“It’s nothing crazy, but I have some weird, oddball sounds if needed”: Alex Skolnick reveals what’s on his pedalboard

Alex Skolnick
(Image credit: Javier Bragado/Redferns)

“I play many styles, so I need a ’board that serves many purposes. My current board has plenty of tone options, flexibility and the potential to add on without losing quality. It’s nothing crazy – primarily standard effects – but I have some weird, oddball sounds if needed. 

“This ’board has come through for me during countless gigs and sessions for hire. It could be tidier, but it’s been through some changes of late, so I guess you could say – as is always the case – it’s a work in progress.

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Andrew Daly

Andrew Daly is an iced-coffee-addicted, oddball Telecaster-playing, alfredo pasta-loving journalist from Long Island, NY, who, in addition to being a contributing writer for Guitar World, scribes for Rock Candy, Bass Player, Total Guitar, and Classic Rock History. Andrew has interviewed favorites like Ace Frehley, Johnny Marr, Vito Bratta, Bruce Kulick, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Rich Robinson, and Paul Stanley, while his all-time favorite (rhythm player), Keith Richards, continues to elude him.