John McGeoch's Effects Pedals

John talks about his MXR pedals in this November 1986 issue of Guitarist Magazine. "All the effects are MXR except the Overdrive. I use an MXR rack compressor/limiter which isn't here at the moment. It's so good that our sound guy knicked it and put it on the PA and I haven't got it back yet! Two Flangers, so I can have them at two different settings..."

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According to this scanned copy of the publication The Armoury Show, John is shown as using an "Ibanez SM9 Super Metal" in his setup.

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John McGeoch says in this article he uses an Ibanez overdrive pedal that is "basically a glorified fuzzbox;" the OD-850 seems to be the only pedal fitting that description.

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According to this scanned copy of the publication The Armoury Show, John is shown as using a "Stereo Chorus" in his pedalboard. In this article from the same publication John says "All the effects are MXR except the overdrive" which proves John's use of the MXR M134.

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In a 1986 article from The International Musician, John McGeoch is noted for using an MXR compressor, specifically the MXR Custom Shop CSP028 Vintage Dyna Comp.

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