Iain Cook's Gear

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At 1:50 in this stage tour video, Iain shows how they added the Fractal Axe-Fx II to their live setup for guitar effects. He says, "This has really taken it up a level. The way it responds to touch is a lot more life like."

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At 1:24, Iain can be seen using a Moog Minotaur

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In the video you can see Ian Cook playing Fender Squier Vintage Modified Jazzmaster

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'The need to do the latter on The Bones Of What You Believe meant that their Moog Voyager was often routed through Cook’s guitar pedals, including an Electro-Harmonix Memory Man delay and Holy Grail reverb.' p.74, SOS interview, October 2015.

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Iain explains in this interview, the new gear incorporations."We also added a Yamaha DX-7, a DSI Mopho X4 and most recently a Prophet 12. Still getting our heads around the latter - it's an absolute powerhouse of a synth."

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at the 1min mark he discusses using an iPad to control Ableton during their live sets.

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In Issue 332 of Future Music magazine, on page 67, Iain says: '(Soundtoys) Echoboy is really good too.'

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You can see it at 2:07 in this video...

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At 0:34 in this stage tour video, Iain shows off his Moog Voyager, among other equipment.

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Iain shows off his Roland Juno 106 At 0:35 in this stage tour video.

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At 1:27, Iain can be seen using an Alto Professional Live 25 Midi Controller

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"My kitchen right now… Putting the finishing touches to something sweet"

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'The need to do the latter on The Bones Of What You Believe meant that their Moog Voyager was often routed through Cook’s guitar pedals, including an Electro-Harmonix Memory Man delay and Holy Grail reverb.'. p.74, SOS Magazine, 2015

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On Page 67 of issue 332 od Future Music magazine, Iain says: 'Otherwise, we're big fans of Soundtoy's Little Alterboy as a quick-fix creative tool for doing really mad pitchshifting.'

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At 0:34 in this stage tour video, Iain walks through his stage setup and shows off his Prophet 08, calling it "old trusty."

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At 1:00 in this stage tour video, Iain shows how he uses an iPad connected to Ableton Live for their live show.

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In a live performance for triple j's Like A Version, Iain Cook of CHVRCHES uses the Teenage Engineering OP-1 Portable Synthesizer.

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The Dave Smith Tempest can be seen next to Iain throughout the video and the nam Dave Smith Tempest is clear at 00:05

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In several videos Iain is seen with this Jaguar, including for this "acoustic version" of Death Stranding. Mainly ambient tones with heavy reverb and persistent but light use of the tremolo.

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In this live performance with his band CHVRCHES, Iain is seen playing a Fender Jazzmaster, as evidenced by the headstock near the beginning. He has a different pickguard in other performances with this guitar that looks more like the stock Jazzmaster. The pickguard and the features I could make out in videos of performances with this guitar lead me to believe it's the American Professional II Jazzmaster.

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This pedal was designed in collaboration between OBNE and CHVRCHES.

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Album Credits

  • Traces

    Traces

    Karine Polwart · 2012

    Mixing Engineer Producer Recording Engineer

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