Baroness Boards: John Baizley & Gina Gleason Visit That Pedal Show

Published on 25 Oct 2019

John Baizley and Gina Gleason from Baroness visit That Pedal Show to show us their tour pedalboards, guitars, and chat about life, music and all that goes with it.

Welcome to the show! We are delighted to welcome John and Gina from Baroness to the TPS Studio, visiting us while the band was on the UK leg of their 2019 tour. We enjoy some fascinating insights from them both on their inspiration and motivation for their latest album, Gold & Grey, as well as plenty of pedalboard chat and demos.

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Pedals & stuff in this episode…

• TheGigRig Three2One


• Philly Fuzz Infidel


• Earthquaker Devices Westwood
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• MXR M75 Super Badass Distortion
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• Crowther Audio Double Hotcake
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• Fulltone OCD
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• Xotic SP Compressor
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• Retro-Sonic Compressor


• Digitech Whammy
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• Electro-Harmonix Micro POG
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• Strymon Möbius
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• Retro-Sonic Chorus


• MXR EVH90
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• EarthQuaker Devices Data Corrupter
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• Strymon Timeline
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• Earthquaker Devices Dispatch Master
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• EarthQuaker Devices Disaster Transport Sr
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• Boss DD-8 Digital Delay
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• Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Neo
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• TC Electronic PolyTune 3
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• Ernie Ball JR Volume Pedal
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• TheGigRig G2


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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Coming up..: 0:00
- Intro noises!: 01:13
- John and Gina…: 01:43
- How did Gina and John meet?: 02:33
- John makes pedals? 04:10
- What was it like for Gina learning the new material?: 09:08
- Chords with two guitarists:10:30
- John talks about the influence of country in his playing style: 12:31
- John discusses the use of dynamics throughout Gold & Grey: 15:45
- Jamming: 17:22
- Using effects in recording: 18:30
- Gina has a pedal journal: 20:53
- More ambient sounds!: 21:09
- How do single coils work in Baroness?: 22:15
- Wet and Dry sounds?: 24:44
- Heavy tones?: 27:34
- John & Gina play their low gain sounds: 29:45
- John plays through his various gain stages: 31:24
- Gina plays through her various gain stages: 34:20
- John recalls recording with AMP HENGE: 36:32
- Another Jam! 42:46
- John and band artwork: 44:18
- Gina played guitar for Cirque du Soleil! 46:25

Guitars in this episode:
• Fender American Professional Stratocaster
• Fender American Professional Telecaster


Amps in this episode
• Fender Super Reverb (reissue) with 4 x 10-inch Jensen P10R speakers
• Fender Bassbreaker 15 with 1x12 Celestion V-Type speaker
• Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III with Celestion G12P-80
• Fender Blues Junior III with 1 x 12-inch Fender Lightning Bolt speaker by Eminence

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