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recording sessions

Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (BC108)
Colorsound Powerboost
Univox Uni-Vibe
Binson Echorec II
Kepex processor (tremolo, Money recording session)
EMS Synthi Hi-Fli guitar effect processor

live 1972 (pre album release)

Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (BC108)
Vox wah wah
Colorsound Power Boost
Univox Uni-Vibe
Binson Echorec II
DeArmond volume pedal

Guitars

- Rainbow Theatre, London in Feburay 1972. Notice the Colorsound Power Boost and a Fuzz Face.

pedal board and additional gear, live 1973-75 (post album release)

Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (BC108)
Vox wah wah (1973)
Cry Baby wah wah (1974-75)
Colorsound Power Boost
Univox Uni-Vibe
MXR Phase 90 (added in 1974)
MXR Dynacomp (added in 1975)
DeArmond volume pedal
- see details for this board below.

Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (for lap steel guitar, 1974-75)
DeArmond volume pedal (for lap steel guitar, 1974-75)

Binson Echorec II
Binson Echorec PE 603
EMS Synthi Hi-Fli guitar effect processor
Conn Strobo Tuners (added in 1974)
EMS Synthi A (On the Run)

Note: The Hi-Fli processor is only seen at the Earls Court shows in London UK in May 1973. It is not documented how and for what he used it.

Guitars

- David’s 1973-75 rig (here at Earl’s Court, May 1973);
1. Binson Echorec II
2. Binson Echorec PE 603
3. EMS Hi-Fli guitar processor with footpedals (only seen used at these shows)
4. Pedal board (see effects above)
5. EMS Synti A keyboard
6. 4 Hiwatt DR103 100W heads
7. EMS Sythi A (for On the Run ‘73-’75)

A deeper look into…

Pedal board 1973-’75
- David had all his pedals built into a custom pedal board just prior to the Dark Side of the Moon tour in early 1973. It had on/off switches for the effects and send/returns for the Binson echo units (see effects above). Ontop there was a volume pedal, a wah wah and a control pedal for the Uni-Vibe.
- The Vox wah wah was replaced by a Cry Baby in June 1974.
- The Uni-Vibe was taken out of the board in June 1974 and a second (new) unit was placed beside the board throughout 1974 and 1975.
- Pictures from Boston, US, June 18. 1975, shows a MXR Dynacomp lying to the left of the board.
- As Floyd played both Set the Controls and Echoes in 1973, the Vox wah wah must have had some reverse switch (or the jacks were manually switched) as David used the wah wah effect on Controls and the reverse connection “seagull” effect on Echoes.

Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
David’s main fuzz/distortion unit from 1968-75. Read more…

Binson Echorecs
David’s main delay unit from 1968-77. Read more…

EMS Synthi Hi-Fli
David used this analog effect processor on both the album and tour. Read more…