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On this episode of Pointless History, we do a follow up to the very first episode about the Satisfaction Guitar played by Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO. There were multiple Satisfaction guitars, but what remains the same is Mark keeps duct taping and attaching guitar pedals (or stompboxes, whatever you would like to call them) to his electric guitars. There are some new discoveries and new info about these guitars that I either failed to mention in the first episode or found out later on after the episode was published. From different guitars, discovering unknown pedals, and even guitars before Mark started covering them with duct tape and pedals. Some info that answers some questions, and then some info that brings us close yet far to the answer, but still unknown. Enjoy this episode of Pointless History on the follow up of DEVO's Satisfaction Guitar.
DEVO's Satisfaction Guitar Follow Up - The Famous Duct Tape Guitar - Pointless History - Episode 5
Update: The mystery guitar at 7:23 is a Supro Super Seven( thanks to "one remains" for the info!), and at 7:25 is actually a Fender Musicmaster (thanks to G L Wilson for the info!)
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Mark started taping stomp boxes to his guitar after an incident in NYC - back when he'd have them on the floor like every other guitarist. At some point during breakdown to start the load out process some fan(s) in the front row stole his pedals (which also happened to me once in Seattle). So Mark being the genius he is thought "Good luck trying to steal THESE pedals since they are duct taped onto my guitar.".
Some people need to be put in a zoo, apparently.
DUDE. It's covered with duct tape and stomp boxes!!!!!! BAHAHAHA....And I thought I was goofy sticking a rat and an Orange Squeezer together in my strat. I duct taped them together and then plugged them into the guitar, but not on the face of the guitar. GREAT VID. Keep going. You have a great voice for this too. I have fallen in love with Devo again after forty years.
Thanks very much! Appreciate the support and feedback! That’s awesome you duct taped a Rat and Orange Squeezer pedal together. A few years ago, I decided to make a not so good replica of the current Satisfaction Guitar, bought an off brand black right handed Stratocaster, a Boss Distortion pedal, and first a multi pedal that happened to have the ring modulator effect (it used an ac adapter but I wanted to play freely without have two wires [the guitar wire and the ac adapter wire] to worry about) I bought a DOD Gonkulator, a ring mod and distortion effect in one pedal, it can run on 9 volt batteries as well as the Boss DS1. I only use this guitar for shits and giggles now, like if I dress up as DEVO for halloween or something 😂. Anyways, Thanks very much for watching this video! I appreciate the support! 🤙
Lol. I thought I invented that. Lol. 👍🏻
@@wingnut4200 Some days ago I saw a band using orange squeezers (dog toys) in an organ like arrangement as an Instrument.
7:25 - from the shape of pickguard you can see this is not a Fender Mustang, but a Fender Musicmaster. Although Mark's hand is obscuring a possible bridge pickup (which would make it a Duo Sonic) the absence of a pickup selector switch confirms there is only a single pickup, hence Musicmaster.
Thanks for the info! Fender has so many guitars that look a like, I really appreciate letting me know!
Thought it was the musicmaster
Definitely a musicmaster
50’s Musicmaster
i always thought it was a hagstrom...🤔
Here's another update for you. The frequency analyzer is not the original one. I talked to him when they were on the total devo tour and he told me that it had been stolen. I found one at the guitar emporium here in Louisville and fedexed it out to California for him.
I'm gonna have to call bullshit..
I don't care what you think.
Guess he can't get him no SATISFACTION
Hell yes!
This is a hell of a fun breakdown. Devo is so uniquely and devilishly Krafty.
Here Comes Devolution! No Contest.
Lol krafty like kraftwerk
VNLKSGRNKDUIRUIUIGRBNIGSRILOG I'M FERAL FOR KRAFTWERK AND DEVO
I saw pedals taped to his guitar on late night music shows and the rest is history.
SPUD BOY from San Clemente giving you heaps of applause.
I could watch videos like this ALL DAY long.
Tours attended: New Traditionalist at the L.A Forum.
Oh, No! At the Universal Amphitheater.
1988 , at The Palace in Hollywood ( live concert album)
2002 ? 3? Orange County Fair.
Hardcore Devo at the Belly Up - Solano Beach.
And I believe i might be missing one.
Thank you for your dedication to the Satisfaction guitar.
"Kids Guitar" us called a SUPRO THUNDERSTICK and was sold in a Sears Mail Order Catalog between 1963-1966. It was probably RED. I own it's big brother , the Supro Sonic 30. The guitar that looks like a Mustang is probably a Fender Musicmaster.
Close but not the right model. Super Seven by Supro.
I stand corrected @@hyperluminalreality1
I’m intrigued by that Frogg ring modulator. I can’t seem to find it anywhere online, I can’t even find a photo. Does the company not exist any more?
I’ve been trying to look for it as well. It’s just rare and probably expensive. Heres a link to a picture of it www.effectsdatabase.com/model/frogg/ringmodulator It’s the same pic I used in this video.
It was actually a great idea to duck tape those pedals to the guitar. The idea of pedals being far away on the floor really makes no sense if manipulating them in real time is the idea. I’m surprised that no one (aside from Vox way back in the ‘60’s) has designed a guitar that is set up with perhaps a milled slot that could accept specially designed pedals for it that you could slide in place and would interconnect without cables. That way dialing in whatever you wanted would be easy while you’re standing and playing. The idea of having to go to your pedalboard and bend over in the dark on a stage to dial in repeats on an echo device or more fuzz or phase is really nuts. There are a lot of people out there who make guitars. Where is something like this? Now with the advent of so many micro pedals, the internal electronics have been made so much smaller. It’s time for a radical guitar design.
I agree. I designed my first pedal circuit guitar & It’s almost finished. It’s a strat copy with an ab-y pedal built in, two output jacks, and a switch for one or both. An ab-y only needs power for the LED, which isn’t needed for ‘one or both’ use, so the diode was removed. It all fits right under the pickguard. More to come…
@@Bikewithlove That sounds good but what effects have you installed or is that the “more to come.”?
I saw a shoegaze band where the guitarist had all his pedals on a card table right next to him on stage, so he could manipulate knobs.
@@soarornor - It would have to be something useful and/or whimsical. I have secret plans…
@@Bikewithlove Nice………very nice…..🍭💨🪶🦦
i saw a toaster taped to that guitar
I see Mothersbaugh did the "only a few strings" on guitar before Ricky Wilson did...
I had a mid 70's Electra sort of LP style with about 4 pedals built in. I believe Electra called them "modules," but they were essentially interchangeable analog pedals with batteries and all. Huge gaping rout cavity in the back. Even from its inception it was largely considered a hokey gimmick. It hung brand new in the local music store until they got desperate to sell it so I got a real deal. Played nice and a very ornate guitar. Sunburst with real inlay on the headstock and mop binding. I didn't keep it a year.
The “MPC” series
@@reinodjanghardt8604 YES!
Those were cool.A bit unreliable, most of the ones I saw had at least one dead unit. A friend had that and another off brand w built - in effects. Terrible guitar
@@geraldfriend256 Cort Effector perhaps?
@@reinodjanghardt8604 dingding ding I believe so. White explorer shape four or so pushbuttons.And I think it said” effector “ on the body of the guitar. I love my 40$ Cort acoustic; they have made pro grade instruments too.
Best song they ever did
Update: Yes I know I mispronounced Marauder. I should have went to speech therapy as a kid. I have a friend who was running a gaming group with that same name (Marauder) and pronounced it the same way I did in the video. That could contribute to my pronunciation. But again, I should have been put in speech therapy as a kid.
At 7:26, the guitar is a Fender Musicmaster, not the Mustang
Hey, least you posted a comment with corrections. A lot of TH-camrs don't even do that, so I respect it. Devo is awesome, by the way. My favorite songs are Girl You Want, Whip It, and the Satisfaction cover of course.
Lmao! No!
Small stone was very popular at the time. 1978. Looks like one to me. 5:34
Did you ask Josh Scott from JHS pedals? He know everything about pedals. He also knows EHX founder and Devo.
The single knob EHX pedal may be the Linear Power Booster
yes it was DEFINITELY an Ibanez Mark used in Paris with the top half cut off, he bought it in a guitar shop in London's Denmark Street, i believe the one he had on tour had been stolen the night before after a London show, the Paris gig was a night or 2 later, that's all i know, this the end .....
That's what I was thinking. The headstock doesn't look like a Gibson. Thanks for the info.
I love how the execution of your vids
I had/have two if their records, high quality productions , different and worth it.
ducktape bailing wire bubble gum and jb weld , and you can fix everything
i'm pretty sure the unidentified electro harmonix pedal is a little big muff. it looks like he's got the ring modulator and what looks to be an mxr dyna comp on there at the same time during the little big muff period.
I think it’s the Ibanez firebird, you can see it in the headstock
I agree. I know on the Gibson's Firebird the headstock is backwards
No mention of how he only uses 4 strings ? 2 in the E A nut slots 2 in the B E slots.
I kinda did in the first video. I made my own Satisfaction guitar based off the current one Mark uses and show it at the end of the video. I showed how I only have 4 strings on the guitar, the two tuned to A and the other two loose af and untuned.
there is a new bixby pedal that i've been saying someone needs to attach to a guitar like a regular bixby.
I think I pointed this out last time, you can just ask him. It's not like you can't find a phone number to his office. Another thing. Just because you identified the box, it does not necessarily mean you have identified the electronics inside. They were known to pull out the old soldering iron on occasion. There's an interview with Mark somewhere where he has I think it was an old calculator that he used for the keys to run some completely other do-dad. Don't remember the details.
I've seen footage of that '78 Paris gig and it must have been a fantastic gig. Shit quality recording but an amazing performance.
If they ever make a public time machine, I’m taking it to 1978 to see these guys live. Was very close to seeing them in 2021 at Radio City, but they canceled the day before their show due to COVID. They played almost a year later in NYC but I had COVID at the time. Hopefully they can play close by where I live during this supposed farewell tour they’re doing 🤞
2:28 that’s not a Gibson, it’s an Ovation Viper. Possibly, p 8:44 probably already sussed.
Red Green of punk future music.
Edit: nah, I’m wrong.
Yeah that's definitely the transmitter
GREAT VIDEO! THANKS!
DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE! SPUDBOYS UNITE!
He would have loved Zvex Fuzz Factory. & several mini pedals.
The Ibanez "Cloud Guitar" is a "Spud Guitar", though it does look more like a cloud than a spud.
I remember Bob 1 talking about this in a video. Ibanez approached him to check out their guitars. He wasn’t too interested, they worked out a deal for them to make a custom guitar for him. He drew on a picture of Ibanez guitar to make it look like a spud, and told them to paint it brown. What he got was the blue “Cloud” guitar, along with the blue Iceman. I know years and years later a company did make a proper Spud guitar, a Spudocaster I think it was called. Can’t remember the company’s name though.
What's better than duct tape? Gorilla Tape. THAT stuff is stronger, tears in straight lines, and will hold anything together.
You’re not wrong. Real 💪 tape. But I only picture that tape peeling off the paint from the guitar and stompboxes 😂
TO BE HONEST I AM STARTING TO DEVELOP SOME INTEREST IN THIS GUITAR
Also the unknown 1knob EHX pedal could be a lot more than the ones mentioned, it could easily be an Op-Amp Little Big muff, a small clone, a Holy Grail reverb, a Bassballs Envelope filter, an LPB2, a Y trigger filter, a hogs foot bass boost, an RTG, and I might've missed some, anyways yeah it could be like, anything
would love to see more such episodes coming
The guitar at 7:26 is a fender duo sonic you can tell by the bridge
No pickup selector switch on the pickguard lower bout. Must be a single neck pickup Musicmaster.
By today's effect standards, that isn't many effects for a rock band guitarist. And please don't forget that Bob (2) Casale played lots of guitar and keys, as did M.M. If somebody snagged my effects board at the close of a performance, I would stop using them also. And anybody still using duct tape for anything besides ductwork only would for the dull gray color, or because they haven't experienced gaffers tape. Or don't care about a sticky mess only resolved by toxic solvents.
The penis shaped bass had me on the floor laughing hysterically😂😂😂😂😂
It took me a long time to realize the shape of Jerry's Bass. The name alone for the bass guitar (Be Stiff Bass) was a clue that went over my head 😂
@@EPYScopeMedia Lol. I would purchase a vagina inspired bass anyway, but a meat rocket shaped bass would be completely out the question!
Those ibanez overdrives are cool, they're basically big muffs
I wanted to get one of those Ibanez Overdrives, or Tube Screamers as their called now, not for duct or gaff taping to my guitar but to use it right. I have another guitar for really playing, mostly me BSing and making noises, but I try to practice and make progress with playing.
Michael Pilmer will know
The orange ibanez overdrive isn't an overdrive pedal, it's actually a triangle big muff clone, weird era for Ibanez
1:12 You say DEVO, I say MORE PLEASE. Thank you, a fellow ‘lazy bum’
this looks more like medical tape than duct tape, lol
2:40 - the "one knob" pedal is an MXR Phase 90.
I was thinking the same thing, it’s hard to tell with the tape on it
It's weird_
- left hand guitar played right handed
- only 4 strings on the guitar mounted in right hand fashion
- standard stomp boxes duct taped on to the guitar
- so much different guitars and I thought a guitarist would stay on the once he liked most.
James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins duct taped a phaser to a guitar cuz they used one so often. Imma about to go ahead with plans to tape three fuzzes to a three string with multiple outputs. Wheeee!!!
If you don't know how to say electro-harmonix you really shouldn't be teaching people about guitar pedals and guitars
I've got a gut feeling you've figured it all out!
Love it! Good insight into the revolving door of guitars in DEVO.
They LOVED the LS-6 didn't they? They ought to have a signature model made for them by now, haha
Thanks very much! It seems the L6S was an important guitar to the 2 Bobs, eventually Mark, and with Josh 2 Hager. Gibson should have made a signature model for that guitar. The closest we got was Jerry’s Gibson Ripper and the Be Stiff bass.
@@EPYScopeMedia wait, there's a signature Jerry Ripper? That's awesome!
@@CKT1138 Not exactly a signature Ripper bass, like one being sold to the public, but the custom one that Jerry has/or had during the Are We Not Men? tour. The only signature DEVO bass I know of is that Be Stiff bass.
@@EPYScopeMedia ah gotcha, makes sense.
There was also the DEVO 2x4 signature bass, that was a weird thing.
@@CKT1138 I would love to get that as a 6 string guitar. That thing is weirdly awesome! 🤙
I think the guitar at 7:23 is a Supro Super Seven.
It does appear to be that model guitar! I appreciate the information. Was really baffled on what guitar that was. Thank you so much!
Aw crap. I thought I was on it today. 2 years after it was already solved. Waaa!
.any thanks for sharing your research. Marc B is such a genius... could you analyse how gerald casale plays his bass? Lots of weird stuff in his technique... strings upside down ! Would like to know more, take care
My pleasure! I have the idea for a future video covering all the guitars and instruments of each band member, just have to research the hell out of it. Thanks for the support! Appreciate it!
He plays it in the whole The Men Who Make The Music video compilation.
Regarding the first Electro-Harmonix mystery pedal you mentioned in these videos (1978 SNL "Satisfaction" performance), I think your assessment is correct with "The Silencer". My first thought when I saw it in the last video was "Doctor Q", which was released in 1976, but after comparing graphics, I think "The Silencer" is probably correct. Although I do not know why you'd want to mount that to your guitar, especially in a spot where your arm usually goes for an effect that really is usually always on and could be placed on the amp end of the chain. I get the feeling he just didn't want to have a pedalboard in his feet space. Anyway, great work on this and the other video!
Thanks very much! It seems it could be The Silencer but with the tape covering it, we’ll never really know what it is. I totally understand about the placement of that pedal right where Mark’s arm is when playing this guitar, it’s definitely an uncomfortable position 😂 and also weird that he doesn’t use a pedalboard. I think at that time when Punk Rock and New Wave was starting to form, I think they were trying to create trends. I know some bands were putting duct tape all over their guitars and equipment (One that comes to mind is Tim Smith of Cardiacs [RIP]), I’m guessing Mark was trying to start some trend of making good use with duct or gaff tape, whatever tape they were using, and actually taping pedals to the guitars. 😂 Just a little assumption. Anyways, Thanks for watching my video! Appreciate the support and feedback! 🤙
As long as we're correcting your pronunciation, it's not "muh-ROWE-der"(rhyming w/cow), 'muh-RAW-der' like, y'know, to GO MARAUDING...
Time to pin an update comment
Oh God I wish I could post a picture of my guitar
The Twang Bar King Fender Mustang - adrian belew
Thank you for briefing me about this guitar
the ehx small clone used the same chassis single knob and single switch layout . it may have come out later tho . i would guess by looking at that a small stone , or the bad stone heck it could be a screaming tree too .
That pedal is mystery. If the logo wasn’t covered by the tape we wouldn’t be scratching our heads wondering what it is. Maybe one day we’ll see a picture of it without tape on it
@@EPYScopeMediayeah thats a good question for anyone who gets the chance to interview him, it looks like maybe it has been colored with a marker or am i seeing things ? enjoyed the video - i am huge fan of the first album .
What you called a Mustang was a Duo Sonic. Easy to mistake them.
No pickup selector on the lower bout. Single pickup Musicmaster.
Question answer was my all time favorite
Oh, hey! Thanks for the shout-out!
My pleasure! Thank you for the info in the first episode! Helped out with the making of this episode 🤙
@@EPYScopeMedia Happy to help!
Great vid! BTW, the guitar is pronounced "ma-ROD-er"
Thanks very much! I’m pretty bad with pronunciation. I have a buddy who runs a company with the same name as that Gibson guitar. I was pronouncing it the way they say the company’s name. Got to do better research on pronunciation next time 😂
its not just the guitar we love but Devo
What is the benefit of taping pedals to your guitar? It just seem like trying too hard to be eccentric.
Clumsy feet?
Almost every left handed guitar is a custom guitar.
Love DEVO, like the 'STONES.
However, Otis Redding made SATISFACTION a hit first
The Stones original was a hit upon release in mid 1965. Redding’s album was released a few months later and his cover version didn’t chart until ‘66.
One of the "mystery guitars" is a 1967 Hagstrom Swede. Thought I'd mention it...
Are you referring to the kids guitar? That is a Supro Super Seven.
And he still can’t play!
that guitar's a hagstrom 😉👍
Cloud guitar? Spud guitar
Rad.
The real question is what kind of duct tape Mark uses?🤔🤘
Oh man now I’m curious! 😂 Maybe 3M Duct Tape? I know they were using gaff tape at one point. Gaff tape doesn’t leave that sticky residue like duct tape does
First
Aye! 🤙
Well done.
Who' cares???
marauder was mispronounced. it's ma raw der. 😁 and the headstock of the firebird appears to be ibanez.
EB3 bass .. not a SG bass
also It’s MA Rod Er marauder
See pinned comment
Vic20+Devo
You talking about the Commodore Vic 20?
@@EPYScopeMedia Thanks. Yes, to make a neat comment.
Say Marauder again... lol
Now we need the same video for Cardiacs.
Funny enough, I just started getting into Cardiacs a year ago
He went to velcro to make it easier to change the batteries
I completely forgot to mention that! 🤦🏻♂️
Why the hell he did that? He cant use his foot?
Some people are clumsy. Read @jackshittle ‘s comment below yours for another reason why Mark does this. Mark is also legally blind and wouldn’t be able to see the knobs on the pedals
he sawed it in half in front of a UK journalist, possibly Jon Savage?
That’s a ds-1 right?
Yes, it was used between the Total Devo era to current day, and some other distortion pedals
It's not ma-row-der, it's ma-raw-der.
See pinned comment
I think the one knob pedal at 4:35 is either a small clone or a small stone. My bet would be small clone by the color, or he could have colored it differently. Its hard to tell if its colored by him or if its the normal silk screen paint used on ehx pedals getting worn off
7:27. that is a Fender Musicmaster. You can tell because there is no pickup 3 way selector. If it was a Mustang, it would have the two switches above the pickups. You can also tell it is a shorter scale. A musicmaster is 22.5 inches while a Mustang is 24. The obvious giveaway is the pickup selector or lack of though.
another reason its not a mustang is the bridge and lack of trem
Fender Bronco, Supra duo-tone.
Bronco had a single bridge pickup. No pickup selector switch on the lower bout and front pickup means Musicmaster. Also...Supro Super Seven.
Why don't you try to ask Mark?
Already tried, no answer. Doubt he would remember any of the info I covered in the video
The unknown pedal can only be some kind noise gate. He would need it.
is his string the same setup as Ricky Wilson
Mark has the four string setup like Ricky Wilson. As far as tuning, I don’t know/think so. Mark has two strings tuned to A and the other two strings loose for that ugly untuned part in the solo with the ring modulator effect.
Rock lobster tuning was low C, F, F,,F, he had multiple custom tunings, apparently he tuned and played completely by ear and according to one thing i read did not know standard tunings.
you make everything look interesting and hilarious, lol
wtf is a vevo
Vevo LLC is an American multinational video hosting service, best known for providing music videos to TH-cam. The service is also available as an app on selected smart TVs, digital video recorders, digital media players and streaming television services.
¿Are we not men?
We Are DEVO! What is the law?
That "Mustang" is a Duosonic
I don’t see a pickup selector tho. Single pickup maybe?
@@chobby4266 Fender Musicmaster then maybe? It isn't a Mustang as it's not got the control plate
Made it 2 mins. Can anybody beat that?
I guess Fung-Schwey dictated which guitars, etc to use. Renting guitars is hilarious.