#pacific northwest emo

[we-are-houseguest]

"i remember moments of happiness; endless summer, acoustic guitars" - SRXT, bloc party

hello again!

today we're gonna talk about my guitars for the new ep! buckle up, this is gonna be a long one.

first off, i've done a LOT of this ep on my stock fender classic player jaguar special hh. it's a 24" scale and it's actually tuned b to b and it sounds SO good. like. it's kind of unreal how well it holds a baritone tuning. generally, i have the neck pickup rolled off to coil split (i generally don't love a neck humbucker, honestly) and the bridge is whatever it needs to be, song by song. i don't really use the tremolo arm ever unless i'm just messing around - i try to put this thing out of tune as little as possible during a show. this guitar can do ANYTHING. it's so tonally versatile it's fucking stupid, truly. i am a lucky girl to own this.

next up is my squier classic vibe baritone custom telecaster! this is also tuned b to b, but it's got a 27" scale, so it's got a much more traditional baritone sound. i have always always ALWAYS loved the versatility of a telecaster and when they put out an affordable baritone version, it was an absolute no-brainer for me. i love the range and the tonal differences that a baritone brings to indie music - thrice is one of my favourite bands of all time, and their use of baritones (and their gear in general [duh, for those in the know]) REALLY inspired me. i've been using this on a lot of the really wet stuff and the really clean stuff, but also just for some stereo guitars to lean into some tonal differences or just because it flat out feels right. i love this thing, too. it really is so flexible and fun to play (and it weighs NOTHING, which is kind of unique for a tele lol). i've replaced the output jack and jack plate and i've flipped the control panel because i'm notorious for punching my pickup selector while playing.

both guitars are strung with d'addario medium baritone strings (.14-.68).

finally, for amps and pedals... well. the future is here and i, for one, welcome our modeller overlords.

this is gonna seem like a lie based on what you're looking at here, but i'm really pretty simple with my setups - i am a set it and forget it kind of woman.

for rhythm parts, i am using a fawn vox ac30 (blue alnico) and a fender deluxe reverb (oxford) in tandem, generally being pushed by an earthquaker pillars and an xotic ep booster (bruises uses a klon, just depends on the kind of push i need). little bit of compression with the xotic sp compressor, then, as necessary for wetter parts: line 6 echo park, line 6 space chorus, a boss ce-1, a boss ac-2 and a fender vibratone (lol). in terms of helix-only effects, i'm using the line 6 heliosphere delay and hot springs reverb.

for LEADS however, we're all over the place. all kinds of shit. i generally run a higher gain amp, like a bogner shiva (uberkab t75) or a marshall jcm-800 (jensen p12q [grammatico amp]/marshall basketweave g12 m25). I was actually really pleased with how good the shiva is for lead work in our sad queer indie rock songs - this is an amp that like alice and chains and korn use and it really adds the right amount of twinkle and beautiful bummer to our songs about autism and queerness and millennial disillusionment and i just think that's such a funny juxtaposition. anyways.

for taurus, i'm using the bogner and running the xotic ep booster again, way huge red llama, dunlop mxr timmy, mxr phase 90, and auto-volume echo from the line 6 dl4. simple stuff.

for re-run, i'm using the jcm-800 and pushing it with a tube screamer when it gets huge. boss tr-2, boss dm-2 with adrian mod, tc electronic 2290, tape eater from the line 6 mm4, simple tube comp, and the line 6 feedbacker. i also have a looper set up so I can include some post-rock tremolo picked yumminess without it taking up all my focus. this is definitely my most complex rig in the helix, but even still - not too wild. like i said. set it and forget it.

so yeah! that's pretty much it for my guitars this time around. i'm gonna guess that we'll do mj's guitars next but who knows! life is a mystery and it is for living! see y'all soon.

~ beth

[hiraspit]

[yourcatalyticconverter]

mason county

[backwoodspriestess]

It’s always so cold here

[mentallyeva]

Lowkey emo teen dipper + teen Pacifica

[w-ren-n]

[seductive-suffering]

We are lost to a world we never see.

Lenses changing our perspective.

Pushing to be more or less.

We are lights dancing in vacant skies.

And I’ll meld into you and find myself.

I can see a soundless dance that pulls us together.

A place where two become one.

Find me so we may dance again.

[xxmuffinzfodayzxx]

Hard to relate, deformed and insane

[unknown-media]

[reverseskittles]

06.09.24

Making more Kandi and getting ready for PRIDE 2024 🎉

Name chains for my cousin Neko and my bestie Luna

Gotta promote 😁

Xbox anyone? Mmmmm....Monster

420 friendly

Praise~

Squad up..

[skitzoprincepnw]

1.6.23

..Selfie Time..

[we-are-houseguest]

DRUMBLR

hello! it's been a little bit. i asked caitlyn to write up a little drum breakdown to explain the who/what/when/where/why of what we used, because i'm an engineer and a guitar player and i have no insights into her drum logic. without further ado: DRUMBLR.

"Most of the drums were live recorded in our practice space using my old Tama Superstar Hyperdrive birch kit I got like a decade ago, with Remo skins - Controlled Sound for the snare, Pinstripe clears for the toms and a Powerstroke 3 for the kick - and using mostly Yamaha and Tama stands.  

I like the way the Pinstripe skins let the low end thump of the kit's birch wood shells shine through, and the kick drum itself is a cannon, deeper than most at 20" long and 22" wide, and a Powerstroke 3 rocks on it. The snare is a 6.5x14" Tama Metalworks snare, a steel snare drum which has LOADS of character in live settings. My right foot uses an Iron Cobra 900 single pedal, which I have loved and stuck with for years because it is a double chain drive which I like because it feels sturdier than a single chain, and the pedal board has an adjustable spring underneath to help take advantage of more responsive kickback if I need it. I use Vic Firth 5A sticks.  

The snare and kick are largely only present in background for the EP, because I wanted A) to have more control in the actual sound of them in the recordings, and B) it allows them to come through clearly without messing too much with EQ etc. The recordings were still used with my DAW to trigger samples for the kick and snare.

The cymbals are of the Zildjian K Sweet line, with 15" hats, 17" and 19" crashes and a 21" ride. The K Sweet line has been my go to for faster and sharper pop punk stuff that's bright, but also has a darker tone for cymbal washes. I wanted to use cymbals that had a darker flavour to them for this too. 

For the snare and kick drum, I used a drum sample DAW plugin called Superior Drummer 3, which took the recorded snare and kick drum tracks and spat out MIDI which was used to trigger the samples. 

The snare is a sample composite of 3 different recorded snares: an 8x14" Tama Artwood maple for most of the body, and a 4x14" Ludwig 20s Black Beauty and 5x14" Gretsch Solid Aluminum snare for more snap in the attack.

The kick drum just uses a recorded 16x22" Genista Premier with a clear batter and a nice low punchy tone.

- Caitlyn"

there you have it folks, musical spring water right from the source. enjoy and wait with baited breath for the next post - guitarssssssss!!!!!

~ elizabeth

[last-angel]

go follow DEADNETTLEband on instagram && come to our shows in Seattle next week ! <3

[harvardbookclub]

sinclair on beacon

beacon hill - seattle

(september 2023)

[reallyradrecs]

Swiss Army Wife - Medium Gnarly /200 - Black Ice

[mentallyeva]

teen dipper but hes emo cause he definitely reads creepypasta + live Pacifica reaction :0