Smashing Pumpkins

[ericmeyer4]

Were they using Marshall AVT by the time Machina came around? I thought I read that some place, but now I can't find it.

 

[some_dude]

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Here's his Machina rig....

 

[ericmeyer4]

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Thanks.... I wonder where I got the AVT things from?

 

[Surgeon]

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What are those 2 little crates for?

LOL, They even taped over the logos...

 

[some_dude]

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Thanks.... I wonder where I got the AVT things from?

Donno. This thread is the first I've heard of it, though I wouldn't be suprised if he had used one to track with at some point. In the studio he's into trying anything.

What are those 2 little crates for?

LOL, They even taped over the logos...

I read they were used as backstage monitors.

 

[ericmeyer4]

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Found It.....

List of Billy's gear from the final Smashing Pumpkins tour.

Guitars

* Gibson ES-335
* Gibson SG Special
* Gibson Les Paul Special
* Fernandes Decade Custom (with Sustainer)
* Taylor 855 12 String Acoustic
* Taylor 810 6 String Acoustic

Amplifiers

* (3) Marshall VS120R Combos
* Diezel VH-4 Heads
* Matchless Preamp
* MESA/Boogie Strategy 500 Power Amps
* Crate GX-15R Combos
* Marshall 4x12 Cabinets

Effects and Accessories

* Eventide Orville
* Lexicon MPX-G2
* Digitech Valve FX
* Alesis 3630 Compressor/Gate
* Boss CH-1 Super Chorus
* Boss DM-2 Delay
* Rocktron All Access Controller
* Digital Music Corp Ground Control
* Uptown Pedal Pusher
* Rockman MIDI Octopus
* Korg DTR-1 Tuner
* DR .009-.046 Strings
* Dunlop 1.00mm Tortex Picks

http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/guitargear/Corgan.html

 

[Rich_T]

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Thats a mental rig. People like that arethe ones who make my sound engineering degree worthwhile.

 

[OlinMusic]

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I wonder how I would steal that rig?
I could put the Diezels under my jacket and the Matchless pre's in my pant pocket and .....

I want that f---in' RIG!

 

[ericmeyer4]

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or......

just steal the tour bus that his rig travels on. Thats what I would do.....

 

[HolyDirt]

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Man, his tone really doesn't justify all that equipment either... I'm a SP fan, but that's rediculous! Haha

 

[Rich_T]

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Man, his tone really doesn't justify all that equipment either... I'm a SP fan, but that's rediculous! Haha

Exactly, he sounded ten times better with a Big Muff punishing a JCM 800 on the first 3 albums.

 

[wildstar]

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Exactly, he sounded ten times better with a Big Muff punishing a JCM 800 on the first 3 albums.

+! !

I love SP up through Pisces. Everything after that, except for the occasional gem song, just kinda tumbled downhill fast. The opening riff of I Am One just KILLS! Or how about any riff from Siamese Dream?

I found Gish last night in someone else's studio and almost cried. I lost my copy years ago and kept forgetting to re-buy it. Now I will! I put it on and lsitened all the way through, non-stop.

Ah, my faded youth. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may...

There's nothing quite like the albums you listened to as a teenager - the albums that, at the time, felt like the MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTIC AND MUSICAL CREATION EVER! You know what I mean...

I'd love to see Billy pull out his Big Muffs and JCMs and his Strats with Lace Sensors (when the f^*king hell did he switch to Gibsons?!?!?!?! How did I miss that?!?!?) and write 'em, play 'em, and sing 'em the way he was meant to.

 

[innerdreamrecords.co]

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I had a chance to play the Diezel yesterday for the first time. One of those and a pedal or two would be fine by me.

Siamese Dream, what a great record.

 

[ericmeyer4]

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Exactly, he sounded ten times better with a Big Muff punishing a JCM 800 on the first 3 albums.

On Gish I think he used an ADA MP-1 Preamp. It doesn't sound anything like a Big Muff to me.

 

[Benjy_26]

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Exactly, he sounded ten times better with a Big Muff punishing a JCM 800 on the first 3 albums.

I agree.

oddly enough, I could get eerily close to Mellon Collie using my EMG DG 20 loaded strat into a V-Twin and my Mesa 50:50.

 

[Aden]

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that's a rdiculous rig. There's no way in hell all that is necissary.

 

[wildstar]

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that's a rdiculous rig. There's no way in hell all that is necissary.

I know what you mean! But keep in mind that it's a touring rig - most likely half of what you see in the racks is a backup of an identical piece. And for rare/hard to repair pieces there might be a backup to the backup.

So if you cut everything you see in half, it might not seem so nuts.

Still crazy, but only half as crazy maybe? :laugh2:

 

[jimmy]

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I love the 90's.

But that is a pretty sick rig he's got there. I, too, remember when he had that JCM 800 with the big muff. Good times.

 

[OlinMusic]

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I just want the gear

Frankly, a JCM 800 with a pedal sounds better. I have yet to hear an act with tons of rocks of gear sound all that good to my ears. On You Tube there is a Robin Trower video and he is just using pedals and JCM800s, WOW!

SP has kind of an overly mushy sound on live recordings anyway, this rig wouldn't clear it up. I just want the gear because I want it.

 

[B2D]

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SP has kind of an overly mushy sound on live recordings anyway, this rig wouldn't clear it up. I just want the gear because I want it.

Knowing you and the kinda music you do, you'd probably use it ALL, but individually in the studio rather than wired up like a space station. Or maybe live one peice at a time depending on the gig.

At least that's how I'd do it.