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TIGERTAILZ WANT THE BEST - SO ONLY WORK WITH THE BEST
 Kim
uses a Marshall JCM 800 (50w) Amp straight into 2 * 4x12 cabinets
with little or no effects to keep it real and as simple as possible.
Kim is a firm believer in the retro sound and doesn’t like unnecessary
effects messing with his sound and adding complication.Kim has a number of guitars and uses different axes evey time the Tailz play Live. Kim uses a Wireless system for Live shows as he likes the freedom they provide and allows him to throw his cool shapes all over the stage.. Kim’s full equipment list is as
follows:
Amps Speaker Cabinets Guitars Effects  Jay
Pepper uses a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier Amplifier Head (150w)
and sometimes a Marshall JCM 800 (50w) Amp, if he’s running his
guitar in Stereo. When running the Recto and Marshall Amps in stereo Jay
splits the guitar signal using either a Boss Digital Delay, Boss Super
Chorus or an AB splitter box.Since taking delivery of his new Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier, Jay mostly opts for just using his RECTO and Boss effects via the RECTO Send/Return outputs. Jay tries to avoid using a Wireless system where possible to avoid losing any tone from his RECTO. Jay uses Gibson guitars
exclusively!
His full equipment list is as follows: Amps  Pepsi
uses various Bass setups depending on where the Tailz are
playing. His preferred Bass rig is the classic Ampeg SVT range used by
just about every Rock Bass player in the world. Although, he also uses
Peavey, Trace Elliot and Mesa Boogie Bass equipment.With Pepsi energetic over-the-top Live performance all his
equipment
(particularly his Bass guitars) are put under great stress so it’s
essential he uses quality reliable products.
Premier Black Shadow Drum Kit: Samplers.? - The Myth
and The Reality The truth behind this misconception is that The Tailz (along with just about evey other professional Rock band) use either a Sampler/Mini Disc/IPOD to hold certain Keyboard or Synth parts and a small amount of Backing Vocals. These instrument or Backing Vocal parts are Sequenced with a ‘Click Track’ that Mathew Blackout plays along with and they play at certain parts of the songs to add weight and effect which produces the massive Tailz Live sound. These small parts are the only things that are stored on the Digital device (Sampler / Mini Disc / IPOD etc.). All Tailz instruments / Vocals are played and sung Live – No question! The Keyboard / Synth parts are recorded purely and simply so the Tailz don’t have to take a Keyboard player out on the road with them. They used to employ a Keyboard player to play these few effects but this wasn’t cost-effective. As for the Backing Vocal parts, these are made up of just Kim’s voice which he tracks 4-6 times on bridges and choruses of the Tailz songs – Jay and Pepsi sing their harmony parts over the top, all LIVE!!! The reason for the extra Kim Backing Vocals is just to get the massive Tailz chorus sound in a Live situation. This is used to try and emulate the sound from The Tailz albums which use upwards of 50-100 Backing Vocal voices which give the band their massive sound. Trying to create this in a Live situation with just Kim, Pepsi and Jay singing is impossible. Many major Rock bands use this approach and it’s nothing new. Def Leppard, Queensryche, Feeder, Kiss, Aerosmith etc. all use this method to deliver their Live show – some even go a lot further and use the Digital device to play all sorts of things like extra Guitar parts, Drums, Percussion etc. Tigertailz use this method purely to enhance the Backing vocals and negate the need to employ a Keyboard player on the road. So there it is, no mystery, no conspiracy, just a simple way to deliver the best Live show possible to you the fans who pay your hard earned money to come and see The Tailz |
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