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Screw

As Ho Chi says it’s called Screw and it’s on the 1985 album Head on the Door

PSM-5 / DM-3 / BF-2 / OD-1 / CE-2 / GE-7. In this order.

Thanks for the advice. We learn more and more each time we do these videos!

@@Medic911LA I just thought it was a shame as you have such an impressive collection of guitars and have studied the sunject well but i was having real trouble hearing what you were saying. cheers

Yeah we picked up that trick from Robert’s board. He also has some notes taped to the top edge of his Schecter guitars. Wouldn’t work so well on a Jazzmaster since the top edge is rounded which makes me think Robert had A LOT of input in designing his signature Schecter guitars. The top edges have a very flat surface. If you look closely at later shows where he is playing the schecters, there are strips of tape with notes. Thanks for the comment and hope you enjoy our channel!

@@theobscure1938 I'm gonna watch the other episodes, but this trick alone has made my day :) thank you!

Thanks for the comment. We hope you enjoy our channel. We are trying to put more stuff out. If we have day jobs too!

Thanks so much for the great comment. We will be working on some videos during the next week or so and will put this in the list.

Amps aren't always distorted. If it's low on dirt then it's not a problem to chorus right into the amp.

Yeah, specifically bc a lot of the Cure material was written on Roland Jazz Chorus 120s, which has the same chorus circuit as the Boss CE-2, which is the pedal he uses.

Thanks! Let us know what you want to see. We just posted a video on our bass players budget Simon Gallup rig.

Thank you! We will be doing individual demos of each guitar. Let us know what you want to see

@@theobscure1938 Maybe you can answer this question. Is the only difference between the RS1000 acoustics the electronics and top graphic? In other words, are they the same guitar? I don’t know if I want to spend double just for a nice pickup system. Thanks

@@PhilTiki there are 2 Schecter Robert Smith acoustics available. One has the solid white Star RS 1000 and the one with the outline of the star (RS Busker). The busker has no electronics in it at all. If you are not looking for an electric acoustic, then the busker is a great guitar.

@@theobscure1938 Yes. My question was, are they the same guitar? Did they take a Busker, give it a different paint job and put electronics in it to make it a Stage or is the Stage a totally different build?

@@PhilTiki according to schecters website, when comparing the two, specs are the same as far as nut width, neck profile and measurements.

I guess most touring artists want gear that's dependable and easily replaceable. You're screwed if your unique pedal with magic dust inside fails. Of course you can buy a pile of those pedals in stock but why bother when you can get almost identical sounding gear from basically any music store off-the-shelf. There's also a ton of used Boss pedals available if you happen to depend on some certain model and the newer ones don't quite cut it, but I guess a big artist might just send an email to Boss office to ask if they still have a few available.

Thank you! Glad you like it! We are in the process of making some more sure gear videos!!

Yes that was a 2015 show where he had a different board- he does not have the EQ- on the middle board- he has tuner, blues driver, sd1, delay, phaser, and flanger. Our video focuses on 2016-current but it would be interesting to see the boards from each year.

@@theobscure1938 Did you take a look at RS’s guitar vault whilst you were close enough to take pictures? Did you get a backstage pass? Some guitars have lyrics attached to the top as small reminders...

Your right,this is what we grabbed from my photos of 2016-2019 board. He has the PH-3 on “fall” setting and couldn’t see that he changed it but possible for other songs in set list at different times, he changes it.

@@theobscure1938 RS has got more than one pedalboard in reserve so I guess he can pull out different boards depending on the set list etc. He also has a tour flight case full of drawers and one is full of spare pedals

This is his 2016-current board. You are absolutely right, he did use electric mistress and So many other pedals for recording. We were able to get pics of the stage set up including the amps, pedals, guitars and routes of all cables during 2016-current shows and this is what we found. Any brand you use, you will be able to get The Cure tone.

This is the 2016-current board. He uses the Lehle 3@1 as shown in this video to connect 2 guitars to the boards. (The regular Schecter electric. The VI and the acoustic)

@@theobscure1938 Ok. However I suppose the boards are not connected is series to each other, right ? Or maybe they are. Actually it stuns me seeing he's using these nice analog pedals. So why do The Cure sound so digital in live concerts these days (years) ?? I suppose it all has to do with the mixing system, the soundsystem and speakers used in the venue. I don't know. (Maybe it's the Roland Cubes.)

He has played so many great guitars including Aria’s, fenders, gretsch, Gibson, etc. We eventually hope to get each one!

Hiya, just one little correction (I hope you don't think I'm being an arsehole about it!), Robert used the Gretsches (starting with a Tennessee Rose) after Wish which was done with two Gibson Chet Atkins including the tour. The Gretsches came after that. They're all fantastic guitars though! : )

@@theobscure1938 No Aria, though. And Gibson and Gretsch not on the early albums, but in the 90's.

The pedal board video actually shows one of the pics of Roberts board on stage. We will make some more videos and try to include those in there.

Great idea! I will have our bass player do a video for you.

@@theobscure1938 i look forward to it, thanks:)

I would also be very interested in seeing this!

I will check my pictures of the stage and see if I can see those.

How do you get your signature 6-string bass sound? It has always gone through the same three Boss pedals -- a digital delay and a chorus, with a touch of noise gate to cut off the delay. And I always play through the same early-'80s Peavey Ultra head and 4x12 cabinet. The 6-string bass sound is the one thing that has stayed the same since the Faith album in 1981. I've never changed the setup, because I always thought it sounded really good. It's like a cello for me -- a really perfect sound. On the Peavey, the middle is rolled off completely, the bass is half up, the treble is full up, and the presence is set at about half. This really reflects my character, but things are invariably set to 0, 5, or 10 on my amps. I never go for anything in between, because that's fussing about, and it never gets you anywhere. The pedals are always set so that they look right. That sounds a bit stupid, but, in a strange way, it works. There are four knobs on the delay, and they're all set at 12 o'clock -- apart from the knob on the far right, which is set slightly off from 12 o'clock at 800 milliseconds. That's an unfortunate design -- Boss obviously didn't have me in mind when they made that pedal [laughs]. On the chorus, the left-hand knob is at ten o'clock, and the right-hand knob is at two o'clock. It's symmetrical. This isn't insane you know! If you've played enough, you sort of know what something is going to sound like by looking at it.

There is a video of Reeves Gabrels pedal board on UA-cam. At 3:25 you can see that pedal board you are referring to. That’s the chorus, an unknown white Boss pedal (noise gate, another eq??) and the Lehle 3@1. We show the Lehle 3@1 on our video what he uses to switch between his guitars.

He might use one of the delays along with the VI board, but he definitely has a separate boost, SD-1 and flanger for the VI. We will be doing some tone matching videos soon including the vi

Schecter are you listening??? Would love to get one to give away!!

@@theobscure1938 yes i would🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Very much appreciate this overview! Excellent!

seeing the setting of the boss bf3 I believe that in a forest it uses dd3, bf3 and ge7 I think

@@trip5156 that’s what I do as well. I also use the chorus on my JC120. You will notice there is no chorus on Robert’s board. He puts the pedal directly into the amp and it’s an always on for live shows- he says this in a few interviews

@@theobscure1938 probably uses the chorus effect of the roland cube amplifier always on

He actually puts one straight into amp. It’s an always on.

@@theobscure1938 Amazing tip! I suppose it makes the setup closer to the Jazz Chorus amp he used early on.

@@theobscure1938 I was wondering as all documented boards for him in the past had one.

We also found out that Robert has an always on chorus pedal taped down with gaffer tape behind his row of Roland amps. This is according to Josh Scott JHS pedal show on record time. He chose Kiss Me!

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