it happened in the shower...

[Tricalibur]

Mathew Bellamy of Muse has a guitar with two p90's wound together. It doesn't sound "metal," but its actually kinda like a really really fat aggressive strat.

Is that a TV below the trem?

[OD-Black_Fire]

Haha, no, but it could $%&#ing control your TV. It's a MIDI touch pad that will control a Kaoss pad.

You can see him use it here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TeSGON6VvA

[maverickf1jockey]

probably the worlds most expensive theremin.
that is just not a real necessity for that song to be played live, it just looks good.
Listen to the opening section of 'Octavarium' to hear a similar instrument played infinitely better.

[Brow]

Doesn't he just use that pad as a MIDI controller for a Digitech Whammy pedal?

I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that the pad on his guitar is somehow wired so that when he drags his finger across the pad in a certain direction, it's like he's moving the treadle pedal on a Whammy pedal up and down (moving the pitch up and down).

I could be wrong on this, but this is what I recall  :lol:

[BloodMountain]

that would be cooool! but it looks a bit wierd

[maverickf1jockey]

Doesn't he just use that pad as a MIDI controller for a Digitech Whammy pedal?

I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that the pad on his guitar is somehow wired so that when he drags his finger across the pad in a certain direction, it's like he's moving the treadle pedal on a Whammy pedal up and down (moving the pitch up and down).

I could be wrong on this, but this is what I recall  :lol:

so essentially the same as something he could have got for a lot less.
Bellamy; ever economical... :roll:

[Brow]

Doesn't he just use that pad as a MIDI controller for a Digitech Whammy pedal?

I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that the pad on his guitar is somehow wired so that when he drags his finger across the pad in a certain direction, it's like he's moving the treadle pedal on a Whammy pedal up and down (moving the pitch up and down).

I could be wrong on this, but this is what I recall  :lol:

so essentially the same as something he could have got for a lot less.
Bellamy; ever economical... :roll:

True....................

But it LOOKS cooler to be seen doing it on your guitar with a pick sooner than with your foot like everyone else  :roll:

[gingataff]

probably the worlds most expensive theremin.
that is just not a real necessity for that song to be played live, it just looks good.
Listen to the opening section of 'Octavarium' to hear a similar instrument played infinitely better.

If you mean Octavarium by Dream Theater, I think that instrument is a pedal steel played with a wah and distortion> It does sound great though!

[maverickf1jockey]

probably the worlds most expensive theremin.
that is just not a real necessity for that song to be played live, it just looks good.
Listen to the opening section of 'Octavarium' to hear a similar instrument played infinitely better.

If you mean Octavarium by Dream Theater, I think that instrument is a pedal steel played with a wah and distortion> It does sound great though!

on the Score DVD Jordan plays it on a 'Continuum fingerboard', which appears to be a form of digital synth, but a lap steel guitar is also used at some point.

[maverickf1jockey]

:!: BUMP
I want more about the pup I thought up, has anyone on the forum tried anything similar and how did it sound?

[Mr Ed]

For the record 1: That pickup was sound killer and huge!
For the record 2: Matt Bellamy, as cool as he is, has a completely ass guitar tone.

[maverickf1jockey]

:bellamy::shock:

[Mr Ed]

Haha, that'll learn 'im.

[maverickf1jockey]

needless to say Muse aren't my favourite band... :lol:

[n_mountain]

Hey Maverick,

you mean something like this:
http://www.vintagevibeguitars.com/pickup_hum.html#
scroll down to the HSP custom humbucking pickups