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JUNE-JULY 2022 a Sunday morning. I guess around 8
4 and it was probably Sabbath Bloody Sabbath or War Pigs. Is there any history in your family of messing around with electronics? My dad is a photographer and fixed cameras, which involved a little soldering. Then my uncle worked in radio and I ended up helping him for a summer in my teens while they were building the 98FM studios on Grand Canal Quay. My cousin Joey was also repairing music gear in Dublin for a good few years. Which guitarists pedal boards do you covet? Not sure there’s any these days. I’m lucky that the board I use when playing bass in my band Wild Rocket has me well covered. I also seem to have accumulated a pile of nice pedals over the years. That said I’m always impressed with the setups Kevin Shields has. I’m also inspired by the boards belonging to Jared from Big Business, J from Dinosaur Jnr and the lads from Sunn 0))). Pedal you wish you had designed? It’s got to be one of the early octave up fuzzes, either Univox Superfuzz or Foxx Tone Machine. I think the Octavia that Hendrix used was the first but I’ve always preferred the other two. Are there any well known bands that use your pedals? Yes, lots. Keeping it Irish we have Gilla Band, Just Mustard, Slomatics, Fontaines DC, Pillow Queens, David Kitt, the Altered Hours, Thumper. Where are your pedals stocked? I mostly sell online/direct but I also have most pedals in stock in Some Neck Guitars in Dublin 8. Best place for what I’m up to is on my Instagram page moose_electronics where I’ll post stock builds plus one offs, custom work and repairs. My online shop is at moosetwentythree. com, you’ll find all the info on my stock builds and links to demos there. I have three new pedals coming in June, so posting some vids on those at the moment with full description and launch dates coming very soon (possibly all online when this goes to print). There’s a really nice drive pedal called the Brass Neck, a distortion called the Turbo Lover and a bass preamp/drive called the Cosmic Trigger. Anyone can contact me via email at moose23@gmail.com or through the above Instagram or Website if they’ve any questions about my work. GILLA BAND, JUST MUSTARD, SLOMATICS, FONTAINES DC, PILLOW QUEENS, DAVID KITT, THE ALTERED HOURS, THUMPER.. PAGE 33