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Rig Rundown: Zao

Even on borrowed gear, the metalcore pioneers are able to bring the thunder with a handful of ESP guitars, some Mesa/Boogie firepower, and a stash of gnarly fuzz pedals.

Scott Mellinger starts off with a Boss TU-2 tuner. From there, the signal hits his DigiTech Whammy V, an Abominable Electronics Hellmouth Overdrive, an Abominable Electronics Hail Satan Fuzz, an ISP Decimator Noise Suppressor, an Abominable Electronics Haunting Pools Cave Reverb, and a Maxon AD999 Analog Delay. Everything is powered by a Walrus Audio Phoenix power supply.

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