Post by crawlingimposter on May 23, 2024 14:52:53 GMT
WORK IN PROGRESS
here's a great resource on imgur with dozens of photos imgur.com/a/juan-omar-mars-volta-etc-pedalboards-imgur-fed-up-order-sorry-MiLAt
It covers from 2000 - 2016, incl. Omar, Juan and Jeremy's pedals.
GEAR - BY ERA
ATDI (ROC era)
Confirmed Pedals: ADA Flanger, Boss DD-5 Digital Delay, Boss TU-2 Tuner, Moog MF-102, EHX Deluxe Memory Man, Digitech Whammy, Bixonic Expandora, Line6 FM4, Line6 DL4, Boss BF-2 Flanger
Possible Pedals: EHX Small Stone (V2)
Guitar: Squier Supersonic (modified to have only 1 humbucker, 2 controls (assumed to be 1 volume, 1 tone))
DE FACTO
Fender Mustang bass
Tascam Portastudio (414 model?), Uni-Vibe, EHX Deluxe Memory Man, ADA Flanger, Boss DD-5, Boss BF-2, Guyatone MD3, Boss DS-1, ProCo Rat, Line6 (not sure which model), plus a few others
TMV (2001-2002)
DITC
In the Studio:
www.mixonline.com/recording/mars-volta-365208
Amps: a small Supro amp (possibly 1606), a small Fender tweed amp, Fender Princeton, Fender Super Reverb, Vox AC30 (mic'd with Neumann U67s and sometimes SM57 in the back)
Effects: Roland Space Echo + dozens of others
Live:
Omar's main guitar during this era was a custom Ibanez AX120 with a single Little 59 pickup. He would continue to use this same pickup in his ORM-1 guitars later on.
FRANCES THE MUTE:
This is the guitar from The Widow music video:
It's a custom Ibanez jet king with two humbuckers. It was sold on Reverb.com in 2020: reverb.com/au/item/33414140-ibanez-omar-rodriguez-lopez-custom-made-2005-natural-black
You can also see him play this guitar in this Apolo music video:
Omar played a darker Ibanez AX120 with Little 59 pickup during the Frances The Mute tour also:
Amps: Orange AD140 with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers (not AD120, the magazine is wrong)
As for pedals...
AMPUTECHTURE
THE BEDLAM IN GOLIATH
OCTAHEDRON
In the Studio:
www.guitarplayer.com/players/mars-voltas-omar-rodriguez-lopez-on-his-ongoing-battle-with-guitar-playing-and-love-of-effects
Live:
tbc
2012/Noctourniquet Era
src: Rig Rundown (YouTube)
Top Row: Boss DD-5, MXR Phase 90, EHX Memory Boy, Boss PS-6 Harmonist
Middle Row: MXR Micro Amp
Bottom Row: Ibanez WH10 (V1 or V2), Line6 M9 Stompbox Modeler, Ibanez TC-7 Tri-Mode Chorus
Off-Board: Line6 DL4 Delay Modeler
Amp: Orange Rockerverb 50 MKIII 2x12 combo
Guitar: black Ibanez ORM-1 with Seymour Duncan Little '59 pickup (13-56 strings with wound G)
Pick: Dunlop Tortex .60mm (orange) with custom Los Tres Ojos image by Julio Venegas
Bosnian Rainbows
early board from Clouds Hill session
2014/Bosnian Rainbows Era
Guitar: Ibanez Custom (modelled after an old short-scale Supro guitar) with 13-56 strings
ANTEMASQUE
This is his second pedalboard with Antemasque:
Top Row: Boss DD-5, Empress Fuzz, DBA Echo Dream 2, Boss TU-2
Middle Row: JHS Warble Tron, Wampler Faux Spring Reverb
Bottom Row: Moog MF Chorus, Blackout Effectors Whetstone Phaser, Empress Superdelay
Off-Board: Dunlop Cry Baby Wah(?), Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, Line6 DL4 Delay Modeler
ATDI 2012 Tour
ATDI 2016
Top Row: Boss DD-5, ZVEX Fuzz Factory, Styrmon Timeline, Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
Middle Row: JHS Warble Tron, Wampler Faux Spring Reverb
Bottom Row: Moog MF Chorus, Boss BF-3 Flanger, Empress SuperDelay
Offboard: MXR M133 Micro Amp, Line6 DL4 Delay Modeler
2022/TMV Reunion Tour
Here is Omar his board from 2022:
Top Row: Boss DD-5 Digital Delay, UAD Astra, Empress EchoSystem, Boss VB-2w Vibrato (Waza Craft), MXR M300 Reverb
Bottom Row: Eventide TriceraChorus, MXR M101 Phase 90, Moog MF-102 Ring Modulator, One Pot Latin Power Fuzz (https://reverb.com/item/35033217-one-pot-latin-power-fuzz), Xotic XW-1 Wah, MXR M133 Micro Amp
Off Board: Line6 DL4 Delay Modeler, Ernie Ball VP Jr. Volume Pedal, Boss TU-2 (or TU-3) Chromatic Tuner
Guitar: Ernie Ball Mariposa (Signature Model)
Amp: Orange AD30HTC with two PPC412 cabs
De Facto Reunion 2024
Omar returned to bass for this SXSW show + pedals. It appears to be a Fender Mustang model.
His pedalboard looks to be almost the same as from his most recent Mars Volta tour but with some changes. There doesn't appear to be a DL4 or Xotic Wah. There is another blue pedal which might be a compressor.
here's a great resource on imgur with dozens of photos imgur.com/a/juan-omar-mars-volta-etc-pedalboards-imgur-fed-up-order-sorry-MiLAt
It covers from 2000 - 2016, incl. Omar, Juan and Jeremy's pedals.
GEAR - BY ERA
ATDI (ROC era)
Confirmed Pedals: ADA Flanger, Boss DD-5 Digital Delay, Boss TU-2 Tuner, Moog MF-102, EHX Deluxe Memory Man, Digitech Whammy, Bixonic Expandora, Line6 FM4, Line6 DL4, Boss BF-2 Flanger
Possible Pedals: EHX Small Stone (V2)
Guitar: Squier Supersonic (modified to have only 1 humbucker, 2 controls (assumed to be 1 volume, 1 tone))
DE FACTO
Fender Mustang bass
Tascam Portastudio (414 model?), Uni-Vibe, EHX Deluxe Memory Man, ADA Flanger, Boss DD-5, Boss BF-2, Guyatone MD3, Boss DS-1, ProCo Rat, Line6 (not sure which model), plus a few others
TMV (2001-2002)
DITC
In the Studio:
www.mixonline.com/recording/mars-volta-365208
Amps: a small Supro amp (possibly 1606), a small Fender tweed amp, Fender Princeton, Fender Super Reverb, Vox AC30 (mic'd with Neumann U67s and sometimes SM57 in the back)
Effects: Roland Space Echo + dozens of others
Live:
Omar's main guitar during this era was a custom Ibanez AX120 with a single Little 59 pickup. He would continue to use this same pickup in his ORM-1 guitars later on.
FRANCES THE MUTE:
This is the guitar from The Widow music video:
It's a custom Ibanez jet king with two humbuckers. It was sold on Reverb.com in 2020: reverb.com/au/item/33414140-ibanez-omar-rodriguez-lopez-custom-made-2005-natural-black
You can also see him play this guitar in this Apolo music video:
Omar played a darker Ibanez AX120 with Little 59 pickup during the Frances The Mute tour also:
Amps: Orange AD140 with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers (not AD120, the magazine is wrong)
As for pedals...
AMPUTECHTURE
THE BEDLAM IN GOLIATH
OCTAHEDRON
In the Studio:
www.guitarplayer.com/players/mars-voltas-omar-rodriguez-lopez-on-his-ongoing-battle-with-guitar-playing-and-love-of-effects
Live:
tbc
2012/Noctourniquet Era
src: Rig Rundown (YouTube)
Top Row: Boss DD-5, MXR Phase 90, EHX Memory Boy, Boss PS-6 Harmonist
Middle Row: MXR Micro Amp
Bottom Row: Ibanez WH10 (V1 or V2), Line6 M9 Stompbox Modeler, Ibanez TC-7 Tri-Mode Chorus
Off-Board: Line6 DL4 Delay Modeler
Amp: Orange Rockerverb 50 MKIII 2x12 combo
Guitar: black Ibanez ORM-1 with Seymour Duncan Little '59 pickup (13-56 strings with wound G)
Pick: Dunlop Tortex .60mm (orange) with custom Los Tres Ojos image by Julio Venegas
Bosnian Rainbows
early board from Clouds Hill session
2014/Bosnian Rainbows Era
Guitar: Ibanez Custom (modelled after an old short-scale Supro guitar) with 13-56 strings
ANTEMASQUE
This is his second pedalboard with Antemasque:
Top Row: Boss DD-5, Empress Fuzz, DBA Echo Dream 2, Boss TU-2
Middle Row: JHS Warble Tron, Wampler Faux Spring Reverb
Bottom Row: Moog MF Chorus, Blackout Effectors Whetstone Phaser, Empress Superdelay
Off-Board: Dunlop Cry Baby Wah(?), Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, Line6 DL4 Delay Modeler
ATDI 2012 Tour
ATDI 2016
Top Row: Boss DD-5, ZVEX Fuzz Factory, Styrmon Timeline, Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
Middle Row: JHS Warble Tron, Wampler Faux Spring Reverb
Bottom Row: Moog MF Chorus, Boss BF-3 Flanger, Empress SuperDelay
Offboard: MXR M133 Micro Amp, Line6 DL4 Delay Modeler
2022/TMV Reunion Tour
Here is Omar his board from 2022:
Top Row: Boss DD-5 Digital Delay, UAD Astra, Empress EchoSystem, Boss VB-2w Vibrato (Waza Craft), MXR M300 Reverb
Bottom Row: Eventide TriceraChorus, MXR M101 Phase 90, Moog MF-102 Ring Modulator, One Pot Latin Power Fuzz (https://reverb.com/item/35033217-one-pot-latin-power-fuzz), Xotic XW-1 Wah, MXR M133 Micro Amp
Off Board: Line6 DL4 Delay Modeler, Ernie Ball VP Jr. Volume Pedal, Boss TU-2 (or TU-3) Chromatic Tuner
Guitar: Ernie Ball Mariposa (Signature Model)
Amp: Orange AD30HTC with two PPC412 cabs
De Facto Reunion 2024
Omar returned to bass for this SXSW show + pedals. It appears to be a Fender Mustang model.
His pedalboard looks to be almost the same as from his most recent Mars Volta tour but with some changes. There doesn't appear to be a DL4 or Xotic Wah. There is another blue pedal which might be a compressor.