Guitar sound on Zero

[ibanezrocks]

Hello, I was wondering how to get the guitar sound on the smashing pumpkins' song zero. Does anyone know what kind of amp or effects are used on that song?

[Sloan]

Not sure exactly what was used on that specific song.
Probably strat -> big muff (russian?) -> marshall.

As I recall the big muff was modded into a Creamy Dreamer.

Here's a nice site covering quite a bit of sp gear:
http://spfc.org/band/equipment.html

[EleKtriKaz]

I know a big part of Billy's sound was '80s Marshall JCM800s with KT88 tubes instead of the EL84s. He said it gave him a more "round" sound.

Also, as Sloan mentioned, he was very fond of the Big Muff. He also used a rare pedal called the Fender Blender, which sort of sounds like a chainsaw.

And he favored Strats with Lace Sensor pickups in them. Those things would probably be a good start toward getting that sound.

[spoonie g]

On that album he used the strats with red lace sensors at the bridge (with an Sg here and there) into a rack with a marshall jmp-1 pre-amp and Mesa Boogies Strategy 500 power amp. Whammy wh-1 for a lead or two.