Let's talk gear, what did you use for the album?
On the record we used a mix between a Mesa-Boogie Stiletto head, a Marshall 900, a Marshall 2000, a late '70s Hi-Watt 50 watt head and a Mesa-Boogie Dual Rectifier. For cabinets, we used standard Marshall cabinets as well as a Mesa 2X12 cab. When it came to guitars we, both Tim and I, actually used one guitar on the whole record which was actually my own guitar, a 2005 Gibson Les Paul 1960 re-issue. We just used that guitar on the whole record. I had brought in so many guitars and Tim brought in a few too but when Bill sat down and went through them all, he found that my guitar was the perfect guitar for the record. So we played all the songs on that one. When it came to effects, not much at all was used. I think maybe for like the octave like portions of the songs, I used like a Boss Flanger pedal but it was so rarely used. Basically I just went straight into the heads.
What about miking techniques to capture the amp tones?
I didn't do any miking myself obviously but for the guitars, everything was pretty much all open miked. They were all done in this large drum room that had dividers in between each cabinet.
What about when you're out on the road, what gear do you use?
Amp wise on the road I'm using the Mesa-Boogie Stiletto while Tim switches between a Stiletto and a Marshall 2000. And we're both currently using Gibson Les Paul Supremes right now. Tim has a white one while I have a black one but they're both the same guitar, a 2006 Supreme.
