Richard On

As for the dirt in my signal, I’ve been using a Crowther Audio Hotcake, which I love because it’s versatile and mixes great with any amp that I put it through. Some others on my board are a Radial Tonebone Classic distortion, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail for reverb and an ISP Decimator.

I would say 80 percent of the time I’m using that ’63 John Cruz Strat.

Out on tour I’m using a 314ce, which I believe is one of their lower-end models. They sound unbelievable and allow me to play whatever I need. I got linked to them through Mark Roberge [lead vocals, guitars] because he has an endorsement with Taylor. They’re great touring guitars because you can just plug and play and have no worries about tuning or other issues while going from gig to gig. Taylors are definitely my all-around favorite acoustic guitar out there.

In this photo, the Fulltone Full Drive 2 anniversary edition can be seen.

So sad to hear of the passing of #BillCollings of @collingsguitars. He was one of the finest builders of our generation. Fortunate to have a few of his acoustics. Here's a pic of my OM2H that I bought 15yrs ago. Wrote the music for This Town on it. Thanks for creating these inspirations Mr. Collings

The one sound or tone that is a staple in our band is Line 6’s Sweep Echo on their DL4 delay pedal. The funny thing with those pedals is that we seem to break them all the time. We have a drawer full of assorted DL4 parts from previous pedals already broken. But obviously, that sound really caught our ear and has done wonders for the band, so when one does break, we have to buy another one. We even wrote a couple of songs based solely on that sound.

Now that I’m using a foot controller and everything is MIDI, our sax player is letting me borrow his rackmount version, so hopefully I won’t be breaking stuff anymore. I also have a ‘70s Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phase Shifter that I bought a long time ago for like $30 and its been with me since the beginning. It has needed some occasional surgery, but I’ve never heard another Small Stone like it.

Next in the signal chain would be the amp. Whether it’s the Two-Rock or the Fender Supersonic, I just need a big, open clean amp—just something that doesn’t tend to break up. I used to play a lot of Hiwatts because I could never get the clean to break up.

In this pedalboard photo posted by On on his Instagram account, one of the pedals on the board is the MXR CAE MC404 wah pedal.

In this pedalboard photo posted by On on his Instagram account, one of the pedals on the board is the JHS Unicorn.

In this pedalboard photo posted by On on his Instagram account, one of the pedals on the board is the Wampler Velvet Fuzz.

This guy easily made my pedalboard for @ofarevolution #OARXX #TheXXtour. Simply amazing #WinfordDrive @xacttone #xtspedals

In this photo, the Timmy overdrive can be seen.

According to Shure's artist page, Richard On of O.A.R. uses the Shure SM57 microphone for background vocals.

As for the dirt in my signal, I’ve been using a Crowther Audio Hotcake, which I love because it’s versatile and mixes great with any amp that I put it through. Some others on my board are a Radial Tonebone Classic distortion, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail for reverb and an ISP Decimator.

As for the dirt in my signal, I’ve been using a Crowther Audio Hotcake, which I love because it’s versatile and mixes great with any amp that I put it through. Some others on my board are a Radial Tonebone Classic distortion, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail for reverb and an ISP Decimator.

As for the dirt in my signal, I’ve been using a Crowther Audio Hotcake, which I love because it’s versatile and mixes great with any amp that I put it through. Some others on my board are a Radial Tonebone Classic distortion, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail for reverb and an ISP Decimator.

In this pedalboard photo posted by On on his Instagram account, one of the pedals on the board is the DigiTech Whammy.

In this pedalboard photo posted by On on his Instagram account, one of the pedals on the board is the Strymon TimeLine.

In this pedalboard photo posted by On on his Instagram account, one of the pedals on the board is the JHS Emperor chorus/vibrato.

In this pedalboard photo posted by On on his Instagram account, one of the pedals on the board is the Fulltone OCD overdrive pedal.

In this pedalboard photo posted by On on his Instagram account, one of the pedals on the board is the Hermida ZenDrive.

In this pedalboard photo posted by On on his Instagram account, one of the pedals on the board is the Strymon Riverside.

In this pedalboard photo posted by On on his Instagram account, one of the pedals on the board is the Way Huge Saucy Box.