Board To Death! Ep. 35 - Arianna Powell (Halsey)
Malcolm X Abram
Arianna Powell takes us on a deep dive through her very tidy pedalboard featuring several EQD delights.
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Board To Death! Ep. 34 - Reba Meyers (Code Orange)
Malcolm X Abram
Guitarist Reba Meyers, guitarist/vocalist founder of dynamic, electronic-laced metal band Code Orange takes us on a trip through her two pedal boards.
Read MoreBoard To Death! Ep. 33 – Lee Kiernan (IDLES)
Uri Garcia
One thing you will notice about this episode of Board To Death! is that Lee uses a lot of pedals. Like, A LOT of pedals.
Read MoreBoard To Death! Ep. 32 – Emily Retsas (Kim Gordon, Phoebe Bridgers)
Uri Garcia
Bass pedalboards. Bass pedals. Pedals for bass. How much is too much? Do you actually need a pedalboard if you play bass?
Read MoreBoard To Death! Ep. 31 - Courtney Barnett
Uri Garcia
Courtney Barnett’s strong approach to the guitar is reflected on her pedalboard, which is supported by a classic foundation of dependable circuits.
Read MoreBoard To Death! Ep. 30 – Olivia Jean
Uri Garcia
Olivia Jean has a very streamlined board where pedals are chosen after lots of trial and error. Using her gear night after night in a live setting allows for utilitarian features to stand out, and only the ones that are "just right" survive.
Read MoreBoard To Death! Ep. 29 – Mark Arm & Steve Turner (Mudhoney)
Uri Garcia
Mark and Steve decided to sit down and divulge pedal set-ups for this episode of Board To Death! Classic circuits that were around when they started their first bands are still in the mix, but modern updates promoting reliability definitely don’t hurt.
Read MoreBoard To Death! Ep. 28 - Rich Good (The Psychedelic Furs)
Uri Garcia
Optimization of one's signal path is key when playing live, and Swiss Things helps Rich organize his board but also maintain a clean and powerful presence in the mix.
Read MoreBoard To Death! Ep. 27 - Jonathan Nuñez (Torche)
Uri Garcia
Jonathan Nuñez gives us a tour of his minimal set-up in this episode of Board To Death!
Read MoreBoard To Death: Ep 26 - Josh Merry (Sweet Spirit)
Uri Garcia
Sweet Spirit is a thought provoking rock band from Austin Texas that has about one billion members. Josh Merry is one of them, and plays guitar. He agreed to give us a tour of his JAM PACKED pedal board in this episode of Board To Death!
Read MoreBoard to Death Ep. 25 – Lindsey Jordan (Snail Mail)
Uri Garcia
Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail takes us through a tour of her pedalboard, while on stage at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland Ohio.
Read MoreBoard to Death Ep. 24 - Broken Social Scene
Uri Garcia
Brendan Canning and Andrew Whiteman give us a look at a portion of their effects arsenal while on-stage with Broken Social Scene in this tag-team episode of Board to Death.
Read MoreBoard to Death Ep. 23 - Rafael Brasil (Far From Alaska)
Uri Garcia
Rafael Brasil is very enthusiastic about his board(S), and really digs octave pedals. A LOT! Board to Death Episode 23 features Rafael going over his effects for two different boards and explaining their use to create his unique sound.
Read MoreBoard to Death Ep. 22 - Cesar Soto (Ministry)
Uri Garcia
In this episode of Board to Death, Cesar Soto was kind enough to give us a detailed rundown of his touring kit when the all-powerful MINISTRY came to town!
Read MoreBoard to Death Ep. 21 - Doug Gillard (Guided by Voices, Nada Surf, Cobra Verde)
Uri Garcia
Ohio native rocker Doug Gillard visited the EQD studios for our latest episode of Board to Death! Doug has played in many bands including Guided by Voices, Nada Surf, and Cobra Verde.
Read MoreBoard to Death Ep. 20 – Matt McJunkins (A Perfect Circle, The Beta Machine)
Uri Garcia
In this episode of Board to Death, Matt McJunkins shares his philosophy when it comes to using effects for different purposes, and what is sweet enough to be in his chain.
Read MoreBoard to Death Ep. 19 – Lauren Larson of Ume
Aaron Rogers
“Step one in my sound,” says Larson, “is the Speaker Cranker. I have [it] on one-hundred percent of the time…It makes a not-so-great amp sound better.”
Read MoreBoard to Death Ep. 18 - Nels Cline (Wilco, the Nels Cline Quartet)
Aaron Rogers
Nels has multiple pedalboards, but today we’re looking at “the big one,” which is actually two small pedalboards stacked neatly inside a Pelican case to save space, because this is New York City, folks…
Read MoreBoard To Death Ep. 17: Takeshi (Boris)
Aaron Rogers
“I want [the audience] to use all of their five senses. Forget about the daily life,” says guitarist/bassist Takeshi. To aid our forgetfulness, Takeshi plays through a monolithic array of Sunn and Orange amplifiers plus a pedalboard stuffed to capacity with boutique fuzz pedals, one-off noisemakers, Afterneath, Bit Commander, and Palisades.
Read MoreBoard To Death Ep 16: Justin Pearson & Joey Karam (the Locust, Dead Cross, One Day As A Lion)
Aaron Rogers
“It’s not musical and I like that,” says Justin Pearson.
For more than a decade Justin Pearson (Dead Cross, Retox, Head Wound City) and Joey Karam (One Day as a Lion) have attacked eardrums and melted faces with their deconstructed avant-grindcore assault as members of the Locust. We recently met up with Justin and Joey at an undisclosed Los Angeles locale to concoct some Plague Soundscapes of our own…
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