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The geekiest gear interview ever? (Mogwai content)
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:43 pm
by dronemachine
I just saw this a few minutes ago...I'm not much into Mogwai these days,but this was fun...no serious fuzz yet,at least IMHO....or did I missed something...?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvXl2EmLRVs[/youtube]
Re: The geekiest gear interview ever? (Mogwai content)
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:02 pm
by Communarchy
Orange and Marshall stacks? Multiples of the same pedal? BYOC Ratt's? I've never really given Mogwai a shot before but I think I will now! Good interview, I must have stopped the video three or four times just to try and recognize every piece of gear they had.
Re: The geekiest gear interview ever? (Mogwai content)
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:22 am
by tigerdriver
i saw them a few times in the 90s when they didn't have any of that stuff.....and i'll tell you what, buying all that gear didn't make them a better band.
Re: The geekiest gear interview ever? (Mogwai content)
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:57 am
by dronemachine
tigerdriver wrote: buying all that gear didn't make them a better band.
Yeah,pretty much...all of their stuff after 'C.O.D.Y.' didn't really appeal to me as something interesting,in fact i find it really boring...
On topic...I've heard that they even had their own Mogwai muff made by EHX,or something like that...
Re: The geekiest gear interview ever? (Mogwai content)
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:19 am
by smile_man
C W Y wrote:On topic...I've heard that they even had their own Mogwai muff made by EHX,or something like that...
http://www.ehx.com/blog/mogwai-big-muff-pi 
Re: The geekiest gear interview ever? (Mogwai content)
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:30 pm
by hazelwould
Yea I saw that... Cool video. I wish more people would get cool interviews about their gear like that.
I saw them about 4 years go, and they still knew how to rock. I really enjoyed Mr. Beast, the other latest releases have been good... Maybe they'll pick up the pace again.
Re: The geekiest gear interview ever? (Mogwai content)
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:48 pm
by archlilim
I've never really liked their fuzz tone. Too 90s or something.
Re: The geekiest gear interview ever? (Mogwai content)
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:18 am
by dragline
i know they use a lot of EHX fuzz stuff - big muffs, graphic fuzz etc, but most of stuart braithwaites distortion sound comes from a ...danelectro fabtone
which i think is a pretty horrible sound.
i saw that interview some months ago and i think he mentions in it that he buys a fabtone whenever he sees one because they don't make them anymore. I love Mogwai, but he really should get a new dirt sound...
Re: The geekiest gear interview ever? (Mogwai content)
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:49 pm
by dronemachine
which i think is a pretty horrible sound
I agree. I would have never tried it,but when i came across one in the studio,i instantly remembered Stuart's setup...plugged it in to give it a try...I don't get it,it's like...nothing special. Could be better than ds1,though
Re: The geekiest gear interview ever? (Mogwai content)
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:00 pm
by dragline
yeah it's loud and it is a bit crazy, but I find it just pretty artificial to my ears. I would actually much rather use a stock DS1, in all honesty, at least the dials on that thing alter the sound in some way, which can't be said of the Fabtone. One trick pony. And it's a lame pony.
They shoot horses, right?