In the past, I seem to remember there being an etensive thread about the gear that Jim And Carl use - guitars, amps, pedals, etc...
But for the love of me, I can't seem to find that thread anymore.
I'm just really curious to see how Jim and Carl get their sound. In the Evil Urges Epk, there is a quick shot of Carl's pedal board, but the only pedal I recognized was a Boss blues driver (at least i think it was)
If anybody has some knowledge of these things, or if you can find the other thread, can we share this wonderful knowledge with others?
It would be really interesting i think to see how they get their sound.
Thanks,
Petemoss
Tom Eisenbraun...
[size=16]Jim[/size]
Electric Guitars:
Gibson ES-355
one is a sunburst, there was an older red one which
doesn't seem to be used anymore and another is
black.
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2004/_bonnaroo04-02.jpg)
Gibson Flying V
He has actually had two of these, both with mirror
pickguards. From pictures I've seen, it looks like the
older one's pickguard was being held in place with
some fashionable black electrical tape (that's the
one in the picture, there), thus the new one would
be a replacement.
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2004/_bonna04-01.jpg)
Ovation 12-String - red
used on What A Wonderful Man
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2005/chicago-061805-05.jpg)
1976 Fender Strat - sunburst
used in 2005 on Lay Low's solo (he would
perform the beginning of the song guitar-less). Now
the Flying V is used for that part. Also used on
Anytime.
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2005/buffalo062905-05.jpg)
Ibanez Iceman - Sunburst
From what I can tell, used once at Austin City Limits
Fest in 2004
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2004/_acl-fest091804-01.jpg)
Acoustic Guitars
Gibson J-185
His primary acoustic guitar. Has a full-soundhole
pickup of some type. Used for sheer rock madness
on It Beats 4 U, and for dripping sweet southern-
fried, chicken-pickin', Colonel Sanders down-home
southern goodness on tunes like Golden.
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2006/hunter060406-05.jpg)
Takamine something-or-other
Jim doesn't actually know which model it is, but it
was the guitar he began writing music on. Has
three holographic stickers on the lower body past
the bridge. He doesn't normally play it live
anymore.
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2003/bluebird-05.jpg)
Amplifier
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Tremoverb head on top of a 2x12 Mesa Boogie cabinet. I've been told a story about Jim having used to use a Mesa Nomad (I believe, correct me if I'm wrong) in the early days, and that those things are constructed so that there's a horribly noticable break in the signal when the channels are switched. And that the entire rest of the band was quite relieved when he got rid of it and picked up the Tremoverb. Useless, but fun, piece of knowledge.
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2004/bogarts061004-05.jpg)
(amp on the left, there)
Effects
MXR Phase 90
Used mainly on Phone Went West and Run Thru.
There has to be more, but these are the ones where
it's blatant.
there are suresly more effects, but I have no idea what those would be. please help me out on this one.
whoa
Thanks a lot Ewok.
What a great start.
Jim's Takamine is a g332
Carl 88 lespaul standard "ol' blackie" With custom Bigsby Tremelo
Tommy Fender P Bass Mesa 400 head with 6/10 cab
QuoteThanks a lot Ewok.
What a great start.
That was a list from Tom Eisenbraun a few years back.
8-)
I have a few pictures of pedals that Dylan asks me take all the time when we're chilling front row. I'll have to dig them up.
QuoteI have a few pictures of pedals that Dylan asks me take all the time when we're chilling front row. I'll have to dig them up.
Yes please.
not as good of pictures as I thought. I can get you larger ones but you may know what you're looking at and I don't.
last year at the Rud...
This was Snowy's
(http://koryjohnson.smugmug.com/photos/160799487_n8sA7-XL-1.jpg)
Here's Jim's from the EarXtacy show a month ago...
(http://koryjohnson.smugmug.com/photos/311162005_UGfd7-XL.jpg)
Hey my fellow forum friends, does anyone have anything to add to this list or maybe some more photos or something like that? :thumbsup:
Also, any chance I could use those photos (with credit) for blogging purposes Kory? :smiley:
just found this. I know he's got a Mr Echo and a Zvex Wooly Mammoth in there still. looks like Boss Reverb, Blues Drive and OC Octave pedals. Not sure when this photo was taken though.
(http://www.sourceaudio.net/images/sized/images/artists/jim_james_pedalbd-425x266.jpg)
http://www.sourceaudio.net/artists/detail/jim-james (http://www.sourceaudio.net/artists/detail/jim-james)
Oooh, excellent, thanks for the help! :thumbsup:
randomly came across some more pedals in the picture above.
3 Source Audio Pedals ( www.sourceaudio.net (http://www.sourceaudio.net) )
Soundblox Tri-Mod Wah (green)
Soundblox Multiwave Distortion (blue)
Hot Hand Phaser/flanger (orange)
I think the little silver one is his Mesa (amp) footswitch but not certain.
Heres some incarnation of Carls board. not certain which tour unfortunately
(http://www.sourceaudio.net/images/sized/images/artists/carl_broemel_pedalbd-425x306.jpg)
top from right: Eventide Modfactor Modulation pedal, Source Audio Hot Hand Wah
bottom from right : Boss RV reverb, Ibanez AD9 Analog Delay, Boss DD Delay, Fulltone Fat boost
Jim no longer uses the Mesas. He switched to 3 Monkeys Amps' Orangutang on top of that awesome vertical 2x12.
http://forum.mymorningjacket.com/index.php?action=post;topic=4324.0;last_msg=321851 (http://forum.mymorningjacket.com/index.php?action=post;topic=4324.0;last_msg=321851)
Thanks everyone for helping out, keep the info coming! :thumbsup:
Quote from: AsAboveSoBelow on Jan 23, 2013, 02:47 AM
Jim no longer uses the Mesas. He switched to 3 Monkeys Amps' Orangutang on top of that awesome vertical 2x12.
http://forum.mymorningjacket.com/index.php?action=post;topic=4324.0;last_msg=321851 (http://forum.mymorningjacket.com/index.php?action=post;topic=4324.0;last_msg=321851)
Love that 2x12, looks really vintage.
Does anyone know about Bo's setup?? Right now I figured out some of his stuff: Roland RD700, Open Labs Neko & Miko (Miko replaced the Neko), Nord Electro, Roland Juno 106 (replaced by the Neko), Fender Rhodes !! Piano
Quote from: FiddleCastro on Jan 23, 2013, 08:55 AM
Quote from: AsAboveSoBelow on Jan 23, 2013, 02:47 AM
Jim no longer uses the Mesas. He switched to 3 Monkeys Amps' Orangutang on top of that awesome vertical 2x12.
http://forum.mymorningjacket.com/index.php?action=post;topic=4324.0;last_msg=321851 (http://forum.mymorningjacket.com/index.php?action=post;topic=4324.0;last_msg=321851)
Love that 2x12, looks really vintage.
Does anyone know about Bo's setup?? Right now I figured out some of his stuff: Roland RD700, Open Labs Neko & Miko (Miko replaced the Neko), Nord Electro, Roland Juno 106 (replaced by the Neko), Wurlitzer ?? Piano
Miko replaced the Neko sounds like a band name. :thumbsup:
It's a little out of date, but I think CC posted an article which included a labelled photo of Patrick's drum kit. I have it at home and will post it tonight if no one beats me to it.
Quote from: johnnYYac on Jan 23, 2013, 11:31 AM
It's a little out of date, but I think CC posted an article which included a labelled photo of Patrick's drum kit. I have it at home and will post it tonight if no one beats me to it.
I have this somewhere! hehehe
http://andrewnusca.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/DRUM_PatrickHallahan_0808.pdf (http://andrewnusca.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/DRUM_PatrickHallahan_0808.pdf)
P 110 - 111. Seems pretty accurate, he still uses the same CC drum kit and Istanbul cymbals.
Quote from: AsAboveSoBelow on Jan 23, 2013, 02:47 AM
Jim no longer uses the Mesas. He switched to 3 Monkeys Amps' Orangutang on top of that awesome vertical 2x12.
http://forum.mymorningjacket.com/index.php?action=post;topic=4324.0;last_msg=321851 (http://forum.mymorningjacket.com/index.php?action=post;topic=4324.0;last_msg=321851)
yeah, that's right. I'd imagine he has changed a decent amount since that photo was taken
Quote from: FiddleCastro on Jan 23, 2013, 11:32 AM
Quote from: johnnYYac on Jan 23, 2013, 11:31 AM
It's a little out of date, but I think CC posted an article which included a labelled photo of Patrick's drum kit. I have it at home and will post it tonight if no one beats me to it.
I have this somewhere! hehehe
http://andrewnusca.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/DRUM_PatrickHallahan_0808.pdf (http://andrewnusca.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/DRUM_PatrickHallahan_0808.pdf)
P 110 - 111. Seems pretty accurate, he still uses the same CC drum kit and Istanbul cymbals.
That's the one; great article. Here's the image from the article.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8213/8409909760_cef9fe774b_z.jpg)
Anybody know what make/model small acoustic guitar Jim is playing on the Storytellers show?
Sunburst, slotted headstock.....
(//)
Breedlove Guitars :thumbsup:
Jim definitely used a MXR Phase 90 through to OKONOKOS, you can hear it on I Will Sing You Songs and a few others.
both guys use Eventide Harmonizers, Mr. Echos', ZVex Clon Centaur, Carl uses both Ibanez Analog Delay and Boss Digital Delay and a Boss Digital Reverb. Jim doesn't use the Phase 90 to my knowledge anymore, he has some multi-effect modulation pedal that I cant remember the name of right now.
Quote from: Lonndown27 on Aug 02, 2015, 11:03 PM
Jim definitely used a MXR Phase 90 through to OKONOKOS, you can hear it on I Will Sing You Songs and a few others.
both guys use Eventide Harmonizers, Mr. Echos', ZVex Clon Centaur, Carl uses both Ibanez Analog Delay and Boss Digital Delay and a Boss Digital Reverb. Jim doesn't use the Phase 90 to my knowledge anymore, he has some multi-effect modulation pedal that I cant remember the name of right now.
No Eventides, Zvex or Mr Echo for Jim currently, the one you are looking for is a Strymon Blue Sky.
Really? I guess im getting Carl's pedalboard mixed up with Jim's, i could swear he was using Mr. Echos still, at least Carl is.
a Strymon Blue Sky? I'm gonna have to look up a demo of that
Quote from: Lonndown27 on Aug 04, 2015, 03:48 PM
Really? I guess im getting Carl's pedalboard mixed up with Jim's, i could swear he was using Mr. Echos still, at least Carl is.
a Strymon Blue Sky? I'm gonna have to look up a demo of that
Strymon makes a lot of great stuff. Jim's verbs have been Spring Chicken and Ghost Echo for a while now, plus the amp tanks of course. Carl does still have a Mr Echo and a couple harmonizers. Carl's rig evolves pretty quickly, Jim's tends to stay the same for long periods.
I know for sure Carl uses two Eventides on his board, one for modulation and one for octave-craziness like that big gargantuan tone on Tropics near the solo. He also has an Eventide on the pedal steel to get the string like sounds, his words from an interview Loaded Questions In An Automatic World.
I'd love to see the guys use MXR Carbon Copys, although I have no problem with their tone right now, obviously and consider it the best dual or single guitar tone in any band since the greats (and even better than some of the greats: Jimmy Page's live guitar tone after 1973 was AWFUL compared to the tones these guys can achieve)
I know Carl uses a Boss Digital Delay (dont get why), a Boss Digital Reverb (why the digital?). These guys love their boutique pedals seriously, I barely notice anything outside of a few Boss pedals that are MXR or Dunlop or Electro-Harmonix even, none of the main companies, thats probably a good reason for their very unique tones
Carl has ditched the Boss delay, although Jim has a DD-5 and Carl still has the digital reverb. In and of itself nothing to write home about, but sometimes it's the easiest way to recreate a sound from a record done 10 years ago. The DD5 is basically only for between song noise transitions.
The great thing is that we are smack in the middle of a heyday for boutique pedals and amps, and the options are pretty limitless. Barely a week goes by that the guys don't find something new in a shop or someone brings out stuff to demo. Jim's rig is actually getting a pretty serious overhaul tomorrow;)
I was wondering if either of them were using any Strymon stuff. I could never get into the Blue Sky, though. Everyone raves about their shimmer but it doesn't do it for me. I wouldn't turn down a Big Sky though, or an El Capistan, or a Flint, or a Mobius, or a---
Quote from: Lonndown27 on Aug 04, 2015, 04:30 PM
I know for sure Carl uses two Eventides on his board, one for modulation and one for octave-craziness like that big gargantuan tone on Tropics near the solo. He also has an Eventide on the pedal steel to get the string like sounds, his words from an interview Loaded Questions In An Automatic World.
I'd love to see the guys use MXR Carbon Copys, although I have no problem with their tone right now, obviously and consider it the best dual or single guitar tone in any band since the greats (and even better than some of the greats: Jimmy Page's live guitar tone after 1973 was AWFUL compared to the tones these guys can achieve)
I know Carl uses a Boss Digital Delay (dont get why), a Boss Digital Reverb (why the digital?). These guys love their boutique pedals seriously, I barely notice anything outside of a few Boss pedals that are MXR or Dunlop or Electro-Harmonix even, none of the main companies, thats probably a good reason for their very unique tones
I think I read a couple of months back that Carl is using the Eventide H9 now, which makes sense because it'd cover more ground while taking up less space on the board of a guy who is clearly gear crazy. It might've been that interview you mentioned. It stinks that you have to buy more than one if you want to chain effects, though, and can't just chain them in the software. Considering how much they cost you'd think that'd be standard, but they have to get money out of you somehow.
Lets keep this thread Going as they get new gear and as they update their boards cause their tones ARE celestial :) Rex what's he overhauling his board with bro??
Gotta love the delay pedal transitions
gear i spotted last night:
Bo had a TON of pedals! so many but ones I remember 100% are EHX POG and EHX Holy Grail Reverb Nano and it seemed like a Boss Digital Delay and a pink Ibanez Analog like Carl's, he had a LOT more though, Bo was surrounded in gear!
Tom had a POG but i couldnt make out anything else he had 4 or 5 in all?
So many shots of gear on the RR stream. Close ups. Overhead. Great perspective. So many pedals!! Carl is a killer. I shall call him Cortez.
Quote from: Lonndown27 on Aug 05, 2015, 09:58 PM
Lets keep this thread Going as they get new gear and as they update their boards cause their tones ARE celestial :) Rex what's he overhauling his board with bro??
Not the board, but everything else. New switching/routing systems for acoustics and electrics, some changes to the buffering scheme and a whole lot of signal chain simplification and impedance optimization. Basically a whole lot of under the hood improvement.
Quote from: Rex on Aug 16, 2015, 02:30 PM
Quote from: Lonndown27 on Aug 05, 2015, 09:58 PM
Lets keep this thread Going as they get new gear and as they update their boards cause their tones ARE celestial :) Rex what's he overhauling his board with bro??
Not the board, but everything else. New switching/routing systems for acoustics and electrics, some changes to the buffering scheme and a whole lot of signal chain simplification and impedance optimization. Basically a whole lot of under the hood improvement.
thats pretty sick!!! How do you know this, not that i'm questioning your sources, just wondering how :shocked:
There were about a billion pedals onstage at Red Rocks 2015 hahah. Carl had a station of godness with pedals, Bo had SOOOOO many more than I expected! also I saw a volume pedal and a wah wah pedal hooked underneath one of his keyboard station sides. I WISH I HAD GRABBED A PEN AND PAPER DURING THE STREAM!!! There were so many opportunities to get a really really definitive list! Some of the boutique stuff is really hard to identify for me, as I'm more of an MXR / EHX guy but some of this stuff is interesting to me. The Hot Hand effects as well as the Soundbox audio stuff..some of it looks too digital for me , but I wanna at least try them out to see :cheesy:
what really really REALLY gets me going is mixing a sweet digital delay with my MXR Carbon Copy and setting the Carbon Copy's mix a little high, it will almost swell around the digital signal and create this HUGE sound, same way with taking any quality amp modeler, setting it to a Hi-Watt or full stack setting, and then turning on my Big Muff Russian Fuzz and you get this uber thick crunch that's beyond satisfactory.
I can hear Carl doing stuff like this, mixing the digital-ish octave sounds with one of his analog fuzzes and you get this really shaky intense boom. Jim's pedalboard has seemed to go into digital land, but I hear the same thing going on. I could be totally wrong, its just a sound and Im chasing it :cool:
Bo also had a green Line 6 modeler . Carl had a yellow Supah Trem and a Pog . Jims pedals were hard to identify but I could see four Boss pedals a Blues Driver Digital Delay Tuner and a digital reverb. Carl also had the Boss Digital Reverb too
Jim has no digital reverb, it's a blues driver, octave, DDL and two tuners. His only "digital" pedals are the DD5 and the Blue Sky.
I'm just going off of what I saw on his board during the Red Rocks show . What about the Soundbox pedals like Multiwave distortion and Hot Hand Phasee / Flanger? Those aren't digital? Or has he removed them from his board? Rex...are you Jims guitar tech cause you seem to know your shit
Im not usually a Boss user so I got the colors of the Octave pedal and the reverb mixed l guess. But seriously REX...what are your secrets???? I MUST KNOW ;) haha
I saw a few guitars on the RR live stream I didn't see on this thread. Unless I missed something, does anybody know the guitars Jim was using and what the Dunlop guitar Carl was rocking.
Quote from: Lonndown27 on Aug 18, 2015, 08:27 PM
I'm just going off of what I saw on his board during the Red Rocks show . What about the Soundbox pedals like Multiwave distortion and Hot Hand Phasee / Flanger? Those aren't digital? Or has he removed them from his board?
None of those in use currently. Can't speak to their make-up, but they do appear to be DSP based. The DDL and BlueSky are Jim's only digital elements, unless you want to include wireless and switching controllers in that discussion. Overall, Jim's setup is really quite tame, only about 10 pedals total. As ever, technique is more important than toys.
Quote from: Coop502 on Aug 19, 2015, 12:43 AM
I saw a few guitars on the RR live stream I didn't see on this thread. Unless I missed something, does anybody know the guitars Jim was using and what the Dunlop guitar Carl was rocking.
I think you are thinking of Carl's Duesenberg. As for Jim, the answer is: lots. :)
Rig Rundown
http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/23022-rig-rundown-my-morning-jackets-carl-broemel
Ohhhhh Christ! !!! FUCK YEAH! !!! A rig rundown baby YES!!!!
Finally! Awesome! Thanks!
Very cool. Thanks for posting. I bet Carl makes it big one day :grin:
boner
man, based on pics I'd seen of the boards I'd never have known Carls current set up was so involved. A ton of great pedals on there.
Would really like to see one of these for Jim as well
that interview could NOT STOP interrupting Carl! Jesus Carl's patient! What an amazing rig...holy shit...so many Eventides hahah
This link includes the video on Carl's gear mentioned above but also lists his gear, so it may add to the big picture.
http://www.effectsbay.com/2015/08/pedalboards-of-my-morning-jackets-carl-broemel/
Quote from: johnnYYac on Aug 25, 2015, 11:57 AM
This link includes the video on Carl's gear mentioned above but also lists his gear, so it may add to the big picture.
http://www.effectsbay.com/2015/08/pedalboards-of-my-morning-jackets-carl-broemel/
Johnny, you're a database!!! you're also a very very awesome Dood! thanks for getting to the bottom of that Helmet topic too bro
This thread is awesome
Fuck yeah bro haha
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/634/20580323053_139017508e_c.jpg)
Patrick is so amazing...the best drummer since John Bonham died
I heard a lot more phaser than normal during the 2019 shows, you can hear it clearly during the intro to Way That He Sings, all the way through War Begun and I Will Sing You Songs, sounds really good, what phaser is it??? can't be the Hot Hand one they were using for a while it sounds far too perfect and subtle, can't be a EHX Small Stone.
Also, one must really highlight the growing importance of Jim's Boss Octave pedal, that pedal is so key to his tone. I wonder how long he's been using it, I know it seemed to turn up to my ears in late 2011 or even early 2012 cause its searing madness is there 100% by 2012's Phone Went West, Dondante, Picture of You, etc, i wonder if Jim's been using that pedal in subtle less in your face ways for a while now. It's a great piece of my board and you can get that wailing Jim tone on demand if you're a good enough player.