Jimmy Smith

In this photo from a performance at the Crystal Ballroom, in Portland, OR, the Fuzzrocious Rat Tail can be seen on Jimmy Smith's pedal board. via effectsbay.com

In this photo from a performance at the Crystal Ballroom, in Portland, OR, the Strymon Timeline can be seen on Jimmy Smith's pedal board. via effectsbay.com

In this picture taken during a house party you can see which pedals Jimmy uses: a Digitech Whammy, an SD-1 and a Boss Delay

During an interview on EffectsBay.com, Jimmy Smith claims that he uses a pair of Fuzzrocious Rat Kings for their UK/EUR tours.

In this photo from a performance at the Crystal Ballroom, in Portland, OR, the Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb Effects Pedal can be seen on Jimmy Smith's pedal board. via effectsbay.com

The pedal was mentioned by Smith as one of the pedals he used for recording "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost" in the 2019 guitar.com interview..

The Electro-Harmonix Micro POG can be seen in this photo of Jimmy Smith's pedalboard, posted to Music Psych in April 2013.

In an Instagram photo posted by user "jimmyfoals," Jimmy Smith is shown using the ZVex Mastotron Fuzz Pedal, highlighting its role in his sound setup.

This pic was posted by Jimmy on his instagram profile 4 days ago before the beginning of Foals' What Went Down tour. "Here's the first one for the black mystery happy/sad/show maker/destroyer box @reubengotto"

The pedal was mentioned by Smith as one of the pedals he used for recording "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost" in the 2019 guitar.com interview..

And the Interstellar Orbiter as well. We love using filter effects – it’s really useful for making two guitars that are essentially doing the same thing sound really different.

In this video https://youtu.be/aihFHrH57A0?t=196, where Jimmy talks about his musical upbringing and his creative process in making songs, you can see the EHX Small Stone on the floor.

In this photo from a performance at the Crystal Ballroom, in Portland, OR, the Line 6 DL4 Delay Guitar Effects Pedal can be seen on Jimmy Smith's pedal board. via effectsbay.com

The pedal was mentioned by Smith as one of the pedals he used for recording "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost" in the 2019 guitar.com interview..

We could do anything with that kind of thing. Oh, and the green Line 6 delay pedal – the DL4 – if I had a gun to my head, I would have to pick that as my favourite guitar pedal of all time.”

In this pic of Jimmy Smith's pedalboard, the Strymon BlueSky can be seen in the bottom right corner of the photo (it's Jimmy's pedalboard because in other photos you can see him wearing white Converse high top shoes). This photo is from Foals at The Live Lounge, 17 Jul 2013.

The EQD Rainbow Machine can be seen in this photo posted to Instagram by Jimmy from Foals.

The pedal was mentioned by Smith as one of the pedals he used for recording "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost" in the 2019 guitar.com interview..

“I got into the EarthQuaker Devices pedals a lot,” Jimmy begins, accepting the challenge. “I use the Rainbow Machine pedal a lot live, and it’s a bit bonkers, but you can get some pretty insane one-off sounds out of it… but good luck trying to recall any of it, there’s no save button on that thing!"

This Instagram photo by reubengotto shows Jimmy Smith playing with his gear in the dressing room before the show. The photo is captioned, "Today is the last show of Foals' Holy Fire touring.. two years of the best times all over the world. Here's to album 4!"

On the bottom right corner of the pedalboard is a Boss RE-20 Space Echo Pedal. In the comments, reubengrotto reveals the gear is "just for jamming in dressing rooms".

In this photo of Jimmy Smith on the floor playing a synth, his pedalboard can be seen to his right (which the poster of the photo confirms is "just for jamming in dressing rooms"). The pedals are powered by the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus, seen in the top row of the pedalboard. Photo posted Sept 2014.

In this picture taken during a house party you can see which pedals Jimmy uses: a Digitech Whammy, an SD-1 and a Boss Delay

In this picture taken during a house party you can see which pedals Jimmy uses: a Digitech Whammy, an SD-1 and a Boss Delay.

The pedal was mentioned by Smith as one of the pedals he used for recording "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost" in the 2019 guitar.com interview..

Instagram post from Jimmy Smith from November 2017. He says:

This here gizmo is gonna carry me to the rings of Saturn and beyond. Big thanks to @fender and true source of inspiration Ed O’Brien for inventing this beauty.

A Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble can be spotted amongs his other pedals.

Instagram post from Jimmy Smith from November 2017. He says:

This here gizmo is gonna carry me to the rings of Saturn and beyond. Big thanks to @fender and true source of inspiration Ed O’Brien for inventing this beauty.

An Eventide H9 Harmonizer Multi-Effects Pedal can be spotted amongs his pedals.

“Obviously, we’ve got all the Strymon things, but we’re trying to get away from that sound now,” he confirms. “That Crystallizer thing seemed to be all over every single record once the blueSky came out! Also, they’re just too complicated for me, to be honest – I like pedals to be simple. Take the DD-3 – it’s badass, and you can do so much with it… and it’s so simple. But then on one of my pedalboards there’s a DD-7 and I’m like, ‘What the fuck is this?!’ They made it too complicated! I mean, you need a degree to use Chase Bliss’s pedals!”

“There’s this delay pedal called the Echosex…” he continues, cringing. “Awful, AWFUL name. It’s so bad that I actually had to put a bit of gaffa tape over the ‘sex’ bit so it just says ‘Echo 2’, it just pissed me off so much, but it’s an amazing replica of a Binson drum thing. And Space Echoes are invaluable to us,” he adds. “I know they’re getting quite expensive now, but if anyone should buy one thing, it’s that. Actually the Echosex thing – god I hate that I have to keep saying it – is actually pretty fucking close to the Space Echo. It’s got a knob on that does tape warp, and it’s a very warm analogue sound.”

In this Instagram rig rundown, the Klon KTR can be seen top right of Jimmy's main board

In this photo from a performance at the Crystal Ballroom, in Portland, OR, the Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner can be seen on Jimmy Smith's pedal board. via effectsbay.com

In this photo from a performance at the Crystal Ballroom, in Portland, OR, the Electro-Harmonix POG2 Octave Generator Guitar Effects Pedal can be seen on Jimmy Smith's pedal board. via effectsbay.com

The pedal was mentioned by Smith as one of the pedals he used for recording "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost" in the 2019 guitar.com interview.. (Although, it is also possible that this might be the original POG.)

In this photo from a performance at the Crystal Ballroom, in Portland, OR, the GigRig Quartermaster 10 can be seen on Jimmy Smith's pedal board. via effectsbay.com

In an Instagram post by jimmyfoals, Jimmy Smith is shown using the Fulltone Supa-Trem 2, highlighting its role in his setup.

In this Instagram photo, Jimmy Smith's Vermona Filter Lancet can be seen beside his Roland JP-08 synth (photo posted April 2016).

This picture was taken from Jimmy's Instagram profile with the quote: "Gonna take some names with this new gizmo thanks @waynecoyne5 @deathbyaudio"

You can see it at 2:08 under the focusrite interfaces

In this rig run down by Jimmy of foals, you see the fuzzrocious Cat Tail on the top right of his pedal board. It is next to a custom designed Fuzzrocious pedal that might also be a cat tail but with custom artwork.

Although not talked about in this clip, the Boss TR-2 can be seen top left of Jimmy's pedalboard in this rundown.