Benjamin Curtis

This website contains an excerpt from an interview with U2's the Edge, who credits Ben with having introduced him to this pedal. "I used Death By Audio's Supersonic Fuzz Gun on the song 'No Line on the Horizon,' and a couple of others I think. It was Ben Curtis who turned me onto them. He's one of the Curtis Brothers from Secret Machines -- he's got a new band now called School of Seven Bells, who are pretty interesting."

In this interview, Benjamin Curtis of The Secret Machines, and Tripping Daisy, mentions the EchoBoy, "The SoundToys plugins are incredible. They have one called an EchoBoy."

While discussing the making of the album "Ghostory," this article explains that Curtis employed "a pair of ‘80’s analog keyboards that provided renewed inspiration. 'I had an Ensoniq ESQ-1, and I got a Roland D-50 just for the synth pads.'"

This image from the official Hagstrom Facebook page, shows Benjamin Curtis with a black Hagstrom Viking onstage.

If You Pause At 0:36 You Can See Benjamin Using A Digitech Whammy Pitch-Shifting Pedal.

In This Video Of "School Of Seven Bells" Playing "Love Play". You Can See Benjamin Using A Gibson Hummingbird.

In this image from a 2009 performance, Ben's pedalboard is visible and features an MM4 unit.

In this image from a 2009 performance, Ben's pedalboard is visible and features a Clone Theory.

In this image from a live performance by SVIIB in 2011, Ben's POD can be seen sitting atop one of his amplifiers (the one in the middle). He controlled it using an FB Longboard floor unit.

In this interview, Benjamin Curtis of The Secret Machines, and Tripping Daisy, says, "It's probably not the coolest thing in the world because it's not boutique, but I just love the Line 6 M13 [Stompbox Modeler]. I know everybody's using it, but man, it's just great. There's a reverb on it called 'Particle Verb,' and it's a sound I've been trying to make for years. It sounds like a drunken London Symphony Orchestra or something like that."

This brief write-up on the official Laney site talks about Benjamin Curtis of The Secret Machines, and Tripping Daisy bringing 4 VC-30 amps on tour.

In this interview, Benjamin Curtis of The Secret Machines, and Tripping Daisy is asked what he uses to record. He replies, "I use Logic. Since our first record, that's what I've used. It's kind of second nature at this point. It's super easy."

In this interview with Music Radar, Ben is asked what guitars were played on the "School Of Seven Bells'" album "Ghoststory." He replies, "There were really only two: I used my Hagstrom Swede, which I've been playing ever since I was in Secret Machines. It's great - thick, terrific bottom end, super dependable. I also used Ali's guitar, this Hagstrom F-200 P with P90s in it. I wanted a more chimey, ringing sound, so that guitar was perfect."

This article notes that during the making of SVIIB's album "Ghostory," "Curtis’ signal path for Deheza was the aforementioned Nuemann U87 running through an Avalon 737 mic pre, then on into a Sparrow two channel interface from Black Lion Audio."

This article notes that during the making of SVIIB's album "Ghostory," "Curtis’ signal path for Deheza was the aforementioned Nuemann U87 running through an Avalon 737 mic pre, then on into a Sparrow two channel interface from Black Lion Audio."

According to this article, during the making of SVIIB's album "Ghostory," Curtis employed "a pair of ‘80’s analog keyboards that provided renewed inspiration. 'I had an Ensoniq ESQ-1, and I got a Roland D-50 just for the synth pads.'"

This article, detailing the recording of SVIIB's album "Ghostory," notes that "Deheza would show up to Curtis’ apartment every day at 11 AM and work until 3 PM, working with Curtis’ simple setup: Logic running on his suped up “Hackintosh”, guitars, a Neumman U87 mic, and a Virus Indigo synth."

This article notes that during the making of SVIIB's album "Ghostory," "Curtis’ signal path for Deheza was the aforementioned Nuemann U87 running through an Avalon 737 mic pre, then on into a Sparrow two channel interface from Black Lion Audio."

This article notes some of the gear used to create SVIIB's debut album. "Composing almost exclusively with an Access Virus Indigo, two guitars, a drum set, a Boss SP-303 and the Logic sampler...”

in this image of a SVIIB performance from 2011, Curtis can be seen using an FBV Longboard. The unit is also visible here.

in this 2009 image from a live performance by SVIIB, Curtis's MPD24 can be seen on the flight case to his right. It appears to be controlling a laptop in other images from this show.

In this brief interview clip, Benjamin states that he used the MF Low Pass Filter pedal during his time with Secret Machines.