Alt-rock heroes Thee Oh Sees return with a new album, 'An Odd Entrances', a companion to 'A Weird Exits'. Check our review + gear guide!

'An Odd Entrances' album review
Listen to the first two tracks from 'An Odd Entrances'
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Those familiar with Thee Oh Sees will know that they sound great - live and on record. They're a great example of what a really good psych band sounds like, so it's no wonder that internet forums are full of psych-aficionados wondering what gear they use. Get a similar setup to Thee Oh Sees, and you'll know you're on your way to achieve a great guitar tone for psych! Since we've never seen any comprehensive guide to Thee Oh Sees gear, here it is - enjoy! [caption id="attachment_26467" align="aligncenter" width="957"]
Shure 520DX Green Bullet Microphone

Roland RE-201 Space Echo

Death By Audio Fuzz War + Boss DD-7 Digital Delay
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John Dwyer's live setup is simple and effective: a fuzz pedal, and a Boss DD-7 digital delay! Death By Audio effects are pretty cool, but expensive... if you want a cheaper alternative, you can't go wrong with a good Fuzz Face or a Big Muff - two of the most commonly-used fuzz pedals in psych rock. You simply can't go wrong with either of those!
Fender Silverface Dual Showman Reverb Head
Judging by the number of knobs on all liev pics we've seem, we are pretty certain John Dwyer uses a Fender Silverface-era Dual Showman Reverb head. This particular amp was one of the most-used Fender head amps in the late Sixties / Seventies. Users included Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend and Marc Bolan (read our Guide To Fender Amps blog for pics & more!)
If you want a similar setup, a new Fender Bassman head will be a good choice. If you're on a budget, a Fender Mustang V head will give you a taste of vintage Fender amps. If you're looking for a combo, we think a Fender Vibrolux or the louder Fender 68 Custom Deluxe will be good choices.
Nord Electro 3 Keyboard
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Singer / keyboard player Brigid Dawson (who has left the band) used to play a Nord Electro 3 hooked to a Guyatone MD3 digital delay.
Mellotron
The Mellotron is experiencing a true resurgence right now, and Thee Oh Sees are one of the many current bands using its sounds, in tracks such as 'Minotaur'.
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If you want similar sounds on a budget, just hook up your guitar or keyboard to the terrific Electro-Harmonix Mel 9 pedal! It perfectly replicates those Mellotron sounds such as cello, flute and strings. A must for any creative musician and modern purveyors of psychedelia...
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Burns Double 6
This cool Burns Double 6 has been one of John Dwyer favourite guitars over the years.
EGC DS SG-shaped guitar with P-90
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This Electrical Guitar Company guitar is John Dwyer's main instrument right now. Very boutique, very cool. If you want something similar for that same spiky, P-90 sound, go for a Gibson 2016 SG with P-90. A very reasonable priced Gibson that sounds great for this type of music. Perfect!
Gibson Melody Maker
One of the secrets of a good Thee Oh Sees-style "psych" sound is to use single-coil pickups. John Dwyer and the band's other guitaris, Petey Dammit, only seem to use this kind of guitar. So when they opted for Gibsons, they chose two different Melody Maker guitars (now discontinued). Other vintage, discontinued models the band has used are the Kay Vanguard and the Harmony Stratotone.
Fender Jazzmaster
Guitarist Petey Dammit currently plays a Fender Jazzmaster... which he manages to make sound like a bass! We don't know if he uses any Octave pedal, but we can see he uses only the neck pickup, and seems to use heavy gauge strings, besides plugging his guitar through an Ampeg SVT bass stack! Check it out:
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Mackie SRM PA Speaker
