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TimReynoldsGuitarSetupNotes

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ThepurposeofthispageistoexplainTim'sGuitarSetup.Thispageis100%accurate.Ihavepiecedallthisinformationtogetherafterreadingmanyarticlesand
talking to Tim himself. Most of the info and quotes here are from conversations with Tim, but I also got some stuff from the No. 80 issue of Acoustic Guitar
Magazine.
Wellfirstoff,wecanstartwiththeguitarsheplays.DuringtheDaveMatthewsandTimReynoldsAcousticTours,Timhasplayed2MartinD35's,a'96anda'93.
TheybothhadstandardFishmanpickupsandwerestrungwithD'Addariolightstrings."OntheMartinsIuseD'AddarioEJ16Phos.Bronze/LightbutIswitchthe
lowEtoa.056insteadofthe.053."Duringthe2000AcousticTour,TimhasbeenplayingoneMartinD35(the'96Ithink)andaMartinD122812string.
WhenplayingwithPukeMatrix,Timplays2GibsonLesPaulCustoms,oneblackandonegoldtop.HealsoplaysanIbanezRGSeries7String.LastIheard,Tim
wasusingGHSBoomer.011sto.050sstringsontheLesPauls.Tim'sstackconsistsofaMarshallJCM2000DSL50headandaMarshall1960A4x12cabinet.
Timwasniceenoughtowriteouthissetupformeduringaninterview.Justanote the "Voodoo Vibe" listed is actaully a "Voodoo Lab" Super Fuzz. This page
focusesontheAstral'99Toursetup.However,Timwrotebothdown:theAstral'99ToursetupandthePukeMatrixsetup:

Now, as far as electonics go, on the Dave and Tim tours he played through a Morley Pro Series 1 Wah Volume (PWV), a Boss DD5 digital delay, and then a
Countrymandirectbox.Onthe2000tourTimhasswitchedfromtheMorleyWahVolumetoaErnieBallMonoVolumePedal.
HestillusestheBossDD5.ThelittleBossstompboxisthesourceofallofReynolds'electronictrickery.
trick
"There'sonebackwardsmode,itplaysinfinite,andyou
canmesswiththat,"Reynoldssays."Andtherearedelaymodesthatyoucangoinfinite.Therearealotofcoollittlethings."TimhasalsobeenusingtheLine6
DelayModuleinconjuctionwiththeBossDD5.
"Forthedelaypedalsetting,Iusuallyhaveitsettomode#3forthosekindofswells(although4isgoodforspacierstuff).ThentheE.levelisatabout1o'clock,
F.backat12o'clock(whichcanbevariedtotaste),andD.timeisatthemax.Iusethereversefunctionfortheweirdeststuff."
"ThisyearIplantouseaTech21SansAmpAcousticDI.Ireallyamnotallthatfondofthedirectpeizosoundalthoughitisveryfuctionalandeasytouse.It's
really hard to get a real "acoustic" sound other than sitting next to an acoustic. Miking works in, say a coffee house or some small place, and a combo of
pickup/mikeis good too. It's always problamatic no matter what since the nature of the instrument is to push it's own sound out by itself. It's an endless
experiment."
Andfinally,TimusesDunlopTortex1.0mmPicks(theblueones),ametalslideonhispinky,andonstage(althoughheneverusesit)aBossTU12HHighRange
ChromaticTuner.

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