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.

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 this June 27, 2019 Instagram post.

Today’s weapon of choice...my battered old PRS C22....seems to hold my annoying CGDGBE tuning better than any of the others...#guitars #prsguitars #guitarist #electronicpunk #electronicmusic

Featured in this January 8, 2019 Instagram post.

Brighton Rock Day 2-Finally...my time machine appears to have worked....#roland #akai @akai_pro @roland_uk #studio #recordingsession

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

Featured in this 2009 Blackstar advertisment.

The Series One covers all the bases a modern guitarist could ask for - from brutal distortion to lush clean sounds, it has it all.

Featured in this 2009 Blackstar advertisment.

The Series One covers all the bases a modern guitarist could ask for - from brutal distortion to lush clean sounds, it has it all.

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

Featured in this August 27, 2021 Instagram post.

Love the smell of a new Mac in the morning.... #macporn #cheesegrater