I was very interested in the recent rig rundown by Premier Guitar on the band Bloc Party. I was super into this band a few years ago, but have fallen off of my radar. The albums I was most familiar with was 2005’s Silent Alarm and 2007’s A Weekend in the City. Both of these albums have great and unique guitar work that really excited me at the time. Russel’s use of delays with quick loop captures and infinite loops as rhythms is quite cool. The only guitarist that comes to mind is Dave Knudson of Minus the Bear with a similar unconventional use of delays.
In this rig rundown, you will see Russell’s crazy board for managing these sounds. Items that stood out for me, was the use of same pedals with preset and the use of routing pedals. Very interesting.
Since those early days they picked up a new bass player – Justin Harris. Justin likes fuzz and pedals, and that’s always exiting to see for bass. I’ve mentioned in the past several times that effects and bass is a tricky combination and you can see some great tips / insight on how he manages ‘dirt’ while maintaining the low end.
I absolutely love Rig Rundowns by Premier Guitar. It’s great to see how the pros get it done. Check out the Bloc Party Rig Rundown below.
Here is the breakdown of pedals for Russell Lissack and Justin Harris:
Russell Lissack (Guitar)
Electro-Harmonix Memory Man (vintage)
Boss DD-6 Delay
Boss RV-5 Reverb
Boss DD-6 Delay
Boss DD-5 Delay
“Flipper” Boss DD-3 Combiner (pair of Boss DD-3 Delays)
Boss PW-10 Wah Pedal
Boss LS-2 Line Selector
Boss PS-5 Pitch Shifter
Boss PS-5 Pitch Shifter
Boss OS-2 Overdrive
BeeBaa Clone
Boss RC-1 Loop Station
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
Electro-Harmonix POG (vintage) w/remote filter control mounted on a guitar
Eventide Pitch Factor
Electro-Harmonix Super Ego
Boss SL-20 Slicer
Line 6 M5
4x Channel Selectors
Boss TU-3 Tuner
Justin Harris (Bass)
Lehle 3at1 Switcher
Korg DT-10 Tuner
Lehle P‑Split Splitter -> DI and pre/post effects signal out to FOH
Xotic Effects X-Blender
Voodoo Lab Commander
Voodoo Lab Pedal Switcher PX-8
Darkglass Electronics Super Symmetry Compressor
SmallSound / BigSound Team Awesome Fuzz Machine
SmallSound / BigSound Buzzz
Mad Professor Forest Green Compressor (used for phase issue to the DI in relation to other effects)
Malekko Diabolik
Darkglass Electronics Vintage Deluxe
Malekko B:assmaster
Rafferty Handwired Pedals Fuzz-Orius Jaco Pastorius
Let me know what you think about Bloc Party, these pedals. If you see anything missing or if anything is incorrect, please let me know by commenting below.
