. Want to duplicate Tanya's live sound?. Here's what she was using during her tour for Lovesongs For Underdogs in the Fall of 1997...

. Tanya Donelly used her Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (with the JOBLESS ANTI-WORKWEAR sticker) on her tour stops in NYC.. She runs this through an effects pedalboard (consisting of mostly Boss pedals, see below for details) and a Laney VC50 guitar amplifier.. . Tanya's signal chain starts with her Gibson Les Paul Deluxe, with the pickup switch set on RHYTHM to use the neck humbucker..

. On the pedalboard, the signal goes through a PSM-5 Power Supply/Master Switch, to a Stage Tuner (I think it's an Arion HU-8500 Stage Tuner), to an OD-2r TURBO Overdrive, to a CH-1 SUPER Chorus, to a DD-3 Digital Delay, and finally through a Wah/Volume pedal Tanya uses for "Human".

Tanya uses a Boss OD-2r to provide the distortion for her guitar sound. .Setting numbers refer to the hour position in a clock (" 12" means set the dial to point at 12 O'clock like a hand in an analog clock). LEVEL 12 TONE 11 DRIVE 10 TURBO 12 (ON)

LEVEL TONE DRIVE TURBO "12" "11" "10" "12" . . . (ON) TURBO OverDrive OD-2r

E.LEVEL EQ RATE DEPTH "10" "10" "10" "10" . . . . SUPER Chorus CH-1

Next up on the signal chain after the TURBO Overdrive is the BOSS CH-1. .Only Output A (Mono) from the CH-1 SUPER Chorus is used. .Set all dials to 10 O'clock. E.LEVEL 10 EQ 10 RATE 10 DEPTH 10

From Output A of the SUPER Chorus, plug the signal into the BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay. .Set the MODE to L.800ms. E.LEVEL 12 F.BACK 12 D.TIME 9 MODE 12 (L.800ms)

E.LEVEL F.BACK D.TIME MODE "12" "12" "9" "12" . . . (L.800ms) . Digital Delay DD-3

The PSM-5 is used mainly to provide power for all the other pedals (think of it like a power strip to plug all the pedals into, minus all the "wall warts"), while the STAGE TUNER helps make sure Tanya's guitar is in-tune. . You can still get pretty close to Tanya Donelly's tone if you leave these out (In fact, you'll get a stronger signal and less noise). For "Human" engage the wah pedal and set it about 90% back. Tanya uses it more like a second distortion pedal with a foot-operated tone control (notch filter?), rather than a conventional wah. . I believe she also does this for "Lantern" except the wah is set all the way forward. Use the neck pickup on your guitar, regardless of whether it's a Les Paul type or not (a neck humbucker would be ideal). .For the people that can't afford all those BOSS pedals, here's a few things you can try. .I substituted a ZOOM 505 Multi-effects pedal in place of the BOSS pedals and play an Epiphone Les Paul Standard instead of the pricy Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. .Any "English" sounding amplifier (like a Park or a lower cost Marshall) can be used in place of the Laney VC50. Here are some Zoom 505 settings to emulate Tanya's live tone: Description COMP DIST GAIN ZNR/AMP EQ MOD DLY/REV LEVEL Overdrive Tone C1 rY 20 A6 23 C3 H2 25 Overdrive w/ Delay C1 rY 20 A6 23 C3 d6 25 Overdrive w/ Wah P8 rY 21 A6 22 C3 H1 25 Acoustic Electric L3 Ac 29 A6 20 C1 H2 25 These patch settings don't sound exactly like the BOSS pedals, but it's what I use when playing Tanya's songs. .LEVEL can be set to anything, as all it does is control the master volume. .If you also have the optional expression pedal, you can set COMP to P8 in order to get the wah pedal effect used in "Human", "Lantern", and a few other songs. .If anybody can tinker around and improve the patch, please email sealmyfate@wiw.org.