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That was a Mesa Heartbreaker that was owned by the studio where they were practicing at the start of a tour. It sounded so bad that J gave up after only a few songs.
Here’s one. The tuner hadn’t been changed in this picture, it now has a gold Grover on the low E string. This is probably the best way to tell J’s from any other Rory Strat, since they are all reliced the same way.
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I don’t know why you can’t simply click on these pictures to embiggen them, but you can right click/view and see them a little bigger.
If you have any info call or email Bart Dahl, pictured here.
Here’s Lou’s backup BC Rich Warlock bass. It’s a Korean model that he probably doesn’t even care about, but it’s out there. We had a choice between buying this and a cheap Fender P Bass for a backup, I think you can see that it wasn’t a hard decision.
Here is a close shot of the CAE box. Some of the labels by the switches have changed but you would still recognize this anywhere.
Here is J’s pedalboard, probably the most crucial piece stolen. It is a Custom Audio Electronics remote switcher that controls his racks and pedals. It is made by Bob Bradshaw and it is one of a kind, even other CAE pedalboards vary from this. It is in a purple Anvil style road case with a compartment on the side for extra pedals, midi and guitar cables, etc.
There is a tuner, mute switch (silver box) and Teese Wah pedal mounted to the right of the switcher. In this picture the tuner has come loose from the velcro but you can see where it goes. To the left is a "memory store" switch.
Here is J’s "Amma" orange Fender Jazzmaster. It’s now covered in Amma stickers that would probably be hard to remove. It’s a unique color anyway.
Here it is in its case, three of the Jazzmasters would be in these Anvil style road cases. The "Rory" signature Stratocaster ("Mountain Man" guitar) and one or two Jazzmasters are probably in vintage style Fender cases. J’s Jazzmasters are all modified with Gibson Tune-o-Matic bridges.
Darren and RST- you seem to know better than I do, I’m not even sure if J knows about this difference. We just came across the yellow pedal so he bought it. The purple one definitely had an edge that we both liked better, I just assumed it was the luck of the draw, or J’s preference for purple, but apparently it’s more scientific. Thanks for the info.
Someone mentioned that J should mount it in his rack to avoid future theft, but I think there’s something about it running into the rack, overriding everthing else, that helps give it the edge. He uses it on most solos, you can hear it kick on adding a treble "sizzle" and a bit more distortion rather than a volume boost. It’s an impressive pedal.
The only other HBE pedal I’m familiar with is the ironically named "Big D" distortion that Schools used for some of the Fog shows. That was his favorite until he came across the one knob Interstellar Overdriver. I can’t recall who makes that.
Thanks again for the info, I’ll pass it on to J in case he’s unaware.
Neon- there’s no difference, it’s just the same variation you find in any pedals. The yellow one sounded fine, the purple just had an extra edge to it.
Stanner- I think the Marshall preamp has a setting to go between +4 or -10. I never really see the back of it because of the way the rack is configured. J’s heads are definitely not modified with effects loops or to work only as power amps, although these are options for people who prefer things to be more conventional. I wouldn’t be suprised if Bradshaw worked some magic to make the preamp more compatable within the rack itsself.
Neon- The CAE tremolo is a rack unit custom made by Bob Bradshaw, the rack designer. The Line 6 is the discontinued green one rack space model. J used the tremolo a lot more in the Fog, I ran sound on the Spence/Schools tours. I don’t really like that effect much, it diminishes his sound when you’re out front. When you’re standing right at the amps it sounds a lot cooler.
The guy who stole the Germania was right up front all night, he was wearing a Pixies shirt. His glasses flew off at one point during the show and they landed onstage. I went out and got them while the band was playing and handed them back to him. When the show was over I went out and grabbed the two guitars and by the time I came back from behind the amps the Germania was gone. It was a very small venue and the pedals were obviously right up front. Some guy told me the Pixies shirt guy had taken it. That’s what I get for being nice to him. Luckilly J had a backup but it didn’t sound as good and wasn’t purple.
Darren is right, he used to have racks that were like refridgerators. The setup he has now is pretty simple and very effective.
Darren- He runs it straight into the amps as if it’s an effect. He is also able to bypass it at any point and run straight through the Big Muff. The huge sound he gets, when it is suddenly ten times louder, is the preamp bypassed and the Big Muff straight through, all controls up full. He turns his Marshalls about half way up with all tone controls on full.
Hi Neon, I worked for Dino on the reunion tour. Here’s what’s going on.
Lou used the Rick into the tuner into the Fulldrive into J’s broken Super Hard On into whatever amps would work that night. The Hard On was just used to split the signal into two amps. At the beginning of the tour he also used a Boss Sampler/Looper and sometimes other distortion pedals. Last summer he used a Pod for a direct signal to the PA.
J used his Jazzmasters or Rory Gallagher Strat (and once a Goldtop conversion Les Paul and once a Greco LP copy) into a Home Brew Electronics Germania treble booster (looks like a MXR) into his Bradshaw Custom Audio Electronics rack system.
This has a Marshall midi preamp for rhythm sounds, a Custom Electronics Univbe, CE tremolo, and a Line Six Echo. J used an old Memory Man at first but it broke. The pedals in the rack are an old Big Muff (everything all the way up), a custom made master volume control box to cut the Big Muff output in half for rhythm, a MXR Blue Box, Boss reverb,and an old EH Electric Mistress. On the pedalboard he has the switches for the pedals and a custom made Teese wah and a Boss tuner.
Be aware that his EH pedals are all very old and the new ones don’t even come close to these sounds.
His amps are old Marshall Super lead/bass/or PA heads. He also used new hand wired Super Leads which sounded very good but were really no more reliable than the old ones. J also used a tweed Victoria 100W Twin, a purple Vic Twin head, a new Vox AC 30 head, and various rented Fender Twins at different shows.
Hope that’s a good answer to your question, the band’s management asked me to list this stuff long ago. Your offer of a billion dollars was much more generous than what they offered.
