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Rig Rundown: Roger Waters' The Wall Live

Rebecca Dirks

We were lucky enough to spend an afternoon behind the bricks of Roger Waters' The Wall Live, chatting with guitarists Dave Kilminster, G.E. Smith, and Snowy White, along with techs Tim Myer and Colin Lyon.


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Page 1: Snowy White - Page 2: GE Smith - Page 3: Dave Kilminster - Page 4: Roger Waters

PG's Rebecca Dirks, Jason Shadrick, and Tessa Jeffers spent an afternoon onstage at Roger Waters' The Wall Live tour. Check out our video Rig Rundowns with each of the guitarists on the show as well as Roger's tech. For closeups of all of the gear, check out our online photo gallery.

Snowy White

Guitars
White has had his main guitar, a 1957 Les Paul Goldtop, for 40 years. He says it's a "fantastic guitar, stays in tune, sings on every fret." Despite being a vintage instrument, White treats it like any workhorse guitar: If something needs changing, he'll do it. The guitar has been rewired, refretted, and has new tuners.

Amps
White uses a pair of newer Vox AC30s with Master Volume. He sets them for a little bit of breakup on the amp itself, but still with a fairly clean tone. He mostly uses one combo, but kicks in a second AC30 for solos and powerful rhythm work.

Pedals
White uses an Ernie Ball VP JR, Boss BD-3 Blues Driver for most of his distortion, a Boss OD-3 Overdrive in conjunction with his Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer to dial in what they call "Snowy's Note," a long-sustaining section of a solo that's tuned to the sweet spot based on the room each night, a Boss RT-20 Rotary Ensemble used as a chorus pedal to add thickness to solos, and a Line 6 M9 Stompbox Modeler used for echos and chorus. Also on the board is a Boss TU-2 Tuner and Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus power supply. Off to the side of the board is a Boss PSM-5 power supply and master switch pedal (like all players in the show have), which is used to control the rackmounted delays.


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Tommy Tobin
on 09/06/2012 		That's Snowy White from Thin Lizzy!
Joe ZappY Zapp
on 07/23/2012 		terrible audio when the goatee guy interviews , he clips the mic hard , he is way too loud . come on goatee guy , we dont care what you say , we care about the answer , and your voice has amny frog , gain down , clear throat , do NOT mic point at frog hole
Hybrasticlon e
on 07/22/2012 		RE Waters' P-Bass: "It's a bit of a hybrid, Fender cloned it and it sounds fantastic... it's exactly how he had it... it's a hybrid it's had a few different things done to it and it sounds fantastic so yeah Fender cloned it..." – Colin, Bass Tech. Shadrick, maybe ask "What's hybrid about it?"; "How did he have it, exactly?"; "What different things have been done to it?" – Listen to what's being said, then press for more info! If the interviewee isn't forthcoming with info, at least you did your job!
Rick/Hayward ,CA
on 07/20/2012 		I want G.E. to Host SNL after this tour,and do a comedy skit about the tour with a Rodgers waters cameo!.....TRY and top that comment , IF you can!!
Beelzebub Binky
on 07/19/2012 		I'm so glad to see GE Smith get some attention. He is a truly inspiring player. I appreciate the opportunity to hear what details he zeros in on, and what aspects he has completely let go of control on. And it would be wonderful to see a whole show of him using just the one guitar.
chuck
on 07/19/2012 		WTF??! looks like the pills kicked in on the cameraman when it came to mr. kilminster's pedals. tell that dude to lay off until the gig is done!
Major Tweed
on 07/19/2012 		I like G.E. Smith has Soul, Dynamics and Attitude. He has knowledge and he can play!
Gil
on 07/19/2012 		I like to see and hear how the actual musicians use and feel about there rigs. I know I my rig has to be just right or I can't give my best! Rebecca is major plus - she makes the artists/crew relax and WANT to talk about the setups!
She's smart, knows what questions to ask because she knows the gear! Love her PG!
DJ
on 07/19/2012 		Fantastic interviews with the techs! I love to see behind the scenes like this.
Arthur M.
on 07/19/2012 		I said it before, lose the handheld mike and have the interviewer & interviewee wear lapel mikes.



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