http://www.myspace.com/alex_frbnks

my pedalboard has over twenty things on it (including a vintage DMM, Micro POG, and Small Stone). i also have a Small Clone, Nano Stone, Holy Grail, Holier Grail, and and Bassballs with my eyes set on an XO Graphic Fuzz, XO Frequency Analyzer, and VoiceBox.

http://www.myspace.com/eyescicle

and my band, collectively, has over 70 pedals in use live (including my stuff as well as a vintage Triangle Big Muff Pi, 2 PolyChoruses, XO Worm, Nano Stone, Nano Bassballs, original Bass Microsynth, HOG with preset controller, Wiggler, and others i’m sure).

http://www.myspace.com/nigredomusic

i think there’s also an LPB-1, Nano Muff, 3 Russian-issue Big Muff Pi’s (one of them circuit bent), and a few other random EHX pedals in storage somewhere.

i think we all qualify as “pedal people”.

give or take. i and the other main guitar player each have 20ish (it fluctuates!), bass player–i think–has 6, and the other instrumentalist (who handles guitar, electric piano, lap steel, and theremin) has a solid 30. i don’t know if i’ve ever sat down and counted. but, everything gets used within the course of a set, and i’d say it’s all pretty tasteful.

Tasteful use of all 70 in a set? I’m impressed.

well…that’s certainly up for interpretation. i’m pretty pleased with it all, though. i like your stuff as well. it’s got a kind of punk-meets-shoegaze-meets NYC disaffected indie sound that’s a lot of fun. cheers!

Thanks! I think it’s the style that best suits my abilities as a guitar, singer, and songwriter. And I think it’s also where my tastes are. I find myself humming my own songs to myself, which I didn’t used to do in my old post-punk-gaze band. Though I did learn some things from that.

My flash player wasn’t working but I just fixed that and now I can listen to your stuff. I like it. It’s got a bit of a Stars of the Lid vibe.

It’ll take me a while to find my 1972 Screaming Bird and the bass boost version.
They aren’t pedals, but they’re my original EHX. Will they do?