Hey Kat/Sea/Mods: Ask George

Guitarhero27

*Edit 7/22/08*: Submitted, awaiting response.

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Well let me preface this saying that as of July 11, 2008 - this thread is not ready to be submitted.

Let me also preface that by asking: Would it be ok if we compiled a list of questions that we all have (as I'm seeing a lot of the same topics pop up, and of course, the confusion that ensues) to be submitted to our favorite wonder in the world, George Webb.

If this is possible, then we are all go:

M&G'ers - what questions do you have? I'll keep the tally in this first post, and I'll start

1. Is it possible to get a newly revised signal flow chart including rack effects?
2. Could we please see some Tech notes from "Pearl Jam" (if available)
(spreadsheet like in the synergy section)
3. How are the pedalboards powered (ie: Brick, Pedal Power Pad, etc) and do they run through a power socket on the board to a good ol' fashioned extension cord into a power strip or otherwise?
4. Any changes to the accessories
(picks, strings/gauges, capos, mic's *ed's switching of mics during shows*)
5. Can we get an approx amount of guitars available in the "warehouse?" and each guys top 3?
Mike: 59 les paul, 59 strat rosewood, 59 strat maple?
Stone: 59 Pink "Frankenstrat," ?, ?
Ed: Tele, Schecter PT, Gibson SG?
Jeff: Red/Black Modulus, Wellstone Bass, 12 stringer?
Matt: Any chance he gets to play he loves it?
6. What brand of cables and patchlink cables does the band use (also any wireless gear)


Secondary Questions, if there is time

1. What insurance company do the guys use to insure their equipment while on the road?

2. What is the earliest known signal flow diagrams for the band? (guitars/bass, drums if available)

3. And one fine gearhead would like to know if you're currently available
Thank you everyone.

-Seth

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Email to 10C

Hello wonderful friends at the 10C, it's Seth Dolled again asking for your amazing help once again.

Over on the message pit in the Musicians and Gearheads page, we have collaboratively put together some frequently asked questions from over the past few years regarding the bands gear. While using the wonderful resources that we have (our ears, tour photos, fan photos, fan run-ins with techs, and of course, any video clip we can find)....we are able to answer some of our own questions.

We were hopefully wondering if there was any chance we could submit some of the questions to George Webb, or even anyone else familiar with their gear. There is no rush to get these answers as we're all still enjoying trying to figure it all out ourselves. We're just trying to be polite in having some harder questions that we have to be answered so we can go back to our gearheaded lives

Here is a link to the thread:

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=294183

And here is the cut & paste of the questions:

1. Is it possible to get a newly revised signal flow chart including rack effects?

2. Could we please see some Tech notes from "Pearl Jam" (if available)
(spreadsheet like in the synergy section)

3. How are the pedalboards powered (ie: Brick, Pedal Power Pad, etc) and do they run through a power socket on the board to a good ol' fashioned extension cord into a power strip or otherwise?

4. Any changes to the accessories
(picks, strings/gauges, capos, mic's *ed's switching of mics during shows*)

5. Can we get an approx amount of guitars available in the "warehouse?" and each guys top 3?

Mike: 59 les paul, 59 strat rosewood, 59 strat maple?
Stone: 59 Pink "Frankenstrat," ?, ?
Ed: Tele, Schecter PT, Gibson SG?
Jeff: Red/Black Modulus, Wellstone Bass, 12 stringer?
Matt: Any chance he gets to play he loves it?

6. What brand of cables and patchlink cables does the band use (also any wireless gear)


Secondary Questions, if there is time

1. What insurance company do the guys use to insure their equipment while on the road?

2. What is the earliest known signal flow diagrams for the band? (guitars/bass, drums if available)

3. And one fine gearhead would like to know if George Webb is currently available


Again there is no rush, and we do know the 10C is actively doing everything they can for us and if this is too much - we do understand, but thank you for all your hard work and your time.

We all hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

Seth Dolled and the rest of the M&G'ers that allowed me to send this message on their behalf!

xtremehardy388

2.) could we please see some Tech notes from the Pearl Jam album(spreadsheet like in the synergy section)

3.) Any changes to the accessories (picks, cables, mics)

Guitarhero27

added.

xtremehardy388

Guitarhero27 wrote:

added.

Hey, thanks man. Also, this is a great idea! I'm glad you thought of it

Guitarhero27

i did not think of this nor can i take credit.....i've just remembered so many posts going unanswered devoted to an "ask george" question. I wish they'd even bring it back for Deep these days.

With all those posts, I wondered what would happen if we petitioned...sorta like how Given To Wail become a sticky....

M&G's sticking together = good stuff

-Seth

xtremehardy388

I joined RIGHT before the GTW site became a sticky...and thus I learned with "sticky" meant

keeponrockin

I need to think of questions, but sounds like a plan!

lucylespian

I've only got one question, and it will never be answered..


Why don't you publish ??

Evrything else gets done, books, tour posters, T-shirts,a damn bootleg of every damn concert, but what really matters is the SONGS, and they get diddly squat.
Everything else is peripheral.

OK, so the Ten book was not perfect, but it was a big improvement over the PVG chord books in the wrong key I grew up on, so get over it, get on the blower to the boys at GTW, and publish a box set of all the songs.
The hard work of transcription has been done, get some pros in to do the standard notation, which is what I really want, for note duration, and make me happy.
What if I tell you I'm dying of cancer, and it's my lying, I mean dying wish ?? Will that help ?? I could make it a really interesting cancer if you like.

IGotShit76

lucylespian wrote:

I've only got one question, and it will never be answered..


Why don't you publish ??

Evrything else gets done, books, tour posters, T-shirts,a damn bootleg of every damn concert, but what really matters is the SONGS, and they get diddly squat.
Everything else is peripheral.

OK, so the Ten book was not perfect, but it was a big improvement over the PVG chord books in the wrong key I grew up on, so get over it, get on the blower to the boys at GTW, and publish a box set of all the songs.
The hard work of transcription has been done, get some pros in to do the standard notation, which is what I really want, for note duration, and make me happy.
What if I tell you I'm dying of cancer, and it's my lying, I mean dying wish ?? Will that help ?? I could make it a really interesting cancer if you like.

+ 1000000

Eliot Rosewater

lucylespian wrote:

I've only got one question, and it will never be answered..


Why don't you publish ??

I've always thought this was like a master chef giving away the ingredients to his or her award winning secret recipes. I think it's understandable.

lucylespian

Eliot Rosewater wrote:

I've always thought this was like a master chef giving away the ingredients to his or her award winning secret recipes. I think it's understandable.

Not really. For a start, I could take that recipe, but it will not make me the master chef, nor will I cook the dish as well.
The info is there, at giventowail, which has unofficial approval from PJ. Did you notice, with so many tab sites beign taken down over copyright issues, that GTW is still up and running ?
Anyway, as I said, I know they will never do it. T-shirts are much more important.

xtremehardy388

lucylespian wrote:

Not really. For a start, I could take that recipe, but it will not make me the master chef, nor will I cook the dish as well.
The info is there, at giventowail, which has unofficial approval from PJ. Did you notice, with so many tab sites beign taken down over copyright issues, that GTW is still up and running ?
Anyway, as I said, I know they will never do it. T-shirts are much more important.

As I remember, GTW did go down for a day, during that. I think the site also crashed. I might be wrong, though.

lucylespian

GTW went down for a while becasue the server was hacked, nothing to do with PJ. Did they crash another time ? I'm not on there every day, just when I need to look at a song. Last time I looked, a couple of weeks ago, it was still running fine.
My point is, PJ is not really concerned about people "stealing the recipe".
I have downloaded a ton of the songs on GTW, but, no standard notation, and goddamned messy, pages stuck in books and blowing all over then place.
Gimme nice published bound books any day.
It's a lost cause though.

xtremehardy388

I do know that Ed likes the music to be interpreted by the listener which might be why they haven't put out the books. In order for the music to match the song, ya gotta have the lyrics to follow along (that was hard to type my thought down, sorry). I don't think PJ needs to worry about anyone stealing music though...We've all heard Alive, Jeremy, and Evenflow(ect.)

Guitarhero27

GTW being a sticky makes it an official thing in my eyes.

Guitarhero27

any other questions?

xtremehardy388

Guitarhero27 wrote:

any other questions?

And certain amps in the studio/ road?

How are th boards made and pedals set up on the board (what goes into what)

Are there certain pedals used for a specific song (that might be too in depth)

Guitarhero27

xtremehardy388 wrote:

And certain amps in the studio/ road?

How are th boards made and pedals set up on the board (what goes into what)

Are there certain pedals used for a specific song (that might be too in depth)

I think these answers have actually been answered in the past...I doubt I'll be able to find it, but off memory:

pedal boards are made out of wood and carpetting, hand made by their techs (this was 98ish, and I'd assume they continue in the same fashion)....typically powered by power pads or bricks, something of similiar fashion again....

how the pedals are set up on the board should be covered in an updated signal flow diagram.

certain pedals for certain songs - it's probably too in depth for anyone to take that careful notes of, and of course, it depends on how their feeling at that moment as well....it'll be one of those (whatever you can hear, and when you hear it)

And as for certain amps for studio and the road:

Of course. In the studio they have tons of options ranging from all different types of hi-wattage amps, to small watt amps (mostly if not strictly tube)...plenty of different combos and cab's to choose from.

For the road it was said that they take the most versatile of their choices, and the ones that'll cover the broadest range of sound they need, and of course, what they think would sound best.

xtremehardy388

Guitarhero27 wrote:

I think these answers have actually been answered in the past...I doubt I'll be able to find it, but off memory:

pedal boards are made out of wood and carpetting, hand made by their techs (this was 98ish, and I'd assume they continue in the same fashion)....typically powered by power pads or bricks, something of similiar fashion again....

how the pedals are set up on the board should be covered in an updated signal flow diagram.

certain pedals for certain songs - it's probably too in depth for anyone to take that careful notes of, and of course, it depends on how their feeling at that moment as well....it'll be one of those (whatever you can hear, and when you hear it)

And as for certain amps for studio and the road:

Of course. In the studio they have tons of options ranging from all different types of hi-wattage amps, to small watt amps (mostly if not strictly tube)...plenty of different combos and cab's to choose from.

For the road it was said that they take the most versatile of their choices, and the ones that'll cover the broadest range of sound they need, and of course, what they think would sound best.

Yeah, I know but I didn't know if things had changed. Also, I wondered how they hid the cables on the board and was there a powerstrip on the board itself?

Guitarhero27

I'll add a question regarding power sources...seems to be a good question!

Keep em coming!

We might only get this one shot!

-Seth

Anon

good thread. most of the obvious ones seem to be there already.

Guitarhero27

I'm gonna add some "if there's time" type of questions....take a look at the first post

xtremehardy388

This will be a long shot but

What were Stone's and Jeff's first set up like when they started playing?

Guitarhero27

i think we're good to submit?
can't really bombard them too much

IAmMyself

but the only thing I care to know about George is, is he married? lol

Guitarhero27

don't be so surprised

Anon

Guitarhero27 wrote:

i think we're good to submit?
can't really bombard them too much

i think so. i'd love to get the answers to a couple of those questions. did we submit yet?

if not then, Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO; Go Ninja, Go ninja, GO!

thanks again guitarhero27. will be great if we can get a response.

Guitarhero27

just emailed the 10C. I will edit the first post to show the letter

Guitarhero27

we have answers!!!

I will post a new cleaner thread for the answers we have

Thanks everyone, especially those at 10C!