“I can’t ever seem to let go of the Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man and Frequency Analyzer pedals, or the early Boss Vibrato.”
What gear does At the Drive-In use?
Omar Rodríguez-López has said he still enjoys a Fender Super-Sonic through an Orange and plays an Orange Rockerverb 50 combo. Jim Ward has praised the P-90s on his 1961 Gibson SG Special, his main At the Drive-In guitar, and Keeley Davis played a Gretsch Streamliner on in•ter a•li•a.
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Omar Rodríguez-López: guitar
“Yeah, I still enjoy that.”
“That was a ’64 Fender Mustang through the Harmony amp.”
“I just play the simple combo amp, you know, the Rockerverb 50 now, works best for me.”
“I can’t ever seem to let go of the Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man and Frequency Analyzer pedals, or the early Boss Vibrato.”
“That’s a great wah, and the one that I mainly use live.”
Jim Ward: guitar and keys
“extremely centered, not too trebly, not too gruff—they’re a humble workhorse that has nothing fancy about them”
Keeley Davis: guitar (2016 reunion)
“I got this guitar and I immediately felt super comfortable.”
“This thing kind of rips your skin a little bit and it’s angry. I like that.”
About At the Drive-In's gear.
What guitar does Omar Rodríguez-López play?
A Fender Super-Sonic, which he has said he still enjoys through an Orange, and a Squier Super-Sonic with the neck pickup removed. He also has an Ibanez ORM-1 signature, an Ernie Ball Music Man Mariposa signature and a '64 Fender Mustang.
What pedals does Omar Rodríguez-López use?
He has said he can never let go of the Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man and Frequency Analyzer or the early Boss Vibrato, and that he owns eight Roland RE-201 Space Echos. He has also used a Moogerfooger Ring Modulator, Boss DD-5, MXR Phase 90 and an Ernie Ball wah he mainly plays live.
What guitar does Jim Ward play?
An original 1961 Gibson SG Special with P-90s, his main At the Drive-In guitar, whose pickups he describes as a humble workhorse. Premier Guitar's 2020 Rig Rundown also showed a Fender Blacktop Jazzmaster HH, Vox AC30 and Orange combos and a Divided by 13 head.
What guitar did Keeley Davis play in At the Drive-In?
Gretsch Streamliners. Keeley Davis has said he immediately felt super comfortable on the Streamliner he used for in•ter a•li•a, and he also played G2622 Center Block models, one in custom Torino Green.
At the Drive-In are the El Paso, Texas band of Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Jim Ward, Paul Hinojos and Tony Hajjar, behind Relationship of Command and One Armed Scissor, with Keeley Davis on guitar for the 2016 reunion. This guide covers the band's documented guitar gear: Rodríguez-López's Fender Super-Sonics, Orange amps and pedals, Ward's 1961 Gibson SG Special and Davis' Gretsch Streamliners.
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