Jack White and his pedal boards
Here is an image of what is said to be Jack Whites (of the White Stripes) pedal board. I guess given their style you’d expect a fairly minimalist setup, so perhaps you might be surprised at the number of pedals on display here.
I’m not 100% sure of what all the pedals are. The first (far right) is clearly something from Analog Man, then into what looks like a EHX Big Muff (painted red), “Muff” is also written on the power supply. Then there’s the EHX POG (Polyphonic Octave Generator), which I’m guessing is used to provide some substitute bass style tones, then into a killswitch.
Here’s another picture of Jack White’s pedal board, I’m just not sure whether this is older or newer than the first one pictured. Some of the pedals here are a little harder to make out.
Once again there is the red painted Big Muff, as well as the EHX POG and the killswitch. Other additions include the Boss TU-2 Tuner (which you can also use as a killswitch of sorts), as well as the Digitech Whammy. From what I can gather from the web, the Whammy is set to the Octave down setting, to create the bass like tone you hear in tracks like “7 Nation Army”.
Apparently for solos he has been known to switch the whammy to 2 octaves up and use it in conjunction with his Big Muff. There’s also the MXR Microamp in there as well. Not sure what that’s used for, but if I had to guess, he may have it on 99% of the time to counter act the drop in signal you can get with the Whammy in your signal chain. But, I might be wrong.
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November 30th, 2007 20:55
Wow - that’s quite a setup. As a classically trained pianist, I will never understand guitarists.
December 3rd, 2007 19:39
That setup is hardcore…my nephew brought over his setup and taught me how to play Iron Man I believe it’s called…I’m learning the strings still so incorporating things like this is well beyond me.
December 4th, 2007 07:23
what does he do play everything with his feet?
lol
December 18th, 2007 05:08
Check this small clip out of The White Stripes playing Jack The Ripper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
..shows the dirty distortion and high octave solo’s he pulls
Also with an acoustic playing Son House’s Death Letter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t1_ETuWIbE
he da man
December 24th, 2007 04:16
I’m also surprised there is so much given their minimalist style. However, there’s got to be something on the floor to drive the tube amp squeal we hear in Elephant and Icky Thump. BTW, great article with Jack White and Jimmy Page in the February ‘06 issue of Guitar World if you can find back issues.
March 25th, 2008 23:46
I don’t know, I actually thought his board was a bit modest… granted, Jack has never conjured too many spacey or crazy sounds compared to some…. but you think his boards are complex? Check John Frusciante’s pedal board for his latest tour. Now, THAT is a lot of gear.