Adam Jones
guitarist for Tool
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In this video from DunlopTV, Bryan speaks with Chris "Frank" Leahey, Adam's guitar tech. At 1:28 we can see Adam's MXR Dyna Comp which "adds a little more sustain" when used in conjunction with Adam's Talk Box.
2:13 on this YouTube video for DunlopTV, featuring Adam Jones's tech, Chris Leahey showing that part of Adam's distorted tone, seen in the pan of his board comes from one of the pedals that includes the Boss BF-2.
At 2:19, a closeup of Adam's pedalboard shows a Boss DD3 delay pedal.
Chris "Frank" Leahey (Adam's tech) talks about Adam's Heil Talk Box from 55 seconds into the video. The pedal can also be heard in the solo for the Tool song "Jambi" (around 4:07 onwards).
At 2:22, there is a close up shot of Adam Jones' DOD FX40B pedal, in this rig rundown video.
While he used to use an Ernie Ball volume pedal, Jones has upgraded to the Goodrich 120 volume pedal.
As stated in this article, he used the Tone Machine for the "Talk-box Solo" in Jambi
He uses this chorus on many songs on tour, he then switched to the CE-2W and has used that since.
Used on the 2019-2020 tour, replacing the classic DOD FX40B pedal.
Adam Jones used the Boss BF-3 Flanger during the 2019-2020 period, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo.
Shown at 1:46, and it's demonstrated by Chris Leahey
Seen on his 2019-2020 tour pedalboard.
Jones is also a glutten for effects. On the intro to “Reflection” and “The Grudge,” both from Lateralus, he employs a vintage Moog Taurus bass pedal system. But aside from the Heil Talk Box on 10,000 Days, run through a Roland JC-120 and juiced up by a dynamic compressor, Jones’ choices of effects is less esoteric. His wah-wah pedal is a dependable Cry Baby, and his stable of other sound generators includes Boss DD3 and DD5 digital delays, a BF-2 flanger, a Line 6 Delay modeler (which also samples on the fly), a Strobostomp tuner, a tremolo pedal, chorus, and an array of distortion boxes. During experimental phases, Jones has taken the stage with multiple pedal boards at his feet. The irony of this rundown is that Jones has gone on record saying he doesn’t like to use pedals.
Adam Jones' MXR M-133 pedal can be seen at 1:42 in this video.
Adam Jones' Boss PSM-5 can be seen at 1:45 in this rig rundown video.
He uses SYB-5 for few songs on tour, i.e. "Jambi".
During an interview about the recording process of Tool's album "10,000 Days" in the April 2006 issue of Guitar World Magazine, Adam Jones had this to say about his use of the Gig-FX Chopper pedal: "I had some custom pedals made. Our engineer on this album, Joe Barresi, is a pedal god, and he knows everyone, I used a Gig-FX Chopper pedal, which has a nice tremolo. We had them work on the pedal so I could go from a clean sound to tremolo and control the tremolo speed as well. The pedal lets me slow it down and speed it up, which really lends a lot of power for creating motion when we’re going from one part to another."
Adam Jones uses the Xotic Effects RC Booster, as shown in a photo on his Instagram.
Adam Jones showcases the Abominable Electronics Hellmouth overdrive pedal on his Instagram account, as evidenced by a photo he shared with the caption "#HellMouth 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽 @abominablepedals."
Adam Jones uses the MXR CSP233 Micro Amp Plus, as shown in a photo from his Instagram account.
Adam Jones uses the MXR M-108 Ten Band Graphic Equalizer Pedal, as shown in an image on Equipboard.
This older Korg rackmount tuner can be seen on various photos of his pedalboard.
There is a shot of Adam Jones' pedalboard at 1:37 in this video, and his Peterson StroboStomp tuner can be seen at the top of his pedalboard.
The Voodoo Lab Tremolo is seen in this photo right next to his BF-2, and it looks to be the older 4 knob version. It is believed he used this pedal for the tremolo parts on "Sober"
You can clearly see the Lehle mono pedal in the instagrame photo that Lehle posted. You can also tell it's not the mono 90 version which has the input and output on the side. This one has the input and output on the front, and with the size and footprint pattern, it has to be the regular Lehle mono. It clearly looks like Adam's board too, so I highly doubt it's a spoof considering it's Lehle themselves that posted it.
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