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Omar Rodríguez-López is the composer, lead guitarist and producer for the progressive rock group The Mars Volta and the former guitarist for the post-hardcore outfit At the Drive-In.

This guy has a pretty extensive guitar rig. He has a ton of effects pedals!

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez's guitar rig.

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Guitars

- Ibanez ORM1 Signature guitars 

- Ibanez AX120 Custom Model with .012 gauge strings.
- Ibanez JTK2 Jet King Custom Model

Ibanez JTK2 Electric Guitar Red

- Gibson SG

Gibson Faded SG Special Electric Guitar Worn Cherry

- Fender Telecaster

Fender Classic Series '60s Telecaster Electric Guitar Olympic White

- Fender Jaguar

Fender 62 Jaguar Electric Guitar 3-Tone Sunburst Brown Shell Pickguard

- Fender Mustang

Fender '65 Mustang Reissue Electric Guitar Dakota Red

 



Amps and Cabinets
- Orange AD140HTC guitar amplifier heads

- 4x12 Orange Cabinets

- Vox AC30 (used a lot on Octahedron)

Vox Custom Classic AC30CC2 30w 2x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp

- Harmony 2x12 and Supro Thunderbolt and 1606 combos (used before the Oranges)

 

 

Effects and More

Here are some of the pedals seen in Omar's collection:

- ADA Flanger
- ADA Final Phase
- BOSS DD-5 (Omar's pedal has the name taped over)

Boss DD-6 Digital Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- BOSS HR-2 harmonist
- BOSS CE-3 Chorus

Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble Pedal

- BOSS PH-3 Phaser

Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter Pedal

- BOSS RV-5 Reverb

Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb Effects Pedal

- BOSS TU-2 Tuner and TU-12 tuner

Boss TU-2 Chromatic Stompbox Tuner

- BOSS LS-2 Line Selector

Boss LS-2 Line Selector/Power Supply

- BOSS VT-1 Voice Tranceformer

Boss VT-1 Voice Transformer

- Boss Vibrato

- Danelectro DJ13 French Toast Octave Distortion Pedal

Danelectro DJ13 French Toast Octave Distortion Pedal

- Digitech Whammy IV
- Digitech WH-1 Whammy

DigiTech Whammy Pedal with MIDI Control

- Digitech Synth Wah

DigiTech XSW Synth Wah Envelope Filter Pedal

- Digitech Multi Chorus

DigiTech XMC Multi Chorus Digital Multi Voice Chorus Pedal

- Doepfer A-100 Modular Synthesizer Units
- Dunlop 105Q Crybaby Bass Wah

Dunlop Crybaby 105Q Bass Wah Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff

Electro-Harmonix USA Big Muff Pi Distortion/Sustainer Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Poly Chorus

Electro-Harmonix Stereo PolyChorus Effects Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Memory Man Deluxe

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Small Stone

Electro-Harmonix USA Small Stone Phase Shifter Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb

Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Frequency Analyzer

Electro-Harmonix Frequency Analyzer

- Electro-Harmonix POG

Electro-Harmonix POG Polyphonic Octave Generator Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix HOG

Electro-Harmonix Classics HOG Synthesizer Guitar Effects Pedal

- Ernie Ball Wah pedal

Ernie Ball 6185 Wah Guitar Effects Pedal

- Fulltone Ultimate Octave

Fulltone UO Guitar Effect Ultimate Octave


- Fulltone Tube Tape Echo

Fulltone TTE Delay Effect Tube Tape Echo


- Ibanez DE7 Delay

Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo Pedal

- Ibanez SB7 Bass Synthesizer

Ibanez SB7 Synthesizer Bass Pedal

- Ibanez PM7 Phase Modulator

Ibanez PM7 Phase Modulator Pedal

- Ibanez CF7 Chorus/Flanger

Ibanez CF7 Tone Lok Chorus Flanger Pedal

- Ibanez DCF10 Chorus Flanger

- Ibanez WF10 Fuzz Wah
- Guyatone MD-3 Digital Delay

Guyatone MD-3 Micro Digital Delay Pedal

- Guyatone TD-X Tube Echo

Guyatone Flip Series TD-X Tube Echo

- H.B.E. ComPressor Retro
- Korg KP2 Kaoss Pad
- Korg KP3 Kaoss Pad

Korg KP3 KAOSS Pad Dynamic Effect/Sampler

- Koolus Modulator (Live 2007)
- Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler

Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler Pedal

- Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler

Line 6 DL-4 Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- Line 6 MM-4 Modulation Modeler

Line 6 MM-4 Modulation Stompox Modeler

- Line 6 DM-4 Distortion Modeler

Line 6 DM-4 Distortion Modeler Pedal

- Maestro Phase Shifter PS-1A
- Maxon Rotary Phaser

Maxon PH-350 Rotary Phaser

- Menatone Pleasure Trem 5000 (used on Teflon)
- Moogerfooger MF-102 Ring Modulator

Moog MF-102 Moogerfooger Ring Modulator

- Moogerfooger MF-105 MuRF

Moog MF-105 Moogerfooger MURF Analog Guitar Effect

- Mutron III
- MXR Phase 90

MXR M-101 Phase 90 Pedal

- MXR Micro Amp

MXR M-133 Micro Amp Pedal

- MXR Stereo Chorus

MXR M-134 Stereo Chorus Pedal

- Pefftronics SB-101 Super Rand-O-Matic
- Prescription Electronics Experience

- Roland RE-101, RE-201, and RE-301 Space Echoes
- Xotic Robotalk
- zvex Super Hard-On (SHO)
- zvex Fuzz Probe 

 

Strings  and Picks

- Ernie Ball guitar strings  gauges .013 to .056 with wound 3rd

Ernie Ball 2204 Nickel Wound Medium Slinky Electric Guitar Strings

- Dunlop Tortex orange picks

Dunlop Tortex Standard Guitar Picks .60MM 1 Dozen

 

Go to the next page for awesome pictures of Omar's Guitar Rig



Last Updated ( Friday, 29 January 2010 )
 
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