Robin Guthrie's Amplifiers

In an interview on his official website, Robin Guthrie mentions using the Rivera M60 112 guitar amplifier.

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Robin looks to be playing a Roland JC 50 with a rack mount FX unit on top of it in this video. It could also be a JC-60 but the Roland tag on the front looks to be that of the 50 released in 1978.

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"Out of the harmoniser it goes to a delay, either a Boss or a Delta Lab one, about 250mS. I prefer the Delta Lab one, but Elizabeth likes singing through that so I often end up with the Boss. Then that goes into a Roland Dimension D, which splits up the signal into a lovely spatial stereo. I've been using that in studios for years, it's like a subtle phasing, nice and sparkly. Out of that it goes into two Bolt combos, a 30 and a 60."

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In this 1996 Guitar Player interview, Robin Guthrie says: "For clean sounds I use a Rockman Sustainer [sic]."

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In this 1996 Guitar Player Magazine interview, Robin Guthrie says: "for the more distorted sounds I use a Marshall JMP-1 preamp."

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Robin Guthrie mentions using the HH Electronics IC100 Amplifier in the equipment notes section on his official website.

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Garlands: "this went into my amp, a Maine combo (60w 2x10 never seen one since)".

Note: there is no 60w 2x10 Maine combo, only a 50w 2x8 one (Club) and an 80w 2x10 (Stage): http://schems.com/bmampscom/maine/Maine_50C_&_80S_Combo_Power_Amp.zip

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In this live video of Pearly Dewdrops' Drops (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0upaIZF_gA), Robin can be seen using a Roland Bolt 30 amp.

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This website has transcriptions of various posts by Guthrie submitted to Cocteau Twins forums in the early 00's. In the "Looping" section, he explains, “…that seems to change everytime I play as I haven’t really found the ideal [looper] unit—I use a Jam-Man, an Electrix repeater or a Boomerang depending what works. [reverb] Eventide, [delay] Echo-Pro, and [piano] Steinberg Grand [while recording Imperial]…..[and for Violet Indiana performances] Flextone II amp."

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