Playing... FEAR FACTORY - What to use ?
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EdgeCrusher
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You dont need any effects, all you need is brutal distortion, maybe an EQ pedal to dial in a tight sound, and a super heavy pick attack. EMG's would help too. He used a modded JCM800 for Demanufacture and Obsolete, then switched to Line6 PodXT pros into mesa tube power amps for Digimortal, only cuz his modded marshal got stolen.
RCB
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Also keep in mind the tunings used on certain FF records. For instance:
S.O.A.N.M--B
Demanufacture--B
Obsolete--A
Digimortal--B,A (for most of the record), and G
As for Archetype and Transgression, I believe it's mostly (if not souly) B tuning.
One last thing I'll mention is that Dino had a chorus pedal in his Marshall rig. I don't know how it was used, but it was there.
Hope this helps, and if ya already knew this...well....
.......:runs out the door:
S.O.A.N.M--B
Demanufacture--B
Obsolete--A
Digimortal--B,A (for most of the record), and G
As for Archetype and Transgression, I believe it's mostly (if not souly) B tuning.
One last thing I'll mention is that Dino had a chorus pedal in his Marshall rig. I don't know how it was used, but it was there.
Hope this helps, and if ya already knew this...well....
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Volsung said:Also keep in mind the tunings used on certain FF records. For instance:
S.O.A.N.M--B
Demanufacture--B
Obsolete--A
Digimortal--B,A (for most of the record), and G
As for Archetype and Transgression, I believe it's mostly (if not souly) B tuning.
One last thing I'll mention is that Dino had a chorus pedal in his Marshall rig. I don't know how it was used, but it was there.
Hope this helps, and if ya already knew this...well....
Bad misinformation there. Obsolete has songs in B (Hi-Tech Hate, Resurrection, etc) as well as A. Archetype and Transgression do as well.
FF really doesnt use fx, on Digimortal they used some a bit, but in general its just straight up. There might be some on Transgression but I don't consider that a genuine FF album.
Brord
Furor Teutonicus
Dino uses chorus on his clean sound. Make sure you have a NOISEGATE to get that instant silence on the stackato ritm playing and make sure to use a decent amount of mid's, dino got most of it's low end out of the low mid register. Use plenty of highs and be a little more gentle on the precense. Use just enough gain to get the palm muted notes nice and crunchy (more of a scraping sound than a thud in the chest). Use LIGHT strings (.10's for standard tuning + .52 for the low B he used) Emg 707's and heavey pick attack wil help a lot.
Brord
Furor Teutonicus
Well, I'm pretty sure that's what I read, but I'm not going to argue about such details... Anyway he uses light strings.
Jason
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zimbloth said:
I remember reading he uses/used a 50" anything over that was muddy to him.
EdgeCrusher said:
nope just line6 pods. Dino said he found his sound playing with a line6 pod(tight high gain) with the mesa power amp (tube warmth and tone) He a/b'd them with recto's but chose the line6 due to the slight tube sag with the recto's
InTheRavensName
Dog says yes ^.^ Yes
Ibanez (with EMG and painted neck, set trem) --> Pod Pro (not XT I'm pretty sure) --> Mesa 2:90 --> 2xMesa 2x12 cabs
that was around 2000 I think?
that was around 2000 I think?
Jason
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InTheRavensName said:
yeah sound about right. I remember the thing about the painted neck too.
InTheRavensName
Dog says yes ^.^ Yes
...more sustain? wasn't there an extra fret in there somewhere too?
Stitch
Banned
He also used a filter pedal (like the Ibanez LF-7 Lo-Fi) for those scratchy, look-mum-no-bass-or-mids sound (3:03 in No One or 2:44 of Back The Fuck Up offa Digimortal). I believe he also uses chorus for the "melodic" bits in song where there are single string ideas; i.e (Memory Imprints) Never End and Descent for two examples. Does he not use the Vetta II now? Seems bloody stupid that Line 6 wouldn't advertise his usage of it...
stitch216 said:
Where did you see he uses the Vetta? As far as I've known he's used the POD Pro and Flextone II head.
I think it's funny how no one's talked about Christian's sound. I prefer Dino's myself.
zimbloth said:Christians sound is just a Krankenstein I think.
Exactly.
InTheRavensName
Dog says yes ^.^ Yes
I think I prefer Christian's playing...
as for his rig, he has a powerbook and guitar rig II for FX I think...
as for his rig, he has a powerbook and guitar rig II for FX I think...
Really? Wow.. have you heard the album "Demanufacture" or "Osbolete"? Christians not bad but the FF style is 100% Dino, Christian is pretty much just doing his best impersonation right now.
