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Home 2019 March The Cure in Africa – Pedalboards of Robert Smith and Reeves Gabrels!

The Cure in Africa – Pedalboards of Robert Smith and Reeves Gabrels!

The Cure are playing a couple of shows in Africa, and I’ve been catching a few videos and photos! This year, they’re playing a few festival type shows along with a few special concerts. The last time I caught them live was back on their US tour in 2016, and my only regret – that I didn’t see them more. So I’m hoping for another US tour. Fingers crossed.

Over at Reeve Gabrels’ Facebook page there was a post talking about the “Your Day on the Lawns” show in Johannesburg there was talk about some of the pedalboards that were in Africa, including Reeve’s guitar and Bass VI boards as well as a shot of Robert Smith’s boards. Awesome. Check ’em out below. – Photos posted by Reeves Gabrels 3/16.

The Cure - Robert Smith / Reeven Gabrels Boards

Robert Smith Boards

Boss TU-3 Tuner
Boss GE-7 Equalizer
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Possibly Boss CS-2 Compressor
Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Boss PH-3 Phaser
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Boss BF-3 Flanger
Boss BF-2 Flanger

Reeve Gabrels Guitar Board

Ernie Ball Jr. Volume
Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 Clean Boost
Reeves Gabrels Distortion Engine Dual Prototype
Xotic Effects AC Booster
Boss Dimension C Chorus
Line 6 DL4 Delay
Ernie Ball Jr. Volume
TC Electronic Flashback X4 Delay
TC Electronic Corona Chorus
GigRig QuarterMaster 6 Bypass Loop Strip
Source Audio Soundblox 2 Manta
Boss TU-2 Tuner
Source Audio Soundblox 2 Multiwave Distortion
JHS Unicorn (V1)
Line 6 M5 Stompbox Modeler
TC Electronic Vortex
Alexander F.13 Flanger
Bearfoot Pale Green Compressor
TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb x2

Reeve Gabrels Bass VI board

Reeve Gabrels Bass VI Board

Boss TU-2 Tuner
Bearfoot Pale Green Compressor
TC Electronic Flashback X4 Delay
Ibanez PT9 Phaser
Bearfoot Model H 4K
MXR M234 Analog Chorus
Bearfoot Baby Pink Booster

Let me know if you’ve ever seen The Cure live.. or going to see them. What did you love. What songs are you looking forward to, etc. Comment below!

Mar 18, 2019admin

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Comments: 19
  1. Daniel
    6 years ago

    Just a heads up, the dark blue one on RS’ board is a BD2 Blues Driver, not a compressor… the compressor has 4 line up knobs. 🙂

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  2. Daniel
    6 years ago

    Also, SD1, not OD3… silver knobs. RS’ board hasn’t really changed much over the years.

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  3. admin
    6 years ago

    Thanks. I updated that. The CS3 has 4 line up knobs.. but the CS2 has three.
    https://reverb.com/p/boss-cs-2-compression-sustainer

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  4. admin
    6 years ago

    Awesome. Updated that.

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  5. Michael
    6 years ago

    Would have loved to have seen Simon Gallup’s current pedal board. I’ve seen The Cure in every tri-state appearance (NJ,NY,PA) since 1989’s Prayer Tour.

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  6. javier
    6 years ago

    The two flangers on RS’s BCB30 look like the middle one is a BF-3, and the one on the right of the image (left of the board) is probably a 1984-1990 BF-2. The middle flanger has what looks like its left knob split in two, an outside and an inside for Resonance and Manual, and the BF-2 from that era has the black knobs with red lines, rather than the white topped knobs with black lines that the newer (?) BF-2 has. Looks like that end flanger has those short, black knobs with the red lines.

    That blue pedal looks like it’s a brighter or bolder shade of blue than the BD-2 has. Also, it looks like you can see some white writing under the settings tape sticker thing, and the BD-2 has gold font, but the CS-2 has white font. Likely a CS-2 then?

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  7. admin
    6 years ago

    Both of the flangers have the purple marks on the knobs.. which I *think* is BF2?

    I agree on the CS2, I originally had that but a post in the comments suggested the BD2. I updated to show both possibilities now. Thanks!

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  8. Daniel
    6 years ago

    Hmm, could definetly be the CS2, sorry. I really don’t know what to make of it, the little bit of font under the label looks yellow-ish to me, but the font on the knobs looks white.

    I think Javier has a point about the flanger though, in addition to the concentric knob, the pedal has a stereo input.

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  9. admin
    6 years ago

    I updated the post again. Thanks guys! Love the gear/nerd convo on this!

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  10. Chuy
    6 years ago

    It’s definitely the BD-2, if you check anterior pedalboards, you’ll see the bd. He says it in many interviews and it’s shown in many photos.

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  11. admin
    6 years ago

    Thanks!

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  12. Chuy
    6 years ago

    Also, one of the flangers, it’s the boss BF-3, you can see it with the little knob, which is the one of the bf 3.

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  13. Javier
    6 years ago

    More on the flangers (sorry to go on 🙂 ), the one on the right has the power input that looks like the older style that has the plug-hole off to the right of the black plastic section, and those old ones have the plastic that goes down to the base of the casing (https://andertons-productimages.imgix.net/157816-167-0823-(6).JPG?w=680&h=680&fit=fill&bg=FFFFFF&auto=compress&auto=format), whereas the newer BF-3s have the power inputs off the bottom of the casing (https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS5hGeAh1orMl_5y0POYxLAOAuCa87DtyqQiqhnUUrDbeOkNBXx0A), and they’re slightly smaller than the 1984ish ones. You have to zoom the hell out of the pictures to see it, but I’m convinced!

    Zooming the hell out of the images shows the white stripes on the knobs in the middle flanger, and redish ones on the right one.

    This goes back to 2016, and clearly isn’t 100% accurate anymore, but have a look at this http://www.thecure.cz/resources/TOURBOOKS/tourbooks.2016.tour.uk-017.jpeg

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  14. James
    6 years ago

    I think the green one is actually the Boss PH-2 Super Phaser

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  15. Paul Crane
    4 years ago

    The first time I saw The Cure I couldn’t see their pedals. However the imagine burned into my mind is from just before they started; Pearl’s, Robert’s & Simon’s guitars were lined up on stands on the stage. I didn’t know what guitars they were at the time (a 345, Chet Atkins and Dick Knight semi) but that set me down a path I’m still on…

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  16. admin
    4 years ago

    That’s so awesome? Must have been mid/late 90s? Based on the guitars you mentioned.

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  17. Olivier
    4 years ago

    “I think the green one is actually the Boss PH-2 Super Phaser”

    I don’t agree because it’s the Boss PH3 pedal. If you look closely at the photo, it says “fall”, something that is written on the Boss PH3 pedal.

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  18. Darren
    3 years ago

    PH-3
    SD-1
    BD-2
    DD-3
    GE-7 set flat and output boosted for solos
    Split by Lehle Splitter

    Twin flanger board is for A Forest and includes a BF-2 BF-3 DD-3. This set up goes to two Roland Cube amps.

    Bass Vl

    SD-1
    BF-3
    GE-7 solo boost

    Set front of stage to the right of main board looking out from the stage. This board feeds another board set in front of the amps.

    CE-5 always on
    DD-3
    Tu-2

    In stereo split via CE-5

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  19. Darren
    3 years ago

    Fall is the setting

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