Henry Kaiser

Listed on the official Foxrox artist page.

Henry Kaiser

Captain Coconut and Octron2

According to Vertex Effects, Henry Kaiser powers his pedalboard with a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus.

"When 1998 rolled around, I encountered the now-discontinued (but new at the time) Tech 21 Comptortion pedal. As my pal Glenn Phillips recently pointed out, this pedal sounds like it was designed to sound like me. To this day the CompTortion is a must-have for me anytime and anyplace that I play. Frequently, I use it direct with nothing else in the studio. One thing I love about it is that it is gated, but with the gate detection before the distortion, thus a listener never hears the gating. (I first heard this idea of gating in the old ADA MP-1 rack preamp.) The CompTortion is also the only really fuzzy distortion pedal that I know of that seems to find unique sounds from whatever guitar I plug into it. I have way too many guitars, and this pedal makes me sound like I have twice the actual quantity…" says Henry Kaiser, in this article.

An Electro-Harmonix Killswitch can be seen in this photo of Henry Kaiser's pedalboard, found on Vertex Effects.

As shown on Vertex Effects, Henry Kaiser uses a Manlay Sound Ronno Bender.

"Nowadays the tiny Neunaber Wet Mono Reverb seems to be the magic reverb for me. It’s a handcrafted reverb, designed by one man instead of a team or committee, to provide many different sounds with a single preset, with variable decay and mix. That one preset covers everything that I ever need, and the pedal works equally well in front of an amp, and also in an amp’s effects loop," says Henry Kaiser, in this article, by Premier Guitar.

"I like playing kind of blues rock soloing... using this kind of reverse effect and it displaces me in time from the moment, and I get odd rhythmic placement and lines I wouldn't normally get, and it's almost like playing with another person"

"I used a Ram’s Head Big Muff for maximum distortion. I generally play clean or totally fuzzed out. The Dumble Overdrive Special amp introduced me to a wider spectrum of distortion and I pretty much stuck with the amp’s distortion and clean sounds."

"I discovered the Chandler Tube Driver in the ’80s and stuck it in front of both amps. When 1998 rolled around, I encountered the now-discontinued (but new at the time) Tech 21 Comptortion pedal."

"(Whoops ... I almost forgot the Crazy Tube Circuits Starlight, a really terrific fuzz pedal from Greece.)"

"[Barber Tone Press] allows me to change the mix balance between a compressed signal and the uncompressed signal, thereby allowing transients to break through, while the sustain continues underneath," says Henry Kaiser, in this article.

"[Old World 1960 Compressor] is two parallel optical compressors with super hi-fi sound, and a compression style like an old Teletronix LA2A compressor," Henry Kaiser says, in this article, about his Essential Effects, by Premier Guitar.

"Finally, an amazing and pricey compressor from England is the Origin Effects Slide Rig. This pedal emulates the wonderful sound of Lowell George on Little Feat’s Dixie Chicken album, simulating the sound of two Urei 1176 compressor channels in series…" says Henry Kaiser, in this article, about his essential effects, by Premier Guitar.

This photo of Henry Kaiser's pedalboard, found on Vertex Effects, shows that he uses an Eventide PitchFactor.

In this photo of Henry Kaiser's pedalboard, found on Vertex Effects, a Tech 21 Liverpool pedal can be seen.

A TC Electronic Flashback Delay pedal can be seen on Henry Kaiser's pedalboard in this photo, found on Vertex Effects.

On Vertex Effects, this photo of Henry Kaiser's pedalboard shows that he uses an Xotic Robotalk.

"The old MXR Dyna Comp was the first tool that I used for this. I think I got one very soon after it first appeared on the market. I always placed a volume pedal after it so that I could control the dynamics of what I heard, that way I could make the loud notes quiet and the quiet notes loud."

"Tech 21 came up with two more pedals in recent years that I love the sound of: the American Woman and the Liverpool."

Listed on the official Foxrox artist page.

Henry Kaiser

Captain Coconut and Octron2

In a Facebook post by Michael Manring, Henry Kaiser is shown using the Eventide H9 Max pedal.

In a user-uploaded photo on Facebook by Michael Manring, Henry Kaiser is seen using a 29 Pedals EUNA.

In a user-uploaded photo on Facebook, Henry Kaiser is seen using a Red Panda Tensor during a session with Michael Manring.