Marc Ribot's Gear

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Most of the guitar on this album was a 1963 Jaguar. Sometimes I used a Tele that didn't even belong to me, it was just hanging around the studio.

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Guitarist Marc Ribot uses the Crowther Hot Cake overdrive pedal, as evidenced by a photo on Imgur. Ribot emphasizes the importance of isolating each effect with a bypass switch to ensure the signal passes through only one effect at a time.

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Yeah, mostly a '60s Deluxe. I was borrowing an amp that was at the studio. It looked liked it was from the ’60s. Mine is a 60s-style with alnicos.

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"Ribot's current rig includes a '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb reissue amp, Maxon OD808…" reads this article.

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In the first four seconds of this video, Marc Ribot can be seen using a Strymon Flint Tremolo & Reverb pedal.

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"I was using an Analogman King of Tone pedal. That's pretty much all I use other than a volume pedal. I also used one of those Union Tube and Transistor More pedals and an old Memory Man delay."

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In the live performance video "Devushki Poyut" by Auktyon, Medeski, and Marc Ribot, Ribot can be seen playing a Harmony Stratotone Electric Guitar.

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"I only got hip to this in the last two years. For years, I sounded like crap because I didn't understand that even when they're off, effects pedals mess up the sound. This is also really important because nothing sounds as good as the guitar plugged directly into the amp, which is something I do frequently. A true bypass switch lets the pure signal get through." - Marc Ribot.

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In the YouTube video "Marc Ribot Trio - Fat Man Blues," Marc Ribot is seen playing a 1967 Gibson ES-125 TDC Cherry Sunburst during several songs in the concert.

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"I’m not a big equipment guy, but one thing I’ve learned over the last 30 years is that many pedals screw up your sound even when they’re off. A lot of pedals that say they are true bypass actually aren’t, so I place them into truebypass loops with a strip of switches. One effect that degrades the signal path in a good way is the Boss Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb pedal, which makes it really useful for recording. The pedal doesn’t just sound like an old amp—it sounds like a recording of an old amp."

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"I was using an Analogman King of Tone pedal. That's pretty much all I use other than a volume pedal. I also used one of those Union Tube and Transistor More pedals and an old Memory Man delay."

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“I used the Delay Llama on this last tour, and not only to produce vintage sounding slap backs ! Also: light and durable: important for me.“

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” The LucyDreamer Supreme is an excellent sounding overdrive/distortion, with really cool options re: volume boost!”

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The Timeline Delay from Strymon can be seen on Marc's board at 15:20 in this video of his performance at the Marlene Dumas Exhibition.

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Shown at 01:15 and throughout John Zorn's Bar Kokhba - Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Poland, 1999-06-25 (full) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQoIDkVO3mo

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In the first four seconds of this video, Marc Ribot can be seen using an Ernie Ball VP JR. Passive Volume pedal.

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In this photo of Ribot performing, the DC Brick can be seen somewhere near the Analogman King Of Tone.

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Marc Ribot mentions his use of the Hilton Electronics Pro Guitar Pedal, specifically a volume pedal, in his musical improvisations. This is highlighted in a video by FondationBeyeler on YouTube titled "Marc Ribot: Musical Improvisation in the Marlene Dumas Exhibition."

In this japanese interview, says he used SM57 and SM58 for guitar recording

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Ribot is seen playing a Gibson SG in this YouTube video, with Mdou Moctar.

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Ribot is playing his 1937 Gibson HG-00 (his main acoustic guitar) in this YouTube video.

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Discography

Album Credits

  • SHREK

    SHREK

    Marc Ribot · 1994

    Producer

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