Troy Van Leeuwen

At 4:21, Troy says about the Axe-FX II "Actually, I've gotten quite used to the Fractal. It sounds great, actually. Once you get into all the parameters of all the effects, you can actually make it sound pretty good, pretty much custom." He says later at 5:27, "I'm really using the Axe-FX for reverbs and tap delays. I actually use it also for a sort of like a Uni-Vibe sort of wobbly effect. I also use it for routing stuff to different amps."

Featured in this May 5, 2019 interview on the website for Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World’s Greatest Guitarists.

He’s also sure to never be far away from an epic delay. “I always have a tape echo – or at the very least an analog delay – on my board,” Van Leeuwen notes. “Delay is a thing I can always find a use for, whether it’s a super-tight slap or a ping-pong long delay. I have a Hi-Watt tape echo that warbles in the best way, but it’s so fragile I can only use it in the studio. But the Fulltone Tube Tape Echo is tough enough, you can take it on the road. [QOTSA guitarist Dean Fertita] uses it live, and our sound guy Hutch even put it on the drum mix when he was working for Dead Weather.” (...) According to Van Leeuwen, the Fulltone Tube Tape Echo is both the most improved, and yet truest, revision of the revered vintage Echoplex tape delay. “Fulltone makes a lot of great pedals,” he says, “but none beats this brand new, yet totally old school, take on an Echoplex. It sounds like an Echoplex did fresh out of the box – or better.”

At 3:47 Troy Van Leeuwen states, "I also run a Ground Control unit because I'm also running MIDI to change the newest piece of gear I have which is called a Fractal (Audio Systems Axe-FX II)."

You can see the DMC Ground Control on Troy's pedalboard next to a Digitech Whammy IV and an Ernie Ball volume pedal during an ENEMY show in 2002.

At 4:07, Troy Van Leeuwen says, "I've always used a TC Electronic's G-Force and it started making noise after using it for ten years."

"Lexicon Vortex, which is the easiest tap delay to use. Analog delay sounds better, but I think that it’s better for me to tap out a tempo on that thing live. Onstage, I’m playing lapsteel guitar and keyboards, so I’ve got enough to do. I can’t lean down and change my echo setting."

In an interview with Reverb.com, Troy Van Leeuwen discusses selling some of his gear, including the Eventide Broadcast Delay. He mentions having duplicates of certain equipment and needing to make space for new gear for his upcoming project with Queens of the Stone Age.

If you pause the video at 1:35, not only can you see it on his board but the interviewers pull it up to show it. It's everything but named directly.

In an interview on Reverb.com by Matt Biancardi, Troy Van Leeuwen discusses selling some of his gear, including the Roberts 720A Reel to Reel Tape Recorder. He mentions the sale was part of making space for new equipment for his upcoming project with Queens of the Stone Age.

Used on Descent to the Surface, particularly "Nomad", as demonstrated in this June 26, 2015 YouTube video from the official BAE channel. First visible at 0:28.

Guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen, Queens of the Stone Age & Sweethead, brings BAE inside his Los Angeles home studio to share how he creates using the BAE 312a, 1023, and 10DC, on Sweethead's track Nomad.

Visible in this September 1, 2011 interview video with BAE at 2:47.

Mentioned by BAE employee Mark Loughman in this September 1, 2011 interview video at 2:44.

ML: And you know, just real quick, 'cause I know you've got the 11 Space Rack...

TVL: Yeah.

During the Queens of the Stone Age live performance in Tokyo on February 7, 2024, Troy Van Leeuwen is seen using the Fractal Audio Axe-FX III Preamp/FX Processor on his pedalboard.