Star Wars Inspired Guitar Pedals You Can Buy Now

With the highly anticipated release of Star Wars: the Force Awakens, I thought it would be fun to do a roundup of Star Wars inspired pedals that are now available for purchase (if there are any that you know of that I have left out, please let me know so I can add it).

CY-VORG by Effectivy Wonder Pedals

This is a Clone of the classic and unique Vorg/Pearl Warpsound, the pedal that Kevin Shields (from My Bloody Valentine) uses in Loveless, and bears a striking resemblance to R2-D2.

To buy or for more information, visit Effectivy Wonder Pedals.

Overdrive No.30 w/ Allen Bradley's (Star Wars Editions)

This is an EM drive inspired overdrive in a Star Wars themed enclosure. This one displays a stormtrooper head with the text "I had friends on that Death Star."

To buy or for more information, visit Midnight 30 Music.

Dr. Blankenstein Illumiringer V1.5 Star Wars Edition Overdrive & Ring Modulator

The Illumiringer V1.5 is a 2-stage hybrid pedal with a gain pre stage (based off an Ibanez TS-808 and option for TS9 circuit) with controls for gain ("Jedi"), Tone, and Level which can be used on its own or drive the Illumiringer side, a light/motion-controlled ring modulatorwhich has controls for  "Sith" and level (the knob on the right fo the box). The Illumiringer side can also be used on its own without having the gain pre on.

To buy or for more information, visit the listing on Reverb.

Pedal Projects Klone Special Hand Paint Darth Vader

A nice-looking Klon clone with the Vader helmet hand-painted in white and black.

To buy or for more information, visit the listing on Reverb.

Unboxing the Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork pitch shifting pedal.

Music by Nathan Shafer of Elements and Echoes.

Ambient Pedalboard Demo

Here is a very quick walk through of my pedal board used for ambient/worship guitar.

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In this video, I walk through how I use each of these pedals individually:

- Compressor (Wampler Ego)
- Pitch Shift (EHX Pitch Fork)
- Volume Pedal (Ernie Ball MVP)
- Tremolo (Boss TR2)
- Overdrive (Fulltone OCD)
- Tape Delay (El Capistan)
- Digital Delay (Boss DD20)
- Room Reverb (Hardwire RV7)
- Ambient Reverb (Neunaber Stereo Wet w/ shimmer)

At the end I show which pedals I use for Ambient Swells.

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Ambient Guitar Swells with the EHX PitchFork

Playing some Ambient Swells using the Octave Pitch Shifting of the EHX Pitch Fork.



First, I played with my dry signal 0:04



Next, I added the El Capistan 0:17



Then, I added the Boss DD20 0:36



Finally, I added the RV7 Reverb and Pitch Fork 0:56



I used the following equipment:



Gretsch Power Jet G6128T TVP

Ernie Ball MVP

Strymon El Capistan

Boss DD20

Hardwire RV7 Reverb

Vox AC15C1

Line 6 Spider II 112

Scarlett 2i2

SM57

Ableton Live Lite

EHX PitchFork Pedal Demo (In a Musical Context)

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Playing through several of the settings on the Electro Harmonix PitchFork pedal in a musical context.

The bass line was played with the settings:

Shift = 1
Blend = 100%
Dual set to down
Switch set to Latch mode

The arpeggiated chords were played with the following setting:

Shift = P5
Blend = 70%
Dual set to UP
Switch set to Latch mode

The first lead riff was played with the settings:
Shift = 1
Blend = 35%
Dual set to both UP and DOWN
Switch set to Latch mode

The second lead riff was played with the settings:
Shift = P4
Blend = 60%
Dual set to UP
Switch set to MOMENTARY

Ambient Music Guitar Soundscape 3 - Live Looping with Slide Guitar

Guitar tuned to Open C#, ambient slide guitar with looping on the Boss DD20 and Strymon El Capistan.