Jason Falkner

There isn't many pictures of Jason Falkner's pedalboard but he's pictured here with an Ibanez PT909.

"And though his effects include MXR Distortion + and Phase 90 pedals and an Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress flanger, "a lot of what you hear on the album's just maxed-out guitar and amp."

There aren't many pictures of Falkner's pedalboard but from what I can decipher here he is pictured with an Ibanez TS808.

In this photo from Brooklynvegan, Jason Falkner's pedalboard includes a Boss VB-2 Vibrato, highlighting its role in his effects setup.

Used on Presents Author Unknown, as mentioned in the October 1996 Guitar Player interview "Top Cat: Jason Falkner" by Mike Mettler.

Falkner's favorite amp is a Supro 2x12 combo. "It has that honky midrange thing going - that's all it does, that total Jimmy Page/Zeppelin I sound." And though his effects include MXR Distortion + and Phase 90 pedals and an Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress flanger, "a lot of what you hear on the album's just maxed-out guitar and amp. There's really no better sound in the world than an AC30 on about 9 or 10. My Epiphone goes so good with that - instant Kinks!"

Used on Presents Author Unknown, as mentioned in the October 1996 Guitar Player interview "Top Cat: Jason Falkner" by Mike Mettler.

Falkner's favorite amp is a Supro 2x12 combo. "It has that honky midrange thing going - that's all it does, that total Jimmy Page/Zeppelin I sound." And though his effects include MXR Distortion + and Phase 90 pedals and an Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress flanger, "a lot of what you hear on the album's just maxed-out guitar and amp. There's really no better sound in the world than an AC30 on about 9 or 10. My Epiphone goes so good with that - instant Kinks!"

Used on "She Goes to Bed", as mentioned in the October 1996 Guitar Player interview "Top Cat: Jason Falkner" by Mike Mettler.

Still, some of the album's cooler effects came from outboard tinkering, like the "She Goes to Bed" solo, which Falkner ran through a "really crappy" compression pedal called the Choker. "We put the Choker into my 4-track, went direct into the board and distorted the mike preamps on the 4-track. It ended up sounding really crackly, like it's taken from a different era." He brings that 4-track consciousness to all his studio endeavors. "I don't labor over demos, because then you end up with something most people can't reproduce in the studio," he explains. The studio makes you lose some of the innocence and urgency you had at the demo stage. My mission is to retain the spontaneity of that first demo."