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The Mars Volta - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment - Omar Rodriguez Guitar Gear Pictures}
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The Mars Volta - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment
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Thanks to mrdoubtfir for licensing two new pictures from June 2009 of Omar's pedals, as Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic licensed.

Click the images of the Mars Volta gear to enlarge them fullsize in a shadow box.

 

Big thanks to Melissa Martin for the picture below of Omar's guitar pedals. Thanks again Melissa!

Click the images of the Mars Volta gear to enlarge them fullsize in a shadow box.



Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 11:10
 

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0 #24 RE: The Mars Volta - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentThomas Kidd 2012-02-04 22:47
Quoting guest:
anyone knows the pedals he uses in te robot part of "take the veil cerpin..."?


On the recording, I believe it's the Xotic Robotalk. However, I don't know if he's had that one in his live-rig for a while and I think that's because you can emulate the pedal with the Line 6 FM4 Filter Mod. Now that he's replaced most of his board with the Line 6 M9, my assumption is that he can emulate the effect with that (unless they have stopped playing it live, which it's TMV, they always mix things up ;)

You can check Youtube for some videos of the Robotalk


Additionally, you can get a very similar effect with the Zvex Seek Wah
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0 #23 Omar rig walkthrough videouberproaud 2011-11-30 11:11 Quote
 
 
0 #22 RE: The Mars Volta - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentRohit 2011-11-13 07:55
AFAIK he replaced a lot of his pedals on his board with a Line 6 M9.
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0 #21 RE: The Mars Volta - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentHugo Merida 2011-08-11 15:13
Quoting guest:
anyone knows the pedals he uses in te robot part of "take the veil cerpin..."?


Not sure exactly what he used on the recording, but that effect can be found in Line 6 POD Farm/Gearbox modeling software and on PODxt/POD X3 devices as the 'Random S&H' modulation effect.
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0 #20 RE: The Mars Volta - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Guitar Gear Rig and Equipmentguest 2011-08-02 10:58
anyone knows the pedals he uses in te robot part of "take the veil cerpin..."?
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0 #19 Media Relations SpecialistRick Miller 2011-04-14 11:13
Omar is also using the Line 6 M13.

Rick
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0 #18 RE: The Mars Volta - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentLuke Ashton-Lawson 2011-03-26 22:40
Quoting Guest:
Quoting Luke Ashton-Lawson:
Quoting Guest:
does anybody know which guitar he used to record frances the mute and playing live the france the mute tour?

I sure do! It's a Modded to sh$t Ibanez AX120 with a Symour duncan Jb. Jr. If your going to buy one i recommend just getting the ORM1 and chucking a Little '59 pup in it for those TMV tones.
It works for me :)


Super thanks i will check it out :)
And btw what is a '59 pup and were can i buy it (probably good bad question)

they are made by seymour duncan, you can get them in any guitar shop (or online store) that stocks SD pickups. good luck on your quest for a perfect guitar tone :)
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0 #17 RE: The Mars Volta - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentGuest 2011-03-26 12:27
Quoting Luke Ashton-Lawson:
Quoting Guest:
does anybody know which guitar he used to record frances the mute and playing live the france the mute tour?

I sure do! It's a Modded to sh$t Ibanez AX120 with a Symour duncan Jb. Jr. If your going to buy one i recommend just getting the ORM1 and chucking a Little '59 pup in it for those TMV tones.
It works for me :)


Super thanks i will check it out :)
And btw what is a '59 pup and were can i buy it (probably good bad question)
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0 #16 FoXy LoXyLuke Ashton-Lawson 2011-03-26 06:13
Quoting Guest:
does anybody know which guitar he used to record frances the mute and playing live the france the mute tour?

I sure do! It's a Modded to sh$t Ibanez AX120 with a Symour duncan Jb. Jr. If your going to buy one i recommend just getting the ORM1 and chucking a Little '59 pup in it for those TMV tones.
It works for me :)
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0 #15 PeterGuest 2011-03-25 10:39
does anybody know which guitar he used to record frances the mute and playing live the france the mute tour?
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0 #14 RE: The Mars Volta - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentVictor 2011-02-03 00:53
Can anybody help me to know which kind of phase-pedal wad used at "Eunuch Provocateur" begining? Thanks!
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0 #13 super shifternathan 2011-01-28 09:41
Just saw a picture of Omar's actual pedal board. He has a Boss Super Shifter PS-5, which isn't listed anywhere. Just thought I'd point that out.
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0 #12 RE: The Mars Volta - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentCory 2011-01-11 20:37
The Marshall head he used when he was in ATD-I before he got his Orange head was a Plexi.
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0 #11 RE: The Mars Volta - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentPT 2010-09-25 08:28
He uses a Matchless DC-30, for studio, and sometimes stage.
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0 #10 FoXyLoXy 2010-02-01 12:20
Yep your right, but it was a 50.
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+1 #9 new ampgrardnr 2010-02-01 04:51
Omar's using an Orange Rockerverb 100 (or maybe a 50) now. He was using them at The Big Day Out in perth on the first of january, and i've seen footage of him using them elsewhere. Might just be rentals though.
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-1 #8 Guest 2009-09-04 22:56
he uses an orange amp head with a marshall cab, not too sure which head though
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0 #7 ATDI ampsFoXyLoXy 2009-08-20 16:45
not sure about effects other than the original Digitech "whammy" he played an orange OR120 with Marshall cabs in the later days of ATDI. before this he used a Marshall err not sure what kind cos he has the front ripped of but you get the idea. :-)
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0 #6 At The Drive InJon 2009-08-20 06:45
Does anyone know what amp and effects he used during the at the drive-in days? I think his amp was an Orange but Im not sure. His rig wasn't quite as big then. I remember him having a Squier Supersonic then as well.
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0 #5 EnTeR ThE AcID ReD FoX 2009-04-23 21:03
ummm not sure what you mean, like amp channle swtiching?
let me know what ya mean and i will find out.
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0 #4 Switchermilorican 2009-04-22 10:01
what kind of switcher pedal does omar use? anyone know?
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0 #3 EnTeR ThE AcID ReD FoX 2008-09-04 04:34
yes, he does have his custom Ibanez ORM1. But you still can't buy the one he plays because he plays a white one. and you can only buy black ones. he also uses a symore duncan JB. jr pickup, not the ibanez stock pickup.
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0 #2 Nathan 2008-09-01 10:07
Doesn't he have a signature ibanez guitar out now??
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+1 #1 omg his stuff is so goodEnTeR ThE AcID ReD FoX 2008-07-04 19:26
just a few things first it that he now only plays (live) a WHITE orm 1. not black any more. its not a jtk2.
its good to see some one finally bothered to make a list with pictures. and i think he uses more effects on stage now because i can see his bigg muff there and he uses that all the time.
ps maybe you could have some info on his amps
he has four 140htc (i think) orange amps with the paint flaked off.
and two 4x12 orange cabinet.
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