I’ve been a pretty big fan of Mogwai over the years. I have to say.. they’re pretty awesome and I always find myself spinning one of their discs. If you’re ever looking for some driving music.. this is it. For those that aren’t familiar with Mogwai, they’re a band from Scotland that is primarily instrumental. They rely on building tension and craft a pretty brilliant audio soundscape. There are tons of bands that want to be Mogwai today, but there can only be one.
I had the pleasure to see them live in Portland a few years ago, and it was one of the best shows I’ve seen. I would highly recommend checking out their shows.. or at least buy a disc or two.
I found this cool video shot by SVT and submitted by ccdavelee where Stuart does a walk through of Mogwai’s gear. For this particular post, I wanted to focus on John Cumming’s pedal board.
I took some video stills of his pedal boards (he has two). I have the majority figured out.. but there are some missing pieces there. If you know what’s missing.. or see anything incorrect, please comment below! Here is a shot of the primary pedal board. Looks to be distortion/EQ and HOG stuff.
Next is is his secondary board. I had a harder time identifying this board. Primarily delay board.
Board #1
Boss TU-2 Tuner
T-Rex Dr. Swamp Double Distortion (older version)
Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive
Boss OS-2 Overdrive
Boss OS-2 Overdrive
MXR KFK -1 Kerry King 10 Band EQ
MXR KFK-1 Kerry King 10 Band EQ
Electro-Harmonix Holy Stain
Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+
Dunlop Uni-Vibe
Electro-Harmonix HOG
Electro-Harmonix HOG Footswitch
Electro-Harmonix HOG Expression Pedal
MXR Carbon Copy Delay
Board #2
Electro-Harmonix Memory Man w/Hazarai
Boss RV-3 Reverb (possibly RV-5)
Boss DD-3 (possibly DD-6 and or DD-7) x2
4 Channel ?
Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+
