A shot from the second concert, with Thom singing Open The Floodgates through one of his Audio-Technica Artist Elite microphones.
Vocal Microphone
- Audio-Technica Artist Elite AE6100 or AE4100
Thom has four of these set up for the concert: one by his pedalboards, one by his synths, one by the upright piano, and one by the Rhodes piano.
Guitars and Amplifiers
- Martin 00-18 acoustic
Free In The Knowledge - Epiphone Casino in Sunburst (1962/1963)
Speech Bubbles - Epiphone Casino “natural” (1963/1964)
The original finish of this guitar was probably sunburst, but it’s so faded that it looks like a natural finish.
You Will Never Work In Television Again - Fender Jazzmaster in Olympic White (1964)
We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings - Gibson SG in Cherry-Red (1964)
A Hairdryer - Gibson Les Paul Custom in Black (1950s/1960s)
It’s Different for Girls (Joe Jackson cover) - “upside-down” Vox AC30/6 (1963)
Thom’s main guitar amp. - JMI Vox AC30/6 in fawn tolex (1962)
Kept behind the other Vox and used as a backup.
Bass Guitars and Amplifiers
- Fender Mustang in Olympic White
The Smoke
Thin Thing - Guild Starfire-II in Cherry-Red (late-1960s)
Skirting On The Surface
The Same
The Opposite - Fender Super Bassman amp head
- Fender Bassman 610? cabinet
From the second concert: Thom playing his circa-1963 sunburst Epiphone Casino during Speech Bubbles.
From the second concert: Thom playing his vintage Les Paul during It’s Different For Girls.
A Schaller strap lock can be seen in this shot of the vintage Les Paul.
A closeup of Thom’s JMI Vox AC30/6 with fawn tolex. While it’s been his favorite for many shows (including In Rainbows — From the Basement), at this gig it’s only used as a spare for the “upside-down” AC30/6, hence the lack of input. Settings are only marked for the “normal volume” and “tone cut” controls, indicating that Thom only uses the Normal channel. Photo by a.lonsohuerta.
Keyboards
- Yamaha U1 upright piano
Panavision - Fender Rhodes Suitcase 73 electric piano (pre-1974)
Open The Floodgates
Only Eyes And Mouth - Waldorf STVC
Waving a White Flag (as string synth)
Thin Thing (as vocoder) - Moog Matriarch analog synth
We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings - Teenage Engineering OP1 digital synth
Free In The Knowledge
A close-up of Thom playing the Rhodes from Open The Floodgates during the first concert.
From the first concert: Thom playing his Waldorf STVC on a string synth setting during Waving A White Flag. His OP-1 pedalboard can be seen resting on the Fender Super Bassman amp beside him.
Effects Pedals
Thom’s pedals are scattered across two pedalboards, plus a few floating pedals. The pedalboard to right of Thom’s mic stand (from his perspective) are for his guitar and bass. That board is configured as three separate signal paths: one for acoustic guitar, one for electric guitar, and one for bass guitar. The pedalboard to the left of his mic stand are for his vocals. That board is also configured in multiple signal paths, allowing Thom to process his vocals in different ways. The floaters are all volume pedals for Thom’s synths and vocal effects chains.
And as usual, this doesn’t include the extra effects added by the FOH mix engineer. There’s doubtless a little EQ, compression, and noise gate on everything. There’s some more overt effects as well, like the vocal delay during parts of Panavision. And note that the vocal effects are all in send-return loops from the FOH mixer.
Vocal Effects Chain 1
- Line 6 DL4 (configured as a looper)
- Boss FV-30 volume
- Boss RE-20
The Smoke
Speech Bubbles - Radial Engineering J48 direct box
The FV-30 controls how much of Thom’s vocals are sent to the RE-20 delay. In this video, Thom initially sings a line without delay, then moved the FV-30 to the “toe” position to add delay to his vocals.
Vocal Effects Chain 2
- Ernie Ball VP Jr
Thin Thing - Earthquaker Devices Rainbow Machine
Thin Thing - Boss RE-20 delay
Thin Thing - Radial Engineering J48 direct box
The Ernie Ball VP Jr controls how much of Thom’s vocals are sent to the Rainbow Machine and RE-20. Thom can be seen adjusting the pedal repeatedly in this Thin Thing rehearsal video.
Acoustic Guitar Effects Pedals
- Boss TU-2/3 tuner
Electric Guitar Effects Pedals
- Boss TU-2/3 tuner
- Death By Audio Echo Dream 2 delay
You Will Never Work In Television Again
A Hairdryer - Tortenmann/Telenorida Kompressor TK-23
- Tortenmann/Telendoria Overdrive TA-100
A Hairdryer - Earthquaker Devices Astral Destiny reverb
A Hairdryer - Death By Audio Interstellar Overdrive
We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings ?
You Will Never Work In Television Again ?
Thom can be seen adjusting the Astral Destiny and the Echo Dream during this A Hairdryer rehearsal video.
Bass Effects Pedals
- Boss TU-2/3 tuner
- Death By Audio Interstellar Overdrive
Thin Thing - Tortenmann/Telenorida Kompressor TK-23
- Radial Engineering J48 direct box
The direct box splits Thom’s bass signal, so he can send it to both his Super Bassman amp and to the PA.
Synth Effects Pedals
- Boss FV500 volume
Controls the volume of Thom’s Moog. - TC Electronics Ditto X4 looper
Kept on the OP-1 board, used for Free In The Knowledge. - Earthquaker Devices Space Spiral delay
Kept on the OP-1 board, used for Free In The Knowledge. - Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+
Kept on the OP-1 board, powers the pedals. - Boss FV-30 volume
Placed near Thom’s mic stand, controls the volume of his OP-1 board.f
A shot of Thom’s guitar and bass pedals from during the first concert.
From the first concert: Thom playing his Fender Mustang during The Smoke. His two pedalboards can be seen arrayed before him.