Does anyone know what pedals Mark Stoermer of The Killers uses?

Ryan Mohr · #1 04-15-2008, 09:04 PM

He has a sweet dirty crunch/grit tone in some songs, especially in this live version of When We Were Young - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4TnycwfL_o
Does anyone know what pedals he uses?

PunkRocker33133 · #2 04-16-2008, 05:33 AM

It's some sort of overdrive I think, and you can tell when he plays harder because it distorts more. It could just be an overdriven SVT or similar amp but I can't tell because I can't see his rig.

roflol · #3 04-16-2008, 05:40 AM

its an svt

**David Wilson** · #4 04-16-2008, 05:58 AM

I read in Bass Player he uses the boss blues driver, and leaves it on all the time live.

brothernewt · #5 04-16-2008, 06:21 AM

http://www.bassplayer.com/article/ma...ller/Feb-05/98

this says boss ds-1 and an eq...

Ryan Mohr · #6 04-16-2008, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brothernewt

http://www.bassplayer.com/article/ma...ller/Feb-05/98

this says boss ds-1 and an eq...

Cool, I didn't know he had an article in bass player. In the video, his tone doesn't seem saturated enough, so maybe it's the SVT.

entropy763 · #7 08-30-2008, 05:00 PM

Hopefully I won't be crucified for resurrecting this thread but I was wondering if anyone knows/thinks that Mark Stoermer is using an original DS-1 or a modded unit like (http://www.robertkeeley.com/product.php?id=10)? I can't find anything on the web.

I just love the over-driven tone on tracks like "Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll" and "Who Let You Go?". Hell they make the Sawdust album worth listening to imo.

Mudfuzz · #8 08-30-2008, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by entropy763

Hopefully I won't be crucified for resurrecting this thread but I was wondering if anyone knows/thinks that Mark Stoermer is using an original DS-1 or a modded unit like (http://www.robertkeeley.com/product.php?id=10)? I can't find anything on the web.

I just love the over-driven tone on tracks like "Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll" and "Who Let You Go?". Hell they make the Sawdust album worth listening to imo.

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bongomania · #9 08-30-2008, 05:49 PM

Just take the ) and ? off the end.

bongomania · #10 08-30-2008, 05:52 PM

Also, it is rare for a recorded bass tone on a big-budget record to be "just" one pedal. Typically there will be two or three parallel recorded tracks, e.g. a clean DI track, a Boss DS-1 track, and a miked SVT track, and the blend of them is run through further gear and tweaking by the engineers.

IOW it wouldn't matter to Stoermer whether his pedal was modded or not, as his sound is probably handled in such a way (even live) that any shortcomings of the pedal are made up for in the mix.

TheTonequest · #11 03-28-2009, 08:07 PM

He uses HiWatt Custom 200 with matching 4x10+1x15 cabinett, and I definitely recognize the sound. He's got a killer sound! (No pun intended).

**DosiYanarchy** · #12 03-29-2009, 03:15 AM

According to Bass Guitar Magazine #29 march/april 2007, Mark uses (at least at the time of the release of Sam's Town):

2x Boss BD2 Blues Drivers - one set to more drive than the other
1x MXR Phase 100

oh and theres a volume pedal on his board for when he plays a song on guitar.

He runs his fx to his HiWatt and clean tone to the Ampegs - basically coz the Blues Drivers eat his low-end.

While i was never a fan of the Killers, I did respect Stoermer's playing and tone. I got a Blues Driver and is sounded wicked, but i did need to blend in clean tone to keep the lows