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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

- Gibson SG

Gibson Sg Standard Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry

- Fender Telecaster

Fender American Original '60S Telecaster Rosewood Fingerboard Electric Guitar 3-Color Sunburst

- Fender Jaguar

Fender American Original '60S Jaguar Rosewood Fingerboard Electric Guitar Surf Green

- Fender Mustang

Fender Player Mustang Electric Guitar With Maple Fingerboard Sonic Blue

- Supro 1960s 3/4 guitar

 



Amps and Cabinets

Uses a single Orange Rockerverb combo in 2011

- Orange AD140HTC guitar amplifier heads (multiple, Orange color, 140watt) (AD30 pic below)

Orange Amplifiers AD Series AD30HTC 30W Tube Guitar Amp Head

- 4x12 Orange Cabinets

- Vox AC30 (used a lot on Octahedron)

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

 

 

Effects and More

 

Omar had a greatly reduced pedal setup in 2011. The following pedals were seen on his 2011 board:

- Ibanez WH10 Wah pedal

- Line 6 M9 Effects board

- Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy

- MXR Phase 90

- Boss DD-5 Delay pedal

- Line 6 DL-4 Delay pedal

- Boss HR-2 Harmonist pedal

- MXR Micro Amp pedal

- Ibanez Tone-Lok TC7 Chorus pedal

 

Here are some of the other pedals that have been seen in Omar's collection:

- ADA Flanger

- ADA Final Phase
- BOSS CE-3 Chorus

- BOSS PH-3 Phaser

- BOSS RV-5 Reverb

- BOSS TU-2 Tuner and TU-12 tuner

- Boss Super Shifter PS-5

- BOSS LS-2 Line Selector

- BOSS VT-1 Voice Tranceformer

- Boss Vibrato

- Danelectro DJ13 French Toast Octave Distortion Pedal

- Digitech Whammy IV
- Digitech WH-1 Whammy

DigiTech Whammy Pitch-Shifting Guitar Effects Pedal

- Digitech Synth Wah

DigiTech XSW Synth Wah Envelope Filter Pedal

- Digitech Multi Chorus

- Doepfer A-100 Modular Synthesizer Units

- Dunlop 105Q Crybaby Bass Wah

- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff

- Electro-Harmonix Poly Chorus

- Electro-Harmonix Memory Man Deluxe

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man XO Analog Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Small Stone

- Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb

- Electro-Harmonix Frequency Analyzer

- Electro-Harmonix POG

- Electro-Harmonix HOG

Electro-Harmonix HOG 2 Harmonic Octave Generator Guitar Effects Pedal

- Ernie Ball Wah pedal

- Fulltone Ultimate Octave

Fulltone Ultimate Octave Guitar Effects Pedal

- Fulltone Tube Tape Echo

DISCONTINUED - Fulltone TTE Delay Effect Tube Tape Echo

- Ibanez DE7 Delay

- Ibanez SB7 Bass Synthesizer

- Ibanez PM7 Phase Modulator

- Ibanez CF7 Chorus/Flanger

- Ibanez DCF10 Chorus Flanger

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

Guyatone Mighty Micro MDm5 Digital Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- Guyatone TD-X Tube Echo

Guyatone Flip Series TD-X Tube Echo Guitar Effects Pedal

- 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 Guitar Effects Pedal

- Line 6 MM-4 Modulation Modeler

Line 6 MM4 Modulation Guitar Effects Pedal

- Line 6 DM-4 Distortion Modeler

Line 6 DM4 Distortion Modeler Pedal

- Line 6 M13

- Maestro Phase Shifter PS-1A

- Maxon 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-105M Moogerfooger MIDI MuRF Analog Filter Guitar Effects Pedal

- Mutron III

- MXR Stereo Chorus

- Pefftronics SB-101 Super Rand-O-Matic

- Prescription Electronics Experience

- Roland RE-101, RE-201, and RE-301 Space Echoes

- Xotic Robotalk

Xotic Effects Robotalk2 2-Channel Envelope Filter Guitar Effects Pedal

- 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 (.60mm)

 

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