pedal board overview (Mike E.)

next up is one of my favorite lead guitarists, Mike Einziger of Incubus. Mike plays several styles of guitar, including harsh edgy rock that got incubus started and soft, swirling, sonic, and trippy dynamic sounds featured in some of their later music. The new incubus music seems to be a happy medium between the two. In any case, Mike needs and uses a multitude of effects. This will be one of the more complex boards I'll dissect. Alright, here are some pictures to start off: (this isn't his, its one VERY much like it... with 2 pedal differences but the same effects and shape)


Mike has alot of pedals, and uses them on the fly at live shows, requiring this 'wing' shape for his board. \_/ This allows him to stay in one place and still be able to reach all his effects. The breakdown goes like this. Paul Reed Smith Hollow-Body Guitars (or recently a Fender '62 Jazzmaster) --> Boss Tuner --> H&K Rotosphere --> 2x Boss PH-2 Super Phasers --> DOD Gonkulator --> Boss RV-3 Reverb Delay --> MXR Phase 90 --> DOD Envelope Filter --> Boss Compressor/Sustainer --> Boss Flanger --> Boss EQ --> Boss Octaver --> into several Mesa Boogie and Vox amps. Here's a more in-depth graphic of how it works. Mike tops all this off with a 4-way switch to control wireless guitar input/backup wireless/normail jacks/master mute.