Ruben Block

Ruben Block

Lead singer of Triggerfinger

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Ruben is using an old Pelham Blue SG with a rail humbucker in bridge and with vibrola uninstalled, it first appears on 0:47 in this video.

Also in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN7AFyfJLTQ&t=70s) where he talks about it; it has a Danny Gatton pickup

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In this article, about Ruben Block of Triggerfinger, it is mentioned, "With the two Victoria tweed twins and the FAD cabinet still there, this time he also had two Hiwatt heads (one of which was not powered on) and a Vox Night Train head (a stylish budget single channel valve amp) on stage with him".

In this vid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN7AFyfJLTQ&t=70s) @ 9.35 he also mentiones this amp

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Ruben Block, the guitarist for Triggerfinger, uses a Gretsch G6118T Anniversary guitar, featuring a TV Jones Supertron in the bridge and a Hi Lo Tron in the neck position. He owns two of these guitars in different colors: one red and one white. This usage is visually documented in a user-uploaded photo on Rootstime.

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In this live video on Pinkpop you see Ruben playing a Stratocaster (model to be identified) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0k4cpk66Ko (minute 2:15)

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In this interview on JudgeFredd's website, Ruben Block of Trigger Finger says,"The other amp is a Hiwatt 50W DR504... And I add the Hiwatt for the solos for example". -"L’autre ampli est un Hiwatt 50W DR504......et je rajoute le Hiwatt par exemple pour les solos".

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The item can be seen the whole video on his board.

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The item can be seen the whole video on his board.

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In this article it says that Ruben used the Ibanez TS9DX, wich can be seen on the picture.

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Ruben Block is shown using an Ibanez CS9 Stereo Chorus in a user-uploaded photo on Weebly.

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In this interview on JudgeFredd's website, Ruben Block of Trigger Finger says that the two guitars that he owns that he will probably bring on a desert island are his Red anniversary Gretsch and his Gibson 1952 ES-295 -"Aaaah celle-là... donc oui pour résumer la Gretsch rouge et l’ES295 sont mes deux guitares favorites, celles que j’emporterais si je devais finir mes jours sur une île déserte".

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In this video we can see Ruben Block playing with this Fender Telecaster Danny Gatton signature series with a black pick up. The guitar can first be spotted at :28s.

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In the YouTube video by MusicmakerNL, Ruben Block of Triggerfinger is shown using the Way Huge Electronics WHE101 Angry Troll boost pedal throughout his pedalboard tour.

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In this pic you can spot this guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKqxPx05AhA In the song starting at 17:00 minutes Ruben can be seen playing a white and pink copy of a Gretsch Princess. It's build by a local Belgian guitarbuilder: Stijn Kenens. He also made one for Ruben with a gold guard and bigsby B5.

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Ruben Block is shown using a Maxon AD-999 Analog Delay in a user-uploaded photo on Weebly.

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Ruben Block is pictured using the Xotic Effects RC Booster in a user-uploaded photo on Weebly, demonstrating his preference for this boost effects pedal.

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In the MusicmakerNL YouTube video, Ruben Block of Triggerfinger is shown using a Boss DD-20 Giga Delay on his pedalboard.

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Can be seen whole time in video.

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In this article it says that Ruben used a TR-2.

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In this article it says that Ruben used a Fulltone '69 Fuzz.

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Ruben Block is shown using the Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner in a user-uploaded photo on Weebly.

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In this article it says that Ruben used a Boss GE-7 Equalizer. Ruben says:

“The equalizer I use to take the volume down, for example in a song’s intro. Then when everybody kicks in and things get heavier, I bypass it and with one click, I’ve got my sound again. Before I used it to up the volume on the choruses and it worked well but now I have got a second amp to do that.”

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In this article it says that Ruben used the Lehle Little Lehle Switcher.

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In this article it says that Ruben used the Boss FV-500L Volume Pedal - Low Impedance.

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In this vid, @3.39 he talks about this guitar

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In this vid, @4.31 you can spot the pedalboard he uses for rehearsals; you can spot the Planet Waves pedal on it

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In this vid @4.31 you can spot the Swollen pickle on his rehearsal board

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In this vid, @4.51 he talks about this amp

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In this article they discuss the studio from Triggerfinger; the Magnatone is mentioned

Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN7AFyfJLTQ&t=70s

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Ruben Block is associated with the Magnatone Twilighter amplifier, as mentioned in an advertisement by Haarguitars.

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In this article the amp is discussed

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