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Issue 332 of Guitarist features an extensive cover interview with country sensation Brad Paisley. During our time with Brad, we were also lucky enough to get some time with his tech Chad Weaver, who kindly showed us through Paisley's rig. Here's the full version of our interview with Chad.

Chad, thanks for taking the time to talk to us today. So, please take us through Brad's rig…

"Well the first thing to say is that this isn't the full rig. This is what we'd call a fly-gig/TV show/Opry kind of rig that I've got together. It's the high points of what the main rack is like.

"First, we have two channels of wireless, then he uses an assortment of pedals – 100 delays and one overdrive! I'm using this Empress [Effects Superdelay] so I can get some longer delay times and expand on the amount of delays we use. He likes to tailor each delay for the song. The [Way Huge] Aqua Puss is the mainstay that we use for the slapback, when we were playing She's Everything there are a lot longer delays… Waiting On A Woman, again. He likes to tie the delay in with the meter of the song."

In the main rack, would you use a rack-type delay?

"No, most of it is pedals. The only thing I've got that's programmable like that is a Line 6 M13. We used to use the three rack-mounted ones, the Mod Pro and so on, but they were ruined in the flood [Nashville floods of May 2010]. And I'd already been using an M13 anyway.

"I've also got a compressor here if we decide we want to use one. His favourite overdrive is the [Ibanez TS-] 808 Tube Screamer, and this is the Keeley-modded one. Oddly enough, to be as much of a gear guy as he is, he does not own an original Tube Screamer. His producer Frank Rogers has one and sometimes we use that, but more times than not we just use one of the Keeley ones, on record and out here.

"Down here, we've switched to the Effect Gizmo by RJM. We used to use the [Voodoo Lab] GCX; they do the Ground Control Pro [MIDI foot controller], but this seems to be the new thing, y'know, quieter switching and it sounds pretty cool so we've given that a shot and I'm really happy with it so far."

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