Sam Kiszka's Studio Equipment

Used on the bass for "When the Curtain Falls", as stated by mix engineer Al Sutton in this January 2019 Sound on Sound interview. An image of the settings can be found here.

"I also had the Opticom in the bass for parallel compression. In this case I'll run that really dirty and blend it back in."

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Kiszka can be heard talking about the DI at around 6:05 minute mark in Premier Guitar's rig rundown. He also talks about the DI in 2021 Guitar World interview.

My main sound is the Acme Motown DI tube interface, which Al Sutton makes. It’s fantastic; it puts the sound of the bass right in the spot where you want it. It sits back enough, but you can hear all the intricacies of the tone. We run that into a silver 1964 Fender 50-watt Bassman for a little more growl. You don’t have to crank it at all.

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At 13:20 you can see that he used the Hammond XPK-100 as his bass pedal unit

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