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Mike/Stone main source for distortion/overdrive...

say_hisay_hi Posts: 312
edited September 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
What pedal is the main pedal used for distortion/overdrive in pearl jam... more specifically on songs like Comatose. Thanks!
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  • ezyrydrezyrydr Posts: 55
    I'm gonna say Ibanez Tube Screamer with the help of a driven tube amp. others may have more insite...
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    there are witches wrote:
    What pedal is the main pedal used for distortion/overdrive in pearl jam... more specifically on songs like Comatose. Thanks!


    Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer and the fulltone Distortion pro (Mike and Stone have used it differently). Mike has also used the Fender Blender Fuzz/Octave and various overdrive pedals.
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  • armanHammerarmanHammer Posts: 471
    Plus a Keeley modded Boss Blues Driver. But your best bet to start off with is a nice tube amp. A big source of their sound is their Trentino amps, but good luck getting one of those..
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,135
    We are talking studio not live correct?

    The crunch on the whole album is not from the TS9 or a Fender Blender (which Mike hasn't used since 2000) or a Distortion Pro which Mike only used once during Easy Street...its from the their amps...Mike used a Trentino amp along with a Marshall plexi head (used for instudio playing as seen in Life Wasted video on Amazon when it was there)....The other source is the Keeley Boss BD-2, which Mike has been using a lot of it recently...

    Stone has been using the overdrive of his Marshall 1974x live, but I know he used that amp for the studio as well, so he could have set a crunch tone to the amp

    Everyone's tone...Ed, Mike, Stone, Jeff is based from their tube amps, which makes a huge difference if you are using a solid state....I made the switch a little over a year ago and I'm proud I did so, best move I have ever made

    I'm loving the tones from everyone on the Pistoia show this year, everything sounds heavy but not too heavy...Their tones sounded amazing during Reading as well!
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  • seanw1010seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer and the fulltone Distortion pro (Mike and Stone have used it differently). Mike has also used the Fender Blender Fuzz/Octave and various overdrive pedals.
    +1
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    The TS-808 has also been spotted. The old GTW page has one a pic of one. Oh, and the Ibanez Sonic Distortion was used by Stone.
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • armanHammerarmanHammer Posts: 471
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    The TS-808 has also been spotted. The old GTW page has one a pic of one. Oh, and the Ibanez Sonic Distortion was used by Stone.

    Word. Ibanez doesn't make the SD anymore, but you can grab a Maxon SD9 (the company that made the original Ibanez pedals anyway).
    Riverside.. LA.. California. EV?
  • Thierry HenryThierry Henry Posts: 2,654
    Was thinking of getting an Ibanez ts-9 Tube screamer. Can anyone recommend it??

    Im trying to get rid of my Boss Metal Zone. Need a change!!

    Any thoughts??

    Is there an increase in Zoom pedal boards now a days??
    My local music shop reckons there is. Not for me!!
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    TS-9 is amazing. My friend has one and gets the same tone with it as Mike does in State of Love and Trust
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • parel jamparel jam Posts: 7,223
    ezyrydr wrote:
    I'm gonna say Ibanez Tube Screamer with the help of a driven tube amp. others may have more insite...

    That's right...I've seen it at Pinkpop 2000
    ♪♫♪♫♫

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=U_-WGNRyRzU

    ♪♫♪♫♫
  • Thierry HenryThierry Henry Posts: 2,654
    What kind of settings are used on the Ibanez tube screamer to get the Pearl Jam distortion sound??

    Im awaiting my tube screamer in the post.
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Drive should be cranked, the tone should be somwhere around 10 and 2 o'clock (depending on what type of sound you want). The level is adjustable to your comfort
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • harrisonmerwinharrisonmerwin Posts: 766
    main source is still the amps for these guys. they use overdrive/distortion pedals for lead boosts, but they (or thier techs) do alot of A/B switching between there amps. Especially with this new fender kick going on with them. it just seems natural to every fender owner to have two combos, a clean one, and a dirty one.
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,135
    harrisonmerwin wrote:
    main source is still the amps for these guys. they use overdrive/distortion pedals for lead boosts, but they (or thier techs) do alot of A/B switching between there amps. Especially with this new fender kick going on with them. it just seems natural to every fender owner to have two combos, a clean one, and a dirty one.

    Stone didn't really start using the overdrive on the 74x until he got to Europe, and his tone sounds fantastic. I think everyone's tone became amazing once they got to Europe (except Ed). Mike's tone from Reading is just stunning
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