Andy Latimer (Camel) Guitars/Fx

John_P

Just got in from seeing Camel tonight - really great gig and Andy delivered as usual.  A mate of mine hadn't seen them before and said it was the best guitar performance he'd ever seen and he goes to a lot of gigs.

He used a les paul and a superstrat through a marshall and vox, with a few choice pedals - looks like two tube screamers, rat, choral/flange, dl4 and a flint.

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melvynhiscock

The strat is a Roger Giffin and the Les Paul is a Deluxe that was retopped by Roger Giffin in 1984/5. It was a lovely piece of maple and the rest of the board is on the front of my blue pointy thing I made at about the same time.

english_bob

What's the other Strymon pedal?

Looks like a cool setup- not too complex but lots of options. Why three drive pedals though? I don't see a channel switch for the amp...

Phil_aka_Pip

I think the 3 drive pedals give (a) a choice of drives for when a choice is needed, but (b, probably more importantly) that smooth ongoing sustained drive which characterises a lot of his solos when used together. I have found that one drive on its own is always a bit gritty, whereas putting one into another smooths it off quite a lot. BTW I use a Mk I Guv'nor, scooped, with the drive on about 8 first, into a Real Tube Overdrive slightly humped in the middle with the drive on about 2. Both have their uses individually, but together they come across slightly Andy Latimer-ish

not_the_dj

english_bob said:

What's the other Strymon pedal?

Flint and Deco

Moss

Certainly likes green and black pedals...

frankus

Moss said:

Certainly likes green and black pedals...

Moss, Green and Black make Chocolate bars...

Phil_aka_Pip

It's frightening - I've been digging Camel for 40 years
:-O

drwiddly

Don't worry @Phil_aka_Pip you're not the only one. I bought their first album in 1973 after seeing them on OGWT. Doesn't time fly?

Speedyp

Become a bit obsessed about Andy's tone recently which led me here... Even got myself a vintage Burny Supergrade a few years ago

From what I can see his amps vary from Marshall DSL (one of my least fav amps)..  or vox or Fender Twin. Probably run pretty clean, so most of his tone comes from his fingers, guitar & effects.

Was quite amazed to see the amount of effects he uses, and retro old school stomp pedals. I'm thinking he found his "sound" early on in his career and has never deviated much since. Although the Clapton style strat did change things a bit.

Anyway - great guitarist.

The best I can tell from the op photo, his pedal lineup is from left to right:
crybaby wah
boss tuner
rat 2 distortion
Tube screamer 1
Tube screamer 2
Boss DD8 delay
Line 6 DL4 delay / reverb (on floor)
Fulltone Choralflanger
Strymon Flint tremolo / reverb
Strymon Tape effects pedal

Doubt he runs the rat and both TS's at once and guess the 2 TS are to offer different settings options. Also surprised by the number of delay / reverb pedals! And had expected to see some kind of compressor (& maybe a noise gate!) in there?

YourArsenal87

Love Latimer! Such a melodic and lyrical player.

Whistler

YourArsenal87 said:

Love Latimer! Such a melodic and lyrical player.

I agree.