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.
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
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!
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1 year 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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1 year 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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1 year 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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1 month 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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