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I am a fan of the Icelandic Post-Rock band Mum.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHTFmJk7fH0[/youtube]

Found an interesting article about their gear.

http://www.performing-musician.com/pm/o ... earmum.htm

Some interesting seemingly homebrew boxes here:

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Cheap Keyboards and Moogerfoogers.

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Guitars

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Live view of the band in action:

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List of gear used by the band:

Eirikur Olafsson — trumpet, keyboard
Yamaha YTR-8310zs Custom Z Bobby Shew modeltrumpet.
Bob Reeves 43m mouthpiece.
Blue Juice valve oil.
Sennheiser MD421 MkII microphone.
MOTU Ultralite.
Line 6 DL4 delay.
Line 6 Verbzilla reverb.
Alesis Micron.
Sigurlaug Gisladottir — vocals, ukulele, melodica
Applause by Ovation UA20-5E soprano ukulele.
Yamaha melodica.

Hildur Gudnadóttir — vocals, strings
Viola.
Cello.
Two AKG C411 pickups.
Two AKG B29l preamps.
Bespeco VM-14 stereo volume pedal.
AER acoustic amplifier.
Boss GEB-7 bass equalizer.
Harmonicas and kazoos.
Robert Reynisson — guitar
Washburn D-30.
Boss TU-2 tuner.
Home Brew fuzz/oscillator .
Home Brew fuzz/overdrive.
Ibanez Tube Screamer.
Red Repeat delay.
Home Brew distortion.
Boss delay/reverb.
Lexicon JamMan.
Screws, brushes, music boxes and fans for prepared guitar.

Orvar Smarasonn — vocals, electronics, melodica
Moog Moogerfooger MF-101 low-pass filter.
Moog Moogerfooger MF-102 ring modulator.
Moog Moogerfooger Mf-104z analogue delay.
Electro-Harmonix HOG harmonic octave generator/synthesizer.
Alto S-8 mixer.
Yamaha VSS-30 keyboard.
Hohner S32 Student melodica.
Gretsch Electromatic G5850 Mini Bo Diddley guitar.
Martin acoustic guitar.
Harmonicas, recorder, flutes and kazoos.

Samuli Kosminen— drums & percussion
Drums:
20-inch Arbiter Flats kick drum.
16-inch Arbiter Flats tom tom.
10-inch Arbiter Flats tom tom.
12-inch Tama snare.
12-inch Rhythm Tech laptop snare.
Cymbals:
1-inch Sabian V-Fx cymbal.
14-inch Zildjian Oriental China Trash cymbal.
12-inch Zildjian K China High cymbal.
10-inch hi-hats (10-inch Sabian Rocktagon cymbal and 10-inch Istanbul splash cymbal).
8-inch Sabian hand-hammered China kang.
Percussion:
6-inch Gope tamborim.
8-inch Remo Kids Ocean drum.
Rhythm Tech-Metalworks jingle shaker.
Home-made crasher.
Four vintage noisemakers.
Selection of toy percussion and small hand-made cymbals.
Sticks:
Vic Firth SSG and SSGN Steve Gadd signature series sticks.
Vic Firth blades.
Vic Firth HB brushes.
Hot Rod sticks.

Gunnar rn Tynes — bass, electronics
Fender Baritone Special.
Fender Precision bass.
Aphex Bass Xciter.
SansAmp Bass Driver DI.
Korg Mini Kaoss Pad (controlled with feet).
Morley ABY Selector/Combiner.
Apple Macbook running Ableton Live and various plugins.
MOTU Traveller.
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thats what I call a shit ton of gear
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Fucking LOVE this band. Been into them for a few years and it does not amaze me they used some killer drum and and noise rigs.

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They fucked up that Martin yo... Take what you can get in Iceland I guess...
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sonidero wrote:They fucked up that Martin yo... Take what you can get in Iceland I guess...


Maybe it is one of the cheaper Martin's.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZybFn3L3Q[/youtube]
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I like that huge XLR stagebox buy the Mini Bo...
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sonidero wrote:They fucked up that Martin yo... Take what you can get in Iceland I guess...

Duct-tape isn't fucked up, it's rock 'n roll :lol:
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I want a Mini Bo Diddley now.
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Great band--thanks for posting the info.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMOOyzgRbaY[/youtube]

Another cool Icelandic group is Amiina, who count a saw among their gear:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYIDUvAtiGc[/youtube]
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Love them, thanks for the info!
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i thought this thread was going to be about someone's mother's guitar set up........... :idk:
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