Rig Rundown: Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O'Connell & Conor Curley

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Irish rock band Fontaines D.C. is a dual-guitar ensemble featuring Carlos O’Connell and Conor Curley. At first, the duo used similar guitars, amps, and settings in an effort to work as a symbiotic saw buzzing their way through songs. The indistinguishable incisions lacerated their earliest work with angsty piss and vinegar. But as the quintet’s musicianship has evolved, they’ve embraced wider influences, adding different knives to their collection of cutlery. And more specifically, they’ve learned when to slice, when to dice, and how to work off each other.

“I think we’re trying to be more patient and more conscious of the texture,” Curley told PG in 2022, describing how he and O’Connell have worked together to refine their sound. “The first album was very much in a fighting mode,” he continues, “with the two guitars EQ’d the same and just smashing off each other. On the second one, we learned to play together a little better. We’re still working on it, and sometimes we still try to become as one almost, when the song needs it, but I think now we’ve learned to fit in with how we’re EQing everything. It feels really good.”

Ahead of their opening slot priming crowds for the Arctic Monkeys, O’Connell and Curley invited PG’s Chris Kies onstage at the Ascend Amphitheater in downtown Nashville. Carlos covered his favored Fender solidbodies, while Conor showed off his eclectic hollowbodies, and they both walked through their respective pedalboards.

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00:00 – D’Addario Trigger Capo
00:15 – Carlos O’Connell Playing Intro
01:00 – Chris Kies & Carlos O’Connell Intro
01:43 – 1966 Fender Mustang
08:14 – Fender American Vintage II 1961 Stratocaster
09:23 – Fender Custom Shop Rory Gallagher Signature Stratocaster
15:11 – Martin J12-15 Jumbo 12-String
19:44 – Carlos O’Connell’s Pedalboard
29:46 – Conor Curley Intro
30:10 – Conor Curley’s 1960s Framus 03000 Studio
32:28 – Fender Johnny Mar Jaguar
35:26 – 1960s Fender Coronado II Wildwood
39:11 – Eastman T64/v
41:16 – Fender ’68 Custom Twin Reverb
43:00 – Conor Curley’s Pedalboards

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39 thoughts on “Rig Rundown: Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O'Connell & Conor Curley”

  1. Shop the Rig:
    Fender Mustang – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3eOoWK
    Fender Rory Gallagher Stratocaster – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/4PKo09
    Fender American Professional Stratocaster – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/NkP4W7
    Fender American Vintage II 1961 Stratocaster – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/MmjyzJ
    Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Kj94mn
    Ernie Ball Burly Slinkys – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LXr4Bj
    Fender '68 Custom Twin Reverb – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/DK1nGj
    Fender '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9gQO6W
    EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life Pedal – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/jr2Z7e
    Boss BF-3 Flanger – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Pyk4Qz
    Boss RV-6 Reverb – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/g1Ngnr
    EHX Micro POG – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LX5qZ0
    TC Electronic PolyTune3 – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/k0oEQV
    MXR Six Band EQ – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/daDOJ7
    Strymon Deco – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3eRx9n
    Strymon Sunset – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3eOoKK
    Dunlop Volume (X) DVP4 – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/q4n5vq
    EHX POG – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/NkP4x7
    Strymon Lex – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/75xo6A
    Radial Bigshot ABY – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/EKxXzD
    Boss TR-2 Tremolo – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9gQOYW
    Boss GE-7 Equalizer – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/AWnK4J
    MXR Micro Amp – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/VmY3dk
    EHX Hum Debugger – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xkbQG5

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  13. Some of the sad negative comments, so what, it isn’t your sound move on and go back to SRV or John Mayer or whoever you w**k over in your parents basement. Some guitars don’t have to be ‘technically’ amazing to be good, some guitarist play for the song. A lot of the parts Carlos plays in this are from their songs and sound odd out of context and to those uneducated I’m their music understandably nothing special. Take a moment to listen to their music and it all comes together and works, I defy anyone not to listen to Jackie Down The Line and like it, indie alt rock might not be everyone’s thing but neither is seeing fast you can pick.

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  26. Absolutely loved this one, I’m excited for what you guys have next, I gotta recommend another Greta Van Fleet rig rundown! In terms of what they’ve changed just from their last tour is definitely something worth checking out. Keep it up y’all!

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  28. This is great. Reverb before drive, trem square wave maxxed out, killswitches. Love it. Well done rig rundown. I actually bought the same Moose electronics reverb from Dublin because of these guys. And just like Carlos says…it crashes like crazy. Excellent.

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  30. Check out 'i love you' from this year's Glastonbury. Although it speeds up from the rhe studio version it's still pretty powerful. Good band and BJM and black angels some pretty good influences

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