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Mike Gordon - 3.6.09

#41
thombo said:
I may be confusing it w/ another of Mike's basses, but didn't Modulus make Mike his TBX in a limited run when Phil Lesh got his last last bass from them? if i recall, Modulus made a 6er for Phil and David Schools, and they made a 5er for Mike.
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Not sure. I don't think that Schools plays a TBX...he normally plays a Q6...but all of these guys have closet basses that they don't mention or play live.
 
#42
I was wrong- it was for Tiran Porter and Gordo, not Schools... i just dug up the bassplayer article:

"Since Modulus had to dig up the old mold for Phil’s neck and work up some new tooling, the company decided to make four of the custom basses. Lesh will get two (his main bass and a backup), the Doobie Brothers’ Tiran Porter will get one, as will Mike Gordon of Phish. At press time Modulus was working overtime to complete Phil’s basses in time for some June shows with Bob Dylan."

http://www.bassplayer.com/story.aspx?id=34335&terms=phil+lesh
 
#45
bigblondeafro87 said:
Does anyone know what envelope filter Gordo uses in Down With Disease? I really like how sloppy and whistly it sounds, very unique.
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I recall reading an article where he described that he used his Meatball, Boss Flanger, and an effects patch someone made for him to get the swirling, outer-space sounds at the beginning of the song.

I saw the Mike Gordon Band in Nashville on 9/22/09 and his pedalboard consisted of: Akai Deep Impact, Micro QTron, Boss OC-2, and what I BELIEVE was an Ibanez pedal, but I cannot be sure. That specific pedal was orange and had the in/out on the face as opposed to the sides. This pedal MAY have been a Boss PSM-5, now that I've done a little more research. There was also an Eventide switching system, which I have no idea about/ cannot find any information on. I have one cell phone picture of the board (about 10" away from Mike at the show!!) and if I can figure out how to get the picture on my computer, I will post immediately.

I also stood next to the guy who recorded almost the entire show in very high quality.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE!
 
#49
I'm pretty sure, last thing I read anyway (and more a fan of his gear than him! ;)).
Their site would probably tell you where their vendors are. I'm not sure how much his stage rig would be, but I'd think an easy 5 figures w/out even breaking a sweat (just the 4 cabs, I mean). Those 2x18 subs are either 200 or nearly 300lbs each b/c they're self-powered.

I looked into all that stuff back when Stefan used them. :p I had to either win the lottery and/or rob a bank just to buy some cabs and then the para-EQ! :D
 
#53
Hershey was awesome! IMO Gordo is the most talented member of Phish right now, he was ripping it up Sunday. He broke out the meatball in two songs, such a cool envelope filter tone with the whistley highs. Also, he seems to be higher in the mix lately which is a definite plus for us bass players :)

I think I'm gonna start learning YEM this week, they closed set 2 with it and the bass is phenomenal in that song.
 
#54
That hershey show was awesome. The groove for the funk jam in YEM was tigher and funkier then usual. During the bass solo section Fishman just set up some hits and let Mike get down. It sound like he started the solo off with a pretty cool Synth effect.

Mike was using Meyer cabs for this show with WT800 head.

Here is an interesting behind scene look at Mike trying out Eden equipment.

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#55
DannDubblewe said:
I recall reading an article where he described that he used his Meatball, Boss Flanger, and an effects patch someone made for him to get the swirling, outer-space sounds at the beginning of the song.
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That would be me. He had recently gotten a Lexicon LXP15 and I was intrigued with the ability to map the envelope of the signal to any of the parameters. I had a Lexicon LXP5 and LXP1 with the MRC and had made a crude envelope follower that outputted a control voltage. It took a lot of experimentation to get anything really useful, but during a soundcheck at the Flynn Theater in Burlington VT, Mike let me fool around with the LXP15 and I made a weird patch that mapped the envelope to the pitch shifter and perhaps a couple of other modulation patches and he seemed to think it was pretty fun. I was surprised to hear it actually making its way into a tune, but then, Mike is fearless and creative like that!
 
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