Isaac Brock

At 6:10 in this studio tour, a Boss Blues Driver can be seen.

In the official factory video by Malekko HeavyIndustry, Isaac Brock uses the Malekko Scrutator, describing its sound as reminiscent of an Atari.

Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse is shown using the Electro-Harmonix Micro POG Polyphonic Octave Generator on his pedalboard, as featured in an Instagram post by Reverb.

Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse is seen using the Catalinbread Karma Suture fuzz pedal on his pedalboard, as featured in a post by Reverb on Instagram.

Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse uses the EarthQuaker Devices Levitation reverb pedal, as seen on his pedalboard in a post by Reverb on Instagram.

'I've talked to their amp guy before on myspace. I'll copy/paste some stuff that might be helpful: " input vol is usually around 7-8, treble 7, mid 5.5, bass 4, reverb 3-8, master about 8. you can get in the ball park with just about any tube fender, with the treble up higher than the bass. lately he's used the middle single coil on his guitar a lot live, in the past he used a filtertron in the bridge pickup pretty often, and that can get you there too. he's got a variety of fuzzes and things, but the basic things he's used for years are a blues driver and a digital delay. at the time of the video he was probably using a boss DD-3 or DD-5, a boss BD-2 blues driver, and maybe a boss metal zone. he may have used 2-3 of the digital delays chained together. he has always preferred to put the delays at the front of his signal chain (i.e. guitar-->delay-->distortion) while most people do it the other way. this changes the sound a little, adding distortion on the repeats of the processed delay sounds. those pedals will definitely help get closer to the sound-- the blues driver is on a lot of the time, and it adds a kind of rounded out midrange and treble. set your amp for a good clean sound instead of using the distortion on the amp, and use the blues driver for your distortion-- it's more mild than it seems. setting the amp to sound as distorted as it might sound on the record, but at a bedroom/practice volume won't get the sound, because part of that tone comes from the speakers and tubes in the amp breaking up/distorting a bit when pushed. on the newer stuff, isaac uses a lot of boutique pedals, fuzzes, delays, and so on-- i.e. zvex pedals, SIB mr. echo, boomerang, menatone, etc.-- but the core of the sound is still the amp and a basic overdrive. '

In this photo, the Keeley Modded Ibanez TS9 is visible next to the Strymon Brigadier pedal.

Isaac Brock's pedalboard features the MXR M103 Blue Box, as seen in an Instagram post by Reverb. Notably, the knobs appear to have been modified.

Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse is shown using the Boomerang E-155 Chorus/Delay Pedal on his pedalboard in a post by Reverb on Instagram.

Featured on Hawley's official Rainger FX artist page.

Dr Freakenstein Fuzz DrFF-3, Air Traffic Controller, Dwarf, Air Space Invader

Featured on Hawley's official Rainger FX artist page.

Dr Freakenstein Fuzz DrFF-3, Air Traffic Controller, Dwarf, Air Space Invader

Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse is shown using the EarthQuaker Devices Arpanoid on his pedalboard, as featured in a post by Reverb on Instagram.

Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse has incorporated the EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run delay pedal into his pedalboard, as evidenced by a post from Reverb on Instagram.

At 7:09 minute mark, the Morley ABY footswitch is visible in the video.

In this photo, Strymon Brigadier is visible right next to Keeley-modded Ibanez TS9 Plus.

Featured on Hawley's official Rainger FX artist page.

Dr Freakenstein Fuzz DrFF-3, Air Traffic Controller, Dwarf, Air Space Invader

Featured on Hawley's official Rainger FX artist page.

Dr Freakenstein Fuzz DrFF-3, Air Traffic Controller, Dwarf, Air Space Invader

At 5:06 in the video Isaac is seen stepping on a Boss HM-2 repeatedly. The front face of the pedal can't be seen but the HM-2 is the only black Boss pedal with orange-tipped knobs. He used it from around 1996 - 1998 to produce feedback live.

Visible on his studio board at 6:08

You can see him using it at 27:43

Between his two pedalboards, visible at 8:38-8:45, 8:58-9:03, 9:09-9:14, 9:47-10:18

In the video titled "Modest Mouse's Gear Collection Is Totally Out There: First-Time Look at Ice Cream Party Studios" by Reverb on YouTube, at approximately 8:42, Isaac Brock's pedalboard is shown, where the MWFX Judder can be seen positioned to the right of the Mel9 on the upper left side.

At 8:42 in the YouTube video "Modest Mouse's Gear Collection Is Totally Out There: First-Time Look at Ice Cream Party Studios" by Reverb, Isaac Brock displays his pedalboard and specifically mentions the DigiTech FreqOut Natural Feedback Creator, noting its position near the Blues Driver.

At 8:42 in the Reverb YouTube video titled "Modest Mouse's Gear Collection Is Totally Out There: First-Time Look at Ice Cream Party Studios," Isaac Brock is shown using the Keeley Bubble Tron Dynamic Flanger Phaser. The pedal can be seen above the POG with four knobs.