Rick McCollum
Rick McCollum's Gear
The transcribed interview at the link above is from a May 1996 interview with Afghan Whigs Greg Dulli and Rick McCollum. Search "Jazzmaster" and, about 1/5 the way down the article Rick mentions, "[I play] Two Jazzmasters, a purple and a brown." In pics of Rick at the time (~1996 -- as well as current), it shows the "purple" guitar being an off-purple and, most likely, this "Burgundy Mist" color. (See also here: https://heavyvinyl.wordpress.com/tag/rick-mccollum/, here http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1998/10/04/whigs2_600x388.jpg, and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5cY7YduMlU.)
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In this archived Guitar World article from around the release of the ‘Black Love’ LP, in 1996, McCollum talks about his exclusive use of a Mesa Boogie Dual Rec:
“RICK MCCOLLUM: Two Jazzmasters, a purple and a brown. We both play through Mesa Dual Rectifiers. Those are the only amps, as far as I'm concerned.”
McCollum also states that his recording and live rigs are identical.
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In this archived Guitar World article from around the release of Afghan Whigs ‘Black Love’ LP in 1996, McCollum talks about his pedals:
“I have a Pro Co. Rat distortion pedal and three old Big Muffs, which are so delicate that I can't use them much anymore. And a purple delay pedal. I don't know what kind.”
His indication that these are “old” would identify them as not being the (then) contemporary Sovtek Russian-made Big Muff pedals.
He also states that his live and recording rigs are identical: “ We use the same setup in the studio as we do for our live shows”.
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