Gareth Liddiard (of Tropical F Storm & The Drones) - GEAR MASTERS Ep. 326

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[@NTXNOISE]

Would love to see DTB interview We Are The Asteroid; Gary Chester is one of the most underrated guitarists of all-time.

[@dennok2251]

God he is a fucking legend. So fun watching him geek out with all his gear.

[@digitaltourbus]

So glad you liked the video!

[@iain2080]

Been right in front of him at 2 TFS gigs this year and I've never noticed how beat up that guitar is. To be fair he doesn't stay still enough for one to inspect it. Cheers for this. Also in May he waged war on that pedal board it was awesome and then dragged a full beer bottle across his guitar strings spraying beer everywhere. Just remembered I have one of his picks on my bookshelf from last Monday from that ending actually.

[@digitaltourbus]

Yeah, he has an insane amount of energy onstage! 🤘

[@controloz3310]

I’ve been right in front of him watching him beat that thing to pieces for the last 15 years. That guitar goes right back to wait long by the river. It’s an icon.

[@jg932]

I imagine this guy has a lot of fun with all this stuff whilst he's playing

[@digitaltourbus]

💯

[@brandobin]

I was actually at the concert they filmed this before! At one point he was just slamming the strings and remixing the sound using the pedals in an extended instrumental jam during I think antimatter animals? It was fucking mind-blowing

[@jaybird8748]

I love that he has his same modded jag from when he was a teen that has ended up with the guts of a les paul, I love those multi bank effects boards, I love how he knows that pedals that have microchips in them aren't analogue, I love that he pretty much has a noise music board with a constant signal source which he feeds through an arpeggiator and a multi effects synth thing for when conventional guitar playing is too boring.. and I love that he uses his own sm58. Fuckin cool

[@PhazerTech]

Actually he was wrong about the analog part. Sure, the RAT has an IC in it, but it's an op-amp. Op-amps are analog parts even though they're in an IC package. Just because it looks like a chip doesn't mean it's digital. I'm a fan of Gareth's music, but he's wrong on this one.

[@mochnesslonster44]

@@PhazerTech what about the rest of the pedals big fella, the digital over analogue argument is a moot point nowadays

[@PhazerTech]

@@mochnesslonster44 Most pedals are analog. Pick any overdrive/distortion/boost pedal and 99.9% of the time it will be analog. The only pedals that are digital are multieffects, delays, and reverbs. It's not a moot point since digital pedals can vary a lot in sound quality. You can't compare a $2000 Line 6 Helix to a $80 digital pedal... the latter would sound like crap in comparison. Also digital amp modelers are becoming more popular too but they're really just a multieffects pedal that had all the amps removed except for one.

[@sirvidia]

@@mochnesslonster44 ​ @Phazer Tech is right. Unless it actually converts the signal to digital with a DAC then it remains an analog signal chain.

[@maxwellashcroft6942]

love the mix of cheap and priceless junk

[@jeremypoythress1218]

Gareth can play a mean guitar and he knows how to let loose. i like how he was playing barefoot also I think his guitar is just getting cooler with more awesome stories behind each battle scar.

[@digitaltourbus]

🤘🤘

[@jeanemmanuelkrieger6001]

got that vibrato arm, precious little souvenir from the Brighton gig :)

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for watching.

[@clumsiii]

that sounds like an admission to a crime. Souvenir you say? Got that vibrato arm? Was there a raffle? Sir, we will sit down at the station and discuss this tomorrow 8:30am

[@jeanemmanuelkrieger6001]

@@clumsiii honestly officer ! It snapped , flew into the air and landed in my hands !

[@lucasdaprile918]

With the Einstürzende Neubauten tattoo and the Slayer riff at 9:26 you can tell this guy listens to everything.

[@digitaltourbus]

🤘

[@rollerskateuniverse6763]

Ministry-just one fix

[@luckyphilster]

Black sabbath, into the void.

[@welldoitlive.]

Neubauten tattoos say a lot about the person

[@eddie20307]

Was that Just One Fix or South of Heaven?

[@beachcomber4141]

I LOVE this guys style. Trippy and DIRTY!!!!! Awesome sounds! I do not believe I have ever seen anyone coax sounds out of a pedal board that way. I wondered how he got some of the sounds he did on their remake of 1983 A Merman I Should Turn to Be and now I see!

[@pmoormann]

Empty Bottle Show was great! Ears still ringing

[@digitaltourbus]

🤘

[@aidanmcmullan9351]

2:20 Bling bling bling

[@digitaltourbus]

One of the best quotes from the video!

[@klassyklown8757]

Hes too cute

[@sisyphuslifehacks]

Rowland Howard reference in the first minute? I knew I loved this dang band.

[@digitaltourbus]

😀

[@jorgemartinez42069]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this. I saw them for the first time recently after being obsessed for the last year or two and they absolutely tore the place to the ground. One of the best shows I've been to honestly. I've been trying to figure out some of his sounds with my pedals and modeler ever since and this helps tremendously.

[@danozism]

Nice shirt Gareff. I love your fx board. I'm a bit inspired. I keep spilling shit on my old pedals, so it's nice to see some options. I really dig what you've done with that Jag, too. Rock on, guy.

[@ivankarczewski8582]

A psychedelic master at work

[@digitaltourbus]

💯

[@daveofnf]

He's like a low key wizard. Damn legend.

[@AmirAkhlaghi]

That fuzz pedal is cool! I'd love to take a look at the circuits in there!

[@digitaltourbus]

That would be cool!

[@ethermod307]

Proper guitar noise from a fucking legend in noise rock. Well done guys!

[@digitaltourbus]

😀😀

[@patrickwilliams5260]

I hope Thurston and Lee are watching

[@c11p]

Best guitar ever. Best boing.

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for watching.

[@joelkeane3160]

I’m a fan of Gaz. All the Drones and Trops music is great. But I wanna hear from the rest of the band too. Especially Fiona. Are there any interviews with em? Post links if ya got em.

[@digitaltourbus]

We tried to get them to participate in some videos with us. I don't believe any of them are big fans of doing interviews.

[@markknoop777]

Absolute legend.

[@secret.dog.powers]

Back for my monthly watch

[@jarvikseven]

Now that was fucking cool. Can't wait to see these guys again!

[@jbc4ua]

Gareth inspired me to purchase a used line-x Pod HD500x. Bought it today. Perhaps the best musical purchase i have ever made

[@digitaltourbus]

🤘

[@chrisbrockley]

Amazing live... thanks for the insight.

[@digitaltourbus]

🤘🤘

[@fractalmusicj]

champion luv yer music

[@Notric]

Love the Shirt Gaz - Gotta support the old Bush Chook!

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for watching.

[@mildmagician2764]

I love how rugged the jag is

[@jacey9267]

Dude I was at this show hell yeah

[@digitaltourbus]

Nice!!

[@TheExileonmainstreet]

Can anybody explain the difference between a Line6 Pod HD500 and an HD500X?

[@docmcbungas3303]

Bloody Australian Legend

[@aestheticsosa9288]

that guitar is a fossil

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for watching.

[@465marko]

What's that little bit of paper wedged in the nut of his guitar? Looks like it's just under the D string. Maybe it's an intentional mute or maybe it got stuck there by accident... no judgment either way lol just curious.

[@okayreche]

When fasteners get loose I usually just jam paper in it and rescrew to help sure it up. Could be a similar thing here.

[@vexrosenberg7386]

where do you order one of those mister ugly pedals?

[@digitaltourbus]

Not sure, sorry.

[@fullbodyunibrow7383]

The ICs in those pedals arent microchips in the sense hes saying. ICs are components, microchips are enclosed circuits. Still my favorite guitar player currently. hehe

[@panchoguaren]

I always wondering the name of the company of that weird pedal of the 8:00, i can't stand too much cuz i'm from Chile uwu someboody can write me the name :(

[@panchoguaren]

pls tnx

[@digitaltourbus]

I wish I could help, but I can't fully understand the name he said either.

[@Pinebluff_]

I'm pretty sure that he's saying 4ms 4mscompany.com/effects.php

[@amiestuart7746]

4MS

[@mochnesslonster44]

Senor fail. It's also called Mr Ugly. Made by 4MS

[@garymandley3599]

Such a cool bastard

[@Notric]

So you have had that Guitar since the old "Matrix" days?

[@vidabuena3589]

9:27 into the void :-D

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for watching!

[@shanewa14]

👑👑👑👑🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@cyriloppenheimer9256]

Looks like he's dipped it in honey and let the bull terrier have a chew

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for watching.

[@ColdSleep]

This is hilarious haha.

[@digitaltourbus]

Glad you liked it!

[@bleedlejuice]

Sometimes when Gareth is playing with his pedals he sounds like a demented Mr whippie that sells acid.

[@rangman197]

shit i got the same jag as gaz never even realised

[@skooptywooop1030]

"His brother is Brendon from Fugazi" caught me so off guard!

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for watching!

[@skooptywooop1030]

@@digitaltourbus Pleasure was all mine I love stuff that explains the sound of rad bands.

[@HunterFunk]

Well shit I was at the show they played after this

[@digitaltourbus]

Nice!

[@gallow_]

Sound check must be insane

[@digitaltourbus]

🤘

[@Dreadwinner]

❤️🤎💚🖤

[@jackclark5931]

If rick sanchez were a muso

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for watching Jack.

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for watching Jack.

[@mattwakefield5845]

You win. That is exactly who Gazz is 😂

[@pbabiesinspace6112]

Uh...I love TFS...but this dude should join my band. My bassist and keyboardists have crazy ass effect setups like this. I just sing and use nothing but my American Fat Strat and Marshal amp. Half stack with celection speakers. I gotta focus on 2 things at once as I am screaming my guts out. This guy should join me. I love TFS...but I believe if I jouned forces with this dude...we might actually become for real famous. Butterfist has been in the shadows for a while. I dread even saying the name as we have been canceled 3 times. But we are an underground legend.

[@eyeprod3101]

His tone is not what I'd call great, it's sounds thin, but man there was some interesting shit happening when I saw them play. This is a cool video to see.

[@digitaltourbus]

Glad you liked the video.

[@jn5122]

eyeprod They slay live.

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

❤ gareth!