John Davis

With Nerve I play either my ’78 Jazz bass or my Fodera Imperial 5 string fretless, and both are strung with D’addario strings.

With Nerve I play either my ’78 Jazz bass or my Fodera Imperial 5 string fretless, and both are strung with D’addario strings.

My bass is a 1976 Fender Jazz bass (Aguilar 60’s pickups, wired in parallel to a single volume and tone circuit).

Amps and cabinets are Aguilar, and I use an AG500sc into a DB212 around town.

Amps and cabinets are Aguilar, and I use an AG500sc into a DB212 around town.

The product website insists that John uses this amp.

Boss OC2… I’ve tried other octaves, and that one just does it for me. I could do a gig with just that one pedal, for sure…

My pedal board is the heart of my setup and sound, and it consists of: Boss OC2, Zvex Woolly Mammoth, CopilotFX Orbit, Subdecay Noisebox, Bug Brand Bugcrusher Micro, Moog MF101 Low Pass Filter, WMD FatMan, and a Line6 M9…

My pedal board is the heart of my setup and sound, and it consists of: Boss OC2, Zvex Woolly Mammoth, CopilotFX Orbit, Subdecay Noisebox, Bug Brand Bugcrusher Micro, Moog MF101 Low Pass Filter, WMD FatMan, and a Line6 M9…

My pedal board is the heart of my setup and sound, and it consists of: Boss OC2, Zvex Woolly Mammoth, CopilotFX Orbit, Subdecay Noisebox, Bug Brand Bugcrusher Micro, Moog MF101 Low Pass Filter, WMD FatMan, and a Line6 M9…

The new Micro squeezes the lovely sample-rate-reductions of the BugCrusher line into the most compact form yet - just 120 x 65 x 40mm (about the size of MXR pedals).

A single dial sets the Rate for sounds from fizzly-fuzz highs to distruct-o-gurgle lows. There's no need for level controls - the signal going in is neither amplified nor attenuated. The Micro works well on low level signals (such as guitar) or line level signals (perfect for mixing desk - and the output is in-phase with the input). Bypass is now done electronically with a strong stomp switch and silent operation.

My pedal board is the heart of my setup and sound, and it consists of: Boss OC2, Zvex Woolly Mammoth, CopilotFX Orbit, Subdecay Noisebox, Bug Brand Bugcrusher Micro, Moog MF101 Low Pass Filter, WMD FatMan, and a Line6 M9…

My pedal board is the heart of my setup and sound, and it consists of: Boss OC2, Zvex Woolly Mammoth, CopilotFX Orbit, Subdecay Noisebox, Bug Brand Bugcrusher Micro, Moog MF101 Low Pass Filter, WMD FatMan, and a Line6 M9…

The M9 is handling A LOT of duties… detune, pitch shift, pitch vibrato, ring mod, tap delays… a ton of the stuff on these EP’s has a lot to do with the M9… then there is fun post stuff with hardware and plugins… basically just total mayhem whenever possible!

I use a Moog MP201 to control the Lowpass filter, and other pedals.

The product website insists that John uses this pedal.

“The MP-201 is controlling Cutoff and Resonance on both the Low Pass and High Pass sides of my custom Xerograph. All manner of fun to be had there.”

Temple Audio Duo 34 Pedal Board