Steven Drozd
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Drozd is seen here playing his modified double neck while recording with bandmate Wayne Coyne.
Drozd is seen using a fender jazzmaster in one of his many concerts with the Flaming Lips, this is his main guitar. It's a 1967 Jazzmaster with the bridge pickup replaced with a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickup.
"I have a ’67 Gibson ES-330, which is just like an ES-335 but the neck goes farther into the body. It’s more of a true hollowbody than the ES-335 because of that construction. I bought that ’66 Fender Electric XII from Craigslist and it is one of my favorite guitars of all time. I also recently got a ’75 Telecaster Deluxe from eBay. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever bought a new new guita"
In an interview with Premier Guitar, Steven Drozd discusses his collection of guitar pedals, including the Systech Harmonic Energizer.
Seen in this picture of his pedalboard
Drozd states in this interview that he owns a Roland JC-120.
In an interview with Premier Guitar, Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips discusses his first guitar, a Gibson SG Standard, highlighting its role in shaping his unique sound.
"we used an Ampeg Scrambler and a Roland Funny Cat, which is like taking a compressor, an early fuzz box and an auto wah…well it’s just like its name, Funny Cat. We use it quite a bit on the record. When you think you hear a wah-wah, it’s really just the Funny Cat. "
"My guitar signal runs through a Boss GT-8, a Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler, a Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler, and an old Fender Super Twin. I also use a Dunlop/Heil Talk Box on the chorus of “The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song.”"
Drozd: I love to use the Z.Vex Fuzz Factory, because that pedal is insane. It makes the same crazy fuzz sound regardless of the guitar and amplifier. It just takes over whatever you are doing.
Steven Drozd is associated with the PureSalem La Flaca Hardtail electric guitar, as indicated by the pickguard shape, pickup configuration, and body design detailed on PureSalem Guitars' website.
Drozd is seen using his supro coronado while demonstrating a tremelo fuzz pedal in this youtube video
I definitely used that Systech Harmonic Energizer just because it has that tone from a lot of Frank Zappa’s trippy, psychedelic solos. It’s basically this overdrive fuzz with a super-duper-filter-tweaker kind of control that gives you all sorts of grit but also a wah-wah tone, too. Also, we used an Ampeg Scrambler and a Roland Funny Cat, which is like taking a compressor, an early fuzz box and an auto wah…well it’s just like its name, Funny Cat. We use it quite a bit on the record. When you think you hear a wah-wah, it’s really just the Funny Cat.
the band’s EDP Wasp mono synth, a Yamaha A55 Electoneorgan that Drozd scored on eBay, and producer/engineer Dave Fridmann’s Yamaha CS-60 and ARP 2600 synthesizers.
Drozd states in this interview: "I also recently got a ’75 Telecaster Deluxe from eBay."
Drozd can be seen in this photo playing a Fender Bass VI.
In this photo, Steven is clearly holding the Ableton Push
"I bought that ’66 Fender Electric XII from Craigslist and it is one of my favorite guitars of all time. I also recently got a ’75 Telecaster Deluxe from eBay. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever bought a new new guitar"
At 4:43 the DOD 440 Envelope Filter can be clearly seen in the vintage colorscheme.
Drozd states in this interview that he owns a Boss GT-8.
Drozd's Korg SV-1 can be seen in this photo.
In an Instagram photo shared by Steven Drozd, the Moog Minimoog Voyager is visible at Tarbox Road Studios, highlighting its role in his music production setup.
Can bee seen in this live performance of "Race For the Prize", running his keyboard through.
Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips Demos the Walrus Audio Janus Tremolo/Fuzz Pedal
Drozd states in this interview that he owns a Line 6 DL4.
There is a Boss delay on the desk in this pic
Steven is holding an OP-1 in this picture.
"My guitar signal runs through a Boss GT-8, a Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler, a Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler, and an old Fender Super Twin. I also use a Dunlop/Heil Talk Box on the chorus of “The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song.”
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