Simon McBride – Playing With Deep Purple, Awesome New Pedalboard, Engl Amp & More!

Simon drops in to collect his new pedalboard and treat us to some jaw-dropping playing

Welcome to the show! It’s a treat to welcome back an old mate, Simon McBride to the studio. He has (relatively) recently taken on one of the biggest gigs in rock as the guitar player in none other than Deep Purple!
In this show we talk through Simon’s Purple experience and take a walk through the pedalboard he’ll be using for the next big tour with the band. As ever, Simon’s incredibly melodic and mercurial playing is equal parts inspiring and astounding, so sit back and enjoy the stories and tones.

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Pedals & stuff in this episode
• Shure GLXD6+
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3ZgnaVZ
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKknPX

• Digitech Whammy Ricochet
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3YZJfq3
Australia: https://bit.ly/3n4skpl
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/g1aRk2

• Boss SL-2 Slicer
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3TY18TO
Australia: https://bit.ly/3Xv5jcB
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/bajkeb

• Vahlbruch Octavia
https://www.vahlbruch-fx.com/en/

• Boss OC-5 Octave
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/45OCAmV
Australia: https://bit.ly/3LmxeXM
USA: https://bit.ly/3Lhl3vq

• JAM Pedals Retrovibe
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/36PhBkN
Australia: https://bit.ly/3IPmn5R
USA: https://bit.ly/321iBVY

• JAM Pedals Waterfall
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/2MifNem
Australia: https://bit.ly/3nb8JzN
USA: https://bit.ly/3pZNPFF

• JAM Pedals Boomster
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3qOFdWt
Australia: https://bit.ly/3pd48lN

• Boss BF-3 Flanger
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/462UIsW
USA: https://bit.ly/3PgOWNt

• MXR ’74 Phase 90
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/2mcZUYI
Australia: https://bit.ly/3r4KqqE
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/bajkzb

• TC Electronics Plethora X3
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3LmwC4G
Australia: https://bit.ly/3RiWQst
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/R520jR

• Boss SDE-3000D
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3sQ2h83
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/751Xrd

• Boss RE-202
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3vngN5W
Australia: https://bit.ly/3OGUdgq
USA: https://bit.ly/3EUN2fU
Gigrig Humdinger
https://www.thegigrig.com/humdinger

• TheGigRig G3
https://www.thegigrig.com/g3

Interesting bits and go-to sections
0:00 Intro playing
1:45 Hello & welcome
2:40 Two rigs?!
4:00 How the Deep Purple gig happened
8:20 Following Blackmore, Morse et al
13:40 Standing next to Don Airey
15:10 Six 4x12 cabs?
17:00 Richie & Jon left & right?
22:30 Simon’s new board story
24:50 New Engl amp
28:05 No overdrive pedals - core tones
29:40 Today’s guitar?
33:25 Signal path explanation
35:50 Racks?
38:45 A quick listen to the main pedals
42:15 Phaser pre and post preamp
46:00 Richie didn’t use all those pedals…
47:15 Why the Boss Slicer?
51:20 The volume in huge venues?
55:45 Boss SDE-3000D Delay
58:40 Boss RE-202 Space Echo
1:02:57 How DO you play Smoke On The Water?
1:06:18 Why not a Strat?
1:07:50 Digitech Whammy Ricochet?
1:12:15 Try the new PRS NF53?
1:14:50 Try Dan’s Red Tele?
1:16:58 Some core tones from the rig
1:22:35 Simon plays us out

Guitars in this episode
• PRS 35th Anniversary Custom 24
• PRS NF53 White Doghair
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster - Dan’s video here: https://youtu.be/qfLs2rAWYEU?si=OxzjNNi97HvaCPDN

Amps in this episode
• ENGL E651 Artist Edition 100
https://www.engl-amps.com

• Marshall 1960Ax 412 with Celestion G12M Greenback speakers

• Mesa Boogie 50/50 stereo power amp
No longer made

• Zilla Custom 412 with 2 x Jensen Raptor 100 and 2 x Celestion V30 speakers
https://www.zillacabs.com

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