES NOT use a Gibson ES-345.

James Petralli uses a Walnut colored 1972 Gibson ES-335, equipped with Stereo and Varitone.

This was verified by myself when speaking to him after a WD show at the Le Creme Music Festival in Pittsburgh, PA on Sat. Sep 7, 2019.

I believe his ES-335 was misidentified as a ES-345 due to the Varitone control, despite having the wrong inlays.

picture of JAMES HIS PEDALBOARD AT THE SHOW on the 10th of november 2018 @ Paradiso Amsterdam

Visible in this February 20, 2014 photo of Petralli’s pedalboard, as sourced from Other Bands’ Stuff.

James Petralli is shown playing a Gibson ES-135 electric guitar during a performance in Southwold, England, as featured in Rolling Stone's article "Young Guns: James Petralli and Austin Jenkins Psych It To You."

Visible in this February 20, 2014 photo of Petralli’s pedalboard, as sourced from Other Bands’ Stuff.

picture of JAMES HIS PEDALBOARD AT THE SHOW on the 10th of november 2018 @ Paradiso Amsterdam

picture of JAMES HIS PEDALBOARD AT THE SHOW on the 10th of november 2018 @ Paradiso Amsterdam

Visible in this February 20, 2014 photo of Petralli’s pedalboard, as sourced from Other Bands’ Stuff.

A Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl can be seen in this pic of James Petralli's pedalboard, at the bottom, in between a Roland/Boss Space Echo RE-20 and MXR Phase 90. He also mentions it in an interview on guitar.com, which you can read here - https://guitar.com/features/interviews/white-denim-james-petralli-side-effects/

Visible in this February 20, 2014 photo of Petralli’s pedalboard, as sourced from Other Bands’ Stuff.

In this 2016 Guitar World article James is quoted saying: "I like to use a lot of low-wattage, old tube amps when I record. My obsession with that actually started with the Silvertones from the mid-late Sixites. On stage, I’ve been using a [Fender] Princeton and Custom Supro Thunderbolt. Guitar wise, I have a Gibson 330 I record a lot with, and my stage guitar is a 135. I also have a Nineties SG I use as a second guitar. I also use a lot of different things for pedals. Lately, I’ve been using the JHS Colour box and Xotic EP Booster to get the amps where I need them to be."

picture of JAMES HIS PEDALBOARD AT THE SHOW on the 10th of november 2018 @ Paradiso Amsterdam

James Petralli currently plays a vintage, 1972 Gibson stereo ES-335 w/Varitone control, in Walnut finish (Norlin era), Not an ES-345 as someone else mistakenly posted. I spoke to him after their show in Pittsburgh last month and he personally confirmed this. This is also confirmed in a Guitar.com article where he said “For the last year, I’ve been playing this early 70s ES-335,” James says. “I got a stereo 335 and I’m loving it, and I was just shopping for a 345 of the same generation, because they’re a little less expensive. I also have a 330 with a Maestro Vibrola on it, and an old 50s SG with that vibrato system, too – I just love the Maestro for recording, that really quick vibrato that you can do with it. There’s nothing else like it.” https://guitar.com/features/interviews/white-denim-james-petralli-side-effects/

James Petralli used a Fender Deluxe Reverb amp, along with his usual Vox AC30, live at the Le Creme Music Festival in Pittsburgh, PA 2019.

A MXR Phase 90 can be seen in this picture of James Petralli's pedalboard.

(photo by Kyle @ otherbandsstuff)

https://otherbandsstuff.tumblr.com/post/77837734563/white-denim-22014

Also, towards the end of this Guitar.com article, James says:

"In the past couple of years, I’ve used an MXR Phase 90, and one of those Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl pedals, kind of in lieu of having to have the bar constantly engaged.”

https://guitar.com/features/interviews/white-denim-james-petralli-side-effects/

A Vox Wah Pedal can be seen in this older picture of James Petralli's pedalboard. However, he was using a Fulltone Clyde Deluxe wah pedal as recently as 2019.

In this 2016 Guitar World article James is quoted saying: "I like to use a lot of low-wattage, old tube amps when I record. My obsession with that actually started with the Silvertones from the mid-late Sixites. On stage, I’ve been using a [Fender] Princeton and Custom Supro Thunderbolt. Guitar wise, I have a Gibson 330 I record a lot with, and my stage guitar is a 135. I also have a Nineties SG I use as a second guitar. I also use a lot of different things for pedals. Lately, I’ve been using the JHS Colour box and Xotic EP Booster to get the amps where I need them to be."

In this 2016 Guitar World article James is quoted saying: "I like to use a lot of low-wattage, old tube amps when I record. My obsession with that actually started with the Silvertones from the mid-late Sixites. On stage, I’ve been using a [Fender] Princeton and Custom Supro Thunderbolt. Guitar wise, I have a Gibson 330 I record a lot with, and my stage guitar is a 135. I also have a Nineties SG I use as a second guitar. I also use a lot of different things for pedals. Lately, I’ve been using the JHS Colour box and Xotic EP Booster to get the amps where I need them to be."

picture of JAMES HIS PEDALBOARD AT THE SHOW on the 10th of november 2018 @ Paradiso Amsterdam

James Petralli uses a stereo rig, always featuring his usual Vox AC-30, in conjunction with a 2nd amp, which changes from time to time throughout the years: (Silvertone 1472, Supro Thunderbolt, Fender Blues Junior, Fender Deluxe Reverb Amp, etc).

The Vox AC-30 is also mentioned in a Guitar.com article, where James said:

“On stage, I use like a Blues Junior or an AC30. You know the AC30 will cook, but I use different preamps in front of the amplifiers to get most of the grit for stage stuff, so I don’t have to worry about feedback. That said, I do like feedback occasionally! Just that point where it’s about to take off and be unplayable is where I like to live as a guitar player, but singing when you’re trying to wield that can be a little tricky!”

https://guitar.com/features/interviews/white-denim-james-petralli-side-effects/

James can be seen here playing a highly modified Fender Telecaster in his Radio Milk recording studio.

In this 2016 Guitar World article James is quoted saying: "I like to use a lot of low-wattage, old tube amps when I record. My obsession with that actually started with the Silvertones from the mid-late Sixites. On stage, I’ve been using a [Fender] Princeton and Custom Supro Thunderbolt. Guitar wise, I have a Gibson 330 I record a lot with, and my stage guitar is a 135. I also have a Nineties SG I use as a second guitar. I also use a lot of different things for pedals. Lately, I’ve been using the JHS Colour box and Xotic EP Booster to get the amps where I need them to be."

In this 2016 Guitar World article James is quoted saying: "I like to use a lot of low-wattage, old tube amps when I record. My obsession with that actually started with the Silvertones from the mid-late Sixites. On stage, I’ve been using a [Fender] Princeton and Custom Supro Thunderbolt. Guitar wise, I have a Gibson 330 I record a lot with, and my stage guitar is a 135. I also have a Nineties SG I use as a second guitar. I also use a lot of different things for pedals. Lately, I’ve been using the JHS Colour box and Xotic EP Booster to get the amps where I need them to be."

picture of JAMES HIS PEDALBOARD AT THE SHOW on the 10th of november 2018 @ Paradiso Amsterdam

James Petralli uses a Fulltone - Clyde Deluxe Wah Wah pedal, as seen in the photo.

Note: I personally took this photo, back when I saw White Denim headline the Le Creme Music Festival in Pittsburgh, PA on Sat. Sep 7, 2019.