Dan Donegan's Effects Pedals

Dan Donegan uses a Boss Metal Zone MT-2 pedal, which his guitar tech mentions at 4:40, saying, "Again another standard, well-known, cheaply-made, durable Boss pedal. A lot of people use it for overdrive. Dan uses it for a dropout. So he uses the EQ and pulls it back so he can come down to tone that's like a real harsh and raunchy kind of noise boxy, radio-ish, transistor kind of sound..."

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At 3:38 in this Premier Guitar rig rundown video, Dan's guitar tech says, "He has his own signature pedal, the Dan Donegan Weapon pedal, which uses actually two of them...and they do so many different things, so many things I can't label or list all of them...I'm a firm believer in the "Weapon" pedal.

Donegan talks about this pedal in the 2011 Guitar World interview.

I have a Digitech Weapon pedal they built for me some years ago that was modeled after some of the tones I had on The Sickness album. Digitech came to me and said, “Let’s recreate some of those tones so you can pull ‘em off live.” There’s a sitar sound I use in “Stupefy” and a few other songs. And I have a rack Cry Baby Wah. That’s about it.

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Dan Donegan's guitar tech starts talking about the pedals Dan uses around 4:20 in this video. Of the Korg ToneWorks he says, "This is a big part of Dan's sound right here. He uses it a lot...It's set to the same setting." There is a clear enough shot to see the setting Dan uses.

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"The DigiTech Whammy comes in for a couple different songs...it's used mostly on a double octave Wah...DigiTech has been really good to Dan and really good to me as well," says Dan's guitar tech, around 11:10 in this rig rundown video.

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"The Voodoo Lab's GCX Loop Switcher, it's pretty standard stuff everybody uses," Dan's guitar tech says, at 3:22 in this rig rundown video.

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the pedal is seen in this image

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Around 5:14, Dan's Angry Troll pedal is shown, and his guitar tech explains that they're still working on integrating that into the system.

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Dan's guitar tech calls the Decimator Noise Reduction pedal a part of his "silence section." At 6:08 he says, "I can't say enough about these things...it gates in a way other pedals don't...the decimator doesn't color your sound."

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Dan Donegan's guitar tech talks about what he calls Dan's "silence section," and around 6:29, there are two Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor pedals clearly visible in this section of Dan's rig.

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the pedal is seen in this image of his rig

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you can see he used the pedal in this image

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In a diagram of Dan Donegan’s rig, the Boss AW-3 Dynamic Wah pedal is featured, showcasing its role in his setup.

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While Dan Donegan's guitar tech is talking about Dan's pedals, at 3:47 in this video, the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ is visible.

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In this diagram of Dan's rig from 2000, a Boss PH-2 Super Phaser pedal can be seen. It can also be heard at the beginning of the song "Voices".

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In the image, Dan Donegan is shown with a DigiTech X-Series Multi Chorus pedal, highlighting its use in his gear setup.

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you can see the pedal in this image

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In the image, Dan Donegan is shown using the Korg DTR-2000 tuner as part of his rig.

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In the image, Dan Donegan is shown using the Ebtech 2-Channel Hum Eliminator, a noise gate effects pedal.

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in this tweet, you can see this in his tour rig

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in the tweet, you can see it's a part of his rig

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In a tweet, Dan Donegan mentions using the Rocktron Banshee Talk Box during the "Immortalized" tour, highlighting its role in his live performances with Disturbed.

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the pedal is seen in a diagram of his rig

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this pedal is seen in a diagram of his rig

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In a rig diagram from 2005, Dan Donegan is shown using the Whirlwind Multi-Selector pedal.

In a rig diagram available on Wordpress, Dan Donegan is shown using an Ernie Ball Volume Pedal as part of his guitar setup.

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