Tyler Bates

In this image, taken from his Premier Guitar interview, many of his studio pedals are photographed. One of the pedals in this photo is Earthquaker Hoof.

Gifted to Juan Alderete, as stated by the bassist on at least two occasions.

Pedals and Effects, "Review: Fuzz Wars 1 Way Huge, Sovtek, Last Gasp Art Lab, Dwarfcraft" (November 15, 2012) (0:09)

We're gonna use the Swollen Pickle, my Sovtek fuzz that I've had for many, many years that I got form Tyler Bates. He was the guitar player in Pet, he gave me this. I'm giving props, shout out to him.

Premier Guitar, Bass Pedal Wars Round 2 (August 27, 2014)

I have to go with my Sovtek Big Muff fuzz. Tyler Bates, a really great film composer, gave it to me. I went to record with him and he said, “Use this.” I thought it was awesome, so he told me I should keep it. He loved it, but he could see how lit up I was about it. That was in the early ’90s, and I’ve used it a lot since then. It’s the best-sounding fuzz. We do all these fuzz pedal shootouts on my website, pedalsandeffects.com, and it’s still the number one fuzz pedal. I have several other Sovteks, but that is the one.

In this image, taken from his Premier Guitar interview, many of his studio pedals are photographed. One of the pedals in this photo is ZVex Fuzz Factory.

In this image, taken from his Premier Guitar interview, many of his studio pedals are photographed. One of the pedals in this photo is Dirty Boy Black Sheep.

In this image, taken from his Premier Guitar interview, many of his studio pedals are photographed. One of the pedals in this photo is Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz.

In this image, taken from his Premier Guitar interview, many of his studio pedals are photographed. One of the pedals in this photo is Malekko Wolftone Chaos.

In this image, taken from his Premier Guitar interview, many of his studio pedals are photographed. One of the pedals in this photo is Gamechanger Plasma.