In the thoughtful moments before a recent set at Chicago's House of Blues, Every Avenue's Jimmie Deeghan took a moment to tell us what he does and does not like in a pedal, and the poor Electro-Harmonix Russian Big Muff plays the part of the punching bag.

He has plans for the future, this man; and while they might not involve the Electro-Harmonix Russian Big Muff, they do involve possibly spicing up the between-song action with more than lively banter*. Hear exactly what that means in this video.

*anti-soviet ranting, we're assuming.