Russian Circles – Brian Cook – Pedalboard

Well.. I went to NAMM. And I think it broke me. Came back exhausted, wore out, with ringing ears and a cold. I’ll talk about my thoughts in an upcoming post. For today, I wanted to talk about Brian Cook of Russian Circles. Last summer this band played my town of Missoula and I was not going to miss this. I’ve never seen them live and was extremely excited.

They played at the Badlander which is a great venue to see music. Great sound, and it’s small enough to catch all the action and have an intimate audience vibe while still having good stage, etc.

I’ve been a fan of this band for years, but to see them work the pedals was a real treat. The stuff they pull off with real time looping with a drummer is mind blowing.

Brian Cook has a very large pedal setup. You usually don’t see this many pedals on the bass side, so this makes it quite special. Brian’s tone is incredible. During this show he was playing his EGC Bass and the tone.. the tone.. was incredible.

Ok, let’s check out what’s he’s going going on:

Russian Circles – Brian Cook – Pedalboard

Dunlop 105Q Bass Wah
Akai Headrush E2
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
Way Huge Swollen Pickle
TSVG Hard Stuff Boost
Fuzzrocious Rat Tail
Tronographic Rusty Box Bass Pre‑Amp
Digitech Bass Whammy

Boss TU-3 Tuner
Electro-Harmonix POG2
Dwarfcraft Devices Pitchgrinder
Death By Audio Fuzz War
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano
Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy

Moog Taurus

Let me know what you think of this set up! Let me know if I missed anything, or if anything is incorrect. Also, let me know what you think of Russian Circles by commenting below!