Big Country guitar effects and sounds demonstration

[@davidcraig1930]

Watching this makes me appreciate the genius of Stuart and Bruce even more

[@iainlove2343]

Great info I have been playing for 40+ years and never appreciated how technical BC were. Thank you for enlightening me Every days a school day eh

[@antonyparker6112]

Ninja levels of attention to detail and genuine, massive ability. I swear a part of Stuart’s soul must live within you. A massive thank you for keeping what we love and cherish about Stuart and BC alive. (Skulks off to contemplate how far off the mark those patches on my Fender Mustang are……..)

[@GaryBradleymusic]

Aw, thanks man! It's still so sad to think Stuart and his talent left us to wonder what music he would be making if still here. Really good insight into how the sounds were made. Tx!

[@lewiscrow]

Amazing likeness. I wish they'd stayed with that sound, for it's what made them so unique.

[@michaelpogson467]

It was great seeing you with Big Country in Linlithgow great gig.

[@HarryPagetFlashman]

This is an absolutely enlightening video. Thanks for putting time in to this - it's genuinely fascinating to see and hear these things in practice. Thanks for all your videos to date!

[@tobaccorich]

Bloody lovely. Bravo on all these sounds. What a unique band.

[@koss41]

That tone is perfect

[@PhilipCullen-of1lj]

Sounds absolutely brilliant Good job

[@fergcons]

Congrats and best of luck with big country🙂

[@StripySox]

Beautiful 🎸

[@MM0IMC]

Amazing! I'm still in the dark about most effects pedals.

[@paulhenderson9585]

That was mint,so detailed and quite complicated.shows you how the set list is so important.and you carnt veer of it.

[@jonasness]

Right on! Nice collection of the classic gear they used and your tone sounds dialed in. I have the same blue face MXR 129, with the display unit and original footswitch. I had it listed for sale for several years but nobody seemed to be interested in it so I just put it back in my rack now.

[@janeybaldwin9078]

Genius that. The attention to detail. Great talent.

[@jonetrance4495]

brilliant video,only wish i could play a guitar,loved stuarts guitar work....more of these videos please

[@connorbenson4675]

Great video! Helps a lot :) thanks again

[@pangloss9]

Excellent video! I was recently watching some BC videos from The Tube and I assumed they were using Eventide H3000 harmonizers but I subsequently read about the MXR pitch shifters Stuart & Bruce used. You sound examples are spot-on. Thank you for demonstrating all this.

[@ms8742]

Wow, great job!

[@duesenberger]

Thx so much for this good explanation of the settings and sound demonstration! Was looking for something like this.

[@MrMhdw]

Thankyou fir posting. Fascinating.

[@dedearneaux9227]

Tremendous Tommie fascinating stuff, I’ll not ask how long it took to come up with the combinations and it must have been a lotta fun

[@desimar3287]

Excellent tour of your wonderful gear and settings, thanks. I'm just glad your accent isn't nearly as strong as Stewart's or I wouldn't be able to understand some of what you said. :)

[@secretguitarlab]

VERY cool!

[@marc12marc]

I really enjoyed this video ! The only thing that is missing to get that perfect tone is the showman amp. Which I might be getting. I think it's the only way to get that exact whaling overdrive. Thanx for posting. :) wish I was in scotland, would share a beer and talk gear :)

[@craigmitchell6933]

Wow amazing

[@ajanman]

Amazing, thanks for this

[@williamdonnelly8532]

At the end of the day,you gotta be a decent guitar player!💙🎼🎸👌💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@vfxtutswithdan1893]

So awesome to hear these guitar sounds again! I was really amazed by the way you played The Storm; it sounds just like an e-bow. Were you just plucking the strings directly?

[@marshallheadkt66]

No, it was Ebow.

[@jameswendorff6416]

Uses an Ebow live too. Great guitarist and frontman. Does Stuart proud.

[@gmansi]

The storm live kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnexfaKGard1qKMfeature=shared

[@johnny5805]

This is the definitive video on the MXR ! Is this the exact same combination of the exact same racks Stuart and Bruce used ?

[@marshallheadkt66]

It’s the same contents as the racks had when I saw BC live in 1986. The Bruce rack only has one Pitch Transposer, but has a Flanger/Doubler and a Yamaha SPX90 which Stuart’s doesn’t have.

[@Mudge07]

The accent is fine, was waiting for the “Fields of Fire” tone 😉! Do you have a duplicate system for your co-pilot, and if you do who thought of it first?

[@marshallheadkt66]

The rack I demonstrated has the same contents as Stuart’s when I saw them back in 1986. It’s hooked up a bit different, though. He only used one of the Korg Delays (the other was a spare) but I’ve set mine up to use both, so after the AB switch the dirty and clean signals go through separate delays. I’ve also got a Boss ES5 in the back, which controls the Digitech Whammy, and a programmable EQ which is used on a couple of songs to boost or cut the guitar volume. I’ve also got a Bruce rack sitting below it, with an MXR Flanger/Doubler, Yamaha SPX90, two Korg SDD2000’s, Psionics noise gate and MXR Pitch Transposer, but I haven’t built the foot board for that yet!

[@SteveJamsEcono]

This is wonderful. Some solid detective work involved in this, I bet! I may have missed it but I figured it was worth asking -- are the delays running into the loops of the amps? If not, how do you control them from getting too intense when run into the gainy amp? I've been trying to program some Big Country-esque sounds into my Source Audio Nemesis but even at low mix volumes it is a very aggressive delay sound.

[@DuncanMcintyre-jk3qb]

Yeah big country Coyp rip Stuart and justice for Kirsty

[@matts901]

Thnk u

[@doctordave151]

What guitar are you using?

[@marshallheadkt66]

Yamaha SG2000 I think.

[@doctordave151]

@@marshallheadkt66 That would make perfect sense. I've had a green Stuart Adamson model since '84. After watching him and John McGeoch playing them for a few years (John Mc had 1000s I think) it was a dream come true. I can't say I ever managed to leap around on stage with mine on though. They weigh a ton.

[@marc12marc]

What are the amps on the bottom ? :)

[@marshallheadkt66]

Two Fender London Reverbs. 100watt equivalents of the Showman (which is 200w). We have 4 Showmen and 2 Londons at our disposal in Restless Natives.

[@marc12marc]

@@marshallheadkt66 same tone and all?

[@marshallheadkt66]

@@marc12marc identical - just less loud and clean channel breaks up at lower volume.

[@desimar3287]

@@marshallheadkt66 Very interesting because I have a '83 Showman and I actually made the mistake of putting the chassis into a twin Fender cabinet so I could have two speakers instead of the one (added a EV) but now the amp is way too loud for my purpose. It was too loud before, but now way too loud and the heaviest amp in the world, hehe. Picking up a Vox AC30 with alnicos is nothing compared to picking up this amp. I believe Fender made some Showman back then with two speakers but they're extremely rare.