Rig Rundown: Wolf Alice's Joff Oddie
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Listening to the tidal wave in “Giant Peach,” the riotous “Moaning Lisa Smile,” or the punked-up “Play the Greatest Hits,” it’s hard to imagine Wolf Alice as an acoustic duo. Then talk to Joff Oddie about his integral use of effects-“These pedals can do such crazy things; to not do crazy things with things that can do crazy things seems odd”-and the band’s origin story becomes even more improbable. But it’s true: Wolf Alice started with guitarist/singer Ellie Rowsell and guitarist Oddie playing acoustic-folk music during open-mic nights in North London pubs.
After self-releasing an EP, they expanded and electrified their sound with the help of Theo Ellis (bass/synths) and Joel Amey (drums/synths). Now sure, plenty of the band’s repertoire from their four official releases stays in the quieter, softer settings-creating maximum drama-but Joff and the gang give some animation to nearly every note played. (To give further cred to the group’s juxtaposition of floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee, in a 2015 PG interview Oddie cited John Fahey and Sonic Youth as two of his biggest influences.)
“On Blue Weekend, we leaned into our past quite a bit, where we layered up sounds with acoustic instruments. We used loads of 12-strings, banjos, resonators, and tenor guitars,” Oddie says about the band’s recent release. “We’re even performing an acoustic fingerstyle number-‘Safe From Heartbreak (if you never fall in love)’-each night, so it’s nice to get back there.”
Before Wolf Alice’s sold-out show at Nashville’s Cannery Ballroom, guitarist Oddie shared an hour with PG’s Chris Kies. The resulting conversation covered the cathartic process of building his first guitar during lockdown (a Jaguar-Jazzmaster hybrid) and why he switched to a pair of Fenders that are “a big sheet of paper that you can paint on.” Plus, he illustrates how every moment in a Wolf Alice set has a pedal, and those moments are unique and not repeated.
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00:00 - D’Addario Nexxus 360 Rechargeable Tuner
00:15 - Joff Oddie Intro
00:48 - Joff Oddie's Jag-Master Build
09:54 - 1962 Fender Jaguar reissue
12:40 - Ed O'Brien Stratocaster
15:49 - Johnny Marr Jaguar
17:42 - Fender American Professional II Precision Bass
18:50 - Fender ’65 Twin Reverb reissues
21:14 - Joff Oddie's Pedalboard
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Fender, if you're listening, I bet this would make a SICK artist series instrument
@hermitrob5481
7 ай бұрын
Said the same. He's earned it after BW. Next level album
I know absolutely nothing about Wolf Alice, but Joff is such a pleasant interview that I have to check them out now.
@HoracioGarciaMusic
2 жыл бұрын
Start with their first KEXP session and enjoy the ride from there
@AlexSpetz
2 жыл бұрын
you will not regret it atall
@nicolaserafini6590
2 жыл бұрын
Same.
@grahambarlow9881
2 жыл бұрын
Did you check them out? I did about 9mths ago after hearing a song off album 1 or 2 (I'd heard DDTK) I was (am) obsessed. Her voice and the musicianship is something else, never heard anything like it. Then BW came out and I was a bit 'oh where's the guitars' but after a couple of listens you realise how epic every song is. May they continue on this journey of excellence and individuality.
@tonyd6852
2 жыл бұрын
@@grahambarlow9881 I have and they are growing on me!
he made his own guitar during lockdown...how awesome is that!
@TheHiredCode
2 жыл бұрын
I built my own banana bread ... :-)
@nadirgilani9694
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheHiredCode That made me laugh so much.
@nopants4259
Жыл бұрын
@@TheHiredCode me too and a few cocktails
Chris Kies has improved so much as an interviewer
@Jmarshall-kj4hc
2 жыл бұрын
But is the mustache an improvement?🤔
@paniccleo
2 жыл бұрын
@@Jmarshall-kj4hc Yeah.
@LowdownBoy
2 жыл бұрын
I see. It would be a pretty hard gig specifically with musicians. The guest is a key piece but I agree he's improved.
@DrummersRage
2 жыл бұрын
For sure. Can be a tough gig for sure.
What a top bloke Joff is. Really loved the band already but love them even more now. Great interview!!
@identitycrisisny6600
Жыл бұрын
I met him at Albany show recently. Talked about guitars and music. Good guy. Great guitarist.
Dude has the best swoosh sound in the business
Had the pleasure of meeting Joff post-show in Atlanta when both he and Ellie were kind enough to pose for a photo with me. Super nice dude and unbelievably talented guitarist… loved the interview! Thanks!!!
Amazing, I’ve been waiting for an updated rig rundown. Thank you 🙏 Wolf Alice are such an awesome band 🤘
Amazing guitarist and composer he is so talented, and more than anything he inspires you to be a better musician, you can always be a guitarist but does it make you want to make different sound that is not the guitar but how it works as a song. Just great stuff well worth the watch, thank you PG and Joff!
Love these tones! The fuzz with zero noise is so good
What a very down to earth genuine genius, if that's a thing.
joff is such a legend
glad they did another one. i still have hopes that their first one from a few years back can get re-uploaded some day
@henrydemonfreid1985
2 жыл бұрын
it must have been taken down because he swore too much
Super cool! Great to see someone touring with the HX and FX and not be afraid to go full blast on the effects!
Such an amazing band. My Love is Cool and Blue weekend are incredible albums from start to finish. Thx for this one Chris!
This band is great, they have a fantastic (!) live sound! Thanks for the video.
love WOLF ALICE!
This is so good! Such a great choice of band, they have some amazing guitar sounds!
I've only recently discovered Wolf Alice, and this interview only builds on my enthusiasm for the band.
The TVL was a gift from troy himself after Wolf Alice toured with Qotsa
This was a fantastic rundown - Really can relate with Joff’s approach. Gonna go check out some Wolf Alice now!
YES! I've been hoping for a Joff rundown for ages! This was such a good interview and walk-through. 👍 I can't believe he's got a Tender Octaver Mk.1 on his board! That's awesome. Those things are getting so rare and pricey, after they got caught stealing EHX' POG algorithm. I don't approve of their actions, but I recently got myself one anyway since Electro Harmonix don't make a POG this size. 😁 Would love to nerd out with Joff one day, especially over pedals of course! Thanks again guys, for this great rundown. 👍
i had the big pleasure standing in front of you, at your concert in Copenhagen ,seeing you playing on this guitar. you are a phenomenal guitarist and a great performer. it was an amazing concert
Could watch that all day!
Many thanks for ''Lipstic on the glass''!
Chris always does his homework for his Rundowns! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"cause we heard the blues lick million times before" Thanks for that joff! 👏Someone has to say it!!!
Great vid, Wolf Alice have one of the best live sets, saw them at Alexandra Palace a couple of years ago, amazing sound.
What about the other members? I'd love to know more about Ellie's black Tele, for instance!
@user-vg1tt3vg9y
2 жыл бұрын
Ellie doesn't have a complicated pedal board to show so it'd be a much shorter interview!
@VIDS2013
2 жыл бұрын
There is an article with her rig described in it. It hasn't changed since then.
I love Wolf Alice, and they deserve a lot more recognition than they already have. And Joff is an outstanding guitare player!
Great job on the guitar , especially the neck it must have been a task , great music always from Wolf Alice .😀😀
Saw them Yesterday in Milan.. what a freaking good band!!!!
Joff’s board is amazing. I love the full guitar nerdery. Great to hear him talk in detail about his sounds. I saw them a while back in Kingston and the board was big then but half this size!
@VIDS2013
2 жыл бұрын
During the VOAL tour, he had TWO boards for a while (at a 90-degree angle from each other). This one is scaled down for reliability.
The sound for "Last Man on earth" is amazing. 26:40. It always excites me how much sound sound you can pull out of a short scale guitar.
He's amazing
Super underrated band!
@thisandthat1233
2 жыл бұрын
They are quite big in the UK/EU
@robbzeh6361
2 жыл бұрын
@@thisandthat1233 Yeah Im from the UK, have seen them multiple times. Still think they deserve more haha!
I have no idea how any of these dingleboops work but goddamn is it a joy to watch a usually quietly competent guy just being really really into what he's talking about
Joff is awesome. He plays for the song, not his role in it. Rare indeed.
@johnnymancspice
Жыл бұрын
EXACTLY! He reminds me a lot of Buck in Big Thief. Rare.
33:40 that's the tone I'd like to have .
such a sick band
love him!
Very cool
This guy could be my friend, we'd had long chats about crazy pedalboard configurations and stuff, xD.
Would love to have a play around with his pedal board
What’s a better fit for me, the HX Stomp or the HX Effects? Yes.
Mooer have some of the best pedals in the business! Copies or not, they are great.
@MonticArckeys
2 жыл бұрын
Was so cool seeing him using some of these pedals as they are so accessible!
Best band in the 🌍.
Was this before they added the keyboard player in the band? When I saw them recently the keys player was playing a lot of the synthy type stuff that used to be played on guitar
Joff 🖤
can y’all do a cloakroom rig rundown
NOW ELLIE !!!
What's that riff he plays at 24:47, the descending one... sounds really familiar!
Got good taste my man. I literally have half those pedals. Dr Z Maz 38 NR and all Strats though 🤙
JAG-you-wire...I love it.
The haychex fx
Will there be an episode for Ellie and Theo?
@premierguitar
2 жыл бұрын
They both politely declined and we had to rush off stage afterwards because our filming ate into their soundcheck. Thanks for the support!
@HoracioGarciaMusic
2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully in the future. Thanks for the great video
@Zane_Doe
2 жыл бұрын
Too bad, I'd love to see the bassist's rig!
Come on Fender Joff needs his own siggy. Blue Weekend was/is next level man he's earned it. Fantastic range man.
He should put a fender roasted maple powercaster neck on that thing because those are 24 3/4 scale length as well.
@VIDS2013
2 жыл бұрын
This neck is nicer--and he literally made it.
Mooer must have got word of Joff using the octave pedal. It’s around $100 now
man that is a beautiful pieee of mahogany!
@VIDS2013
2 жыл бұрын
You should see the back of the neck! Gorgeous flame maple.
Why is he not showing the "Ventera"?
Do a rig rundown with beabadoobee please
Jazz Master. Nice!
Rig Academy 911
...Nels Kline..Nick Reinhart... Henry Kaiser...
This guy isn’t the original guitarist is he??? Looks different than 5 years ago?
@VIDS2013
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, same Joff. Just five years older!
Why not have the guy demonstrate what the high-pass sounds like? This is the weakness of all these Rundowns. They talk about sounds while holding the actual guitar and surrounded by the actual amps and pedals that create those sounds. * Show us how you use the kill switch * How do those up-the-neck chords sound? * Demonstrate the high-pass setting * Demondtrate the “Lollar sound” and why you chose these It’s as if I’m reading a magazine 15 years ago and having to imagine the tones some guy is describing.
@ileutur6863
2 жыл бұрын
PG has explained this in comments before, but screw it I'm on the toilet pushing out a bad round of taco bell, so I'll play keyboard warrior today. Rig rundowns aren't so simple to shoot, sometimes they're filmed right before soundcheck so things get rushed, some venues don't allow turning up before soundcheck, some artists just don't want to do it. There can be dozens of reasons
@noahliberman3247
2 жыл бұрын
Meh. If a guy can do a passable bass cover at his desk with an iPhone, this publishing company, filled with experts and contacts, can find a way to get the artist being interviewed and the venue being name-checked to play a few bars of listenable music on the very stage he’ll be playing on in 4 hours. Turn down. Do it earlier. Whatever. Don’t ask us to imagine sounds while the star guitarist is standing there not playing the actual instrument.
@ileutur6863
2 жыл бұрын
@@noahliberman3247 you can always just look up the band and hear what they sound like, its really not that big of a deal. Oh an he starts playing 20 minutes in.
@DelScully
2 жыл бұрын
that's why I love the J Mascis ones! He will show everything he's talking about!
@AlexSpetz
2 жыл бұрын
To be fair, it's a rig rundown, not a 'how to play my tunes/how I utilize my rig' rundown . I kind of see your point but if you listened to Wolf Alice you'll know exactly how and where Joff uses his killswitch
Looks more like rig police shakedown.
"E-banez"