Geoff Kraly (Paris Monster) bass rig rundown
Geoff Kraly of Paris Monster presents his bass rig to http://bassguitar.beatit.tv – the bass players’ website.
http://bassguitar.beatit.tv/geoff-kraly-bass-rig-rundown/
Geoff Kraly: On the bass end of things, the bass is going through the pedal board that you’ll see, so all the pedals are for the bass. There’s three distortion pedals, there’s a Devi Ever Bit, which is an 8-bit gated fuzz. There’s a Tech 21 VT Bass, which is a SansAmp distortion. I use it more like a clean boost in a way, it’s not heavily distorted. There’s a Prunes and Custard pedal by Crowther Audio, which is made in New Zealand. It’s kind of a filter distortion. There’s two delay pedals. One is a Malekko 616, and a crazy, Particle granular delay by Red Panda. Probably the biggest part of the sound for Paris Monster is the Eventide PitchFactor. That’s doing all the pitch shifting on a few different settings. That’s on 80% of the time in this band. Maybe a little less than that. Then, an Ernie Ball volume pedal. I think that’s about it. Yeah, and then some expression knobs and AUX switches for the Eventide.
BeatIt: And then, there’s the case…
Geoff Kraly: Yeah, the Eurorack modular synth. That’s on its own signal chain so that’s not going through any of the pedals. A lot of the times, people assume that the bass is running through that, which is an easy mistake to make. Not even a mistake, I would guess the same given the sounds that the Eventide can make. But that’s on its own, kinda free-running controlled by a Keith McMillen keyboard controller. It’s clocked by a Korg metronome, so no computers or anything. It’s just analog clocking. I know it’s a bass website, but if anyone’s interested there’s some Harvestman modules, which is now Industrial Music Electronics, Intellijel, Make Noise Music and a couple others. That’s a relatively new role for me. I’ve played bass since 12 but I picked up the modular synth about 5 years ago. It’s a lot of fun, a real rabbit hole for me now. If you’re into pedals, it’s like that, but on hyper speed. Stay out of it if you can. That’s my advice.
BeatIt: Head and cabinet.
Geoff Kraly: Here, I was using what the festival provided, which was awesome Aguilar rig. Back home, I use two Ashdown cabinets, two 15” speakers, and a vintage Ampeg V-4B, which is a 100 watt all-tube head. When I don’t have that, I’m unhappy but I can’t bring that on the plane. I can barely bring all this out on the plane. But I love all-tube heads.
BeatIt: Guitars. Here, you had just one with you.
Geoff Kraly: Yeah. This one is a 90s Fender Jazz Bass. My main bass that is home right now is a 1972 Jazz Bass.
BeatIt: Cables.
Geoff Kraly: Let me think… They’re Mogami cables with Neutric connectors which I had custom made by Redco Audio, in Connecticut. I’m unaffiliated with all those companies. I endorse them though I don’t have to, but I do.
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Originally posted by UCYywrfE7DdPzu7lQBVuVBhA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPHS7Eljk3Q
