JEFF BECK'S SMALL PERFORMANCE PEDALBOARD
JEFF BECK'S SMALL PERFORMANCE PEDALBOARD
JEFF BECK'S SMALL PERFORMANCE PEDALBOARD
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JEFF BECK'S SMALL PERFORMANCE PEDALBOARD
The Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus board mounted with a Bill Finnegan Klon Centaur Professional Overdrive pedal marked with serial number #3817 and JB(2) on the reverse, two Mike Hill Services B.I.S. boxes, a Way Huge Electronics Aqua-Puss Analogue Delay pedal, a Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere MK II and a Charlie Stringer Snarling Dog Whine-O-Wah, together with a Pedaltrain flight case marked JB-ONSTAGE PEDALS B'D and JEFF BECK #13
The pedalboard: 24 in. (60.8 cm.) long; 12 5⁄8 in. (32 cm.) wide
The case: 7 3⁄8 in. (18.8 cm.) high; 25 ½ in. (64.8 cm.) wide; 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This reduced size pedalboard, the configuration of which presently includes a 'Leslie effect' Rotosphere, a Klon Centaur overdrive pedal, an Aqua-Puss slap echo and a Snarling Dog Wah pedal, was created with the intention of being easily portable and was often carried by Jeff Beck when guesting on live performances and studio sessions, as well as for one-off gigs. Known for getting most of his otherworldly tones from his hands, in many instances Beck used a fairly sparse pedal setup. The present combination of pedals on this smaller board was used - with some minor variation - for celebrated performances at his induction (for the second time) into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2009, which not only saw Beck take to the stage with his childhood friend Jimmy Page for an unforgettable rendition of 'Beck's Bolero' segueing into Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song', but also featured a stellar line-up of guitar gods jamming together for an extended version of 'Train Kept a 'Rollin', including Beck, Page, former bandmate Ronnie Wood, Joe Perry, Red Hot Chilli Peppers bassist Flea, and Metallica's Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo, also on bass. The board was also used in much the same configuration for Beck's 2013 tour with Brian Wilson, as well as for a session at the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, hosted by Beck in Las Vegas, on 20 April 2013.

For a further discussion of Jeff Beck's use of pedals, please see the footnote to lot 119.

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