Dave Knudson's Effects Pedals

Dave confirms at 10:03 in this video that he uses four Line 6 DL4s: Two dedicated for looping; one for delay only; and one for both delay and looping.

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Dave says, at 17:50 in this video, "I do have an Electro Harmonix Hog that I'd love to bring on tour but it just takes up so much room...so I've been using this M5 to kind of recreate some of those sounds."

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Dave mentions at 18:10 that he uses a Line 6 M5 to recreate some of the synthesiser sounds he would usually get with his HOG.

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Around 18:26 in this video, Dave mentions his Zvex Box of Rock, saying, "Of non-sampling pedals it's probably my favorite pedal. I just love the clean boost. It adds sparkle to both my amps."

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Per his Instagram page:

Wild new sounds coming next week. So excited. Thank you @redpandalab! Cc: @nickreinhart

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At 19:28, Dave mentions his Boss CS-3, and says that he uses it to reduce the level of his output so that he can quietly record samples between songs during the live set.

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Dave mentions at 13:20 that he uses two of these units to store samples that would be otherwise difficult to recreate in a live situation.

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Dave mentions at 18:47 in this rig rundown video that he has been using a Barber Tone Press Parallel Compressor for six or seven years to help "even out the tapping".

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An Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer pedal can be seen on Dave's board at 19:51 in this rig rundown video.

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"The Strymon BlueSky Reverberator is another pedal that is amazing. It made it on to a couple of overdubs. It’s not on all the time—I use it when I need a more extreme reverb sound."

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In this pedalboard photo posted by Knudson on his official Instagram profile, the Ibanez TS Mini is visible.

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In this pedalboard photo posted by Knudson on his official Instagram profile, the Earthquaker Bit Commander can be seen.

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In this pedalboard photo posted by Knudson on his official Instagram profile, the Boss PS-3 can be seen.

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In this Instagram photo posted by Knudson, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Malekko B:Assmaster distortion pedal.

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In this Instagram photo posted by Knudson, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Earthquaker Dispatch Master.

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In this pedalboard photo posted by Knudson on his official Instagram profile, one of the things that can be seen is the TC Electronics Ditto X4, which replaced his Boss RC-3.

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Listed on Dave's official EQD artist page.

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Listed on Dave's official EQD artist page.

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At 26:41 in this video, Dave mentions his Morley ABY Footswitches. Dave uses two of these boxes: one to split his guitar signal into his two amps; and another to run his Omnichord through his amps for the song My Time.

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A Dunlop Cry Baby Wah pedal can be seen on Dave's board around 19:50 into this video.

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On Dave's pedalboard, a Boss DD-20 Giga Delay pedal can be seen, at 19:51 in this rig rundown video.

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In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown," at around 19:51, Dave Knudson's pedalboard is shown with the Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner visible in the top right corner.

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In this pedalboard photo posted by Knudson on his official Instagram profile, the Strymon Timeline can be seen.

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In this pedalboard photo posted by Knudson on his official Instagram profile, the DigiTech Whammy (5th generation).

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In this Instagram photo posted by Knudson, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Electro-Harmonix Mel9 tape replay pedal.

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In this pedalboard photo posted by Knudson on his official Instagram profile, one of the things that can be seen is the Line 6 Helix.

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In this photo posted by Knudson on official Instagram profile, the Earthquaker Sea Machine can be seen.

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Listed on Dave's official EQD artist page.

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In this video from Reverb, David Knudson demos the updated MKII version of his "favorite pedal", the Line 6 DL4.

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