Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: Nadz1lla on October 18, 2013, 12:00:25 AM
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Don't know if you guys have seen this, but it's crazy!
http://www.guitargeek.com/billy-gibbons-zz-top-guitar-rig-gear-setup-pedalboard-diagram-2003/ (http://www.guitargeek.com/billy-gibbons-zz-top-guitar-rig-gear-setup-pedalboard-diagram-2003/)
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Uh, so how do I get that Billy Gibbons tone? :lol:
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Uh, so how do I get that Billy Gibbons tone? :lol:
Start with the treble on zero. Gibbons doesn't use treble at all.
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I was kidding. It just seems like he is spending a lot of money to get that tone
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Before I clicked on the link, I was thinking "wasn't there some point where he had a whole pile of Bixonic Expandoras?"
Yes, there was. :lol:
In some ways, I think the most remarkable thing about his rig is that 0.008 string set! I can hardly imagine how weird those would feel.
To be fair, I'm sure he'd still get a great tone if he chucked out all that rubbish and just plugged straight into an amp.
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I was kidding. It just seems like he is spending a lot of money to get that tone
Yeah it looks totally ott. Maybe he needs all that stuff to get a decent tone out of those JCM900's and Valvestate poweramps. :)
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This is really overblown and crazy. Imagine the time it would take to identify the cause of a problem should anything go wrong.
Maybe this is just to detract all the copycats and all he uses is a brown Princeton or Deluxe behind those stacks, plus a tuner and a Colorsound or similar boost ;)
Cheers Stephan
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6 overdrives....so rock and roll!
Had a look at some of the other rigs on that site, check out Adrian Belew's - mindblowing!
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6 overdrives....so rock and roll!
Exactly what I thought. Brilliant, exactly what I'd want a rock and roll legend to do.
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Apart from 2 pedals all the rest are overdrives. 6 Expandoras on at the same time ? The mind boggles.
I didn't know about him using no treble. I've been using a 900 head at my rehearsal space and I generally have the treble and presence very close to zero. I saw an interview with Johnny Winter recently where he said that he uses ALL treble and nothing else on his Musicman amps - mids and bass are at zero.
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I saw an interview with Johnny Winter recently where he said that he uses ALL treble and nothing else on his Musicman amps - mids and bass are at zero.
When I read things like that I wonder if they're cranking the treble to compensate because they've damaged their ears so much over the years.
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Wow, now I donīt feel bad about the setup I am currently experimenting with anymore. That is insane.
Lets mine really look feeble. Though I currently am running something that most guys would consider too much: Guitar - MXR Supercomp - Juansolo Boobtube - MXR 10Band EQ - Juansolo Klone - Digitech RP 255 (as volume pedal and reverb) - HTH Amps 5w Fender Tweed Champ - Strymon Timeline - Orange Tiny Terror - Marhsall 2061CX 2x12" Cabinet
Yep that order, running one amp into another. Sounds kinda great for lead, but I still gotta figure out the bottom end cause right now the sound is too bright and loose. Might just throw a TS style OD in there too.
This setup sounds amazing playing lapsteel with a lot of swells btw.
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Klone into the Boobtube works well.
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Maybe this is just to detract all the copycats and all he uses is a brown Princeton or Deluxe behind those stacks, plus a tuner and a Colorsound or similar boost ;)
Cheers Stephan
Conspiracy theorist hat on: I've thought this for awhile about a few people :lol:
Especially with some players that have so much rack gear and multiple amps + pedal boards and use about two or three tones with a little delay mixed in.
I bet there's just a 50w plexi behind all that ;-p
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h20/gibson59/racks.gif)
and a Fender Twin behind this
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2173/2245297766_79427ea2d5.jpg)
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Klone into the Boobtube works well.
Makes a lot of sense when you think about it...which I did not do until now. But I just tried it and it is much better. Thanks a lot for the tip! The boobtube was great before but with a Klone into it...man =)
Now I effectivly use 3 ODs. Klone into Boobtube into 5W Fender, which in this case is just another tube OD as I use its line out. Wicked sounding in a way. Has some fuzz quality to it, very agressive, loads of distortion. Somewhat vintage in flavour, but hard to balance this out. Like it though.
Now I just need to find a place for my Fuzzfactory xD
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Billy Gibbons pretty much uses an EQ modeller and JMP pre-amps. There is a rig rundown over at Premier Guitar.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u6DrxfrbbF8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Du6DrxfrbbF8 (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u6DrxfrbbF8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Du6DrxfrbbF8)
Paddy
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Am I the only person who doesn't that that rig is complex? It has some extravagancies but nothing particularly wild. Just some custom distribution amps and stuff.
Always surprised to see a JCM900 4100 in use.