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Rivers was using 4 guitars, 2 intonated and tuned to E (standard), and 2 intonated and tuned to Eb (1/2 step down), these were for the pre-green album songs. One main and one backup per tuning. All 4 are generic Fender Stratocaster style copies, all are heavy maple bodies of (unknown) custom origin, all fairly recently made in the last few years. The main "New song" guitar is a "blonde" (unpainted) model, plastered with stickers (as are all 4), with a Dimarzio super distortion humbucker and a Seymour Duncan humbucker. The main "old song" guitar is black, and has seen heavy exposure in a large number of magazine photos over the last year. This guitar is pictured on the cover to the green album. It has a pair of Seymour Duncan pickups, details on that to come. All 4 guitars are strung with GHS Guitar Boomers, in size ".10" to ".46" gauge. The guitar signal is sent via a wireless system (the Shure U4D) to a Line 6 POD Pro. The POD has a heavy and clean sound dialed in, switched by a footswitch on Rivers's pedalboard. The distortion sound is set on "British hi gain amp" send thru a "4X12 vintage 30 cabinet", with the gain set at about 50 percent. The clean sound is set on a "Blackface" through the "2x12 cabinet" setting. From the POD the signal is run out to the pedal board, where it goes through the pod clean/dirty switchbox, a Dunlop Crybaby Wah-Wah Pedal (standard model GCB-95), and a Boss Turbo Distortion overdrive pedal. | Rivers was using 4 guitars, 2 intonated and tuned to E (standard), and 2 intonated and tuned to Eb (1/2 step down), these were for the pre-green album songs. One main and one backup per tuning. All 4 are generic Fender Stratocaster style copies, all are heavy maple bodies of (unknown) custom origin, all fairly recently made in the last few years. The main "New song" guitar is a "blonde" (unpainted) model, plastered with stickers (as are all 4), with a Dimarzio super distortion humbucker and a Seymour Duncan humbucker. The main "old song" guitar is black, and has seen heavy exposure in a large number of magazine photos over the last year. This guitar is pictured on the cover to the green album. It has a pair of Seymour Duncan pickups, details on that to come. All 4 guitars are strung with GHS Guitar Boomers, in size ".10" to ".46" gauge. The guitar signal is sent via a wireless system (the Shure U4D) to a Line 6 POD Pro. The POD has a heavy and clean sound dialed in, switched by a footswitch on Rivers's pedalboard. The distortion sound is set on "British hi gain amp" send thru a "4X12 vintage 30 cabinet", with the gain set at about 50 percent. The clean sound is set on a "Blackface" through the "2x12 cabinet" setting. From the POD the signal is run out to the pedal board, where it goes through the pod clean/dirty switchbox, a Dunlop Crybaby Wah-Wah Pedal (standard model GCB-95), and a Boss Turbo Distortion overdrive pedal. | ||
At this point, | At this point, everyone switched over to an in-ear monitor system, where tiny wireless headphones are worn by each band member, through which a custom mix is pumped, depending on what the band member requires. This eliminated the need for monitor wedges all over the stage, which made things a lot easier during the Hooptie Tour with its tiny stages. The band has fallen in love with the system (also after major uncertainty and doubts), as they get a much more consistent sound night after night. Monitor wedges can sound very different night to night depending on the stage and electronics in use, and can "feed back" at inopportune times. | ||
===2001 - Europe Tour=== | ===2001 - Europe Tour=== | ||