Idles' Mark Bowen: My Go-To Guitars:

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00:00 Mark's 1972 strat
03:34 Mark's Electric Guitar Company Series 2 Acrylic
06:32 Mark's baritone Strat
Mark Bowen of Idles explains how the band brought energy and drama to their latest album Tangk through carefully curated gear choices - including Bowen's extremely hefty but sonically charismatic Plexiglass baritone electric, his battered 70s-era Strat, Vox AC30s and more. Entertaining and insightful, Mark offers a unique window on Idles brooding, stark sound.

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@andrewnicon 4 ай бұрын

tone is in the moustache

@electrosaurus 3 ай бұрын

Mark's authenticity for his own style of guitar playing and sound is infectious. Love it. We need more of it.

@fuzzy-tb9so 3 ай бұрын

what? youre making me LOL with that comment.

@nicholasyebra1988 Күн бұрын

I dig it

@sepiarain 4 ай бұрын

I'm loving this guy's vibe and approach.

@xammai9679 4 ай бұрын

The sound of the that blue baritone is everything everything I ever needed. 😮😮‍💨

@glitzersuite9556 4 ай бұрын

I'm in love with this man

@JEHNLEROY 4 ай бұрын

Love that flannel

@kateki8801 4 ай бұрын

I don't know anything about guitars, I just love Mark

@Elwooddudes 4 ай бұрын

What a cool dude and what a sick guitar!

@sheercerebralpower 5 ай бұрын

He looks a bit like young David Crosby

@themonthehill305 5 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing! Wish I could grow a tash like that 😂

@moshlyfe 4 ай бұрын

That acrylic is a BEAST.

@scorpioscots9692 4 ай бұрын

For Someone Who Doesn't Know How To Use Tone Control He Sure Knows A lot About Guitar's

@OneHellOfASandwich 3 ай бұрын

Ever since I saw Dwyer from Oh Sees jammin an acrylic+aluminum SG style guitar I’ve wanted one so bad. They look fucking awesome

@danielktdoranie 5 ай бұрын

If you’re looking for an aluminium neck guitar check out “TIDES” cost less than half of what an EGC guitar costs. Made in France, I own 2 and love them

@Domn879 4 ай бұрын

Sweet, thanks for the tip.

@ileutur6863 4 ай бұрын

Costs less than half and wont ignore you for years while keeping your deposit. EGC has developed a pretty rough reputation, despite their quality

@danielktdoranie 4 ай бұрын

@@ileutur6863 I didn’t know that

@evanphillips2126 4 ай бұрын

@@ileutur6863Brent from Mastodon mentioned that right? Also think John Dwyer from Osees had issues with his too

@higbyprigby9648 3 ай бұрын

Too bizzy adding to Roger O’s collection.

@James-kj9hw 5 ай бұрын

They fixed stinky nice. I found it sad that it was on the way out

@tito.tarantula 4 ай бұрын

Those guitars obviously also functions as bow ties... man, Mark can barely get the strap over his head 😅 Proof there's no right or wrong way to play guitar. Do whatever works for you.

@MatthewPord 4 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the oh sees and king gizzard guitarists. And Frankie and the witch fingers.

@jameso9221 4 ай бұрын

20 years later and now its how high can you play guitar, not how low.

@gliddofglood 8 күн бұрын

I suspect he’s influenced by Tom Morello as he mentions his guitar (the stickers) and Morello also plays very high.

@gliddofglood 8 күн бұрын

He seems like a top guy. Very cheerful for frequently dark music.

@SirRamone 3 ай бұрын

I love how radio in Australia calls the latest album "Tang k"

@BrilliantBenGaming 4 ай бұрын

this was the guitar I really wanted to see up close

@LizardWizard_ 4 ай бұрын

Oh boy I need a bowen baritone now 😅

@user-jn9qi5fx5c 4 ай бұрын

Love his tache, bit of a cutie ❤

@winterkeep 4 ай бұрын

Bo's a hero 🎸☠🎸

@WiserInTime 5 ай бұрын

Dang! He keeps his guitar strapped high. Just a little higher it's hitting his chin when he looks down.

@KUM0 5 ай бұрын

what's wrong with that? it's all about being comfortable while playing live, we're not in the 80's anymore where you only looked cool if your strap height caused you back pain

@WiserInTime 5 ай бұрын

@@KUM0 Looking for the part where I said something was wrong with it. Can't find it.

@tuckermcelroy7055 4 ай бұрын

@@KUM0 chill out Kumo ffs 🤣 his guitar is strapped comically high,but who the fuck cares?

@Jonas-gu2lj 4 ай бұрын

Makes it easier for him to play keys at the same time

@josephnanni9933 4 ай бұрын

Just love Bowen moustachioed dress wearing man

@tylerlyons4943 4 ай бұрын

Did he say DD played gauge 23 strings?

@mynmyself 4 ай бұрын

Gaviiin❤

@ChaosPootato 4 ай бұрын

That aluminium one reminds me of the Torche guy and his drop Z guitar. Funny music

@gregferreira7244 4 ай бұрын

🤘

@seagers_studio 4 ай бұрын

Are his guitar straps not making his neck itch

@bobbybailey4091 4 ай бұрын

I have a beautiful blonde (strat 72) picked up at a yard sale for $200.00 bucks! It is not for sale anymore - the only issue is the owner decided to try and put longer neck screws in it and gave it a hairline crack, stupid I know. I put wood glue in it and clamped her really well - she plays perfect. Luckily he saved the original screws.

@markpub 5 ай бұрын

Good guy

@OtherArtPeter 3 ай бұрын

Any idea where he got the flannel?

@Guselsk 4 ай бұрын

I think this is the first time im seeing him with a shirt on

@dirtcreature1 2 ай бұрын

Man, he seems like such a good dude. Would be awesome to hang with those guys n talk guitars n shit.

@takyondg 4 ай бұрын

Unrelated but does anyone else ever think Bowen is a dead ringer for Harrier Dubois from Disco Elysium?

@Oldhandlewasabitcringe 4 ай бұрын

He is somewhat of a Superstar 👈👈

@neuzethmusic131 4 ай бұрын

Everybody needs a Stinky in his/her life!

@skinblanketed 4 ай бұрын

I'm my own Stinky ❤

@adamziolkowski2549 4 ай бұрын

Looks like David Crosby

@DstandsforDoomed 4 ай бұрын

WHERE'S DEV'S VIDEO?!

@marklewis6837 4 ай бұрын

Straplocks!! Get straplocks!!

@raphaeldemas3221 4 ай бұрын

Nice OL shirt tho

@drop830 4 ай бұрын

Rob Reiner, Meathead -All in the Family

@sleepswithnopillow8413 Ай бұрын

He looks like a mix of Daniel Day-Lewis & Chris O'Dowd

@bisaillion 4 ай бұрын

He sounds like he's from Belfast

@TheTennesseeFistMachine 4 ай бұрын

He is!

@kevburke 4 ай бұрын

He's also a dentist, allegedly.

@rubbadubdub6543 4 ай бұрын

@@kevburkeI wonder if he’s taking on patients at the moment?

@jonathansteadman7935 3 ай бұрын

Dick Dale played left handed but strung right handed and he was bloody loud.

@oceantree5000 4 ай бұрын

Oh Sees sa Ghaeilge 😂

@user-yo4gl1fb2k 4 ай бұрын

That’s a guitar? I thought it was a violin

@tplambert 4 ай бұрын

He’s a bass player that hasn’t realised it yet 😅

@danielktdoranie 5 ай бұрын

Strats were not designed to play 13s. The strings in the 1950s were 11s. Guitar strings didn’t really start to get different gauges until musicians started using lighter gauges off Banjo string sets. Ernie Ball saw that and started offering them as the “slinky” set. That is when it started. Oddly enough most sets of strings at that time had wound G strings, so the Les Paul for example doesn’t really have the issue of the G string going out of tune when using a wound 3rd G string (also need a properly cut nut too)

@guitarist 4 ай бұрын

Early Fender guitar strings - up until 1954 - were made by Mapes and came in sets of…. E - 0.14 B - 0.18 G - 0.27 (wound) D - 0.37 A - 0.48 E - 0.58 In 1954 Fender switched to Squier made strings which were slightly lighter… E - 0.13 B - 0.17 G - 0.29 (wound) D - 0.345 A - 0.46 E - 0.54 The above was verified by Martin Kelly, author of ‘Fender: The Golden Age 1946-1970’ Hope that helps clarify.

@danielktdoranie 4 ай бұрын

@@guitarist That is incorrect as they measured gauges differently. They shipped with 12 to 52s that were more accurately 11s. This is an often repeated misconception

@linekiofficial 4 ай бұрын

I love Idles, but I can't bear to watch him with the guitar slung so high

@stelero 4 ай бұрын

..but if it makes Bow play better.. whose to judge.

@yomuthabyotch 4 ай бұрын

he's prob got short arms and a long torso. i'm built like that, but i don't play that high since i don't really play past the 12th fret.

@Jamesp1972 4 ай бұрын

I don't know how to use a tone knob- ok mate

@jotdewe 3 ай бұрын

Thing is: no one needs tone knobs...

@Jamesp1972 3 ай бұрын

unless you want to reduce the treble, can be handy@@jotdewe

@johnny141093 Сағат бұрын

"I don't have tone knobs because I don't know how to use them" no one does really, Bowen, no one does

@mellebellebo 3 ай бұрын

I guess i just went from a LP guy to a strat guy xDD

@fugamantew 4 ай бұрын

Are we showcasing guitars or drenched in reverb amps?

@zatoichihanzo9167 3 ай бұрын

8:17 Car crash

@Weegus 4 ай бұрын

Jesus any further up you'd be better aff way a violin

@Dimbus-ik7sz 4 ай бұрын

Didn’t credit John Dwyer once for copying his guitar…

@tyler_da_wiz 4 ай бұрын

John Dwyer doesn't own the guitar design. Lol.

@Dimbus-ik7sz 4 ай бұрын

@@tyler_da_wiz no one notable played an acrylic EGC guitar before John Dwyer, he’s definitely heavily associated with it and failing to mention that glaringly obvious fact was a bit dickish in my opinion

@schmon8409 4 ай бұрын

Who the fuck would care about that

@benquacker392 4 ай бұрын

Heh king gizzard stole his whole act. This dudes copped his guitar and strap. Real recognizes real. JPD is a real one, these new jacks are pretty pedestrian.

@Dimbus-ik7sz 3 ай бұрын

@@benquacker392 king gizz did to an extent. I think they’ve made way more interesting and creative music than Idles ever have though.

@UnlikelyReply 3 ай бұрын

Fair play, the guy can barely play the guitar and he's in a famous band.

@Exercise-01 2 ай бұрын

An Antifa strat😅

@ShortRound42 4 ай бұрын

Tell him to stop wearing dresses. It doesn’t look cool or edgy. Looks like someone trying too hard to be ‘different’.

@kate.roky5 4 ай бұрын

Who are you to tell people how to live? Why do you care so much? It's weird.

@ShortRound42 4 ай бұрын

@@kate.roky5 I can tell anyone that's in the public eye, on a band I like that he looks stupid in the dress. It's weird that he wears something that doesn't look cool or edgy. It makes him look doofy.

@knobgoblin4486 4 ай бұрын

But it's funny

@kate.roky5 4 ай бұрын

@@ShortRound42 you can have your opinion but telling people how to live their life is big loser energy

@ShortRound42 4 ай бұрын

@@knobgoblin4486 That's true. Goofy, funny. But still love his guitar tone.