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Pete's Message
Equipment List
My set up is fairly basic and well established. I have become a collector of Bass guitars over the years. I made a conscience decision early on not to get rid of any guitar that came my way. This came about after lending my first real bass guitar, a Fender Mustang, to a friend, who sold it when he was broke. The guitar in question actually belonged to Robin Boult and me - we both won it in a raffle at our local music shop after pooling are meagre finances for a ticket. Since then I have kept hold of nearly every guitar, even the Rickenbacker 4000(mono) I joined the band with.
Amps
Ampeg SVT II
This was an amp that we borrowed for the recording of Brave, as Dave Meagan liked the combination of Warwick and Ampeg. I liked the sound so much I made sure that I bought that particular amp. It's still with me but not being used at the moment. I use Peavey 4x12 and 1x15 cabinets with this set up.
Laney DB 300 H
This is an amp that I was using while we were rehearsing down in Oswestry, for the Walls shows. As luck would have it I met the some people who are responsible for distributing Laney and Ibanez at the shows and I now have this set up in the studio powering a 4x10 and a 1x15 cabinet
Laney RBW 300 1x15 combo
This is a lovely little combo and is the amp I used on the .Com tour I used it in conjunction with my Squire Jazz Bass, and found that it was lacking slightly in low end so I also used a Boss Equaliser pedal to boost 80 and 200 Hz. I also boosted the very top end as that is the sort of sound I like to use live - I find it cuts through the guitars and keys a bit better!
Guitars
I have already said that I have a lot of guitars, and I use most of them at different times for different sounds. I'm a great believer in the theory that every guitar has a best sound. I nearly always use each guitar with all the settings full on, e.g., on my Warwick - although there are boost and cut settings for the active pickups - I always set both to be on full boost. I feel you get more from the guitar that way. The list of guitars bellow is in some order of preference or favouritism.
Warwick JD Thumb bass
I have 2 of these but tend to use the one with EMG pickups. Used on Brave, AOS, & Transatlantic
Washburn semi-acoustic
This was bought second hand for unplugged shows and has also featured on various recorded tracks, including Beautiful
Squire Jazz Bass
I used this on the last tour and on recording for Ben Castle
Yamaha BB 400 Fretless
This is my only fretless guitar, used on Sugar Mice, Afraid Of Sunrise, Interior Lulu and anything else fretlessy
Ibanez SDGR Soundgear
These were very kindly given to me after the Walls show and I used them on the Radiation tour
Squire Precision
Used on Misplaced and found somewhere on most other albums
Fender Precision
Used on No one Can and others
Rickenbacker 4003 Doubleneck
This was used on These Chains, A Few Words for the Dead and others on Radiation; the Radiation tour, and on .Com. Apparently there are only about a dozen of these around!
Rickenbacker 4000
These are the two guitars used on the first EP, and on Script. I came to the band with one and bought the other second-hand so I could change guitars quickly
Aria Pro II
I used to have 3 Aria guitars, and over the years one has been misplaced which is a shame because I suspect that it was the better sounding of the three
Peavey 5 string
I was given a Peavey 5 string guitar a few years ago, with my name inlaid on the fret board, but unfortunately, that has also gone walk about
Takamine 6 string
I have a one of these, with a pre amp and graphic built in. I bought it for acoustic ensembles, and the like, and has been much used. Now She'll Never Know springs to mind
Status Graphite Bass
I bought this for recording Clutching At Straws, and used it for the next few years
Strings
I have always used round wound strings in Marillion, and over the years have used various makes. At the moment I use Elite, made for The Bass Centre, and I use standard gauge strings. 45, 65, 85, 105. (I think they're right!)
Effects and other Toys
I use Boss pedals for most of my effects and usually record the guitar going through the effect unit, as my Boss tuner is in line with them. This only changes if we have a particular problem of some sort, i.e. noise. The pedals include: Stereo Chorus, Distortion, Flanger, Graphic EQ, Compressor/Sustain (this is a pedal I use a lot for recording fretless bass, a trick learned from Dave Meegan, works well to get a natural sounding sustain. Afraid Of Sunrise is a good example of this), Digital Delay (interestingly the delay I used on This Strange Engine was the longest delay that particular pedal gives. On tour I used an SPX90 rack unit)
Moog Taurus 1 bass pedals
I have three sets of these in various states of repair, the best sounding two of the three sets are kept in some kind of playable state. You must remember these are as unreliable as anything gets, but can sound great if you find a good one. These have been used all over everything, in the studio, and live. I once had to buy a set in America because the set we took over just stopped working.
Roland PK-5 MIDI Pedals
Theses have been with me since Brave and are invaluable live. They're connected to a Kurzweil K2000 sampler. I used to use them along side the Taurus pedals, but on the last tour, we sampled the Taurus pedals and I only used these.
Lexicon Jam Man
This is a fantastic tool for writing, as you can loop samples or trigger samples or use it as a chorus or delay. I use this a lot in the studio, although it is a bit unfriendly for live work as you cannot store things you sample or any settings for delays
A noter que depuis 2 ans il est passe d'Ibanez a Cort. Je ne connais pas le modele mais le bois est superbe!
