Board To Death Ep. 18 – Nels Cline (Wilco, the Nels Cline Quartet) | EarthQuaker Devices
In the new Board to Death, we met up with guitarist, bandleader, and composer Nels Cline (Wilco, the Nels Cline Quartet) to explore the stunning pallette of sounds at his feet (and hands), and we learned why you should never let anyone borrow your Arpanoid.
Nels has multiple pedalboards, but today we’re looking at “the big one,” which is actually two small pedalboards stacked neatly inside a Pelican case to save space, because this is New York City, folks. The hardcase also functions as a tabletop to keep Nels’ Electro-Harmonix 16-Second Digital Delay, Montreal Assembly Count To Five, and Korg Kaoss Pad within arms’ reach for easy tweaking.
On the floor, Nels’ signal chain begins with the Arpanoid arpeggiator which is used as an improvisational tool on his collaboration with prolific free-jazz and modern classical composer Anthony Braxton. During these sessions, the Arpaniod was used in a patch alongside the ZVex Fuzz Factory, Digitech Whammy I which is then reversed and time-stretched by the 16-Second Delay and Kaoss Pad.
Rounding out the rig is a mix of standard and spacey stompboxes: Boss CS-3, Boss FV-500, Seymour Duncan 805, Boss VB-2, Red Panda Context, Devi Ever Soda Meiser, Crazy Tube Circuits Vyagra Boost, custom JamPedal Waterfall with the “Nels Cline switch,” Electro-Harmonix Stereo Pulsar, Montreal Assembly Count To Five, and Boss DD-3.
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Originally posted by UCaomNguqUdVNt0iu1YhtRFA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP9EbOrPi0Q
Nels is the best! Every video he's in makes us want to play (and retire) from guitar — mind blown!
its so funny how he apologizes for his noisy worn down gear and then proceeds to turn on the soda meiser chaos mode wich sounds rly like strugglin signals.
13:12 wait, where did the coil go…??
I think Nels is trying to contact the mothership but it rocks so he is staying
I kinda want to see him and jonny greenwood work together. The beautiful orchestrated anarchy would be a mighty thing to behold.
i like this man. gives off an european vibe
at 20:12 i swear you did a lot of the old Outer Limits sound efx!!!
luv ya Nels! let’s have lunch sometime back in LA loco! your pal, Martin Espino
Wizard!
uh this is not your average pedal board walkthrough video… wow… Nels… Nels! goodness gracious
Him and Glenn Kotche are like the exact same kind of player but for two different instruments.
Nels so cool and inspiring
There needs to be a pedal called “end of the world”
fantastique FUN!!!
Jack you asshole, give Nels his Arpanoid back !
More cowbells!
18:10 I think Nels might actually be communicating with his home planet.
Nels Cline is basically musical David Lynch
I saw Wilco play in Tulsa when they were touring for Ghost is Born. He was fairly new to the band. Tweedy was waxing religious about Woody Guthrie. Nels was in this weird goth getup with all these pedals. He looked like he wasnt going to fit in. By the end of the night I wanted a delay box.
This is fun for the entire family. Gracias Nels.
Wow amazing demo. Would love to see him play an improvised set.
I love that whenever I see him in guitar interviews he's doing some mad as fuck sound design but then you listen to Wilco and he plays the most beautiful guitar with barely any signal processing. It's like playing perfect solos is his side hustle and making weird shit alone in a room is what he actually does.
The coolest guy
Why isn't Nels Cline in The Smile? Would love to see Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Nels Cline jamming it out