Wish You Were Here 1974-77
Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
Colorsound Power Boost
MXR Phase 90
Binson Echorec II
pedal board and additional gear, live 1974-75
(pre album release, DSotM tour)
Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (BC108)
Cry Baby wah wah
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
Conn Strobo Tuners
EMS Synthi A (On the Run)
Shine On and Have a Cigar on the album.
(post album release, Animals tour 1977)
Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (BC109)
Pete Cornish Custom Fuzz P-1
MXR Phase 100
Univox Uni-Vibe
Colorsound Power Boost
Cry Baby wah wah
MXR Dynacomp
(send/return for EH Big Muff and EH Electric Mistress)
Pete Cornish Tone pedal
Pete Cornish volume pedal
(send/return for delays, Binson II/Morley EVO-1/MXR DDL)
MXR Noise Gate/Line Driver
- added prior to the tour, lying ontop of the board, connected via send/return;
Electro Harmonix Big Muff (1973 “Ram’s Head”)
Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress
Binson Echorec II
MXR Digital Delay System I
Morley EVO-1 Echo Volume
Conn Strobo tuners
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.
See Dark Side of the Moon for more details.
Pete Cornish pedal board 1976-77
The board has two inputs for guitars (input is selected with an on/off selector pedal). The signal is then split, – into a Conn Strobo tuner and a master bypass. The signal travels through the effects (as lined up in chain above) and then to three outputs for amps, either in solo or combined.
- The PC Custom Fuzz P-1 is often listed as PC Big Muff and PC Fuzz.
- The Cry Baby wah wah has a custom made reverse switch to reverse the input/output connection for “seagull/Echoes” effects. – see Meddle for more
- The PC Custom Tone pedal was a modified Cry Baby chassis with a Fender Telecaster tone circuit.
Read more about the board in this indebth article.
Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
David’s main fuzz/distortion unit from 1968-75. Read more…
Electro Harmonix Big Muff
David’s main distortion unit from 1977 to present. Read more…
Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress
David’s main flanger unit from 1977-94. Read more…
Binson Echorecs
David’s main delay unit from 1968-77. Read more…
MXR Digital Delay
This digital delay unit replaced David’s Binson Echorec. He stated that he was tired of cleaning the Binson and needed something more reliable. The MXR has controls for delay time, sweep/frequency and level as well as programming.
Morley EVO-1 Echo Volume
This is an analog delay/echo unit with a copper disc rotating in an oilcan. A very warm and unique sound, but the oil leaked out and it was taken out of the rig in the middle of the tour. David used this as a supplement to the Binson.
