THE GEAR BOX
What is "THE GEAR BOX?"
THE GEAR BOX is a list of all the guitar gear Ty
Tabor has used over the years
with King's X.
(Please Note: The information
presented here has been collected from various guitar magazines
and my own general observations.)
GUITARS
ELECTRICS
-
Fender Elite Stratocaster :
(2 stock models made in 1983 and 1984, respectively.)
-
Zion Ty Tabor Signature Series Model
-
3 Custom-made Hamers : (One
"upside-down" model with custom pickups installed, (the first
Hamer made for Ty and also the first guitar put up for sale at
"The Official King's X Home Page) one red-coloured Hamer with a
black-coloured "X" across the front of the body, the second
Hamer made for Ty, called "Red X") and a tobacco-sunburst Hamer.)
-
2 Custom Yamaha RGZ's : (with "X"
graphic displayed over the front of the guitar's body.)
(Ty appeared in a full-page ad
for Yamaha promoting the RGZ model.)
-
1 Custom Yamaha Pacifica
-
Ibanez Talman :
(Used for the recording of Ear Candy.)
-
Parker Fly : (Used for the
recording of Ear Candy.)
-
1976 Les paul Custom : (Used for
the recording of Ear Candy.)
-
Fender / Roland GK-2A American Standard
Stratocaster: (Used for
synthesized sounds on Ear
Candy.)
ACOUSTICS
-
Martin D-18
-
Old Gibson :
(Ty has stated that this acoustic looks
similar to a Gibson Hummingbird.)
-
Yamaha APX stereo acoustic-electric
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Guild Acoustic : (Used for the
recording of Ear Candy on the song "Thinking and
Wondering (What I'm gonna do)"
AMPS
-
Gibson Lab Series L5 100 watt combo amplifier :
(2 channels)
-
Crown Micro-tech 600 power amp :
(Stereo) (Used to power the Gibson
Lab Series L5.)
-
Pearce GR-2 : (2 channels)
-
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier 100 watt head amplifier :
(2 channels)
(powered with a Mesa/Boogie Simul 2:90 Stereo Power Amp
{with the "Deep Filter" on}.)
-
30th Anniversary 100 watt Marshall head amplifier :
(3 channels)
-
A.R.T. DST-825 Rules Breaker Programmable combo amplifier :
(Used for the recording of Ty's solo
album, Naomi's Solar Pumpkin.)
-
Marshall Lead 12 combo amplifier :
(Used on "American Cheese"
from Ear Candy.)
CABINETS
-
Marshall Classic 1960 guitar cabinets :
(Enclosed with Celestion Vintage 30-watt
speakers.)
-
Peavey guitar cabinet
:
(Used
for the recording of Gretchen Goes to Nebraska.)
-
Mesa/Booogie Dual Rectifier guitar
cabinets
:
(Enclosed with Celestion Vintage 30-watt speakers.)
-
Leslie Rotating speaker cabinet :
(Used on several tracks of Dogman including
"Pretend.")
* For recording, Ty prefers to have his
guitar cabinets sit on carpet so that the resulting sound is
not "harsh."
* For live playing, Ty has stated that
he prefers his sound to be "below his ear" rather than "in his
ear."
* For live playing, Ty prefers
"slanted" cabinets and "bottom" cabinets for studio recording.
EFFECTS
-
MXR Pitch Transposer :
(Rack-mount unit.)
-
Ibanez DD-200 (2-Channel) Dual Delay :
(Pedal.)
-
Boss CE-2 Chorus :
(Pedal.)
-
Alesis Midiverb : (Ty uses
"Program 62" of the Alesis Midiverb for "A very slight chorus
used for seperation.")
-
Dunlop Crybaby Wah : (Rack-mount
unit.) (Ty places his wah-wah
after his amp in his effects loop.)
-
E-Bow : (2)
(Older chrome model.)
-
Ibanez Tube Screamer : (Pedal.)
-
DOD Analog Delay : (Pedal.)
-
Custom Pre-amp :
(This pre-amp is actually the active
mid-boost guts from Ty's Elite Stratocasters.)
(Ty uses this along with his amp set-up
because it "dampens the upper-mid " of his sound.)
-
Mesa/Boogie Midi Matrix :
(Midi-footswitch used for 6 effects loops.)
-
A.R.T. Mutliverb
STRINGS
-
GHS Boomers :
(.09-.042 gauge)
(Ty used these strings up to
the King's X album.)
-
DR High-Beams :
(.09-.042 gauge)
(Ty
began using these strings during the recording of the
Dogman album.)
-
Martin Marques : (.10-.56 gauge)
(Ty uses Martin Marques on
his acoustic guitars.)
MICROPHONES