Matt Pike

In this photo, Matt can be seen with an MXR Super Comp.

In the photo, Matt Pike is playing a Gallien-Krueger 4x12 Guitar Cabinet from the 1980s.

In this picture from Matt's Rig Rundown, a Keeley 30ms is seen on his board.

According to the Laney website, Matt has used a GS412IS cab.

According to Matt's reverb listing, he used a Snarling Dogs Mold Spore on "The Sciences".

According to this Reverb listing, Matt owned a Disaster Transport Sr.

Featured in the July 24, 2019 Premier Guitar Rig Rundown for Sleep.

Board 1 has Pike's must-haves on it. Everything is anchored around his EarthQuaker Warden Optical Compressor that's always on and helps squish the notes into a sustaining wall of sound. (You'd think with the buzzing in the video, he'd use a noise gate, but as you'll see, there's none on his board.) Other key stomps are the Revival Electric Metric 3-Band EQ, Black Arts Rabid Mammal (Pike's signature pedal), KHDK Paranormal (Slayer/Exodus Gary Holt's signature pedal), Lone Wolf Audio Twin Snake, Daredevil Pedals Atomic Cock V2, MXR Phase 90, MXR Carbon Copy, Keeley 30ms, EQD Spatial Delivery, MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe, and Third Man + Mantic Flex. A Peterson Stomp Classic StroboStomp keeps everything in tune.

I'm just using massive mounds of oranges and I use all of them! I have no dummy cabs.

In this ad for Orange, Matt endorses the PPC412 cab.

Matt Pike uses the Lone Wolf Audio Outsider pedal, a harmonizer and octave effects pedal also seen on Dweezil Zappa's pedalboard. Originally mastered by Frank Zappa, this pedal has been meticulously refined for enhanced performance, as highlighted by Lone Wolf Audio.

Featured on the official Wren and Cuff artist page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMIS2BaDilY

Matt has used these (both six and eight knob versions) since the early days of Sleep and throughout High On Fire. It is featured most famously in the video for Dragonaut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMIS2BaDilY

Matt has used these (both six and eight knob versions) since the early days of Sleep and throughout High On Fire. It is featured most famously in the video for Dragonaut.

''That's my tuner. It's the new chromatic TU-3 tuner.''

Volume Pedal seen in recent pic

Can be seen on his strap in this photo

In this photo, Matt is seen with a DVP1 on his board.

In this photo, a DVP3 can be seen on Matt's board.

At 2:30, Matt says he used a blue, double pedal DOD digital delay.

In this November 8, 2018 Premier Guitar interview, Matt states that he used Al Cisneros’ Tycobrahe Parapedal on the song “The Botanist” from the album The Sciences.

Some songs, like “Sonic Titan” and “Antarcticans Thawed,” have been evolving onstage for years, but “The Botanist” seems like a departure. Was that a new song?

Yeah. “The Botanist” arose from those boot camp sessions. I had this weird, leftover acoustic piece and we just built off that because everyone in the room instantly liked the backbone. It was a slow-burn jam, with us methodically adding in elements and tones, but not forcing anything. That’s the key—you can’t be afraid to improvise and follow an idea, yet you gotta know when something isn’t working. It has such a weird, trippy vibe to it, and when Al and Jason come in, it reminds me of an underwater, hypnotic Pink Floyd.

Those solos definitely have some Gilmour traits, like the oily slickness at the end of “Dogs” or the emotive soaring in “Time.”

I really went after a lush, swirling David Gilmour tone. I think the key to that whole sound is Al’s pedal I used—a vintage Tycobrahe Parapedal—with an old Roland RE-201 Space Echo, and parts of it have a vintage [Ibanez Phase Tone] blue phaser. And everything is played with a Les Paul Recording guitar that has this phase-reverse switch that gives me a more filtered, out-of-phase tone.One thing that Sleep really lets me do, and it’s a testament to Jason and Al, is go off on a guitar odyssey. That song in particular, they really set it up for me to be able to show off a little bit.

In this interview, Matt states that he used a Roland RE-201 on the song The Botanist from the album The Sciences.

In this November 8, 2018 Premier Guitar interview, Matt states that he used a vintage Ibanez Phase Tone on the song “The Botanist” from the album The Sciences.

Some songs, like “Sonic Titan” and “Antarcticans Thawed,” have been evolving onstage for years, but “The Botanist” seems like a departure. Was that a new song?

Yeah. “The Botanist” arose from those boot camp sessions. I had this weird, leftover acoustic piece and we just built off that because everyone in the room instantly liked the backbone. It was a slow-burn jam, with us methodically adding in elements and tones, but not forcing anything. That’s the key—you can’t be afraid to improvise and follow an idea, yet you gotta know when something isn’t working. It has such a weird, trippy vibe to it, and when Al and Jason come in, it reminds me of an underwater, hypnotic Pink Floyd.

Those solos definitely have some Gilmour traits, like the oily slickness at the end of “Dogs” or the emotive soaring in “Time.”

I really went after a lush, swirling David Gilmour tone. I think the key to that whole sound is Al’s pedal I used—a vintage Tycobrahe Parapedal—with an old Roland RE-201 Space Echo, and parts of it have a vintage [Ibanez Phase Tone] blue phaser. And everything is played with a Les Paul Recording guitar that has this phase-reverse switch that gives me a more filtered, out-of-phase tone.One thing that Sleep really lets me do, and it’s a testament to Jason and Al, is go off on a guitar odyssey. That song in particular, they really set it up for me to be able to show off a little bit.

Per article Matt Pike uses these strings with a 12-56 gauge.

in this post, matt pike can be seen with a late 80s Gibson White SG Standard with some Lollar DB pickups.

Matt Pike seen using a Wylde Audio Barbarian at Bar House in Seattle on 5/5/2022, supporting his solo album “Pike vs. the Automaton”.

In this early photo of Sleep, Matt is playing a Civil War Big Muff.

Matt Pike, performing with SLEEP, is known for using Green Matamp 120 amplifiers, as evidenced in their 1993 live set during the European tour with Cannibal Corpse in Saarbrücken, Germany.

In this image Matt Pike can be seen using his signature Woodrite Warlord

In the video titled "Heaviest High on Fire Riffs | Matt Pike and Jeff Matz's Picks" by REVOLVER on YouTube, Matt Pike is seen playing the Seger Guitars YG Deluxe.

According to the Laney website, Matt has used a GS412IA angled cab.

Matt Pike used a Randall RG100ES amplifier while performing with Asbestosdeath, as seen in the video "ASBESTOS DEATH December 1st 1990 full set KILL THAT CAT" shared by crypticdon on YouTube.