Davy Knowles
Isle of Man born Blues guitarist
Davy Knowles' Effects Pedals
The one I’ve really settled on is the Flynn Amps Hawk booster. It really hits the amp hard.
I use a Crowther Audio Hotcake pedal if I need a little more overdrive, but more often than not, I just use the volume on the guitar for all that.
"As a player who uses the volume control on my guitar a lot, as well as changing pick attack, it's important for me to have overdrive sounds that respond to dynamics. The Trimode is wonderfully touch-sensitive. What I love most is that it just doesn't sound like an overdrive pedal at all - it sounds like a really great amp. It's fantastic! I can't say enough good things about it." - Knowles about Radial Trimode.
Davy Knowles is using his King of Tone on the whole song, and just using the volume control on his guitar to adjust the gain and dynamics.
Been a few questions on my rig after the video below, and whether that pedal (Boss Waza Craft Blues Driver) is still a part of it... Why yes it is!
Davy Knowles uses the Pete Cornish NBM-2 pedal, which functions as a boost, line driver, mute, and provides a tuner output. This information is shared by Davy Knowles himself on his Facebook page.
According to Boss' website, Knowles uses Boss DM-2W delay pedal.
"Knowles found inspiration in a pedal by Foxrox Electronics, called the Octron. The octave-up and octave-down pedal became the catalyst that helped him finish the album’s third track, “Falling Apart,” which features a dark, driving, ominous riff that recalls Jimmy Page’s haunting tone on “Dazed and Confused.”"
I leave an MXR carbon copy delay on all the time, set to a very short repeat just for a little ambiance.
In this photo, which comes from 2009 concert with Back Door Slam, Knowles' pedalboard can be seen. One of the pedals visible is the Framptone Amp Switcher.
In this photo, which comes from 2009 concert with Back Door Slam, Knowles' pedalboard can be seen. One of the pedals visible is Fulltone Supa-Trem.
In this photo, which comes from 2009 concert with Back Door Slam, Knowles' pedalboard can be seen. One of the pedals visible is Way Huge Angry Troll.
In this photo, which comes from 2009 concert with Back Door Slam, Knowles' pedalboard can be seen. One of the pedals visible is Modtone Deep Dive.
In this photo, which comes from 2009 concert with Back Door Slam, Knowles' pedalboard can be seen. One of the pedals visible is Budda Budwah.
In this photo, which comes from 2009 concert with Back Door Slam, Knowles' pedalboard can be seen. One of the items visible is Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus.
In the video titled "Davy Knowles 2020 Touring Rig" on YouTube, at the 1:16 mark, Davy Knowles is seen using the Boss TU-3W Chromatic Tuner.
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