Ive been pretty interested in learning about the different kinds of electric guitars and I'm curious as to what guitars The Cure have used on their tours and albums.
Well, according to producer Mike Hedges ( full and very interesting interview here: http://www.picturesofyou.us/04/04-12--SOS-UK-Mike%20Hedges%20A%20Forest.htm ), for the 17 Seconds sessions "Robert got a better guitar amp and a better guitar — I think he changed to a Fender Jazzmaster — and he also had the Woolworths Top Twenty guitar that he'd used on the first album".
Well, on http://thecure.8m.com/info.html there's a huge FAQ about the Cure where (on Q7.17) they supposedly mention all the equipment group members have used. Unfortunately they don't specify which guitars were used in specific album sessions and tours...
So, the info is this one:
Robert:
Gibson Chet Atkins guitar
National electric guitars
Fender Jazzmaster guitar
Woolworth's Top 20 guitar
Ovation 6-string acoustic guitar
Ovation 12-string acoustic guitar
1962 Fender Bass VI
Roland Jazz Chorus 120 amp
Peavey amps
Boss pedals - chorus, delay, flange, phaser, and overdrive
Dunlop Crybaby Wah-Wah pedal
Perry:
1963 Fender Bass VI guitar
Gibson ES-335 guitar
Ovation 12-string acoustic guitar
Gibson Chet Atkins guitar
Gibson Les Paul guitar
Boss pedals - chorus, delay, flange, eq, and overdrive
Dunlop Crybaby Wah-Wah pedal
Porl:
1959 Fender Telecaster guitar
Gibson ES-175 (fender neck) guitar
Gibson ES-345 guitar
Gibson Les Paul guitar
Boss and T.C. Electronic flangers
Electro-Harmonix Memory Man delay
Dunlop Rotovibe
it is interest question. I know great site where are all guitars which the cure used and use :) here is link (on the left side of this web are names of members and when you click on some name will open page with instruments which use this member:
http://www.thecure.sk/band/sound.php?id=robert
and which guitars they used on albums? I dont sure but what I know I think that they used thise instruments...
on 3IB Robert used Fender Jazzmaster and I think that his Top 20 too. And Mike used his Guild Bass.
On SS Jazzmaster again, and SImon used his black Fender Precision Bass.
On Faith it was already Fender Bass VI and Fender Precision Bass.
On Pornography Simon used Rickenbacker 4003...
On The Top Robert had his Vox Teardrop I think, and Ovation Breadwinner ??
THOTD - Robert started to use acoustic guitar. Gibson Chet Atkins Elelctric nylon string and Ovation Standard Balladeer 12-strings. And I dont know but I think that Simon used Music Man Stingray Bass too... and Porl had Fender Bass VI, Fender Telecaster, Gibson ES 335...
KM KM KM - Robert used Gibson ES 335 too, and I think that Fender Telecaster too.
Disintegration - all instrument which they used in KM KM KM and THOTD albums... and Robert used National Pro-88
Wish - Porl used Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, Hopf Saturn and Simon started to use Gibson EB-2 and his Dick Knight Custom Bass which made him a man with name Dick Knight (I dont know who is it)... and Robert started to used Gretsh Tennessee Rose and black Gibson I think that it is ES 335 ?? and Perry - Fender Bass VI, Gibson ES 335...
WMS - all guitars on Wish album... Simon played in This Is A Lie on Ovation Standard Balladeer and he started to use his beautiful Fender Thunderbird.
Bloodflowers - Robert used Gretsch Silver Falcon, Mosrite Ventures and I think that he started to use Guild 12- strings acoustic guitar...
The Cure - here Robert started to use his Schecter Ultracure which he gave to make on this album and Curiosa tour...
new album - Prol is back and he use Shecter Corsair with his beautiful paints, Simon used Schecter Ultra Bass too...
:) :)
our friend descent has a list of robert's guitars over the years on his website:
http://www.impressionofsounds.com/stories/16.html
'sound&vision' magazine had an extensive article in 1996 about the cure in studio during WMS.
a scan from the list of their gear:
http://curefans.com/index.php/topic,3696.0.html
really intersting! Ive always liked Jazzmasters, ES's, and Les Pauls
This:
Gibson Chet Atkins guitar
Fender Jazzmaster guitar
Ovation 6-string acoustic guitar
Ovation 12-string acoustic guitar
1962 Fender Bass VI
1959 Fender Telecaster guitar
Gibson ES-175 (fender neck) guitar
Gibson ES-345 guitar
Gibson Les Paul guitar
To Schecter.........
:smth011
i'll never understand....
Taken from here: http://www.musicfanclubs.org/cure/press/guitar_gardens.html
Generally Robert on guitar stuff
Smith's Garden Tools
Guitars: '99 Gretsche Silver Flason 6136SL, '90s prototype Gibson Chet Atkins semi-acoustic, '60s Fender Jazzmaster, '60s Fender Bass VI, '60s Mosrite Ventures, '60s Coral Sitar, Takamine EN28C acoustic, Takamine 12-string acoustic, Aria Sandpiper acoustic, Ovation L756 12-string acoustic.
Amps: Line 6 Flextone Plus 2x12 combo (with additional Line 6 2x12 cab), Ampeg VL503 combo, Marshall Bluesbreaker, Vox AC30, Fender Twin Reverb, Peavey Ultra 120 head and 412S cab.
Effects: Dunlap CryBaby, Korg Tone Works 411FX, Mesa/Boogie V-Twin, Tech 21 SansAmp Classic, Sherman Filter Bank, t.c. electronic Fireworx and 2290, Eventide H-3500 Ultra-Harmonizer, Yamaha SPX900 and SPX10000, Lexicon PCM 70 and PCM 80, Roland DEP-5, Zoom 505, Studio 1204, and 9050, and "pretty much every Boss pedal ever made," Smith says.
For the real geeks, here's a pictorial layout of Robert's guitar rig from 1996, taken from guitargeek.com
http://guitargeek.com/rigview/149/ (http://guitargeek.com/rigview/149/)
Quote from: ExplicitMoment on October 15, 2008, 03:24:16
For the real geeks, here's a pictorial layout of Robert's guitar rig from 1996, taken from guitargeek.com
http://guitargeek.com/rigview/149/ (http://guitargeek.com/rigview/149/)
that's interesting, thanks for the link.
by the way i remember an back issue of MIX magazine from 2000 that had an article about the band's dream tour gear, written from the sound engineer's point of view. i can't remember how in-depth it was.
also in 2000, there was a lengthy cover story/interview with robert in guitar player magazine.
perhaps i could find these and put up scans, if anyone is interested.
*edit: just noticed that the link to musicfanclubs/"garden tools" above already featured that guitar player article in full.
Not sure if this is technically the right place to post this, but it's on a related theme. This is an article from recording magazine Sound on Sound about the recording of "A Forest". Lots of geeky technical information about microphones used, guitars, amps and the recording tricks used on "Seventeen Seconds" generally. An interesting read for those interested in these things.
And yes, I am a geek.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec04/articles/classictracks.htm (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec04/articles/classictracks.htm)
Quote from: ExplicitMoment on October 16, 2008, 20:27:42
Not sure if this is technically the right place to post this, but it's on a related theme. This is an article from recording magazine Sound on Sound about the recording of "A Forest". Lots of geeky technical information about microphones used, guitars, amps and the recording tricks used on "Seventeen Seconds" generally. An interesting read for those interested in these things.
And yes, I am a geek.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec04/articles/classictracks.htm (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec04/articles/classictracks.htm)
It's actually the same article as in http://www.picturesofyou.us/04/04-12--SOS-UK-Mike%20Hedges%20A%20Forest.htm, which I have already posted here (second message in this thread).
Oops! Sorry, my mistake! :oops:
(Note to self - learn to read properly)