Kurt Vile's Effects Pedals

In this July 15, 2021 Instagram story, Kurt shows his Abominable Electronics Unholy Grail - Killer Acid version.

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At 44min 40sec in the attached video Kurt talks about the Maggie pedal

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The DL4 can clearly be seen in this photo of Kurt.

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Part of Kurt Vile's live gear at the Bottletree in Birmingham, Alabama on 7/15/13 according to http://otherbandsstuff.com/post/55807999945/kurt-vile-the-violators-71513

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According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Vile uses the ZVex Box Of Rock.

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From Guitar Player December 2018:

"What effect are you using to make that strange vocal-like guitar sound on "Loading Zones"?

"It's a Ludwig [Phase II] guitar synth. It's the same one used on "The Diamond Sea", which is one of my favorite Sonic Youth songs."

https://issuu.com/yorgui/docs/guitarplayer122018/50

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Part of Kurt Vile's live gear at the Bottletree in Birmingham, Alabama on 7/15/13 according to http://otherbandsstuff.com/post/55807999945/kurt-vile-the-violators-71513

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Part of Kurt Vile's live gear at the Bottletree in Birmingham, Alabama on 7/15/13 according to http://otherbandsstuff.com/post/55807999945/kurt-vile-the-violators-71513

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Kurt Vile's gear is listed as a part of this interview with Kurt Vile.

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According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Vile uses the Ibanez CS9 pedal.

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Kurt Vile can be seen using the FM4 in this picture

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In an interview with Premier Guitar, Kurt Vile discusses using the MXR M169 Carbon Copy delay pedal as part of his gear setup.

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At 23:20 minute mark, Vile is seen setting up the Boss RC-30 loop station.

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at 41min 18sec in the attached video talks about his re-cased Sovtek

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Part of Kurt Vile's live gear at the Bottletree in Birmingham, Alabama on 7/15/13 according to http://otherbandsstuff.com/post/55807999945/kurt-vile-the-violators-71513

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Kurt Vile's gear is listed as a part of this interview with Kurt Vile.

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In this article Rob Laakso, Kurt Vile's bandmate and engineer on the Album B'lieve I'm Going Down, says: “One thing was definitely handy for the pitch vibrato that Kurt wanted on the clean guitars,” he recalls. “We weren’t hauling our own amps around, so I was able to cobble together a pretty decent one out of the Eventide ModFactor. I remember at one studio, there was a Watkins Tremolo amp that we were all excited to use, but it made a horrible humming sound and wasn’t working right. Then across the room they had a Gibson stereo tube amp and that wasn’t working right either, so I busted out the Eventide and had a pitch vibrato that made everyone happy. That definitely appears on the record—almost any pitch vibrato you hear on the album, it’s probably that.”

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According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Vile uses ten band MXR EQ to reduce the feedback that Martin produces.

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According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Vile uses two tuners with one being the Boss TU-3.

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at about the 44min 40sec mark Kurt talks about the Voodoo Lab's Amp Selector

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Part of Kurt Vile's live gear on 7/15/13 at the Bottletree in Birmingham, Alabama according to http://otherbandsstuff.com/post/55807999945/kurt-vile-the-violators-71513

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According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Vile uses the Maxon OD808.

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At 23:22 minute mark, Boss DD-7 delay can be seen in the photo, judging by the text on the pedal.

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at about the 41:00 min mark you can see the Eventide on Kurt's board

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According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Vile uses the Boss TU-2 tuner.

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At 23:20 minute mark, Vile's pedalboard can be seen, with Eventide PowerFactor being as his power supply.

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Took photo of Kurt's pedalboard while crewing his gig in Glasgow 29/08/22.

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Took photo of pedalboard while crewing his gig in Glasgow 29/08/22.

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Took photo of pedalboard while crewing his gig in Glasgow 29/08/22.

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Took photo of pedalboard while crewing his gig in Glasgow 29/08/22.

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This is a community-built gear list for Kurt Vile.

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