Tom Morello sounds...
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Re: Tom Morello sounds...
as to his effects on this song, no idea. but i'm going to clear up what others have said in here about his rig:
He uses a Peavey 4x10 with a 50 watt Marshall JCM800, S/S/S "soul power" Strat with noiseless/noiseless/hotrails in standard E, or a stock old Tele in drop-D. His "arm the homeless" pawnshop guitar was retired when Audioslave started. both the arm the homeless and soul power guitars are fitted with a cheapo tremolo effect, and the crappy ibanez floyd that the bar rattles loose on.
as to his effects on this song, no idea. but i'm going to clear up what others have said in here about his rig:
He uses a Peavey 4x10 with a 50 watt Marshall JCM800, S/S/S "soul power" Strat with noiseless/noiseless/hotrails in standard E, or a stock old Tele in drop-D. His "arm the homeless" pawnshop guitar was retired when Audioslave started. both the arm the homeless and soul power guitars are fitted with a cheapo tremolo effect, and the crappy ibanez floyd that the bar rattles loose on.
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Hot _Grits
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Re: Tom Morello sounds...
A bit of variance amongst posters here. Check out this, it's pretty close to what I remember seeing in his Guitar Player cover story:
http://guitargeek.com/rigview/124/
-as you can see, not exactly a rig of doom. Tom says at one point he got sick of always trying to hunt down the perfect rig, and decided to become more imaginative with the gear he had at hand. There's a lesson in there somewhere...
A bit of variance amongst posters here. Check out this, it's pretty close to what I remember seeing in his Guitar Player cover story:
http://guitargeek.com/rigview/124/
-as you can see, not exactly a rig of doom. Tom says at one point he got sick of always trying to hunt down the perfect rig, and decided to become more imaginative with the gear he had at hand. There's a lesson in there somewhere...
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dd12939
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Re: Tom Morello sounds...
http://www.ultimatetrip.net/~david/darknesssolo.mp3
That is what i am talking about...
http://www.ultimatetrip.net/~david/darknesssolo.mp3
That is what i am talking about...
joelap
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Re: Tom Morello sounds...
That's the whammy set up a 5th... I can tell you because I own a whammy. It's the same sound used in the solo to "Know Your Enemy". He's toggling his killswitch creating that (what I consider it to be) a Nintendo-like sound at the beginning of that solo.
I've studied Morello enough to be able to say I'm almost 100% positive this is what he's got going on.
*EDIT* excuse me, it's not a killswitch, it's a 3-way pickup selector in which he turns the neck volume to 0, using it like a killswitch.
That's the whammy set up a 5th... I can tell you because I own a whammy. It's the same sound used in the solo to "Know Your Enemy". He's toggling his killswitch creating that (what I consider it to be) a Nintendo-like sound at the beginning of that solo.
I've studied Morello enough to be able to say I'm almost 100% positive this is what he's got going on.
*EDIT* excuse me, it's not a killswitch, it's a 3-way pickup selector in which he turns the neck volume to 0, using it like a killswitch.
ericmeyer4
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Re: Tom Morello sounds...
his soul power strat actully has a duncan bucker in the bridge... cool rails maybe?
its in one of the guitar words... and the other 2 pickups are fender vintage noiseless i believe.
his soul power strat actully has a duncan bucker in the bridge... cool rails maybe?
its in one of the guitar words... and the other 2 pickups are fender vintage noiseless i believe.
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vintage noiseless, vintage noiseless, hotrails.ericmeyer4 said:
joelap
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Re: Tom Morello sounds...
You sure about that? I saw Audioslave live last summer and he brought that guitar out for one song. I wish I could remember what it was, but I remember the white cloud/sheep design (or whatever the hell it is) all over the guitar. The giant TV screen things on the side of the stage did I closeup on it, so maybe he's still using it on occasion?
3 cent hero said:
You sure about that? I saw Audioslave live last summer and he brought that guitar out for one song. I wish I could remember what it was, but I remember the white cloud/sheep design (or whatever the hell it is) all over the guitar. The giant TV screen things on the side of the stage did I closeup on it, so maybe he's still using it on occasion?
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Re: Tom Morello sounds...
hm, in guitar world he said he retired it for his soul power strat, but even retired people work, so maybe the same applies to guitars? loljoelap said:
Re: Tom Morello sounds...
In a recent Guitar World interview:
"The mongrel 'Arm The Homeless' guitar has been featured prominently in recent Audioslave rehearsals and is lobbying hard for a Seabuiscit-like return to glory."
"I only have one amp... a 50w 2 channel Marshall JCM800 and the tubes have never been changed, and i got it in '87. I've never even opened it up so whats going on in there remains a mystery to me and my tech."
In a recent Guitar World interview:
"The mongrel 'Arm The Homeless' guitar has been featured prominently in recent Audioslave rehearsals and is lobbying hard for a Seabuiscit-like return to glory."
"I only have one amp... a 50w 2 channel Marshall JCM800 and the tubes have never been changed, and i got it in '87. I've never even opened it up so whats going on in there remains a mystery to me and my tech."
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oh, thats awesome! i thought it was gone forever, lol.B2D said:
joelap
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Re: Tom Morello sounds...
Wow never changed the tubes? Holy crap... Thats a long time/lot of gigs to play and never change the tubes.
That's probably the secret ingedient to his signature "tone." Everytime I hear the guitar to Rage/Audioslave, I can always tell it's them if I don't even know the song by Tom Morello's tone.
Wow never changed the tubes? Holy crap... Thats a long time/lot of gigs to play and never change the tubes.
That's probably the secret ingedient to his signature "tone." Everytime I hear the guitar to Rage/Audioslave, I can always tell it's them if I don't even know the song by Tom Morello's tone.
some_dude
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I think that's a lie. His tone changed dramatically between RATM's debut and second albums....
He's also a gigging musician who puts his gear though hell. I don't believe him when he says he's never changed the tubes. Just like I don't believe EVH when he talks about his tone.....
B2D said:
I think that's a lie. His tone changed dramatically between RATM's debut and second albums....
He's also a gigging musician who puts his gear though hell. I don't believe him when he says he's never changed the tubes. Just like I don't believe EVH when he talks about his tone.....
