To get a sense for the Good God Father guitar sounds, Sean Lewis aka Xwan Solo, lead singer and guitarist, walks through his full signal chain from start to finish. Building a complex series of tones and sounds to flesh out the dynamic catalog of Good God Father’s sound. The signal takes a number of turns beginning with one staple axe from the arsonal, a 2016 Epiphone Les Paul Standard Pro. From there, the signal hits the first pedal, a classic DOD Performer Compressor Limiter 525-A. The settings are the perfect boost to bring up the chime of the clean tones and provide a bit more dig in to the next couple of pedals which provide the crunch in the signal, first an Electro-Harmonix Lizard Queen, and the second another from Electro-Harmonix, the illustrious Hot Tubes Overdrive.
Next in the chain is a looper pedal from NUX called the Loop Core Stereo, which splits the chain in two directions, one side to manufacture a sort of bass supplement, driven by the Boss OC-2, in to an Ibanez DS-7. That side of the chain then is sent to a Tech 21 Sansamp RBI rack, with an Alessis 3630 in the effects loop. Powering this side of the chain is a QSC 1450 amp which powers an SWR 4x10T Workingman cabinet. Starting back at the NuX Loop Core, the other route follows the more general guitar tone, which proceeds in to a Digitech X-Series Multi Chorus, a Subdecay Echo, and an Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phase shifter, with the color on. That sound is then carried to the Blackstar HT Soloist 60 combo amp, which has an M-VAVE TANK-G DSP effects processor on the effects loop, with a custom reverb delay setting on the preset.
