Stephen Malkmus' Effects Pedals

This photo found on Stereogum shows Stephen Malkmus' minimal pedalboard. The pedal on the far left (facing him) is the T-Rex Engineering Replica Delay/Echo Pedal. On the upper right corner of the piece of wood serving as his pedalboard, his last name "Malkmus" can be seen, confirming it is indeed his pedalboard.

Photo is from Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks @ The Village Studios (KCRW) Los Angeles, 8/24/11 (source here).

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Spotted in group, seen on Malkmus' board

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In this interview, Stephen Malkmus says "Slanted and Enchanted was pretty much just a Rat. I had another pedal. I don’t remember who made it."

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He has great control and touch with both his hands and his minimal effects, a T-rex Replica delay, and Diamond J-drive, and he likes his guitars set low and easy to play.

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Stephen Malkmus is seen with the EarthQuaker Devices Hoof Reaper V1 fuzz pedal in a photo shared on Twitter. The caption reads, "would be a cool springbok puzzle yeah?"

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In this photo posted by Malkmus, we can see Earthquaker's Dispatch Master.

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I’m this article Stephen comments “ I have a bunch of EarthQuaker pedals that I was able to borrow from a friend, and I bought some, too: one of the reverb pedals they have, the phaser with an octopus on it, and a fuzz.”

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A Boss RE-20 can be seen on the right side of Malk's board.

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Seen in this image of Malkmus' pedal board.

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In this Tweet posted by Malkmus, the SansAmp GT2 emulator is visible.

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In this interview, Stephen Malkmus says "I always remember those DigiTech Whammy pedals. I used to have one of those."

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A picture of Malk's board from 2007.

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Used during the ‘slanted and enchanted’ era. Mostly on solos. Can be seen in this video around 0.25

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A Dunlop Crybaby can be seen at the end of the chain.

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In this KEXP Video at the 7:54 mark you can clearly see Malkmus turning dials on his Grand Orbiter.

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Seen on this image of Malkmus' pedalboard.

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According to a Premier Guitar article by Luke Ottenhof titled "Meet the Hard Quartet, the New Malkmus-Led Supergroup," Stephen Malkmus uses the Roger Mayer Axis Fuzz as part of his effects setup.

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According to a Premier Guitar article by Luke Ottenhof titled "Meet the Hard Quartet, the New Malkmus-Led Supergroup," Stephen Malkmus uses the Lovepedal High Power Tweed Twin Overdrive as part of his effects setup.

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According to a Premier Guitar article by Luke Ottenhof titled "Meet the Hard Quartet, the New Malkmus-Led Supergroup," Stephen Malkmus uses the Strymon Flint as part of his effects setup.

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According to a Premier Guitar article by Luke Ottenhof titled "Meet the Hard Quartet, the New Malkmus-Led Supergroup," Stephen Malkmus uses the Foxx Tone Machine Octave-Fuzz as part of his effects setup.

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