Ash Grunwald

In this photo, which comes from Grunwald's 2017 performance in Northcote Social Club, Grunwald's pedalboard is seen. One of the pedals is the Boss OC-3 Super Octave pedal.

In this photo, which comes from Grunwald's 2017 performance in Northcote Social Club, Grunwald's pedalboard is seen. One of the pedals is the T-Rex FuelTank Power Supply.

In this photo, which comes from Grunwald's 2017 performance in Northcote Social Club, Grunwald's pedalboard is seen. One of the pedals is the Boss TR-2 Tremolo pedal.

In this photo, which comes from Grunwald's 2017 performance in Northcote Social Club, Grunwald's pedalboard is seen. One of the pedals is the Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz pedal.

“I use a Boss phrase looper. It looks pretty much like a normal guitar pedal except it has two pedals, one for record and one to stop. I can layer as many overdubs as I want down. The only tricky bit is that if you stuff up you have to start again because you can’t take a layer away!”

“I started on the OC2 and I know Chris Cheney uses that too. What I really love about the OC3 is that you can choose which strings it is going to be on. That’s amazing! For the majority of the gig I will have it on my low E and A but then I will flick it to a different setting which puts it on all strings like the OC2 used to be."

"Another pedal Ash enjoys experimenting with, and not just for guitar, is the Boss RE-20, which replicates the sounds of the old Space Echo. “I’ve had different set ups at different times but I used to have my distorted vocal running through it,” he explains of the RE-20. “With the tap tempo you could change the way the Space Echo works. Sometimes I’d have it on guitar and vocal and sometimes just vocals. I’ve got this other pedal I have played with too, the Slicer, the Boss SL-20. That’s a weird thing. I got some good sounds out of it, some good weird things but I’m going to have to revisit it as a songwriting tool. But that Space Echo is a classic to me.”

Another pedal Ash enjoys experimenting with, and not just for guitar, is the Boss RE-20, which replicates the sounds of the old Space Echo. “I’ve had different set-ups at different times but I used to have my distorted vocal running through it,” he explains of the RE-20. “With the tap tempo, you could change the way the Space Echo works. Sometimes I’d have it on guitar and vocal and sometimes just vocals. I’ve got this other pedal I have played with too, the Slicer, the Boss SL-20. That’s a weird thing. I got some good sounds out of it, some good weird things but I’m going to have to revisit it as a songwriting tool. But that Space Echo is a classic to me.”