Well, on the bass, the only pedal I remember plugging in is the Big Muffski. There is a Korg keyboard bass—not keyboard, pedal bass, it's literally like church organ pedals and you play them and you can adjust the sound with the synthesizer that's built into it, but you play it with your feet, so you can stand up and be doing something else, in theory, and then play these pedals with your feet while you play the bass guitar with your hands or play guitar with your hands, whatever you're doing.

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Electro-Harmonix "Black Russian" Big Muff Pi V8

Fuzz Effects Pedals

Visible in this photo of Mills' pedalboard, sourced from Kit Rae's Big Muff Pi Page.

Shown above, left to right: Jeff Jourad's (The Motels, Dance Hall Pimps, The Roosters) well used and modded Triangle Big Muff, purchased in 1978 for $15, Pete Townshend (The Who) in 1977 using a V3 Muff taped on top of his amp, with his Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 guitar for his solo album recordings in 1977, and Mike Mill's (R.E.M.) V8 Russian Big Muff from his bass pedalboard.

(...) Mike Mills of R.E.M.- Mike used a Sovtek "Civil War" Big Muff in 2004, and has laso [sic] been seen with the stick black Russian Big Muff.

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Boss DD-6 Digital Delay

Delay Effects Pedals

Visible in this photo of Mills' pedalboard, sourced from Kit Rae's Big Muff Pi Page.

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Electro-Harmonix Small Stone

Phaser Effects Pedals

Visible in this photo of Mills' pedalboard, sourced from Kit Rae's Big Muff Pi Page.

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