Members bstark777 Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 Our rhythm guitar player is lookin to change his rig and he is chasin weezer's blue album tone. Sounds like multi-tracked marshall to me. anybody have the low down on gear used for this session?? thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DonaldDemon Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 Originally posted by bstark777 Our rhythm guitar player is lookin to change his rig and he is chasin weezer's blue album tone. Sounds like multi-tracked marshall to me. anybody have the low down on gear used for this session??thanks in advance. Yes I believe that is some Marshall magic. I can't remember which one but there was a website that documented their gear every album+tour. It was almost always Marshall except the very beginning. I think that they have one of the best recorded guitar sounds as of lately. Its sort of what I have been going for myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yourguitarhero Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 Pretty sure they run Big Muffs in front for that sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blargh Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 I've heard it's either a Mark IV or Mark I, and a Marshall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Caroway Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 But live everything is a POD. The amps are dummies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members digital Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 the blue album was recorded with some rare mesa boogie amp from around 1980... and there's a big muff here and there...btw, there's a fully explained gear database off them on their site or on some fan site... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonathanD Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 It shows their blue album sessions on their DVD and they're playing marshalls. if you really want the model, I'll go watch it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonathanD Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 Originally posted by Caroway But live everything is a POD. The amps are dummies. I think they only ran POD's when they played smaller venues. I can't remember where I read/heard this, but they said they wanted to get a more controlled sound in smaller vnues (like when they played shows as Goat Punishment). I think now they actually use their amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OverDriven Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 Get a JCM800, and you have that tone. -Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metallikka7447 Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 I always thought that the Blue Album was modded Boogie Mark I's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlniec Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 Sounds like you need a Weezer geek in here. Blue album rhythm was primarily Les Paul DC w/ P90s into a Rare Mesa MK I (pre 'Boogie') amp. Amp @ low volume, mic'ed up close w/ condenser(s).Some clean stuff was done on a Jaguar (e.g. Surfwax intro, I believe) and another Fender guitar. The Big Muff (and other indeterminate pedals) + Marshalls setup was used for Pinkerton. Rivers was still using a Les Paul (not sure if it was a P-90 or Humbucker guitar, though). Green was (again) Les Paul + Marshalls, no big Muff (that I'm aware of), though -- just amp distortion. Maladroit was Marshalls 'cranked to 11,' this time I think Rivers was using a Gibson Explorer most of the time. Make Believe, I'm not sure what they recorded with. Warmoth double-fat Strats and Marshalls HAVE been used for touring ever since Blue, but these weren't used to record. During some of the 2002 Maladroit-era touring, they used PODs, but have since gone away from that. Rivers is now playing an SG through a Diezel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members potaetoes Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 maladroit has the best weeztone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangebic Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 Originally posted by tlniec Green was (again) Les Paul + Marshalls, no big Muff (that I'm aware of), though -- just amp distortion.Make Believe, I'm not sure what they recorded with. Rivers played a Dual Recto (and a bit of AC-30 for cleans) on Green while Bryan played a modded Marshall (Friedman, I think) Make Believe has a lot of VH-4 on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlniec Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 Originally posted by orangebic Rivers played a Dual Recto (and a bit of AC-30 for cleans) on Green while Bryan played a modded Marshall (Friedman, I think) Make Believe has a lot of VH-4 on it. Whoops, looks like I need to check myself. Thanks for the correction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spoonie g Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 The blue album is Ric Ocasek's vintage Les Paul Special w/ p-90's into a mesa boogie studio .22 head, and I could be wrong on the cab, but I think it was going into either a Randall or a Marshall 1960tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lefchr Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 i thought it was a orange, i remember rik ocasek talking about it in a interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarded_1 Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 It was definitely a Krank that was responsible for that Krunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StevieRaveOn Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 Originally posted by orangebic Rivers played a Dual Recto (and a bit of AC-30 for cleans) on Green while Bryan played a modded Marshall (Friedman, I think)Make Believe has a lot of VH-4 on it. Yeah, you definitely hear some Recto in there some places... Interesting Marshall bit, dave Friedman? Guy from Naked Amps that built Billy Howerdell's Marshall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spoonie g Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 Originally posted by lefchr i thought it was a orange The only Orange officially used on Weezer's recordings was an Matamp Orange bass amp used by Matt Sharp and I think is shown on the inside of the blue album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lefchr Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 I have a article with rick ocasek talking about using it:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spoonie g Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 Originally posted by lefchr I have a article with rick ocasek talking about using it:confused: really? what does it say specifically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lefchr Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 I have to find it but i think it said something about rivers having the treble all the way down, mids, and bass all the way up. Rick didnt like the sound at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members potaetoes Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 instead of bickering, why not just get the info directly from the source? http://www.weezer.com/info/equipment/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlniec Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 Thanks for the link! Ever since their website was revamped, I thought that some of the content was missing -- looks like it's still there, it's just difficult to navigate to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZomBiE DinkLE Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 I thought MILO's clip sounds pretty close using his mesa.weez clip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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