Rig Rundown – The Black Angels
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Carrying on the Austin, Texas, pysch-rock torch sparked by the hometown giants, The 13th Floor Elevators, guitarist Christian Bland and multi-instrumentalists Jake Garcia and Kyle Hunt show off their vintage gear and display how they get their radical sounds.
This instrument started it all. This is Christian Bland’s main baby and he’s had it since the band formed in the early 2000s. He scored this 1978 Rickenbacker 345 on eBay after getting his SG stolen from bandmate Alex Maas’ house. Being a big Beatles fan, he always wanted a Rickenbacker and had to settle for this model even though John used 320 and 330 models. (Lefties can’t be too picky.) he uses D’Addario Pure Nickel (.011 sets) on all his guitars and shreds with Dunlop Orange Tortex .60 mm picks.
The band’s other left-handed guitarist Jake Garcia’s main ride is a 1971 Gibson ES-335. It was a player’s guitar so he’s had several refret jobs, added new tuners, graphite saddles, and installed period-correct Throbak P.A.F.-style pickups in it. You may notice the battle scars of four-removed switches and that was from single-coil taps that Jake got rid of to get the guitar as close as possible to its early ’70s roots.
The only righty guitarist in the band, Kyle Hunt, rocks with this 1965 Fender Jazzmaster he bougt years ago at Austin Vintage. He changed out the tuners and added a Mastery bridge, otherwise he believes it’s stock as the day it was made. He goes with either D’Addario or Gabriel Tenorio (.011 sets) and strums away with Dunlop Yellow Tortex .73 mm picks.
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Anyone know which Sunface bc108 he uses? The B or C model?
This is sick! My dad’s band used to record songs with them!
PG-what kinda fuzz do you guys use
Black Angels-yes
Can ANYBODY tell me how the keyboard player gets his vocals to sound the way he does?
Love this
WHAT AN OBNOXIOUS "HOST"…HE ACTUALLY LOOKS CLOSET-GAY…
He needs one of those switcher boards.. so he's not breaking his pedals all the time by stomping so hard. As a concerned parent – i feel he should invest in one ASAP
I really appreciate this as a lefty who loves Beatles guitars
TRES Cool
Can this guy play guitar?
Ive somehow just discovered The Black Angels (because of this video) and holy crap have I been missing out. The surfy, droning, fuzzy vibes are everything. Thanks PG for doing killer rig rundowns.
Super super cool!!!!!! Love these guys!! I like when the actual guitar player does the show instead of the tech.
anyone know what vocal peddle they use?
Wheres the drone machine?
Super cool rigs rundowns ;-).
I'm missing 1 board though, on which I think I see a H&K Rotosphere. Possibly for the keys?
Anybody?
I saw Charlie Sexton at South Austin Guitars years ago. Actually, I saw his haystack of hair first.
Well…fauk yes!!!! Minds blown, thanks alot! Love!!! These guys.
You can till Chris is trying so hard to keep his cool ???? love these rig rundowns
amazing to see a thundertomate!!!
To boil it down to a handful of pedals, I’d go:
Cloven Hoof, Tubescreamer, Vox Wah, Flint, El Capistan (or Echoplex & RE-20)
Such a shame Kyle got almost no air time, his bass is such a key component to Black Angels’ sound.
Very Cool ,Jake !! J.Driver
Holy shit that Bumble Buzz is filthy!
Anyone else here after playing the last of us part 2?
Only RICKENs i like are the RICKENBACKER BASSES
otherwise give me back my SG
Also, that's the best sound from a tube screamer I've heard… wowzers
My favorite rundown thus far. I love how into it these guys are. Great seeing them run-through every pedal!
THANK YOU.
Awesome questions that really get to some insight that sometimes is lost on laymen.
The Fuzz Angels
2 lefties in 1 band. Unprecedented lol
He used play a black telecaster .
I totally missed this one and just found it!!!! thank you 🙂 these guys are so nice, The Black Angels are amazing, love their gear, those fuzzes wow!!
That’s a reissue Fender Twin Reverb, right?
Oof. Watching him tread around that cable is hurting me. Get a longer one that's not coiled so you don't have it under foot all the time.
Now they need left handed pedals so you're not tripping over the guitar cable.