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Hi guys, i know they used tele's and les pauls...

im more interested in amps/pedals?

thanks

I don’t know how accurate these are, but:
http://www.guitargeek.com/rigview/329/
http://www.guitargeek.com/rigview/328/

Lotsa good info here: http://aleceiffel.free.fr/gear.html

except this bit:

John Sleeper Stewart wrote:The last guitar roadie the Pixies had (in Europe at least) was a very cool guy called Scotty who recently told me that the distortion pedal used on Trompe le Monde was a BOSS Super Distortion. At least I think that's what it's called, but you can identify it very easily as its the only orange distortion pedal boss make. Plug it in and you'll hear the sound immediately.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:except this bit:

John Sleeper Stewart wrote:The last guitar roadie the Pixies had (in Europe at least) was a very cool guy called Scotty who recently told me that the distortion pedal used on Trompe le Monde was a BOSS Super Distortion. At least I think that's what it's called, but you can identify it very easily as its the only orange distortion pedal boss make. Plug it in and you'll hear the sound immediately.

Well, Trompe Le Monde came out in '91, would that pre-date the DS-2? I can't find a release date for the pedal.

That said the Super Distortion & Feedbacker/Super Feedbacker & Distortion was orange, so maybe this guy just doesn't know his pedalnerdfacts.

Reunion tour; Joey and Charles/BF/Frank Black had two JCM 800s each, although Charles had Voxes on the most recent run (like he does solo). California Blonde acoustic amps too.

Joey still plays a variety of Les Pauls, and an ES 335 for the mellower tones. Although on the original run he cycled through guitars, Charles just plays Teles at the moment.

I used to have an old (1991 I think) guitar magazine where Joey said the secret of his sound was using white guitar cables.

The Pixies must have one of the most obtainable sounds there is, its the way they play that is'nt so easy.

And then when you do get it (I worked hard to ape the tiny, atonal bends Joey does on everything) you can't stop: I can hardly play a note without bending it nowadays. The fact I'm a gorilla doesn't help either, admittedly.

Doog wrote:

hotrodperlmutter wrote:except this bit:

John Sleeper Stewart wrote:The last guitar roadie the Pixies had (in Europe at least) was a very cool guy called Scotty who recently told me that the distortion pedal used on Trompe le Monde was a BOSS Super Distortion. At least I think that's what it's called, but you can identify it very easily as its the only orange distortion pedal boss make. Plug it in and you'll hear the sound immediately.

Well, Trompe Le Monde came out in '91, would that pre-date the DS-2? I can't find a release date for the pedal.

The DS-2 was released in 1987. Says so on BossArea.com.

Fran wrote:The Pixies must have one of the most obtainable sounds there is, its the way they play that is'nt so easy.

Nonsense, it's all I've done for 10 years.

Doog wrote:

Fran wrote:The Pixies must have one of the most obtainable sounds there is, its the way they play that is'nt so easy.

Nonsense, it's all I've done for 10 years.

Well, i dont think its difficult either but less experienced players may do. Santiago has a distinct technique and i think Francis is an inventive rhythm guitarist too.

Doog wrote:

hotrodperlmutter wrote:except this bit:

John Sleeper Stewart wrote:The last guitar roadie the Pixies had (in Europe at least) was a very cool guy called Scotty who recently told me that the distortion pedal used on Trompe le Monde was a BOSS Super Distortion. At least I think that's what it's called, but you can identify it very easily as its the only orange distortion pedal boss make. Plug it in and you'll hear the sound immediately.

Well, Trompe Le Monde came out in '91, would that pre-date the DS-2? I can't find a release date for the pedal.

That said the Super Distortion & Feedbacker/Super Feedbacker & Distortion was orange, so maybe this guy just doesn't know his pedalnerdfacts.

according to boss area website. the DS-2 came out in 1987. the DS-1 came out in 1978

FUCK, just realised that's already been posted. Fail for me

Fran wrote:i think Francis is an inventive rhythm guitarist too.

I couldn't agree more - I picked up that reissue of The Purple Tape a few years ago, which is just him on an acoustic hammering out the demos which became Come on Pilgrim, half of Surfer Rosa and even some later tracks, and it's amazing the way he fleshes these tracks out. Even odder when you think that, although they're tracks we're really familiar with, they were just rough sketches for him at this point.

Went to see them play just a couple of months ago. Joey and Black Francis both used two Marshall stacks each - I wasn't close enough to see what exactly. Les Pauls and a Bigsby-equipped Gibson hollow-body for Joey, a Telecaster for Black Francis. He must have been using some kind of acoustic simulator pedal as he played all the acoustic parts with the telecaster as well. I can't remember what Kim Deal was playing through - maybe a Trace Elliot? All three of them had some kind of tuner pedals which unfortunately broke up the show a fair bit - taking too much time between the songs.

awfurby wrote:a Telecaster for Black Francis. He must have been using some kind of acoustic simulator pedal as he played all the acoustic parts with the telecaster as well.

It's got an acoustic-electric simulator bridge with piezo transducers in the saddles like one of these (I don't know if he uses a Fishman but this would do the same thing)



Minus the hollowbody they had the same stuff when I saw 'em last year, two 800 half-stacks each. Joey mainly used a 57 RI goldtop. I remember reading an article that described him accidently breaking his old RI 57 that he used in the Pixies pretty early on in the reunion and he and management were in the process of acquiring another.

Yes, it's a Fishman Powerbridge on two of his Telecasters. Uses a pedal to switch and blend the outputs.

The Voxes only appeared on the tour last month.