Juan Alderete

Juan Alderete demonstrates his Boss PN-2 at 18:12 in this Rig Rundown from Premier Guitar.

"Aldrerete uses the Bass Whammy at the end of his pedalboard to transpose what he’s playing to match the key of a song. 'I keep it as the last pedal in my effects chain so that I can send any sound I create through it, and the Bass Whammy will keep that sound intact while raising or lowering the pitch to match the song. It works fantastically well for this purpose.'" - Juan Alderete in this article from Digitech.

"In addition to the Bass Whammy, Alderete uses the DigiTech DigiDelay and Bass Synth Wah and 'a ton of DOD pedals.'" - Source.

Juan Alderete is listed as a "Bass Chorus Deluxe Artist", on this page of Dunlop's website.

Juan Alderete uses an MXR M-107 Phase 100 Effects Pedal, according to this page of Dunlop's website.

Juan Alderete's gear, according to this page of Dunlop's website, includes an MXR MC-403 Power Distributor.

Juan Alderete uses a Way Huge Electronics Green Rhino MKII Overdrive pedal, according to this page of Dunlop's website.

A Pigtronix Bass FAT Drive pedal is used by Juan per his artist page shown here.

In this video showing some cool pedal tricks, Alderete uses the tentacle throughout, and explains how while he usually uses it at the front of his signal chain, but someone suggested to try it at the end, and he really liked how it sounded.

For Deltron 3030's 2014 tour, Juan built a fly rig with the Rainbow Machine. At 3:53, Alderete shows it off, and explains how it adds a futuristic sound that fits in well with the band.

For Deltron 3030's 2014 tour, Alderete built a fly rig with the Great Divide. At 1:49, he explains more about it, and mentions it's probably his most used effect on the board. At 2:12, he demos it, and shows how it can match the low end of synths.

For Deltron 3030's 2014 tour, Alderete built a fly rig with the Particle. At 4:20, he explains it, and shows how he uses it for effects unattainable with just a bass.

I use the shit out of those on hip-hop. You pull that out on dudes bumping 808s [Roland drum machines] and they go, “What the fuck is that little dude?” They love it. I’ve used it on Jonwayne stuff—this rapper I work with out of the Low End Theory crew. I used it with Domo Genesis. He’s one of the guys from Odd Future, but he’s solo now and I used that on his record

Seen at mark 17:10s on this SWR promotional video from 1991--post Racer X.

On his Marilyn Manson pedalboard, as sourced from this October 29, 2019 TalkBass forum post.

Alderete's favorite fuzz and the winner of Pedals and Effects' Fuzz Wars 1. Notable for its unusual blue replacement LED and the extensive erosion of its paint job, the pedal was a gift from Tyler Bates during their time together in Pet.

No Treble, March 29, 2012

But like the Sovtek Fuzz will always be on my pedal board until I find a fuzz pedal that I prefer more. My compressor pedal is the same thing, nobody makes a compressor pedal that sounds as good as that

(...) I think that the Sovtek Fuzz sounds best with a P-bass. It doesn’t sound with a J-bass, just a P-bass. But, you’ve really gotta get into it. You can’t just buy pedals and think they’re gonna blanket everything you do, because they’re not.

Ultimate Guitar, August 28, 2012

And then in the 90s, my main bay was using the Boss CS-2 compressor again, with a Sovtek fuzz, which I love, and then sometimes I would use a wah just to get filtering sounds, I would play a whole bass line filtered out. And I would use an Electro Harmonix micro-synth and so that was my basic setup for that.

Pedals and Effects, "Review: Fuzz Wars 1 Way Huge, Sovtek, Last Gasp Art Lab, Dwarfcraft" (November 15, 2012) (0:09)

We're gonna use the Swollen Pickle, my Sovtek fuzz that I've had for many, many years that I got form Tyler Bates. He was the guitar player in Pet, he gave me this. I'm giving props, shout out to him.

Reverb.com, July 19, 2014

Typically I like P's for heavier stuff and distortion. I just think it distorts better than the Jazz bass. Not to say that a Jazz bass doesn't distort well. It distorts well if you're not going too crazy. But if you really want it heavy and you want it to be the heaviest thing on the recording -- I'll use my Sovtek with my CS-2 compressor and my fretted P-Bass. I rarely hear bass sounds that heavy and huge.

(...) Reverb: I know you've done a long series of Fuzz shootouts on your site, you've done eight or nine of them with four pedals each time. What's the best Fuzz pedal you've played?

JA: By far, my Sovtek. Jonathan Hischke [Hella, Dot Hacker] -- my favorite bass player -- he's always saying, 'you're so lucky you own that one.' We've put other Sovteks against it, Russian Big Muffs, Electro-Harmonix Big Muffs, let alone any of the modern ones, and it just kills it. I've owned a bunch of them and anyone who's owned them knows they don't all sound the same. They can be close, but they have certain characteristics. I've had some that are super swirly in the high-end, but this one is just the beefiest. It kills all. We've actually had to retire it, so now it wins by default. We did another Fuzz shootout yesterday with Justin Meldal-Johnsen [Beck, NIN], and we had a Fuzzrocious and a few others. I can definitely say that my Sovtek would just kill all of them.

(...) You've got to have a good fuzz, but it's hard to recommend one you can't get. Like my Russian Sovtek Muff, they don't all sound good and I wouldn't want to steer you wrong. It's just not consistent.

Premier Guitar, Bass Pedal Wars Round 2 (August 27, 2014)

I have to go with my Sovtek Big Muff fuzz. Tyler Bates, a really great film composer, gave it to me. I went to record with him and he said, “Use this.” I thought it was awesome, so he told me I should keep it. He loved it, but he could see how lit up I was about it. That was in the early ’90s, and I’ve used it a lot since then. It’s the best-sounding fuzz. We do all these fuzz pedal shootouts on my website, pedalsandeffects.com, and it’s still the number one fuzz pedal. I have several other Sovteks, but that is the one.

[SoundCloud Demo]

Pedals and Effects, "Fuzz Wars with Sovteks & Salt in the City of Angels" (March 5, 2015)

[Alderete] [Points to Oz Inglorious' Big Muff's LED] This LED will blow that camera out with how bright it is. It's pretty awesome!

[Oz Inglorious] I call the "Luxer".

[Alderete] [laughs] Yeah! Right!

[Oz Inglorious] 'Cause you can read a newspaper ten miles in space with this LED, but...

[Alderete] And then, mine's been replaced as well, not by choice. A friend of mine did a little bit o' goofiness to it. Mine's battery operated.

[Oz Inglorious] It's been modified.

[Alderete] It's been modified.

Premier Guitar, June 8, 2017

Current Effects (...) Sovtek Fuzz (second generation)

Pedals and Effects, "Red Muck Bass by JAM Pedals" (March 22, 2019)

We went through all their pedals, it was awesome, they loaded us up. But, the talk of the afternoon was the fact that they were claiming that this is gonna sound really good and I might even consider it over my... [pulls Sovtek Big Muff from behind his back] Haaaa! So guess what Nick and I are gonna do, we're gonna do an A/B. (...) In fact, look at this, this motherfucker earned three flags. No pedal in my whole collection has three flags. (...) I don't like taking this on tour anymore, so I would definitely put this [the Red Muck Bass] in its place. I mean, it's not identical, but it's hella close.

Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World’s Greatest Guitarists (released November 11, 2020)

• Behind the scenes of the photo shoot (April 11, 2019)
• Teaser image of pedal 002

Listed among Alderete's basses in this June 8, 2017 Premier Guitar interview.

Basses

Goya Panther

Warwick Jonas Hellborg Signature 31” scale

Kala U-Bass (fretless)

Jerry Jones Longhorn Bass6

Landscape Archtop ABP-1 Hollowbody (fretless)

1962 reissue 32” Fender Jazz Bass (only available in Japan) modified with Hipshot Bass Xtender and Hipshot bridge

1971 Fender Fretless P bass modified with an added Bartolini J-Bass pickup, Starz Guitarz bronze bridge, and Hipshot Bass Xtender

Fender Custom Shop “Raider” P bass

Featured in this November 14, 2017 Instagram post.

I love @u2 & my Adam Clayton @framuswarwickofficial

Used live with Marilyn Mansion, as featured in this June 11, 2019 Instagram post.

I got tools✊🏽 Summer w @marilynmanson next month so I hollered at @jimdunlopusa for assistance. #pedalsandeffects

Visible in this January 12, 2018 Instagram post.

In a video by Pedals and Effects, Juan Alderete showcases the Amptweaker Bass TightFuzz, highlighting its capabilities.

At 04:09 in this interview with Premier Guitar, Juan Alderete provides a brief demonstration of his Boss VB-2 Vibrato Pedal.

At 6:55 in this Rig Rundown from Premier Guitar, Juan Alderete talks about his Pigtronix Envelope Phaser “This is Pigtronix. He actually did a really good video of me at this Bass thing for Bass Player Magazine. They came early and shot a video of me. It’s just a really musical phaser. These are the kind of effects that you can still hear with the flatwounds. With the phaser, you definitely hear it.”

In this Rig Rundown from Premium Guitar, Juan Alderete talks about his Ampeg Rig, which includes the PF210HE. At 11:20, he says “I love them. I think they sound awesome. They’re super cool looking.”

Around 0:40 in this Rig Rundown from Premier Guitar, the TC Polytune can be seen on Juan Alderete’s pedalboard.

"In addition to the Bass Whammy, Alderete uses the DigiTech DigiDelay and Bass Synth Wah and 'a ton of DOD pedals.'" - Source.

Juan Alderete is listed as a user of the MXR M-109 6-Band Graphic EQ, on this page of Dunlop's website.

Juan Alderete's gear includes an MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay, according to this page of Dunlop's website.

According to this page of Dunlop's website, Juan Alderete uses a Dunlop Cry Baby 105Q Bass Wah Pedal.

Among the gear listed on Juan Alderete's page of Dunlop's website is an MXR M-133 Micro Amp Pedal.