Mikey Demus

"This one has been with me since the start, the bottom of it is kinda battered but it still works! It's been all around the world with me countless times. It lived on my live pedalboard for about a decade and has since been retired for studio use. These things are bombproof and I can't say enough good things about them. This and a DL4 were both my pedalboard mainstays seemingly forever; all the weird noises you hear on early Skindred recordings were more than likely made with this very pedal."

A Digitech Whammy DT from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

"I've used this OCD many times over the last few years in the studio, often in front of a loud tube amp to get 'the' tone for the record. It's a great little box of tone and I will definitely regret selling it!"

An Ernie Ball Volume Pedal JR from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

An Ibanez DE7 from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

A Digitech TR-7 from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

An ISP Decimator from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

An Ibanez LF7 from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

An MXR Carbon Copy from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

A Boss RC20XL Loop Station from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

A Mission EP-1 from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

A Mission SP-1 from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

An MXR Custom Comp from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

A Visual Sound Route 66 Overdrive pedal from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

An Electro-Harmonix Soul Food from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

A Digitech Whammy IV WH4 from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

A Digitech Whammy WH1 from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

A Line 6 M5 from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

An MXR Phase 90 from the personal collection of Mikey Demus of Skindred.

this pedal is part of his pedalboard pictured with him

this pedal is part of his pedalboard pictured with him

this pedal is part of his pedalboard pictured with him

this pedal is part of his pedalboard pictured with him

"I’m the proud user and abuser of both the Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster & Shape Shifter pedals. The Pickup Booster gives any amp that extra gain (without thinning out the low end of your tone like some classic overdrive pedals do) meaning you don’t have to push the amp to trouser-flapping volumes, and is an essential weapon when flying in to hired-backline shows. You never know what you’re gonna get from some rental amps, this little box gives it that well needed surge, it’s like steroids for a tube amp. It’s saved my sound for two summers when flying into random festivals and such. The Shape Shifter is probably the most versatile Tremolo out there; the controls allow you to dial in some insane throbs and pulses, the rate and depth both feature a range that is far wider than any other I’ve used, and the shape knob is an ingenious first for me. The tap/ratio control is a benchmark that other brands should wake up and compete with. All that and they’re built like tanks that take an endless beating. Can’t say enough good things about ’em.”

"I’m the proud user and abuser of both the Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster & Shape Shifter pedals. The Pickup Booster gives any amp that extra gain (without thinning out the low end of your tone like some classic overdrive pedals do) meaning you don’t have to push the amp to trouser-flapping volumes, and is an essential weapon when flying in to hired-backline shows. You never know what you’re gonna get from some rental amps, this little box gives it that well needed surge, it’s like steroids for a tube amp. It’s saved my sound for two summers when flying into random festivals and such. The Shape Shifter is probably the most versatile Tremolo out there; the controls allow you to dial in some insane throbs and pulses, the rate and depth both feature a range that is far wider than any other I’ve used, and the shape knob is an ingenious first for me. The tap/ratio control is a benchmark that other brands should wake up and compete with. All that and they’re built like tanks that take an endless beating. Can’t say enough good things about ’em.”

"We use the acoustic imaging [a simulated sound of a mic’d acoustic] and blend it so it’s mostly guitar with a little of the image on top at about 11 o’ clock with the control, just to get the sound of a nice mic on it.”

seen on his pedalboard

Mikey posted the video launching the pedal from his pedal brand on Instagram.