Well onto the topic, I started writing a tribute to Piggy the other night when I was still in shock and was fooling around with my effects and became curious as to the gear he used, especially amps and effects. Does someone have a link or that info? I am sure its buried on this board somewhere, but a shortcut would be nice. If eras are in question -- Dimension through Outer Limits (I know thats a long time). I'm going to do a little four track and will post once complete.

Thanks.. And Denis, rest in peace my brother..

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Ahhh, yes, this is fairly specific down at the bottom..but quite a good ripping article about the master himself..check it out:

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I'll tried to get more infos from Jacques, the guitarist of Aut'Chose this week. There was a real bound between, veverybody in the band could feel it.

Ronald Mc Gregor

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"His Marshall 900 something and the 2 Gibson SG, the white and the red. No effects. Directly plug in the head amplifier. HIS HANDS created that sound, awsome sound. I'm kind of jealous... After 40 years of playing, touring and recording, I can't come with such a way of playing. I learned a lot from him."

That's all I could get. "No effects' for the Aut'Chose projetct. And his sound was so important on all tracks of the CD. He left a strong imprint on us all. A master, nothing less.

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Recently, I only saw him with nothing. But he was TRULY impressed with the big stompbox Jacques Racine just bought in december, the VOX Valvetronix Tonelab SE. We called that THING, the flying saucer. Piggy was staring and listening at the Vox until after a couple of minutes, he said, "I want one!". He didn't need it with Aut'Chose, his own sound complemented so much/so well Jacque's sound, you could say they were meant to each other. En tout cas, they were the greatest pair of guitarist we had in Quebec and the fisrt.

Link :

VOX AMPS

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being a tone fanatic, and worshipping Pig´s sound (which is very difficult to emulate by the way) I hunted down an Eventide H3000 and a Yamaha SPX 90 II.

Both of which i know for a fact were essential pieces of equipment for producing the incredible spacey reverb and delays heard in the Outer Limits album thanks to Pig and Mark Berry.

Im not quite sure wether the same equipment was used in albums pre Outer Limits however.

if you want to achieve Pig´s exact sound you would have to have his ¨third ear¨ and musical vision and technical knowledge.

i own the H3000 and SPX90II and im still nowhere near Pig´s sound. his combination of fx, amp, guitar/pickups and ofcourse his technique are practically impossible to emulate.

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Originally posted by mefisto:
Hello geezers,

being a tone fanatic, and worshipping Pig´s sound (which is very difficult to emulate by the way) I hunted down an Eventide H3000 and a Yamaha SPX 90 II.

Both of which i know for a fact were essential pieces of equipment for producing the incredible spacey reverb and delays heard in the Outer Limits album thanks to Pig and Mark Berry.

Im not quite sure wether the same equipment was used in albums pre Outer Limits however.

if you want to achieve Pig´s exact sound you would have to have his ¨third ear¨ and musical vision and technical knowledge.

i own the H3000 and SPX90II and im still nowhere near Pig´s sound. his combination of fx, amp, guitar/pickups and ofcourse his technique are practically impossible to emulate.

I would love to spend a few hours with his technician if he even needed one or the studio engineers/producers he worked with that must have been key to helping VOIVOD achieve their sonic mission.

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I admire your "musical-knowledge", and I think your user no. "666" could be considered special in some sort of way, but please refrain from referring to Denis as "pig", yes he was also known as Piggy. I'm almost positive it wouldn't take that much more effort to "type" in 2 more letters.

Thanks.

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can't wait to hear it Nuc.

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Originally posted by mefisto:
ok black coud, i didnt see the problem at the time, but now i can. from now on i will refrain from using the shortened version and use the more appropriate PIGGY.

hope my first post helped...and i didnt even realise my member number #666...that is odd!

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Dude, sorry if I came across as a "dink", I was buzzing hardcore at the time I wrote it, listening to a mixture of Voivod tunes didn't help as well...I just got a tad bit rubbed the wrong way.

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Originally posted by Nuclear Vampire:
using the Soldano head

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What are you fricken rich or something?

I know the girls in "Hell's Belles" (the all-girl AC/DC tribute band), and they happen to be endorsed by Soldano...well, they actually know the dude who makes them. (forget his first name, but his last name is Soldano, ha!) He's from around here anyway.(Seattle)

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Originally posted by Black Cloud:
What are you fricken rich or something?

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Just look at the second solo in this video, i mean the guy is hardly fretting any chords but his strumming never stops.

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I think 50% of Piggys tone and sound came from the way he picked and strummed his chords, and its a detail that can't be ignored. Just as with most guitarist, that is where most of your 'feel' comes from.

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It's true with Piggy - a 100%!

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Originally posted by schroeder:
I've been hoping some of the musicians here would start posting some covers of their fav Voivod songs as a tribute to our hero

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