Troy Van Leeuwen

Van Leeuwen using some Way Huge with QOTSA

In Episode 8 of "Board to Death," Troy Van Leeuwen discusses his use of the MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-402 Boost/Overdrive pedal, as featured by EarthQuakerDevices on YouTube.

MXR Reverb at 0:33

Voodoo Lab PP2+ at 0:33

Red Panda at 4:00

Troy Van Leeuwen uses the Barn3 Ox on his pedalboard, as seen in a pre-NAMM photo shared by TC Electronic on Instagram.

Troy Van Leeuwen uses the Fender Double-Neck Jazzmaster, as seen in the Rock Zone video of Queens of the Stone Age performing "I Appear Missing" live at Rock en Seine 2014.

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.

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.

Here you can see Troy's pedalboard during 2002 or 2003 while touring with ENEMY

Featured in this June 29, 2019 interview on the website for Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World’s Greatest Guitarists.

Two feature in this June 29, 2019 interview on the website for Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World’s Greatest Guitarists.

Used on "Phantom Limb", as featured in this May 5, 2019 interview on the website for Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World’s Greatest Guitarists.

“This is another great Dr. No pedal, the Road Runner,” Van Leeuwen states. “It’s a great-sounding wah with an octave fuzz, and in a very nice package. It has the fuzzy surface on it like those old Foxx pedals, too. It just does its thing. I used it on the song ‘Phantom Limb’ by Gone is Gone.”

You can hear Troy scrolling through the harmony presets at the beginning and you can see the toggle mode light of the Whammy II when the camera pans down

A user-uploaded photo shows Troy Van Leeuwen's Mesa/Boogie Simul-Class 2: Ninety Stereo Tube Power Amp at the bottom of his rack, used from 1996 until it was sold on Reverb in 2013.

Used on Gone is Gone, Echolocation and Villains, as stated in this October 26, 2017 AudioTechnology interview and this September 12, 2018 The Gear Page post by user Navyjon21.

AudioTechnology, October 26, 2017, "Too Close for Comfort: In the Studio with Queens of the Stone Age"

On the amp side, van Leeuwen relied on a two amp system. He used his Peavey solid state head for anything that was quick with a lot of attack. The other amp he used was an EchoPark Vibramatic 4T5 made by Gabriel Currie. “It’s a perfect mix of a ’60s Bassman and a ’60s Super Reverb with a little Vox,” he explained. “It’s very open. The head itself is small and he makes these cabinets with one 12-inch and two 10-inches in them, so I had the option of either speaker. I just love those speakers and cabinet, so I was using them most of the time.”

The Gear Page, "Echopark 4T5......anyone?", Navyjohns21, comment #8, September 12, 2018

I actually own the very first production model of the 4t5 which Gabe just told me is no longer being made. The amp was loaned to Troy Van Leeuwen of Queens of the Stone Age to record his side project gone is gone before it reached my hands. (...) If you are interested in what the amp sounds like in a live setting here is a link on youtube from Queens of the Stone Age live in Rio from 2015. Troy Van Leeuwen is exclusively using the 4t5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSI3jWB6468

A reverse Geisha is featured in this March 30, 2019 Facebook post by Echopark and listed under Van Leeuwen on the official Echopark artist page.

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The Echopark Geisha

Reverse or Not...the fun has just begun!

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Echopark Artists page

Guitars:

De lion, J-model, geisha revirse, 54,

45A vibromatic13, custom Narb, 50, tall boy cab, 2 12 cab.

effects: echo driver, F-3, , F-2, FQ12, F-1,

In the YouTube video titled "Queens Of The Stone Age - Troy Van Leeuwen Tone Tour" by Casino Guitars, the Peavey Ten Years pedal can be seen on Troy Van Leeuwen's current touring board at 10:31 into the video.

This page of TC Electronic's website lists the Polytune Mini as on of the products used by Troy Van Leeuwen.

Among the gear of Troy Van Leeuwen, listed on Dunlop's website, is an MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-403 Power Distributor.

A Moog MF Boost can be seen on Troy's pedalboard at 0:15.

Nels Cline & Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, Elvis Costello, Troy Van Leeuwen, Bill Frisell, Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, as well as thousands of others are now using the Mastery Bridge

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.

Premier Guitar: There's a Morley wah, too.

Van Leeuwen: Yeah, it's just a straight-up wah, yeah. I don't think there's a fuzz in there.

Visible on Van Leeuwen's lap steel guitar at 10:11 in this Rig Rundown.

Featured on the official Sontronics "Famous Users" page.

JUSTIN SMITH, Engineer (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal)

"The DELTA is amazing. It handles anything you throw at it from quiet, non-distorted guitar to balls-to-the-wall, amp-on-11 type stuff. As soon as you've got the final models ready [QOTSA beta-tested our DELTA prototypes], we want more of them!

"We love the HALO too, and we go out live with HALOs all over Josh and Troy [van Leeuwen]'s cab set-ups. They sound awesome!"

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.

Featured in this September 1, 2011 video from the official BAE YouTube channel. First visible at 0:17 at the right of Mark Loughman.

Troy Van Leeuwen talks to Mark Loughman from BAE about his 312A's

The 312A was also used on Descent to the Surface, particularly "Nomad", as demonstrated in this June 26, 2015 video from BAE. 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.