Ben McLeod's Effects Pedals

"...then the signal goes into a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver that he uses for speaker-eating distortion."

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"The Fulltone died, so I replaced it with a Death By Audio Fuzz War. I’ve been on a really deep Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall kick, and that’s the fuzz those bands use. It’s just so awesome. It cleans up so well. You can leave it on the entire time and roll back the volume knob on your guitar and get the cleanest, most beautiful sound. Most people wouldn’t expect that from it, but it’s the truth."

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"The next stomp is a Fulltone OCD that he only uses when he runs into venues that have decibel limitations."

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"I was using Fuzz Faces, Big Muffs, and like.. whatever overdrive I thought was God’s gift to overdrive and then sold it three days later."

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"The last noisemaker is an Electro-Harmonix Freeze, which before this tour, has never left his bedroom because he generally just messes around with it during morning jams with coffee. ."

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In a YouTube video titled "Stomp Under Foot Alabaster Fuzz," Ben McLeod showcases the Alabaster Fuzz pedal, known for its Russian-style fuzz and versatile clean boost.

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Visible on pedalboard in Instagram photo.

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Visible on Ben's pedalboard, taken from their Instagram account.

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McLeod’s small-but-versatile pedalboard begins at the Vox V847 Wah...

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"I added the electric guitar part as well as a 12-string acoustic part, and the super fuzzed-out riff that comes through feeding back at the end of the song is me again driving that Fulltone ’69 through a silverface Fender Champ, which turned out to be the perfect sound."

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"On the record I used a Deluxe Memory Man and live I use a Boss DD-5.”

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In this page about the Alabaster pedal, the builder of these effects states that Ben used to have a Green Russian effect and want to use something more personalized, before creating the Alabaster.

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En el minuto 13:59 indica el uso de vibrato para algunas grabaciones con el Walrus Julia

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"...and then a Boss DD-5 Digital Delay, which he prefers because of the crystal-clear repeats."

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"For tuning purposes he has a Boss TU-2 Tuner..."

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Visible in this Instagram photo.

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Visible in top right, in white housing clearly displaying the name.

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En el minuto 03:10 aclara que el pedal es muy utilizado para hacer slide's

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En el minuto 06:57 aclara el uso de un fuzz Tone Bender de Vox, tanto en las grabaciones de Lightning at the Door (2013) y Our Mother Electricity (2012)

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It can be seen at 27:43 into the video.

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"...and giving everything life is a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus."

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En el minuto 06:08 indica que fue utilizado en la grabacion del album Lightning at the Door (2013)

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It can be seen at 27:43 into the video.

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It can be seen at 27:43 into the video.

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It can be seen at 27:43 into the video.

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In this post from Analog Man Mike Piera, you can see a photo of Ben McLeod playing a Beano Boost with Mike's caption reading:

Ben McLeod of All Them Witches got a used Beano Boost for his new record they just tracked in Nashville. He said he used it into a Marshall Super Bass amp on every song to help shape his tone, and it was the sound he’s been trying to achieve his whole life. Thanks, Ben!!

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Ben McLeod can be seen using the Milkman Sound The Amp 100, as demonstrated in his YouTube video titled "UNREAL TONES with the Milkman The Amp 100."

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In a YouTube video titled "FUZZ PEDAL SHOOTOUT: All Them Witches VS King Buffalo," Ben McLeod confirms his use of the Stomp Under Foot Bucket of Blood, where he compares his latest signature fuzz to the Stomp Under Foot Silverfish.

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In an Instagram post by Ben McLeod and Premier Guitar, the Watkins WEM CCB-1 Copicat Boost is visible on Ben's pedalboard on slide one.

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In an Instagram post by Ben McLeod and Premier Guitar, the Strymon TimeLine is visible on Ben's pedalboard on slide one.

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