Rig Rundown – Unearth’s Ken Susi
Taking a break from livestreaming on Fishman’s channel and building his own YouTube empire (Lord of the Rigs), Susi virtually welcomed PG’s Perry Bean into his tone zone. The Unearth axeman opens up about designing his signature ESP 7-string, pushing into the 21st century with “powered” pickups, and rocking in a world of 5150 and 800 descendants.
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00:00 – Intro
01:10 – ESP KS M-7
08:25 – Evertune Bridge
12:36 – Fishman Fluence Modern
22:10 – Amps
32:19 – Effects
38:30 – Amp Taste Tests
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God this guy is their worst interviewer he gives me so much anxiety
5:02 He wanted to maintain as much wood as he could ????
@22:10 "I've seen Unearth more times than I've seen my own dad" shit was hilarious and a little sad but I love it
It’s funny because floyd used to suck but ppl did it and got over it, just now a new thing without the bar, I think it’s the same kinda routine. I love Floyd’s, but just don’t really use it. For guys like me, I think it be more down with this. It can be a bit daunting for ppl who just straight tune a guitar with regular bridge, but just learn it. Once it works man! I always felt like that when I set up my guitar. Play it for hours after a re string. Lol
I have the Green Bengal Satchel Charvel DK 22 pro mod with the Fishman pickups that came with it and kens not kidding! These are the best active pickups I’ve ever tried and their completely different from every other pickups out there. Their like the I-Phone of pickups idk man lol there not wire wrapped they have layers of computer chips. I would never want to install these in a guitar but buying a guitar with these stock is such a win for yourself.
Great video
I thought the Rev sounded the best.
this dude knows how to design a guitar.
Can we hear disillusion
I hate guitars that have ebony boards with light colored wood on the backside of the neck…it doesnt go well with the overall "dark" theme of the guitar. It looks like the builder forgot to have the back of the neck painted…
The karate kid explains his love over his silver guitar
25:40 is everyone ever who has talked to a guitar player… "Well, here you go a**hole" lol
I hear Unearth I want a VHT Pitbull…
You can run the Synergy modules into the Randall RM100. I've had the RM100 MTS since 2009 and I'm trying to decide whether to sell it or buy some Synergy modules.
Something is weird about this interview. Almost like it was re-done or something.
wow kens getting old i seen them about 10 years ago opening for as i lay dying
Yeah but the cool thing about passive pickups, Ken, is that each one is unique and becomes solely your sound. There's a fine line between reliable consistency and becoming assembled cookie cutter.
That IbanESP is amazing. Gotta love how he made ESP build that and they refuse to paint his signature in that color. Might be a lawsuit if they did
Seen Unearth many times. Met Ken once. A totally nice guy. What you see is what you get. You couldn't meet a more down to EARTH rock star.
I don't even play guitar….but after watching this video i've somehow bought an LTD signature and a Synergy amp… #subliminalsalesman
“Active” and “analog” are not mutually exclusive. If it requires power to operate, it means it’s active.. just like passive speakers that don’t have an integral amp vs active speakers that are powered.
That RG550-esque 7 string is just too cool!
Perry asking basic questions about how evertunes work and how fishmans are powered like he has no idea is pretty unbelievable since both products have been around over 5 years and extensively covered by premier guitar prior to this.
Ken, Im really amped to have a go at learning a bunch of songs off the new album, but I don't know what tuning most of them r in, other than 'Incinerate' which is 'Drop A'. Any chance u could shed some light?
day-glo never goes out of style
Undercover boss ruined peavey for me. They way they over worked, refused to pay raises and outright lied to some of their 15+ yr loyal employees about them closing one of their American factories making all their people unemployed just disgusted me. Mabye at some point they cared about music, musicians and the employees who helped make their dreams come true but at this point those notions of family and loyalty are dead, bloated and buried. As for Ken & unearth ive loved their music since i 1st heard zombie autopilot when i was like 13yr old
We need a rig rundown for Perry and Chris ????