WHAT THE FORMER MICHAEL JACKSON AND JEFF BECK AX-SLINGER SEES WHEN SHE LOOKS DOWN
Interview by Andrew Daly
“MY PEDALBOARD IS about simplicity. Weight is also huge because 99 percent of my gigs involve getting me on a plane. I also need functionality. But the funny thing is I don’t even really like pedals. I got into them when I started doing clinic tours for DigiTech in the Nineties. Since then, I’ve used them, but constantly stomping on different pedals to get what I need is still bonkers.
“It starts with the board itself, a D’Addario XPND. From there, I have my amp, the BluGuitar AMP1 [Mercury Edition]. I was Thomas Blug’s first customer. It’s a 100-watt, four-channel amp, and it’s MIDI capable. That leads me to the next thing, a MeloAudio MIDI Commander [multi-effects USB MIDI foot controller], which switches my effects and the amp simultaneously.
“From there, I have an MXR [M293] Mini Booster. I like that little box; it does the job when I need a little extra during solos. I had a full-sized one, but it was a tank. Aside from that, I’ve got a Line 6 [EX-1] Expression Pedal and a Boss [FV-50] stereo volume pedal. And I have a Line 6 HX Stomp XL [multi-effects processor] with a steampunk skin design by Chad Boston at Gear by CEBA. The Line 6 stuff has
