Members TimmyT Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 So I went to see Stone Temple Pilots the other night and was super impressed with some of the guitar sounds Dean was pulling. I was wondering if any of you knew anything about his rig. I'd love to look into it more. On the night it looked like he was using VHT amps and he just had tons of rack mounted stuff. The only info I've found online so far was from this video although I'm not sure it's still relevant?? [video=youtube;rrsJaFAdLY8] I'd never even heard of Demeter products before. Has anyone used his amps or pedals and could tell me more?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ming Chow Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Sorry that I can't offer any help, but Dean has some great tones. I love the solo tone on Seven Caged Tigers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimmyT Posted March 18, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 I just found this: Dean's live equipment has been described as "simple yet effective", and allows him to replicate the sounds he gets in studios. He primarily uses a modified Dunlop Cry Baby and a BOSS CE-1 stereo chorus pedal. For a number of years his rig was switched via a Rockman midi pedal, has since been replaced by a RJM Mastermind midi pedal.[2] His amp set up includes a Demeter TGP-3 three-channel preamp, preamp switching via Rockman Midi Octopus, a Rocktron Intelliverb and a VHT Classic stereo tube power amp that runs 100 watts per side into two Marshall 4x12 cabinets.[3] Part of the signal from the pedalboard is also sent to a Vox AC-30 2x12 combo amp, and DeLeo credits this amp with creating clarity in his crunchy guitar tone. In addition, since part of his rig broke down while his was in Japan, Dean's rig is now doubled, containing two of everything, as a backup in case of problems.[4] Dean's crunchy guitar tone was a main trademark of STP, and has a distinct tone. Not overbearing on distortion, his sound possesses a unique "crunch", and is often seen as spacey. He pays homage to many genres and tones, most noticeably hard rock with elements of "psychedelia, jangle pop, and other forms of melodic alternative guitar." If anyone knows of any more info or videos, can you please let me know. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sparkfriction Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Demeter pedals are simple but very good quality in tone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 I saw them a few years ago. He was using Vox AC-30's stacked on top of Marshall 4x12" cabs. I'm not sure if the Vox speakers were disconnected or ran in series/parallel with the Marshall cabs? He seems to like Vox amps in the studio for cleans up to overdrive and he uses a pile of small combo amps, 6", 8", 10", etc. speakers for dirt, leads, layering. Another big name guitarist from a band in the 70's used an almost identical setup in the studio as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimmyT Posted March 18, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 I found these pictures if anyone else is interested although they're a bit small and hard to see. sparksfriction...do you/have you owned one or have you just had a play with one? If so, what pedal was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimmyT Posted March 18, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Cheers for the info snorkelmonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Here's another one. Lot's of video from the making of that album, gear shots, the drums recorded outdoors for some song I forget. Check @ 0:58 btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spoonie g Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Dean's crunchy guitar tone was a main trademark of STP, and has a distinct tone. Not overbearing on distortion, his sound possesses a unique "crunch", and is often seen as spacey. He pays homage to many genres and tones, most noticeably hard rock with elements of "psychedelia, jangle pop, and other forms of melodic alternative guitar." If anyone knows of any more info or videos, can you please let me know. Thanks That's similar to what I used to do except I used a jcm 800 2204 instead of a demeter. An ac-30 in a distortion mix really gives a much more full range punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimmyT Posted March 20, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2011 I've never really tried doing the amp blend thing. I just got a Radial Bones Twin City A/B/Y switch in the mail the other day and have not had the chance to try it yet. I'm going to be blending my H&K Duotone and my Hot Rod Deville 410. Hopefully I can pull some killer sounds. I'd really love to get that 'full range punch' that you mention. How clean was the AC-30 when you used to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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