Sleep – Dopesmoker
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2022 album Dopesmoker.
Music from Dopesmoker
Artists on Dopesmoker
Gear Used On Dopesmoker
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Sleep – Dopesmoker (2022). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Amplifiers used by Al Cisneros on Dopesmoker
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At 6:56 Al is in front of his 2 matamp heads and matamp slave unit which are going into his 3 bass cabinets. He purchased when recording "Jerusalem" or "Dopesmoker" he still uses them in his band OM.
Ampeg Portaflex PF-500 Bass Head
Avg price: $350.00
In this video, Al is clearly seen using it, stacked on a SVT-810 cab.
Bass Guitars used by Al Cisneros on Dopesmoker
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After recording Holy Mountain Cisneros used this Sparkle Green Rickenbacker on tour and while shooting the Dragonaut video.
Cisneros sold this bass before recording Dopesmoker. He talks to Bass Magazine how he tried to buy it back but wasn't able to.
Amplifiers used by Matt Pike on Dopesmoker
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In the 1993 live performance of "Holy Mountain" in Germany, as shown on the StonerRockChannel YouTube video, Matt Pike used a Green Matamp. These amplifiers were custom-made for Matt and Al Cisneros during the recording of "Jerusalem" or "Dopesmoker," funded by an advance from their record label. However, the reasons for their discontinued use remain unknown.
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"Interviewer: I know that live you’ve used the Frank Zappa trick of close-miking either a small Pignose or Orange Micro Terror in an iso cab and blending that with your larger heads. Is that something you do in the studio, too? Matt Pike: Oh yeah, it’s all over the Sleep record. When you hear the chainsaw parts with tons of sustain [laughs]—that’s when I’m running three Pignoses, daisy-chained, with a Soldano G.T.O. driving the front of them all. It fucking rules!".