toys of the melvins

[feelmytool]

does anyone know what toy's or electronics buzz and the gang have used on there recent records or what this thing is

i'm talking about the devise adam jones of tool has on his guitar it looks really weird and i've seen it before but i have no clue as to what it is thank you for any info you can give me

[beee]

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that pic is great :DDDDDDDDD
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[feelmytool]

THAT. that is what i wanna know what is that the thingy straped onto his guitar

[klump]

maybe its simply an fx pedal or a mini preamp

[feelmytool]

WOW thank you i've nrever thought about it being a preamp i thought it might be an fx pedal but then it's to hard to understand it's use. but if it's a preamp what type is it?

[bruce]

That is the VIRUS.  he plays it on H.A.T.

[rimb]

That is the VIRUS.  he plays it on H.A.T.

I though the VIRUS was a keyboard/synth ?

[anaconda]

it's so much more, it's a synth/sampler/mixing module that
works in real time, and allows for 360

[klump]

does anyone have any more pics from that show???

[feelmytool]

THIS is the VIRUS



this is a picture of either a preamp or a fx pedal as someone stated



and alas one last picture of that beautiful Virus

[popeye]

just for your info..., the 2 seattle shows dec 30-31, '04.  just this last new years, Adam didn't have any gizmo's attached to his Guitar(s).  he did have some foot Pedals but really stayed off of them pretty much.
 Interestingly - he had 2 guitars with him, both looked to be exactly the same type & Model, some kinda Gibson i think.  These two guitars were exactly the same color and everything.  
 Somebody did say they were using Rented Gear (Buzzo had his same old Black Gibson with the Duck Tape still on the Bottom of the Strap.

[feelmytool]

do you know what type of foot pedals or what sounds they we're making i'd greatly appreciate it

to answer my own question:
the "gizmo" attached to his guitar is probly a preamp made to have distortion or to use as a fuzz box. adam however uses it to make feedback i was playing with my acoustic plugged into my amp with distortion and noticed if i got close enough i could hold notes for long periods of time (about as close as adams gizmo) so that is my theory anyone elses would also be appreciated.

[Smellis]

They did have all rented gear for the Seattle shows except their guitars. Dale had a few personal gizmos attached to his set. I saw Adam whip out an I-Pod and attach it to one of his pedals at one point for some sort of effect I think.

[feelmytool]

what songs did he put his ipod out for and what type of pedal did he put it on. also what sound it made, was it song's or some weird effect

[Andy]

The thing on his guitar looks like it could be one of those Marshall micro half-stacks. You can get some really weird sounds if they are close to the pickups and plugged into a bigger amp through the headphone socket.