Greg Bertens

Pictured and discussed in this September 26, 2021 KEXP Feedback interview.

I try not to get too fussy with pedals at live shows. The Holy Grail and DD-20 do the heavy lifting. The Small Clone is also rarely turned off. My favorite pedal, probably for sentimental reasons, is the Interstellar Overdrive Supreme I bought from Oliver [Ackermann, of A Place to Bury Strangers] back in the day when he was crossing wires and blowing up transistors in his bedroom at his Brooklyn warehouse. The TC Helicon Voicelive is for vocals (surprise) and takes up way too much room on this small board, but after several shows where the house sound guy mixed my vocals dry and up front, we revoked the house’s privilege of getting a dry mix. If I had more room, I’d add my Memory Man Deluxe and another Boss chorus/delay.

Pictured and discussed in this September 26, 2021 KEXP Feedback interview.

I try not to get too fussy with pedals at live shows. The Holy Grail and DD-20 do the heavy lifting. The Small Clone is also rarely turned off. My favorite pedal, probably for sentimental reasons, is the Interstellar Overdrive Supreme I bought from Oliver [Ackermann, of A Place to Bury Strangers] back in the day when he was crossing wires and blowing up transistors in his bedroom at his Brooklyn warehouse. The TC Helicon Voicelive is for vocals (surprise) and takes up way too much room on this small board, but after several shows where the house sound guy mixed my vocals dry and up front, we revoked the house’s privilege of getting a dry mix. If I had more room, I’d add my Memory Man Deluxe and another Boss chorus/delay.

Pictured and discussed in this September 26, 2021 KEXP Feedback interview.

I try not to get too fussy with pedals at live shows. The Holy Grail and DD-20 do the heavy lifting. The Small Clone is also rarely turned off. My favorite pedal, probably for sentimental reasons, is the Interstellar Overdrive Supreme I bought from Oliver [Ackermann, of A Place to Bury Strangers] back in the day when he was crossing wires and blowing up transistors in his bedroom at his Brooklyn warehouse. The TC Helicon Voicelive is for vocals (surprise) and takes up way too much room on this small board, but after several shows where the house sound guy mixed my vocals dry and up front, we revoked the house’s privilege of getting a dry mix. If I had more room, I’d add my Memory Man Deluxe and another Boss chorus/delay.

Pictured and discussed in this September 26, 2021 KEXP Feedback interview.

I try not to get too fussy with pedals at live shows. The Holy Grail and DD-20 do the heavy lifting. The Small Clone is also rarely turned off. My favorite pedal, probably for sentimental reasons, is the Interstellar Overdrive Supreme I bought from Oliver [Ackermann, of A Place to Bury Strangers] back in the day when he was crossing wires and blowing up transistors in his bedroom at his Brooklyn warehouse. The TC Helicon Voicelive is for vocals (surprise) and takes up way too much room on this small board, but after several shows where the house sound guy mixed my vocals dry and up front, we revoked the house’s privilege of getting a dry mix. If I had more room, I’d add my Memory Man Deluxe and another Boss chorus/delay.

Pictured and discussed in this September 26, 2021 KEXP Feedback interview.

I try not to get too fussy with pedals at live shows. The Holy Grail and DD-20 do the heavy lifting. The Small Clone is also rarely turned off. My favorite pedal, probably for sentimental reasons, is the Interstellar Overdrive Supreme I bought from Oliver [Ackermann, of A Place to Bury Strangers] back in the day when he was crossing wires and blowing up transistors in his bedroom at his Brooklyn warehouse. The TC Helicon Voicelive is for vocals (surprise) and takes up way too much room on this small board, but after several shows where the house sound guy mixed my vocals dry and up front, we revoked the house’s privilege of getting a dry mix. If I had more room, I’d add my Memory Man Deluxe and another Boss chorus/delay.

Pictured in this September 26, 2021 KEXP Feedback interview.

Pictured in this September 26, 2021 KEXP Feedback interview.

Pictured in this September 26, 2021 KEXP Feedback interview.

Mentioned in this September 26, 2021 KEXP Feedback interview.

If I had more room, I’d add my Memory Man Deluxe and another Boss chorus/delay.

Pictured and discussed in this September 26, 2021 KEXP Feedback interview.

I’m currently playing a reissue clear Dan Armstrong ADA6. It looks cool as hell, but it’s also a surprisingly great guitar for playing through pedals — chimney upper-mids with tight but big low tones. I played the requisite Jazzmaster for years and occasionally pull it out for recording, but I’m pretty monogamous with the Armstrong these days.

A Silverface Twin is mentioned in this September 26, 2021 KEXP Feedback interview.

I play through a way-too-heavy '70s silverface Fender Twin. At one point I tried the blackface mod, but didn’t like the natural amp distortion when it got loud. I like a loud, clean, warm tone that I can shape with my pedals.

Mentioned in this September 26, 2021 KEXP Feedback interview.

I played the requisite Jazzmaster for years and occasionally pull it out for recording, but I’m pretty monogamous with the Armstrong these days.

In the YouTube video titled "Film School performs 11:11 at Laundromatinee.com" by LaundroMatinee, Greg Bertens is seen using the Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler at the 1:05 mark.

In the YouTube video titled "Film School performs 11:11 at Laundromatinee.com" by LaundroMatinee, Greg Bertens is seen using the Fulltone Full-Drive2 Mosfet at the 1:05 mark.

In the YouTube video titled "Film School performs 11:11 at Laundromatinee.com" by LaundroMatinee, Greg Bertens is clearly seen using the Fender PT-100 Chromatic Tuner at the 1:05 mark.

In the YouTube video titled "Film School performs 11:11 at Laundromatinee.com," Greg Bertens is observed using the Vox V847 Wah pedal at the 1:07 mark.