In this week’s Pedalpocalypse– the program where we ask guitarist which 3 results pedals imply the most to them– we talked with Ruzz ‘Guitar’ Evans, a UK-born Gretsch-backed guitar player who directs Ruzz Guitar’s Blues Revuea rock ‘n’ roll, rockabilly, dive blues and swing band presently turning heads and cutting carpets on both sides of the Atlantic.
Ruzz matured listening to his daddy’s music– difficult British R ‘n’ B bands like Dr Feelgood, The Inmates and Nine Below Zero– before finding their American equivalents: George Thorogood Jimmie Vaughan and Brian Setzer
“I was 14, when my daddy revealed me a DVD of George Thorogood,” he states, “and I believed, ‘That’s cool– I’m going to do that‘”
Which 3 pedals would he take with him into his post-apocalyptic rhythm and blues safehouse?
His very first option is the remarkably called Surfybear Compact Reverb by Italian business and browse guitar expert Surfy Industries. “I can’t live without a reverb,” he states. “I was presented to this by my buddy in Palm Springs. I fell for it since it has 2 mixers on it, which implies that I can have 2 various levels of reverb, at the flick of a switch.”
All of that makes it useful for ballads, where Ruzz likes to “crank it up and make it a bit more dreamy and climatic”.
Surfy Industries are likewise the makers of his 2nd option, the Surfyvibe vibrato pedal“I’ve constantly been trying to find that Jimmie Vaughan 80s Leslie noise, without needing to haul around a Leslie,” states Ruzz.
“But I attempted the Surfyvibe just recently and I fell for it. It keeps the clearness of the guitar however it still has that smooth vibrato. With some other vibratos, I seem like I’m losing sustain– since undoubtedly, the tremolo is knocking the volume down– whereas this feels so natural.”
His 3rd pedal is a harder option. Ruzz utilizes Alameda Guitars’ Angry Hornet fuzz pedal, and truly likes a little echo.
“One of my outright heroes is Brian Setzer,” he states, “and I keep in mind hearing his variation of Sleepwalk and he had this specific echo on it and I attempt and catch that. It’s a bit challenging with a reverb not to have it as a huge wash. The echo may be my number 3, particularly for rockabilly things, to get that slapback noise …”
We explain that he’s the very first individual not to pick a drive pedal– which triggers him to expose his secret component. “Well,” he states, “we’re speaking about pedals, however with the pickups on this guitar– there’s various voicings within the pickups and the last setting is practically like having a increase pedal“
Ruzz plays a Gretsch G5420T Electromatic Hollow Body The pickups are Off Kiltertron pickupslikewise by Alameda Guitars. “Six voicings in each pickup: 3 singlecoil and 3 humbuckers and the last setting has all the pickups on simultaneously, full-force.”
Enjoy the video to hear them in action. They’re not simply for Gretsch guitars either. “They’ll suit Strats, Jazzmasters– if you desire them in your guitar, he’ll make a casing for them. He’s a mad researcher at all of this. He’ll make it work!”
View a brand-new episode of Pedalpocalypse every Tuesday on Guitar World’s YouTube channelPedalpocalypse is produced in LA by Beaux Gris & & The Apocalypse guitar player Robin Davey and Growvision
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