what kind of distortion is mike uisng to get that lovely sound in the intro and solo, especially live`?

thanks!

in studio he used a "Fender bender" pedal, rare pedal

live he just uses his normal setup

fender bender or blender?

He uses a delay and a crybaby and probably a few other random things and most importantly his hands and fingers.

don't forget the actual Binaural Recording process

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_recording

I don't think that it was one of the songs that was recorded Binaurally. I seem to recall that there were only two songs that were actually recorded in this process, Of the Girl was one, was soon forget the other?, I forget.

I could well be wrong though

well according to wikipedia, these are the songs recorded using the binaural process :

- nais
- of the girl
- rival
- sleight of hand
- soon forget

Are they not just the songs that were not mixed by Brendan O'Brien? That doesn't necessarily mean they were all recorded binaurally. Does anyone have a link that confirms which tracks were definitely recorded binaurally?

I'm sure I read an interview around the time of the albums release that said only a couple of tracks were done this way.

Not that I'm one to not believe everything that is in Wikipedia

I don't know really. Wikijam says the same, but maybe they took it from there too (actually they don't include Rival, but I don't know if it's a mistake or intentional)

OK, I managed to find an interview where Jeff mentions Sleight of Hand and NAIS so the list you gave is likely correct.

Also, some of the songs were only partially binaurally recorded, or at least that's what i think.

Because this is a technical question, I have nothing to add.

blender, sorry.

i don't think rival was recorded binauraly.

i'm pretty sure at least the dog is.

Yip, the dog definitely is.

I love how when you listen closely, you can hear that dog quietly looped through the entire track

it says in the Binaural booklet which ones are recorded binaurally

Here's some Fender Blender info for you (to get back to the request of the original poster):

http://www.analogman.com/blender.htm

i got a fender blender its not the same pedal... fender blender you hear in nine inch nails "the day the world went away" it could possibly be the 3 knob version that billy corgan uses, but i recall an interview where mike said it was a fender pedal that people at fender didn't even know what it was... so i doubt its the fender blender since a lot of people have em and they reissued em.... its something different i think