Found this while poking around on Soundclick:
http://www.soundclick.com/pro/view/0...?BandID=472393
Then it was off to you tube for a trip down memory lane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzbT...elated&search=
Found this while poking around on Soundclick:
http://www.soundclick.com/pro/view/0...?BandID=472393
Then it was off to you tube for a trip down memory lane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzbT...elated&search=
"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." - Frank Zappa
Yamaha G240
Epi Dot Deluxe, Squier '51, G&L S-500
Vox AD30VT, PODxt
It is my personal opinion that the "Bridge of Sighs" album should be in everybody's collection. You will certainly get a lesson in the use of the Univibe.
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
Robert's got a good uni-vibe sound from that little Chicken pedal.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz
Yep those were the days![]()
I love his tone, does anyone know what amps and pedals he uses (or maybe even pickups)?
Trower is a genius! Cool that you mention him here.
I saw him life here in Germany on his last tour and it was a great experience. His tone is awsome, very organic, his playing is thoughtful and it seems as if this guy knows which note to play when.
Regarding his set up - he plays foremost Fulltone pedals, I think you can see his set up on the official Fulltone site. The amp is a Marshall from the Plexi era.
By now his signature Fender Strat should be available. A great great guitar!
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Cranium: Robin uses the fulltone OCD, Clyde Wah, Soul-Bender, and Fulldrive 2 (one of the first prototypes I think, he says its warmer sounding) and the Deja Vibe + Boss Pedal Tuner.
amps marshall jcm 800, 900.. for recording I read a really recent interview saying that he was using 2 fender blues jr. for a lot of tracks. He likes combining fender and marshall amps
back then he used only a booster an univibe (before the booster right?), old marshall`s im not sure the model.
pickups: fender custom 50`s on the neck and middle and tex mex on the bridge. Robin also uses some thick strings.. maybe .12 on the high o.O
hope everything is right ehhehe
by the way, i bought the DVD not long, but watched it only once! its great though... i need to check internet forums a bit less hehehe
Here's a site with his setup, although I'm not sure from when: http://guitargeek.com/rigview/335/
Edit: the page says it's from 1980
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
My introduction to Robin Trower: (this is cool)
I lived out in the country in eastern Montana and was just getting into my teen years which meant that I wanted to be social and see girls and stuff. Well, living way out in the country doesn't work for those types of desires so I got a 10 speed and would ride into town to socialize with my buds or see sweet little Cammy King, my first big crush. One night after being in town until way late and after dark, I was making my way home and passed a parked car that had the windows rolled up and loud music was coming from inside. I stopped and looked in and nobody was there, but the music was hypnotizing. I had never heard anything like it before. I sat there in the street at 1 am and listened to 2 complete tracks out of 4 from an 8 track tape(remember those). It was my first introduction to Robin Trower and the album was Bridge Of Sighs. I didn't find out until months later who it was. I just remember that I was instantly captivated and hooked for life.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
I always loved Robins tone. Another guy that I thought had a phenominal tone was Frank Marino
Ron Paul is like Kryptonite to Tyranny
Guitars:
MIM Fender Stratocaster, Ibanez AS73, Fender F210, Martin Backpaker Steel-String
Amps:
Behringer V-Tone 2x10 60W, Marshall G10 MkII, Danelectro E-Studio Honeytone.
Pedals:
Danelectro Corned Beef reverb, Johnson flanger, DOD FX25 envelope filter, Behringer Hellbabe wah, Digitech Bad Monkey
If you want some good info, check this out...
Be sure to check the "ASK FRANK" section if you don't know Marino was one of the first to appreciate Hendrix, I believe he was about 15 yr. old and playing like a banshee. Nobody took SRV to task about it later, a few did challenge Trower over it, but at the time Frank was drug over red hot coals about it, accused of being a rip off, just bad timing I guess, but listen to him play before you judge.......
http://www.mahoganyrush.com/
Guitars
Wilburn Versatare, '52 FrankenTele(Fender licensed parts), Fender USA Roadhouse Strat, Fender USA Standard B-bender Telecaster, Agile AL 3000 w/ WCR pickups, Ibanez MIJ V300 Acoustic, Squier Precision Bass,
Amps
Ceriatone Overtone Special, Musicman 212 Sixty-Five, Fender Blues Jr., Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Reverb, Traynor YCV-40 WR Anniversary w/ matching 1x12 ext. cab, Epiphone SoCal 50w head w/ matching 4x12 cab (Lady Luck speakers), Avatar 2x12 semi-open back cab w/ Celestion speakers
Pedals
Digitech Bad Monkey, Digitech Jamman, DVM's ZYS, Goodrich volume pedal
"Strange Universe" was my intro to Marino and Mahogany Rush. I thought of him as a mixture of Trower and Hendrix. I loved both of those guys so liking Frank was real easy to do. Plus, I really liked the trippy vibe of Strange Universe. I think it came out when Kiss-Alive came out and Frank easily won my attention over those makeup dudes.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
I really like both Frank and Ted but I know Ted likes to pull peoples chain if ya know what I mean. Frank has always been one of my favorites since I first heard him. But the thing with Trower and this covers all those ego situations and it was the one of the first thoughts in my head when all this was happening and that is. What about the fans! My god these people came and paid to see a show! What is so hard to swallow for any artist to be in a multiple act concert and have the fans see two or three great acts? Is your ego so artificially inflated the you need 20,000 people bored to tears so you can go out on stage and "feel like you knocked em dead". Thank god all artists arent like that but by his own actions Trower showed who he was that day. The saddest part was those five dates really hurt our chances as they were in major markets where we needed to be heard. Ahh but such is life and we go on like I said in my first introduction post I found being a Plumbing contractor to be much more profitable than the music biz. In fact if you mention my name the next time you go into a rest room you'll get a seat front row center! Now thats clout LMAO!!!!
Git-tires EC Custom Strat, Gibson ES-335, Custom built Tele, Fender Highway 1 P-Bass, Martin 000-28EC Acoustic, Gibson SG Classic
Hearin aids-AmphsCustom hand built 5E3 Magic Markie Mojotone Amph, Fender Blackline dripedge 69 Princeton Reverb, 69 SF/DE Vibro-Champ, 64 Blackface Deluxe reverb, 64 Princeton 6G2 Fender, D'Lite ODS 22, Rumble 60 Bass amph
EffectsBoss CH1 Chorus, Boss DD-3 Delay, Vox wah, Tonebone Classic, TS-9 modded, Bad Bob,Sweetsound Mojo-vibe, Boss RC-20XL Loopstation, Peterson Strobstomp, ZYS pedal, Keeley Comp, Boss LS-2, Zendrive, Menatone Howie
Cool story Mark. Politics and business...that's why I didn't try harder to "go for it" when I had the opportunity. I could see the writing on the wall.
Do you really think it was Robin that was pushing for you to be dropped or tour management? I've found the management in most cases to have the real ego problems. Most artists I've worked with just want to play no matter what.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.