Andy Gill

In this article on the making of Gang of Four's "Content" album, it is explained that "Gill’s dry, rhythmic, and cutting sound... doesn’t rely on compression or many pedals, though he will use the Boss SL-20 Slicer. His only 'vice,' as he describes it, is tremolo, especially the effect on the Boss pedal. He can lock to the track via MIDI and program different rhythms within the tremolo."

In this 2019 interview with Premier Guitar magazine, Andy discussed his then-current use of physical guitar effects versus VSTs. "Having said all of that, there’s still some pedals I find it hard to give up, and they’re fiddly to use, like, for example, the Electro-Harmonix MicroSynth. I love that thing. The trouble is, you can’t play it and move the faders at the same time, and that’s kind of what you need to do. You can set it in one position, and it does some pretty great stuff, but when you start moving it around when it’s being played, it goes to another level."

"The 'modern' part of Gill's rig is centered around these two Macbook Pro computers running Apple's MainStage. For each song in the set, Gill has a specific patch that will cover the tones he needs. The signal chain is rather complicated, but here's a quick overview: it starts with a Boss TU-2 tuner before splitting out into a pair of Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 audio interfaces. Those interfaces are connected to their own computer via USB. The 2i4s then each feed a Radial ProD2 DI which gives the FOH a MainStage-only mix. Each of the DI boxes also are connected to individual Radial ProRMPs, which feed the Peaveys."