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John Cipollina

Cipollina split his stereo-wired guitar by pickup, processing the treble side with twin tape echoes, fuzz, rotary color and fast phase while the bass side carried slower phase and a Blue Box-wah combination.

Board
Stereo split-effects rig
Context
Nick Gravenites / Quicksilver-era touring setup
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 2 cited sources
Order
Source-described
Scope
Touring-period rig
Routing
Split output path
Audited
Signal
8 units · Guitar to amplifier

Signal path / A

Stereo split-effects rig

Artist-described dual-pickup effects system

InputGuitar
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Source-described order · Split output path

Musician's April 1984 profile quotes Cipollina's current split-amplifier method and enumerates the processors assigned to each pickup branch. Its wording establishes branch membership and the speed relationship between the two phasers, but not a jack-to-jack order inside either branch; the visual order therefore follows the article's enumeration. Guitar Player independently confirms the stereo pickup split, Standel/Fender amplification and Cipollina's use of echo, Standel rotary modulation, fuzz and Vox wah. The transcribed name "Roland Bi-Phase" and the product Cipollina called a "Module" cannot be matched to a dependable exact chassis, so both remain explicitly unresolved rather than being silently replaced with better-known models.

Cited sources

  1. MusicianJohn Cipollina profile and effects interview
  2. Guitar PlayerWatch Acid Rockers Quicksilver Messenger Service Perform Their Celebrated Show Opener, "Fresh Air"