Jimmy Smith – Pedal Board Breakdown – Foals / Holy Fire Tour

Jimmy Smith of Foals is starting to be one of my favorite guitarists. The combination of his and Yannis’ guitar interplay is a huge part of why I really like Foals. Over the last year, I’ve been playing a lot of my Fender Jazzmaster, and thought it was great seeing Jimmy using one (actually a few) for the Holy Fire tour and the videos related to their Holy Fire release.

Recently, I got to see them at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR (I’ll be writing more about that in the near future) but my wife was able to get a partial photo of Jimmy Smith’s pedal board and thought some of you might be interested in what’s going on there.

Here is the breakdown of pedals from this shot..

Line 6 DL4 Delay
Electro-Harmonix POG 2
Strymon Timeline
Boss RV-5 Reverb
Orange Footswitch <- not 100%
Fuzzrocious Rat Tail
Fuzzrocious Rat Tail
Boss TU-3 Tuner

All pedals are routed through a GigRig QuarterMaster 10 true bypass strip.

Jimmy uses a pair of Fuzzrocious Rat Kings for their UK/EUR tours, but Rat Tails for US/Can tours. The pedal board was a tough shot, here is the full photo taken by Amy Donovan.

Let me know what you think about Foals, Jimmy Smith or if you see anything incorrect by commenting below!