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Before the bandās first Nashville show since the early 2000s, guitarist Adam Christianson (above right) and guitarist/tech Martyn Evans (middle) talk shop with PGās Perry Bean to illuminate their burgeoning taste for gear and tone.
Knowing the style of heavy music Adam Christianson and the rest of Architects play would lead you to believe his main influence for his signature LSL Bari Bone T-style would be Jim Root of Slipknot but pump the brakes. The native Canuck actually is a staunch Merle Haggard fan. Furthermore, his T-style is a 24-fret, 27.5"-scale baritone to compensate for the bandās low tunings and the saggy string tension. The tonewoods include a roasted ash body with a roasted maple neck. This one is loaded with a set of Bare Knuckle Ragnarok pickups and sees action during songs tuned down to F#. He picks with Dunlop Jazz IIIs, and all of his guitars implement sets of custom-gauged DāAddario strings. For F# guitars, he uses .011ā.015ā.020wā.030ā.042ā.072 and for G# he swaps the 6th string for a .070, and for C# he uses a .060.
Here is the original prototype of Adam Christiansonās signature LSL Bari Bone that has a slightly different neck profile, only 22 frets, an alder body, and Bare Knuckle Impulse pickups.
This is Adam Christiansonās main G# ride and itās a Mayones Setius. Like the others, it has a set of Bare Knuckles, but its body wood is mahogany for a darker, robust tone.
This is the first custom baritone that Adam Christianson received from Mayones. It is a Regius model that has a 11-ply, neck-through design.
During this U.S. run of dates, Architectsā second guitarist Josh Middleton stayed back in the U.K. to welcome his first child into the world, so his tech Martyn Evans filled in using Joshās gear. Above is Joshās main F# machineāan ESP LTD MH-401B FM that is completely stock aside from the Fishman Fluence Modern pickups. Like Adamās guitars, Josh/Martyn use custom-gauged sets of DāAddario. For F# they use .011ā.015ā.019ā.032ā.044ā.072, for G# guitars they go with a .070 on the 6th string, and for C# guitars they use a .060. (Josh became the bandās full-time replacement in 2017 following the untimely death of cofounding guitarist Tom Searle in 2016.)
For G# duties, Josh Middleton and Martyn Evans depend on this ESP Horizon E-II that has been upgraded with a pair of the Fishman Fluence Killswitch Engage pickups.
To honor their fallen brother and cofounding member, Tom Searle, the band busted out his ESP Horizon.
Bassist Alex āAliā Dean got introduced to Dingwall basses by friend and fellow low-end bruiser Adam āNollyā Getgood of Periphery. One of his go-to live basses is this Dingwall Super P that can handles both G# and F# songs.
The ying to Alex Deanās Dingwall Pās yang is this Dingwall D-Bird that also handles G# and F# songs. Both basses use custom-gauged DāAddario strings that run .050ā.070ā.090ā.145. The Super P uses Long Scales while the D-Bird above rocks Super Long Scales.
And Alex Deanās Fender Deluxe Active P bass handles C# songs and is equipped with DāAddario strings gauged .050ā.125.
Everyone in the band trusts their live tone to the Kemper Profiler amp. Alex Dean also sends a direct signal to FOH via the Avalon U5 DI and gets some filth thanks to the Darkglass MTB7K Microtubes B7K Ultra Overdrive (not pictured).
Out onstage, Adam Christianson cooks with a few extra spices that live on his board including some Strymons (TimeLine, BigSky, and Mobius), Maxon OD-9, an ISP Decimator kills any unwanted noise, the Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner keeps everything in check, and the RJM Mastermind PBC is the brains of the operation.
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Guitar Center is at the L.A. Amp Show paying tribute to the great Stevie Ray Vaughan with a collection of Stevie's personal vintage gear, including his original Uni-Vibe, a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, a Tycobrahe Octavia, a 1953 Diaz-modded Fender Bassman, a Fender Vibratone cabinet, and his custom, mid-'80s Hamiltone S-style guitar.
PG's Rich Osweiler is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2012 NAMM Show where he visits the LSL Instruments booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of the Topanga and Bad Bone.
PG's Rich Osweiler is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2012 NAMM Show where he visits the LSL Instruments booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of the Topanga and Bad Bone.