Difference between revisions of "Tom Morello"
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Tom Morello became famous playing guitar with Rage Against The Machine. He's also known for playing with his collaboration with Chris Cornell in the band Audioslave. | Tom Morello became famous playing guitar with Rage Against The Machine. He's also known for playing with his collaboration with Chris Cornell in the band Audioslave. | ||
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| + | Tom has some rather unusual habits with respect to music and making music. For example, he owns a Marshall JCM 900, but has taped over the Marshall logo. In fact, Morello believes that since music companies do not pay him to advertise their product, that he won't display the names and logos of the brands of the music equipment he uses. This is quite different from most musicians who want to associate themselves with, and display "[[Marshall]]" or "[[Gibson]]" or any other piece of musical gear that they've chosen to use prominently. | ||
One of the things that makes Tom Morello and "his sound" different from most other guitar players is his almost exclusive use of the neck position pickups in the guitars he plays. He'll only use the bridge position for solos and when he "scratches" and needs the shorter length / higher note reach of the bridge position pickup. The famous Rage Against The Machine tune, "Killing In The Name Of" was done on the neck pickup of Morello's black telecaster, "Sendero Luminoso". | One of the things that makes Tom Morello and "his sound" different from most other guitar players is his almost exclusive use of the neck position pickups in the guitars he plays. He'll only use the bridge position for solos and when he "scratches" and needs the shorter length / higher note reach of the bridge position pickup. The famous Rage Against The Machine tune, "Killing In The Name Of" was done on the neck pickup of Morello's black telecaster, "Sendero Luminoso". | ||
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| + | Tom is unusual in that at one point, unlike most other guitar players, he decided he was done tweaking his tone. He marked his settings on his Marshall head | ||
==Guitars== | ==Guitars== | ||
| − | * Black Telecaster: "Sendero Luminoso" | + | * Black [[Fender]] Telecaster: "Sendero Luminoso" |
* Light Blue Soloist: "Arm the Homeless" | * Light Blue Soloist: "Arm the Homeless" | ||
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==Pedals== | ==Pedals== | ||
| − | * [[Dunlop/MXR|MXR]] [[Phase 90]] | + | * [[Dunlop/MXR|MXR]] [[M101 Phase 90]] |
* [[Digitech|DOD]] Graphic EQ Boost | * [[Digitech|DOD]] Graphic EQ Boost | ||
* [[Boss]] [[DD-3]] Long Delay | * [[Boss]] [[DD-3]] Long Delay | ||
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| − | Sources | + | ---- |
| + | ;Additional Sources | ||
* https://youtu.be/WpY4IIy6b98 | * https://youtu.be/WpY4IIy6b98 | ||
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Tom Morello became famous playing guitar with Rage Against The Machine. He's also known for playing with his collaboration with Chris Cornell in the band Audioslave.
Tom has some rather unusual habits with respect to music and making music. For example, he owns a Marshall JCM 900, but has taped over the Marshall logo. In fact, Morello believes that since music companies do not pay him to advertise their product, that he won't display the names and logos of the brands of the music equipment he uses. This is quite different from most musicians who want to associate themselves with, and display "Marshall" or "Gibson" or any other piece of musical gear that they've chosen to use prominently.
One of the things that makes Tom Morello and "his sound" different from most other guitar players is his almost exclusive use of the neck position pickups in the guitars he plays. He'll only use the bridge position for solos and when he "scratches" and needs the shorter length / higher note reach of the bridge position pickup. The famous Rage Against The Machine tune, "Killing In The Name Of" was done on the neck pickup of Morello's black telecaster, "Sendero Luminoso".
Tom is unusual in that at one point, unlike most other guitar players, he decided he was done tweaking his tone. He marked his settings on his Marshall head
Guitars
- Black Fender Telecaster: "Sendero Luminoso"
- Light Blue Soloist: "Arm the Homeless"
Amplifiers
- 50 Watt Marshall JCM 900
Pedals
- MXR M101 Phase 90
- DOD Graphic EQ Boost
- Boss DD-3 Long Delay
- Boss DD-3 Short Delay
- Digitech Whammy
- Dunlop Crybaby
- Boss TU-3
- Digitech XP300 Space Station
- Additional Sources
