Remember Trevor Rabin?

[luther910]

What a great guitarist. Underrated? Really loved his playing and sound, especially at the time he was in YES

Can anyone here elaborate on what gear he used for recording, live?

 

[thiswaythatway]

He's done a lot of work outside of Yes. I believe he played a lot of music for the Fast And Furious movies, or maybe just one of them, not sure which one.

 

[reverymike]

Yeah, he's been doing film scores for 25 years now.

Not sure what he used back in the YES years. I seem to remember a hacked up, scribbled on Strat for a lot of stuff.

 

[Valtyr]

Asside from the strat he favors a Westone Pantera. I don't know what he uses for amps. Last year he released solo slbum. It was pretty good.

 

[Bluplirst]

I'm a fan of Rabin. I think he used a korg a3 preamp or something like that back in the 80s. His work on Yes's Talk album was amazing.

 

[gtrwun]

quote from Huge Racks forum........
Trevor used 2 Korg SDD-2000 DDL's along with an SPX-90, 2 Korg KMX-62 mixers, MXR 15 band Dual Graphic E1, GML Parametric, 2 Scholz Rockmodules, Roland SRE-555 Chorus/Echo, 2 Hush IIC's, Yamaha CG2020 Compressor, a drawer with MXR Dyna Comp and Stereo Chorus and also had 2 marshall heads, a Mesa Mark III head for distortion and a Marshall 12 watt transistor head for a fuzz box. The Sept. 1987 Guitar World has a great article and picture of that rack from the Generator tour.

 

[Swemike]

Have not been listenng to this album for a long time, now i remeber how much I love it! Thanks for posting!

 

[Heritage Softail]

Cool sound he had. Extremely processed sound. I liked the way he ran his modulation effects. One of my favorite albums from back then.

 

[JTyson]

The guy is brilliant, I've seen his name pop up in film scores where I was actually looking to see who did the music several times over the years.....
Yes, I know thats weird

 

[luther910]

I'm a fan of Rabin. I think he used a korg a3 preamp or something like that back in the 80s. His work on Yes's Talk album was amazing.

Thanks, have to admit that I have not listened to that album I'm gonna check it out.

However I also came across this on YouTube, an insight into his creativity in regard to sound, feel.and melody. Have to admire the simplicity.

 

[jwnc]

Trevor Rabin live in LA is incredible, it was recorded in a little club in the late 80's. I HIGHLY recommend it. The song Can't Look Away is about as epic and incredible as it gets without losing the melody.

 

[MikeDV]

Don't know what he plays/played, but he did a solo studio album that was loaded with great guitar work - after yes, I think - Can't Look Away was the title of the album as well.

 

[Valtyr]

Something off his solo album last year...

 

[AmpliFIRE]

He's one of the most underrated musicians out there. Big fan

 

[Bluplirst]

Trevor Rabin live in LA is incredible, it was recorded in a little club in the late 80's. I HIGHLY recommend it. The song Can't Look Away is about as epic and incredible as it gets without losing the melody.

That is a good one, Great band! Hey, when EVH quotes you it must be good!

 

[Red_Label]

Just wanted to revive this thread because I've been listening to a lot of Trevor's work with Yes and his solo work lately. The guy is a monster player, writer, and producer... and I like his voice as well. When I listen to my Yes catalog, I always appreciate Trevor's writing, playing, and tone more than Howe's. Don't get me wrong, Howe is very good and you know it's him when you hear him. But Trevor's tone and playing is so much more polished than Steve's.

One of my favorite Trevor songs with Yes (though there are so many)...

 

[Rick Lee]

I saw him in Phoenix last Nov. with Wakemen and Anderson. He was on fire. His tone is very processed and the show's volume was almost too low to hear over the audience. But he played like a champ. IIRC, he used that swirly, beater Strat for the whole show. His rig was a big rack with a few small cabs, either 2x12s or 4x10s.

 

[Red_Label]

I saw him in Phoenix last Nov. with Wakemen and Anderson. He was on fire. His tone is very processed and the show's volume was almost too low to hear over the audience. But he played like a champ. IIRC, he used that swirly, beater Strat for the whole show. His rig was a big rack with a few small cabs, either 2x12s or 4x10s.

Very cool. Great to hear that he's still playing live. Wondered if he'd just sort of got sucked into the black hole of soundtracks and production.

 

[Rick Lee]

Wondered if he'd just sort of got sucked into the black hole of soundtracks and production.

Don't knock it. He gets paid bank and gets to do WTF he wants without all the intra-band politics that Yes has had going on since I was a baby. We should all be so lucky, and then once in a while, agree to do a tour to get out and play in front of people and remind the world that you still have it. Then hole up in LA again and be your own boss, while laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[maggotspawn]

Someone here in L.A. is selling a bunch of Trevor's stuff on Craigslist. A pair of Ampeg Lee Jackson VL1002's caught my eye.