Anthony Pirog

Interview with EarthQuaker Devices:

"In the tuner jack of the volume pedal, I have the [TC Electronic] Polytune. That goes into a Klon Centaur, then a [Crowther Audio] Hot Cake, then my old Rat (which is the first pedal I got when I was twelve), then I go into your Afterneath (which I love), then into the Zvex RingTone, the Boss DD-7 for reverse delays, and I currently have the Moog MF Delay, a Holy Grail Nano, a 16-Second Digital Delay re-issue with the foot controller, and then I go into a ZVex Lo-Fi Loop Junky, and from there I go into the Voodoo Lab Amp Selector."

Interview with EarthQuaker Devices:

"...Okay, so on tour, I play a 1962 Jazzmaster with Joe Barden pickups in it. They’re Two Tones. And then my pedals: I start with a ZVex Fuzz Factory, then I go into a Digitech Whammy, then I have the Diamond Comp Jr., then I go into an [Electro-Harmonix] Mel9, and I just got a Greer Super Hornet, which I really like because it has a momentary octave fuzz switch. Then I go into a Boss volume pedal. I have two sides to the pedalboard: the side where I can control the volume of like, the Fuzz Factory, so I put everything that’s noisy before that, so I can be dynamic with noise stuff.

In the tuner jack of the volume pedal, I have the [TC Electronic] Polytune. That goes into a Klon Centaur, then a [Crowther Audio] Hot Cake, then my old Rat (which is the first pedal I got when I was twelve), then I go into your Afterneath (which I love), then into the Zvex RingTone, the Boss DD-7 for reverse delays, and I currently have the Moog MF Delay, a Holy Grail Nano, a 16-Second Digital Delay re-issue with the foot controller, and then I go into a ZVex Lo-Fi Loop Junky, and from there I go into the Voodoo Lab Amp Selector."

Interview with EarthQuaker Devices:

"...Okay, so on tour, I play a 1962 Jazzmaster with Joe Barden pickups in it. They’re Two Tones. And then my pedals: I start with a ZVex Fuzz Factory, then I go into a Digitech Whammy, then I have the Diamond Comp Jr., then I go into an [Electro-Harmonix] Mel9, and I just got a Greer Super Hornet, which I really like because it has a momentary octave fuzz switch. Then I go into a Boss volume pedal. I have two sides to the pedalboard: the side where I can control the volume of like, the Fuzz Factory, so I put everything that’s noisy before that, so I can be dynamic with noise stuff.

In the tuner jack of the volume pedal, I have the [TC Electronic] Polytune. That goes into a Klon Centaur, then a [Crowther Audio] Hot Cake, then my old Rat (which is the first pedal I got when I was twelve), then I go into your Afterneath (which I love), then into the Zvex RingTone, the Boss DD-7 for reverse delays, and I currently have the Moog MF Delay, a Holy Grail Nano, a 16-Second Digital Delay re-issue with the foot controller, and then I go into a ZVex Lo-Fi Loop Junky, and from there I go into the Voodoo Lab Amp Selector."

Interview with EarthQuaker Devices:

"...Okay, so on tour, I play a 1962 Jazzmaster with Joe Barden pickups in it. They’re Two Tones. And then my pedals: I start with a ZVex Fuzz Factory, then I go into a Digitech Whammy, then I have the Diamond Comp Jr., then I go into an [Electro-Harmonix] Mel9, and I just got a Greer Super Hornet, which I really like because it has a momentary octave fuzz switch. Then I go into a Boss volume pedal. I have two sides to the pedalboard: the side where I can control the volume of like, the Fuzz Factory, so I put everything that’s noisy before that, so I can be dynamic with noise stuff.

In the tuner jack of the volume pedal, I have the [TC Electronic] Polytune. That goes into a Klon Centaur, then a [Crowther Audio] Hot Cake, then my old Rat (which is the first pedal I got when I was twelve), then I go into your Afterneath (which I love), then into the Zvex RingTone, the Boss DD-7 for reverse delays, and I currently have the Moog MF Delay, a Holy Grail Nano, a 16-Second Digital Delay re-issue with the foot controller, and then I go into a ZVex Lo-Fi Loop Junky, and from there I go into the Voodoo Lab Amp Selector."

Interview with EarthQuaker Devices:

"...Okay, so on tour, I play a 1962 Jazzmaster with Joe Barden pickups in it. They’re Two Tones. And then my pedals: I start with a ZVex Fuzz Factory, then I go into a Digitech Whammy, then I have the Diamond Comp Jr., then I go into an [Electro-Harmonix] Mel9, and I just got a Greer Super Hornet, which I really like because it has a momentary octave fuzz switch. Then I go into a Boss volume pedal. I have two sides to the pedalboard: the side where I can control the volume of like, the Fuzz Factory, so I put everything that’s noisy before that, so I can be dynamic with noise stuff.

In the tuner jack of the volume pedal, I have the [TC Electronic] Polytune. That goes into a Klon Centaur, then a [Crowther Audio] Hot Cake, then my old Rat (which is the first pedal I got when I was twelve), then I go into your Afterneath (which I love), then into the Zvex RingTone, the Boss DD-7 for reverse delays, and I currently have the Moog MF Delay, a Holy Grail Nano, a 16-Second Digital Delay re-issue with the foot controller, and then I go into a ZVex Lo-Fi Loop Junky, and from there I go into the Voodoo Lab Amp Selector."

Interview with EarthQuaker Devices:

"I just got a Greer Super Hornet, which I really like because it has a momentary octave fuzz switch. "

Begins discusing/demoing the 4ms Pedals Noise Swash at 12:28 in the Premier Guitar Rig Rundown.

In this interview Anthony discusses his pedal board and amplifiers.

"I’m running two amps. Not stereo, just a mono blend. I have an early 1965 Deluxe Reverb without the logo on the grillecloth, and then I’m also running one of those 18-watt hand-wired Marshall heads through their 1x12 extension cabinet."

*Interview with EarthQuaker Devices *

"...Okay, so on tour, I play a 1962 Jazzmaster with Joe Barden pickups in it. They’re Two Tones. And then my pedals: I start with a ZVex Fuzz Factory, then I go into a Digitech Whammy, then I have the Diamond Comp Jr., then I go into an [Electro-Harmonix] Mel9, and I just got a Greer Super Hornet, which I really like because it has a momentary octave fuzz switch. Then I go into a Boss volume pedal. I have two sides to the pedalboard: the side where I can control the volume of like, the Fuzz Factory, so I put everything that’s noisy before that, so I can be dynamic with noise stuff..."

*Interview with EarthQuaker Devices: * Aaron Rogers (interviewer): ...so, are you a gearhead? What’s in your rig for the upcoming tour?

Anthony Pirog: "Yes! I am. Okay, so on tour, I play a 1962 Jazzmaster with Joe Barden pickups in it. They’re Two Tones. And then my pedals..."

Interview with Guitar.com: https://guitar.com/features/interviews/anthony-pirog-the-messthetics-fugazi/

"...After finding that bending on his Telecaster sounded a little too clean, he went all- in on a ’62 Jazzmaster kitted out with Joe Barden pickups – and it remains his go-to recording guitar. 'I bought that on eBay and sold an amp and guitar to get it,' Pirog says. 'You can have a relationship with an instrument and that one almost melted into me. I feel like I’m able to be creative with it. It’s not like that with every Jazzmaster – that guitar is a special one for me.'

So special, in fact, that it doesn’t make it out on the road. There, Pirog brings out a monster board, running close to 20 pedals, and his signature Shelton GalaxyFlite. Fitted with a GraphTech bridge and modular piezo/Barden pickup system, it’s also home to multiple outputs to facilitate his love of vintage guitar synths such as the Roland GR-100 and G-707, which pop up on Anthropocosmic Nest standout Pacifica. 'There’s a lot going on under that pickguard,' Pirog says. 'I think there’s like 54 wires. It’s crazy and I love it. It tracks with the synths very well.'"

Boss FV-500L can be seen at 0:18 of video.

Interview with Earthquaker Devices: "...Okay, so on tour, I play a 1962 Jazzmaster with Joe Barden pickups in it. They’re Two Tones. And then my pedals: I start with a ZVex Fuzz Factory, then I go into a Digitech Whammy, then I have the Diamond Comp Jr., then I go into an [Electro-Harmonix] Mel9, and I just got a Greer Super Hornet, which I really like because it has a momentary octave fuzz switch. Then I go into a Boss volume pedal. I have two sides to the pedalboard: the side where I can control the volume of like, the Fuzz Factory, so I put everything that’s noisy before that, so I can be dynamic with noise stuff.

In the tuner jack of the volume pedal, I have the [TC Electronic] Polytune. That goes into a Klon Centaur, then a [Crowther Audio] Hot Cake, then my old Rat (which is the first pedal I got when I was twelve), then I go into your Afterneath (which I love), then into the Zvex RingTone, the Boss DD-7 for reverse delays, and I currently have the Moog MF Delay, a Holy Grail Nano, a 16-Second Digital Delay re-issue with the foot controller, and then I go into a ZVex Lo-Fi Loop Junky, and from there I go into the Voodoo Lab Amp Selector."

Interview with Earthquaker Devices: "...Okay, so on tour, I play a 1962 Jazzmaster with Joe Barden pickups in it. They’re Two Tones. And then my pedals: I start with a ZVex Fuzz Factory, then I go into a Digitech Whammy, then I have the Diamond Comp Jr., then I go into an [Electro-Harmonix] Mel9, and I just got a Greer Super Hornet, which I really like because it has a momentary octave fuzz switch. Then I go into a Boss volume pedal. I have two sides to the pedalboard: the side where I can control the volume of like, the Fuzz Factory, so I put everything that’s noisy before that, so I can be dynamic with noise stuff.

In the tuner jack of the volume pedal, I have the [TC Electronic] Polytune. That goes into a Klon Centaur, then a [Crowther Audio] Hot Cake, then my old Rat (which is the first pedal I got when I was twelve), then I go into your Afterneath (which I love), then into the Zvex RingTone, the Boss DD-7 for reverse delays, and I currently have the Moog MF Delay, a Holy Grail Nano, a 16-Second Digital Delay re-issue with the foot controller, and then I go into a ZVex Lo-Fi Loop Junky, and from there I go into the Voodoo Lab Amp Selector."

Interview with Guitar Moderne Zine:

"...From there, I go into the Digitech Whammy pedal mostly for an octave down, but sometimes an octave up. I have a Diamond compressor that I like a lot. I have a Boss volume pedal with the TC Electronics PolyTune plugged into it. Then I go into the Klon Centaur; I always hear people saying you can leave it on all the time and that is what I do. I use it to compress the sound a little bit and take some of the attack off the high end. When I use a Deluxe Reverb and a Tele, I can keep the amp volume at 2 or 3, turn up the Centaur gain, and it sounds like the amp is on 8 or 9."

Link: https://www.guitarmoderne.com/artists/spotlight-anthony-pirog

A Pocket Piano is included in this photo, which was featured in a Guitar Moderne Zine feature interview with Anthony Pirog on playing in The Messthetics with Fugazi legend bandmates Joe Lally and Brendan Canty.

https://www.guitarmoderne.com/artists/spotlight-the-messthetics

In this interview Anthony discusses his pedal board and amplifiers.

"I’m running two amps. Not stereo, just a mono blend. I have an early 1965 Deluxe Reverb without the logo on the grillecloth, and then I’m also running one of those 18-watt hand-wired Marshall heads through their 1x12 extension cabinet."

In the provided live picture, it is shown that Anthony Pirog is using the Strymon Flint.

In the provided live picture, it is shown that Anthony Pirog is using the Red Panda Tensor.

In the provided live picture, it is shown that Anthony Pirog is using the Greer Amps Lightspeed Organic Overdrive.