Pedalboard Break Down – Peter Hayes – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Today, I was stoked to get a message from Brian letting me know about a couple of videos where Peter Hayes (guitarist of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) talks about his gear.  Peter has very full and powerful guitar sound that he brings to the band, and clearly, the complexity of the sound is reflected in the complexity of the gear.

Part 1 talks about guitars

Part 2 talks about effects and general routing

I had to watch Part 2 a few times, and some of it still unclear. Looks like he’s running 4 amps. 2 of which is his main sound with delays, etc. Center amp (#3 is a JCM 800 and 4×12 with a single distortion pedal) to focus the sound. Finally, there is a single amp (in the video it was a Fender Twin, but normally is a Fender Pro Reverb) pointing the heavens with distortion and reverb.

He uses a combination of pedals in a rack and pedals on the floor. There were no photos of the pedals in the rack, but Peter did mention them. I listed them, even though I was unable to get specific model information. If you can help provide this info (I’m looking at your Peter or Peter’s guitar tech), please let me know.

Rack
Radial JD-7 (splitter) -> Amp 3
Sansamp <- unsure about the Sansamp mentioned
TC Electronic G-Major 2
TC Electronic G-Major 2
Boss DD-7 Delay
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail <- assumption
Klon Centaur
Vintage Effects Distortion <- unknown

Floor
Akai E2 Headrush
Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter
Dunlop GCB-95 Wah
G Lab
Ernie Ball Volume
Ernie Ball Volume
Roland EV-5 Expression Pedal
Roland EV-5 Expression Pedal
Electro-Harmonix Freeze
Boss TU-2 Tuner

-> Amp 1 Bandmaster (left)
-> Amp 2 Bandmaster (right)
-> Amp 3 Marshall JCM 800 (Audio Crowther Hot Cake)
-> Amp 4 Fender Twin or Fender Pro Reverb

For those of you not familiar with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, check out this great video performance on KEXP:

Let me know if you can help fill in the blanks above. Also, would love to hear what you think about Black Rebel Motorcycle Club by commenting below!