Anyone's got Thundercat's actual pedalboard pics and settings?

[Tonkin2]

Hi guys,

I'm really interested in recreating this tone for a tribute vids. I remember seeing some pictures of his boards on his story around 2024 before but wasn't fast enough to take a pic, does anybody have a better screenshots from the old ones or actual pedalboard he's using on tour right now?

It'd be great if you guys have some info involving it! Thank You!

[Gank Bass]

There are a few shots on his npr tiny desk concert on YouTube 👍

[Tonkin2]

1 hour ago, Gank Bass said:

There are a few shots on his npr tiny desk concert on YouTube 👍

But I don't think there's a Moog in the set, I think it's a downs‌‌ized version of his normal ri‌g maybe?

[HoorayForAnonyms]

Thats the best picture I've been able to find and I became slightly obsessed with searching through photos of his live sets. There is a very recent tv performance on the Steve Colbert show where you can see he is still using the EBS DPhaser along with the Moog MF-101 and Digitech Whammy. With the settings for the MF-101, he varies the sound a lot both live and on the recorded versions. The actual settings he favours for the MF-101 will sound different if another person copied them since things like a player's attack, the output of the bass etc. will have an impact on how the envelope responds. I've dialled it in by ear but he tends to favour high drive for a dirty sound with a high resonance and lower frequency on the MF-101.

 

 

The picture of the EBS Dphaser clearly shows the rate and depth but again he varies his settings a lot. The EBS DPhaser in the picture is set to the Long mode which is an 8-stage setting which makes up a big part of that sound. The Moog MF-103 he used previously was a 6-stage phaser but I think any 6-8 stage phaser - analogue or digital - will get you his sound with the right rate and depth!

 

Hope that helps! Look forward to your video. 😀

Edited 2 hours ago by HoorayForAnonyms