CocoMontoya.com

sonnyboy baywolf · Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 1 Location: midwest

what is mr. montoya's current setup, i know he has what looks to be a strat with some non-stock pickups, what are thet? and i believe he is using carr amps. does anyone know what the details on his setup are? this is just out of general intrest in gear. that man could sound great thru anything.

EastCoastAl · Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 3 Location: West Warwick, RI

I believe the pickups are custom wound Bill Lawrence 205s. But your right , he could make just about any rig sound great.

BluesLover · Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Posts: 3

I think I glimpsed a line 6 reverb or delay multipedal on the floor at one of his concerts... Any confirmations?

And by the way, does anyone know what strat he uses?

Mike R · Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Baltimore, MD

Hi, guys... my first post here. Coco is one of my favorite musicians. Love his playing and vocals. I've only seen him play live one time, at the State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia. Fantastic show, and I'll try to catch him whenever he's in the area.

Here's a link to the Carr Amplifier site http://www.carramps.com/carrframeset.html

I can't give "direct links" because of the frameset they use on the site, but if you go there and look around, there are some pics of Coco, and part of an interview he did with ToneQuest Report. He mentions using an 80 watt Carr Slant 6V and a Klon Centaur pedal.

Here's a link to the "Uncle Spot" site http://www.unclespot.com/USamps.html . Some pics of Coco and info on a Super Reverb style amp. When you get to the Coco page, scroll to the bottom for links to more pics.

I have some info around here somewhere on his guitars, but it would be "dated"... no way to know if he's changed.

I'll try to locate some more info and if I can, I'll post it here.

Thanks to the Admins that put this site together. It's great to have a Forum dedicated to Coco.

rybluz · Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 1

I think he uses custom Strats from Guitars R Us. I saw Coco at the M-Shop in Ames IA in Feb. He had the old off-white/yellow strat and his blue one. Playing the Carr amp rig. And couldn't tell what he used for stomp boxes. Looked like he had some kind of old BOSS white box (DD3 or compressor?), and a couple big blue and green boxes: perhaps some kind of chorus or delay unit?

Does anyone know his pedal setup?

I also got to meet him after the show, and he did say that he uses Bill Lawrence pickups.

-ry

VockViel · Site Admin Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Posts: 12 Location: USA

I think he might use two Line 6 units:

Take a look at this picture:

What do you think?

Sam · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 2:33 pm Post subject:

yes the blue and green pedals look like Line 6

the pedal on the left seems to be a Hughes & Kettner and the white one could be a Boss tuner

do you agree ?
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VockViel · Site Admin Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Posts: 12 Location: USA

Sam · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 5:41 pm Post subject:

but it doesn't matter, it's just a tuner

does someone have some other shots of Coco's pedals, amps, axes ?
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