Cherub Rock
Big Muff wide open into a mid-forward Marshall for the huge rhythm sound.
- Guitar
- Strat, bridge pickup
- Guitar volume
- 10
- Guitar tone
- 8
- Big Muff — Sustain
- 8
- Big Muff — Tone
- 6
- Big Muff — Volume
- 7
- Amp — Volume
- 7
- Amp — Mid
- 7
- Amp — Treble
- 6
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The Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan
Alternative Rock1988–presentUSA
A Strat into a JCM800 with a Big Muff and a phase pedal — the wall of guitars on Siamese Dream is one man and a lot of fuzz.
Known for: Cherub Rock, Bullet with Butterfly Wings, 1979
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gear entries
6
with sources
Rig rundown
Pedals
2Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
PedalThe core of the Siamese Dream sound.
MXR Phase 100
PedalThe swirling phase on the spacier tracks.
Amps
1Marshall JCM800
AmpThe head that the fuzz runs into.
Guitars
2Fender Stratocaster
GuitarHis '74 Strat, the guitar behind the wall of guitars.
Reverend Billy Corgan Signature Z-One
GuitarHis main guitar, in midnight black.
Other gear
1Railhammer Billy Corgan Z-One Pickups
OtherHis signature pickups.
Dial-in specs
What to dial in to chase Billy Corgan's signature sounds — knob positions, pickup choice and amp EQ as documented.
1979
Clean and chorused, with the fuzz off and the guitar volume backed down.
- Guitar
- Strat, neck + middle
- Guitar volume
- 7
- Guitar tone
- 7
- Amp — Volume
- 5
- Amp — Bass
- 6
- Amp — Treble
- 7
- Chorus
- Light