Rig Rundown – Toadies
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For a quarter of a century, Vaden Todd Lewis and his band has been spreading alt-rock jams around the world. Lewis, guitarist Clark Vogeler and bassist Doni Blair did a pre-soundcheck chat with PG before their sold-out show at Nashville’s Exit/In.
Vaden Lewis tours with two nearly identical Gibson SG ’61 reissues, both stock with ’57 Classic pickups. These SGs stay strung up with Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky strings.
Blair plays a Fender Steve Harris Precision bass that features Seymour Duncan Steve Harris SPB-4 pickups and a Fender High-Mass bridge. Blair strings this beast with Ernie Ball (.045–.105) strings.
Vogeler spends most of his time on this “parts” guitar he helped assemble. He started with a Warmoth Jazzmaster body that he routed out for a Floyd Rose tremolo. Next, he added a Warmoth Strat neck with a string lock. The last ingredients are two Seymour Duncan pickups.
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John always sounds so nervous when he's interviewing people.
This band sounds so good live. I absolutely love that they basically just use gear that you can walk into a guitar center and purchase no problem
Forgot the drum tone
Dude! That Jazzmaster! I don’t know almost anything about the toadies, but this dude to a tea built one of my dream guitars! It’s criminal that no companies hardly ever have put a Floyd in a jazzmaster style body. You can do warmoth or recently, SBS Guitars sells a cheap one (I’m about to buy one). Also, that same type of pickup is what I use! It’s the one Eddie Van Halen designed w/ Seymour Duncan. I have a recreation of the Wolfgang USA pickups. That thing fits in a mix the way rock guitar/distorted amps were made to. powerful mids and bass and treble are just right. I love this dude!
This always makes me super proud of two things in my life… I’m a born and bred Texan and a Owner of a 2204 jcm800.
VTL thinks he’s too cool for school.
These guys are so great, and, so real !!!
I'm so greatful to Orange for their great amps. My home rig and live rig are all Orange. I love the Toadies and have been a fan since 95. I have always loved their tone. Great band and so cool that they demo their gear themselves.
I saw them 5 years after this video. Same rig, same badass wall of sound.
2:46
15:11 Ope… lemme just slink back out of here
Lisa is the only real bassist for the Toadies.
GOD I love Toadies!!!!!!!!
No one really ever thought about the playing abilities of these guys. I thought ????I guess rich out of touch dorks with a lot of time and money, but they’re sound is turn the amp on, distortion at 7 or 8 or so.. (doesn’t really matter)any guitar off the shelf at guitar centers. You got it.
I remember when him and his brother were in hagfish
Easily the best bass tone I’ve ever heard. If not the best to others, then it’s my favorite.
Man, this band isn't really one of my favourites, but they are pretty cool. But the guitar and bass tones are killer! I hear it on the albums, but I appreciate the band even more now!
Ha! I love it when Yanks don't get football.
Make up your mind!
My fav JCM 800 sound.
(17:20) Getting feedback to sound like that is an art form. I'm totally jealous.
Awesome to see that the guitarist with the JazzMaster used warmoth for the build. The Toadies rule.
That SG isn’t a 1964 Reissue, it’s a “Standard ‘61”
What was the song at the beginning?
Go West Ham!!!
Damn I'm going to buy an electric. I've only been acoustic playing for the last way too long. I has an accidental sound happening on a 1979 Vantage lespaul copy from some wiring and pickup mods and an overdrive switch. He made a crazy powerful yet clean strong sound. I built my style around it in that band and when I went to have it tuned up ( fret dress ect) the dude tore out all that beautiful sounding mess and "fixed it". I was mad as hell and though it had the crazy custum over powered over wrapped pickup in still all the rest was gone including the six 9v batteries. My friend Rory who did it ( I helped lol) couldn't recreate it.
Loved this band for years and it's so cool to see how basic their rigs are.