Pour le matos , a l'époque c'était des Dumble Overdrive Special , et Dumble Reverb (Amplis valent , quelques 50 000 $ de nos jours ) et des Mesa's Booogie Mark I.
Sa guitare de predilection était une Yamaha SG 2000 , avant d'avoir été enrolé par PRS.
Pour les effets , me semble bien , qu'il utilisais essentiellement une Big Muff , mais de nos jours quelques autres trucs (Dont un T-Rex Replica me semble ).
Voici un schéma qui explique bien !
Et pour la liste (2004) :
Rack #1:
Furman Power Conditioner
2x 1970s Mesa/Boogie Mark I (with graphic EQ that he doesn't use)
Mesa/Boogie Mark I Reissue (a recent model, used as backup. It has Ruby Tubes)
The 70s Mark heads are used for songs like "Europa" and "Samba Pa Ti". Their settings are: Volume 1 & 2 = 8 ; Master = 7 ; Treble = 7 ; Bass = 3,5 ; Middle = 9. On the back: Presence = 6,5 ; Reverb = 3. His tech changes the Volume 2 & Master knobs during the show to create the long sounds that Carlos uses. These amps power a 1x12 cabinet with a Altec 417-8H speaker (the cab with a Christ icon put on).
Rack #2:
Furman Power Conditioner
Howard Dumble Overdrive Reverb (17.000$, my god!!!), powering a Marshall Slant Giant Cab 4x12 (2x Celestion Vintage 30 + 2x Celestion Greenback)
Howard Dumble Overdrive Reverb, powering a Brown cabinet 4x12 Tone Tubby with Hemp speakers.
Mesa/Boogie Lone Star
He never uses the Dumble amps along with the Mark I heads 'cause they create problems about sound ('cause of the great difference in their dynamics). The Lone Star is used for guest jam and stuff.
Every cab is mik'd with Shure KSM-32 mics set slightly out of the speaker's center on the left, high side of the cab.
Under the percussion risers:
Fender Cyber Twin 2x12 (2x Celestion speakers)
He controls his amps by a Jim Dunlop Pedal/Selector. It has a "Mute" switch used when he changes guitar; three amp switches (one for every amp) and a "Tuner" switch for his Boss Tuner.
His chain:
Guitar -> Home Brew Electronic Power Screamer -> Dunlop Wah Wah (activated by a Boss F5L) -> ??? (the magazine stops...)
The Screamer is basically a Tube Screamer using the old Ibanez T808's integrated. The Tone knob is set to half of its course; the Level is set about to minimum and a Overdrive control set to ??? (the magazine stops here... Damn!).
Then he has a switch for a 10 Db boost nad a selector (that he uses on central position) for compression (this is used in "Game Of Love").
The Overdrive output goes to the Dunlop pedalboard input. Then, from the pedalboard output it goes to a T-Rex Replica (an Analog Tape Echo emulator), and then to the Mark I amp. The other three outputs go to: the Dumble, the Fender amp, the Boss Tuner. He can switch them and select one or more of them.
He uses Monster Cables, and he has some taped places on the stage where he can get more feedback. These places are found by his tech (Ed Adair) playing the "Jingo" intro.