Rig Rundown - The Black Angels

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Article & photos: bit.ly/BlackAngelsRR
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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  • @analogspam
    @analogspam6 жыл бұрын

    I'm listening! Send the NKT Sun Face for repair any time, sorry for the trouble!!!!!

  • @hitnorcal

    @hitnorcal

    6 жыл бұрын

    WOW... thats service.

  • @ohiho1010

    @ohiho1010

    5 жыл бұрын

    Analog Mike is the best!

  • @gcb4799

    @gcb4799

    5 жыл бұрын

    hey Mike! Just seeing this. Unfortunately the pedal was lost/misplaced on that tour, so I found another NKT 275 on Reverb.com and bought it.

  • @enkiea8322

    @enkiea8322

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@gcb4799 Ooooh, someone scored a nice fuzz. I just bought a nkt275 white dot high gain and oh my LORD. ❤ your band bro. The last record is fantastic and your rig has been a huge inspiration for me.

  • @johnhebert6242

    @johnhebert6242

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gcb4799 - please play New Orleans- sorry I just now found your amazing- transcendent band !!!!

  • @completesentences2125
    @completesentences21255 жыл бұрын

    These dudes are all super nice guys! I saw them in 2014 when they came to St. Louis with Roky Erickson. After their show, I bought a poster and saw Alex by the merch stand and asked if he would sign it. I’m one of those people that would rather die than be one of those pain in the ass fans at a show...but he went out of his way to offer to round up the rest of the band to sign it. He was like “No, seriously, it’ll just take a second!”...then he personalized it with “Rocky, THANKS FOR BEING HERE!!”...(and off the subject, I actually got Roky to sign it too at the end of the night). I have it framed and hanging over my fireplace to this day. I still look at it and think about how cool the Black Angels were. Good times.

  • @mr.e93tilinfinity49

    @mr.e93tilinfinity49

    5 жыл бұрын

    Complete Sentences Holy crap! I got to see them back in 2011 but I wish I saw them when they were with Roky...

  • @johnbodine8217

    @johnbodine8217

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your so lucky that would have been killer. Please tell me you framed the poster ?

  • @rexhargrove5172

    @rexhargrove5172

    2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent story!

  • @irinapizzurro4546

    @irinapizzurro4546

    2 жыл бұрын

    I saw them with Roky in Austin and it was an amazing show. They are truly such nice guys. I remember Alex was putting wrist bands on people one year for Psych Fest.

  • @Leightsm
    @Leightsm6 жыл бұрын

    “They usually come with two springs but this one’s got three!” = These go up to eleven!

  • @TheSailsCall
    @TheSailsCall6 жыл бұрын

    I've been obsessed with the Black Angels and Christian's tone for so long now, finally all the deep secrets are revealed.

  • @TheBaller67
    @TheBaller676 жыл бұрын

    As a lefty, it's always a treat to see such rad guitars!

  • @reverberateddreams7958
    @reverberateddreams79585 жыл бұрын

    Christian Bland time stamps 10:41 Rickenbacker 345 (dry sound) 10:50 Fender twin reverb amp (3rd spring installed, reverb cranked to 10) 12:19 Electro Harmonix- Russian Big Muff Pi (black) 13:27 Analogman- Peppermint Fuzz 14:39 Analogman- Sunface bc108 16:07 Acid Fuzz- Acid Fuzzer 16:34 Catalinbread- FUZZrite 17:52 Ibanez- ts9dx Turbo Tube Screamer 18:41 Danelectro- Backtalk 19:44 Dawner Prince Electronics- Boonar (echo) 19:50 Gurus- Echosex 2 20:20 Fulltone- Tube Tape Echo (+Bigmuff fuzz) 20:56 Vox- v846 Wah 22:19 Electro Harmonix- Holygrail reverb (+ reverb from amp) 23:18 Third Man Records- Bumble Buzz (LTD yellow) 24:18 Fender amp tremolo 24:29 Big Tone Music Brewery- Maggie tremolo 24:55 Acid Fuzz- Repeater

  • @iiivanoeee651

    @iiivanoeee651

    4 жыл бұрын

    you are a prince

  • @alcoyot
    @alcoyot5 жыл бұрын

    This is like the greatest education that exists on what different fuzz sound like.

  • @matthewdecker3347
    @matthewdecker33476 жыл бұрын

    Stoked to see some Black Angels love on Rig Rundown. I do posters for some of their shows, their some of the kindest, funniest and down to earth musicians Ive ever met. True artists.

  • @dowz1969

    @dowz1969

    5 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Decker that’s cool. Do you sell prints?

  • @matthewdecker3347

    @matthewdecker3347

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah for sure! www.etsy.com/shop/MatthewStuartDecker

  • @dowz1969

    @dowz1969

    5 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Decker WOOOOOOAAAH!!! These are insanely great. Expect an order soon. Thanks

  • @alexhebert7730
    @alexhebert77305 жыл бұрын

    We need a King Gizzard rig rundown!

  • @49short
    @49short5 жыл бұрын

    I’m kind of surprised I’ve never even heard of these dudes before so I’ll definitely have to check their stuff out. Especially since Jake seems like the nicest, sweetest guy on the planet.

  • @slimturnpike
    @slimturnpike6 жыл бұрын

    Six fuzz pedals on one board! Don't think I've ever seen that before.

  • @captainbazookas

    @captainbazookas

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ever seen Kevin Shields board?

  • @pulpero666

    @pulpero666

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me 😁

  • @McDoinky
    @McDoinky6 жыл бұрын

    DO KING GIZZARD

  • @RastaSaiyaman
    @RastaSaiyaman6 жыл бұрын

    What he says about a Big Muff really working with a Rickie, I found that out for myself when I went shopping for my own Rickie 330, to really give it the beans I plugged it into a Boss Katana 100 and was surprised how well it worked with distortion, since they aren't well known for that. But when I dialed in Fuzz, it was as if angels suddenly looked down on me. So after I got home, I went and searched up Fuzz tones on my Line 6 floor pod and there it was again, that tone. But when I bought a Big Muff, I hit paydirt (pun intended) what a glorious sound.

  • @jokermtb
    @jokermtb6 жыл бұрын

    3rd Spring!!!............definite Spinal Tap moment! great rig rundown!

  • @ajk1989
    @ajk19896 жыл бұрын

    Love The Black Angels, was waiting for this one!

  • @bluegreenface1193

    @bluegreenface1193

    6 жыл бұрын

    so strange, I listended to the black angels a day or so before I saw this on premierguitar.com, hadnt listened to them in years, whats that, a premonition?

  • @WhiteWolf--
    @WhiteWolf--4 жыл бұрын

    Been a big fan of these guys since Passover was released, cant believe it's been 14 years. Great tones, great vibes, good times, and many musically-connected memories!

  • @TheTacticalButterknife
    @TheTacticalButterknife2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Saganite
    @Saganite3 жыл бұрын

    My favorite rundown thus far. I love how into it these guys are. Great seeing them run-through every pedal!

  • @lptomtom
    @lptomtom6 жыл бұрын

    Wow, he really is a Beatles fanatic, even his strap is the same as Lennon's!

  • @crystalettuce
    @crystalettuce5 жыл бұрын

    These guys seem like the nicest dudes. Great band too.

  • @MrBobJeffs
    @MrBobJeffs6 жыл бұрын

    This is my new favorite Rig Rundown over J and Nels! So much awesome so much fuzz!

  • @langstonkalstrom6258
    @langstonkalstrom6258Ай бұрын

    This is sick! My dad’s band used to record songs with them!

  • @sebastianarancibia2870
    @sebastianarancibia28704 жыл бұрын

    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!!

  • @wilburwokeii8298
    @wilburwokeii829811 ай бұрын

    Love this

  • @ArthurStone
    @ArthurStone6 жыл бұрын

    Very nice tones and riffs; thanks guys, much appreciated :D

  • @josuesamaniego182
    @josuesamaniego1826 жыл бұрын

    Love the lefty love! Thanks for this episode PG.

  • @jansonnichsen8988
    @jansonnichsen89886 жыл бұрын

    YES!!! , Waited so long for this

  • @rodawallace
    @rodawallace6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this.

  • @dls3939
    @dls39395 жыл бұрын

    Awesome rig rundown episode just by the way

  • @kellymckenzie4865
    @kellymckenzie4865 Жыл бұрын

    I really appreciate this as a lefty who loves Beatles guitars

  • @chrisattigliato1
    @chrisattigliato12 жыл бұрын

    You can till Chris is trying so hard to keep his cool 😎 love these rig rundowns

  • @dbmayne
    @dbmayne6 жыл бұрын

    One of the best RR's I've ever seen. Why I ignored this band so, search me.'

  • @williamhurrelbrink3324
    @williamhurrelbrink33242 жыл бұрын

    Super super cool!!!!!! Love these guys!! I like when the actual guitar player does the show instead of the tech.

  • @timhall3575
    @timhall3575 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @ouroborosboys1313
    @ouroborosboys13135 жыл бұрын

    Let's hear about the Mellotron and other keyboards!!!!!!!

  • @mikedouglas398
    @mikedouglas3984 жыл бұрын

    Awesome questions that really get to some insight that sometimes is lost on laymen.

  • @lorenzocafferata6826
    @lorenzocafferata68266 жыл бұрын

    These guys hate fuzzes and pentatonic scales

  • @TheGuitarifier

    @TheGuitarifier

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lorenzo Cafferata yeah definitely they should use more of them

  • @umpygoodness2369

    @umpygoodness2369

    6 жыл бұрын

    l THlNK ALL THElR FvZZES S0vND THE SAME.

  • @adenconnell

    @adenconnell

    5 жыл бұрын

    I wish they would use some delay/echo, even just a little

  • @bobbyberetta4206

    @bobbyberetta4206

    5 жыл бұрын

    aden connell and just a hint of reverb

  • @Dam0n11
    @Dam0n116 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU SO MUCH

  • @trevorknapp5467
    @trevorknapp54674 жыл бұрын

    Love the black Angels! He reminds me of a real life shaggy

  • @palodine1
    @palodine15 жыл бұрын

    I love this band and their sound!

  • @Saganite
    @Saganite3 жыл бұрын

    Also, that's the best sound from a tube screamer I've heard... wowzers

  • @johndriver8646
    @johndriver86463 жыл бұрын

    Very Cool ,Jake !! J.Driver

  • @dls3939
    @dls39395 жыл бұрын

    Guys after my own obsessive heart.... Damn, so many cool pedals on those boards

  • @raulbrr
    @raulbrr6 жыл бұрын

    True Detective yeah!

  • @jackperry2670
    @jackperry26706 жыл бұрын

    Great surf/psyche tones!

  • @jonny1943
    @jonny19432 жыл бұрын

    Well...fauk yes!!!! Minds blown, thanks alot! Love!!! These guys.

  • @brendonprice1586
    @brendonprice15866 жыл бұрын

    love those guitar straps!

  • @bluegreenface1193
    @bluegreenface11936 жыл бұрын

    I remember listening alot to Passover and Directions to see a ghost, those two albums are something else. After those I kinda lost interest. Nice to see this bands rundown. You've done The Dandys and now The Angels, time to do Brian Jonestown Massacre!

  • @MatONeill
    @MatONeill6 жыл бұрын

    Many of the artists featured in this series have their microphones facing towards the audience. You've got to admire the balls of that.

  • @premierguitar

    @premierguitar

    6 жыл бұрын

    We often turn the mics to face away from the normal position where a player may sing into during a show so it doesn't interfere with the shot or cross either the host or the player's face. Or maybe it's just for a all-night sing-a-long?!

  • @MatONeill

    @MatONeill

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ha! Yes I was just yanking your chain - sorry it's so hard to do irony in print. What I should have said is: I discovered these Rig Rundowns about a year ago and have been absolutely loving every one of them. Thanks so much for going to the effort of making them - they're absolute goldmines of information and are a fantastic way of cutting through manufacturers' rhetoric and getting right to the truth as seen by our heroes. You're awesome!

  • @premierguitar

    @premierguitar

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! Everyone that tunes in makes this gig possible!!

  • @jackp.walker6247
    @jackp.walker62476 жыл бұрын

    GREAT, GREAT, BAND !

  • @bak1386
    @bak13864 жыл бұрын

    2 lefties in 1 band. Unprecedented lol

  • @langedocalgvazil6760

    @langedocalgvazil6760

    Жыл бұрын

    bak 138 - There are also two left-handed guitarists in the Australian rock band MihedUpEverything! Watch their videos on KZread!🤗

  • @mynmyself
    @mynmyself3 жыл бұрын

    amazing to see a thundertomate!!!

  • @richardthayer5907
    @richardthayer59074 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU.

  • @revengeofthebrick9890
    @revengeofthebrick98906 жыл бұрын

    Do The Brian Jonestown Massacre next !

  • @preacher4reel

    @preacher4reel

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lets see if Anton can make it thru a 10 min interview without walking off

  • @jimjiminy76
    @jimjiminy765 жыл бұрын

    I don't know who this guy is...but he is a serious authority in fuzz.

  • @guitarolm
    @guitarolm6 жыл бұрын

    Kyle, if you see this: I have your black Fender CS '67 tele that was at AVG :)

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas93116 жыл бұрын

    I want a righty version of that Rickenbacker and the Gretsch, also considering I'm a massive Beatles fan as well

  • @axxellein
    @axxellein Жыл бұрын

    TRES Cool

  • @danieloux
    @danieloux6 жыл бұрын

    now that's a good fuzz tone!

  • @cold-momentss
    @cold-momentss5 ай бұрын

    PG-what kinda fuzz do you guys use Black Angels-yes

  • @Annelle-nt7ig
    @Annelle-nt7ig3 жыл бұрын

    Holy shit that Bumble Buzz is filthy!

  • @tysonrinker8089
    @tysonrinker80896 жыл бұрын

    Oh nice!

  • @enkiea8322
    @enkiea83225 жыл бұрын

    It's like Kurt Cobain and Joaquin Phoenix somehow had a son together.

  • @GraphTechGuitarLabs
    @GraphTechGuitarLabs6 жыл бұрын

    What pedal makes that train sound? It sounds great! :P

  • @crisprtalk6963
    @crisprtalk69636 жыл бұрын

    guy has good taste in guitars.

  • @DstandsforDoomed
    @DstandsforDoomed3 жыл бұрын

    Such a shame Kyle got almost no air time, his bass is such a key component to Black Angels’ sound.

  • @BestTits
    @BestTits6 жыл бұрын

    hell yeah Robby Krieger

  • @BestTits
    @BestTits6 жыл бұрын

    quit hating on the metal zone lol

  • @Les537
    @Les5376 жыл бұрын

    I like the part where he bought a twin because he was always using it in a modeler. Same for me with an AC15.

  • @guitarsarelikestupid7200
    @guitarsarelikestupid72002 жыл бұрын

    I saw Charlie Sexton at South Austin Guitars years ago. Actually, I saw his haystack of hair first.

  • @breakerPaul
    @breakerPaul2 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @petemclinc
    @petemclinc6 жыл бұрын

    Rickenbaker must be using their standard neck for L.H. guitars which explains having marker dots on both sides of the neck and the headstock logo upside down. Also, it takes 18 months to get a lefty. ;-\

  • @rhumandlove393

    @rhumandlove393

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lefty life. Pay lot. Get a hodge podge unit.

  • @Shovelglove545

    @Shovelglove545

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kinda lazy kinda cool

  • @PierrePants
    @PierrePants6 жыл бұрын

    "yeah yeah they tend to be pretty plastic"

  • @connor_ge
    @connor_ge6 жыл бұрын

    Wait a Gretsch Country Gentleman has the f-holes painted on?!?

  • @RastaSaiyaman

    @RastaSaiyaman

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yup, they always came that way.

  • @samwisegrangee
    @samwisegrangee3 жыл бұрын

    To boil it down to a handful of pedals, I’d go: Cloven Hoof, Tubescreamer, Vox Wah, Flint, El Capistan (or Echoplex & RE-20)

  • @krbluesagendatv2625

    @krbluesagendatv2625

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think a HoofReaper would do a better job for fuzz. You get the muff, the tonebender (which can get thinner and bitier) plus the octavia style octave circuit to add. You need at least 2 very different fuzzes to really cover the ground these guys do.

  • @deadlegs187
    @deadlegs1875 жыл бұрын

    I have a big muff and a double muff. I need about 8 more fuzz pedals and I'll be set

  • @protronix
    @protronix4 жыл бұрын

    Now they need left handed pedals so you're not tripping over the guitar cable.

  • @petemclinc
    @petemclinc6 жыл бұрын

    Just like Jimi Hendrix, Dick Dale and maybe Paul McCartney, LEFTYS RULE!!! ;-]

  • @fredfuller2281
    @fredfuller22816 жыл бұрын

    the Neo 13th Floor Elevators...sans Roky Erickson!!

  • @jaymore012
    @jaymore0122 жыл бұрын

    Wheres the drone machine?

  • @marknorris3769
    @marknorris37696 жыл бұрын

    jack-in-austin , does he have a shop ?

  • @robertjones8430
    @robertjones84306 жыл бұрын

    Take a shot every time someone says Fuzz

  • @ChrisDN

    @ChrisDN

    4 жыл бұрын

    Every time Jake says "ya know".

  • @jsalmons84
    @jsalmons846 жыл бұрын

    “See-ox”, no “chocks” lol Cioks makes a power supply called the Ciokolate “chocolate”.

  • @johnhebert6242
    @johnhebert62424 жыл бұрын

    Sorry just found this band, but please please play New Orleans !

  • @birdmancult
    @birdmancult2 жыл бұрын

    anyone know what vocal peddle they use?

  • @Alcookeverybody
    @Alcookeverybody9 ай бұрын

    Can ANYBODY tell me how the keyboard player gets his vocals to sound the way he does?

  • @Mark_Bayer
    @Mark_Bayer6 жыл бұрын

    Do amen dunes please!!!!!!

  • @randomboobdrag
    @randomboobdrag6 жыл бұрын

    What's the name of the band he likes along with The Doors?

  • @aessington

    @aessington

    6 жыл бұрын

    randomboobdrag Cream. Eric Clapton/Jack Bruce/Ginger Baker.

  • @oknonnireimars4793
    @oknonnireimars47934 жыл бұрын

    That’s a reissue Fender Twin Reverb, right?

  • @carolsaxton839
    @carolsaxton8394 жыл бұрын

    He used play a black telecaster .

  • @19Cluj
    @19Cluj6 жыл бұрын

    Great video, but he makes a mistake between vibrato and tremolo. He compares the Fender Twin's vibrato (which is actually a tremolo, despite the label on the amp) with a Maggie, which is an actual vibrato. No wonder the sounds are vastly different, they are simply not the same effects at all.

  • @johnwortherly4592
    @johnwortherly45926 жыл бұрын

    so its one guy with a twin and his pedals, then another guy that wanted to up the first guy by 3 twins and bison leather.

  • @jens8014
    @jens80145 жыл бұрын

    Christian looks like Alvin Lee

  • @AB-uu1vj
    @AB-uu1vj6 жыл бұрын

    I want to be best friends with Christian.

  • @MrMicalo
    @MrMicalo5 жыл бұрын

    That bass needs a neck adjustment! Look at those strings!

  • @acledfloyd
    @acledfloyd6 жыл бұрын

    This is my kind of pedal board, lots of delays and fuzzes.

  • @colaboytje
    @colaboytje6 жыл бұрын

    Fuzz, fuzz, fuzz...

  • @GothicXlightning
    @GothicXlightning3 жыл бұрын

    Only RICKENs i like are the RICKENBACKER BASSES otherwise give me back my SG

  • @DatMetalBoi75
    @DatMetalBoi756 жыл бұрын

    If tame impala still tours, do them

  • @marknason4572
    @marknason45726 жыл бұрын

    Just to clarify, Gretsch is not owned by Fender. Fred Gretsch owns the company and has a business partnership with FMIC.

  • @bluegreenface1193

    @bluegreenface1193

    6 жыл бұрын

    Didnt Baldwin buy them around '64-'65-ish and then Fred bought it back later then resold it again to Fender? Some Japanese company also owned them for a while? I admit Im no Gretsch-expert, I do like the look of them guitars tho :)

  • @jeffdixon847

    @jeffdixon847

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bluegreenface1193you’re right about Baldwin. Then the Gretsch family bought it back after Baldwin went bust around 1980. After about a decade of no Gretsches being built, in the 90s, the Gretsch family started having them built in Japan. It was hard for them to scale on their own, though. In 2002, they partnered either Fender. Fender oversees production (in the same Japanese factories, and now in other offshore facilities as well as their own custom shop), and also handles marketing and distribution. But the Gretsch family still owns the company and sets the creative direction. Since the Fender partnership, the models have become more historically accurate, as well as introducing some models with modern amenities that are more road friendly (Center block, string through Bigsby, locking tuners, etc).

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