Matt Hoopes

"I’ve been super busy the past week building up every enclosure that I have for my first release under @1981inventions."

@DrewShirley Finally getting to step on Hoopes from @relientK pedalboard today after sound chk. He's turned me on to some rad new pedals.. Being used now on Relinet K's Air For Free supporting tour.

At 10:50 he points out the Top Hat Vanderbilt 33 and says "This is sort of a Marshall/Vox hybrid. An amazing amp. I picked this up on the Forget Not Slow Down record. That was probably the main amp on that record. It just sounds good. You just turn it on and it sounds awesome. Very interesting sound. Sounds different than most amps I've heard, even boutique amps."

Seen at 11:20 saying "There are only two of these in existance. That other one Dustin from Thrice owns. I met Nick from New Vintage a while ago. We bought cabs from him. I was very happy with the cabinets. And just started talking to him about amps and so then Matt and I, right at the beginning of this tour, picked up these amps and, I mean, I cannot speak highly enough."

The Pitch Fork can be seen in this photo of Matt's pedalboard

@DrewShirley Finally getting to step on Hoopes from @relientK pedalboard today after sound chk. He's turned me on to some rad new pedals.. Shown in the top left of the pedal board

Matt Hoopes showing off his own sunburst and tortoise shell pickguard jaguar.

Matt Hoopes is seen with a 1973 Fender Telecaster Deluxe in a photo on his Instagram, where the headstock is visible, showcasing the guitar's name and its distinctive blonde finish.

Matt shown in one of many pictures with his Nord Electro Keyboard, and shoes...

Matt Hoopes features the DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 in yellow on his Instagram, aligning with the color theme of Relient K's album "Air For Free" and appearing on the band's new t-shirts.

12:26 he says "So this is the one I was on before. It's a 77 Marshall. Very cool and good sounding amp."

Guitarist Matt Hoopes is known for using the Bondi Effects Sick As Overdrive MkII, as shown in his Instagram update.

We can see that Matt is using the Caroline Guitar Kilobyte in this picture of his board.

@DrewShirley Finally getting to step on Hoopes from @relientK pedalboard today after sound chk. He's turned me on to some rad new pedals.. Shown in the top right of Hoopes pedal board. Being used now on Relinet K's Air For Free supporting tour.

@DrewShirley Finally getting to step on Hoopes from @relientK pedalboard today after sound chk. He's turned me on to some rad new pedals.. Being used now on Relinet K's Air For Free supporting tour.

@DrewShirley Finally getting to step on Hoopes from @relientK pedalboard today after sound chk. He's turned me on to some rad new pedals.. Being used now on Relinet K's Air For Free supporting tour.

Matt shown standing in front of a Silvertone 1484 Amp head and cab. I want to say they use this for recording because i do not remember seeing them with this on stage recently.

Matt Hoopes is shown with the Boss CE-2 Chorus pedal on his Instagram, aligning with the blue color theme of Relient K's album "Air For Free" and featured on their new band t-shirts.

Matt's old left behind Gretsch in Candy Red, made clear by the blocky headstock, bigsby, f holes, and knob layout.

@DrewShirley Finally getting to step on Hoopes from @relientK pedalboard today after sound chk. He's turned me on to some rad new pedals.. Being used now on Relinet K's Air For Free supporting tour

Matt has been using the Diamond Memory Lane 2 since the Forget & Not Slow Down record. It is one of the most consistent pedals on his board.

The TC Polytune Mini can be seen in this photo of Matt's pedalboard.

The Mr Black Supermoon can be seen in this photo of Matt's board.

Matt has owned both the original version of the Ghost Echo (in a bigger casing) and also the newer version. It can be seen on his board in this photo.

@DrewShirley Finally getting to step on Hoopes from @relientK pedalboard today after sound chk. He's turned me on to some rad new pedals.. Shown in the top middle of Hoopes pedal board

@DrewShirley Finally getting to step on Hoopes from @relientK pedalboard today after sound chk. He's turned me on to some rad new pedals.. Being used now on Relinet K's Air For Free supporting tour.

@DrewShirley Finally getting to step on Hoopes from @relientK pedalboard today after sound chk. He's turned me on to some rad new pedals.. Being used now on Relinet K's Air For Free supporting tour.

@DrewShirley Finally getting to step on Hoopes from @relientK pedalboard today after sound chk. He's turned me on to some rad new pedals.. Being used now on Relinet K's Air For Free supporting tour.

@DrewShirley Finally getting to step on Hoopes from @relientK pedalboard today after sound chk. He's turned me on to some rad new pedals.. Being used now on Relinet K's Air For Free supporting tour.

@DrewShirley Finally getting to step on Hoopes from @relientK pedalboard today after sound chk. He's turned me on to some rad new pedals.. Being used now on Relinet K's Air For Free supporting tour.