Kid Congo Powers' Effects Pedals

"And in The Cramps I used a Univox Superfuzz – very classic and very great. I wouldn’t mind getting another one."

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"Then I went to a Boss Super Overdrive for a while."

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"Replacing the somewhat irreplaceable Super Fuzz on Kid Congo’s pedal board is the Death By Audio Fuzz War. “I find [it] very useful, and very lovely the kind of fuzz I can get out of that. It actually works really well with the Gretsch, I like it a lot. A lot of fuzzes just kind of fly away, the minute it comes out of your amp it dissipates, but that is actually a much nicer fuzz.”

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"And then I got the mustard colored MXR distortion and I really loved that and I have one now - and that was kind of Bad Seeds."

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"Made by a small guitar company from Iowa, this pedal was given to Kid Congo a while ago, but sat unused for years and is now having its day in the sun. “It has two buttons, two levels on it, and that’s really good. They gave me one at a music conference, and it sat in my bag for like three years [until] I pulled it out and was like ‘This is great!’ So I’ve been using that.”

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In this video at 0:43, Kid Congo is using his Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Max pedal.

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Regarding Kid Congo's description of the Sioux Guitars pedal he's using, it looks like he's using a Sioux Guitars Pierce Street Red : “It has two buttons, two levels on it, and that’s really good. They gave me one at a music conference, and it sat in my bag for like three years [until] I pulled it out and was like ‘This is great!’ So I’ve been using that.”

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"Another pedal on Kid Congo’s board is a Boss Tremolo which has been Keeley modded to compensate for the volume drop when in use. “I’ve got a Keeley modded-out Boss Tremolo, because those too would fall away when you pressed the tremolo, so now it just gets much louder.” "

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In this video at 0:43, Kid Congo is using his Modtone MT-CT Chromatic Tuner.

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In a video posted on the official Reuss Musical Instruments Youtube channel, guitarist Kid Congo Powers introduces his signature pedal, The Tingler. This dual pedal features the Goo Goo Fuzz on one side and the Backslide Overdrive on the other. Kid Congo Powers explicitly mentioned using the Goo Goo Fuzz prior to developing his signature pedal.

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