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.