Alex Rosamilia
Alex Rosamilia's Gear
Rosamilia’s second Loop-Master controls another five pedals: a Boss Dimension C, TC Electronic Flashback, Earthquaker Dispatch Master, Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail, and Earthquaker Devices Ghost Echo. Two T-Rex Fuel Tank Chameleon power systems provide juice to Rosamilia’s 11 pedals.
Alex Rosamilia's pedal board is dissected as follows, "The signal starts with the guitar running into an Ernie Ball VP JR volume pedal, and its tuner out hits a TC Electronic PolyTune Mini Noir. From there, the signal enters the first Loop-Master, which is connected to six pedals: a Boss NS-2 (to control unwanted noise from the gain pedals), an Ibanez TS9, a Fuzzrocious Ram the Manparts, an Earthquaker Devices Bit Commander, an Earthquaker Devices Organizer, and an Earthquaker Devices Hummingbird." Taken from a Premier Guitar Rig Rundown article.
Brad Clifford assembled a pedalboard for Rosamilia that uses two Loop-Master pedal switching devices to keep the sound pristine. The signal starts with the guitar running into an Ernie Ball VP JR volume pedal, and its tuner out hits a TC Electronic PolyTune Mini Noir. From there, the signal enters the first Loop-Master, which is connected to six pedals: a Boss NS-2. Described here, in this Premier Guitar article.
Alex discusses his 1981 Les Paul Custom at around 3:46 into this video. He says, "This is all original...This thing is also the heaviest thing I've ever owned."
In an article from Paste magazine, Alex mentions using a Boss SUPER OverDrive SD-1 Pedal.
In a feature by Premier Guitar, Alex Rosamilia's rig includes the Fuzzrocious Ram the Manparts pedal, as highlighted by Fuzzrocious Pedals on their Facebook page.
Alex Rosamilia's setup includes a TC Electronic Flashback Delay, as seen in a photo uploaded by Fuzzrocious Pedals on Facebook.
In a Facebook post by Fuzzrocious Pedals, Alex Rosamilia's rig features the EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master, showcasing its role in his setup.
Alex Rosamilia's pedal board is played out as follows, "The signal starts with the guitar running into an Ernie Ball VP JR volume pedal, and its tuner out hits a TC Electronic PolyTune Mini Noir. From there, the signal enters the first Loop-Master, which is connected to six pedals: a Boss NS-2 (to control unwanted noise from the gain pedals), an Ibanez TS9." Taken from a Premier Guitar article.
In this rig rundown, Alex Rosamillia talks about his 1970 Gibson SG Electric Guitar at 1:33.
Alex sat down with Paste magazine where he outlines all the pedals he uses live. One of these pedals is the Radial ABY. Source.
"It's got the full BC Rich wiring...these are two built in preamps...you pretty much don't need distortion with this," says Alex Rosamilia, at 5:20 in this rig rundown.
Half of Rosamilia’s amp tone comes from a slightly dirty 1978 Marshall JMP 2x12. He runs the JMP dry and pipes delays and other swirly effects through the AC30.
Alex Rosamilia's rig, featured in Premier Guitar, includes the Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail delay pedal, as highlighted in a Facebook post by Fuzzrocious Pedals.
Alex Rosamilia's setup includes an EarthQuaker Devices Ghost Echo Reverb, as seen in a photo shared by Fuzzrocious Pedals on Facebook.
You can see Alex Rosamilia's pedal board with a description of the signal flow as follows, "The signal starts with the guitar running into an Ernie Ball VP JR volume pedal, and its tuner out hits a TC Electronic PolyTune Mini Noir. From there, the signal enters the first Loop-Master, which is connected to six pedals: a Boss NS-2 (to control unwanted noise from the gain pedals), an Ibanez TS9, a Fuzzrocious Ram the Manparts, an Earthquaker Devices Bit Commander, an Earthquaker Devices Organizer." Taken from a Premier Guitar article.
A discription of Alex Rosamilia's signal flow is well described in this Premier Guitar article stating, "The signal starts with the guitar running into an Ernie Ball VP JR volume pedal, and its tuner out hits a TC Electronic PolyTune Mini Noir. From there, the signal enters the first Loop-Master, which is connected to six pedals: a Boss NS-2 (to control unwanted noise from the gain pedals), an Ibanez TS9, a Fuzzrocious Ram the Manparts, an Earthquaker Devices Bit Commander."
In a discussion about Alex Rosamilia's signal flow in a Premier Guitar article, it is stated, "The signal starts with the guitar running into an Ernie Ball VP JR volume pedal, and its tuner out hits a TC Electronic PolyTune Mini Noir."
In this article about the rigs of The Gaslight Anthem, there is this picture of Alex's pedalboard, under which it says, "The signal starts with the guitar running into an Ernie Ball VP JR volume pedal."
In this rig rundown, Alex discusses his 1966 Gibson ES-335 around 2:53. He says, "This thing is awesome."
In this image of Alex's pedalboard we can see a Aqua-Puss guitar pedal. Source.
Alex discussed this pedal for Paste magazine, this is not the mini one.
A T-Rex Fuel Tank Chameleon is a part of Alex's repertoire and can be seen in the top left corder of his pedalboard. Source.
During an interview with Paste magazine, Alex mentions using a Cusak More Louder db boost pedal.
An Octafuzz can be see at the bottom of Alex's pedalboard in this shot. This image comes from an article from Paste magazine.
Alex Rosamilia's pedalboard is show in this image from Paste magazine. In the bottom left hand corner we can see an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal.
At 1:58 in this video, Alex Rosamilia says he replaced his SG pickup with a Seymour Duncan Seth Lover.
Alex Rosamilia shows his Nash Jazzmaster at 7:21 in this video.
Alex Rosamilia mentions Nash Strat at 7:43 in this rig rundown.
Half of Rosamilia’s amp tone comes from a slightly dirty 1978 Marshall JMP 2x12. He runs the JMP dry and pipes delays and other swirly effects through the AC30.
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