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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by eggwheat » Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:28 am

that image of the yellow pedals..one on the left is an MXR stereo chorus, on the right an MXR distortion II.

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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by MazzyJaster » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:52 am

I'm a big Cure fan, so I decided to revive this thread as my first post!

Here are the settings for A Forest.

A Boss BF-2 Flanger (now replaced by the BF-3 but easy to find on the second hand market). The settings were manual 60%, Depth 75%, Rate 50% and Res 25%.

A Boss DD-3 Delay: all knobs more or less at 50%.

A Boss RV-3 Reverb (discontinued too and replaced by the RV-5): balance 25%, tone 30%, r.time 40%, mode 10.

http://www.guitartoneoverload.com/2010/ ... uitarists/

The built-in chorus from the Roland JC120 was also used during the studio recording.

Linked Sound On Sound article:

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques ... e-a-forest

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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by s_mcsleazy » Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:08 am

jesus. the thread rises from the dead.
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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by shoule79 » Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:16 pm

^^^^^^

Hanging out in a graveyard listening to the Cure long enough and that tends to happen ;)

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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by SadFuzz » Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:24 pm

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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by OffYourFace » Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:00 pm

I'll add that whatever Eggwheat says is fact cuz his friend is RS's guitar tech :whistle:

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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by MazzyJaster » Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:04 pm

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:08 am
jesus. the thread rises from the dead.

I had to start somewhere 8)

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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by eggwheat » Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:15 pm

MazzyJaster wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:52 am
I'm a big Cure fan, so I decided to revive this thread as my first post!

Here are the settings for A Forest.

A Boss BF-2 Flanger (now replaced by the BF-3 but easy to find on the second hand market). The settings were manual 60%, Depth 75%, Rate 50% and Res 25%.

A Boss DD-3 Delay: all knobs more or less at 50%.

A Boss RV-3 Reverb (discontinued too and replaced by the RV-5): balance 25%, tone 30%, r.time 40%, mode 10.

http://www.guitartoneoverload.com/2010/ ... uitarists/

The built-in chorus from the Roland JC120 was also used during the studio recording.

Linked Sound On Sound article:

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques ... e-a-forest
Just to repeat.. its JC-160 on a Forest(on the whole of 17 secs)...article has it wrong..probably just used the generic 'JC120' term. Flanger is an MXR.

Robert Smith used Storm effects and MXR up to about 83-4 and then swapped to Boss.. I've actually seen his Storm pedals in person so I can definitely confirm that.

Storm as far as I can tell is just another name for MXR...cant be 100% sure as I've never compared them and they are rare to find.

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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by OffYourFace » Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:23 pm

eggwheat wrote:
Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:15 pm

Storm as far as I can tell is just another name for MXR...cant be 100% sure as I've never compared them and they are rare to find.
Storm is Japanese MXR copies. Like Coron, etc.

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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by eggwheat » Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:25 am

OffYourFace wrote:
Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:23 pm
eggwheat wrote:
Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:15 pm

Storm as far as I can tell is just another name for MXR...cant be 100% sure as I've never compared them and they are rare to find.
Storm is Japanese MXR copies. Like Coron, etc.

Ok..wonder if they sound the same?

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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by OffYourFace » Wed Jul 29, 2020 3:19 pm

eggwheat wrote:
Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:25 am
OffYourFace wrote:
Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:23 pm
eggwheat wrote:
Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:15 pm

Storm as far as I can tell is just another name for MXR...cant be 100% sure as I've never compared them and they are rare to find.
Storm is Japanese MXR copies. Like Coron, etc.

Ok..wonder if they sound the same?
Close enough. I once played a Coron Blue Box clone and it was WAY better than the old MXR version.
These copies weren't really available in the US but more easily available in other countries, giving people a cheaper alternative to the MXR stuff.
The old Guyatone stuff is MXR copies as well.

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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by dc » Wed Jul 29, 2020 3:27 pm

looks like he was using Cubes (!) for the big 40th Anniversary show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZtH4PQPwD0
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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by OffYourFace » Wed Jul 29, 2020 3:52 pm

dc wrote:
Wed Jul 29, 2020 3:27 pm
looks like he was using Cubes (!) for the big 40th Anniversary show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZtH4PQPwD0
Yep! He's got the 'tope of the line' models for guitar and bass. Two of each, bass amps for the Bass VI songs.

I have a Cube 60 that I completely adore.

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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by øøøøøøø » Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:02 pm

I can't think of any combination more goth than necromancy and The Cure, and this thread has both.

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Re: Robert Smith tone

Post by MazzyJaster » Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:20 pm

øøøøøøø wrote:
Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:02 pm
I can't think of any combination more goth than necromancy and The Cure, and this thread has both.
Haha, I can't wait to get my hands on another Jazzmaster, so that I can contact the dead in person.

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