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TC Electronic
Polytune MiniSeen in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
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Robin Southby has said his downsized board ran an Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini and Boss OD-3 for drive, a Boss DD-3 and EHX Canyon for delay and a TC Electronic Hall of Fame reverb. John Helps has said he played through a Marshall JVM410 with a Walrus Audio Slö, Boss RV-5 and EHX Pitch Fork.
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“The Tube Screamer Mini boosts for lead parts.”
Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
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BOSS
OD-3 OverDrive“The OD-3 is the main drive and between this and the Tube Screamer they can sound pretty heavy, to be fair.”
Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
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“The DD-3 is usually set with feedback on max.”
Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
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Top 5Has said they use
Electro-Harmonix
Canyon delay and looper“The Canyon is a pretty sick pedal”
Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
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Robin Southby: guitar
Seen using
TC Electronic
Polytune MiniSeen in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
Has said they use
“The Tube Screamer Mini boosts for lead parts.”
Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
Has said they use
BOSS
OD-3 OverDrive“The OD-3 is the main drive and between this and the Tube Screamer they can sound pretty heavy, to be fair.”
Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
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Has said they use
“The DD-3 is usually set with feedback on max.”
Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
Has said they use
Electro-Harmonix
Canyon delay and looper“The Canyon is a pretty sick pedal”
Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
Has said they use
Revv Amplification
G3 (used for a while before the OD-3)
Has said they use
Revv Amplification
G3 (used for a while before the OD-3)Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
John Helps: guitar
Marshall
JVM410 head
Has said they use
Marshall
JVM410 head“I use a Marshall JVM 410 head which does most of the heavy lifting in terms of tone in my setup”
Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
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Has said they use
“It has lovely bright lights on the display which is wicked in hazy dark venues!”
Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
Electro-Harmonix
Slammi Plus Polyphonic Pitch Shifter
Has said they use
Electro-Harmonix
Slammi Plus Polyphonic Pitch ShifterSaid in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
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Electro-Harmonix
Pitchfork
Has said they use
Electro-Harmonix
PitchforkSaid in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
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Has said they use
Walrus Audio
Slö Multi Texture Reverb“But it's the reverb that we used on almost all of our new record.”
Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
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JHS Pedals
Mute Switch
Has said they use
JHS Pedals
Mute Switch“It just switches my sound off completely.”
Said in Pedalboard tour with Maybeshewill's Robin Southby and John Helps (MusicRadar), February 2023
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Questions
About Maybeshewill's gear.
What pedals does Maybeshewill use?
In 2023 Robin Southby showed a Tube Screamer Mini, Boss OD-3, Boss DD-3, EHX Canyon and TC Hall of Fame, and John Helps showed a Walrus Audio Slö, Boss RV-5, EHX Slammi Plus and Pitch Fork and a JHS Mute Switch.
What amp does John Helps use?
He told MusicRadar that a Marshall JVM410 head did most of the heavy lifting in his tone, switched between clean, drive and distortion with its footswitch.
What reverb did Maybeshewill use on No Feeling Is Final?
John Helps said the Walrus Audio Slö was the reverb used on almost all of the band's comeback record.
What delay does Robin Southby use?
He has said the EHX Canyon on its Memory Man setting was his main delay, with a Boss DD-3 set to max feedback for noisy swells at the end of songs.
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Maybeshewill are a post-rock band from Leicester, founded by guitarists Robin Southby and John Helps in 2005 and reunited in 2020. This guide covers both guitarists' pedalboards and John Helps' Marshall amp from their 2023 MusicRadar pedalboard tour.
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