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Who Plays What -
Who Plays What
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 07:19 |
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Pete Loeffler is the lead guitarist and lead singer for the Chicago hard rock band Chevelle.
Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in the Chevelle guitar player, Pete Loeffler's guitar rig.
 Click the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's Friend
Guitars
- PRS Custom 24 guitars
 
- Martin HD-28 acoustic
 
Amps and Cabinets
- Mesa Boogie Mark IV
- Mesa Boogie 4x12" cabs
Effects and More
- Boss BF-3 flanger pedal
 
- Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter pedal
- Boss TR-2 Tremolo pedal
 
- Boss TU-2 tuner pedal
- Boss DD-3 Digital Delay pedal
- Boss OC-3 Octave pedal
- SansAmp Tech 21 GT-2
- Axess Electronics MIDI pedal
Strings and Picks
- DR .013 gauge guitar strings
- Dunlop Tortex .073 yellow picks
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Last Updated on Monday, 27 June 2011 08:54 |
Comments
Also to the dude asking about distortion, far as I've ever heard from him is he uses the amps distortion only, the SansAmp is only for a feeback boost for 'Forefit' @ shows - Great pedal though, I loves mine oh so much :)
If anyone wants to have actual pictures of his rig, you can shoot me an email. I have very detailed pictures of every guitar Pete has played live and all of them in the studio, as well as all the evolution of his pedalboard and his amps. I have a friend that works for PRS as a builder, and another one that works for the band they are currently touring with (Bush). Not to mention, I have held some of them. ;)
Also, I have a custom order from PRS in the works right now baritone scale. ;)
How is it wrong if I compare two PRS guitars? Yes they both have the 27.7 or so scale lengths, the PRS Private stock just has better hardware, a carved top, and custom wound pickups. The basics are the same, but the private stock gets all the expensive stuff. But what i'm trying to say is Pete's private stock mushok is a flat top, not a carved top like you'd expect. Also the grey one is a normal custom 24. He uses it for the Drop C tuned stuff. The other one isn't a mushok, it's another (yes another) Custom 24 in Vintage Burst, it's got the gold hardware and a wraparound bridge. It's got different, meatier sounding pickups than the gold top.
2 White. Both nearly identical.
1 Black/Grey
1 Gold
1 Private stock Mike Mushok
He also has about 15 other random PRS. I have pics of all of them available, just email me. I actually have tons of pics of every member of Chevelle's live rig. ;)
Tim, your credibility on gear was just blown out the window when you compared an archtop Private Stock Paul Reed Smith Baritone to a flat top Made in Korea SE Baritone. You have got to be kidding me.
Even though you have made that unbelievable comparison, and continue to show of what I am sure what we are all a little suspicious. Also, this just hit me. You said a few years ago, but that he didn't use them after 2010. That was last year. But wait, I thought he didn't play them at all!?
Even though I don't think many Pete Signatures would sell, I would indeed love to see one. The reason they wouldn't make one I feel like is that Staind has always outsold Chevelle (as much as I hate that with a fiery passion) and it wouldn't make much sense with such a small market for a baritone electric to compete with themselves. A Pete model would take sales from the MM. I would buy one though. :) Only if they released a Special Run Custom order USA made Chevelle signature. I would spend probably up to $3k-4k for a baritone Pete signature PRS in the USA made division.
Pete just got two new guitars. It is a PRS Custom 24 Baritone scale, I believe 57/08s, Mahogany, in Grey/black finish with a maple neck and an ebony fretboard. His other main Baritone is the MM Private Stock. Which can be seen live when he plays it on "Letter From A Thief". He also just got a Loux Custom Baritone, and Dean had a custom built for him by Ryan as well.
Also, I have a custom order from PRS in the works right now baritone scale. ;)
A Chevelle show a few years ago. He no longer uses the strat live as of about 2010. Ok, it is a private stock model, but it's essentially just an SE with better pickups. Yes it's a PRS made for mike by the custom shop. Pete got one one from Mike. He now uses it as a backup for when his Black one goes down. But it looks like he added another black/greyish one too, that he's using for the Drop C songs now. It's got a maple neck on it. Pete has too many PRS guitars. I think it rivals Mark Tremonti. On a side note, Pete needs a signature guitar.
And the picture of his live rack? Was taken at a chevelle show... Where he played the sub-sonic strat you said previously he didn't use in this thread.
forums.birdsandmoons.com/.../...
The medic Chevelle does NOT have only one pickup Tim, have you ever even seen Chevelle Live? Most of Pete's guitars are Standard PRS 24's custom built with baritone necks. And yes, PRS has only ever made Baritone scale guitars for Mike Mushok and Pete Loeffler. That is a Private Stock guitar, not sure if you understand anything about PRS, but that guitar is Signed Private stock on the back of the headstock, plus just look at the top! He does indeed have two white 24's. Common knowledge. Further reference:
www.prs-guitars.us/.../
Let us remember that you didn't know that he had Fenders, which you can see in these pictures, then you said there is a single pickup 24.
Sorry Tim, no offense man, but you are only partially correct.
Nope. Wrong you are.....haha. Pete had another custom Baritone (with the medic inlays) made, but it was stolen. Here are those photos:http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq237/iLikechevelle/12179_1024ts1177982856000.jpg
BTW if you weren't so stubborn and braindead, you would have realized that that is not a mike mushok model. If it did, there wouldn't be the PRS signature on the headstock, which indicates it's a PRS USA model. Not Korean made like the SE's. It was another baritone pete had made for him, as a backup guitar. Though, he was using a mushok for C# tunings. Here's a video of him using it.
www.youtube.com/.../
and it's the SE model, not the flame top he used on the Any Last Words Concert,
Oh and also, you would have realized I never said "He didn't have/use a Fender" he's had a backup Fender in his rack for his A# tunings since Sci-Fi crimes had begun. You can see the guitar in a video update they had posted two years ago.
Here on this thread are pictures of his guitar rack:
forums.birdsandmoons.com/.../...
The medic Chevelle does NOT have only one pickup Tim, have you ever even seen Chevelle Live? Most of Pete's guitars are Standard PRS 24's custom built with baritone necks. And yes, PRS has only ever made Baritone scale guitars for Mike Mushok and Pete Loeffler. That is a Private Stock guitar, not sure if you understand anything about PRS, but that guitar is Signed Private stock on the back of the headstock, plus just look at the top! He does indeed have two white 24's. Common knowledge. Further reference:
www.prs-guitars.us/.../
Let us remember that you didn't know that he had Fenders, which you can see in these pictures, then you said there is a single pickup 24.
Sorry Tim, no offense man, but you are only partially correct.
However, he has two white ones. The first is his main live guitar which he's had since 2005, and that has dot inlays. The second one he has has only one pickup, and has the medic inlays, however it was stolen. He got it back, but refuses to play it since he feels it's been soiled, because someone else had played it and kept it for some time. This is the guitar that Letter from a Thief was written about. The Mike Mushok isn't Private Stock, it's a standard model Mike gave Pete on the Stimulate This! tour in 2009. End of discussion.
The WHITE, and Gold are the baritones he has and the Private Stock Mike Mushok. The white one also has the Red Chevelle MedicX inlays on the fingerboard. These are special orders from PRS. The only production model Baritone PRS makes is the Mushok SE, an overseas model. Not sure if I understood on the Billie JOe Armstrong comment, but He doesn't play a baritone. The Mushok's only real problem in my opinion is a maple neck, I prefer the Mahogany. Pete was GIVEN his baritonse by Paul Reed SMith himself! The white one is signed to him personally on the back of the headstock.
Yeah, actually he bought one of Mike Mushok's baritones, but the other PRS customs were made for him by PRS, they cost about $11,000 for the gold one alone. I could see him having a signature model in the future, I mean Clint Lowery just got one, so Pete's probably in the future.
He actually even has a Sub-Sonic Strat in the album cover to Vena Sera. I also have a picture of his live guitar rack with two Sub-Sonic Strats in it. He also uses Bogner Shivas and Diezel Herberts in studio. In Pete's clean tones, he typically has a Phaser on, sometime he blends it with a Tremelo. IN Jars, he uses a phaser in the verse. Not to mention, The original Baritone White PRS 24 with the Chevelle inlay was stolen in the trailer break in I believe. He is also using a Mike Mushok Private Stock 10 Top Baritone as well right now.
Yes, in the STUDIO, not live. PRS guitars still make about 90% or his tone.
Before it gets too heated here - yes - there is proof all over the web, and as mentioned earlier in the comments, that Pete has used the Fenders in the STUDIO.
Wrong, sir, Pete doesn't use sub-sonic strats. I have no clue where you get your info from. He uses exclusively PRS guitar on the road. Most of Sci Fi Crimes was recorded with his PRS custom Baritone guitar. He has 2. One white, one gold. He doesn't use a phaser in Jars, it's just his guitar, dirty, the entire song. There are a few tremolo effects in the background though. check your info please before posting.
better tone. Mark IV kinda lacks definition.
Also, there are good studio videos floating around where he can be
seen using Bogner Shiva's and Diezel heads.