Another Pedal Question

Started by Curetastraphy, May 29, 2007, 23:56:06

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Curetastraphy

Now I have another question concerning roberts pedal board.

This time its for the pedals he used for the amsterdam 79 show(17, and IYH on SS deluxe disc 2)

anybody know?

thanks

Curetastraphy

Nobody? I would actually like to know what pedals he used during the whole late 79-81.

Adlib

Quote from: Curetastraphy on June 05, 2007, 05:54:01
Nobody? I would actually like to know what pedals he used during the whole late 79-81.

About the pedals by then, no idea, really...

He declared using a WEM amp. He used to play on Roland JC amps (according to Mike Hedges, 17 Seconds was recorded with a JC-120, and he extensively used a JC-160 on tour). As for effects, I tend to think he used the chorus and reverb of this amp... But no idea for the saturated stuff...
When the wise shows the star, the fools look at his finger...

Adlib

There you are :

GW: What drew you to the Jazzmaster?

RS: It was because Elvis Costello used one. I saw him do "I Don't Want to go to Chelsea" on Top of the Pops and I said, "That's one really good looking guitar." At that stage, my knowledge of guitars was pretty basic. I took a perverse pleasure in playing the Top 20. I could have afforded something better, but I spent my money on beer instead. I knew the basic guitar shapes and I knew what Hendrix played, but Porl Thompson - who'd been in the group at the start and left by the time we were making records - was much more into guitars. As a result, it was something I shied away from because I associated it with a sort of "rock" mentality. I was never interested in owning a Les Paul, which is like the typical accouterment of a rock guitarist. I preferred Fenders, if anything. I thought people who used Les Pauls were more rock-oriented and therefore they were not people that I particularly liked. I got it into my head that Fenders were more of an arty guitar, and Gibsons were more mainstream.

So it had to be a Fender when I went out shopping. I thought of buying a Jaguar when I went to the shop, but they didn't have one; they had a Jazzmaster instead, and they gave me a price knockdown - like £100 [about $150] or something. So I bought it. And that was basically my sound. I used a Storm overdrive pedal and Storm distortion for years as well. That was my setup through the Pornography album.


Robert Smith - "The Gothfather"
Guitar World
June 1996

The saturated sound came from Storm Distortion and Overdrive pedals.
When the wise shows the star, the fools look at his finger...

Adlib

So all in all :

1978 - 1979 :
Silvertone (the so-called Top 20) guitar / WEM amp / Storm OD & Dist...

1979 - 1980 :
Fender Jazzmaster / Roland JC-120 & JC-160 / Storm OD & Dist...

1981 :
Fender Jazzmaster / Roland JC-160 & Peavey Musician Mark III head (+ Peavey 412S enclosure) / MXR Flanger / Storm OD & Dist...

1982 : have a look there : http://www.curefans.com/index.php/topic,3480.0.html
When the wise shows the star, the fools look at his finger...