Steve Rothery

Then there’s my Lexicon MPX G2, which is a greatsounding unit by not very well thought-out; it has 300 presets but only 50 user presets—great idea, guys. I still have my Roland GP-16s, and I also used the Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere quite a lot, as well as the TC Electronic 2290.

In 2022, Rothery replaced MPX G2 units with Chase Bliss CXM 1978 reverb pedal. According to 2022 guitarguitar interview:

Then I switched to using the Blade with a Groove Tubes Trio preamp and a Lexicon MPXG2. My third one finally died, I think, so I’ve had to replace elements! I’m using stompboxes to give me those elements, including something I just bought from one of your branches, actually!

According to the 2007 GuitarOne interview with Rothery (link missing), he used Roland GP-16 during most of the Marilion career > Then there’s my Lexicon MPX G2, which is a greatsounding unit by not very well thought-out; it has 300 presets but only 50 user presets—great idea, guys. I still have my Roland GP-16s, and I also used the Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere quite a lot, as well as the TC Electronic 2290.

Also mentioned in the 2022 guitarguitar interview.

Yeah, that was the setup all the way through to - and including parts of - the marillion.com album. Some of the effects have changed, like I used a (Roland) GP-16 for a while, but it was mainly a TC 2290 delay with a DS-1 and a Roland Chorus, into a quadraverb for all of the Marillion stuff up until about 1997-98.

In this interview, Steve Rothery says, "[Also in the rack is] a BOSS CE-300 rack-mounted chorus. I’ve tried loads of other chorus pedals and I always come back to the sound of this. For me, the best chorus sound you can get is to try to find one of these second-hand on eBay. I think they stopped making it probably about twelve years ago, but I think it’s got great character."

It’s not that large a palette that I tend to draw upon. There are certain sounds that I love. I use a GigRig G2 at the front end normally when I’m writing and recording, and I’ve got a selection of stompboxes at the front end, like a Prince of Tone or King of Tone, Jester Overdrive, Analog Man Mini-Chorus, Keeley tremolo, and an Electro-Harmonix POG and Pitch Fork. I like to use analog on the front end. Then it comes into the Groove Tubes Trio with a TC 2290. Within the loop of the 2290 I have other things, like the Rotosphere and an AdrenaLinn pedal, and that goes into a Lexicon reverb. And then, in the loop of the Pitcher, there are Strymon delays and reverbs. Sometimes I run both independently, which gives me a very wide spread.

Also mentioned in the 2022 guitarguitar interview. Rothery mostly retired the unit, and is instead using Free the Tone Flight Time delay pedal.

Yeah, that was the setup all the way through to - and including parts of - the marillion.com album. Some of the effects have changed, like I used a (Roland) GP-16 for a while, but it was mainly a TC 2290 delay with a DS-1 and a Roland Chorus, into a quadraverb for all of the Marillion stuff up until about 1997-98.

Mentioned on Marillion's official website.

Mentioned on Marillion's official website.