Mario Camarena

Mario Camarena uses this compression pedal almost exclusively as seen at 8:23 into the "Rig Rundown" video interview. "...I can't even imagine playing without it now - we've been using it for the past couple of years..."

Mario posted a photo with the caption " I actually use pedals now..." on his Instagram.

Mario posted a photo with the caption " I actually use pedals now..." on his Instagram.

Mario posted a photo with the caption " I actually use pedals now..." on his Instagram.

Grand Orbiter at 1:44

Mario posted a photo with the caption " I actually use pedals now..." on his Instagram.

Mario posted a photo with the caption " I actually use pedals now..." on his Instagram.

EH: There’s a part in one of the songs where I’m like, not playing in key, and because we have the Rainbow Machine goin’ off, going crazy, going up and down, these crazy note patterns, almost like the guitar’s talking to itself, and then I break into a solo after one measure, and we’ve never done anything like that before. So that’s pretty cool.

EH: Probably when we used the Disaster Transport. When you turn up the delay, there’s this crazy sound like an alien spaceship in the background, and it just does that forever.

While CHON’s catchy math rock is performed with precision, Mario’s approach to modulation effects is relatively laissez faire. “I just kinda throw [modulation effects] on randomly throughout the set,” he says, pointing towards his Grand Orbiter and Hummingbird.

Mario Camarena uses the MXR M107 Phase 100 phaser pedal, as documented on Equipboard.

Mario posted a photo with the caption " I actually use pedals now..." on his Instagram.

Mario posted a photo with the caption " I actually use pedals now..." on his Instagram.

Rounding out Mario’s effects chain are an Arrows boost “for solos,” the Spatial Delivery envelope filter, which he sets “to sound like Thundercat,” and the Avalanche Run, for a “trippy delay.”

Ibanez Mini Chorus at 1:44

You can see this effect in his pedal board at 4:28

You can see this effect in his pedal board at 4:28

Mario posted a photo with the caption " I actually use pedals now..." on his Instagram.

You can see this effect in his pedal board at 4:28

This tuner can be seen at 6:05 into the video as it shows a full shot of Mario's pedal board.

In a video originally uploaded to Instagram, Mario Camarena is shown using the Meris Ottobit Jr pedal while performing the song "Gift." This proof is supported by a YouTube short shared by Kaonashi, which cites the original source from Mario's Instagram account @guitarrmar.