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Series: What's That Noise?
One-question interviews with artists where we find out about the gear and equipment they use to achieve their sound.
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Martin Bisi
Posted June 24, 2019, 9:31 p.m.Martin Bisi SPB: What is your preferred guitar model for personal playing, and how has your production work affected that choice? Bisi: I started way late on guitar. I was a drummer during my teens, through my early years recording. It was drumming that helped me work with the early hip-hop I did (Afrika Bambaataa, "Rockit," etc.) And I also had mind towards fx and sampling with my drumming. Sometime in the mid-late '80s I veered away from hip-hop and very avant-garde stuff, and did my first rock bands, like Sonic Youth and Live Skull. Soon after this, in the early '90s, I got the bug for picking up guitar. I felt that in the music I was interested in ...
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One Question Interviews Batshit Crazy
Posted June 23, 2019, 2:21 p.m.Chuck (Batshit Crazy – guitar) SPB: What kind of guitar do you use, and how/why did you choose this one? Chuck: For the Batshit Crazy ...
One Question Interviews Reunions
Posted June 4, 2019, 9:05 p.m.Eric Saylor (Reunions – guitar/vocals) SPB: Can you walk us through your guitar gear? Saylor: I have two pretty distinct setups I like to run ...
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One Question Interviews
Batshit Crazy
Posted June 23, 2019, 2:21 p.m.Chuck (Batshit Crazy – guitar) SPB: What kind of guitar do you use, and how/why did you choose this one? Chuck: For the Batshit Crazy record I totally stumbled into using this DEAN guitar. The background of the guitar is I used to own a Recording & Rehearsal studio and I had bought a cheap Dean guitar (not even sure of the model) for literally like $150 (with shipping) just to rent to bands who may need one last minute or as a fill in if someone broke a string and didn't want to take the time to change one ...
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One Question Interviews The Contenders
Posted June 2, 2019, 11:42 a.m.Fotis Tzanakis (The Contenders – guitar) SPB: Can you walk us through your guitar gear? Tzanakis: Here's a more detailed ...
One Question Interviews Bullet Treatment
Posted May 28, 2019, 8:31 p.m.Chuck (Bullet Treatment – guitar) SPB: What kind of guitar do you use, and how/why did you choose this one ...
One Question Interviews King Buffalo
Posted May 13, 2019, 8:48 p.m.Sean McVay (King Buffalo - guitar) SPB: What model of guitar do you play and how did you choose it? McVay ...
One Question Interviews Qui
Posted March 7, 2019, 8:52 p.m.Matt Cronk (Qui) SPB: What kind of guitar do you use and how did you come to this choice? Cronk ...
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What's That Noise?
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Fest 16
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