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31 items · Last checked What guitar does Omar Rodriguez-Lopez play?
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has said he mostly played his Ibanez ORM-1 signature guitar through a Vox AC30 and an Orange reissue amp, with staples like an Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man and Frequency Analyzer, a Boss Vibrato, an Ernie Ball wah and eight Roland RE-201 Space Echoes.
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Electro-Harmonix
Deluxe Memory Man“I can't ever seem to let go of the Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man and Frequency Analyzer pedals, or the early Boss Vibrato.”
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Electro-Harmonix
Frequency AnalyzerSaid in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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What guitars Omar Rodriguez-Lopez uses: a sourced gear guide
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Guitars
Ibanez
Ibanez ORM-1 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez signature
SponsoredHas said they use
Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Seen in MusicRadar: Video rig tour with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of Bosnian Rainbows, July 2013
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Fender
1964 Fender Mustang
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Fender
1964 Fender MustangSaid in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Ernie Ball
Ernie Ball strings (.013-.056, wound third)
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“I use Ernie Ball strings gauged .013 to .056 with a wound third.”
Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Dunlop
Dunlop Tortex picks (orange)
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“I like the orange Dunlop Tortex picks”
Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Amps
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Orange
Orange reissue amp (live)
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Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Harmony
Harmony 2x12 combo
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Harmony
Harmony 2x12 comboSaid in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Supro
Thunderbolt
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Supro
ThunderboltSaid in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Supro
Supro 1606 combo
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Supro
Supro 1606 comboSaid in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Pedals
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Electro-Harmonix
Deluxe Memory Man“I can't ever seem to let go of the Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man and Frequency Analyzer pedals, or the early Boss Vibrato.”
Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Electro-Harmonix
Frequency AnalyzerSaid in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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BOSS
Boss Vibrato (early model)
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Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Moog
Moogerfooger Ring Modulator
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Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Ernie Ball
Ernie Ball wah (main live wah)
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Ernie Ball
Ernie Ball wah (main live wah)Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Ibanez
WF10 Fuzz Wah
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Pigtronix
Pigtronix Echolution
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Guyatone
Guyatone Micro Digital Delay
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Guyatone
Guyatone Micro Digital DelaySaid in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Electro-Harmonix
HOG
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Electro-Harmonix
POGMenatone
Pleasure Trem 5000
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Menatone
Pleasure Trem 5000Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Dunlop
Rotovibe
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Dunlop
RotovibeSaid in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Tape echoes
Roland
Roland RE-201 Space Echo (he owns eight)
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“I own eight RE-201s and people ask, "Why eight?" But each unit has something different about it.”
Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Roland
Roland RE-101 Space Echo
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Roland
RE-301 Space EchoSaid in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Maestro
Maestro Echoplex (about five)
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Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Studio
Neve
Neve 8301 Kelso Sidecar (former travel rig)
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Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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AKG
AKG C12 microphones (former travel rig)
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Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Mellotron
Mellotron (on "Since We've Been Wrong")
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Said in Guitar Player: Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on His Ongoing Battle with Guitar Playing and Love of Effects, February 2010
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Questions
About Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's gear.
What guitar does Omar Rodriguez-Lopez play?
He told Guitar Player in 2010 he mostly played his Ibanez ORM-1 signature, and used a '64 Fender Mustang on "Desperate Graves." MusicRadar's 2013 rig tour showed him on a short-scale Ibanez in Bosnian Rainbows.
What amp does Omar Rodriguez-Lopez use?
On Octahedron he said he mostly used a Vox AC30 and the Orange reissue amp he has played live. Before that he stuck to a Harmony 2x12 and Supro Thunderbolt and 1606 combos.
What pedals does Omar Rodriguez-Lopez use?
His staples include an Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man and Frequency Analyzer, an early Boss Vibrato, a Moogerfooger Ring Modulator, a Boss DD-5, an MXR Phase 90, an Ernie Ball wah and EHX HOG and POG, per Guitar Player in 2010.
What delay does Omar Rodriguez-Lopez use?
He told Guitar Player he owns about five Echoplexes and eight Roland RE-201 Space Echoes, and also likes the RE-101 and RE-301, a Pigtronix Echolution and a Guyatone Micro Digital Delay.
What strings does Omar Rodriguez-Lopez use?
He told Guitar Player he played Ernie Ball strings gauged .013 to .056 with a wound third and orange Dunlop Tortex picks.
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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez is the guitarist, composer and producer behind The Mars Volta and At the Drive-In. This guide covers his signature Ibanez, his amps, his deep pedal collection and his Roland Space Echoes, mostly from his 2010 Guitar Player interview.
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