What are your four ‘must-have’ pedals? That is what we ask our guests to share with you in our Four On the Floor podcast segment. Brian Nutter makes some incredible guitars. They look fantastic and are filled with very smart and versatile electronics too. If you are not familiar with Nutter Guitars do yourself a favor and check them out. He gave us a fantastic interview too! You can hear the episode for yourself right here. Check out these choices for his Four On The Floor.
1. MXR – Dyna Comp Compressor
“Touring as long as I did and having to do fly dates and TV shows or whatever, you never really knew what was going to show up. My rider included which pedals we’re going to show up or what amps were going to show up. I always required a JCM 800 Marshall – but sometimes I got a Fender Twin. So it’d be, difficult particularly if you’re doing a, you know, a, a festival a remote place somewhere because nobody in town would have what I need. So I show up with that and you’re used to a Marshall. I’m very, very serious about the way that sounds. So the compressor, I don’t use as a, as a smasher so much, you know, unless I’m doing like a hardcore old country gig, but, uh, I use, I use the compressor much more like a boost just to drive the front end a little harder and maybe squish it a little. I can also be used to add just a little bit more gain. So that’s the reason for the, for the compressor and it doesn’t need a tone control. It doesn’t need to be like fancy schmancy. I just wanted to be able to buy them in any store, anywhere if needed.“
Check out the MXR – Dyna Comp Compressor
2. Ibanez – TS-9 Tube Screamer
“I don’t use it for like drive like into a clean amp. I would use the tube screamer in front of something that’s already overdriving. The tube screamer by itself, if it’s in front of something that’s already clean
it’s a horrible sound. It’s that mixture of like fuzzy,
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3. Boss – Blues Driver Overdrive
“I would use the Blues Driver as like the main crunch or rhythm sound, into a clean amp. I wouldn’t use it in front of an already hot rodded amp. With the Blues Driver on, I can bump the pick responsiveness and maybe a little bit more gain with the compressor, or push it into like shred land with the tube screamer by stacking any and all of that stuff up. I wouldn’t turn all three on at the same time because then that turns into just a mess.”
Check out the Boss – Blues Driver Overdrive
4. Bboss – GE-7 Graphic Equalizer
“The GE-7 is really overlooked. It’s great for a lot of stuff! It’s a tremendous boost pedal. If you set everything is zero and then crank the output level all the way up it’s really killer. With this pedal compliment, I can create the desired like rhythm, clean and lead tones that I need. All the other stuff like modulation and time-based stuff is just gravy at that point. All I’m looking for is like, you know, just core tone. So the GE-7 can be used as a boost into an already overdriven app so it will put it into a much heavier overdrive. They can be used for correctional things like if the amp is a little too bright I can pull down some of the high ends. You can also use it sort of like cocked Wah sort of sound. You can in conjunction with a tube screamer and the blues driver, you can get to like and much more like thrash metal.“
Check out the Boss – GE-7 Graphic Equalizer
Huge thanks to Coe for being a guest on our show and please check out Nutter Guitars. We wish him continued success!