Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard on Brad, Bigsbys, Chris Cornell and being 'the luckiest man in rock' We played a LP Junior-style guitar loaded with a Monty's '54 P-90, a Squier Strat and Gibson SG Special with Seymour Duncan '59 and JB humbuckers. We tested the 1991 pedal with our Blackstar valve amp, a solid state Fender Mustang, and tried it stacked with an EHX Soul Food (aka a Klon-style overdrive on a real world budget) and also with Blackstar's excellent Dept 10 Dual Drive preamp pedal. Now, it could be argued a fair amount of Stone's tones are quite meat and potatoes overdrive rock rhythm but not all are created equal, and the way the mids pop with gritty character with the 1991 feels like a simple and effective way of delivering PJ tones. But what's just as interesting for fans is how well the 1991 works for appropriating Pearl Jam's post-Ten material. The Porch and Even Flow riffs come tumbling out with satisfying results too. So does he pull it off? With Gain 1's pedal stage full and Gain 2's amp-style gain and the EQ at noon: that's the Alive tone alright! That intro tone was one of the primary goals for the project. It's a candid and inspirational read that proves how mutually supportive the pedal-building community can be. Andy writes a great piece on the backstory of the pedal here and the process he went through to create and voice the 1991 with the help of industry peers. It's important to note that Ten has more high end than many of us might remember Gossard and McCready don't slack on the bite. There wasn't any sleight of hand going on in Gossard's tone (beyond the generous reverb mixed in) and there isn't with Matt Webster's demo either. It's tempting to just let the video above answer the first question. With Gain 1's pedal stage full and Gain 2's amp-style gain and the EQ at noon: that's the Alive tone alright!

1991 by Fauun