Kim Thayil

OffHeGoes29

Can anyone tell me about his set up? I know its heavy on the Wah, but not much is out there on his set up.

mccreadyisgod

Surprisingly, Thayil has no GuitarGeek entry... I find that disgraceful.

Wikipedia offered the following info:

Early years
Guitars: Guild S-100
Amplifier: Bass Ampeg mesa boogie w/15" speaker
Effects: Jim Dunlop Crybaby wah, MXR chorus


Badmotorfinger
Guitars: Guild S-100, Gibson Les Paul Custom Lite, Gibson Firebird
Amplifiers: Peavey VTM-120, Music Man HD130, Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
Effects: To get the heavy sound in studio, many guitar tracks were layered and panned to add the body that was lacking from previous albums.


Superunknown
Guitars: Guild S-100, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Telecaster, Gibson SG
Amplifiers: Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers, Mesa Boogie 50-watt Mavericks, an old Fender Super, a Fender Princeton, Fender Twin Reverbs and Vibro-Kings, and an old Orange head.
Effects: Intellitronics LA-2 and Summit DIs. (To get him to play most comfortably, Thayil's living room couch was brought into the studio, as per an article published in the May 1994 issue of Guitar World)


Down on the Upside
Guitars: Guild S-100, Diet Gibson Les Paul, Fender Telecaster, Fender Jazzmaster, Gibson SG.
Amplifiers: Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers
Effects: Jim Dunlop Crybaby wah, Colorsound wah, Jim Dunlop Rotovibe, Mu-Tron

Anon

here's his board

http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/images/gui0494b.jpg

OffHeGoes29

Thanks, I think he does so much more with less, very cool.

StuffnJunk

Pj_Gurl wrote:

here's his board

http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/images/gui0494b.jpg

beers are a key part of his sound!