Jerry Cortez
Tower of Power guitarist and vocalist
Jerry Cortez's Gear
"My pedalboard setup is fairly simple - Besides a tuner and a wah pedal the four other pedals I use are all made by Maxon. Starting with perhaps my favorite pedal the CP-9 Pro + Compressor - I pretty much leave the CP-9 on all the time. I like to think of it as a quality control pedal for my overall tone. It is really hard to describe what a difference the CP-9 makes in boosting all the great and desirable overtones and leaving the unpleasant ones out. I'm not sure how Maxon dialed this one in so accurately, but they did!"
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"For delay I use the AD-9 Analog Delay Pro. I find that the AD-9 is one of the most natural and warm sounding ways to add "reverb type ambiance" for clean rhythm sounds. I have only begun to scratch the surface of what this wonderful pedal will do…"
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"To me the OD808 is the most natural sounding tube amp-like overdrive I have ever heard. I use a Fender Twin Reverb because I like the clean headroom I get for funk and r & b. When I turn on the OD808 for my solos the tone sounds like I turned the Twin up to 10 but without the ear shattering volume of a Twin turned up to 10...just the fat, rich sound of tube-like saturation…"
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«AFTER A DOZEN OR MORE SHOWS PERFORMING WITH CHERRY JANE, I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THIS IS THE MOST UNIQUE GUITAR I BELIEVE I HAVE EVER PLAYED.» - Jerry Cortez
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