The Isley Brothers – Super Hits - Volume 1
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2010 album Super Hits - Volume 1.
Music from Super Hits - Volume 1
Artists on Super Hits - Volume 1
Gear Used On Super Hits - Volume 1
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of The Isley Brothers – Super Hits - Volume 1 (2010). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Ernie Isley
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Effects Pedals used by Ernie Isley on Super Hits - Volume 1
Electro-Harmonix "Ram's Head" Big Muff Pi V2
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A Ram's Head was famously used on "That Lady", in addition to "Climbing Up The Ladder" and "Voyage to Atlantis". This is documented on the Big Muff Users section of Kit Rae's Big Muff Page.
A year after that, the funk/soul scene was hammered with the famous solo from the Isley Brothers hit, (Who's) That Lady, played to perfection by Ernie Isley. There are various accounts of what was actually used in the studio, some sources state it was recorded directly into the mixing board with a Strat and Roger Mayer Octavia, but other sources state it was a Big Muff and Maestro Phase Shifter, and Ernie also used a Big Muff and a Maestro Phase Shifter when playing it live throughout the 1970's (the modulation on the record actually sounds identical to the Maestro too).
(the signal) goes through a Cry Baby wah-wah, a Big Muff fuzz, a Maestro Phase Shifter, and an Octavia made by Roger Mayer. - Ernie isley from Guitar Player, September 1981
“On ‘That Lady’ there was a Big Muff, a Maestro Phase Shifter, and a Fender Twin. That was pretty much it.” - Ernie isley from Vintage Guitar magazine, February 2018
The Isley Brothers songs Climbing Up the Ladder and Voyage to Atlantis from 1977 are other examples of Ernie playing lead with the Big Muff. A V2 Big Muff is pictured on the Isley Brothers stage in the photo below, circa 1975, along with the Maestro to the left.
