Guitar Pedal of a Rock Legend. The Digitech Whammy!

What happens when you put three gear-obsessed rock guys in a room with brand-new Digitech/DOD pedals… and one of them is literally Digitech’s Jonni Lightfoot? You get a full-on guitar-nerd hang that turns into a mini rock-history lesson—complete with wild backstories, NAMM talk, and some “wait… THAT pedal belonged to WHO?!” moments.

Robert John Hadfield, Gary Casella, and Jonni dig into Jonni’s journey from local band life to touring the world (yes, Air Supply—and yes, there’s a “dad, please get a job where I can see you” moment that hits hard), and then they crack open the good stuff: the brand-new Batter Monkey (with a patent-pending barrel knob and built-in Velcro plate), a legendary original Whammy pedal with a jaw-dropping ownership reveal, and the JamMan Solo HD looper—plus why looping changed everything for modern solo artists.

Timestamps (short, punchy labels)

0:00 The “dream call” + pedal geek energy
0:28 Meet Jonni Lightfoot (Digitech/DOD insider)
1:22 Small world: shared music-scene connections
1:47 Jonni’s 80s rock roots (Poison vibes + big hair)
2:06 The 90s shift: Honest Engine + downtown scene
3:30 Cover band legends + the “sideways floor tom” kit
4:44 The dream gig… joining Air Supply
5:18 Touring reality: “Dad, when will I see you?”
5:37 From stage to pedals: product demos + NAMM life
6:16 Robert’s Digitech origin story (wedding band era)
8:43 Digitech history: RP1 floorboard debate (Digitech vs Yamaha)
10:00 Time to unbox the good stuff
10:33 Batter Monkey revealed (released Dec 9, 2025)
11:52 360° “barrel” knob + blending 3 circuits
12:51 Screech/Grunt controls + 90s attitude returns
13:10 Phase switch + out-of-phase chaos tones
13:51 Built-in Velcro plate (no sticky mess!)
15:37 It comes with real Barrel of Monkeys (lol)
16:11 Whammy history: why it changed guitar forever
16:58 Plot twist: the original Whammy belongs to Peter Frampton
18:58 What the Whammy actually does (pitch + harmony explained)
19:59 Why the original Whammy is a $$$ collector item
22:31 MonoNeon Whammy: three octaves up madness
23:37 JamMan Solo HD looper: “we invented looping”
24:33 From 7 seconds → 32 minutes (huge upgrade)
25:16 SD cards, sets, coffeehouse one-man-band setups
26:09 Using loops between songs like a “bed track machine”
27:59 JamSync: linking multiple loopers together
29:26 Where to learn more + Jonni demo links + wrap-up

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