Peter Buck guitar sound

[swa...@netcom.com]

I'm curious if anyone knows what kind of gear Peter Buck used to play
back in his janglier days (around the time of their first EP and their
first 3 or 4 albums). I know he played a Rickenbacker, but what model?
And what amp? And what effects (if any)?

Will

[Mongers Brown]

First guitars on the early records was a Rickenbacker 360 (the round one)

but he also used a 330 (not bound) especially live like on the "Tube"

His amps in them days were Fender twins ( or Vox ac30's )

and he used a bit of compression (eg. boxcars maybe) and chorus (gardening)

also if there's a bit of guitar doubling he used a telecaster

Any help?

[F Yang]

In article <swangerD...@netcom.com> swa...@netcom.com writes:
>From: swa...@netcom.com
>Subject: Peter Buck guitar sound
>Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 05:47:37 GMT

>Will

I think it was a black Rick 340 (pleaes don't quote me on that) and I know
he's used Mesa/Boogies at one point, but I don't think he would have had
the means to own them near the beginning...
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F Yang

[William G. Sacks]

swa...@netcom.com wrote:
: I'm curious if anyone knows what kind of gear Peter Buck used to play

: back in his janglier days (around the time of their first EP and their
: first 3 or 4 albums). I know he played a Rickenbacker, but what model?
: And what amp? And what effects (if any)?

I saw R.E.M. several times pre-'86 (the "IRS Years," I suppose),
and Pete Buck primarily used Rick 330s and 360s, with the occasional Tele
and a Les Paul Deluxe thrown in from time to time. And on the Life's Rich
Pagaent tour, he had a number of cheap Strat copies which he destroyed
during the closing rendition of "Just A Touch." Amps were typically Fender
silverface heads with reverb into a Mesa/Boogie 4x12; by the time of LRP, there
was a Boogie MkIII head in the mix, too. Recently, I understand he's been
using a mix of Vox AC-30s and Mesa Trem-O-Verbs. Effects-wise, I remember
some kind of run-of-the-mill chorus and an overdrive. Other than that,
his set-up was fairly straightforward.

[David Rapp]

He has used a delay effect on record on at least two occasions, off the
top of my head:

The guitar intro of "Life and How to Live It" (LRP)
The verse of "Bang and Blame" (Monster)

Also, to my ears, he uses a mild chorus effect on most of the early stuff.
But I could be wrong...

[Franks Jr S. A. (Stacy)]

In article <F2YANG.21...@MECHANICAL.watstar.uwaterloo.ca>, F2Y...@MECHANICAL.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (F Yang) writes:
> In article <swangerD...@netcom.com> swa...@netcom.com writes:
> >From: swa...@netcom.com
> >Subject: Peter Buck guitar sound
> >Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 05:47:37 GMT
>

> >I'm curious if anyone knows what kind of gear Peter Buck used to play
> >back in his janglier days (around the time of their first EP and their
> >first 3 or 4 albums). I know he played a Rickenbacker, but what model?
> >And what amp? And what effects (if any)?
>

> >Will
>
> I think it was a black Rick 340 (pleaes don't quote me on that) and I know
> he's used Mesa/Boogies at one point, but I don't think he would have had
> the means to own them near the beginning...
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> F Yang
>
>
>

Rick and Vox AC-30's.

s.f. - f/w

[Bert Still]

In article <swangerD...@netcom.com> swa...@netcom.com writes:
>I'm curious if anyone knows what kind of gear Peter Buck used to play
>back in his janglier days (around the time of their first EP and their
>first 3 or 4 albums). I know he played a Rickenbacker, but what model?
>And what amp? And what effects (if any)?
>
>Will

when i was in college at south carolina, i used to watch REM play club gigs
every chance i got. must have seen them 30 or so times at least. this was
around the time murmur was released. buck was playing a black rickenbacker
330 through a vox ac-30, and a bunch of pedals. i only remember a chorus and
a delay, both ibanez (the big metal ones).

hope this helps.

cheers,

bert