Robert Quine

Ever in search of new and strange guitar sounds, Quine owns dozens of fuzz boxes - an original Fender Blender, a Dallas/Arbiter Fuzz Face, and the MXR Distortion+ among them - true classics, each with its own distinct sound. "Prescription Electronics has done a lot of amazing things in the last six years. Their Yardbox is my all-time favorite fuzz, a sound I'd been searching for for about 30 years. I'm a big fan of the Beck/Page Yardbirds sound, and this does it exactly!"

Effects:

"I've been using an Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man for about 21 years now, and nothing will ever replace it. I discovered [the] Memory Man when I played briefly with Robert Gordon, and now I'm totally addicted to it. I'm never without it. I practice with it and I've learned to use it as a real musical instrument," Quine says. "That particular box will get sounds that you can't get out of anything else. You could put another analog delay and a chorus together, and you would not get the sounds that this thing gets, because the chorus effect operates not on the direct signal but on the echo signal."

Premier Guitar:

The only constant with Quine would be the Electro-Harmonix Memory Man. But he could have been using any combination of things. He was an aficionado of pedals. He had anything and everything, or he would have tried anything or everything that was available at the time.”

Effects are a Boss TU-2 tuner, Prescription Electronics’ Yardbox and Experience pedals, Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man, and some variety of a Tube Screamer. At the moment my favorites are the Maxon OD 808 and Voodoo Lab’s Sparkle Drive. There are a few other things I use quite often, like a Voodoo Labs Analog Chorus and Pedal Power, Prescription Electronics Germ, and either a Carl Martin compressor/limiter or Boss CS-3 compressor/sustainer.

Effects are a Boss TU-2 tuner, Prescription Electronics’ Yardbox and Experience pedals, Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man, and some variety of a Tube Screamer. At the moment my favorites are the Maxon OD 808 and Voodoo Lab’s Sparkle Drive. There are a few other things I use quite often, like a Voodoo Labs Analog Chorus and Pedal Power, Prescription Electronics Germ, and either a Carl Martin compressor/limiter or Boss CS-3 compressor/sustainer.

Effects are a Boss TU-2 tuner, Prescription Electronics’ Yardbox and Experience pedals, Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man, and some variety of a Tube Screamer. At the moment my favorites are the Maxon OD 808 and Voodoo Lab’s Sparkle Drive. There are a few other things I use quite often, like a Voodoo Labs Analog Chorus and Pedal Power, Prescription Electronics Germ, and either a Carl Martin compressor/limiter or Boss CS-3 compressor/sustainer.

Blank Generation is mixed with Quine panned hard to one side and Julian to the other—a trick they learned from the Yardbirds’ album Over Under Sideways Down—with the solos right up the middle. For most of his solos, Quine played through a Fender Champ or a small Pignose amp, and sometimes had an MXR Dyna Comp out front.

In the "Ask Quine" section of Robert's website, he answered a fan's question about his recording setup for Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend" album. The exchange went as follows:

Q: I am a guitar player. My introduction to your playing is Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend. Your playing on that record is absolutely phenomenal and unique. Your tone is also fantastic on that record. Would you mind sharing your setup on the song, 'I've Been Waiting'? Did you use the same fuzz pedal for the entire album? I can't get enough of that song and I listen to that record all the time. Thanks very much. —Gary Rosner

A: I didn't play on 'I've Been Waiting'. But on that album all I used was a Strat, a SansAmp, and various Fender amps. Thanks.

Mentioned the gear page of Quine's official website.

Ever in search of new and strange guitar sounds, Quine owns dozens of fuzz boxes - an original Fender Blender, a Dallas/Arbiter Fuzz Face, and the MXR Distortion+ among them - true classics, each with its own distinct sound. "Prescription Electronics has done a lot of amazing things in the last six years. Their Yardbox is my all-time favorite fuzz, a sound I'd been searching for for about 30 years. I'm a big fan of the Beck/Page Yardbirds sound, and this does it exactly!"

Mentioned on the gear page of Quine's official website.

Ever in search of new and strange guitar sounds, Quine owns dozens of fuzz boxes - an original Fender Blender, a Dallas/Arbiter Fuzz Face, and the MXR Distortion+ among them - true classics, each with its own distinct sound. "Prescription Electronics has done a lot of amazing things in the last six years. Their Yardbox is my all-time favorite fuzz, a sound I'd been searching for for about 30 years. I'm a big fan of the Beck/Page Yardbirds sound, and this does it exactly!"

Mentioned on the official Prescription Electronics "About" page.

Pedals used: The Yardbox, Experience, Germ

Effects are a Boss TU-2 tuner, Prescription Electronics’ Yardbox and Experience pedals, Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man, and some variety of a Tube Screamer. At the moment my favorites are the Maxon OD 808 and Voodoo Lab’s Sparkle Drive. There are a few other things I use quite often, like a Voodoo Labs Analog Chorus and Pedal Power, Prescription Electronics Germ, and either a Carl Martin compressor/limiter or Boss CS-3 compressor/sustainer.

Effects are a Boss TU-2 tuner, Prescription Electronics’ Yardbox and Experience pedals, Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man, and some variety of a Tube Screamer. At the moment my favorites are the Maxon OD 808 and Voodoo Lab’s Sparkle Drive. There are a few other things I use quite often, like a Voodoo Labs Analog Chorus and Pedal Power, Prescription Electronics Germ, and either a Carl Martin compressor/limiter or Boss CS-3 compressor/sustainer.

Mentioned the gear page of Quine's official website.

Ever in search of new and strange guitar sounds, Quine owns dozens of fuzz boxes - an original Fender Blender, a Dallas/Arbiter Fuzz Face, and the MXR Distortion+ among them - true classics, each with its own distinct sound. "Prescription Electronics has done a lot of amazing things in the last six years. Their Yardbox is my all-time favorite fuzz, a sound I'd been searching for for about 30 years. I'm a big fan of the Beck/Page Yardbirds sound, and this does it exactly!"