i saw a photo of defacto playing live (in the bassists forum), ive loved that band for a long time but ive never seen any photos of what effects omar used live? anyone have any insight?
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Omar in defacto
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saw a dd3 on his board, theres a few shots of his board on the live at long beach vids that are on Youtube, heres one:
most of his tone on these vids sounds like an overdriven SVT, but im kinda thinking theres a m00g ring mod, dont know why tho.
most of his tone on these vids sounds like an overdriven SVT, but im kinda thinking theres a m00g ring mod, dont know why tho.
dont know where to find omar's wiki. googled 'omar rodriguez wiki' and got the wikipedia page, but that doesnt list his pedals
lol i've got a mate who prefers sparta :| obviously he's ill or something coz even sparta prefer the mars volta.
but for me its Mars Volta >ATDI>Defacto
although i really cant stress how much i love those bands, its just if there HAD to be an order, that would b it, Omars solo/quintet/collaboration stuff would come in a couple of spaces after defacto, some of his albums i like, some have far too much wanking about, in my opinion. Of course thats just my taste.
oh, im sort of finding that i think i almost prefer omar on bass.
but for me its Mars Volta >ATDI>Defacto
although i really cant stress how much i love those bands, its just if there HAD to be an order, that would b it, Omars solo/quintet/collaboration stuff would come in a couple of spaces after defacto, some of his albums i like, some have far too much wanking about, in my opinion. Of course thats just my taste.
oh, im sort of finding that i think i almost prefer omar on bass.
what?!
omar is sick on guitar with nuff effects
but he does write all the bass lines for the volta
at the moment it is TMV>ATDI>De Facto for me
omar is sick on guitar with nuff effects
but he does write all the bass lines for the volta
at the moment it is TMV>ATDI>De Facto for me
yeah omar is sick on guitar, no doubt, and i thought he was the most original guitar player in the world, until i heard Robert Fripp, then TMV didnt sound so groundbreaking, as King Crimson had done exactly the same sorta thing 30 years before.
im not criticising Omar or TMV, as ill continue buying their records. but when i heard Larks Tongue in Aspic by KC, i was serverely dissappointed with TMV.
but theres room in my heart for both bands
im not criticising Omar or TMV, as ill continue buying their records. but when i heard Larks Tongue in Aspic by KC, i was serverely dissappointed with TMV.
but theres room in my heart for both bands
in my opinion....they have gone down hill since goliath.....
but on topic. i know he used a whammy, a dd3, a memory man i believe, among other things.......
damnit i forgot!
but on topic. i know he used a whammy, a dd3, a memory man i believe, among other things.......
damnit i forgot!
lol, I love goliath, but i think im in a minority, as even my band mates agree with you.
Yes, Back on topic: thanks for the info, there are some shots on the Live at long beach vids,
i originally thought it was just clean bass with Ikey doing sound manipulation.
oh yeah, the melodica with delay is really cool.
Yes, Back on topic: thanks for the info, there are some shots on the Live at long beach vids,
i originally thought it was just clean bass with Ikey doing sound manipulation.
oh yeah, the melodica with delay is really cool.
im not sure if its in that video you posted, or if its in one of the videos from that same show that i subsequently found on youtube, but there is close up shot of his pedals. he was using a memory man, whammy, some kind of moogerfooger, boss delay, and a tu-2 (laid out on the floor with no pedalboard). kind of interesting to see him pull things from his guitar pedalboard to use with bass. i also realized that some things from the songs were being done with bass that i just assumed were keyboards
Volta>De Facto>ATDI>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sparta
i bought frances the mute today, my fav mars volta album
By far their magnum opus
