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What gear does Modest Mouse use?

Isaac Brock told Guitar World in 2021 that the Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter Stereo Tremolo is a must-have and that the Mastro Valvola LEM got him back into guitar. Guitarist Jim Fairchild has been seen using a Fender American Elite Telecaster, a Fender Twin and a Greer Lightspeed, with EarthQuaker Devices and BOSS pedals on his board.

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What pedals does Isaac Brock use?

Brock told Guitar World in 2021 that the Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter Stereo Tremolo is a must-have for him and that the Mastro Valvola LEM got him back into guitar. He said stereo tremolos are his jam.

What guitars does Isaac Brock play?

MusicRadar says his go-to electrics are custom Wicks guitars with a homespun take on the Floyd Rose vibrato, developed with Brian Wicks, and Gibson SGs for open tunings. He told Guitar World he also brought Fender baritones to the Golden Casket sessions.

What amps does Jim Fairchild use in Modest Mouse?

In his 2016 Premier Guitar Rig Rundown, Fairchild ran two stock Fender amps: a reissue silverface Twin daisy chained to a Fender Blues DeVille, with a Greer Lightspeed overdrive always in front of it.

What is on Jim Fairchild's pedalboard?

Premier Guitar listed a Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter, BOSS BD-2 and PS-5, an MXR Uni-Vibe, EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter and The Depths, an Electro-Harmonix Micro POG, a Pro Co RAT and a BOSS TU-3, powered by MXR DC Bricks.

Where does Modest Mouse record?

Isaac Brock built Ice Cream Party Studios in an old check-printing warehouse, named after the 2019 single. It has a walk-in pedal closet, and Reverb filmed a video tour of it, according to MusicRadar.

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Modest Mouse is the Issaquah, Washington band led by Isaac Brock. This guide covers the stereo tremolo pedals Brock named to Guitar World in 2021, plus the Fender guitars, amps and pedalboard guitarist Jim Fairchild showed Premier Guitar in a 2016 Rig Rundown.

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