Mogwai, Dominic Aitchison rig?

[DaleASmith]

Anyone know of a decent rig run down video or article for Dominic? Love his playing and his distorted/fuzz sound and noticed he uses an EHX Knockout, so was wondering what he gets from that? 
any input appreciated. 

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[Iheartreverb]

Hiya.

Dom is one of those players who regardless of what he plays, he always sounds like himself. 
Most of his basses are fitted with passive EMGs (Precision, Jazz and Rickenbacker) but even when he’s gone left of centre (Travis Bean) it’s a similar story. 
 

If you want him play, he uses the volume and tone controls a lot, I’d think tapering off top end for mellower stuff.  Chord work played with fingers and thumbs is a must. 
 

I’d think you’d just want a Fender bass and a Sansamp (one of the things that stayed on his board the longest) to get that Ampeg/ Orange amp sound (mid scoop) and maybe a Boss ODB3- there’s better options but he used one for a long time.

 

These days I’m sure he’s using a Darkglass BK3 Ultra if that helps. 
 

 

[DaleASmith]

Thanks for that mate. I’ve only recently discovered Mogwai and I love the music. I’ve always been a fan of dynamic / atmospheric music and I love a massive fuzz sound so they are right up my street! 
i have a P bass with an EMG geezer so I’m most of the way there already. 
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[JoeS]

Love Mogwai and love Dominic’s tone - agree with @Iheartreverb that he always sounds like himself no matter what bass (Precision, Jazz, Music Man StingRay/Sabre, Rickenbacker) or amp he’s using.

 

This is from when they were touring The Hawk is Howling, so pretty old now but I think the basic formula remains unchanged even if he’s now using different individual pedals:

 

And this is a screenshot from Instagram last year, but I couldn’t say whether it’s reflective of what he’s currently using live (nor do I know what most/any of those pedals actually are!):

 

[Iheartreverb]

2 hours ago, JoeS said:

 

 

Ah, amazing.

 

The only thing I don’t know is the black one, I assumed it was Darkglass from the view I had last time I saw them but definitely isn’t. 
The rest is an Empress Compressor, EHX SuperEgo and Old Blood Noise Precession Reverb 

[Iheartreverb]

Update. It is a Darkglass B7K live