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FAITH NO MORE
Jim Martin
Guitars
Remember that cool ass Flying V that everyone's seen Jim play? "I'm still using that same old 79 V of course. On the record, I also used another mid 70's V, and a mid 70's Les Paul Deluxe. Those Flying V's are highly modified, and the black one has been broken so many times, it has some new wood grafted into the neck. This guy, Chuck Martin (no relation) just keeps putting it back together." Jim also uses a 79 Strat mainly in the studio as well as playing mandolin.
"...these flying V's have EMG 60's in the neck position for clean sound and Semour Duncan Live wires in the bridge position. The Semour Duncans were the dirtiest and most savage pickups I could find at the time. They use 2 nine volt batteries."
Effects
Jim's effects on stage have always been deceptively simple. "I still use the Morley Power Wah Fuzz. That's as much a part of my sound as anything. It's an old unit I bought in 1976 at a pawnshop. I didn't know anything about these units at the time. All I had to do was plug it in. WOW! That was it. They're hard to find now."
Recently Jim has been using harmonizers by Eventide. Theses things are essentially built for the studio and cost a bundle. "I started using Eventide ultra harmonizers for multi-effects units. They are really great, really hi-fi which is important if you want to maintain a fat sound. They're pretty tricky though because they fuck with the phase angle of your sound. This can play hell with a sound engineer live or in the studio. The downside of these units is they are rack mounted, so if you are going to use one you have to haul a rack around. AND they cost plenty. "
Amplification
While in his days in Faith No More Jim was a reputed Marshall man he has seen the light and switched to Mesa Boogie. "My amps are Mesa Boogie. I use the Mark 3 for recording, and I have two Mark 4's for road work. The Mark 3 sounds better, more balls somehow. The Mark 4's are better for live work because they have more channels, more versatility."
Jim Martin
Guitars
Remember that cool ass Flying V that everyone's seen Jim play? "I'm still using that same old 79 V of course. On the record, I also used another mid 70's V, and a mid 70's Les Paul Deluxe. Those Flying V's are highly modified, and the black one has been broken so many times, it has some new wood grafted into the neck. This guy, Chuck Martin (no relation) just keeps putting it back together." Jim also uses a 79 Strat mainly in the studio as well as playing mandolin.
"...these flying V's have EMG 60's in the neck position for clean sound and Semour Duncan Live wires in the bridge position. The Semour Duncans were the dirtiest and most savage pickups I could find at the time. They use 2 nine volt batteries."
Effects
Jim's effects on stage have always been deceptively simple. "I still use the Morley Power Wah Fuzz. That's as much a part of my sound as anything. It's an old unit I bought in 1976 at a pawnshop. I didn't know anything about these units at the time. All I had to do was plug it in. WOW! That was it. They're hard to find now."
Recently Jim has been using harmonizers by Eventide. Theses things are essentially built for the studio and cost a bundle. "I started using Eventide ultra harmonizers for multi-effects units. They are really great, really hi-fi which is important if you want to maintain a fat sound. They're pretty tricky though because they fuck with the phase angle of your sound. This can play hell with a sound engineer live or in the studio. The downside of these units is they are rack mounted, so if you are going to use one you have to haul a rack around. AND they cost plenty. "
Amplification
While in his days in Faith No More Jim was a reputed Marshall man he has seen the light and switched to Mesa Boogie. "My amps are Mesa Boogie. I use the Mark 3 for recording, and I have two Mark 4's for road work. The Mark 3 sounds better, more balls somehow. The Mark 4's are better for live work because they have more channels, more versatility."
