I appreciate the fact that it's Ben Weinman talking about Ben Weinman's guitar rig, not Ben Weinman's guitar tech talking about Ben Weinman's guitar rig.
One of the best and most innovative sig guitar ideas I've seen in a long time. Nowadays sig guitars are just the standard models with some dudes name on it. This guy is doing it right.
I probably watched most of these rig rundowns and every time the artist does the rig rundown them selves, I have big respect. Just shows that they still love what they do and love to talk about guitars. Ben here seems like he'd like to go on for hours just for the love of it. Great stuff!
yeah they don't know how to play shit. the discordance is because they don't know how to play. it's not intentional or anything. they don't want to sound like that.
+ James Dunham Actually they are pretty talented and the dissonance in their sound is very much intentional. They are from the same area of VA I'm from (Same area of South Eastern VA but different city nearby my hometown. We lived about 20 or 30 minutes drive from each other if you took 264 East). When I used to do concert sound for a living we did their sound quite a bit and I know these guys pretty well. Trust me, they are good on their instruments, I've sat in on a few of their early practice sessions. They seem to like to cram as many notes as they can into each measure. Their sound is a combination of that and just not giving a shit really.
To any common passive pickups there is so much that can happen: wax melting(when it's hot), wire tearing(when it's cold), metals oxidizing(when it's moist). These are physical problems which affect the tone or lead to failure. The active EMGs(or other enclosed active pickups) won't suffer any of these and additionally eliminate most electromagnetic interference as well as tone-loss through cable length. They are indeed a lot more reliable then almost all other passive pickups.
The bridge on his guitar is ingenious... a must-have for those of us that play aggressively! Ben's set-up is amazingly straightforward for the versatility he requires. His comments on the tonal space his guitar occupies should be a reminder to all of us that the guitar really is a midrange instrument. One question though... how does he deal with feedback issues playing a semi-hollowbody guitar with that much distortion? You rock Ben!
guitarfreek1 I have this pedal as well and it is amazing at keeping feedback at bay... I sometimes see what it's like w/o it and immediately turn it back on.
If you're interested, here are some more "mid-range" songs by The Dillinger Escape Plan you might enjoy; Paranoia Shields, Widower, Nothing's Funny, Gold Teeth On a Bum, Parasitic Twins, Black Bubblegum, Unretrofied, Dead As History, Milk Lizard, Mouth of Ghosts, Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants etc. Personally, I think Greg Puciato does great harsh and clean vocals. He doesn't sound like any other "core" vocalist out there and his stage presence is second to none. Tell me how you get on!
I think this guy had just started a new revolution in wireless technology for guitarists. Seriously, that's some fine ass engineering creativity! I'll be looking forward to it :)
Very awesome Rig Rundown! I know a lot of people are pressed for time with sound checks and whatnot, but it would be nice if more people would be this in-depth and personal about their rigs.
I love how he talks about the mid-scoop zeitgeist of the 90's/00's while it seems like the time since this interview has seen a resurgence of midrange focus in metal. DEP weren't even ahead of their time, they just knew what peeps would come back around to sooner or later :)
Ok, possibly the best thought out guitar ever, semi hollows sustain forever with the right gain and if you play at reasonable stage volume they do not feed back unless you take your hand off and let it or point the f hole right at your speaker. Awesome guitar! Love it.
Regarding the build in wireless, Prince already had that with his Honher Tele copy. He had that so he could arrive onstage on his motorbike and get off playing. Look up footage of the 1999 tour or the Purple Rain tour. Most notably in the live video for "Take me with U" where he runs to the back of the stage while riffing. At one time during the solo Prince flips his guitar over revealing the backplate where the wireless is located.
I agree, far better than when the sound guy just talks you through it. Those are interesting too, but like you said it's better when the actual star knows their gear.
I wish more guitarists were so thorough. Many of the guitarists on these rundowns seem too cool or lazy to actually demonstrate their rig. Ben is a total guitar legend and one the few people out there trying to do something unique.
normally I just want to see what kind of pedals these guys are using, but damn everything here is awesome! this has been the most interesting Rig Rundown to me
Mike Patton from Faith No More did an EP with The Dillinger Escape Plan over 10 years ago. If you want to hear a song of theirs influenced by FNM in general then give One Of Us Is the Killer a whirl. The music video is up on TH-cam. Don't worry about not understanding *most* of their music; screaming vocals, dissonant, crazy guitar sections and maniacal drums in ludicrous changing time signatures certainly aren't for everyone.
I have always dug minimalism. I enjoy stripping music down to as bare bones as possible. Sometimes you can go too far and lose a lot, sometimes you hear something in your head that you just know will add a lot, but typically, I thrive with limitations. Simplicity is typically the best approach for song writing. Never make the mistake of confusing bells and whistles for substance, and everything you add shrinks everything else a little bit to make room in the sonic soundscape. Without a strong basis, you end up decorating shit.
Adrian Steele oops, dismissed them right away. I'm a ADD ridden internet age dude, that's why I listen to dep in the first palce. I don't have time to wait for you to play another chord, much less one that doesn't seem to lead anywhere. To each their own, but how do you get from swans to dillinger?
I ran into Greg a while ago and he mentioned that Ben had his wireless inside the guitar, I thought that was genius. Especially after seeing them live it makes sense, they are insane on stage. There is a video of Jeff when he was in the band jumping off stage and kicking me in the face... GREAT NIGHT! haha
After seeing these guys play live, I have a new appreciation for everything in this video. Particularly his use of the Evertune Bridge - two of my friends were right up at the stage, they high-fived Greg and touched Ben's guitar a few times.
This is just about my favorite music-related youtube series. It's what all those guitar magazines were always missing...the stuff guitar geeks and music nuts really want to know. That said, there's no "x" in Escape.
Premier guitar!! You should do a rig rundown with nine inch nails when they your this year!! Would be awesome to see robin fink & trents stage set up!!
the mans speaking from experience. have you played as many shows, travelled the world, had your guitar on countless different stages under many different conditions?
Is the CAE wah available ONLY as a custom order? I know the custom in the nam is in the name of the company, but is there a commercially available CAE Wah?
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My 67 year old dad is a huge guitar player and was fascinated by this rig rundown - it’s nice when you can bond with your dad about TDEP stuff 💯
Glad you cherished that.
I appreciate the fact that it's Ben Weinman talking about Ben Weinman's guitar rig, not Ben Weinman's guitar tech talking about Ben Weinman's guitar rig.
YEP. Most metal musicians are like this.
Ben Weinman: The best Evertune spokesman that Evertune doesn't pay.
Holy shit wireless built into the guitar is genius...
Hunter, AFI's bassist also does that
One of the best and most innovative sig guitar ideas I've seen in a long time. Nowadays sig guitars are just the standard models with some dudes name on it. This guy is doing it right.
This is probably the best rig rundown so far. Ben is a great interview.
This interviewer knows his shit. Seems like he does a decent amount of listening and research before he interviews. Wish there was more of this
If only he could pronounce "escape" properly.
He's easily one of the best on here. Seems like a real fan when talking to a lot of these guys.
The built-in wireless is a freaking amazing idea.
That was Ben, man is a genius.
I just received one of his signatures for my birthday. Probably that best value and the most versatile guitar I've ever played or owned.
I probably watched most of these rig rundowns and every time the artist does the rig rundown them selves, I have big respect. Just shows that they still love what they do and love to talk about guitars. Ben here seems like he'd like to go on for hours just for the love of it. Great stuff!
Awesome band. Just recently got into them with the latest album. Really blown away.
I really like how he actually explained why he likes the evertune and not just say its the best you know?
this guy is a legend.
too bad his band is discorded and sounds like shit
LOL
yeah they don't know how to play shit. the discordance is because they don't know how to play. it's not intentional or anything. they don't want to sound like that.
+ James Dunham Actually they are pretty talented and the dissonance in their sound is very much intentional. They are from the same area of VA I'm from (Same area of South Eastern VA but different city nearby my hometown. We lived about 20 or 30 minutes drive from each other if you took 264 East). When I used to do concert sound for a living we did their sound quite a bit and I know these guys pretty well. Trust me, they are good on their instruments, I've sat in on a few of their early practice sessions. They seem to like to cram as many notes as they can into each measure. Their sound is a combination of that and just not giving a shit really.
Haha dude I was just being sarcastic. Trust me, I'm totally with you. I've seen Dillinger twice, and I hope to one day be half the guitartist Ben is.
Chris Kies kicks ass. He's not only a DEP fan, but he's a smart fan asking smart questions. Thanks Chris!
I absolutely love his rig it's so simple yet has everything you could ever need
I think this is one of the better rig rundowns and interviews along with some unique product explanation
i love guitars and muscly men who play the geetar, that gets my hole moiiiiiiist
Jesus, dude.
lol seriously though
What if you just kept that for yourself...
To any common passive pickups there is so much that can happen: wax melting(when it's hot), wire tearing(when it's cold), metals oxidizing(when it's moist). These are physical problems which affect the tone or lead to failure. The active EMGs(or other enclosed active pickups) won't suffer any of these and additionally eliminate most electromagnetic interference as well as tone-loss through cable length. They are indeed a lot more reliable then almost all other passive pickups.
The bridge on his guitar is ingenious... a must-have for those of us that play
aggressively! Ben's set-up is amazingly straightforward for the versatility he
requires. His comments on the tonal space his guitar occupies should be a
reminder to all of us that the guitar really is a midrange instrument. One question though... how does he deal with feedback issues playing a semi-hollowbody
guitar with that much distortion? You rock Ben!
He has a Boss Noise Suppressor
guitarfreek1 I have this pedal as well and it is amazing at keeping feedback at bay... I sometimes see what it's like w/o it and immediately turn it back on.
Thanks for the info guitarfreek1!
noise gates are good, but emgs also are very low noise I feel like that has an effect
Every interview I've ever seen with Ben, he comes off as the coolest dude.
If you're interested, here are some more "mid-range" songs by The Dillinger Escape Plan you might enjoy; Paranoia Shields, Widower, Nothing's Funny, Gold Teeth On a Bum, Parasitic Twins, Black Bubblegum, Unretrofied, Dead As History, Milk Lizard, Mouth of Ghosts, Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants etc. Personally, I think Greg Puciato does great harsh and clean vocals. He doesn't sound like any other "core" vocalist out there and his stage presence is second to none. Tell me how you get on!
Love that enclosed speaker. Love this guy doing it his way
thanks for doing another metal group guys, you keep me up to date and i love it.
I think this guy had just started a new revolution in wireless technology for guitarists. Seriously, that's some fine ass engineering creativity! I'll be looking forward to it :)
Man this rigrundown RULES!
I miss hearing new music from this band!! 😥 😔
what he made with that guitar is BRILLIANT !!!!
Actually just Ben Weinman himself is such a thoughtful musician.
Amazing interview man! Such good research and good questions and good dialogue
Much appreciated!
coolest interview i have watched in years
Very awesome Rig Rundown! I know a lot of people are pressed for time with sound checks and whatnot, but it would be nice if more people would be this in-depth and personal about their rigs.
I'd buy that guitar so quick.
Really like this interviewer
One of the best interviewees ever. Really cool guy.
Completely relate to his explanation of why he plays in standart E.
I have the same fuzz pedal. It's a great pedal
I love how he talks about the mid-scoop zeitgeist of the 90's/00's while it seems like the time since this interview has seen a resurgence of midrange focus in metal.
DEP weren't even ahead of their time, they just knew what peeps would come back around to sooner or later :)
Ok, possibly the best thought out guitar ever, semi hollows sustain forever with the right gain and if you play at reasonable stage volume they do not feed back unless you take your hand off and let it or point the f hole right at your speaker. Awesome guitar! Love it.
Never listened to this band before but I do like how he very honest about how gear sounds etc. It doesn't happen as much these days.
Damn dude that guitar is golden..
"Theres Something that makes it work with physics and nature". best description of an evertune in history
Regarding the build in wireless, Prince already had that with his Honher Tele copy. He had that so he could arrive onstage on his motorbike and get off playing. Look up footage of the 1999 tour or the Purple Rain tour. Most notably in the live video for "Take me with U" where he runs to the back of the stage while riffing. At one time during the solo Prince flips his guitar over revealing the backplate where the wireless is located.
I've been thinking of putting a wireless inbody for a long time.. glad someone can actually do it
I agree, far better than when the sound guy just talks you through it. Those are interesting too, but like you said it's better when the actual star knows their gear.
That guitar is amazing!
Where is the Liam Wilson Rig Rundown godammit?????!?????
He has such killer bass tone
Great run down!
I wish more guitarists were so thorough. Many of the guitarists on these rundowns seem too cool or lazy to actually demonstrate their rig. Ben is a total guitar legend and one the few people out there trying to do something unique.
Great interview.
normally I just want to see what kind of pedals these guys are using, but damn everything here is awesome! this has been the most interesting Rig Rundown to me
This is an awesome in depth video.
This was great. Amazing guitar.
Mike Patton from Faith No More did an EP with The Dillinger Escape Plan over 10 years ago. If you want to hear a song of theirs influenced by FNM in general then give One Of Us Is the Killer a whirl. The music video is up on TH-cam. Don't worry about not understanding *most* of their music; screaming vocals, dissonant, crazy guitar sections and maniacal drums in ludicrous changing time signatures certainly aren't for everyone.
I have always dug minimalism. I enjoy stripping music down to as bare bones as possible. Sometimes you can go too far and lose a lot, sometimes you hear something in your head that you just know will add a lot, but typically, I thrive with limitations. Simplicity is typically the best approach for song writing. Never make the mistake of confusing bells and whistles for substance, and everything you add shrinks everything else a little bit to make room in the sonic soundscape. Without a strong basis, you end up decorating shit.
You ever listen to the band Swans?
Eli Shifrin no, but I'll give them a listen if it's somehow relevant.
dreaminginnoother Yea, you sound like you'd like them. Don't dismiss them straight away though, they may take a while to click with you.
Adrian Steele oops, dismissed them right away. I'm a ADD ridden internet age dude, that's why I listen to dep in the first palce. I don't have time to wait for you to play another chord, much less one that doesn't seem to lead anywhere. To each their own, but how do you get from swans to dillinger?
Haha I can see what you mean. Yea I just try to immerse myself in as much music as possible so my tastes tend to be quite eclectic
And also that it's Ben Weinman talking about Ben Weinman's rig and not his Fractal.
19:01 Hi Billy =)
Ben sounds so down to earth and awesome. Really cool rundown!
Awesome guy!!
Deafheaven rig rundown?
Literally the opposite of this one, but yes that's a good one to do for sure.
Great Video Guys
I ran into Greg a while ago and he mentioned that Ben had his wireless inside the guitar, I thought that was genius. Especially after seeing them live it makes sense, they are insane on stage. There is a video of Jeff when he was in the band jumping off stage and kicking me in the face... GREAT NIGHT! haha
Great video
After seeing these guys play live, I have a new appreciation for everything in this video. Particularly his use of the Evertune Bridge - two of my friends were right up at the stage, they high-fived Greg and touched Ben's guitar a few times.
This is just about my favorite music-related youtube series. It's what all those guitar magazines were always missing...the stuff guitar geeks and music nuts really want to know. That said, there's no "x" in Escape.
PG should go to Warped Tour, and get some of the bands on there and see what gear they are using.
His 12th fret says party crasher. Legend.
Jake Haslam party smasher*
TheDrumEquation for someone who's read Rant I'm surprised I got that wrong haha
haha happens to the best of us
1st reply in 5 years
@@drperkyreal4686 ok
Anyone know what brand of strap he's using? Looks comfy as hell
This guy's awesome.
"I've been going for simplicity these days" I had no clue simplicity was in Ben Weinman's vocabulary...
It's in his vocab. Just not his hands.
he knows his shit. and he used to grind.
grind?
guitarfreek1 Either the genre or skateboarding :P
I would love to see/hear a RR on Zakk and Rex with Pantera. I may be alone on that island.
Premier guitar!! You should do a rig rundown with nine inch nails when they your this year!! Would be awesome to see robin fink & trents stage set up!!
Finally the man gets a signature!
Cool rundown. Keep em coming :)
Party smasher inlay, amazing.
the mans speaking from experience. have you played as many shows, travelled the world, had your guitar on countless different stages under many different conditions?
Dang, first time I've seen that bridge. Pretty cool.
diggin' that Bowie shirt
The graphic EQ is foot switchable for his scooped metal sound. 10:08
sold on his guitar... great ideas he put into it. gimme.
I've been trying to load this video since 4:00 pm. its not 8:19 and still going. FML
I want all of that.
Anyone have an idea of what brand /model name of wireless that is?
The wireless integrated in the guitar itself is genius.
i need that guitar
Is the CAE wah available ONLY as a custom order? I know the custom in the nam is in the name of the company, but is there a commercially available CAE Wah?
There is a Dunlop/CAE wah commercially available. The one Ben is using is the Dimebag Darrell signature wah. Different model.
This guy describes guitar and music a lot like me. which is fricken awesome!
That bridge is nuts
listen to the bridge part of the song "one of us is the killer". the first powerchord must be a D.
You can still play a low D with E standard.. do some theory.
@@jeremyrafuse5330 i was talking about D2 you moron. D2 as in Drop D tuning or D standard
Right - simple, wise and well working, good idea...
Best ideas ever! This is what I want! How cool is that? The evertune is cool. I want, I want, I want!
I like this guy
What model is that little wireless unit!?? I could throw one of this in my guitar easily!
I think it's a Samson unit.
A Vintage 30 is not a 30 watt speaker. It's 60 watts.
Any idea what brand/model that wireless was?
awesome player and interview! the new DEP album is fucking great!
yeah, I agree, well explained!
What are the strap locks he's using?
I want them to do a rig rundown for opeth, thatd be cool.
how does he do that at 15:02? sounds awesome
+LAS Guitars It's just an interval. Sounds like a m2nd I think.
+LAS Guitars Hold 12th fret e string, hold 16th fret b string. Disharmonic!
***** thanks
+LAS Guitars Lol it sounds cool but its simple
so he has magnetized pop-off cover thingy for the wire compartment but screws for the battery slot? whaa..?
More chance of him having to change a frequency at a festival than having to constantly change batteries 🤷♂️