Rig Rundown - Earthless

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Premier Guitar’s John Bohlinger did a pre-soundcheck hang with Isaiah Mitchell and Mike Eginton of Earthless. Check out how both Mitchell and Eginton conjured up earthy, yet cosmic, tones with minimal gear.
Isaiah Mitchell’s No. 1 is this well-worn Fender Stratocaster that he bought in high school from a friend’s dad. The body parts are impossible to identify by this point, but this loved and abused Franken-Strat has a medium-soft “V” neck (that could be from a ’55), Brierley Pickups, and a Callahan tremolo system. The strat is strung with Jim Dunlop .010-.046 nickel wound strings and played with Jim Dunlop Tortex .88 mm picks.
Mike Eginton tours with his 1970 Ampeg Dan Armstrong bass, strung with D’Addario flatwound strings and played with Dunlop .88 mm nylon picks.
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@charmicarmicat2981 4 жыл бұрын

Isaiah is truly one of the greatest guitar players that has ever lived in my honest opinion. Every time I hit a wall and don’t feel like playing guitar much, I listen to Earthless and it completely rekindles my entire love of the instrument. The first time I heard this band, I couldn’t believe what my ears were hearing. It was Sonic Prayer, I’ll never forget it. It’s criminal how underrated of a guitar player he is. And Earthless as a whole! God bless this man and his inspiration.

@magnuslilleengen 3 жыл бұрын

He's got it so bad! One of my favourit guitarplayers

@Godisnotmyshepherd 3 жыл бұрын

This comment!

@cardbored_ 3 жыл бұрын

Uh, ROFL

@Tylerxfm 2 жыл бұрын

Dude same

@Eliphas_Elric 2 жыл бұрын

It was Uluru rock for me.

@ToLiveistoDie 2 жыл бұрын

Mike doesn't get enough love. He's such a good powerful bass player. Him and Mario build the amazing canvas that makes everything work.

@WizardofFuzz 5 жыл бұрын

I went to an Earthless show in 2009 because I had confused them with a (mediocre) prog metal band called Opposite Earth. When I realised, I was disappointed, but not for long! They started playing and I remember thinking "So when is he gonna start singing?" Then I thought "This is great and I wanna do what he's doing!". Shortly after I bought my first guitar. Last Friday they played in my town. I missed the show because I had to prepare for a gig I played the next day... in some sense "doing what he's doing" so I wasn't too disappointed, really :P

@josephetherton 5 жыл бұрын

Damm now thats a cool story ✌🎸👍

@jimjiminy76 5 жыл бұрын

Embracing your passion - that's the way to live:)

@_____oo1159 4 жыл бұрын

I also saw them around that time ! Probably a year prior .The set was pretty much Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky and that's my favorite record by them (even though it kinda sounds like a jam session,I still love it)

@pantherax1 4 жыл бұрын

Earthless always earlyalbums are the best

@cardbored_ 3 жыл бұрын

He definitely makes playing guitar look like anyone can do it

@Therealbackslabbath 5 жыл бұрын

Isaiah truly plays the guitar, his control over his instrument is stunning.

@warborn_inc. 5 жыл бұрын

Isaiah is hands down one of the best players out there now. Been lucky enough to see Earthless several times....they crush every time

@seanraidleyatt8477 5 жыл бұрын

The way guitar players talk about tone is one of the most amusing things to me.

@MrBromansa Ай бұрын

I know this is an old comment, but i have to know what's amusing about it? I'm a guitar player and I try not to talk about my own tone too much - it's odd when people want to hear us talk about it.

@jasonejason 2 жыл бұрын

John, you do such a great job interviewing these artists. Thank you so much. I really like how you ask great questions and let them do almost all of the explanation. Keeping chatter to a minimum and letting them explain their gear and why THEY like it. You and others at Premier are a knowledgeable team and really appreciate your work. THANKS!!!

@28tpi Жыл бұрын

I saw Earthless at GroundZero SC back in 2017 ish and have been rocking with them ever since. Isaiah Mitchell is a picker that I never get tired of. Keep on rocking! \m/

@eric_in_florida Жыл бұрын

Been listening to rock and guitar stuff for 50 years and just learned of this guy yesterday. I agree with all the superlatives used.

@kevinspake7338 6 жыл бұрын

Hits a chord , big crunch tone "that's my clean." Hahaha.

@michael_caz_nyc 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I Agree. I was like: " THAT . . . is Not Clean "

@dakotamonroe9746 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Stoner/psych rock

@Nick-nx1df 3 жыл бұрын

haha this happened with Matt Pike on his rig rundown too

@Tony78432 3 жыл бұрын

Crunch? Seemed like a Fuzz to me lmao

@jellyfishrising 3 жыл бұрын

What a diff with the Tele

@jojimalani2131 6 жыл бұрын

Love the Bad Brains and Tym Guitars stickers on the back of the strat!

@christopherorman5769 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up with him. I remember him in punk bands in Leucadia. From there Earthless and now the Crowes. Freaking amazing.

@ElectricRingpdx 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome, Isaiah seems like such a cool guy, and is killer guitar player, glad Earthless is back! Nerd guitar player here. You can combine pickups in either series or parallel depending on how they are wired. You can also split the coils of a humbucker. Sounds like you are talking about parallel. You can also flip the + and -, which is polarity, and because the pickups are in different physical locations, the phase of the pickups will be different and some frequencies will cancel and some will add, which changes the tonal qualities.

@bengalvin9932 6 жыл бұрын

GREAT TONES GREAT RIG RUNDOWN!!! BEST OF THE YEAR SO FAR!!!!!

@JusAequum 6 жыл бұрын

Love Rig Rundown that shows player playing. Awesome episode!

@burroughs334 4 жыл бұрын

Can't say enough good things about this band and how great they sound live. Legends!

@charliepayne9248 6 жыл бұрын

Great show, with some really fantastic groups, I have to admit that alot of the band's I've never heard of.... This show has brought an array of great musicians to my attention! Band's like, AFI, Screaming Females (brilliant singer & guitarist) & many others! But, these 2 Band's really stand out for me! Keep up the great work....☝🤓👍

@danielcastillo1225 5 жыл бұрын

AWESOME interview, this group is really dedicated to the classics sounds of ROCK, I'm so glad you brought attention to their style of play and technical side of Effects, keep up the good work Buddy

@DavidJones-ey6ie 10 ай бұрын

I have been listening to Earthless fir years! Sick band. Top 3 guitarist of all time. Dude has some unreal chops and guitars, amps, etc...

@thisisblakemillermusic 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite guitarists. Just recently became aware of him. So good

@zenguitar65 6 жыл бұрын

Isaiah, seems to do one of the best jobs showcasing tone in his choice of notes, and phrasing. Impressive!

@groovyhippie1165 6 жыл бұрын

Great Rig Rundown, this band is awesome!

@glisteningkabana8154 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome John! Always a treat brother.

@tomcathughes2969 4 жыл бұрын

Best Rundown I’ve seen yet. Great stuff!

@davemassie3726 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome rundown John! Killer tones! thank-you.

@jaysmith6238 6 жыл бұрын

Got to meet this dude awhile back. Super cool cat. Earthless is sick! One of my all time favorite bands. See them live.

@LeeHoMusic 2 жыл бұрын

these guys are doing really great music i love it, glad they are visiting ireland this year, will see them in May 2022. cheers

@AdhocracyUK 5 жыл бұрын

Picked up my guitar from Tyms today. Alex fitted the Isaiah Mitchell Brierley hand wound pups ... What a shop. What talent. What a sound!

@mgorange 4 жыл бұрын

Steve Randall awesome man!

@Jakster840 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not even an Earthless fan, but I loved every second of this.

@Creaturefiendyo 4 жыл бұрын

I’m a new fan you should check em out pretty good stuff

@sirstashalot7441 6 жыл бұрын

Such an awesome player. Hell yeah.

@filipedoria9561 5 жыл бұрын

there is pure gold here

@jenniferfedorink4130 6 жыл бұрын

YEAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you PG and johnny b.!

@waltersmetak 2 жыл бұрын

The man is a monster! Love Earthless! Amazing music - brilliant guitar!

@holy_braille 6 жыл бұрын

Mitchell's tone is so effing nasty. He's also one of the greatest living guitarists.

@Therealbackslabbath 5 жыл бұрын

Yew!! Tym’s!! I go into Tym’s and drool regularly.

@hennydarmse 3 жыл бұрын

Short bassist with a shortscale and a mini bass wah, but MASSIVE tone! ❤️

@gtarluva 6 жыл бұрын

Nice work John. It's a beautiful thing to see two grown men ogling and growning over pedals together like that.

@michaeldorrenbacher8977 6 жыл бұрын

Super nice interview! Really cool guys.

@ronmercer7766 6 жыл бұрын

Great to see Earthless on the Rig Rundown. Trippy fuzzed out psychedelic warriors.

@tonym994 4 жыл бұрын

it caught my attention, that's for sure. not enough people know this band.

@DavidJones-ey6ie 10 ай бұрын

That tele is rocking boy!

@witeshade 6 жыл бұрын

That tele sounds awesome

@tonyevans9999 6 жыл бұрын

plus one for Brierley Pickups - absolute works of art. I have a P90 in a les paul an my fave: an esquire in an esquire I put together, gorgeous tones

@berkaamar6688 6 жыл бұрын

Yeaaahhhh finally Isaiah doing this !

@benlogan430 4 жыл бұрын

That was The bass sound from “Check Your Head”! Sweet!!!

@DavidJones-ey6ie 10 ай бұрын

That treble boost is freaking wild sounding!

@johnathan.jerusik 6 жыл бұрын

Wgs, warehouse guitar speakers, are amazing!! I have a 2x12 with a retro 30 and a HM75 and the combo is amazing! They have some of the best quality and there price is really resonable

@Mike-ol7xp 2 жыл бұрын

Hey pits, nice interview. I'm gonna have to check out this band for sure.

@eduardoallo8786 6 жыл бұрын

so elegant playin´and amazing sound...cool

@tonym994 4 жыл бұрын

saw them 3 yrs. ago ,I think, at a St. Paddy's day gig. great rock band who play an amalgam of every band they like (and I like).closed w/ a song containing lyrics (an instrumental band),'Communication Breakdown'. great show on a really cold, windy night in Harvard Sq .I can understand someone starting a band because of them.good, down to earth guys(no pun) who hung around talking afterwards .nobody rushed to go outside .nobody sober, anyway. he played the shit out of that old Strat.

@vonslagle 6 жыл бұрын

Most relevant Rig Rundown to my sound. Love the gear!

@matthewmello4493 6 жыл бұрын

swell as my band

@DaveBessell 2 жыл бұрын

Love the look of his strat! Interesting sound, very rounded. The pedal board kind of works with that, lots of subtle different mid tone flavours which he really works in his playing of course.

@DavidJones-ey6ie 10 ай бұрын

That is an amazing guitar! I have always wabted a 54'(maybe)? Got it off a buddies dad, what a great story!

@graxjpg 6 жыл бұрын

What sick guitars. The triple bridge tele is so tight. Also what a clean tone hahaha

@zwidawurzn9423 5 жыл бұрын

Nice! Saw Earthless at Lake on Fire Festival last summer, amazing show! Always asked myself what fx they use. Just realized there's this rig rundown, well, better late than never^^

@mrsimpson2022 4 жыл бұрын

cool pedals,,learned alot of new names..this dude rocks

@buddhabillybob 3 жыл бұрын

Earthless is amazing. If you are here and don't have their music, get some!

@yarmouk334 5 жыл бұрын

That strat is beautiful.

@singularity360 4 жыл бұрын

“Negative times negative is positive” “stand and deliver” 🤣😂

@martinorazza9325 6 жыл бұрын

New game: One whisky sip for each time Isaiah says "I dunno" Drunk in seconds XD Love this guy and his gear!

@jazz7581 6 жыл бұрын

FINALLY THANK YOU!

@kierenmoore3236 6 жыл бұрын

Mick Brierley makes great pick-ups!! He lives in my home city of Adelaide, in South Australia. Best wineries (esp. Shiraz & other reds) anywhere, too ... X)

@andrewbrookes2485 5 жыл бұрын

Killer gear hey... same this end!

@RobRhodesMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Got a couple of his PAF's in my LP.

@Barry101er 4 жыл бұрын

My new fave band.

@Chad-fh3su 4 жыл бұрын

The only strat I ever heard do all this! Wow

@sirstashalot7441 6 жыл бұрын

I like how they're wearing almost the same shirt haha. And damn he has some epic chops!

@IanGratton 6 жыл бұрын

Isaiah is an amazing player - had the pleasure of shooting his other band Golden Void a few months ago and it was incredible to enjoy his playing close up. Inspiring stuff and a really nice guy.

@IanGratton 6 жыл бұрын

'Shooting' is a photography term for taking photographs...LOL

@Abrahamhamham 6 жыл бұрын

Sure...sure...

@watkinscopicat 5 жыл бұрын

dang that sounds great

@leftyfusion88 5 жыл бұрын

Great band!

@yobhsiFehT 6 жыл бұрын

Huh! This is one of those rare times I'm actually going to bother looking up the RR band I've never heard before! :D

@Niggro07 6 жыл бұрын

Their latest rips ass, but check out From The Ages as well.

@davelanciani-dimaensionx 6 жыл бұрын

Isaiah is really a much more versatile player than I realized.

@LandingTryyps 6 жыл бұрын

Arby's pedal rules! It's made by our bud Ned Clayton. We love our Arby's pedals.

@Sugarisweet 5 жыл бұрын

Honestly I didn't know strats with single coils can sound so damn heavy!!! Hell I could play sludge with his setup! Killer tone!

@dbdbprairie3804 5 жыл бұрын

You should listen to some Dead Meadow or Mt. Carmel. I thought the same thing.

@Sugarisweet 5 жыл бұрын

Ditch Walkin I’ll check em out, thanks!

@dbdbprairie3804 5 жыл бұрын

Ya know... I'm thinking Telecaster not strat. Still good bands though. Sorry

@josephglenn2020 3 жыл бұрын

@@dbdbprairie3804 listen to baroness they both play teles

@RocknJazzer 2 жыл бұрын

Captain Beyond too

@michaelleigh Жыл бұрын

Great that he bought that Strat in high school and put it back to stock...

@BlackMarketYoga 5 жыл бұрын

wow.. How does he get such a big dark sound on the bridge pick up on a strat? Is the tone wired to it like Beck? Thx

@Reinemachefrau 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know this band but Isaiah Mitchell's tone is fabulous from that Tele!

@tessacyclone6329 5 жыл бұрын

7:20 dont touch my fkn guitar

@venturaeasyrider3956 11 ай бұрын

Excelente y genial guitarrista Isahiah y mejor persona honestao ,honrado y humilde un ser bueno,un fuerte abrazo desde Bilbao (País Vasco) tuve la suerte de ver a Earthles en Azkena Rock y lo que disfrute con esta gran banda ✌️☮️✌️

@scottmallin2210 4 жыл бұрын

Seaweed Pedal! That is fantastic.

@AndrewBeveridge461 2 жыл бұрын

Echodrive! Those SIB pedals are super cool. My friend has a blue Echodrive that's one of the best sounding delays I've ever heard. Good luck finding one lol.

@gabe61willys 6 жыл бұрын

Every time somebody plays a shorter scale bass people comment on how “huge” they sound like they are surprised. Shorter scale means less string tension which means bigger deeper sound, same concept as d-tuning lol

@codyhansonbass 3 жыл бұрын

Except with detuning you're also...de..tuning. so the notes are actually lower. Short scale basses sound more rubbery and loose for sure.

@DougMayer 6 жыл бұрын

Got to see them on this tour in Boston - very far out 🌀

@jamesortiz5388 6 жыл бұрын

Great job fellas. What was the strap lock?

@Noedig 6 жыл бұрын

Bad Brains sticker on the back otherwise it doesn't work.

@_yungfrankz 4 жыл бұрын

Noedig it’s just a sticker

@semilivesixstringstrumist5595 6 жыл бұрын

24:56 Dude sneaking a beer! Lol. I will put it in this bag so nobody can see me take it! Lol. Then I will crouch when I walk away! Lol. Nobody can see me when I crouch! Hahaha!! I AM CRABMAN! My super power is I get invisible when I do the crab walk! Hahaha!

@shremastergeneral7523 5 жыл бұрын

I think its more of an elder scrolls thing

@tarkanpasin3417 3 жыл бұрын

Tyms guitar sticker on the back , rad

@davidphilipsmusic 10 ай бұрын

Caught them last night in Barcelona. He's still playing that same strat and killing it. I'm wondering if the body was from a strat plus? Lace sensors, "graphite" nut (strat plus is powdered steel but it could be confused with graphite)...... Hhmmm 🤔

@southgallatin 6 жыл бұрын

hell yea!!!

@mediocreboi 3 жыл бұрын

honestly if you're getting a bigsby you can afford the extra 30 bucks for all the callaham upgrades. They make great trems.

@jonsalvador5051 3 жыл бұрын

Epic

@FabianSalomonsson 6 жыл бұрын

That first guitar strap on the strat is sick! Anyone knows who made it?

@thomasmcguire1961 6 жыл бұрын

John, greetings from Missoula. Where in Montana are you from?

@xthexadvantagex 6 жыл бұрын

Huge fan of earthless. I wonder what’s causing the splatty fuzzy sound? The amp, the pedal, the mic? Obviously when the fuZz is on it sounds fuzzy but what about the other times? It just doesn’t sound like the old jmp.