For the Current album (Love Part II) Tom included a Fulltone OCD into his rig, but the Fulltone Fulldrive remains.

does he use the AC30 handwired or the standard one ?

his last rack featured a
korg rack tuner moog voyager rme
korg kaoss pad dunlop dc brick alesis micron mxr evh phase 90 whirlwind ab box
shure wireless tc gforce furman power conditioner palmer adig lb fulltone fulldrive x2 evh flanger and another whirlwind
guitars 6 different signutare gibsons
forum.theavamovement.com/.../

Still doesn't make sense, cuz like i said he doesnt even run his preamps through the speakers...he uses palmer speaker simulators,, and how they work is they run the preamps through the speaker sims then through the PA system... how many speakers the combos have are irrelevant...all the sound we here are coming from the giant PA speakers not his amps... could just be for looks, to give a bigger stage presence...

Quoting Michael R:

Quoting Sal Bertucci:

Quoting Glenn:

He doesn't use the Fenders for crunch.

I think he uses the full tone to drive his Vox amps harder.

Here's something I keep wondering:

If his rig is stereo, and thats the reason why there's two of everything: wouldnt it make more sense to have the amps on both sides of the stage?

or are they mic'd and sent L + R to the mix?

I'm not saying he uses his fenders for crunch.. i own both of those amps, and to get the clean sound from his fenders you hear live.. a drive pedal needs to be used on a low setting... just enough to break up its super clean tone... i use my fulldrive on a medium setting to get the same awesome drive out of my vox.. i had a chance to get face to face with hsi pedals and amp settings at the ava show... but for the blink sound im kinda just goin by ear... as for his "stereo" set up... he runs both of his amps straight into the PA using i believe speaker simulators. Doesnt matter where the amps are on the stage because we arent hearing his amps based on where they are.. we get what comes from the PA system. I don't really get this stereo thing for his set up either.. cuz he doesnt do it with ava.. but i guess theres a second guitar so not needed?? i dunno. But He does not mic his amps at all.. the first couple new live performances they did (leno, etc), he mic'ed them but definitely not for the tours themselves..

Since those amps are combo amps, He wants it to be the volume of a stack which has 4 speakers, so for each amp they have 2 once you double it, its mainly for volume.

Quoting Sal:

Tom stated he couldn't recall the exact model but that it was orange's version of the AC30.. so im thinking it's the RK30TC 30W 1x12 Tube amp from orange... he had one sitting in his living room... and when iw as on stage for the past AVA tour... Matt Wachter had one placed under his synths...said he was using it as a monitor for them... could be tom's, but im pretty sure i have the right model. Rock on

What's regarded as "orange's version of the AC30" is the Orange AD30 (note the similiar names) the Rocker 30 is alot closer to a JCM800.

He also uses sound toys plugins for editing a line 6 dl4 delay in the studio. he runs through a blue bottle mic for vocals.

Quoting Glenn:

He doesn't use the Fenders for crunch.

I think he uses the full tone to drive his Vox amps harder.

Here's something I keep wondering:

If his rig is stereo, and thats the reason why there's two of everything: wouldnt it make more sense to have the amps on both sides of the stage?

or are they mic'd and sent L + R to the mix?

I'm not saying he uses his fenders for crunch.. i own both of those amps, and to get the clean sound from his fenders you hear live.. a drive pedal needs to be used on a low setting... just enough to break up its super clean tone... i use my fulldrive on a medium setting to get the same awesome drive out of my vox.. i had a chance to get face to face with hsi pedals and amp settings at the ava show... but for the blink sound im kinda just goin by ear... as for his "stereo" set up... he runs both of his amps straight into the PA using i believe speaker simulators. Doesnt matter where the amps are on the stage because we arent hearing his amps based on where they are.. we get what comes from the PA system. I don't really get this stereo thing for his set up either.. cuz he doesnt do it with ava.. but i guess theres a second guitar so not needed?? i dunno. But He does not mic his amps at all.. the first couple new live performances they did (leno, etc), he mic'ed them but definitely not for the tours themselves..

Quoting Sal Bertucci:

I've also been on stage with him but only with AVA... but I know his distortion comes from his 2 fulldrive 2 pedals which are on his rack, and his flange from the EVH flanger pedal. Now before the LOVE tour i can't say forsure what he used... but in europe with blink he brought his new rack with him.. micron synth and kaoss pad included... so im guessing he also had his pedals with him. He may not be stepping on them directly.. but its all looped through his gcx audio switcher... and then his ground control box... i use the exact same gear as what i have seen tom use and i can get his sound perfect.. so im guessin im doin it right lol... but he definitely does use those pedals live... the evh phaser included... for blink i think he runs one of his fulldrive pedals through his fender to break up his clean a little bit... because i as well as any other fender 65 twin owner will tell you its almost impossible to get some crunch out of the 65 twin without a pedal...

He doesn't use the Fenders for crunch.

I think he uses the full tone to drive his Vox amps harder.

Here's something I keep wondering:

If his rig is stereo, and thats the reason why there's two of everything: wouldnt it make more sense to have the amps on both sides of the stage?

or are they mic'd and sent L + R to the mix?

Quoting uberproaud:

Quoting Trevor Mannion:

I've been on stage with Tom 3 times, and he uses no pedals. The only thing he uses pedals for is studio (Recording) and controlling the Korg Kaoss pad seen on his rig from the LOVE tour, and later on.

Other than that I believe you are completely correct. He uses a Custom Audio Electronics Foot switch, that controls A G-Force effect unit. For AVA it runs Delay, Phase, Flange, then a dirty channel, a super dirty channel, a clean channel, and a super clean channel (Rarely used :)) For Blink-182 he runs a flange (As You Said, see the guitar center interviews) and I quote... "I use the flange a lot, probly too much. I need to quit using that ish...." I have pics of his rig that i will post on a later day. If anyone has questions just ask me, I know a lot about this rig. As does the guy I replied to.

Thanks guys, Trevor Mannion.

Here is a recent picture (few months ago) of Tom's live rack and you can clearly see all the EVH pedals in it: www.flickr.com/.../4564637790 And here is a pic from last year of his footswitch: www.flickr.com/photos/mtmd24/3934729611/

So I think it is fair to say he uses the pedals with AVA?

I knew for a fact he's running pedals. he also uses (or used to use) Palmer Speaker Emulators with ava. he said it made the sound stereo and instantly boosted the signal by 6 db/

other than that, he uses the exact rig with both bands. (maybe subtracts some effects when playing with blink, but still.)

Quoting Trevor Mannion:

I've been on stage with Tom 3 times, and he uses no pedals. The only thing he uses pedals for is studio (Recording) and controlling the Korg Kaoss pad seen on his rig from the LOVE tour, and later on.

Other than that I believe you are completely correct. He uses a Custom Audio Electronics Foot switch, that controls A G-Force effect unit. For AVA it runs Delay, Phase, Flange, then a dirty channel, a super dirty channel, a clean channel, and a super clean channel (Rarely used :)) For Blink-182 he runs a flange (As You Said, see the guitar center interviews) and I quote... "I use the flange a lot, probly too much. I need to quit using that ish...." I have pics of his rig that i will post on a later day. If anyone has questions just ask me, I know a lot about this rig. As does the guy I replied to.

Thanks guys, Trevor Mannion.

Here is a recent picture (few months ago) of Tom's live rack and you can clearly see all the EVH pedals in it: www.flickr.com/.../4564637790 And here is a pic from last year of his footswitch: www.flickr.com/photos/mtmd24/3934729611/

So I think it is fair to say he uses the pedals with AVA?

A lot of the stuff here is accurate and some of it isn't. I don't have a definitive source, so sue me, but whatever.

I know tom uses a stereo rig, so it doesnt surprise me that he would use 2 ac30s.


AC30s can get pretty dirty, but not Dimebag Darrell dirty.

I'm assuming it's a huge deal that his vox amps are hand wired, since the difference in price is like 1k.

the pedals up there are correct. in blink he uses a flanger. I saw an interview where they asked him what AVA elements he brought into blink, and he said that he planned on using basically the same guitar sound but it just wasnt working, so now all he has is a flanger. Im assuming its the EVH flanger, because in that issue of guitar world (which i own) he calls it the "the best flanger ever" he goes on to talk about how when he steps on a flanger, he wants to hear it all over the place, not just sort of whooshing in the background.

As for the delay times: he uses a boss dd6. i used to own one, and its got a tap tempo function. im sure this is what he uses. experiment with the other settings.

tom has been using .60 tortex and .10-52 forever.

Tom also uses dunlop straps. im thinking of other stuff about his rig...

the guitars that he uses for drop tuning ARE Barratto guitars. you can see them here:

barattoguitars.com/?page_id=14

about 3/4 down the page.

Tom DOES NOT USE GIBSON STRINGS!!! they come with the production models but tom himself doesnt use them. lookup other gibson signature models, they all say the same in the specs.

if anybody has any questions, let me know.

u need to set the delay time rele fast and put the foldback for quite long cuz they're quick delays but they last for ages. If you got a boss DD-3 set ur delay time to a 3rd the way up, set the mode at 800ms and the foldback about midway. he also uses a flange so it sweeps too.

Anyone know the settings he uses on his delay pedal?

I see an Orange combo is listed as part of Tom's gear. Anyone know which model, or when he used it?

I noticed that Tom Delonge Also has a Hollowbody Baritone Guitar done by Baratto Guitars same Gibson Specs (As far as I know) for the Songs, Obvious Adam's Song, and any other low tuned songs

i guess, Tom's sound is about as crunchy as you'd want for punk, right? If u use higher output pickups you could do it, maybe, but you'd probably be better off with a higher gain amp for really distorted stuff.

how crunchy? because I really like the vox tone but I play music like black flag, bad brains etc.
would I be able to do that with just the vox?

How does he get so much gain from a Vox? Considering he uses it in Blink-182 now.

when did he use that? I have seen Tom live many many many times and everything goes thru his custom audio footswitch to his amp

So, Does this mean he uses that for blink 182 because in the interview was when he was in AVA? If so do you suggest and settings for it?

So, Tom Delonge uses the Line 6 Constrictor for his compression in live concerts or home recording or both? Does he also use the T.C Electronics G-Force Multi Fx Unit for a compressor too?

He has used the skinny top heavy bottom set of strings in the past (guitargeek says 1999). But maybe he changed to a different set. Find a reference and we'll add it.

are you guys sure tom uses the skinny tops heavy bottoms, I thought he used the regular slinkys?

What effects do Tom use just for Blink 182? Thanks, cos I know his AVA stuff is different.

Mark posted that while he was working and producing with MCS he wasnt talking about tom.

Yes, positive, i have many photos of his rack gear taken by Doug( his guitar tech) in both AVA and Blink. It is used with the Custom Audio Electronics RS-10 midi foot switch to control switching between the Vox AC30's, Fender Twin Reverbs, and the delay/ reverb/ flange setting on the TC-Electronics G Force effects processor.

Hey Guys, are you sure that Tom DeLonge uses a - Digital Music Corp GCX Switcher/Router , because everywhere stands this is just working with the Voodoo-Lab Ground Control ?

Thanks

toms doenst use a distortion pedal just the distortion form the amp

Xavier is right, he uses 2 Vox Ac30H2's A/Bd for his distortion, he doesn't use one for backup, he uses them in parallel to beef up their sound as they're are only a three piece. To do this he has a Voodoo Labs GCX switcher/router which he connects his amps and effects to, he can then mix any sound how he likes using his CAE RS-10 midi foot controller.
Now, does anyone know what capo he uses? it isn't a G7th, dunlop or schubb...any suggestions?

actually theyre not for backup but for stereo (as said in a guitar world interview)

I repeat, Tom Delonge does not use a distortion pedal. He uses his Custom Audio Electronics Footswitch which also is used as a A/B switcher for his Amplifiers. The Vox AC30 is used for distortion whilst his fenders are used for his clean sound. All of his Flanger and other effects are produced by the T.C Electronics G-Force Multi Fx Unit. This is connected to his Custom Audio Electronics Footswitch via MIDI. I know things.

Anyone know what distortion pedal he uses? Im guessing its probably a DS-1 or something

do u know what pedal board he has been using recantly by any chance

Nice update. I just noticed that markoppus said something interesting in a May 09 twitter post:

"markhoppus: Wow. the hand-wired Vox ac-30 just lost out to the Marshall plexi. Who'd've thought? "

Wonder what he meant by that. Think they are going to use Marshall for something?