chris woods of mmw pedalboard

markjazzbassist · #1 05-06-2010, 09:13 AM

anyone know what chris wood uses? i've heard of the ehx bass micro synth, but what else does he use?

i'm loving the mmw and his playing

stflbn · #2 05-06-2010, 09:18 AM

MMW?

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ugly_bassplayer · #3 05-06-2010, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by stflbn

MMW?

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Medeski, Martin & Wood

Jared Lash · #4 05-06-2010, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by stflbn

MMW?

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Medeski, Martin & Wood

Worth checking out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuCXJlfeq7I

Bassist4Life · #5 05-06-2010, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by markjazzbassist

anyone know what chris wood uses? i've heard of the ehx bass micro synth, but what else does he use?

i'm loving the mmw and his playing

you have no idea how much i love mmw! i have over 250gb of live shows. those guys put me in my happy place.

this is the best photo i could find.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/g_slice...l-1037801@N24/

thombo · #6 05-06-2010, 09:53 AM

His pedals may have changed, but he use to have a sansamp bddi, eh memoryman, eh microsynth, two moogerfoogers (a ring mod & something else), and 2 boss tuners- one for upright and one for electric.

J. Crawford · #7 05-06-2010, 09:57 AM

Chris is one of my heroes, by far. They also put me in my happy place.

Good luck Mark! You couldnt have asked for a better players rig!

bassteban · #8 05-06-2010, 09:59 AM

There was a bot on this in an issue of BP- if I stumble across it next time I'm in the ~~crapper~~ reading room, I'll add it in here. It's at least a couple of years old.

J. Crawford · #9 05-06-2010, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by bassteban

There was a bot on this in an issue of BP- if I stumble across it next time I'm in the ~~crapper~~ reading room, I'll add it in here. It's at least a couple of years old.

I have all my issues in order since I first subscribed years ago, so when I get home Ill look and save you the trouble.

Kromwarp · #10 05-06-2010, 10:22 AM

Looks like there is an Avalon U5 on his board

James Hart · #11 05-06-2010, 10:25 AM

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MMW?

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wow!

DEFINITELY take some time to check them out... they are mostly an organ fronted jazz trio (sometimes a quartet with John Scofield) that boarders the world between the Jazz and Hippy Jam scenes.

Chris is a great groove bassist equally at home on URB as he is Electric.

Here is a track with John on guitar from John's disc "A Go Go"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJp3WRdEMps

and here is one with Chris on URB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IhhXo9S-CQ

bassteban · #12 05-06-2010, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by J. Crawford

I have all my issues in order since I first subscribed years ago, so when I get home Ill look and save you the trouble.

Great- now I'll ~~be constipated~~ have some spare time to arrange my thoughts.

In a feeble attempt to remain partially on topic, I'll say that IIRC there was indeed a BMS on the man's board...

drasticDUB · #13 05-06-2010, 10:46 AM

hard to tell from the photo, but I seemed to remember him rocking the mooger fooger MF-101 & expression pedal
EHX Memory man
EHX Bass Micro Synth
looks like there are two boss tuners there too!

warwick.hoy · #14 05-06-2010, 10:56 AM

I had a pic from the same series as my desktop for a little bit. Although I haven't heard everything out there MMW/MSMW are one of my favorite bands. Out Louder is a sweet disc. I had some live stuff but it has been lost in the shuffle. I really like how they can go from trainwreck to beauty in the blink of an eye. I think Chris Wood is unsung and under appreciated as a bassist and Billy Martin is one of my favorite drummers.

beggar98 · #15 05-06-2010, 10:59 AM

I saw them a couple months ago in L.A. and he wasn't using much of anything. Could've just been that show, but seemed to me all he had was boost to kick his Ampeg into some serious dirt. Even on a tune like "Reliquary", which is clearly some kind of fuzz on the record, he just used a really crunchy amp tone. Definitely no delays or filters.

Also found it interesting that he's using one of the newer GK MB series heads for his upright. Sounded great, but it's odd seeing such a vintage junky going hi-fi.

faivy · #16 05-06-2010, 11:02 AM

One of my favourite bass players.
My all time biggest geek moment. At an out door show in Buffalo on a bill w Gov't Mule I met Chris and I actually asked him if he used roundwound or flats on his Hofner

Basshappi · #17 05-06-2010, 11:06 AM

I listen to "Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps)" almost everyday. Love MMW!
Have only been able to see them in concert once but it was fantastic, Billy Martin absolutely stole the show.

warwick.hoy · #18 05-06-2010, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by beggar98

I saw them a couple months ago in L.A. and he wasn't using much of anything. Could've just been that show, but seemed to me all he had was boost to kick his Ampeg into some serious dirt. Even on a tune like "Reliquary", which is clearly some kind of fuzz on the record, he just used a really crunchy amp tone. Definitely no delays or filters.

Also found it interesting that he's using one of the newer GK MB series heads for his upright. Sounded great, but it's odd seeing such a vintage junky going hi-fi.

Agreed,...most of the studio stuff I have there is maybe a bit of grit like on Little Walter. I'm assuming the other stuff is for improv.

bass.bert · #19 05-06-2010, 01:35 PM

great band, great bassplayer! i recently found out that they did a session at moog. i don't know if chris uses his regular board here, but the footage is quite nice and worth watching:

whiney-bitches
improv-for-bob
broken-mirror

newbold · #20 05-06-2010, 04:27 PM

Yeah - I never think about a pedalboard when I think about Chris Wood. Sansamp BDDI for FOH and amp for stage monitoring.

Some gigs he plays Ampeg, but he gigs his MB2-500 a lot.

I would second that the board is for improv.

light grindy drive. BDDI is his tone for sure.

Very interested in what he uses otherwise to open up his tone.