John Butler's Effects Pedals

“Gareth[Russell], my tech, gave me this great little switch and plugged it all in, in very interesting ways I don’t understand. But basically, I can go through my Marshall and Fender so it’s a lot more versatile. So if I want that recorded sound of the Fender and Marshall coming in for a second chorus, I can have more of that studio-esque effect with two amps running different sounds.

“Gareth also brought switching in for the electric guitar. It’s cool how they can be configured to make different channels do different things. For electric, I can do the thing I have with my acoustic where I have my clean sound, but still have those nice blends. I can run straight through the Marshall and the Tube Screamer [Maxon] and I can go through just the Fender.” - excerpt from Music Radar interview.

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In this article from Music Rader John comments about this pedal saying, “It’s good, because you can really control your feedback. It takes a lot of palm muting to make some of these sounds work at high volumes, too. But I always see a volume pedal as kind of like the gas pedal on a car.”

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He has two of those switchers, judging by the photo of his pedalboard, with one being the Dual SGOS.

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In his list of "other pedals", in an interview done for Music Radar, Dunlop 95Q Wah pedal is mentioned.

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In his list of other pedals in an interview done for Music Radar, this pedal was also included.

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When listing pedals of Butler in this Music Radar interview, this pedal was also mentioned.

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Among the other pedals listed, EP Booster was also mentioned in this interview with Music Radar.

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The photography shows his pedalboard. We see the ODB-3.

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In a Rig Tour video by TotalGuitar on YouTube, John Butler is shown using the Akai Professional E2 HeadRush Delay/Looper.

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Photos of his rig were taken during his Music Radar rig rundown, above the eBow, Boss TU-2 is seen.

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In his interview for Music Radar, he told about his rig, in which Whammy was visible.

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He has two of those Lehle switchers, according to Music Radar's rig rundown. One is Little Lehle II.

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Among the other pedals listed in this interview with Butler, Boss PH-2 was also mentioned.

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Among the other pedals listed on Music Radar's interview with Butler, this pedal is also mentioned.

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The photography shows his pedalboard. We see the RV-3.

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This is a community-built gear list for John Butler.

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