Terrance Hobbs Minimalis Effect and Equipment of Suffocation Band
Suffocation Band – A challenge to use minimal guitar effects. Because it turns out that one of the guitarists from Suffocation also adheres to the same understanding. It can be seen from the effects he used during the tour with the US death metal band.
About Suffocation Band
For those of you who don’t know who Suffocation is, they are a technical death metal band from the United States that was formed in 1990. Since releasing their debut album Effigy of the Forgotten in 1991, the band has been touted as one of the blueprints for death music. 90’s metal. As pioneers of technical death metal, the band has released seven studio albums to date.
Terrance Hobbs
This guitarist and founder of Suffocation band is known in the death metal scene for his unique playing style; combines fast, repetitive guitar riffs with added tremolo and finger tapping techniques. This style was eventually used as the basic style of the current technical/brutal death metal genre.
About the Minimalist Effect & Equipment
As I mentioned earlier, Terrance Hobbs does use gears or equipment that are practically minimalist, especially for touring needs. Here are the gears he used to tour with Suffocation.
1. Maxon OD 9
The sound and circuitry that make up this effect are practically similar to tube screamers. What’s different is that this effect has more of a “bottom” to the sound it produces. And also in this effect, there is a normal/boost switch. Terrance Hobbs himself uses this effect as a booster for the amp he uses.
2. BOSS Noise Suppressor-NS2
As you know, the role of the noise gate pedal for guitarists (you can read the previous article). Likewise, Terrance Hobbs also uses this pedal in the minimalist rig he uses. Terrance Hobbs himself uses a noise gate from the BOSS-Noise Suppressor NS2.
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Other Equipment
1. Amp
Terrance Hobbs is arguably a “Peavey maniac”, because so far he has always used Peavey amps, even though they are in different series. Starting from the Peavey 5150, XXX, JSX, 6505, etc. series. The latest news is he’s using a Peavey 6505+ amp.
2. Guitar
The main guitar used by Terrance Hobbs is the B.C. Rich Terrance Hobbs signature Warlock with the addition of Floyd Rose Tremolo and Pickup Dimarzio. In addition, he has also used other guitars such as ESP.
3. Other Effects
In addition to the above two effects, Terrance Hobbs has occasionally used the Maxon AD-10 Analog Delay delay pedal and the Sonic Research turbo tuner ST-200 on several occasions.
Conclusion
As we’ve discussed, guitarist Terrance Hobbs’ caliber also uses minimal effects, even for touring purposes. The conclusion is that the challenge of performing with minimal effects does not only apply to beginner guitarists, but guitarists of a band as big as Suffocation band still have more or less the same challenges, although the reasons may be different.
