Billy Strings' Effects Pedals

At 9:14 in the video, the shot of Billy's pedalboard shows his Chase Bliss Wombtone phaser. "I would say that the thing that I really love, and probably use the most during our crazy pyschadelic parts of the show is the Wombtone."

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I like to make things real weird and stay away from subtle, so I’d say my Chase Bliss Wombtone phaser. Its tone sounds like a Leslie being played right outside a womb [laughs]. With its DIP switches, I can manipulate the rate, or any parameter, with an expression pedal. That lets me slowly ramp things up or down as I go in and out of solos. Plus, I really enjoy playing my acoustic through a tube amp for some distortion. It can get gnarly!

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At 9:14 in the video, the shot of Billy's pedalboard shows his Strymon Lex. More info: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/29250-rig-rundown-billy-strings

This pedal is mentioned in 2019 Premier Guitar interview.

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At 9:14 in the video, the shot of Billy's pedalboard shows his Grace DI pedal.

"I should tell ya, my Grace DI has been modded. I had them make... So I have an input, and there's a DI out. There's also a 1/4 inch out... Usually what would happen, if I press this mute button it would mute the 1/4 inch out as well. I had Grace make this one special so it bypasses the mute, so that it's for my tuner. So whenever I'm muted, my tuner's still on. And then I come out of the tuner into this volume pedal, then it goes out of the volume pedal into a Brothers stage. Then I have an EQ and then that goes into the Fender amp."

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This pedal is mentioned in 2019 Premier Guitar interview.

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According to Premier Guitar's 2019 interview with Strings, he uses the Digitech Polara Reverb.

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Onstage, I like using the EHX Micro POG to create an atmospheric bed—a single drone that’s held by the Freeze—and then I’ll riff over that as I lead into or out of a song. I look at pedals not as crutches, but creative, inspiring tools.

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At 9:14 in the video, the shot of Billy's pedalboard shows his Eventide H9. Describing his love for versatile pedals, Billy says, "The Eventide, that thing is just a workstation."

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This pedal is mentioned in 2019 Premier Guitar interview.

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I’m going to be checking out the new Fender Smolder acoustic overdrive pedal. It’s specifically designed for acoustic overdrive. Fender called me, saying, “We know you do that.” Right now, when I have the overdrive engaged, the guitar will simply feed back if I take my hands off. I’ve gotten used to dealing with it, but I’m very interested in that acoustic overdrive.

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At 9:14 in the video, the shot of Billy's pedalboard shows his EHX Pitchfork. "The other expression pedal I have here is used for the Pitchfork."

More info: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/29250-rig-rundown-billy-strings

This pedal is mentioned in 2019 Premier Guitar interview.

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At 9:14 in the video, the shot of Billy's pedalboard shows his Planet Waves tuner pedal. More info: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/29250-rig-rundown-billy-strings

This pedal is mentioned in 2019 Premier Guitar interview.

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At 9:14 in the video, the shot of Billy's pedalboard shows his Source Audio Nemesis delay. "I love the Nemesis Delay by Source Audio. That thing's just got so many options." More info: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/29250-rig-rundown-billy-strings

This pedal is mentioned in 2019 Premier Guitar interview.

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According to Premier Guitar's 2019 interview with Strings, he uses the Boss GE-7 EQ pedal.

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According to Premier Guitar's 2019 interview with Strings, he uses the Whirlwind Micmute PT.

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According to Premier Guitar's 2019 interview with Strings, he uses the Dunlop DVP3 Pedal.

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I use a Barn3 OX9 to scroll through options. I have only begun to scratch the surface of that pedal’s capabilities.

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According to Premier Guitar's 2019 interview with Strings, he uses the Ernie Ball Volume Pedal.

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According to Premier Guitar's 2019 interview with Strings, he uses the Boss ES-8 Switching System.

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I try my best to dial out the problematic frequencies with an Empress ParaEq, but the truth is that the distortion still sounds like shit. I’m not done messing around with the whole acoustic distortion thing because I haven’t got it where I want it.

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One line from there is the second signal, which is pure pickup tone, and the third channel is the pickup signal from the D.I. into a Boss ES-8 effects switcher. One output on that goes to a volume pedal, a Chase Bliss Brothers overdrive/gain stage, an EQ and then to a Fender Deluxe Reverb.

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In this Instagram post with a photo from Jesse faatz you can see Billy Strings setup including the Waza Dimension C.

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