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Topic: Joe's Two-Rock to Van Weelden switch ? How come ?

Recently saw him live, and noticed that he uses 2 Van Weelden amps nowadays, instead of a Two-Rock for his lead tone.

What was the reason for this change ?

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Re: Joe's Two-Rock to Van Weelden switch ? How come ?

Gear dyslexia!!  Well not really, Joe moves amps in and out.  Carol Ann's, Two Rocks. VW's, Cat 5's, Marshalls... he has a collection and uses them!  Whatever he feels is going to bring inspiration that day.  Hey JB, sorry to speak for you but I am pretty certain that is the deal  cool

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Re: Joe's Two-Rock to Van Weelden switch ? How come ?

I thought Joe had slightly different rigs depending on where he is playing(I think he says in a musicradar interview that he has a US and European rig which he leaves in each continent to cut down on shipping costs) . In the US I thought he uses a Silver Jubilee, Cat 5, Carol Ann and a Van Weelden(recently it seems he's using 2 extra jubilees in the US), while in Europe he uses another Van Weelden instead of the Carol Ann.

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Re: Joe's Two-Rock to Van Weelden switch ? How come ?

i thought one was a US rig and the other was kept in Europe  hmm

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Re: Joe's Two-Rock to Van Weelden switch ? How come ?

I think Joe has so much gear he's not even sure what the idea is anymore.  tongue

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Re: Joe's Two-Rock to Van Weelden switch ? How come ?

Joe has custom D20 dice made with gear manufacturer names on each face instead of numbers.

It's a bit like a Dungeons and Dragons game before each gig.  He rolls 4 dice for the amps, and about 8 dice for the guitars.  Whatever names come up, his tech has to run out the back, fetch and assemble the gear...


...or maybe not...  lol

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7 Reply by cindyron (edited by cindyron 2011-11-05 07:58:01)

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Re: Joe's Two-Rock to Van Weelden switch ? How come ?

Devan wrote:

Joe has custom D20 dice made with gear manufacturer names on each face instead of numbers.

It's a bit like a Dungeons and Dragons game before each gig.  He rolls 4 dice for the amps, and about 8 dice for the guitars.  Whatever names come up, his tech has to run out the back, fetch and assemble the gear...


...or maybe not...  lol

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Re: Joe's Two-Rock to Van Weelden switch ? How come ?

Joe just likes to tantalize the gearheads when they think they've figured out his secret.  lol
He just threw down the gauntlet and said, "I raise!" Care to call? wink
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Re: Joe's Two-Rock to Van Weelden switch ? How come ?

It probably just sounds best in that configuration to him.  cool

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Re: Joe's Two-Rock to Van Weelden switch ? How come ?

AD3THREE wrote:

I think Joe has so much gear he's not even sure what the idea is anymore.  tongue

lol  lol  lol  lol  lol  lol