What does Chris use for distortion

[fakfak]

I know Jonny uses a RAT and a Tonebender Colorsound, but what does Chris use. He gets a nice mellow distortion a lot when he's playing rhythm, but as far as I know he doesn't use any pedals; does he have a rackmount unit?

[chuck kottke]

They record in large culverts..:P Or, Chris uses fun-house mirrors for distortion.. (oh wait - sound, not optics)..

Umm.. Reverb some, but do they use distortion? It's probably all synth stuff - midi.

[Tnspieler1012]

I'm pretty sure fakfak is talking about songs like don't panic, moses and one I love from the AROBTTH era.

[fakfak]

Yeah, I guess he doesn't use it so much anymore, but I was talking about those songs from the AROBTTH era you mentioned. Back when he was using the Ric 360, he seemed to always have some type of distortion on it.

[coldplay_97]

could be just the dirty side of his amp

[PianoRocker]

Set you volume low.

Play hard, very hard.

It works for me to get that sound.

[bearcat1229]

Which brings up an intersting point as well. Jonny's amp (Fender Deville) is pretty visible live, but I guess I've never noticed Chris's amp or heard what kind he uses?

[fakfak]

In the old days Chris used a Fender Twin. Now (at least before the current tour) he also uses a hotrod 2x12. (Jon has 2 onstage and a 3rd hidden for FOH refrence tone). When I saw them in Chicago, there was what looked to be an Orange Cab next to the television set at the back of the stage so perhaps chris uses them now...