Tom Morello's Effects Pedals

3:34 into this video shows some of Tom Morello's pedals in his home studio. The pedals shown seem to be consistent with the pedals he has relied on throughout his career. The DigiTech WH-1 Whammy pedal (the original whammy) is part of Morello's setup.

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Tom Morello posts a photo of his MXR M-104 Distortion + pedal in a Tweet:

Saturday night recording session with my kid’s 10 watt amp.

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In this video, titled "Tom Morello Guitars & Home Studio," Tom Morello is in his home studio and shows off some of his gear (mostly guitars). He doesn't talk about it specifically, but you can see a quick shot of his pedalboard at 3:32. The first pedal on the left is the MXR Phase 90.

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This detailed gear diagram of Tom Morello's 2004 Audioslave stage setup includes a Boss TR-2 Tremelo pedal.

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This video shows Tom Morello is in his home studio, talking about some of the guitars and amps he has owned over the years. At 3:32, the camera shows his pedals, one of which is the DOD FX40B Equalizer pedal.

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As can be seen between 1:36 and 1:37 in this video of Rage Against The Machine rehearsing, the pedal to the left of Tom Morello's pedalboard (the one that looks to be just off the pedalboard) is the DigiTech Whammy DT Drop Tuning Pedal. While Morello has gone on record to say he uses a DigiTech Whammy, to my knowledge he hasn't specified which, but both this one and the DigiTech WH-1 Whammy make an appearance here.

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Around 3:33 into this video, the camera pans across Tom Morello's pedals in his home studio. He doesn't talk about them specifically, but the Boss DD-3 Digital Delay pedal can clearly be seen. His pedalboard has been pretty standard throughout the numerous bands he has played with, and the DD-3 has been a mainstay of his effects setup.

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In this post of his IG, this pedal is in front of the talkbox & the XP300

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In this Instagram post, Tom Morello shares a photo that includes the Meris Enzo synth pedal with the caption:

Spring tryouts. #NewHotJamsPercolating

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In this detailed gear diagram, of Tom Morello's 1998 Rage Against The Machine stage setup, a Boss DD-2 is listed.

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This video is of a Rage Against The Machine rehearsal performance, as they prepare for the L.A. Rising festival on July 30, 2011. If you freeze the video between 1:36 and 1:37 you can get a great look at Tom Morello's pedalboard setup. He looks to be powering his pedals using the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply.

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According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Tom Morello uses an Ibanez DFL Flanger. This was THE Killing In The Name pedal he used in the Studio( For That Airplane Sound Effect) . It is used heavily through the first album. Songs it's been used on include: Killing In The Name, Wake Up, And Freedom, As well as so many others!

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In this Instagram post, Tom Morello shares a photo that includes the Strymon Volante delay pedal with the caption:

Spring tryouts. #NewHotJamsPercolating

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At :50s in this video, Tom Morello shows us is wah pedal.

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In this Instagram post, Tom Morello shares a photo that includes the Dr Scientist The Atmosphere Reverb with the caption:

Spring tryouts. #NewHotJamsPercolating

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In this Instagram post, Tom Morello shares a photo that includes the Meris Ottobit Jr with the caption:

Spring tryouts. #NewHotJamsPercolating

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I'm almost positive this is the Ibanez AD-9 Delay Analog Delay Pro. Tom now (2016) Uses a boss dd-3, this may have been his delay pedal at the time. Pedal is seen at 4:25

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The TU-3 can be seen on the left side of Tom's board.

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In this photo, which originates from Prophets of Rage's Boston concert on 9th of July, 2017, Morello's pedalboard can be seen. One of the items is a MXR Talk Box. The image was posted on the r/guitarpedals subreddit.

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In an Instagram post, Tom Morello shares a glimpse of his studio setup, featuring the Meris Polymoon delay effects pedal, hinting at new music in the works with the caption, "Spring tryouts. #NewHotJamsPercolating."

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Developed in collaboration with Morello.

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Tom Morello uses the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power® 4x4 in his studio, as shown in his Instagram post captioned "Spring tryouts. #NewHotJamsPercolating."

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Morello says at 28 :33 "I only use a couple of the settings because I find most of them are pretty unusable." Through out the Rig Rundown you can see the Digitech Space Station on his pedal board

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In this video Tom Morello discusses his signature Power 50 overdrive pedal from MXR.

I have a very unique and unusual amp setup that the power 50 emulates. It's the Marshall 2205 channel switching 50-watt head and a Peavey cabinet.

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Tom Morello used the Electro-Harmonix EH-4800 Small Stone phaser pedal exclusively in the studio, as detailed on Angelfire.

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In a video posted on YouTube by Tom Morello, he is visibly using the Electro-Harmonix Nano POG Polyphonic Octave Generator while jamming to Shaboozey’s ‘Tipsy.’

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In the video, at the 24:45 mark, Tom Morello's pedalboard is shown with the LocoBox Analog Delay clearly visible, confirming its use by the artist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rhYy4juxZw&t=1485s

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In this video from Reverb, Tom Morello discusses and demonstrates the Jail Guitar Doors overdrive and distortion pedal from MXR.

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In This Article Tom Morello Says This:

“While using an old, vintage distortion pedal called a Tone Bender, I found out that when I turned on the pedal but didn’t play anything, I picked up a crystal clear signal from a Korean radio station,” he told Guitar World. “In earlier mixes of Sleep Now In The Fire, that radio thing was featured more prominently. We had the signal running through the entire song, it was a little annoying, so we decided just to stick it at the very end. I always like to say there are no samples on any of our records, and this is a good example. That radio signal was no sample – it was played!”

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This is a community-built gear list for Tom Morello.

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