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Billy Corgan talks about some of the guitar effects pedals used on Smashing Pumpkins recordings.

[@getheroutofthetruck]

Despite all his rage he still keeps his pedals in a cage.

[@skyhigh_butterfly]

hahaa!

[@kacper06660y]

"we used to play that on Siamese Dream" *throws it into the cart like nothing*

[@marcosmarques982]

ITS HURTS ME

[@orochi6312]

I love how easily he shows you how to have the exact Siamese dream tone he had

[@DaCostaGuitars]

He has no problem showcasing a signature album tone - it's awesome

[@walshelliot1]

@@orochi6312 he's iconic enough for people to know its HIS tone. He doesn't need to keep it a secret anymore

[@jakemartinez9597]

He didn't throw it are you blind LOL.

[@DanBee]

From what I could tell: MXR Distortion: Drive - Full Resonace - 11 O'Clock Filter - 11 O'Clock Output - 2 O'Clock Muff: Amp - 12 O'Clock Tone - 1 O'Clock Sustain - Full MXR Phase 100: Intensity - Any Choice Speed - All The Way Down Flange: Rate - 11 O'Clock Range - 9 or 5 O'Clock Color - 2 or cranked!

[@kevinanderson2185]

This is one of those videos I wish never ended.

[@billymac72]

I'm amazed that with ALL those effects over the years that Corgan can even remember which ones he used on what songs/albums. I guess we all have kind of our mainstays, and once those are changed out, they stay in memory, although his recall here is impressive. And to those of you shocked by his "treatment" of these pedals, he is not "throwing" or "tossing" them around. Most of these are quite solidly built to withstand the force of being "stomped" over and over. All I see him doing here is merely picking them up and putting them back down. He's not being ginger about it, but not destructive. These pedals can handle it. I love the "Robin Trower Overdrive." Billy says he needs that "just in case he (Trower) shows up." Hilarious.

[@bsdraven]

He literally has a shopping cart full of pedals. Lol. Gotta love the pumpkins man.

[@patrickhodgen9933]

People complaining about him chucking the metal boxed pedals back into the cart - these things get stood on for a living. Plus he's had them for 20+ years and they're still alive

[@damnitboy9635]

Right. If people only knew the amount of use and abuse they get on tour.

[@aquathemage1680]

@Underdog knocking the electronics out of place makes for a great fuzz

[@matiasmoulin2126]

Someone who ever opened up such a pedal knows that they are actually junk. Especially for a millionnaire who owns gear that is worth way more than a shopping cart full of aluminium boxes made of a few cheap resistors. I adore those pedals too. But they just got so expensive and precious for us because of the vintage market. They were junk back then and they are junk today.

[@aquathemage1680]

@@matiasmoulin2126 I wouldn't say they're junk, but I agree they're not exactly very valuable today, especially considering how far digital audio technology has progressed. You could just model one on your computer now.

[@matiasmoulin2126]

@@aquathemage1680 I know. That's my point. The "junk" is sarcasm - considering how cheaply they are actually made compared to an iPhone. Just think about how people thew them away in the 80s or smashed them in the 90s. I lust for those pedals too, but they only have an emotional value now which leads to high prizes because they are vintage. We don't really need them anymore but yet we love them. I can't afford them, that's why I build clones myself.

[@Lucas311Revival]

Wow... after years of watching everything Billy's released... I just now realized he had that birthmark... and always has had it in plain sight now that I look at other vids, pics and most notably The cover to The Future Embrace! Guess I was just mostly in awe of the talent all this time!

[@xyu_official77]

what birthmark?

[@finncallahan8994]

@@xyu_official77 the big red one on his arm/hand. He references it in Today actual. “Pink ribbon scars” or so I think

[@Neightlive]

Same

[@mhayes848]

I didnt know until now

[@BnHwrd]

When he pulled the original Big Muff Pi for Siamese Dream and put it to the settings, I was having a seizure of awesomeness.

[@helixfire1198]

me too

[@Chuck0601]

"Yeah these are on eBay right now for a thousand a piece" CLUNK! Throws it back in the cart like every other pedal he owns.

[@ripplebear]

@Ahhh Ahhh I made a thousand bucks a month after tax at pretty decent job for a whole year. Telling you, pretty hungry days!

[@ripplebear]

@Ahhh Ahhh a million dollars a day. Now that'll work! 😆

[@leob4403]

He's a multi millionaire so he won't be sleepless over a few pedals

[@pruston599]

Sooo cool!! Side note: Pale Horse has become one of my absolute favorite songs!! I love every detail about it ... lyrics, music... 🖤

[@shimmer3053]

He didn't mention it, but great to see the purple Boss Hi-band flanger in there!

[@archivosrockchile]

Yes! I just got one a few months ago, and it's magical! ❤

[@darklight4815]

very cool of billy to share his settings like that with us...thanks billy!

[@garylowzik9187]

This video needs to be several hours longer. I would love to spend a week or two playing with all those pedals.

[@helixfire1198]

like in deatiled catalgoe rundown, like 1 min explainer of each pedal, what album/songs, or tour used, customizations, his rating on it, etc

[@gtrartnow]

The bloody finger is available at Guitar Tone Company.

[@VanishedatSea]

That's an insane amount of pedals. I'm actually impressed that you still remember all of their uses! There's definitely some magic in there. Easily some of my favorite leads and solos ever have come from that shopping cart!

[@due_2477]

my god this is so inspiring, the coolest thing is that he shows the settings and that he has a WH10 Ibanez pedal!!! never seen anyone using it apart from john frusciante

[@trufflesmell]

Can't believe he's so humble/normal. Top bloke.

[@OldUnkieAl]

As a pedal fan, this was a real treat.

[@christophercalle2888]

I wish there was a Smashing Pumpkins museum. This video was really cool. Thanks Billy.

[@helixfire1198]

this video is a dream come true. a private tour into the tools used for the best sounds ever created

[@TheJeffHartman]

Wow, as a pedal buff - this video was AMAZING!! I want to play every one of those (esp the phasers!)

[@ninevehguitar]

HAHA!! The Big Muff "Siamese Dream" settings are the EXACT same as the ones I use for that very sound! I guess my ears are good after-all... Cool

[@basilnoble7111]

“I’m not a big fan of using pedals” Billy Corgan on his rig rundown 2016

[@dar3mor6]

*2012

[@Riffmaster227]

I think he meant live. Studio and live are two different things.

[@reykas1000]

Billy smashing pedals, oh my goooooodness!

[@Superninjasam]

"The Bee Gee!*awkward pause* its pretty good."

[@spawn22222]

This was really cool to see. You never hear any bands talk about this sort of thing, but not you guys. ;) I've always been curious about the little aspects that help make some of the most important contributions to the music, like this. Awesome vid!

[@acidburn_]

There's not a lot of things I wouldn't do just for a chance to go look at this magical place.

[@kristopherryanwatson]

Man, that original Big Muff that he used on Siamese Dream! If ever that went up for Auction, i'm sure it would catch a pretty penny or two.

[@pulsemaps]

Yeah, I'll bet that would go for at least 50k

[@seagreenyweeny]

I like how the super clean looking Boss Spectrum and Slow Gear don't even get a mention.

[@andrewpappas9311]

The man that made me want to get a Big Muff pedal for myself, and it’s still one of my favourite pedals that I own (my band was doing Today at the time and I wanted to get a Muff to sound more “authentic”, and plus I’ve always wanted a fuzz pedal)

[@TEAM4STARISMYIDOL]

BILLY'S AWESOME

[@jsh020]

you know i was expecting a happy song form pale horse, then when you listen to it, its freaking heart breaking

[@jordanpene5279]

The shopping cart full of awesome pedals :)

[@davo171]

Billy DO MORE OF THESE VIDS!!! We learn a ton.

[@sonicgoof709]

Random Guy- "Dude, where do you keep you pedals?" Billy-"They're in my grocery cart" :o

[@ianduffy7756]

@@bigben7518 ok Chris farley

[@monkeyxx]

best comment

[@cdmusic9754]

(whispered): so many ..... seeeeecrets

[@PyroboyAce297]

i think i just came

[@guanyu5091]

Fuck ive been messing around with my little big muff for a year now trying to get the perfect sound for cherub rock and quiet. I had it right the whole time!

[@MichaelD8393]

@Dimapis2402 It's the MXR Distortion II (2). Amazing distortion.

[@mynmyself]

@rodrigoNIN90 the fender blender and the micrsynth by EHX were heavily used during the siamese era... im quite sure the geek usa solo is a microsynth or a blender, as well as the majority of the solos from that album... as well he has used a lot of modular synths to process his audio

[@PantheonLincoln]

The "Bloody Finger" pedal looks lovely, all shiny. There needs to be more shiny shiny pedals.

[@patchworkman2392]

awesome, what a dude..

[@mrrintymonaghan]

The toggle switch at the back is an "off/on" switch. If you look closely above the middle (tone) knob its marked as "off" and "on".

[@jhonochoa1653]

I´m a fan of pedals and that was like digging for gold into the cart... damn

[@johnnyguitar7921]

i knew that he must of had a Roland AD-50 Double Beat fuzz ,,, that pedal is a BEAST,,,

[@sideslick1024]

I would have never guessed Billy's talking voice... I always imagined his most-common talking note to be about a about 1/2-to-3/4 an octave higher, more akin to him singing.

[@chrisothoulos]

Lots of toys... lots of great music created with those :)

[@neilperrin6409]

@jacka1996 The first Big Muff he is holding I believe is the "V3" version of the Big Muff from the 1970s, the switch being a Tone Bypass that comes with the pedal. The second one he holds up which he says was the main one used on Siamese Dream is the "V4 Op-Amp" Big Muff pedal, also from the 1970s, which has an on-off switch.

[@reggaeluv2000]

Shocking to see so many. Love the inside look at all the toys! I wanna be there looking through those saying YO show me what this one does

[@justincarpenter1197]

That boss spectrum is so crazy to see and he doesn’t even acknowledge it

[@pokerinvite]

cool peak behind the scenes

[@obscurebandfan]

This is the greatest thing ever.

[@corporalclegg5057]

I admit, the green font electric mistress is so fricking hard to find it's crazy

[@sugarnap245]

After owning a few, selling a few, the one I still have is actually a Mooer Elec Lady. It nails the OG mistress tone. I hate to admit it, but I also neglected to fix my original Phase 90, as the Mooer Orange 90 or whatever it's called nails both the script and block logo tones. They do have some duds, but their modulation pedals are surprisingly sturdy and goddamn accurate clones of their predecessors.

[@andycrossland3892]

He has the box

[@Andrees1979]

La leyenda de Smashing Pumpkins continua.... Pumpkins forever!!!

[@tambert3897]

It's like he went to Guitar center and said "Give me everything."

[@sugarnap245]

Those pedals didn't come from guitar center lol

[@realgoodfishes]

Hell yeah the coolest KZbin video every thanks so much!!!!!

[@LemmyKoopaVGA]

Really awesome stuff! All that equipment for some awesome guitar tones!

[@PantheonLincoln]

@MistaaMojoRisin There's a lot going on with SD, guitar-wise. I haven't really heard the Fender Blender clearly in use for anything apart from the live version of "Slunk" on Vieuphoria, and it's supposed to be on the middle part of "Bullet with Butterfly Wings". I think the Fender Blender is just for "noise" stuff.

[@patrickkowalski8256]

One day, my pedal collection will be as big as Billy Corgan’s

[@AWSOMEPOSSUM16]

DAMN, that's a lot of pedals! I hope someday i'll get to that point. RN'R 4 Life!

[@samkoopmann8833]

The man has an actual shopping cart of pedals

[@zerosoma33]

He has more pedals than I have words

[@BassGuyRy]

If this video was 3 hours long I could watch the whole thing!

[@distortedfuzz]

I'm pretty sure I've had dreams about this exact situation in the past.

[@joepearson5560]

I think it's called Klippel Trenauney syndrome. Still doesn't stop him from being a kickass guitar player and musician. :)

[@goobienoob3589]

I love how he has such an ungodly amount of pedals and yet the majority of the pumpkins show is done directly to the amp.

[@BullyMaguire4ever]

These are for in the studio.

[@PaulIsbell]

Holy Mother Mary, THANKS for this video.

[@Yuuiiytrfbh]

COOOL!!!!! tahnks for showing us!!!!

[@Thesleepofreason3000]

I see a BOSS HF-2 Hiband Flanger here. I think that might be what they used for the sweeps on the song "Love" off MCIS. Ive got that pedal too and unlike someone else who posted here I think it sounds pretty cool. I think it sounds a lot like what you hear on "Love" but then again they might have used something completely else for it. got mine cheap 2 months ago in almost like new condition. a lot of the older BOSS pedals are pretty cool and Ive gathered a whole bunch of them now.

[@ryankon518]

Billy loves his phaser...

[@Gerodio]

loool Judging by Kerry's laughter towards the end It almost seems like Billy must be giving him the "cut, stop recording" gesture, I spotted some interesting pedals hiding in there that he may wanna keep to himself about.

[@7THeIAM]

thats awesome billy!!

[@MrDimebuck]

That was awesome!

[@justinkrann7406]

I knew his left hand was red!!! I even commented on an another video about it!!

[@Zaikar]

He's buying a new home, cause he's just discovered the Behringer pedals... two of each please!

[@rebecam.8397]

Mmmmmmm....just Mmmmmmm...I want them so bad...

[@SirTophammHat]

@CTCJakinator That's his birthmark. Hence why his first band was called 'The Marked'

[@ColoredPig]

awesome collection! :D

[@hellotheresunshine]

Thanks for this. This is amazing!

[@TimmDiesel]

A guitarist's ultimate toy box

[@peterb7435]

Holy shit. Awesome

[@kanirip]

"Robin Trower overdrive... in case... he shows up..." LOL

[@kevinkibble8342]

Holy shit, the very same Big Muff used on Siamese Dream. That thing must be worth thousands.

[@lucasmedia1]

priceless* ;)

[@apagoogoo]

song for a son is my fave off the new record.

[@jimmyguitarman]

@mtsn all the ones he uses at a gig would be still on that rack but all connected to one master pedalboard with loads of switches on :)

[@MichaelD8393]

@Dimapis2402 you're welcome. and yeah it's a cool and rare piece. i had to watch over mine like a hawk at the Sam Ash i work at for 3 months. it set me back $239, but totally totally worth it.

[@Crokodilian]

i bought a big muff because of billy

[@headHunter241]

Love the shout-out to catherine. Sleepy and Hot Saki are great releases.

[@dfdf204]

that custom pedal is just like.... JESUS!!

[@brianjackson631]

This is overwhelming

[@ExclaimedMusic]

My Jazzmaster and I want to hang out in Pumpkinland2.

[@ElimRem]

i want to have a shopping cart filled with rare, vintage and custom pedals as well

[@Rocanrollnene]

Thanks for sharing!!! There is more about this?

[@nextgreatguitarist23]

awesome

[@FreakinKoolMedia]

the bee-gee!...........its pretty good

[@JoeyLevenson]

Shows the Roland Double Beat fuzzwah 4 times, doesn’t talk about it :( It’s been my main fuzz for 20+ years. I’d love to know where he used it.

[@dfdf204]

that "atoner" is just like.... JESUS!!!

[@TheDivinesmile]

so it sounds like the cherub rock solo is a mxr phase 100 through mxd distortion ii through big muff plus through a steel guitar preamp or the preamp is first not sure. but supposedly it creates a bunch of white noise which makes the tone sound like a jet engine then he plays a couple pinch harmonics and a slight touch of whammy bar at a deafeningly high volume through some marshall with KT88s. I don't have the money for all that but if some one wants to try it record a vid a post it for us.

[@WillCorg]

Shilpi Heyden, I'd say for the most part YES. But Billy doesn't ever use a whammy bar as he states "it wreaks havoc on your tone & your tuning". So he has the vibrato springs cracked down tight. You can't even screw the bar into the hole or feed your guitar strings through the plate cover (I assume that's why all his covers are missing on the back) when it's cranked down. It puts it in a semipermanent bend, making it a makeshift hardtail. That's why his signature Strats are hardtail's, you get better sustain as well, another important element to his sound.

[@scottmartinezguitarandbass]

@@WillCorg Actually, Billy uses Hardtail Strats, and they don't have a Whammy bar at all.

[@WillCorg]

Scott Martinez, only his 70’s Starts are hard tails (along with his signature Strat). The famous “Bat Strat” is an Eric Clapton 1957 Fender Stratocaster reissue... which would’ve originally had a tremolo (aka Whammy Bar).