How to Sound Like the Guitarists of David Bowie | Potent Pairings

There are few artists with as diverse of a range as David Bowie. Throughout his career, Bowie consistently pushed the boundaries of sound, songwriting and style; always with great success. To help craft his vision, Bowie enlisted numerous guitar wizards throughout the course of his career including Mick Ronson, Carlos Alomar, Robert Fripp and Nile Rodgers just to name a few. In this #PotentPairings, we're investigating tones from distinctly different parts of Bowie's golden years and how to use common pedals to capture them. Watch this video and nail some of Bowie's most iconic tones. Click the link for more information: http://goo.gl/wMi2Ma

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Performed by Joe Shadid
Engineered by John Gagen

Guitars:
Gibson Les Paul Studio: https://goo.gl/BjqSN2
Fender American Standard Stratocaster: https://goo.gl/geBc4G

Amplifier:
Blackstar Artist 15: https://goo.gl/f7aVCO

Pedals:
Fulltone OCD V3: https://goo.gl/XD75UH
Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini: https://goo.gl/g4ghxz
Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret V2: https://goo.gl/NROlZO
Skreddy Rust Rod Fuzz: https://goo.gl/RJ65VB
MXR Phase 90: https://goo.gl/h0UH0O
Greyscale Devices Reverb Deluxe: https://goo.gl/CCYUzR
EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run Stereo Delay and Reverb: https://goo.gl/xJFQag
Boss DD-6 Digital Delay: https://goo.gl/Zqt5Ts
Dunlop 535Q Multi-Wah Pedal: https://goo.gl/HN3ai4
Diamond CPR-1 Compressor: https://goo.gl/7ilxqC

Mission Engineering EP-1 Expression Pedal: https://goo.gl/PxRCU9