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How to Sound like The Mars Volta on Guitar | Potent Pairings

Written By Reverb on Thursday, Sep 08, 2016 | 11:01 AM

 
In the world of modern guitar music there are few true originals but Omar Rodríguez-López of the Mars Volta is certainly one of them. His blend of intricate, time-bending maelstrom and lush, atmospheric texture in his guitar playing has created a legion of avid followers. In this episode of Reverb's #PotentPairing series, learn how to use just a handful of pedals to approximate some of Omar's ever changing tones. Read more about the pedals in the video at http://goo.gl/LmIWMY Shop The Mars Volta albums on Reverb LP: https://goo.gl/9Pg66K Performed by David Arias from Avantist theavantist.com New Album Coming out everywhere digitally on Sep. 30th feat. Adrian Terrazas Gonzalez (The Mars Volta, T.R.A.M.) Engineered by Michael Lux Amp used: Blackstar Artist 15 - http://goo.gl/n3tTZo Pedals used: Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble - http://goo.gl/T6FPqC Boss DD-3 Digital Delay - http://goo.gl/YSB5K2 Boss PS-2 Pitch Shifter/Delay - http://goo.gl/otl4Uk Electro-Harmonix Cathedral Stereo Reverb - http://goo.gl/jymh3b Electro-Harmonix POG2 Octave Generator - http://goo.gl/J9M0pL Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini - http://goo.gl/g4ghxz MXR Carbon Copy Delay - http://goo.gl/P2txAT MXR Prime Distortion - http://goo.gl/6JM7V3 VOX DelayLab - http://goo.gl/Mkr30l VOX V847A Wah - http://goo.gl/VLQrRM Way Huge Swollen Pickle MKII Fuzz - http://goo.gl/XTSVdX Xotic Robotalk-RI - http://goo.gl/tk5i9W Mic'd with: Shure KSM32 Cardoid Condesner MIcrophone - http://goo.gl/xycgRB Shure SM57 Dynamic Microphone - http://goo.gl/QlERMC