Mick’s Effects
Mick uses or has used many analog and digital effects for his various projects over the years but the one thing they all have in common is that he doesn’t endorse anything he doesn’t love and use. We will try to keep up with current choices and changes to Mick's Rigs.
The Creation Audio Labs “Holy Fire Nine” pedal is both an overdrive and distortion pedal in one. The top knobs are Gain, Overdrive, and Distortion… G.O.D.
Atomic Amplifire 12
Atomic AmpliFIRE 12 is the most powerful and flexible addition to Atomic’s AmpliFIRE line and further redefines the performance to size paradigm in guitar processing, while at the same time being an exceptional value with more flexibility and control.
Tech 21 FLY RIG 5
Free yourself from the signal chains of bondage. Emancipate yourself from the oppression of evil backline loaners. Liberate yourself from the tyrannies of over-loaded flight cases and stress of airport security. It is time. For you. To rock. In a free World. Sleek, compact, and simply awesome, the gunmetal-finish Fly Rig 5 is a tiny tonal titan, a thoroughbred professional unit armed with sweet analog tones. Weighing in at just over 18 oz. and under 12 inches in length, you can rule the road, rehearsal or recording gig. No stinkin’ van, no heavy flight cases, no cable spaghetti, no dead weight.
“The Tech-21 Flyrig 5 is the smallest best sounding multi-effects unit that I have. It’s so easy to just throw it in a gig bag, briefcase, or a suitcase and be good to go!” “I especially like the “drift” knob which emulates the uneven movement of the tape across the heads in an Echoplex.” “I can get a chorussed sound on my clean patch using the “drift” effect.” “It was quite a hit at gigs in Europe. I set it up and it immediately drew a small crowd of other players and stage crew.”
Boss ‘63 Reverb
Beetronics Custom One-Off Overhive Pedal
“My Beetronics Custom Overhive Pedal is the only one with it’s graphic. I chose it based on the sound which is rich, organic, and nails the tonal characteristics and response of a cranked old Tweed Bassman.”
“The Boss Fender ‘63 Reverb pedal is the best reverb pedal to capture the sound of the old brown tolex Fender Tube reverb units used by The Ventures, which can be problematic and hard to travel with. At a Ventures gig we were having trouble with the old reverb heads and so I plugged the Boss ‘63 Reverb pedal into Don Wilson’s amp and taped it to the floor of the stage like we do for the on-off switch for the old reverb heads. He stepped on it for the intro to “Pipeline” and he couldn’t tell the difference and it sounded killer.”