Joe Perry: Aerosmith Pedalboard

We had hoped to post this pedalboard overview yesterday in time for Steven Tyler's 60th birthday party. Unfortunately our own birthday celebrations for Mr. Tyler carried on a little longer than expected! In honor of the Aerosmith-frontman's birthday, it is only fitting to examine the pedalboard of his Toxic Twin, Joe Perry. Over the past three decades, Aerosmith has recorded countless rock classics, including "Dream On", "Same Old Song and Dance", Sweet Emotion", "Back in the Saddle", and"Walk This Way". What each of these songs have in common is Perry's instantly recognizable "hooks" and solos supported by his distinct overdriven tone. If you're interested in becoming as "toxic" as Tyler and Perry, you're going to need the following pedalboard set-up recently used by Perry on tour with Aerosmith:

• Amplifiers:
• two Marshall Major 200-watt heads (one is a spare);
• two Marshall 4X12 Speaker Cabinets; and
• a Variac power attenuator.

• Effects Pedals/Pedalboard:
• a Radial Studio Guitar Interface SGI-RX receiver - enables a guitar signal to travel over 300 feet through a standard, low-impedance XLR mic cable with very limited signal loss;
• a Klon Centaur Overdrive pedal;
• a Chicago Iron Tychobrahe Octavia pedal*;
  
• a MoogerFooger MF-104Z Analog Delay pedal;
• a Line 6 MM-4 Modulation Modeler pedal**;
• a Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler pedal;
• a Carl Martin Plexi-Tone pedal;
  
• a Digitech Whammy pedal;
• a Vox Wah-Wah Pedal;
• a Ernie Ball 6180 Mono Volume Pedal; and
• a Radial Studio Guitar Interface SGI-TX transmitter.

* Joe Perry has been know to alternate his octave pedals betwen the Octavia pedal, a Electro-Harmonix POG pedal, and a Fulltone Ultimate Octave pedal.

** Perry also alternates his delay pedals between the DL-4, a Fulltone Tube Tape Echo pedal, and an Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man pedal.

Comments and corrections welcome.