Diablo
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Composed by Craig Beebe, Diablo is the culmination of approximately 11 years of work. Starting with themes and ideas from early pieces, it quickly grew into its own animal, evolving into an autobiographical representation of Craig's life for a couple of tumultuous years.
Musically speaking, the album is dense. Rhythmically, harmonically, and every other way one can qualify music, it's dense. John manufactured several guitar tube amps for the project once he realized that no amp he owned could make some of the chords sound good when fully distorted. However, they do now.
Produced by Jim Waters and Maxwell's Demon
Engineered by Jim Waters at Waterworks West Recording, Tucson, Arizona
- Players:
- Craig Beebe: Keyboards
- John Galbraith: Guitars
- Chris Johnson: Bass
- Jeff Martinov: Drums and Percussion
- Special Guests:
- Opabinia String Quartet
- Colin McAllister: Classical Guitar
- Keyboard Equipment Used:
- Hammond B3 Organ
- Leslie 122
- Mellotron 400 (#927) w/ custom tube preamp from John
- Moog Minimoog
- Cwejman S1 MK2
- Various Analogue Systems modular components
- Oberheim OB-Xa
- Roland Jupiter 6
- Sequential Circuits Prophet V
- Sequential Circuits Six-Trak
- Moog Taurus
- Moog Music Moogerfooger MF-103
- Frostwave Sonic Alienator
- Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress
- Guitar Equipment Used:
- 1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom (most of the album)
- 90’s vintage Music Man Steve Morse Model
- Contemporary Schecter Custom Shop
- Gibson L5-CT Hollow Body
- 90’s vintage PRS McCarty Hollowbody II
- 12 string acoustic guitar custom built by Andy Powers
- Several “Demon” amplifiers built by John
- Custom amps built by Dave Root
- Fender Twin customized by John
- Ampeg V4
- Bass Guitar Equipment Used:
- Spector
- Rickenbacker 4001
- Fender Jazz
- Upright
- Ampeg SVT