Rig Rundown – All Them Witches
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PG’s Chris Kies hung out with Ben McLeod, Charles Michael Parks, Jr, and Allan Van Cleave of the All Them Witches at Soundcheck Rehearsal Studios before they ventured on their biggest European tour to date.
Guitarist Ben McLeod travels light and lean when the band tours. He only brings two guitars and neither one of them are backups for the other. His main squeeze is a Les Paul Traditional that he’s modded by replacing the plastic nut with one made of bone—he says it not only helps intonation but gives the guitar a silkier sound—and swapped out the LP’s stock Classic ’57 for a DiMarzio Super Distortion. He landed on that particular pickup after dressing up as The Sword’s guitarist Kyle Shutt for a Halloween show and used Kyle’s guitar. He was so impressed with it that after the show Kyle’s tech gave Ben a spare Super Distortion for his Traditional. And one last aesthetic tweak to his guitar was the removal of its pickguard because he is such a big fan of Duane Allman and he didn’t feel like covering up the full burst anymore.
This particular 6-string uses a set of DR Strings Pure Blues .010–.046s and is typically tuned to drop C.
Bassist Charles Michael Parks, Jr uses an amputated 1972 Rickenbacker 4001 for most of the night. The guy he bought it from was left-handed and so he had chopped off the upper bout, slashed off some of the headstock, and flipped it around to play lefty. So Parks got the bass super cheap and had set it back up to play right-hand, reworked the electronics, shaved the bridge and moved it back, and then outfitted it for the proper stereo jack. And it usually has D’Addario Half Round .050–.105 strings on it.
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Originally posted by UC5J-hZ4wNf7OlkzIn49LHoQ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_AKA84RTQU
This band and Slift are my favorites right now
< < < ALL THEM BITCHES MY FAVORITE BAND OF 2022 > > >
Amazing .. such an inspiration … an instrument is always special no matter when it comes from or the brand .. the history and story is special …
Rhodes + Rat == wtf that's so nice
Leave it to that muscled up guy who works for Premier Guitar to mess it up, John would never let that happen! Har har har har! Just joking guys, but really, why Try to sneak that shot in on your observant viewers?
Hey! What's with the shot of the Cherry Fender Twin Reverb amp at 7 Minutes 31 seconds? Then the next shot of the amp is not the same amp with the scratches and burns ripped Grill cloth etc?
This sucks – where's the percussion ?
what is the song's name in 16:20?
I have only recently came across ATW, and to listen to these musicians has been inspiring in so many ways, greatly enjoy their music…
These guys need an Electro Harmonix sponsorship deal. Saw this. Bought Freeze immediately.
Brilliant, and I love how articulate Ben is….off to check the band out
Rhodes guy is amazing. This whole band is amazing
What pickups does he have on the gretsch? I can't understand what he says
These guys are so inventive
"nobody"
I love that Jerry is one of his favorites because both of them are in my top 5
I habe probably seen this rig rundown more than 20 times, and i love it every time!!! Best one ever!
When Some of Them Witches just wouldn’t be enough
Allan has gotten back with the band as of a few days ago. All Them Witches is whole again
17:05 literally going online RIGHT NOW to buy a Freeze pedal. Thanks for the great demo and the great rig rundown as usual, I'm a few years late on this one, glad those pedals are still out there!
All Them Switches
when every guitar you pick up doesn't stay in tune you might want to look in a different area. just saying. I'd also be bummed out if my guitarist run the same strings for a half year, on top of it he sometime wonders why he has so much string breakage. I'm starting to think this guitar god is a few rungs away from touching the latter
All them witcheeeessss!!!! Great interviewer, loved how Ben played all kind of riffs from his songs. Amazing video.
So love Ben's playing! all band, but I am a guitar player and I can guarantee you will have a throne in history!
Their music sounds like ass
I have no idea WhoTF these guys are… But I like them… Especially that last guy LMAO!!!!!
Hi, new here. What’s the name of the opening song? Sounds rad. Thanks for doing this.
I hope alan comes back he added an extra flavor
These guys are no BS, pure talent and inspired ideas.
So much of the guitar sound is just that Fender amp; 85% percent of the time, when I hear a guitar that I really respond to, it's one of a couple Fender amps; they are, according to all the techs I know , – just plain designed better.He can use generic pedals because that amp is great.
The decibel limit is def the newer, big consideration.Got to have that late stage drive ,crank the amp, and keep the level on the pedal down, – still keeps the tubes cooking without all the total output.
Bass players take notice; since the day of Peter Hook, it's a dominant instrument.Play out of the box.
Usually, I'm not a fan of keyboards in Rock, but this guy-