What do you look for when selecting pedals for your live setup? Does it change very often?
Sima - My pedals do not change very often. I have 3 pedals that I use often on my board and I feel very “in-tune” with those. I know how to make creative sounds with those so I’m not eager to swap them out. I really am enjoying feeling like I understand all my pedals on a deeper level now. I feel like now I’m more interested in playing with the amp, volume, and new ways to draw sound out of the guitar.

Macie - I like pedals that do one thing, and one thing very well. I don’t like having to worry about 27484920 different knobs- I want to trust that I can get certain tones and textures with “just” enough unpredictability to keep me on my toes. I don’t like to change my pedalboard very often because I enjoy working within set parameters until I run out of ideas, or find that I am missing something important for a new song.

Is there a difference between the gear you play at home and what you use to play live? Is there any gear you've been experimenting with that isn't included in your live rig?
Sima - Lovetone makes a pretty great pedal called a Big Cheese. It’s a pretty nice pedal so we keep it at the studio. That’s responsible for the big sound on our new single “At Night”. We also have this Custom Les Paul we used a fair amount on “Parts”. It’s incredibly heavy but the tone is beyond. It belonged to a Chicago blues musician and lived in a closet for years so always great to bring that out and hear that classic tone.

Macie - I usually play with the same gear at home (although I’m barely home anymore) but I recently came into a Bass VI and I am SO EXCITED TO USE IT. Just got it set up at Chicago Fret Works and I think it will add some interesting textures to future records/live performances. I also just got a beautiful Framus Archtop Acoustic guitar from a thrift store in Ohio. It sounds really weird/unique- I’m looking forward to playing some improvised sets on it.