![]() If it crosses that line, it pulls the signal's volume back a bit. Basically, it puts a limit or threshold on how loud your signal can get. If you're unsure exactly what a compressor does, think of it like one of those extendable leashes on an eager dog. ![]() Even if you don't play in these styles, having a good compressor on your board opens up a lot of possibilities, even you're happy with the way your rig sounds. Even the emerging djent genre uses a compressor to tight up the bass attack. For snappy funk and chicken pickin' country, a compressor is a defining element of the tone. For some styles, though, compression is almost necessary. For veteran players, the subject of compressors is often a dividing one. Off the board to the left is a TC Electronic Ditto X4 that Rick leans on to peel open new textures to help him get out of his head during improvisational parts and see his instrument with a fresh lens.For new players with developing ears, compressors often have a mysterious quality about them, since they don't do anything drastic to your sound. And then things get serious with a 5-pack of Strymons that include a Deco tape saturation and doubletracker, El Capistan dTape Echo, TimeLine, Flint tremolo/reverb, and a NightSky time-warped reverberator. The third and final board has a MXR Analog Chorus. Strapped to the bottom is a Truetone 1 Spot power supply. The top-right corner holds a TC Electronic Polytune. Then he goes into a Mu-Tron Micro-Tron IV envelope filter, Strymon OB.1 compressor and clean boost, and a MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe. He has a Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q wah and DigiTech Whammy at his disposal before hitting a Lovepedal Eternity Fuse. Moving left, we have his first board for guitar. The three buttons on the Switch-3 toggle engage hardtune, delay, and reverb for his vocals.) He has a TC Helicon Play Electric vocal effects processor that integrates and is controlled by the TC Helicon Switch-3. The first board on his far right is dedicated to vocals. Mitarotonda has some serious pedal power at his feet. In this Rundown, guitarists Peter Anspach and Rick Mitarotonda show off their all-night 6-string costars, detail the pedals that help them warp space and time for organic odysseys, and Mitarotonda explains how a looper helps him from hitting mental walls and getting cornered in redundant guitar-playing boxes.īrought to you by D’Addario XPND Pedalboard. So you can plan on seeing these birds fly high for years to come.īefore Goose’s second sold-out show in Nashville, PG was invited onstage to catalog their current setups. They sold out their first arena (Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut) and followed that with sell-outs at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre and historic Radio City Music Hall. ![]() Their word-of-mouth growth has elevated them to cross several milestones in 2022. The first evening of their sold-out, two-night run in Nashville saw them flex their musical adeptness and vocabulary with covers of Wes Montgomery (“Switchin’”) and Steppenwolf (“Magic Carpet Ride”). The band often performs two sets, without an opener, and keeps fans on their toes with natural, symbiotic excursions and unlikely, progressive covers. However, the recorded songs are just guideposts and mile markers. The Northeast-based crew has released two albums (2016’s Moon Cabin and 2021’s Shenanigans Nite Club), an EP (2020’s Night Lights), and Dripfield is on the horizon, for release on June 24. (Adding to their jam-band credit, they livestream most shows, and guitarist Peter Anspach mixes the band’s gigs for release shortly afterwards.)įormed in 2014, the quintet currently includes: Peter Anspach (guitar, keys, vocals), Jeff Arevalo (percussion, vocals), Ben Atkind (drums), Rick Mitarotonda (guitar, lead vocals), and Trevor Weekz (bass). “We’ll be talking about it for years to come.”Īnd with that sort of impassioned, infectious positivity, Goose is following the freeform footsteps of the Grateful Dead, Phish, Dave Matthews Band, and Umphrey’s McGee-where polished, recorded albums are secondary to improvisation-rich, snowflake-unique performances that illicit exchanges like that above. “Oh man, tell the band that last night’s concert was uh-mazing,” exclaimed the joyous fan. ![]() “No, we’re just here to do an interview.” I responded. “Are you guys with the band?” A pleasant passerby asked while we were loading out camera gear near the Goose tour bus parked outside Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl. ![]()
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