Video How to Sound like The Mars Volta on Guitar | Potent Pairings

In the world of modern guitar music there are few true originals but Omar Rodríguez-López of the Mars Volta is certainly one of them. His blend of intricate, time-bending maelstrom and lush, atmospheric texture in his guitar playing has created a legion of avid followers. In this episode of Reverb's Potent Pairing series, learn how to use just a handful of pedals to approximate some of Omar's ever changing tones.

Read more about the pedals in the video at http://goo.gl/LmIWMY

Performed by David Arias from Avantist
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New Album Coming out everywhere digitally on Sep. 30th
feat. Adrian Terrazas Gonzalez (The Mars Volta, T.R.A.M.)
Engineered by Michael Lux

Amp used:
Blackstar Artist 15 - http://goo.gl/n3tTZo

Pedals used:
Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble - http://goo.gl/T6FPqC
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay - http://goo.gl/YSB5K2
Boss PS-2 Pitch Shifter/Delay - http://goo.gl/otl4Uk
Electro-Harmonix Cathedral Stereo Reverb - http://goo.gl/jymh3b
Electro-Harmonix POG2 Octave Generator - http://goo.gl/J9M0pL
Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini - http://goo.gl/g4ghxz
MXR Carbon Copy Delay - http://goo.gl/P2txAT
MXR Prime Distortion - http://goo.gl/6JM7V3
VOX DelayLab - http://goo.gl/Mkr30l
VOX V847A Wah - http://goo.gl/VLQrRM
Way Huge Swollen Pickle MKII Fuzz - http://goo.gl/XTSVdX
Xotic Robotalk-RI - http://goo.gl/tk5i9W

Mic'd with:
Shure KSM32 Cardoid Condesner MIcrophone - http://goo.gl/xycgRB
Shure SM57 Dynamic Microphone - http://goo.gl/QlERMC