Michael Shuman

"You should always have [an EQ pedal]", says Michael around 2:30 in the video. Used with Queens mainly for "getting all the creases out" when switching basses in different tunings.

This image of Michael Shuman's pedalboard taken by Premier Guitar contains a Swollen Pickle on the far right.

In this short video, Michael Shuman is playing with different effects and at around 0:32 there is a good view of his pedal board, which includes the TC Electronic Dark Matter Distortion.

Used on "Feet Don't Fail Me". "I had this old Morley wah pedal and I was on my hands and knees, so we could get exactly the right frequencies with the wah, and we just found the right filter pedal to mimic that without me having to be on my hands and knees on stage in front of all the people. It would be embarassing." (1:00 in the video)

Used on "The Evil Has Landed", "Domesticated Animals", and the lasest Mini Mansions album. "In my band called Mini Mansions we started using this on the last record, to mimic going through an old Ampex 351. And [this is] almost identical, and I think it has a lot to do with the Bias switch. And so on Villains, I use this as my main sound for The Evil Has Landed, and for Domesticated Animals. It's pretty obvious, it's a pretty distinct sound. That bias knob is everything. I don't really know what it's doing, but it's basically acting as some sort of natural gate, that kinda squeezes everything out of it. (1:30 in the video)

Shuman's pedalboard features a Palmer Triage amp selector, a Radial Engineering JDI direct box, a Korg tuner, three Way Huge stomps—an Angry Troll, a Swollen Pickle, and a Supa-Puss—a Jim Dunlop volume pedal, and a footswitch to activate an offstage Moog unit.

"I think maybe all of us [QotSA] have one on stage now. There's one part of our set where we try to recreate a string section, so we're all just hitting that pedal on... So even bass players can do that." (2:49 in the video)

in this video Michael can be seen using a MXR SMART GATE

According to TC Electronics website Michael Shuman uses the MojoMojo Overdrive

Shuman's pedalboard features a Palmer Triage amp selector, a Radial Engineering JDI direct box, a Korg tuner, three Way Huge stomps—an Angry Troll, a Swollen Pickle, and a Supa-Puss—a Jim Dunlop volume pedal, and a footswitch to activate an offstage Moog unit

According to TC Electronics website Michael Shuman uses the Shaker Vibrato

According to TC Electronics website Michael Shuman uses the Vortex Flanger

in this video Michael can be seen using a Way Huge Conquistador

According to TC Electronics website Michael Shuman uses the Flashback Delay

Michael Shuman can be seen using a Flashback X4 Delay on his pedalboard in this photo.

In this photo, a Korg DT-10 Pedal Tuner can be seen on Michael Shuman’s pedalboard

In this photo, a Lovetone Big Cheese can be seen on the end of Michael Shuman's pedalboard

In this photo, an Ernie Ball MVP Volume Pedal can be seen on Michael Shuman's pedalboard