deftonez!

today i get to see one of my favorite bands live for the first time: the deftones!
in honor of the momentous occasion i'm dedicating this post to stephen carpenter's rig.

private gear tour

rig rundown

the rig run down is the most recent.  the picture above is his setup from 1999.  i love that bob bradshaw pedal board!  i'm not crazy about stepehen's guitars given my experience with my esp h-7; although i'm sure his are infinitely superior.  he sure has enough of them!  i've loved his wall of distortion approach on the last few deftones records, but his cleans have become more frequent and interesting.  hopefully meshuggah won't drop their tuning any lower than it was on obZen, because it looks like stephen will follow suit.  he's definitely not a technical guitarist by any means, but his sound and music are perfect for the deftones.  his tone is pretty recognizable (heavy) as well.  it's hard to pick one but i think my favorite album of their's is their self-titled released in 2003.  that was about the time i really got in to them (minerva, hexagram) and it's probably the album stephen is most prominent on.  hope to hear a few of those tunes tonight, but i'm digging the new album (diamond eyes).  if you notice in the background of the vids, there's a green matamp and cab over by the drums.  that's chino's (vocals, guitar) amp i believe; i think i'd actually prefer it over that monstrous marshall rig.  anyways i'll be sure to mention anything interesting i see in his rig tonight that hasn't been mentioned yet.

rock on,
z