Rig Rundown: END's Will Putney and Greg Thomas
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2024
- There’s heavy music … and then there’s End. Formed in 2017, the band is vocalist Brendan Murphy (Counterparts), guitarist Will Putney (Fit for an Autopsy), guitarist Gregory Thomas (formerly of Shai Hulud and Misery Signals), bassist Jay Pepito (Reign Supreme), and drummer Billy Rymer (the Dillinger Escape Plan). The supergroup was created to push the extremes of hardcore music. And, as you’ll soon find out in this Rig Rundown, mission accomplished.
From day one, guitarists (and producers) Putney and Thomas strived to achieve a signature calling card. They wanted a monstrous, monolithic tone that bulldozed listeners. “It’s pretty aggressive [laughs],” concedes Putney. “When we started the band, Greg and I talked about finding an identifiable tone that was us and sticking with it.”
And the roots of their sledgehammering sound? “We’re very influenced by the Nordic metal of Entombed, and then, later, Rotten Sound, and American delineations Trap Them,” says Thomas. “A lot of those bands rely on the Boss HM-2 or clones to get their grinding distortion. We actually landed on the Way Huge Swollen Pickle fuzz because it’s more articulate for our galloping picking and offers more control.”
While the band does continue to challenge their consistently crushing sound, the Pickle always satisfies. “Every time we record something, we’ll try other pedals in place of the Swollen Pickle, but we always go back to it,” admits Putney. “It’s become the one. It’s us.”
Hours before End’s sold-out show at Nashville’s the End (appropriate coincidence), PG’s Perry Bean popped onstage to explore the (nearly) mirrored, merciless setups of guitarists-turned-producers Putney and Thomas. Thomas details how three octave pedals and two noise gates coexist in his setup. Putney pulls back the curtain on the development of his signature STL Tones Tonality package. And both prove that a bottom-heavy fuzz paired with prominent pitch-shifting into a 5150 is the way to part seas and elicit moshing madness.
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00:00 - D’Addario XPND Pedalboard
00:15 - END Intro
00:51 - Gregory Thomas Intro
01:40 - Gregory Thomas' Gibson Marauder
05:45 - Gregory Thomas' Peavey 5150
08:22 - Way Huge Swollen Pickle
09:46 - Atlas Cabinets
10:45 - Gregory Thomas' Pedalboard
17:17 - Will Putney Intro
18:06 - Will Working w/ STL Tones
20:28 - Dunable Cyclops
22:05 - Will Putney's 5150 II
23:26 - Will Putney's Pedalboard
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now get counterparts on!
Yesss!
Please get counterparts on here
ua-cam.com/video/7cmmWIVFffc/v-deo.html there’s an OLLLLD partial rig rundown from the Tragedy Will Find Us cycle, but I would love to see an updated rig rundown!
This is a must
He did one with Jesse Doreen a while ago. But I agree I wanna see what they use these days!
As a HM-2 fanatic, I'd never have guessed the Swollen Pickle is their secret sauce. 😅
100% converted after seeing this video.
@@deh8911 Same lol
Best name I’ve ever heard for a pedal 😂 learned of it from the Harms Way episode of Hardlore where they discuss their new album Common Suffering
@@jbasti227is that what they surd?
Awesome! We need to get Code Orange and Turnstile Rig Rundowns!
That 5150 Misery Sigs amp is legendary
I feel like I've seen that thing live like three times
that END album helped me survive 2020
why? is so suicidal hahahah
@@shadesofmalice98 i think it was just nice hearing someone more pissed off than i was lol
@@buckdancer421 yeah can relate
Same and before the album dropped I was blasting their EP *heavily* during the early days of Covid lockdowns
@@buckdancer421Valid
i’ve enjoyed Kerry’s enthusiasm in the past, but this rig rundown was awesome. It’s nice to see someone so enthusiastic about these things.
I'm still reeling at the fact they're only tuned to Drop C.
drop C is the heaviest tuning bro lol
The girth comes from the low octave. They have absolutely perfected it.
also the high string is tuned dissonant. Everyone misses that part. NJ did it too, love them as well
@@jeffd.3883 like a D#?
12:58 this sound is something else
thanks so much for doing this and shining a light on these sorts of bands, killer stuff
ive watched this at least 10 times and ordered a ZUUL just from watching this video. these rigs are my ideal rigs lol. please do all the heavier bands!
This has to be the most interesting and creative pedalboard setup for heavy music I've seen!
I NEED a Primitive Man rig rundown
Thank you guys so much for this!
I've been wanting this for so long. Thank you so much guys!
the one weve been waiting for
Bless their hearts
LOVE will putney so much!!!
this was the most intense band i’ve ever seen live. i got thrown out the side door of the end during END at the end of their tour, and it was bliss
Yoooooo….I can’t believe some of the bands you guys have on here haha so freaking dope!
i just listen to END on the way home from work sign on to youtube END rig YES :)
About time, let’s go!
love this channel from 2014 I guess... the best series ever! if this guys just play more and talk less... will be super cool thing on earth! its difficult talk about a sound... but became easy when u can play it...So I really love the episodes when the musician show his pedal board playing and talking! oh man thats great!!! but I got u! I can immagine that its not an easy job making them play during interview ...during sound check ecc..much love from Italy guys
Greg is awesome!
My band has had the immense pleasure of getting to record with Gregg & Chris at Silver Bullet Studios and they are goddamn gentlemen geniuses
Need an ID on Will's pants STAT
Love that they have that swollen pickle instead of an hm2, didn't know it was capable of that! It's like no one would ever know the Nasum records were recorded with a like 70's fender dual showman head instead of like a Mesa or Marshall.
Wild, cool band.
YES
Every RR that Perry does is his favourite
My man is wrong about early Earth Crisis because Gomorrah's Season Ends sounds AWESOME. These dudes have insane tone and never would have expected Swollen Pickle to be on their boards.
Jesus. That breakdown in the beginning.
BLK TRI pickups needs to make a comeback! 😩
It’s a bummer that you skip over the bassists often. Still the coolest rundown yet!
Agreed
The importance of bass is nullified by the guitar establishment mostly, people undervalue bass like crazy.
Now I need a Zuul gate and swollen pickle
I am straight up TERRIFIED of how high that swollen pickle volume knob is set. I've owned two versions and both blew out my entire band at like 20% volume.
The gain is set pretty low too. Looks like a lot of the sound is coming from all that volume slamming the front end of the amp.
@@branecollision what's killing me is we can only guess how they tweaked the two inside trim pots if they ever did... Not a single word on that.
@@FlyingMacheteturn the trim pot that's on the right all the way to the left. The left trim pot keep clockwise. Pause the video and set your pickle how they have them set. It won't be exactly what you hear. But remember they're playing through a 612 stack.
@@deathmetal0914 Thanks for your reply mate, but the plot keeps thickening as those gentlemen are using MKII Swollens for which inside pots are all the way to the way to the left by default. Nowadays we mostly find MKIIS (like mine) for which inside pots are the opposite way by default... Now what we don't know is are those knobs just put like this in the factory or are the actual settings inverted in the way they act... I'll just use my ears for now. 😉
@@FlyingMachete I also have a mkiis. And the way I set the one along with how they run their settings gets you close.
Just bought a Swollen Pickle because, that tone! Jeeee.
At first quick glance at the thumbnail I thought I saw John as the host… I was very confused. This is what Perry lives for! He is perfect for these heavier bands
6:52 fairly sure he's referring to the dude who runs Voodoo amps
fun fact: yes he is still around doing amp mods, he just moved location down to Horseheads.
Perry shouting out Ithaca, NY. I live not too far from there
Holy shit. My favorite pedal is also the PS3, it is tattooed on my body. I also got it because of cave in!
Once you hear that noise of the climbing octaves, I've never heard another pedal do that
Also, Misery signals is the best band in the genre I've ever heard. Ive followed them for many years. Would love to talk gear with him :D
yesssssss
I am a happy happy man
Yeasssss!
amazing. already grabbed a swollen pickle just to try out this sound
Can confirm. Pickle instantly hits these tones on a high gain amp.
i grabbed a swollen pickle as well cause of this video. it slaps !
@@dookietoon7198 you figured out if they tweaked the 2 inside trim pots with yours? There isn't a single word on those.
@@FlyingMachetealso interested in this
@@vanespedals1023 it seems they're left to default aka all the way to the right for an mk2s, all the way to the left for an mk2. At least that's how I achieve their tone. I set the externals just like Will's mk2 and stack that on the red channel of a 5150III stealth 50w. Comes really accurate out of a vertical Hesu 2x12.
MAN, QUALITY BOTH INTERVIEW AND BAND OPENESS. i GET IT! - THANKS ALL!
How about Fit For An Autopsy next?
So we can peeking at will putneys sauce to that band 🔥🔥🔥
He doesn't really tour with them though.
I mean, can’t you guys ask for more audio demos by the musicians?? Most of us are here for this
Well, of course I cannot know how @Premierguitarofficial set these scenes up, but I find it rather unlikely that the sound of any analogue gear you hear in these videos is representative due to 1) the cam/room mic's quality, 2) the cam/room mic's placement within the room (with the safe assumption that there's in fact some room mic in use and not only the microports pick up the cabs' sound), 3) since most backlines anyhow go through the usual mic-preamp-FOH desk-PA chain, and I assume the PA is not on while filming these. With fully digital stuff I tend to agree that having some samples recorded directly could be interesting, but then it would be probably difficult to bribe the tech team for a rec out. If most of you are here for _some idea_ of the sound, that's fair, but IMHO you shouldn't be here for a realistic audio demo by the musicians.
@@klekrfaqer2114 well like the part where the dude says "i add this octave up shifting delay with this other delay pedal and it sounds fucked up" show us! I have no idea what the sound he's describing is so it would be cool to get a little demo
My swollen pickle is coming in the mail tomorrow lol, ive got to try that thing with the 5150 after Will's sales pitch lol
man, I really wonder how the bass rig looks like with this kind lf heavy sound!
Agreed. I would have liked to see that too.
Counterparts next please?
Despite that Perry reminds me of Andy from The Office, he is my favorite host and I would likely bro-out on music with him
It would be sick if you guys could get The Story So Far!!!
Have you guys done a Whitechapel rig rundown recently? Would love to see their rig.
Greg has cats and it's possible to notice that on his pedalboard.
I love these so much, but please asks the guests to demo more often. What do you use this for......? SHOW ME AN EXAMPLE!!
So sick that Duncan Trussell is one of the guitarists in one of my favorite metal bands of recent years.
Yayo
why does he keep saying Greg plays IN (and not "for") Misery Signals? Stu Ross replaced him in MisSigs back in 2015......... anyone know otherwise?
Swollen Pickle is fantastic.
I wish these videos were clear about signals chains…I’m guessing the pitch fork is after tuner and then it’s swollen-dull-octave pedal etc.
The guy doing the interview is seriously on speed
He's just a big fan and rightfully stoked to be doing it!
Please interview brendan to talk about twice
pitchfork and triplegraph octave is AFTER or BEFORE swollen pickle and noise gate????
I hear Perry went straight to order a fuckin Zuul after this rundown
No
That Death shirt
Gitar rig NAILS pleaseeee😢
So whats the order -> Tuner -> Gate -> Pitch -> Pitch -> Fuzz -> Delay -> Delay?
i'm curious too
That's exactly how I see it too, only that it goes back to the zuul+ after the fuzz and then to the time-based effects (delay/reverb) in order for those not to be squashed by the gate. Another option with the zuul+ is they could go straight to the front of the amp after fuzz/od/Octave and then have the effects loop send in the rear input of the zuul then out to the delay/reverb and to the return of effects loop this way killing both noise sources with only one gate which the zuul+ is essentially made for.
No question about Will's pedalboard fan?? Come on!!
There's probably a thread on the gear page about optimum air circulation and temperature to run fuzz pedals in. I am guessing you need a vintage pocket fan made in a certain region of China from 1987 to nail it.
Dillinger used the swollen pickle with the mark v
Stop
Lots of heavy hands have been using fuzzes long before Putney knew what a mix bus was.
Hey guys, let's all "overclock" our amps with VCR PCBs. The board is thicker so the amp sounds heavier.
Can you get mis sigs on here because Greg hasn’t been in that band for a couple years now
Anybody know what brand of tuner the second guy is using?
Boss TU-2
@@ChrisMusickx 10-4. still curious about the one on the left that looks like a fan though?
The guy randomly laughing in the background is killing me.
😮
23:08 heavyyy
LET THEM PLAY A BIT!!!! You can see in more than one occasions the guys were ready to showcase some of the sounds, but you kept talking! Drop the caffeine dude, so wound up!
Rotten Sound mainittu, Keijolle terveisiä!
Where's the bass rundown?
What is the song in the Beginning?
One year late, but the title of the song at the beginning is Necessary Death!
The bass player doesn’t have a rig?
Wats bass?
Is end coming back???
...at the beginning
Yes, new song dropped yesterday
I Still wanna see Will on stage with FFAA again :(
'The HM-2 can get a little muddy' - Perry. One of my favorite quotes from this dude. Another classic from him is 'is that two single coils or a humbucker?' - to this day, this guy has NO idea what he's talking about. It's pretty impressive.
Nothing is wrong with either of those statements. The HM2 can absolutely get muddy and humbuckers are splittable into two single coils
Perry ruins his own interviews. Lay off the Red Bull.
BLK TRI GANG!!!!!!
Give us some samples bro
shame you didn't get the bassist to explain his controlling the lights
Interviewer clearly did a binbag of coke before the interview lol
I usually love everything will is a part of but I just don’t get this band. All I hear is noise and no riffs, and usually will Putney brings the riffs. Maybe i need to see them live to “get” it.
27:40... If you know how to use ISP Decimators, they work just as fast.
a dunable? light? that's bananas. every dunable i've ever picked up weighed 20 pounds
Yea, no thanks
Didnt even get through the inrto......bass player in undies means your gear means nothing to me hahahahaha
Now you gotta do better lovers!
Greg is such a sweet guy no homo!
I like the idea of this kind of music, but my problem w listening to it is that when you make everything (gtrs, bass, drums) sound HUGE in the mix, then NOTHING sounds huge in the mix. Just my two cents, which doesn’t mean shit cause I’m old as dirt.
Check out the newest Black Sheep Wall album, "Songs for the Enamel Queen." One of my favorite heavy mixes in years.
turn up your volume to ear bursting levels and everything is huge
It's the same as any modern genre, you *can* make everything sound huge if you create space in the mix for each element - so you're going to be doing a lot of digital EQing, filtering, and side-chaining etc
Love these rundowns (this one in particular) but this Perry dudes methhead energy and non-stop interrupting kills me. Get a new guy
Lay off the coke, dude, you're making the artist uncomfortable...
I can't watch the videos this presenter does, he's either having a manic episode every bloody video or he's railing a bunch of coke, either way, it makes the videos unwatchable as he talks over everyone, bloody annoying as I love the rig rundown series.
Its called having energy try it sometimes
@@ileutur6863 it's called not wanting to live the rest of your life at max speed like you seem to think is appropriate. It's ALSO, called, knowing when to shut up as the host and ask the right types of questions, like "hey dude instead of just talking about the gear you play, why don't I shut up and let you just play that said gear"
The excessive cursing is uncouth, unbecoming a representative of PG conducting an interview (or review, for that matter), and overall cringey and childish.
Oh dear lord grandpa boomer…
it's not Larry King bro
@@misterknightowlandco I missed the boomer boat by twenty-five years, lol... anyhoo, it's just childish and tacky, is all...
@@johnjonestheman then quit acting like a boomer. It’s rock n roll and it’s for the kids. We shouldn’t even be here lol
@@misterknightowlandco nah he’s right, aside from having an elementary vocabulary, the interviewer seems like he just ripped a line of blow before starting the interview. ‘Generally neurotic, cut off both guitarist while they’re still talking, stuttered and struggled to form a coherent thought.
It was hard to watch all the way through and not skip when the interviewer was talking.