Blue Oyster Cult Gear Walkthrough
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- During a recent Blue Oyster Cult soundcheck, Andy Ascolese and I walk you through the band's backline and instruments.
To hear even more about BOC's gear, check our Band Geek episode 97 on riotcast.com
This video was recorded at a soundcheck at the State Theater in New Brunswick, NJ on December 8th, 2016
For more gear videos check out my playlist: • Tutorials & Gear Videos
To see some more fun videos that Andy and I have made, check out our Band Geek playlist: • Band Geek Podcast
Special Thanks to:
Donald Buck Dharma Roeser
Eric Bloom
Kasim Sulton
Jules Radino
Steve Woody LaCerra
Jim Mears
Andy Ascolese - Hudba
Buck Dharma very underrated guitarist
"I don't need no stinking pedals." HA! RIGHT FROM THE GETGO THIS VIDEO IS PERFECT!!
I've waited my whole life for an Eric Bloom mic drop.
0:49 I can die happy now.
thug life
Buck is a legend. Very underrated.
He is in the same rank as guitarist Don Felder of the Eagles. Felder was the mastermind behind the track “Hotel California.”
My best friend Paddy died in a motorcycle accident way back in the seventies. He loved 'The Last Days of May'. Every May 24, I play it and remember him. Big Love to BÖC! ❤
So cool seeing Buck talk through his rig!
Donald is a legend as far as I am concerned.
Probably the most complete gear walkthrough I've ever seen, you guys don't hide anything and that's awesome!
I've been a fan of BÖC since I was teen. The faces may have changed, but the fire still burns. Excellent rundown.
BÖC is one of my favourite bands and certainly the most influencial on my work as a composer / musician. I would love your input on the first video of my first album. It got the attention of one of my heroes Joe Bouchard (ex bass player founding members of BÖC) who is following us on Soundcloud but returns from people who likes same music is always the best. If you have just 3 minutes to listen and a bit more to comment, that would mean the world to me. Keep rockin' : czcams.com/video/Pu_p1wbaCa8/video.html
They're burning for you
@@santiagomino8879 That was brilliant.
Man, i seriously love them. I'm just a kid relatively but they were on point with fire of unknown origin
@@santiagomino8879 You have excellent taste in music. I saw them in the 70s. I’m in my 60s now and I still love them. Tyranny and Mutation is my favorite album.
I'm a longtome fan of BOC going back to my high school days in the mid to late 70's. I have to admit that I never would have predicted that the group would still be around over 40 years later. It's amazing to me that with only two of the original members left, theyv'e been able to adapt through the years and maintain that unique BOC sound.
Great clip Richie. Thanks Jules Radino....I REALLY appreciate you talking about my drums. See you guys soon....
Three men in black said, "Don't report this..."
Ascension ... and that's all they said
Eric's mic drop/Thug Life was great.Hahaha
Oh PS Richie, I love the little insider "my dad's music store..." stories- that explains so much about how the decades-long connex are formed and brings back the NYC/Jersey music scene of the 70s, undoubtedly the single greatest post-Beatles creative period - when all those fantastic concept LPs came about. Kids today who slice/dice on ProTools missed our on a Lot. SO. glad those were my high school and college years
I haven't finished yet, but I would LOVE to see this video from their 70's sound! That is one of my favorite things in the world, BOC's seventies sound.
Did their 70s sound have more cowbell?
Every bass player ever: "this is my signature bass" picks up p-bass and it sounds better.
I love all the Early albums, America's Greatest Rock Group. Love u.BOC.
Honestly, I could not listen through the entire Secret Treaties album here since it was so poorly mixed and had such low sound quality.
The early albums have horrible sound quality. Their lyrics are their best quality, if you can understand them with the poor sound quality.
After having watched this, you made me pick the entire lp collection out of the shelf and contemplate the greatness of BÖC. Light years of love for their Greater Music.
All I can do is laugh out loud thru “ buck pedal land”.....for those of us who don’t understand it, it’s quite mind boggling......great video!....my favorite concert band in late 70’s....love BOC!......thank you
Since the day one i listen to this band became one of my favourites, the atomsphere they create is incredible, no better band to listen in the peace of the night staring at the stars (and if you got a joint even better) unfortunaly i never gonna be able to see BOC since i live in south america and the only time they came to a country next to mine was in 2012
I have been a B.O.C fan since I was a Kid .back to the secret treaty days .This was awesome !
This is awesome! I can't think of another legendary band that would do a video like this--so cool!
Buck: Hyper-advanced guitar setup with wireless system, midi multi-effects unit, 8(?) pedals, load box/cab simulator hybrid, in-ear monitors, straight to front of house
Eric: "Yeah I just plug my guitar into my amp lmao"
You go Eric Bloom!!! Love you man the voice of B.O.C. Buck is ok too 😉
Great rundown! BOC fan here from the 70s!
Thanks a lot Richie, once again you deliver a really interesting video !
Great video and really nice to see and hear the guys talking about their stuff.
I saw Blue Oyster Cult with Mark Farner in Jackson Michigan. And they both killed it.
Very well done Richie. Thanks for giving us a peak behind the curtain so to speak. Good to know and see how pro working bands do it...and BOC is at the very top of the list for me.
nice work Richie, very interesting and enjoyable to see what you guys do.
Richie, thanx for posting!! I've seen all of u guys live many times; Always a gr8 pleasure!!!!! ;-)
Wow, this video was so cool to watch! I always loved BOC sound, it's so complicated, yet, so simple, and it really amuses me; to see what you guys play and how everything is done is awesome.
But what make me really happy about this gear walkthrough is that you guys seem to have a real connection with everybody, it's pretty awesome!!
Thanks for the upload :D
Great video Richie! On tour forever
Thanks for letting us take a look behind the scenes to see what helps make your band's sound. Also great to see that a band is willing to change and upgrade gear from time to time and not be bound by the classic gear.
Legends... Thanks for a great night at Leeds 02 back in February.. Hope you come back next year..
Don't fear the reaper on the gig walkthrough of the gear!
Thanks for such an interesting closeup of the gear the band uses. Wishing you ALL the best for 2021!!! Last time I saw BOC was at Ferg's in St. Pete, FL by the Tropicana Field (Home of the Rays)!!! Can't wait to see a Live concert again esp. BOC!!! I think concerts are the thing I miss the most during the lockdown/shutdowns. God Bless all of you!!!
With all the modern gear available now, you get way more versatility than what was available 40 years ago. Most notably the ability to tame ear splitting decibels while not completely destroying your tone. Back then you could play almost anywhere with a dimed up Marshall half stack so there was only one volume we all knew - 10. My first rig was a modded 1965 85 watt Fender Showman head run through an 8 x 10 Marshall hot dog cabinet. Both channels on that amp had been bridged so when you ran it at full volume, you didn't need any pedals. It absolutely screamed but it also caused a little hearing loss in my right ear.
Watched this again recently, super cool video, good job. Big fans want to see stuff like this!
Inspiring and entertaining as all hell! A must see for fans old and new! Well done!
thank you for playing the entire first album in East Greenwich RI great show
love the tone on the 1964 precision bass
You guys just played sat night in Fall River... your lead work was excellent. Great tone. I practiced Buck all through high school. Can't begin to tell you how much fun that was for me and a lot of the local guitarists who were there. Great job! Cheers!
Omg,so interesting,I’ve followed B O C forever,love you guys. 👍🇬🇧
I saw them at this show. Fortunately I live 40 minutes north of New Brunswick.
Stun Guitar don't need no pedals
At least once a year I have to revisit this vid.... always cool seeing the master talk gear, Buck's a true original.It's interesting how he gets his sound with those different OD's.
Just saw BOC at The Venue located in Lincoln, CA and they were amazing as usual 😊
So impressed that Mr. Roeser is playing Crate Red-Blue Voodoos! Wow! Hope they're still in the band!
Loved watching.
Just saw (B.O.C) just 4 nights ago in outside Pittsburgh (Rostravier Twp.)
My mind is blown again.
You guys sound great & put on a fantastic show even in the cold.
You guys rock. God Bless & can't wait till the new album is released 10-09-20.
Great to see the band in Dublin and London last year and look forward to them returning to the UK in June.
I used to work at Sundance, I used to love watching rondinelli play,he was good people,very quiet......and he liked my lyrics!
I've seen bobby recently in Selden,at the neighbors
Ha, ha, ha!! Brilliant rig rundown video. Thanks for sharing Richie!
Steve Howe has also been using the Helix for quite a few years now!
I liked and subbed straight away and this video was great for insight into your setup. Loved your 2019 Newcastle UK gig by the way
Very cool demonstration Richie. The last time I saw you guys was in Tacoma. March 30th 2019. During the last song, Cities on Flame, part of Jules kit fell off the drum riser right on top of Bucks amp. Killing it. You offered him your Axis but Eric stepped in and gave him his SG. and Buck finished the show with it. Through all of it not missing a beat. Very cool.
Cool. Just saw BOC in Fredericksburg. Now I am revisiting all things Cultish.
Great job on Morning Final, BTW. Never thought I hear that one live. I'm lobbying for a tour with Eric, Buck, Albert, Joe, Richie, and Jules- and other long-timers who might want to sit in. And here are some songs to add: Deadline, Light years of love, Veins, The Pact, Black Blade, and all of Spectres. Carry on.
Hilarious they are all in on the cowbell joke. Surprising collection of gear and very interesting to see modelers and cab sims with custom IR's for going straight to the board. Backup gear is interesting too. Thanks for this!
Richie - now if you could only help me lobby for "Secret Treaties" , one of the most under-appreciated masterpieces of the 1970s -played in its spectacular entirety nightly - I would be a happy camper. "45 RPM...too much revolution, then..."
Could relive every teenage memory song by song on Secret Treaties.
I would love to see them do Flaming Telepaths and Astronomy back to back--by far my favorite part of the album!
Great Album these guys had a great show in the late 70's and early 80's
Secret Treaties ... INTERMISSION ... Fire of Unknown Origin .... I'm good to go ... (The Reaper as an encore is purely optional)
@@nicksterwixter There is no greater album in rock history. The one - two punch of Flaming Telepaths immediately into Astronomy ----- unmatched by any rock band ever! It IS the pinnacle!
Nice to see all the Peavey gear, I'm a big fan of their equipment
Great Bunch of stand up Guys right there they've been given us such great Music for a whole lotta years, now induct them into the Rock Hall of Fame for goodness sake !!!
Wow been wondering about this stuff for a while, couldn't find it online anywhere. Saw BOC in MA last summer, fantastic show.
A listener of my podcast requested this and I thought it was an awesome idea.
Very cool, thanks Richie!
Awesome, I saw ya'll on this run, you sounded great, and as a bonus...freakin' Vanilla Fudge opened 😀
This is awesome!
This was pretty awesome!
Since being a teen 50 years ago, been a fan. See you at the fair in Alaska 2022
Buck is a gear hound like Ritchie !! Love it.
Very very interesting! Thank You!
The album agents of Fortune is one of the greatest records of the 1970s truly epic
great video, from a great guitarist about a great band, many thanks Richie. Imagine my surprise when you toured Bucks rig and saw my old Alesis Quadraverb GT in there. Mine is currently on loan to my 11 year old sons (they've been told in no uncertain terms if it's good enough for him it's good enough for them - what i'd do to get my hands-on those Program 10 settings!). Anyhow, can't wait for you guys to come back to the UK again.
Only seen them once at Donington in 1981....a gig they apparently hated due to the audience reaction but I was apprecitive! Would love to see them again but unlikely they'll be coming over the Pond anytime soon I suppose. Come across as cool blokes too.
Richie & Andy 👍 Band Geek !!
In 1975 I was stationed in England at RAF Lakenheath and they sent us temporary duty TDY to Aviano Italy. When I arrived they had no room in the TDY barracks so they put me in with a permanent guy.
He had a monster record collection and one of the bands I got into was BOC. Secret Treaties
ME262 the first album I discovered some great music at that time. Made me a fan for life. I was then stationed i Georgia and got to see them in Jacksonville Florida and then moved to Pa to a town called Jim Thorpe where they had a club on the top of a mountain called Flagstaff and saw them there.
My wife worked in the Poconos at a resort and Buck Dharma stayed there and did some writing.
I love the lineup with Richie.! Fantastic 2 guitar band attack. I started in my first band. I switched from drums to guitar at about 16. Anyway I played with 2 other guitarist who were my friends. Anyway the harmonies and different styles always was something I loved. I’m into all kinds of players. Tommy Bolin, to Blackmore. I love Brian May. I used to go see Skynyrd. I saw em 3 times before the tragedy! loved em. Saw Outlaws. Billy Jones,Hughie ,Freddie Salem. That was an awsome 3 guitar attack. I saw BOC on the Secret Treaties tour. Awsome album and tour! Bucks a madman as Richie is also. I love Jazz. Trying to learn some of those impossible scale. Frank Marino kills it in Its Begun to Rain. Trying to Anyway. Tales of the Unexpected and so many others. Richie was so great with BOC. We went to see them together. Fantastic. Anyway I’m glad I found this cause there’s another channel with his name on it. And it didn’t have many subscribers. This is closer to what he deserves. I used to love the Beatles video. Where he does the ending of Abbey Road. All instruments! Does he actually play the violins and cellos? Man. Even if he doesn’t that’s incredible! I do all instruments now in my stuff. It’s a lot of work for the songs that come out decent. God bless Don,”Buck”. Richie Eric. And all music!
Good clip! you guys still sound great! ............She's as beautiful as a foot, Black telescope man love that stuff!
I used to like you Ritchie, but that leather jacket/shirt just made me fall in love with you! It's killer bro!
That P bass sounds awesome!
AWESOME!!!!!!
I saw BOC last year at The Space in Westbury NY, awesome show and diverse set list. If you’re taking requests, would love to hear I Love The Night, Great Sun Jester, Fallen Angel! Fun video, as much as I liked the P bass, the signature bass sounded killer here.
Dang, that P bass sounds so good
P-basses rule!
Even though the technical stuff was all Greek to me, I enjoy the great and humble attitude of all the members of the band, which I’ve been following for over 30 years, starting with the LP Cultosaurus Erectus...Black Blade etc... I saw them for free at the Hollywood Young Circle in Florida, the Drummer single handed me the sticks! Vick Firth, BTW. Great Band!
super, l'auto-reportage ! Bravo ! j'ai rien entravé parce que je ne connais pas le ricain mais cette vidéo est top, digne du groupe que vous êtes, les meilleurs. j'ai écouter Tyranny au moins 10 000 fois. Salut les légendes ; amazing band !
I would love to see something that speaks to all the various guitar tones that Buck has used over the years. The unique ones like that tone on heavy metal where he gets all that feedback.
I love the Crate Red Voodoo (no, they haven't made them in quite a while, and they are getting to be pretty hard to find)! If you get the chance to play through one, I would highly recommend you try it out (the Blue Voodoo is also a decent amp, but it really doesn't have the same drive). I have played through a Peavey Triple XXX several times, but I was never able to dial in the sound that I was looking for. What I eventually found was a Peavey Ultra Plus. I love that amp!
Hey Richie that leather fits you great!
Great room...saw George Carlin, Metheney, Queensryche and E.L.P here over the years....sorry I missed this one.
Love to find the HD version of the AUHD DVD version of the show on Direct TV on Sept 3 that Ted Stryker hosted.
Unbelievable sound!
I tried to talk Albert out of his great looking SG on that show so he could focus on the drums more. It's been about a year and he hasn't replied, so I guess I'm shit outta luck, lol.
I like your videos.
May I suggest you ask all band members you interview from now on what kind of musical equipment they used when they recorded their hit songs, and what their using now.
A then and now thing as it were.
Thanks
Saw these guys in a club here in my town somewhen around 2000 with Allen still playing (never realized how much guitar he actually played 'til I stood right in front of him for the show), Danny was on bass and I think Bobby Rondinelli on drums. They had a bunch of Crate Blue Voodoo amps in their backline. I thought maybe it was just provided for the show. I find it iinteresting that Buck uses them. They did sound good, it made me want one. After researching I kept seeing folks say they needed a lot of maintenance, and I can't afford a personal amp tech so..... but they did sound good.
I've always found it strange how much Buck seems to like those Blue/Red Voodoos. I almost bought one years ago but I found out that they need a lot of maintainance, as you said. And they're circuit board based which makes that maintenance more difficult and needed more often
Jules, Dixon ?!! I always see your TAYE drumkit on all Blue Öyster Cult videos !
That '64 P Bass is just a piece of wood? He's probably downplaying it but they don't make them like that anymore. Fat tone too.
Though I can't play it worth a damn yet, I went with the PJ Bass. Some versatility, so that before I die, I just might learn a song or two...
Love my Dualist pedal
nice setup! !!!
I really enjoyed the video Ritchie. I recently purchased a Helix and L2M - you are partially responsible. Why do you use the L2M and in ears? Also - why not program the boost switch into the Helix? Thanks for all the great videos.
These guys don't have near enough pretension to be rock legends.
Interesting to see that Buck gets all his gain tones from cascading OD pedals. I would have thought he got it all straight from the amp. Gotta rethink my rig now. :-p