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100% I was going to caption it with 'the masters of table-top" but I didn't want to inadvertently offend anyone. But they really are to a degree. Those first three albums were made with "table tops" of stupidly inexpensive equipment. I don't know if you read interviews with them (I'm sure you have) but they used to get pieces of gear for what amounted to a few quid in late 00's.

Here's a dated picture of my tabletop rig. The pedals change around a lot because it borrows from my pedalboard.

Notable changes: BigSky is swapped for a Cathedral
Nanokey is swapped out for a Key Step
Pitchfactor rarely on the tabletop nowadays. Same with CT5
RC20 is swapped for a DL4. More conducive to hand looping.

$harkToootth wrote:100% I was going to caption it with 'the masters of table-top" but I didn't want to inadvertently offend anyone. But they really are to a degree. Those first three albums were made with "table tops" of stupidly inexpensive equipment. I don't know if you read interviews with them (I'm sure you have) but they used to get pieces of gear for what amounted to a few quid in late 00's.

Yeah, they're just good musicians who don't need the latest shiny fancy gear to make good music
I'm not sure what Ben Powers uses for Blanck Mass and I stupidly missed them here a couple of months ago but a friend apparently knows him and went there (I saw photos of both together and thus realized I forgot about the concert, with Ride in the lineup too ). I'll ask him when I see him...

paulandpaul wrote:Here's this crazy little setup for my noise band. Cheers!

I very much like this. I wanna do something similar with my SK-5

fcknoise wrote:

paulandpaul wrote:Here's this crazy little setup for my noise band. Cheers!

I very much like this. I wanna do something similar with my SK-5

I had/have something a bit similar with my Reface YC but before that it was an SK-1 (well, Concertmate 500 ).
Now it's YC -> Boss PS-3 -> SS/BS Mini -> Boss RV-3 -> Boss PS-3 -> EHX 22500
Very nice drony/melodic noise machine .

oscillateur wrote:

fcknoise wrote:

paulandpaul wrote:Here's this crazy little setup for my noise band. Cheers!

I very much like this. I wanna do something similar with my SK-5

I had/have something a bit similar with my Reface YC but before that it was an SK-1 (well, Concertmate 500 ).
Now it's YC -> Boss PS-3 -> SS/BS Mini -> Boss RV-3 -> Boss PS-3 -> EHX 22500
Very nice drony/melodic noise machine .

That sounds really great. The dual PS-3s sounds like a great idea. I'd probably want a timebender because timebender

ThurberMingus wrote:Notable changes: BigSky is swapped for a Cathedral

Notable. Why the change, and how’s it working for you? I really need to try a Cathedral someday.

Sick setup.

oscillateur wrote:Yeah, they're just good musicians who don't need the latest shiny fancy gear to make good music
I'm not sure what Ben Powers uses for Blanck Mass and I stupidly missed them here a couple of months ago but a friend apparently knows him and went there (I saw photos of both together and thus realized I forgot about the concert, with Ride in the lineup too ). I'll ask him when I see him...

He uses much nicer things but still not a lot. I had a better picture of his home studio in Edinburgh per twitter but I can't seem to find it. It was basically the small euro case below, some volcas, and a couple other things (no FUCK BUTTONS toys though).


Actually, I couldn't live with myself if I couldn't find it so while writing this post I went after it. Edinburgh studio being set up before 'Dumb Flesh'. It's not at all like I initially described

$harkToootth wrote:

oscillateur wrote:Yeah, they're just good musicians who don't need the latest shiny fancy gear to make good music
I'm not sure what Ben Powers uses for Blanck Mass and I stupidly missed them here a couple of months ago but a friend apparently knows him and went there (I saw photos of both together and thus realized I forgot about the concert, with Ride in the lineup too ). I'll ask him when I see him...

He uses much nicer things but still not a lot. I had a better picture of his home studio in Edinburgh per twitter but I can't seem to find it. It was basically the small euro case below, some volcas, and a couple other things (no FUCK BUTTONS toys though).


Actually, I couldn't live with myself if I couldn't find it so while writing this post I went after it. Edinburgh studio being set up before 'Dumb Flesh'. It's not at all like I initially described

That is an insane setup. Is he using the Volcas built in speakers and not plugging them into anything?

I don't think so, but I don't know. When that picture was taken everything was still in process so I don't think all his mixers are set up. There were drum sounds on 'Dumb Flesh' upon first listen I was like, "That's a Volca Beats sound! You can't fool me!"

spacelordmother wrote:

ThurberMingus wrote:Notable changes: BigSky is swapped for a Cathedral

Notable. Why the change, and how’s it working for you? I really need to try a Cathedral someday.

Sick setup.

Cathedral is on loan from a bandmate and I sold the BigSky for money. I've got a Meteore on my guitar board and I'd like to see how that works out. I might get a Mercury 7 if there's a Black Friday score to be had.

I do miss the BigSky though, but the Space was the best tabletop reverb I've used!

Playing a set tonight, rolling out an experimental tower:

Rad! I have a weird thing about obnoxiously large gear. I assume those are custom modded?

codetocontra wrote:Rad! I have a weird thing about obnoxiously large gear. I assume those are custom modded?

No, everything is more or less dead stock. I did plumb the XLR connector on the bottom unit (and the banana jacks, but those have around 180 volts on them and was a bad idea).

crochambeau’s gear porn is the best gear porn... always.