Bernard Butler

"So I used to use a Boss Turbo Distortion, which is down here..." says Bernard Butler, at 4:55 in this video, about how to play "Animal Nitrate."

The phaser can be seen in Bernard's pedalboard in this photo.

Used on McAlmont & Butler tour 2015 and Ben Watt album.

"The Cruiser has 2 distortion levels: the left switch is on most of the time, with the right switch going on for chorus boosts."

Used on McAlmont & Butler tour 2015 and Benn Watt album.

"The Juicer is used mainly for solos."

Bernard Butler's pedalboard when he was playing with the Tears.

In this photo Bernard shows one of the latest versions of his pedalboard with the addition of Mooer Trelicopter.

Used on McAlmont and Butler tour and Ben Watt record, 2014.

"The Strymon Timeline is a delay with is always on a "slap" (110ms) the delay setting except for "Bring IT Back" and "Where R U Now?" which have tempo matched longer settings.

"Also used this identical setup whilst recording the recent Ben Watt record"

"Strymon is endlessly tweak able, sounds amazing, you can also store song names which is crucial detail for playing live that almost no one else thought of"

Used on McAlmont & Butler tour, 2015.

"The Lehle Dual feeds my 1964 Vox AC10 Twin and Lazy J J20. The Vox is cross patched between both the normal and vibrato channels. The Lazy J uses the brilliant channel with the normal dialled in equally but not active."

The photo of Bernard Butler's pedalboard during his time with The Tears includes the Pro Co TurboRAT distortion pedal.

Bernard Butler's pedalboard when he was playing with the Tears.

Bernard Butler's pedalboard when he was playing with the Tears.

Bernard Butler's pedalboard when he was playing with the Tears.

Used on McAlmont & Butler tour 2015 and Benn Watt album.

Used on McAlmont & Butler tour and Ben Watt album 2015.

Bernard Butler used the Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler on his pedalboard while performing with The Tears, as noted in the Guitar Player Gear Guide article by dolphinblog.

Bernard Butler's pedalboard when he was playing with the Tears.

The image of Bernard Butler's pedalboard shows the Dunlop TS-1 Tremolo Stereo Pan, used during his time with The Tears.

Used on McAlmont & Butler tour 2015 and Benn Watt album.

Used on McAlmont & Butler tour 2015 and Ben Watt album.

Used on McAlmont & Butler tour 2015 and Ben Watt album.

Bernard Butler used the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail reverb pedal during his time with the band The Tears. This is evident from a photo of his pedalboard.

in this picture from a live in solo ( Florence 07/07/2024) Bernard is using the line 6 to build loops and enhance his soundscape.