Omar Rodríguez-López's Gear

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At the center of Omar's pedalboard, he has an older model of the Moog Ring Modulator.

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Omar Rodríguez-López is the composer, lead guitarist and producer for the progressive rock group The Mars Volta and the former guitarist for the post-hardcore outfit At the Drive-In.

This guy has a pretty extensive guitar rig. He has a ton of effects pedals!

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez's guitar rig.

  • Danelectro DJ13 French Toast Octave Distortion Pedal

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In this photo you can see the Boss VB-2 in Omar's pedalboard in 2009.

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The Strymon Timeline can be seen near the Boss tuner in the top row of Omar's pedalboard

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Can be seen at 4:09 in the 2003 lowlands festival video.

Omar used the Space Echo live onstage for most of TMV's early tours.

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Omar Rodríguez-López used the Electro-Harmonix EH-7700 Polychorus on early The Mars Volta pedalboards, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo on the Guitar forum.

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Added to his pedal-board in November of 2015 for the ANTEMASQUE tour with Travis Barker. Replaced second DD-5 Digital Delay pedal that he was previously using (his original DD-5 still remains).

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In this picture, you can see the George Dennis Phaser in the Omar's Pedalboard in 2009.

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In this photo, you can see the Dunlop Rotovibe in Omar's pedalboard in 2009.

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In this photo, you can see the Ibanez DE7 in Omar's Pedalboard in 2009. (On the right of the AD/A flanger)

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A Memory Boy can be seen on Omar's pedalboard at about 5 minutes into the video.

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An HR-2 can be seen on Omar's pedalboard at about 5 minutes into the video.

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Seen at 3:32, after the Empress Fuzz pedal.

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Omar Rodríguez-López used a vintage A/DA Flanger on early The Mars Volta pedalboards, as shown in a user-uploaded photo on the Guitar forum.

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Outside of the board, Omar has an MM4 Modulation pedal connected to everything else.

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At the far right, Omar has a multi-modulation pedal on his pedalboard.

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Replaced his Catalinbread Callisto as his primary Chorus sound in November of 2015 for the ANTEMASQUE tour with travis barker.

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In this photo you can see the EHX Small Stone in Omar's pedalboard in 2009.

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A DL4 can be seen on Omar's pedalboard at about 5 minutes into the video.

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During an interview w/ Orange Amplifiers, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez talks about his Empress Super Delay (Vintage Modified model) [@ 6:01]

"Hands down, the best delay pedal that I've used, just because, again, how versatile it is, you know, and it sounds great, you know, it's not completely analog, but it's not an issue, it sounds so great."

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Used up to 2011 when it was replaced with the Memory Boy.

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One of two digitech whammys on Omar's TMV pedalboard before 2011

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In this photo of Omar's pedalboard during the early The Mars Volta recordings, he used a Dunlop Bass Wah, at the bottom left side of the board.

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To power his pedals, Omar had a DC Brick at the far left side of his pedalboard.

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The Digitech Synth Wah can be seen at the far right section of Omar's board.

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Replaced his Catalinbread Callisto as his primary Vibrato sound in November of 2015 for the ANTEMASQUE tour with Travis Barker.

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Omar Rodríguez-López is the composer, lead guitarist and producer for the progressive rock group The Mars Volta and the former guitarist for the post-hardcore outfit At the Drive-In.

This guy has a pretty extensive guitar rig. He has a ton of effects pedals!

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez's guitar rig.

Electro-Harmonix HOG

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In this photo you can see the Boss PN-2 in Omar's pedalboard in 2009.

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