Jim Davies

Mentioned in this November 2000 Guitarist interview

So what stuff gets you through those studio sessions?

In the studio I use so many pedals - the entire new Ibanez range, a micro synth, loads of old sixties pedals.

Used for "Trigger Finger", as stated by Davies in this April 16, 2020 Guitar World interview. It can be seen on Davies Instagram in posts dated October 14, 2019, December 4, 2019, January 22, 2021 and February 22, 2021 among others.

"When I was young, I was using all these spaceship-style Ibanezs and Mavericks and if you offered me a Telecaster I would have said, ‘No way, mate - that’s what Status Quo use!’ But this Tele is great, it’s a souped-up American model with noiseless pickups. It’s great at cutting through all the layers in my tracks. There’s one called Trigger Finger that I used that guitar for…”

Which, we have to say, includes some particularly nasty fuzz tones…

“Definitely - on that track I was messing around with a new pedal, the Electro-Harmonix Cock Fight, that a friend of mine had in the studio. I was playing and he was tweaking until I said, ‘Right, stop there! It’s like an envelope filter, I’ve always used wah-wahs, because I love those sweep-through filters.

Visible in this January 7, 2019 Instagram post.

Brighton(punk)Rock.....Day 1 @bossfx_us #newyearnewnoiz #guitarist #guitarpedals

Mentioned by Davies in his guest column for the March 2001 issue of Total Guitar, as sourced from a scan on the "Information" page of Davies' official website.

Other effects I use a lot are the envelope filter as it's like an auto wah but has a wider and 'squelchier' range of sounds. With fig 5 (CD track 22) I've used a Guyatone wah rocker pedal. As with most envelope filters, the sound you get depends on the threshold and decay settings plus the type of pick attack you use. You can hear this on the CD as I play a funk riff on the higher strings for three bars then switch to the low fourth string for the last bar. By dampening the string, some really cool low end 'squidgy' frequencies are achievable.

Used for or after Deviant, according to the following sources.

Guitarist, November 2000

I think the POD is one of the most important new pieces of guitar equipment in decades. It sounds amazing. I use it to demo songs on the road or in the studio, it makes recording on the road so easy. When I recorded the demos for Deviant, I had to to have a separate live room with the Marshalls cranked up. From now on I'll just use the POD and not have to make a load of noise and take up an entire room. I have no problem with bands who want to do things totally analogue or guitarists who want to record normally, it's just not my thing.

Guitar, 2000, "Pitchshifter - Shifting the Pitch"

"It's all so pretentious," he muses. "I use these sort of strings and this sort of wood and I get my sound from these picks. I really hate all that. Just give me a Pod unit, give me an Ibanez and I'm all right."

Computer Music, 2007

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GUITAR RIG 2

"The POD was a bit of a milestone in guitar technology but I think Guitar Rig takes it a step further. I've turned up to session jobs with just my laptop with Guitar Rig on, to the horror of the producer! But one they get over the fact that I'm using a laptop rather than four Marshall stacks, they're normally raving about it. I love the effects you can get - really techno-sounding tones that you'd never think came from a guitar."

Mentioned in this November 2000 Guitarist interview

So what stuff gets you through those studio sessions?

In the studio I use so many pedals - the entire new Ibanez range, a micro synth, loads of old sixties pedals.

According to Maxon's website, Davies uses the Maxon PT-999 Phase Tone pedal.

According to Maxon's website, Davies uses the Maxon PH350 Rotary Phaser pedal.

"The guitarist did, however, employ a few pedals. “I used the Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler so much that I broke it,” he says. “Now it makes noises it’s not supposed to.” Davies also used a Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler to create cool, swell-and-recede effects on “How We Roll,” and on “Empire” he used a Digi-Tech Whammy pedal to sustain a note and then “play” the melody by manipulating the pedal with his foot to change the pitch."

Featured in this August 19, 2020 Instagram post and visible in this January 27, 2021 Instagram post.

dred2008 I have a fucking anchient rat peddle, metal case... Killer noise

jimdaviesmusic @dred2008 lost all my old ones/drowned them in beer on tour...this ones new unfortunately

Mentioned by Davies in his guest column for the March 2001 issue of Total Guitar, as sourced from a scan on the "Information" page of Davies' official website.

Another cool effect is the Boss bass synth pedal which although designed for basses, also sounds great for electric guitars. On CD track 23 I've played a dampened percussive rhythm with my right hand while adjusting the resonance pot on the pedal to create a cool Roland 303 synth sound.

Mentioned in this November 2000 Guitarist interview

So what stuff gets you through those studio sessions?

In the studio I use so many pedals - the entire new Ibanez range, a micro synth, loads of old sixties pedals.

Mentioned in this November 2000 Guitarist interview

So what stuff gets you through those studio sessions?

In the studio I use so many pedals - the entire new Ibanez range, a micro synth, loads of old sixties pedals.

Mentioned in this November 2000 Guitarist interview

So what stuff gets you through those studio sessions?

In the studio I use so many pedals - the entire new Ibanez range, a micro synth, loads of old sixties pedals.

Mentioned in the following sources.

Guitar, June 2000, "Fever Pitch"

My wahs are a George Dennis and a Crybaby, and the Whammy is a MkII, the black one - the new red ones are so unfriendly in comparison, just rubbish!

Guitarist, November 2000

Pedal-wise, I use a George Dennis wah, although I like the Jim Dunlop equally, I also have a Whammy pedal (the new red one) which I use a lot. The intro riff to Waifer Thin is with the whammy pedal set down an octave for meatiness. I love the DOD Envelope Filter (the old one) - excellent squelchy sounds!

Total Guitar, March 2001

The most important pedal for what I do is definitely the wah wah - mainly a George Dennis or Dunlop Cry Baby - as it's capable of so many funky sounds. I tend to use it a little like a resonance pot on a synth: a play a riff with the wah in the up position and slowly bring it forward to make it sound like the type of synthy Moog sweep sounds in modern dance music.

The wah can also make the guitar more prominent in the band's mix as it works well against the heavy sub bass sounds that we use. A good example of this is on the track Dead Battery from Pitchshifter's Deviant album. In the second section of the middle eight I play a droning wah lead melody against the sub bass - live, the bass is so outrageous that a more typical chunky guitar part would be lost in the mix.

According to Maxon's website, Davies uses the OD808 Overdrive pedal.

"The guitarist did, however, employ a few pedals. “I used the Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler so much that I broke it,” he says. “Now it makes noises it’s not supposed to.” Davies also used a Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler to create cool, swell-and-recede effects on “How We Roll,” and on “Empire” he used a Digi-Tech Whammy pedal to sustain a note and then “play” the melody by manipulating the pedal with his foot to change the pitch."

Visible in this January 22, 2021 Instagram post and this February 22, 2021 Instagram post. It is also mentioned in this April 16, 2020 Guitar World interview.

"As for the other pedals, I always go back to the Digital Whammy for harmonizers and octave effect. The Line 6 FM4 is so squelchy, you can get it sounding like 303 synth stuff. I’ve always used the Cry Baby wah-wah.

Visible in this January 3, 2019 Instagram post.

Featured in Instagram posts dated January 7, 2019 and January 9, 2019. It is also visible in this June 27, 2019 post.

January 7, 2021

Brighton(punk)Rock.....Day 1 @bossfx_us #newyearnewnoiz #guitarist #guitarpedals

January 9, 2021

Brighton (Punk) Rock Day 3-Keeping it simple, Boss Blues driver into this little beaut....#voxamps #guitartone #guitarist #bossguitarpedals @boss_europe

Mentioned in this November 2000 Guitarist interview

So what stuff gets you through those studio sessions?

In the studio I use so many pedals - the entire new Ibanez range, a micro synth, loads of old sixties pedals.

Mentioned in this November 2000 Guitarist interview

So what stuff gets you through those studio sessions?

In the studio I use so many pedals - the entire new Ibanez range, a micro synth, loads of old sixties pedals.

Mentioned in this November 2000 Guitarist interview

So what stuff gets you through those studio sessions?

In the studio I use so many pedals - the entire new Ibanez range, a micro synth, loads of old sixties pedals.

Mentioned in the following sources.

Guitar, June 2000, "Fever Pitch"

My wahs are a George Dennis and a Crybaby, and the Whammy is a MkII, the black one - the new red ones are so unfriendly in comparison, just rubbish!

Guitarist, November 2000

Pedal-wise, I use a George Dennis wah, although I like the Jim Dunlop equally, I also have a Whammy pedal (the new red one) which I use a lot. The intro riff to Waifer Thin is with the whammy pedal set down an octave for meatiness. I love the DOD Envelope Filter (the old one) - excellent squelchy sounds!

Instagram, December 12, 2019 (among others)

My set up for the live session earlier this week-pretty simple (although you can never have enough filter pedals..) quite a lot of tap dancing required to play this tune from the new album but it keeps things interesting! Used my trusty fender telecaster for a bit of twang (helps to cut through the barrage of sub bass better than some of my other guitars!) #blackstarseriesone #digitechwhammy #crybabywah #line6fm4 #electroharmonixcockfight #guitarpedals #guitaristsofinstagram #guitarist #livesetup #blackstaramps #fendertelecaster