Sonic Youth – A Thousand Leaves
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1998 album A Thousand Leaves.
Music from A Thousand Leaves
Artists on A Thousand Leaves
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Groups:
Sonic Youth Glenn Branca Ensemble Ciccone Youth The Backbeat Band Chelsea Light Moving The Peeper Puzzled Panthers Male Slut Wylde Ratttz To Live and Shave in L.A. Thurston Moore Band Society's Ills Rodney & The Tube Tops Mirror/Dash Original Silence Four Guitars Dream/Aktion Unit Diskaholics Anonymous Trio Dim Stars Caught on Tape Record Club
Gear Used On A Thousand Leaves
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Sonic Youth – A Thousand Leaves (1998). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Effects Pedals used by Thurston Moore on A Thousand Leaves
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Extensively documented on Sonic Youth's official website.
1997
- Mu-Tron Wah/Vol
- Sovtek Big Muff
- Proco Turbo Rat
- Dunlop Hendrix Octave Fuzz
- MXR Blue Box
- MXR Phase 90
1998
- Sovtek Big Muff
- Proco Turbo Rat
- MXR Blue Box (Dunlop)
- MXR Phase 90
- Dunlop Hendrix Octave Fuzz
- Mu-Tron Wah/Vol
- Mu-Tron Octave Divider (not in tour rig)
Thanks to the now defunct original SY supersite evol.org, I can provide you with some photographs of SY's effects gear from the '98 "A Thousand Leaves" tour, specifically the 5/21/98 Portland, OR gig. Many thanks to Michael McCullough for taking these.
- Sovtek Big Muff & Turbo Rat
- Turbo Rat
- Phase 90 & Blue Box
- Mu-Tron Wah/Vol, Big Muff, Turbo Rat & Hendrix Octave Fuzz
1999
- Sovtek Big Muff
- ProCo Turbo Rat
- MXR Phase 90
- MXR Blue Box
- Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
2000
- No pedals for "nyc ghosts & flowers" LP
- Tour effects very similar to '98
2002
- Mu-Tron Wah-Vol
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
- ProCo Turbo Rat
- Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
- MXR Phase 90
- MXR Blue Box
Here are photographs of Thurston's entire effects rig I took before soundcheck at the August 30th, 2002 Murray Street tour show in Portland, Oregon at the Crystal Ballroom (some are fairly large so you may want to open them in a new window):
2003
- Mu-Tron Wah-Vol
- Sovtek Big Muff
- ProCo Turbo Rat
- Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
- MXR Phase 90
- MXR Blue Box
2004
- Mu-Tron Wah-Vol
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
- ProCo Turbo Rat
- Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
- MXR Phase 90
- MXR Blue Box
2005
- Mu-Tron Wah-Vol
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
- ProCo Turbo Rat
- Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
- MXR Phase 90
- MXR Blue Box
2006
Photographs taken by me July 14th, 2006 @ the Fillmore in San Francisco, CA.
- Mutron Wah-Vol
- Sovtek Big Muff *Turbo Rat
- Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
- MXR Phase 90
MXR Blue Box
2007
Picture of Thurston's effects taken at July 21st, 2007 Santa Monica gig. Same old setup!
2008
- Sitori Sonics 'Harem Fuzz'
- MXR Phase 90
- Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
- Crowther 'Hot Cake' overdrive
- Electro-Harmonix/Sovtek Big Muff
- Mutron Wah-Vol
PIX: Phase 90, Harem Fuzz / Hot Cake, Octave Fuzz / Wah-Vol, Big Muff / Phase 90, Harem Fuzz
These pix are from July 28th, 2009 -- earlier in the tour he was using the standard six he's been using for the past decade, but it appears the band picked up some Sitori Sonics boxes when they swung thru Alabama in early July.
