Solo sounds, construction and inspiration with a modern British legend!

Welcome to the show! It's our great pleasure to welcome back musician, composer, producer and allround legend, Steven Wilson. Dan’s been doing Steven’s touring pedalboard for, ooh, ages, and so he’s dropped in with guitarist Niko Tsonev to tell us about new release, The Harmony Codex, alongside a chat around life, music and everything that goes with it.
Steven and Niko also play through five guitar solo sections from the new record to help us understand a little bit about the process that informs their creativity. Loads of great stuff here, including some fab advice around being a pro player. Enjoy the show!

56:13 The new record is called The Harmony Codex, not Economies Of Scale. Sorry!

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Pedals & stuff in this episode

Steven’s board
• Dunlop Cry Baby
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/2AUoOTp
Australia: https://bit.ly/2HUY0nX
USA: https://bit.ly/3GLoSnN

• TC Electronic Polytune
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3RUVan5
Australia: https://bit.ly/2GiHjRc
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/ZQYVAq

• Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/2uVGMBL
Australia: https://bit.ly/2rPSRWo
USA: https://bit.ly/323rheM

• Source Audio EQ2
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/48dR6GE
Australia: https://bit.ly/3r2y70Z
USA: https://bit.ly/3spyUHh

• Analog Man Prince of Tone
http://www.buyanalogman.com

• Electro Harmonix Nano POG
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/2wpXglm
Australia; https://bit.ly/3oEElmk
USA: https://bit.ly/3EiFS3p

• Option 5 Destination Rotation
Erm, no longer available?

• Diamond Vibrato
Not currently available

• Red Panda Tensor
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3z6rEC2
Australia: https://bit.ly/2URKYlb
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/EKR0DP

• Red Panda Particle
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3rbp8uk
Australia: https://bit.ly/48fnDMy
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/DKRWxj

• Strymon Timeline
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/2fzulGD
Australia: https://bit.ly/2pSEFKm
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/k0J46z

• Moog Minifooger MF Trem
No longer available

• Strymon Big Sky
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/2wpLdEx
Australia: https://bit.ly/2x0GSdY
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Qy2YDA

• TheGigRig ABY BABY
https://www.thegigrig.com/abybaby

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


Niko’s board
• Dunlop Volume X Pedal
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3RiDaVK
Australia: https://bit.ly/464UX6T
USA: https://bit.ly/3sQwUu2

• Digitech Freqout
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/2vtXHN6
Australia: https://bit.ly/3lxXnJd
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Vm2OM3

• Source Audio ZIO
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3sA2Or8
Australia: https://bit.ly/40Y7Eyv
USA: https://bit.ly/3oBzuiE

• Bogner Harlow
No longer made

• Bogner Wessex
No longer made

• Source Audio Ultra Wave
Australia: https://bit.ly/3EFUBYw
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/DKRW7d

• Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MkII
https://www.chasebliss.com/preampmkii

• Eventide H90
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/40T0yeN
Australia: https://bit.ly/40Yl3qC
USA: https://bit.ly/40RnYB7

• Eventide Rose
UK & Europe; https://bit.ly/2ZsYj1q
Australia; https://bit.ly/48bUf9K
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/751XYQ

• Morningstar MC6
Australia: https://bit.ly/46a4edM

• Dunlop DVP4
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/2QLS44K
Australia: https://bit.ly/45P6OGj
USA: https://bit.ly/3m424bk

• Lehle PSplit
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3bKM5aa
Australia: https://bit.ly/3PByU2n
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQJE73

Interesting bits & goto sections
0:00 Intro & welcome
1:50 Impossible to pigeonhole?
4:00 Hello Niko!
5:28 Steven’s needs for a guitar player
9:30 Great pop melodies
11:40 Demos as final takes
16:45 Solo 1 Time Is Running Out background
18:53 Solo 1 performance
21:24 Recording apart, directing from afar
22:49 Solo 2 Rock Bottom background
26:28 Solo 2 performance
29:40 Dry signal, or effected?
31:28 Solo 3 What Life Brings background
34:03 Solo 3 performance
37:15 HK Tubemeister 5
39:25 Solo 4 Staircase background
40:15 Solo 4 performance
44:48 Solo 5 Actual Brutal Facts background
46:23 Solo 5 performance
50:00 Advice for budding pro guitar players

Guitars today
• Gibson SG Special
• Fender Stratocaster [bitsacaster that Niko put together]
• PRS Single Cut Trem
• Squier 40th Anniversary Jazzmaster

Amps today
• Hughes & Kettner Puertone and HK Vintage 212 with 2 x Celestion G12M Greenback Speakers
• Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister 5
• Matchless C30 & 212 ESD with one Celestion G12M Greenback and one Celestion G12H Anniversary

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