DA RY L S T U E R M E R
Another Side of Genesis
Making his Tacoma Guitar Festival
CG: Which pedals do you always
debut, Genesis/Phil Collins guitarist
travel with?
Daryl Stuermer will perform with his
keyboardist, Kostia, and what he
DARYL: I have specific pedals that
good-naturedly calls “my Macbook
are on all my pedalboards. I use
Pro band” — bass tracks that he
the Radial Tonebone Hot British
recorded and drum tracks that
Distortion as my main distortion
he
accompany
pedal. That’s part of my sound
their set. The duo will showcase
and the one I’m comfortable with.
original music, Genesis songs, and
It has a tube in it, and I really like
some of the cover songs that will
that. I have a Fulltone OCD. I like
appear on his upcoming album,
the DigiTech Whammy, that specific
Breaking Cover, which features his
sound, for certain melodies. Delays
instrumental renditions of classics
and choruses I can change up very
from The Police, Jeff Beck, Eric
easily. So those are the three pedals
Clapton, Steely Dan, and others.
that I have to have that will make
programmed
to
me happy. I’ve done shows without
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them, of course, but I prefer to have
festivals are dangerous territory for
them if I can.
gearheads. Are you leaving your
credit card at home?
CG: You have quite a few guitars in
your online gear list. Do you consider
DARYL STUERMER: I’m bringing
yourself a collector?
one guitar, but I’ll probably end up
bringing two home. It’s so tempting!
DARYL: The stuff on my website is
gear that I use, and I’ll be updating
CG: Which one are you bringing, and
the pedalboards soon. Stuff I don’t
which pedalboard?
list is stuff I’m not using unless I’m in
the studio. I might bring an old Nady
DARYL: I’m bringing a scaled-down
distortion I’ve had since 1975, or a
pedalboard because I’m flying, and
TC Electronics chorus. I have a home
I’m bringing my Godin LGXT, but
studio with a shelf full of old gear.
I modified it myself. I took out the
Every once in a while you’re doing a
synth and the transducer pickups that are
pickups. Also, Godin made me a guitar. They’re
record and you think, “That one pedal will sound
usually for acoustic. I changed the tuners and
calling it the DS-1, and it’s based on this guitar
great.” I have stuff I haven’t used since the ’70s.
knobs and I put on a Strat tremolo. It’s a cross
that I modified. It’s a simpler version of an LGXT.
It looks cool and retro, but I don’t use it much.
between a Les Paul and a Strat, and that’s
No synth, no acoustics, but the same body, the
It’s not gear you want to take on the road. A
what I like about it as my main guitar.
same pickups, and the addition of the HDR —
lot of old gear has buzzes and things you can’t
the High-Definition Revoicer. It enhances the
control in a live situation. The new gear is built
sound a little bit. It opens it up more and boosts
better for the road, and the grounding is better,
your tone and your level. They are going to do
but there’s a unique sound to the old stuff.
DARYL: I have one LGXT that has everything.
a limited edition of it, probably next year. I have
What’s in the pictures is what I use live. I have
This one has the original body, neck, and
mine now and it’s the first one.
a really nice Gibson 335. In 1999 or 2000, Phil
CG: What’s left of the original model?
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May June 2016
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