Smashing Pumpkins distortion

El_Kabong
El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
edited August 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
was it a rat or a big muff?
standin above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    i know billy is a big muff fan.

    could be both *shrugs*
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    muffs. various vintages.
  • sevensins
    sevensins Posts: 887
    70s muff for siemease dream. and for that crazy crazy fucked up sound, thats mr. fender blender.
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  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,033
    fender blender on most of the really hard songs
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Billy is where i first heard of the flender.

    love it ... mmmm yessss....
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • dark_crystalis
    dark_crystalis Posts: 23
    Billy knew how to make sound distortion extremely lound 'cos of another band (check his confessions :P)
  • JofZ
    JofZ Posts: 1,276
    he uses many fuzz boxes and stacks them as well. Just about any Big Muff will do, the older the better. Ram's heads, foxey ladys are very nice.
    He used the Fender Blender as well and they just re-issued it, there is a better clone on the market, let me know if you are interested. D*A*M can do the early Big Muffs and Skreddy nails the rams head with his box called Ernie.
    WHAT IS THAT NOISE?
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  • Twatay
    Twatay Posts: 64
    butch vig's production...
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Wasn't he also know for running multiple JCM 900 (or a similar Marshal pre-amp) pre-amps in a row?
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  • JofZ
    JofZ Posts: 1,276
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    Wasn't he also know for running multiple JCM 900 (or a similar Marshal pre-amp) pre-amps in a row?

    Marshalls and Boogies! The Wall of Noise is a very interesting concept and controll is something that is usually just tossed out the window, if you listen carefully you will notice the huge amounts of compression. Corgan played many tunes in drop d with a capo, so getting a good transcipt is 99% of the battle when trying to play SP. I am shocked that some of the stuff being sold is blessed by the band, it is completly wrong!
    There are also typically many guitar tracks layered on every tune, so you have to really pay attention to what you are hearing. At the end of the day, it all adds up to the Wall of Noise!
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