Steely Dan’s Jon Herington Pedal Board

Premiere Guitar has another great Rig Rundown that they posted yesterday. This is for Steely Dan’s Jon Herington. I liked this video a lot. Instead of talking with a tech, the interview was with Jon Herington. I particularly liked this video. I thought it provided some great insight on why he used certain guitars, amps and effects. I thought it was very informational. Jon is a great player and to hear him talk about gear, is a treat.

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Here is a screen snap of Jon Herington’s Pedalboard:

Here is the breakdown of the pedal board:

Boss TU-2 Tuner
Xotic RC Booster (x2)
Vox Joe Satriani Big Bad Wah
Earnie Ball Volume Pedal
Boss RV-5 Reverb
Tech 21 Boost DLA
Tech 21 RotoChoir
Voodoo Lab Tremolo
Ibanez Modulation Delay DML
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Mesa Boogie Channel Switcher
Bludotone Switch/Boost

I liked how he uses the Boss TU-2 as the buffer for the pedals. I personally do this as well, and for those of you don’t know, the buffer will raise the input signal to the pedals. Especially if you use long instrument cables, this can help with cable capacitance. For more information on cable capacitance, check out this post: Visual Sound (buffered bypass) and Route 808. I also liked how he ran the delays and reverb through the amp’s effects loop. I’ve played around with this in the past, but for some reason always end up with those pedals in front, maybe I’ll re-address it again.