Joey Santiago

Joey Santiago uses Fulltone OCD Pedal in his pedalboard during the Pixies performance.

Joey Santiago uses the Boss Hyper Fuzz Pedal in his pedalboard during the Pixies performance.

Joey Santiago uses the Atomic Boost OC-44 Pedal in his pedalboard during the Pixies performance.

12:39 into the loudQUIETloud documentary, a shot of Joey santiago's pedalboard reveals a black effect pedal which looks like it must be a Pro Co Vintage RAT.

Santiago relies upon a relatively modest yet rather intriguing array of pedals to achieve a wide variety of tones and effects. These include a Fulltone OCD overdrive, a Way Huge Swollen Pickle, a Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe, a Menatone Pleasure Trem 5000 tremolo, a Maxon AD9 analog delay, a Moogerfooger MF-108M (controlled by a Roland EV-5 expression pedal), an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail, an Electro-Harmonix PitchFork, a DOD FX-17 Wah-Volume and a MXR ten-band EQ.

"It’s really more aggressive on the top end. It’s not throwback sounding—it’s not like a ’60s sound at all. It sounds modern. I use it as a filter. I set it and don’t mess with it."

A shot of Joey santiago's pedalboard shows him turning some knobs on his Boss DM-3 at 12:39 into the loudQUIETloud documentary. It could have just as easily been the Boss DM-2 but the knobs on Joey's pedal are shaped like tiny tophats. The DM-2's knobs are wider, shorter and metalic instead of white at the top.

Santiago relies upon a relatively modest yet rather intriguing array of pedals to achieve a wide variety of tones and effects. These include a Fulltone OCD overdrive, a Way Huge Swollen Pickle, a Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe, a Menatone Pleasure Trem 5000 tremolo, a Maxon AD9 analog delay, a Moogerfooger MF-108M (controlled by a Roland EV-5 expression pedal), an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail, an Electro-Harmonix PitchFork, a DOD FX-17 Wah-Volume and a MXR ten-band EQ.

Joey Santiago uses the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb Pedal in his pedalboard during the Pixies performance.

Joey Santiago uses the Keeley Compressor Pedal in his pedalboard during the Pixies performance.

12:39 into the loudQUIETloud documentary, a shot of Joey santiago's pedalboard reveals a pale green effect pedal which looks like it must be a Boss PN-2.

Patrick Brennan's interview with Joey Santiago and Linda Mallari about the release of The Martinis' release "Smitten" has sadly disappeared from the internet. At the top of that page it showed a picture of Joey holding a Guyatone TD-X Tube Echo.

Santiago relies upon a relatively modest yet rather intriguing array of pedals to achieve a wide variety of tones and effects. These include a Fulltone OCD overdrive, a Way Huge Swollen Pickle, a Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe, a Menatone Pleasure Trem 5000 tremolo, a Maxon AD9 analog delay, a Moogerfooger MF-108M (controlled by a Roland EV-5 expression pedal), an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail, an Electro-Harmonix PitchFork, a DOD FX-17 Wah-Volume and a MXR ten-band EQ.

Joey Santiago uses the Empress Tap Tremolo Pedal in his pedalboard during the Pixies performance.

Joey Santiago uses the Lehle Dual SGOS Pedal in his pedalboard during the Pixies performance.

Joey Santiago uses the Roland EV-5 Expression Pedal in his pedalboard during the Pixies performance.

It's a little hard to see because of all the labels but a GigRig QuarterMaster QMX8 can be spotted on Joey Santiago's pedalboard in this gear rundown video.

Santiago relies upon a relatively modest yet rather intriguing array of pedals to achieve a wide variety of tones and effects. These include a Fulltone OCD overdrive, a Way Huge Swollen Pickle, a Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe, a Menatone Pleasure Trem 5000 tremolo, a Maxon AD9 analog delay, a Moogerfooger MF-108M (controlled by a Roland EV-5 expression pedal), an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail, an Electro-Harmonix PitchFork, a DOD FX-17 Wah-Volume and a MXR ten-band EQ.

Santiago relies upon a relatively modest yet rather intriguing array of pedals to achieve a wide variety of tones and effects. These include a Fulltone OCD overdrive, a Way Huge Swollen Pickle, a Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe, a Menatone Pleasure Trem 5000 tremolo, a Maxon AD9 analog delay, a Moogerfooger MF-108M (controlled by a Roland EV-5 expression pedal), an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail, an Electro-Harmonix PitchFork, a DOD FX-17 Wah-Volume and a MXR ten-band EQ.

Joey Santiago uses Maxon AD-9 Analog Delay Pro Pedal in his pedalboard during the Pixies performance.

Joey Santiago uses the Boss Dual Footswitch FS-6 Pedal in his pedalboard during the Pixies performance.

Santiago's Moog Flux can be seen at 10:16 in this rig rundown.

In this 2014 article by John Bohlinger on February 12, guitar tech Duncan Swift gives PremierGuitar a gear rundown before a Pixies performance on February 2nd at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

"All pedals are powered by a GigRig Modular Power Supply setup."

Santiago relies upon a relatively modest yet rather intriguing array of pedals to achieve a wide variety of tones and effects. These include a Fulltone OCD overdrive, a Way Huge Swollen Pickle, a Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe, a Menatone Pleasure Trem 5000 tremolo, a Maxon AD9 analog delay, a Moogerfooger MF-108M (controlled by a Roland EV-5 expression pedal), an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail, an Electro-Harmonix PitchFork, a DOD FX-17 Wah-Volume and a MXR ten-band EQ.

Santiago relies upon a relatively modest yet rather intriguing array of pedals to achieve a wide variety of tones and effects. These include a Fulltone OCD overdrive, a Way Huge Swollen Pickle, a Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe, a Menatone Pleasure Trem 5000 tremolo, a Maxon AD9 analog delay, a Moogerfooger MF-108M (controlled by a Roland EV-5 expression pedal), an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail, an Electro-Harmonix PitchFork, a DOD FX-17 Wah-Volume and a MXR ten-band EQ.

Joey Santiago uses the TC Electronic PolyTune Pedal in his pedalboard during the Pixies performance.

Joey Santiago uses the Boss LS-2 Line Selector Pedal in his pedalboard during the Pixies performance.

Joey Santiago's Moog Analog Delay can be seen at 10:06 in this rig rundown.

According to Premier Guitar's article, Santiago uses the Moog MF-105M analog filer guitar pedal.

According to Premier Guitar's article, Santiago uses the Gig Rig G2 Switching System.