Isis Gear Tour

[veeragandersucks]

11-54 DR DDT for dropC/B/ or d standard or c# standard...end of story

[darnull]

So they just use the amp distortion/gain?

[CyValkarion]

@darnull Pittbull UL has plenty of gain for what they do.

[nanomaton]

Anyone have any tips on strings (guage?) or guitar setup for tuning that low? Are they running 7-string type strings (but without the high string)? Or just tuning down heavy guage standard strings?

[jw2113]

@nanomaton i use 12-56 for c# standard

[Spermwhales93]

@nanomaton I think they probably use heavy guage strings (.12 - .52). I play in Drop B tuning quite a bit and I use Ernie Ball Beefy Slinky strings (.11 - .54), which work better for me because the top strings are thinner (which means string bending is less of an effort) and the low B is a bit thicker which helps with intonation. I would use a .70/.72 for the low F# that Isis use sometimes.

[hojima]

I like this guitar! It sounds very nice!

[ThisSaturatedMind]

When does he ever use the ring modulator? I must have a terrible ear because I've never heard it in their material

[sexymatlack]

What kind of amp is that for the GE-tar

[urmumsbaps]

@sexymatlack

Cab is a Sunn, head is a VHT, not sure what model either is though.

[ZEDdotTVtm]

@urmumsbaps The Sunn Cab looks like a late 60's 2x15, or maybe not, I can't be certain if it's that wide. The head, I'm certain is an older version of the CL. Although I think he switched it to an Ultra-Lead for Wavering Radiant, 'cause they use KT88 tubes and they have a fatter and thicker sound than the el34 tubes that the CL uses. Hope that helps.

[andrewwowk]

This video was really, really helpful. I've been wanting to get into playing metal for ages but having never learnt guitar nor having much knowledge of equipment, I am a total noob. Even just having a reference point in terms of gear to get an idea of what makes that thick, chunky sound Isis/Pelican etc have (which is what I love) is a really great starting point. Thank you :)

[XjohnfishX]

@andrewwowk a fuzz pedal into a tube amp with lower gain on the fuzz and lots of volume can get the sound possibly. I've heard pelican relies heavily on speaker distortion. lol just raise bass and mids up high and put the treble where it sounds good to you. a good bit of volume helps with the sound too... XD

[TheTayib]

wats wid ppl not liking a rig rundown?? weird!

[MrShizzleism]

What is the name of the song in the beginning?

[TheTayib]

@MrShizzleism holy tears

[maxinator3000]

Aaron Turner is my high school Spanish teacher's wife's brother. That makes me famous, right?

[evanisgay11]

@maxinator3000 Which would make them In laws haha.

[Augustburnsben]

What kind of VHT head is that?

[hotlion81]

@Augustburnsben A Fryette (formerly known as VHT) Pittbull, probably the UltraLead or 100/CLX.

And I'm going to cry myself to sleep tonight because they broke up.

[morbideddie]

mike looks freakily like hugh laurie

[jms1791]

@morbideddie if hugh laurie and tony hawk made a baby together, it would be mike gallagher.

[plaguedt]

Sunn cabinet? AWESOME!

[bosshallucy]

@6StringAxeMoFo Each member of Isis were already playing in multiple other bands before isis even broke up

[hivedestructor]

last time i saw em, they were playing electric company guitars.

[ISISbandLive]

@6StringAxeMoFo The keyboardist/guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer is in Red Sparowes (went to see them last month, they were amazing), Mike Gallagher (guitarist) has recently wrote a score with his MGR project for a movie entitled "22nd of May" and Aaron Turner (Vocalist/guitarist) is in a band called Mammifer, not too familair with them. You're welcome! Red Sparowes are definetly worth checking out, they came out with a new album not that long ago.

[Thismeaningtoitall]

Man guitar tour more like it. I really wanted to see what Bryant's keyboard stuff is!

[sketchbager]

what about the drums...

[Kondorcome]

@sketchbager Check out the description man...

[dachhh]

@sketchbager yeah the drums are awesome. especially oceanic and panopticon. i read a great description of the production for one of em, its out there on the net somewhere.

[ShroomSamich]

@sketchbager

search up aaron harris

[Soilwar]

Weird.. listening to the albums I thought they're some tech freaks who have knowledge about anything when it comes to effects and so forth. But they don't even use distortion pedals lmao. Never the less.. Isis is more and more becoming one of my favorite bands.

Would love to see a Cynic gear tour though.. these guys are crazy!

[DMTfabric]

@Soilwar Well thats because distortion pedals dont have the quality of sound than a 2500 USD amp would have.

[Soilwar]

@DMTfabric: Not necessarily. There are some great distortion pedals and I tried a lot of expensive amp distortion sounds who mainly sucked. But well.. it's all a matter of taste in the end. (:

[panzer569]

3:52

old man gloooooooom =)

[hillysats]

No delays on Mike's board?

WTAF?

[synthenity]

@hillysats the RV3 is delay/ reverb, making it super sexy!

[hillysats]

@synthenity

Yup.

I just kind of hoping for a kazillion DL-4s.

=(

[synthenity]

@hillysats haha!!! No sad faces, I'm sure he had a bizzilion in the studio... Line 6 must be very upset this band split up.

[erniesux]

wich amps does mike use??

[SeattleDude1108]

@erniesux I just saw them last night and mike uses the Sig X as well

[DMTfabric]

@erniesux A mesa v twin preamp into a mackie power amp

[12x]

aaron turner looks like a hairdresser.

[ShroomSamich]

@12x

a hairdresser? LOL!

[harmonicminorshred]

@12x Maybe he is. I bet he can give a mean haircut.

[stealingchairs]

i saw these guys, early this.

when they were loading off the stage the stupid security guy sprayed his whole pedal board with water.

aaron was pissed.

[Friiiiick]

I never caught what distortion pedals they use...

[RyoKawakita]

@Friiiiick Turner uses a Maxon ROD881 pedal mostly, but sometimes uses the Distortion from his VHT Pitbull head.

[synthenity]

@Friiiiick They use the distortion from the amps as far as I'm aware.

[DrumBum561]

This is in standard B tuning, right?

[Dermo1985]

It was kinda a joke but kinda not, live there not note perfect(who is?) so with the reverb echoing the notes and adding the new it masks the messy stuff in the playing, its pretty handy that way ha ha an amazing live band finally got to see them live last year and even though Aaron had monitor problems they rocked it!

[harmonicminorshred]

"Reverb is pretty essential...we rely pretty heavily on that because we're sloppy."

Can someone please explain this? I know what reverb is, but how can it mask sloppiness?

Seeing Isis on Monday, can't wait!

[Blackened1993]

i duno if it does mask sloppiness but he IS joking about being sloppy =P

[AndrewFilmsInc]

@harmonicminorshred

hes just joking because reverb is more distorted so the notes fuse together more. I think he just meant they need it to make their sound. The sloppiness he was referring to was in live performances if he was serious.

[Ozma2112]

reverb is essentially a lot of short delay signals blended together, so that all the delay signals ring through as one. if you think about this you'll understand what they mean by covering their sloppiness, but.. isis really aren't that sloppy.

if you're bad at timing/rhythm, cranking the reverb may make it seem like you're more 'in the pocket' with the rest of the band, but it will also sound really.. reverb-y. not cool.

[theedgeinshow]

FINALLY! It's soooo awesome getting to see the rigs of a band that is actually pushing the envelope......

I am kinda suprised their pedal boards weren't 50 feet long though....just from hearing the albums made me think they traveled with a 1000 fx pedals.

Thanks for posting this!!!

[DMTfabric]

@theedgeinshow He has LOTS of pedals though... not in this video.It changes very often... check out The Other live

[jcivib17]

It's a shame they don't make the RV-3 anymore. By the way, I highly recommend watching the Clearing the Eye video from ISIS, all live stuff. Very badass.

[gavinplaysbass]

@jcivib17 RV-3 is pretty available on ebay if im not mistaken. That's where our guitarist got his. Totally worth it by the way.

[jcivib17]

Yea i have been bidding on them for the past two weeks, they all end up going for over 100 and i am a little weary of buying a ten year old pedal, even though i have had a couple boss pedals for almost that long. They do last but 100 bucks is a little steep. I think i will end up with the giga delay. I have a jvm205c amplifier and it seems to be picky with effects. Thanks for the info though.

[gavinplaysbass]

@jcivib17 haha the giga delay would be incredible anyway.

[DrumBum561]

whats a neck pickup?

[ladicius]

@DrumBum561 the pickup toward the headstock..there is a bridge pickup, it is closest to where the bridge is located - where the strings stop? idk, the bridge...haha. the headstock is where the little turny knobs are.

[DrumBum561]

@ladicius oh ok. is thatb the highest a pickup can go.

[spacemann9]

ISIS \m/

[thismortalsoil92]

lol pedal junkies, awesome

[Akinohotarubi]

Where's Jeff? :( I wanted to see the bass pedals too :/

[donclemens]

I'd have loved to see his gear to.

According to wikipedia, though, he uses the following: BOSS TU-2, BOSS DD-5, BOSS RV-3, BOSS PS-3, BOSS BF-3, BOSS GEB-7, Fulltone Bass-Drive.

his Musicman and Sage basses were mentioned before.

afaik he is endorsed by Aguilar. when I saw ISIS some time ago he played through an AGUILAR DB751 and an AGUILAR DB285JC TWEED, not sure about that though.

[psyshock918]

@Akinohotarubi they should've covered the whole band!

[mikeyfatstrings]

@Akinohotarubi he just has a bunch of boss pedals, nothing too interesting.

[medurra]

Jeff`s pedals

boss: flanger, delay, reverv, bass eq and compresor.

MXR: M80 Bass DI Plus.

Fulltone: Bass Drive

and ?...

[nicorbit]

@medurra ww.facebook.kom/photo.php?fbid­=1055996726696&set=a.105597744­6214.2010309.1429175699 ;-)

[Grimoire100]

@Akinohotarubi For real I love that ambient or atmospheric, or however you say, bass tone. It's part of what make their music stand out.

[rosettastoned451]

They seem like cool guys.

[inimicalODDITY]

@ibecamebipolar. You're obviously the uneducated dickhead.

[bogeaqYT]

what was the amp he used?

[Andragon90]

lol "we're sloppy" yea right!

[talkinliver]

Comin' back to the tuning, as other people said before, if you use very thick strings, the tension will be normal at low tunings, even in guitars with short scale( like Les Pauls). In my band, the whole guitar(a SG) is tuned in G#, and the low E, in F#. It' s the lowest I could tune without fuck the tone.

[shaolinkin]

They've changed things now though. THey all play these custom see through guitars, or at least Aaron and Michael do.

[John0of0the0jungle]

What amp head is that aaron uses?

[SatoriEarth]

VHT Pitbull Ultra Lead

[iridiumdirge]

VHT Pitbull SL.

[lirepa]

its gear talk plain and simple, what don't you understand? ISIS rules!!!

[fuzikaisse]

I don't know and I don't give a shit but your comment is for sure

[thewererabbit]

aaron for sure isn't mike I don't know, but I doubt it.

[harrymanback4]

who gives a shit your watching this to learn something more about there `Music,` right É

[blotchy67]

no he is not

[joegochnour]

Does it matter? But no, he is engaged to the lady from mamiffer.

[jamesstone123]

are you?

[LichKingSkullWart]

What the fuck did any of that mean?

[kbillysupersounds]

Wait, what distortion does he use?

Is it just amp or what?

[CynicEidolon]

Just amp, brotha.

[mysticgeek1]

ISIS RULES!

[JPCODE]

Excellent Iv been looking for a vid like this for a while, im a big fan thanks JK

[dasadopeboy]

sweeeeeeeeeettttt-ah!!!!!!!

[TheMetalerEricM]

they should start using 8-strings

[daddyphatsack]

i expected aarons voice to be much more manly

[deafened]

yea same. i saw him in another interview and he sounded manlier. hes got some great gear in this.

[vikingwizardeyes2121]

Yeah I coulda swore I heard another interview where his voice was MUCH deeper.

I might get some of his pedals.

[Fossick]

Saw him, he seems happy here. In person he was very serious and intense.

[seattle94]

really nice guys

[picassochild]

Is it VHT Pitbull 45?

[stereotypical213]

thats a weird tuning .. drop b with the high e tuned down a step ..

[diegosnet]

its amazingly somber tuning, once you get used to it. Just think drop c but sort of like standard D.

[DOOBAGE69]

Yea, it's DADGBD down a step and a half. Guys like Neil Young and Jeff Beck use the D version of that tuning, and Isis simply tune it down. You get a nice open major chord with the top 4 strings, and it's really easy to get some more dissonant tones with the lowered E string.

[blakesguitar]

i couldnt tell who you were repyling this to, but are you saying that DADGBD is the isis tuning?(im sure you know that its not but i just want to check... sorry)

[DOOBAGE69]

It's DADGBD tuned down a step and a half, so it would be BF#BEG#B.

[thethinkman]

great video thanks for sharing .. the only thing is that i wish the rest of the band were interviewed so we could get insite into their setups (gearing towards aarons drum set up...)

[EthericMaster]

Isis - Wavering radiant is up on my page in it's entirety for you to enjoy.

Thanks

P.S In high quality..

[kbillysupersounds]

Tunings those guitars THAT low (at least 3 whole steps) is absolute rape, its a wonder they stay in tune and healthy.

FFS i know those guitars are normally rad but just buy a baritone or 7-string.

Sick band.

[lebronjames2323]

they stay in tune because their guitar strings are like metal poles..lol

[kbillysupersounds]

Have you seen the ISIS DVD? They have to tune up after every song, sometimes in the middle of a song, and sometimes even change guitars altogether.

I dont think they stay in tune at all, its part of the fun for them!

[lebronjames2323]

they probably change guitars because they can..haha..and yea i own the dvd..they probably just wanted to make sure they were in tune at all times since they were recording a dvd

[SpiralDivinity]

They tune a lot because mostly they play short scale guitars: LPs and Teles. I play in the same tuning (because we might be doing some ISIS covers soon) on a regular scale. With the right string gauge, the guitar stays in tune pretty good.

[shredmaster47]

what string gauge do you use ??

[SpiralDivinity]

12-54 elixirs, I'd put on something heavier, but the next elixir is like 68 baritones, which's over the top... I'm currently using DM 12-56 and I think I'll switch back to Elixirs

[shredmaster47]

sweet thanks man

[Kukident1]

there is no reason they wouldnt stay healthy...

the only thing is that for example if you tune a bass that low you can hardly play it with fingers... it's stupid, sloppy strungs are unplayable, except if you cant play anyways, then it wont make a difference

if they however use thicker strings like from 7string-guitars / 5 string basses, then i d wonder how the instrument deals with that

[sevnstrings]

You can adjust for all that. Truss rod adjustments for neck relief so those super heavy strings don't warp the neck, and I guess they'd also have to file the tuning peg holes and nut to make them fit.

Awesome, awesome band.

[Nataxinhaaa]

Grande banda.Uma das melhores da atualidade.Muito interessante o equipamentos deles

[Kukident1]

interesting... but what about the bassist ? the drummer?

[Arthemesic]

Aaron Harris uses TAMA and mostly Zildjian.

He's an endorser for Evan heads if I recall correctly.

[mistyeyesarecrying]

Jeff mostly uses Music Man basses. He uses Sage basses sometimes though. I think he tunes B standard. but if anyone knows otherwise let me know.

[93reasons]

their tuning must give their guitar tech a major headache.

Low F#? are you fucking joking?

[Arthemesic]

Hahah I was thinking THE SAME!!

Which song do they incorporate the F# tuning?

[claudioonfire]

Holy Tears for example

[Arthemesic]

Oh man.. Sick stuff

[Ozma2112]

Beginning and the End, Celestial, and what you mentioned I think those are all the F# songs.

[DOOBAGE69]

Holy Tears is the only one that comes to mind.

[oceanic86]

The Beginning And The End, as well.

[bluesdevil09]

I play in a sludge/post metal band called Sky Hunter and their tuning isn't that dissimilar from the tuning I use. It's just like drop D tuning with the high e going down as well (otherwise known as double drop d). The low e being dropped an octave below the A string (or in this case F#) produces a really great effect with high gain amps, taking a higher F# with a much more square tone and an extremely low range F# that produces a much more round, bass-like spongey attack.

[tehrapeyturtle]

@93reasons Sometimes. mainly drop B though.

[MichaelThomas]

liars!!!! THEY HAVE MORE!!!!

[xTheOxx]

VHTs are fucking amazing. If I ever need a big amp again, I'm shelling the big bucks for one of those.

[jaysengsr]

he must have changed the neck out on that Tele Custom, if you watch the live DVD, he's got the stock big 70's headstock neck on it.

[cellardoor5786]

the one on the dvd is a telecaster deluxe which has 2 humbuckers the one on this clip has the single coil in the bridge, its a totally different guitar.

[jaysengsr]

yeah, didn't catch that first time through.

[CrushTheUniverse]

He plays a telecaster Custom and Deluxe. The Deluxe has the Strat head on it

[ChrisPlugged]

No the other is a deluxe (with fat neck), another guitar with two humbuckers. They look similar.

[ChrisPlugged]

Sorry I see that's already been stated. Sorry for repeating ;)

[Gibson889]

this is the only gear overview that wasn't full of shit and made sense

[CrushTheUniverse]

Very cool stuff. I love Turners tele, though I was always under the impression it was a 72, not a 76. Regardless... I also didn't know he used VHT heads (And I've seen him live thrice)

[pev87]

puede ser subtitulado por favor!!!!!!!!!!!!!

te lo agradeceria mucho!

aaron turner geniooooo!!

isis lo mejor!!!

[smokeweedndoshit]

cool video, appreciate it.

[bouncepogo22]

awesome

[SweetSaffocation]

thanks,it was very interesting

[nunlover]

thanks for that