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Old 08.19.2009, 12:38 PM   #1
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According to Chris Lawerence and the great photos he took of SY's gear as of recently on this tour it is apparent that Thurston and Kim are branching out and using different effects units... Is this confirmed on any of the other tour dates?

according to Chris, T's now using:

Sitori Sonics 'Harem Fuzz'
MXR Phase 90
Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
Crowther 'Hot Cake' overdrive
Electro-Harmonix/Sovtek Big Muff
Mutron Wah-Vol

and No longer using a Proco Turbo Rat and an MXR Blue Box!!!

I went on the Sitori Sonics website and they appear to no longer make the 'Harem Fuzz' and after a little research the only info I obtained about it is described as a "lower gain RamsHead Big Muff clone", I am not sure how accurate this is... Just curious if anyone else noticed this or has any info.
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Old 08.21.2009, 04:33 AM   #2
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wow, this got about as much reaction as the two latest gear guide updates....(which i thought were awesome)

as far as i know, this is his set-up for the 2009 tour in general and not just portland...

and people wonder why i only update every couple of years...
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Old 08.21.2009, 04:41 AM   #3
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Damn, I wish I was more of a gear head to fully appreciate all the additions...which I DO appreciate, but I don't have much to say about them, if you get what I mean.
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Old 08.21.2009, 01:12 PM   #5
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wow, this got about as much reaction as the two latest gear guide updates....(which i thought were awesome)

as far as i know, this is his set-up for the 2009 tour in general and not just portland...

and people wonder why i only update every couple of years...

Chris I agree...

maybe there are not many gear junkies posting on this board... i am unfortunately a gear junkie more so with pedals than guitars or amps.

i thought T would never quit the turbo rat, i'm more surprised with that than the blue box i guess. i have had two blue boxes i think they are great sounding when activated, but they compromise my tone way too much for it to stay in my chain... its like the gated signal still bleeds through when not turned on and it kills the guitars sustain... i dunno maybe the original script versions don't do this but those are expensive "vintage" versions these days.

kim and thurston have a new love for Sitori Sonics...
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Old 08.21.2009, 01:15 PM   #6
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wow, this got about as much reaction as the two latest gear guide updates....(which i thought were awesome)

as far as i know, this is his set-up for the 2009 tour in general and not just portland...

and people wonder why i only update every couple of years...

He still had the Blue Box on 7/11. I will post pics in a sec. Not sure about Rat yet.
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Old 08.21.2009, 01:19 PM   #7
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This was on 7/11/09, from Nashville. The Blue Box is definitely there but I can't tell if the Rat is.
 
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Old 08.21.2009, 01:31 PM   #8
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thats interesting, a pedal change up mid-tour... unless his main blue box and turbo rat both broke and their wasn't back ups (hard to believe) the switch up in effects is kinda odd and daring. more so with adding a Sitori Harem Fuzz than the crowther Hot Cake. As I understand it the Harem Fuzz is nothing like a blue box and closer to a Big Muff... which he already has.
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This is from the night before (7/10) I think the Rat is the 3 knob one to the right of the Hot Cake.
 
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Old 08.21.2009, 01:47 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Chris Lawrence
wow, this got about as much reaction as the two latest gear guide updates....(which i thought were awesome)

as far as i know, this is his set-up for the 2009 tour in general and not just portland...

and people wonder why i only update every couple of years...


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Old 08.21.2009, 05:03 PM   #11
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haha, thanks

weird about the blue box etc earlier in the tour! i see that sitori sonics are based in alabama, perhaps they picked some up around the time of the birmingham gig (july 12, so right after nashville) ?
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thurston still had both the rat and blue box in knoxville and nashville, in fact, the rat got the most use, he only used the hot cake for massage the history
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Here's a link to Sitori Sonics website: http://sitorisonics.com/

Doob Dreamer and Tapeworm could be the ones I would like to have.
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thurston still had both the rat and blue box in knoxville and nashville, in fact, the rat got the most use, he only used the hot cake for massage the history

i would guess he needed the hot cake w/ the acoustic just so he can be heard in the mix during the loud middle section of message the history... i was reading a bit about the Crowther Hot Cake, designed by the guitarist? in the band Split Enz, an overdrive that retains the original sound of your guitar/amp combo, has two internal settings, one called a "blueberry" which effects the treble/buzz on the front part of the distortion.
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he could have used his rat for that. my guess is he learned about it from mascis or ibold. ibold uses the prunes and custard which is the other pedal crowther makes. or mascis who uses the 2 hotcakes in 1 on his board. i believe malkmus used a hotcake at some point too.

another thing that confuses me is the absence of the blue box when he used it on sacred trickster every time i've seen them play it.
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According to Chris Lawerence and the great photos he took of SY's gear as of recently on this tour it is apparent that Thurston and Kim are branching out and using different effects units... Is this confirmed on any of the other tour dates?

according to Chris, T's now using:

Sitori Sonics 'Harem Fuzz'
MXR Phase 90
Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
Crowther 'Hot Cake' overdrive
Electro-Harmonix/Sovtek Big Muff
Mutron Wah-Vol

and No longer using a Proco Turbo Rat and an MXR Blue Box!!!

I went on the Sitori Sonics website and they appear to no longer make the 'Harem Fuzz' and after a little research the only info I obtained about it is described as a "lower gain RamsHead Big Muff clone", I am not sure how accurate this is... Just curious if anyone else noticed this or has any info.



hello everyone. i am emanual ellinas, the guy that makes the sitori sonics pedals.

i am SO happy that my FAVORITE band in the world is using my stuff!!!

they got a bunch of other stuff too, but i will leave it up to you (and them) to let people in on that stuff as time goes by.

i dropped in to say that our website is terrible. horrible. poop, i say.

we do make the harem fuzz, and several others that are not listed.

we are suffering from the 'ol "my brother in law does our website and is lagging", etc...

we are working on changing that right this very second.

until then, if anyone has any questions, just go to sitorisonics.com and go to the contact page. that brings you right to me, and we can talk.

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