Re: (TV) TV Question

[Maurice Rickard <maurice@mac.com>]

At 2:31 PM -0700 6/12/00, DEDALUS wrote:
> This is just a general question open to anyone. What kinda guitar does Tom
> use. Amp?
>
>                 - Jesse Strobe


Jesse--

He's probably best known for using a Fender Jazzmaster, but he's used 
other guitars as well--heavily modded Jazzmasters, Fender Jaguars, 
the Dan Armstrong lucite guitar, at least one old Gretsch (don't know 
which one).  In earlier days, he was pictured with a Danelectro, and 
when I saw him last fall he played a modded Fender Strat (non-stock 
pickups) and a Tele (which he didn't actually play)--no Jazzmaster in 
sight. (On reflection, they might not have been his guitars: he 
borrowed the amp, so he might have borrowed the guitars as well...)

Effects?  When I saw him he was using a bunch of pedals, including a 
Tube Screamer, Ibanez Modulation Delay, and some other stuff I 
couldn't identify.

From Musician Magazine, 1987:  Tom Verlaine's guitar of choice is a 
Fender Jazzmaster--"mid-'60s, I guess. Nobody can play it 'cause the 
strings have gotten heavier and heavier. It's now 13 to 58, or 
something. Someone said they're like piano wire. I used to use 
lighter ones, but they didn't stay in tune." He also has a Strat and 
a couple of Gretsches. For amplification he's got "a bunch of really 
old Fender stuff. I like the sound of four 10s, or else one 12." The 
secret weapon is a combination tape delay and Dynacord 1950s tube 
pre-amp. "It really brightens and beefs things up." He also has a 
two-octave Casiotone keyboard and a decidedly low-tech Panasonic 
cassette recorder for home use.


I'm sure I'm missing a lot, but I hope this helps.

-Maurice
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