Ben Chasny

In answer to Premier Guitar's question about how he created the massive tones on his album Ascent: "that was a big part of trying to figure out what the record was going to sound like. I wanted to have the most extreme distortion possible and mix it up high. I had the Devi Ever Destructo Noctavia pedal going into that silver Boss Fuzz [the FZ-5]. The combination of those two was just fucking insane-sounding. The engineer, Eric Bauer, had a lot to do with figuring out a good combination, mixing it, and getting the right microphone placement. I owe him a lot on the record."

Listed as one of Chasny's effects on Premier Guitar.

In answer to Premier Guitar's question about how he created the massive tones on his album Ascent: "that was a big part of trying to figure out what the record was going to sound like. I wanted to have the most extreme distortion possible and mix it up high. I had the Devi Ever Destructo Noctavia pedal going into that silver Boss Fuzz [the FZ-5]. The combination of those two was just fucking insane-sounding. The engineer, Eric Bauer, had a lot to do with figuring out a good combination, mixing it, and getting the right microphone placement. I owe him a lot on the record."

Listed as one of Chasny's effects on Premier Guitar.

In answer to Premier Guitar's question about what looper he uses: "the Boss Loop Station, the one with two pedals. I have some preset stuff. I do some tape collages and throw them in there. They’re especially good for when you’re retuning—you just hit it."

"... I had a [looper] pedal for a while. There are so many one-man bands with [looper] pedals, which I understand. But there’s something to be said for playing with other people, so I stopped doing that after a while. I almost felt like the blank space in the performance was better than trying to fill it up with a repetitive part. Now I just use it as a kind of sample machine."

"I happen to have a very special pedal that Bill Skibbe made for me that is sort of my baby. Bill is a bad-ass who does sound for Shellac and recorded the School of the Flower record with the venerable Jessica Ruffins at their studio in Michigan. I can’t even explain what the pedal does"