Brian Cook

In this rig rundown article on Brian Cook, it says, "He also uses a Tym Guitars Big Bottom as well s three Fuzzrocious stomps: Oh See Demon, Rat Tail, and Ram the Manparts."

Apart from Russian Circles, Brian has also used this pedal in the band SUMAC as shown in this Gear Gods video.

In the Premier Guitar Rig Rundown video, Brian Cook is shown using the Fuzzrocious Demon, described as a Vintage Rat, positioned on the left side of his pedalboard.

Amongst the pedals that Brian uses is a Thunder by Dwarfcraft Devices.

Going up to August of 2016, Brian continually uses this pedal, now in the band SUMAC. This can be seen in a recent Gear Gods video.

Brian uses a bass wah by Dunlop for "filtre sweeps".

In this picture/rundown of effects Brian uses with Russian Circles, you can clearly see a Dwarfcraft Pitch Grinder.

This rig rundown article on Brian Cook says, "His staple effects are a DigiTech Whammy IV and EXH POG2 for filling up space and changing octaves."

In this rig rundown article on Brian Cook, it says, "He played around with a Way Huge Swollen Pickle, which he says is “bass central."

This article by Premier Guitar states that Brian Cook uses a Fuzzrocious Ram the Manparts pedal, saying, "Though he altered his pedalboard a bit during the sessions, Cook primarily used what’s shown here: Boss TU-2 tuner, DigiTech Whammy IV, Electro-Harmonix POG 2, Way Huge Swollen Pickle, Fuzzrocious Ram the Manparts…"

Brian Cook of Russian Circles is seen using the DigiTech X-Series DigiDelay in a Tumblr post titled "Gear Porn."

Brian's reverb pedal, which is used sparsely.

In a video on the Chicago Music Exchange YouTube channel, Brian Cook is seen using the KMA Machines Astrospurt phaser pedal during a playthrough of "Mota" with Mike.

This Premier Guitar rig rundown article on Brian Cook says, "His staple effects are a DigiTech Whammy IV…"

Brian also uses this pedal for the band SUMAC which is shown in this Gear Gods video.

In this rig rundown article on Brian Cook, it says, "He has an Ernie Ball Volume Jr. going into an EHX Memory Toy and then into an Akai E2 Headrush."

The Big Bottom pedal that he uses here is made by Tym.

"For the last few years I used a Fulltone OCD, but now I use the Fuzzorcious Oh See Demon, which I find more to my liking."

Brian Cook of Russian Circles uses the Option 5 Destination Phase Phaser Pedal, as highlighted in a Tumblr post about the band's gear.

Russian Circles 8/9/12.

Source.

In this picture/rundown of effects Brian uses with Russian Circles, you can clearly see a Digitech Bass Whammy.

In this picture/rundown of effects Brian uses with Russian Circles, you can see a Death by Audio Fuzz War.

In this picture/rundown of effects Brian uses with Russian Circles, you can clearly see an EHX Holy Grail Nano.

The item can be seen 7:10 into this video…

Brian Cook's Board: Akai Head Rush Dunlop DVP4 Volume X Mini Pedal Way Huge WHE401S Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz TSVG Hard Stuff Bass Dwarfcraft Devices Eau Claire Thunder Digitech Bass Whammy Tronographic Rusty Box Bass Preamp Pedal Dwarfcraft Devices Pitchgrinder Sequenced Pitch Shifter Pedal KMA Astrospurt Phaser Source Audio One Series Nemesis Delay Moog Taurus

Visble in this photo of Cook's board, as sourced from Kit Rae's Big Muff Pi Page.

Visble in this photo of Cook's board, as sourced from Kit Rae's Big Muff Pi Page.

In this rig rundown article on Brian Cook, it says, "He has an Ernie Ball Volume Jr. going into an EHX Memory Toy."

To the left of the POG is a Boss Tuner, specifically the older TU-2 model.

"So I plug into the tuner, the tuner runs into an EHX POG II, that then goes up to my effects table where it goes into a Tonebutcher Blue Wail…"

"So I plug into the tuner, the tuner runs into an EHX POG II, that then goes up to my effects table where it goes into a Tonebutcher Blue Wail, then into a Dwarfcraft SOMMS oscillator…"

In this Gear Gods video, Brian Cook of SUMAC shows his pedalboard. It seems he's moved from the old Boss TU-2 to a PolyTune.

In an Instagram post by @russiancircles, Brian Cook is seen using the Source Audio Nemesis Delay during a playthrough of "Mota" on the Chicago Music Exchange YouTube channel.