Varidrive Tube Preamp pedal, which then goes into a Vox AC30 amplifier. One of the CE-1 outputs it sent to an S.I.B. His signal is routed through his pedal board, beginning with a modified Dunlop Crybaby Wah into a Boss CE-1 Stereo Chorus Ensemble. Live, DeLeo’s backline has remained relatively unchanged over the years. I used it just in one spot on the chorus to ‘Regeneration.'” Guitar Effects The resonance of the metal body gives you this really Turkish sound.
“It has 12 strings, which we tuned like a regular, 12-string guitar. “Kind of like a banjo, with a bigger, deeper body,” says Dean. There was also an exotic Turkish instrument called a cumbus. He used a Danelectro electric sitar on the track “Transmissions from a Lonely Room” and a Cumbus during “Regeneration”, as discussed in his 2001 interview with Guitar World magazine. DeLeo also relies on a piezo-equipped Gibson J-45 acoustic.ĭeLeo has also been known to mix things up a bit, in particular on the recording of the Shangri-La Dee Da album. That way I can play the rhythm on the bottom neck and switch to the top neck for the lead.”ĭeLeo has also been known to use a PRS hollowbody electric tuned, low to high, G G D G D D, which was often seen live when the band played a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Dancing Days”. When it came time to tour, I got together with Fender and designed a couple of double-neck Strats. “I recorded some songs using alternate tunings for the rhythms and standard tuning for the solos. These guitars allowed DeLeo to perform some of the tunes on Army of Anyone’s self-titled debut, without the need to switch guitars mid-song, as he explained in the Guitar World Vulgar Display of Power column in 2007/08. When touring with Army of Anyone, DeLeo also played two custom-built six-string double-necks. The tone knob has been replaced with a push-pull pot that in the “up” position places the two pickups out of phase and creates tone filter-style timbres. I got both guitars around the same time.”ĭean’s main live guitar is a black ’78 Standard with rewired controls. ‘Interstate Love Song’ is that guitar and my sunburst Tele.
I got that just prior to making the Purple album, and I used it a lot. And for some reason, man, every Les Paul that stepped into my life was a ’78. “The first Les Paul I got was my sunburst, which I bought brand-new at Manny’s on October 29th, 1978. In a 2001 interview with Guitar World, DeLeo discussed his fascination of 1978 Gibson’s.
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Guitar wise, DeLeo plays a number of 1978 Gibson Les Paul Standards, a ’57 TV Les Paul Special fitted with P-90’s, as well as a range of Fender Telecasters. He’s also played in ‘super groups’ such as Army of Anyone and Talk Show. While the gear he uses in the studio can vary between albums, DeLeo’s live rig is kept relatively simple. Dean DeLeo is guitarist and one of the creative forces behind rock icons Stone Temple Pilots.