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Thom, Tom, and Jonny’s Gear for ‘The Smile‘ Glastonbury Stream

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Jonny, Tom, and Thom.

Thom’s Gear

Microphone

  • Electro-Voice RE20

Guitar

  • 1960s Gibson SG in Cherry finish
  • Nigel’s 1950s Fender Telecaster in Sunburst finish

Bass Guitar

  • Fender Mustang in White finish

Keyboards

  • Rhodes Suitcase Piano Mark I 73
  • Waldorf STVC string synth and vocoder
    Waldorf Blofeld digital synthesizer

  • Moog Matriarch analog synthesizer

Pedals
Row 1

  • Boss Tu2 tuner
  • MXR Distortion Plus distortion
  • Telenorida Treble Booser
  • Death By Audio Echo Dream 2
  • Telenorida Kompressor
  • Line 6 DL4 (as a looper)
  • ?
  • Boss RE20 delay
  • Ernie Ball volume pedal

Row 2

  • Boss Tu2 tuner
  • TC Electronic Ditto X4 looper
  • Telenordia pedal
  • Earthquaker Devices Astral Destiny reverb
  • Boss RE20 delay
  • EarthQuaker Devices Rainbow Machine

Thom seems to have used the Rainbow Machine for some heavy, sweeping modulation on his guitar during You Will Never Work In Television Again. He seems to have used the Astral Destiny on his vocals during Thin Thing.

Guitar Amplifier

  • 1963 “upside-down” Vox AC30/6

Bass Amplifier

  • Fender Super Bassman Head
  • Fender Bass Cabinet
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Thom playing Nigel’s 1950s Tele during You Will Never Work In Television Again, a song clearly in the vein of Sonic Youth.

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Thom playing the Waldorf Blofeld and singing into an Electro-Voice RE20 during Thin Thing, the last song of their set.

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Thom playing the Moog Matriarch during We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings. To his right, one can see his Fender Bassman and 1963 Vox AC30 amps.

Jonny’s Gear

Guitar

  • vintage Gibson Les Paul in Natural finish
    Note: Jonny attached a Dunlop 5005 next to the pickup selector switch to the guitar to store his favorite picks.

Bass Guitar

  • Fender Precision Bass in Natural finish

Synthesizer

  • Tom Oberheim SEM-Pro
    Note: Jonny used his Studiologic MIDI pedals to trigger notes on the Oberheim synth module during Just Eyes And Mouth and We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings.

Pedals

  • Boss TU3 tuner
  • Electro-Harmonix Small Stone V4 (big box)
  • Electro-Harmonix Freeze
  • Boss OD3 overdrive
  • Akai Headrush E2 looper
  • Boss RE-20 delay
  • Earthquaker Devices Spatial Delivery filter ?
  • Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus

  • Studiologic MP-117 MIDI controller
    Note: Jonny used this to trigger synth/bass sounds on his Oberheim synth module during Just Eyes And Mouth and We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings.

  • Boss TU3 tuner
    Note: Jonny kept this second TU3 on top of his bass amp.

Guitar Amplifier

  • Fender Super Reverb
    Songs like The Smoke and Opposites featured heavy reverb, most likely from the amp.

Bass Amplifier

  • Ampeg B15 Portaflex Heritage Series reissue
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Jonny with his Gibson Les Paul – seemingly his favorite guitar for non-Radiohead projects.

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Jonny turning down the volume of a guitar loop on his Akai Headrush E2 at the end of Skirting On The Surface, the first song of the set. One can see his Tom Oberheim SEM-Pro module next to his Fender Super Reverb amplifier.

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Jonny hitting an F on his MIDI controller during We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings, the seventh song of their set.

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Jonny with his Precision bass, trying his best to hide from the camera during Panavision.

Tom Skinner’s Gear

The make of Tom Skinner’s silver sparkle drum kit is currently unknown – maybe a Gretsch like Clive’s? But worth noting he also contributes backing vocals through a Shure Beta87 microphone.

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Thom, Jonny, and Tom during Opposites, the fourth song of their set.

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