Michael Landau's Effects Pedals

"I used a ’63 Strat with a Maxon SD-9 Sonic Distortion pedal through a Suhr Badger 18-watt head into a Kerry Wright 4x12 cabinet with Celestion Heritage Series G12-65s."

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"I use a Twin Reverb or Super Reverb for the wet amp. Channel 1 gets the Strymon Flint Reverb. Channel 2 gets the Strymon Timeline delay.”

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The lower left photo of Michael Landau's pedalboard contains a Vemuram Jan Ray overdrive in the lower right corner.

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"Just found out that the Looking Glass and the Hardwire RV-7 have made it on to Michael Landau's pedal board. We are honored!"

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"I used a Berkos FX The Germanium Experience through a Dumble Overdrive Special amp on the solo. The Berkos is a Fuzz Face-style pedal, and most of the dirt comes from it."

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The lower left photo of Michael Landau's pedalboard contains the Vemuram Shanks 3K booster.

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In this pedalboard photo, which comes from Landau's 2008 Koln concert, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Roger Mayer Voodoo 1.

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"Mason replaced the stock switches on the DL4 with heavy duty ones because I kept breaking them. He also added truebypass switching and did some other mods."

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Guitarist Michael Landau uses the Vertex "Landau Mod" Arion Stereo Chorus, as detailed on the Vertex Effects website.

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"I use a Twin Reverb or Super Reverb for the wet amp. Channel 1 gets the Strymon Flint Reverb. Channel 2 gets the Strymon Timeline delay.”

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On the Voodoo Labs website for the Micro Vibe, Michael is quoted "Sounds great! I use it all the time.”– Michael Landau

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Michael Landau uses the Ernie Ball VP JR. Passive Volume Pedal, as evidenced by a post from digitechfx on Instagram, which mentions other pedals on his board.

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The lower left photo of Michael Landau's pedalboard contains a Memory Man 550 Tap Tempo pedal in the lower left corner.

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"Just found out that the Looking Glass and the Hardwire RV-7 have made it on to Michael Landau's pedal board. We are honored!"

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Coming from several artists who are more than capable of affording an original Shin-Ei Uni-Vibe such as Trey Anastasio, Michael Landau and others, they choose the Black Cat Vibe above all else. There’s a reason for this.

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In this pedalboard photo, which comes from Landau's 2008 Koln concert, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Maxon VOP-9 vintage overdrive pedal.

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In this pedalboard photo, which comes from Landau's 2008 Koln concert, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Boss TU-12H chromatic tuner.

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Saw this pic from L.A. Sound Design. This pedal has dry knob, so he can kill dry without having to mod the pedal, unlike the RV-7.

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According to the Fulltone website, Michael plays an OCD pedal.

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According to the Fulltone website, Michael plays a Plimsoul pedal.

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Quoted on the official Shin-ei website.

"Thank you Shin-ei for making this beautiful musical instrument. The Vibe-Bro has all of the soul of the original and more."

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The upper photo of Michael Landau's pedalboard contains a Roland EV-5 expression pedal on the right.

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The lower left photo of Michael Landau's pedalboard contains a Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe.

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Michael Landau uses the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 PLUS on his pedal board, as seen in a post by Digitech on Instagram, which also highlights the addition of the Looking Glass and Hardwire RV-7.

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Michael Landau incorporates the Drybell Vibe Machine V-1 into his pedalboard, as noted by DryBell.

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He uses this chorus by Red Witch .

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Michael Landau uses the Vemuram Butter Machine Overdrive, as it is his signature pedal.

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In an April 2, 2016 Instagram post by Way Huge, Micheal Landau is shown playing through the Way Huge Mister Box, a limited edition overdrive designed with his input.

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Michael Landau is confirmed to use the Way Huge Electronics Limited Edition Blue Hippo Analog Chorus MKII, as evidenced by a photograph of his pedalboard posted by Andrew Raharjo Tsai in June 2025 in the Michael Landau Fan Club on Facebook. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1220938452765207&set=pcb.10162502988601140

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