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Rig Rundown - Failure's Ken Andrews [2019]

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The sonic sorcerer illustrates how he meticulously builds the wall of textured sounds in the Axe-Fx III and details the creation of his new Electrical Guitar Company signature offset.
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Failure multi-instrumentalist, highly-regarded rock producer, and digital-gear beta tester Ken Andrews joins PG’s Perry Bean to update his live gear cache that now boasts an aluminum signature guitar and an Axe-Fx III-based encyclopedia of tones and textures.
When we caught up with the band in 2015, Ken Andrews and stringed tag-team partner Greg Andrews were using Les Paul-style instruments. In a 2014 interview with PG, Andrews spoke about its qualities that made it perfect for recording The Heart Is A Monster: “It’s all over the record, and it has a certain slicing quality that other guitars don’t really have.” The only other guitar Ken preferred to use on that recording was actually 1967 Fender Jazzmaster.
Fast forward to 2019 and Ken Andrews has combined those two instruments (with heavy input from Electrical Guitar Company’s Kevin Burkett) to create this Jazzmaster-inspired, aluminum signature for EGC. Some spec highlights include a 25.1" scale, full black anodizing of neck and body with aluminum binding on the neck, EGC’s “Spencer” neck was tweaked, making it thinner while retaining the width of the original, the inclusion of a Ghost piezo system so Ken can blend acoustic tones in with his electrical signal, and two proprietary humbuckers-a high-output set that uses alnico-5 magnets with massive magnet substructures, and are rated 14K and 11K.

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@KenBecker3 5 лет назад

To any naysayers and speculators (or anybody else), Failure is EASILY among the best sounding live acts on the planet. See them live

@schorny 4 года назад

yes, they are

@snavs420 4 года назад

Seriously. Amazing live sound and amazing band all around.

@johnsonpgd9164 4 года назад

Saw them for the first time in about ‘93 when they opened for TOOL in a very small room. Been hooked on Failure and all things Ken Andrews ever since.

@drewmack612 4 года назад

I'm not sure how I missed these guys in the 90's but I'm so happy to have discovered them as a "new old" band. Absolutely love their sound. I hope they are touring still once this whole Covid thing is over.

@Themsheetz 3 года назад

I conquer. Saw them on this tour in 19 and the difference in the sound between Failure and the opening acts was night and day. They were loud but precise and you could hear every part. I got to get in the show before the doors opened and watched Ken sound check and engineer the stage for what seemed like 2 hours. Swervedriver played right before failure and the guitar seemed to overpower the whole mix to the point where some of the song melodies were inaudible then failure came out and everything was on pointe.

@markgoetz 5 лет назад

It's already 2029 in Ken's world.

@mmattcisterna5591 5 лет назад

Hahaha you're right

@estebancandiaburgos 5 лет назад

ken is a time traveler

@Wolfdragon92584 3 года назад

When he begins playing "Another Space Song," he begins to warp to another time. It's like Bill & Ted's phonebooth.

@gkniffen 5 лет назад

9:41 Lyrics changed when he switched the pedal board scene 👍🏼

@Vrekaro 5 лет назад

22:20 Listened that with headphones and totally blew my mind!!, can't wait to see Failure live in a couple of weeks

@ToneSherpa 4 года назад

I WANT that piezo/magnetic guitar! Or something like it. That's about as close to an electric sounding like an acoustic that I have ever heard.

@theodoro86 3 года назад

Which song is that? I just caught the name of the album

@thomasguyot9631 2 года назад

@@theodoro86 It's from UNDONE on Magnified album

@robertreynolds2350 2 года назад

@@ToneSherpa add a peizo to any guitar. Route it to its own output. That's all it is

@ToneSherpa 2 года назад

@@robertreynolds2350 yeah I'd like to know what kind of pickup he is using though.. I'm too lazy to find out though. (personally I would want the switching to still be on the guitar.. maybe separate volume knobs as well.) definitely not going to start ripping apart any of my guitars at this moment to experiment with that.

@jeremiahseip3677 5 лет назад

I just saw them in Detroit and it made me reconsider every notion I had in terms of live rock music. I’ve never heard a band some even close to as punchy and balls to the wall all while being completely totally audible. From delay throws for the vocals to the chunkiest bass tone I’ve ever heard. Their sound guy is an artist.

@joelcprice 4 года назад

I'm sure Ken makes it very easy on the sound man. If he's attempting to perfectly match the EQ and settings of the studio parts, then all the instruments are probably so dialed in the sound guy probably only has to get the levels right.

@robertreynolds9961 3 года назад

He makes his axe fx tone work for both live and studio. So it's pretty much already eq d perfectly

@Themsheetz 3 года назад

When I saw them Ken was the sound guy. He does the in ear monitor mix with an iPad that controls an on stage mixer through WiFi while the whole band is sound checking and then climbs up to the mains board and mixes while Greg and Kelli play. They do have an additional sound guy though but it think it’s mostly Ken from what I saw.

@EmptyDomoKanti99 3 года назад

@@Themsheetz Thought so honestly

@robertreynolds2350 2 года назад

@@Themsheetz actually ken mixes the in ears. David gaume is their sound man. He is the ken andrews of live sound

@jiznak2000 2 года назад

This interview felt really anxious but I got a lot of good info and I love hearing about how Failure's sound is achieved.

@chadwickwright2833 Год назад

Well he’s a fan so maybe understand that.

@junofriar1 5 лет назад

Ken is a wizard

@mil182 4 года назад

He patch for the verse in undone sounds unbelievable

@germfood7235 5 лет назад

I was wondering if that was Kelli at 24:26 and then saw the enormous vape cloud emerge and now Im pretty sure it was him lmao

@mgreene95 5 лет назад

he was blowing fat vape clouds between songs at the show the other night 😂 #spacerock

@decadesofsegregation9677 5 лет назад

Of course it was lol

@denverrandy7143 4 года назад

Yeah, when they played here in Denver. A few years ago when they did fantastic planet in its entirety he was blowing monster rips out between songs

@ChrisWeinhardt 5 лет назад

Perry is an amazing host, always excited to be there and always well informed

@glennw9927 2 года назад

Ken: “that algorithm is not in the Fractal.” Cliff: “here, hold my beer…”

@RuffisInc 3 года назад

5:37 a wild Greg Edwards has appeared...

@jasonarmstrong5750 Год назад

Ngl this band makes me wish I could afford one of those aluminum guitars

@seandohe 5 лет назад

PLEASE tell me you did Swervedriver too!

@promdates 3 года назад

I'm honestly kinda interested in that lyric screen that changes with the foot press.

@greyculture9112 5 лет назад

Did you interview Swervedriver at the same? Really hope so!

@howardr3055 5 лет назад

6:55 Oops. You're shooting.

@iclipseco 5 лет назад

22:20 is

@idanshahar 5 лет назад

WOW those are some good tones.

@Slinkylinky179 2 года назад

In the past ive assumed that axe FX was just for sterile sounding metal bands. Failure absolutely proves that wrong. I saw them for the second time last night and it is unreal how close they get to album sound. Im glad they got into specifics here because I was really curious what its like to control all of this stuff. Seeing them live, if I didnt know better id have assumed they were playing samples from the record while they were playing. The sound he demonstrates in this video with the layered guitar sounds explains why I felt that way. I really cant get over how good they sound. I probably wont throw my amps away yet, but going digital does seem very worthwhile if youre as detail oriented as failure is

@nedim_guitar 3 года назад

Who's watching this again, after having watched it at least twice since 2019?

@fromaggio7654 3 года назад

you're not alone bro

@nedim_guitar 3 года назад

@@fromaggio7654 Awesome!

@xxczerxx 5 месяцев назад

This is a hypothetical, but would Fantastic Planet have sounded like it did if they used the Fractal tech they're using now? That might be my favourite sounding rock album ever, and I suspect the analogue stuff they were using just gave it that extra something. (I meant that question honestly by the way, I only really understand "low tech" gear so I'm genuinely ignorant as to how good this simulation stuff is)

@dewberry3043 4 года назад

This is a Sign that I need to get an EGC because Failure is using one. Good thing I’m also looking at a jazzmaster body. Why did I not have the urge getting one when I saw this Vid last Three years.

@robertreynolds9961 3 года назад

This video is one year old tho.....

@philspill6854 2 года назад

6:53 Kelli ready for his drum rundown😀

@kbach6524 5 лет назад

aluminum guitars, interesting. i've never heard this band but wish they had showed more examples of the aluminum guitar tonal differences

@beaufredericks4547 5 лет назад

www.electricalguitarcompany.com/

@JimmyMarrow 5 лет назад

If you've never heard this band then you are about to embark on a fucking journey that will change your life. Start on "Fantastic Planet" and branch forward and back.

@gkniffen 5 лет назад

You have to check out their album "Fantastic Planet" 👍

@TheZooropaBaby 5 лет назад

aluminum guitars, in particular with EGCs, are favored by many who has used Travis Bean in the past as thier main guitars like Steve Albini, a player from Jesus Lizard, Buzzo from Melvins, Scott Kelly from Neurosis and finally Aaron Turner from Isis/Sumac fame.... I feel like tonally they're not as far off from wooden guitars (well especially considering original Travis Bean designed guitars were made from wooden bodies). also Failure is an awesome band, Check out Magnified and Fantastic Planet, like others say

@floodgatestudios1825 4 года назад

In 1979-80, I had a Kramer with and aluminum Tuning fork shaped neck, it had wood inlays in back of neck for warmth....BUT let me tell you in temperature changes that neck would freak out and was near impossible to tune, I would stick with my Ibanez Les Paul copy for stability

@GabrielWiltemburg 5 лет назад

sad that he played almost nothing, but great rig, loving that EGC guitar!

@hiddennotesberlin 5 лет назад

hero

@magiccowbell9023 8 месяцев назад

hey

@HronisArva 5 лет назад

💜💜💜💜💜💜

@mgreene95 5 лет назад

name a better sounding live rock band.... i'll wait

@Robokiller80 5 лет назад

Seriously, their sound is so incredibly clean and wide now. Love it

@Reprodestruxion 5 лет назад

Massive attack ?

@Reprodestruxion 5 лет назад

Nine inch Nails?

@juanticimo 5 лет назад

HUM

@guitaristssuck8979 5 лет назад

white stripes? 😃

@nojyeloot 2 года назад

@12:05 pun intended?

@jasonbrooks633 5 лет назад

I’m not trying to be “that guy” but if a guitar warms up he said it goes flat. If the guitar warms up it creates back bow which would make it go sharp..

@metfan999 5 лет назад

Dont know when he says it, but if strings warm up the pitch goes flat.

@pageluvva 5 лет назад

An electrical engineering course would be more exciting. Enough info dude. Please. Cool he's using Axe FX but LET'S HEAR IT!!!!!

@movimentodoscacos 5 лет назад

He looks like a mix between Kurt Ballou and Steve Albini. Interesting rig tho, super technological haha

@TheZooropaBaby 5 лет назад

Steve Albini worked with Failure in early 90s but they didnt get along all that well, which lead to Failure self-producing albums later on and hence Ken now having a career in mixing and producing

@PierrePants 5 лет назад

No rack shots?! waaaaaa

@santiagobondoni 5 лет назад

came for the pedals... instant moonwalk out of here

@PetParadiseVB 5 лет назад

I’m sure they’re great... but... this is just computer talk for guitar at the end of the day. I’m a dinosaur. Give me amps that blow up.

@ericwolfe666 4 года назад

okay boomer

@sliverhandsonbasses 3 месяца назад

Give me the old reverb from the caves, and some ox bones to play my stone drums.

@CheetosMUFUKKA 2 года назад

I feel like Ken doesn’t like being touched…

@freeplaynyc 5 лет назад

getting sleepy...

@thetreblerebel 5 лет назад

Im waiting for them to takeout.. Nashville sux

@earthpart3 5 лет назад

Sounds cool but i hate the sound of new strings twang twang twang. Also as someone who just plays straight into an amp in a band with the tone i want, managing all that looks ridiculous lol.

@MBloke 5 лет назад

Sure, but if you feel like you gotta faithfully recreate 5 albums' worth of disparate gear which includes dozens of amps and effects, this is probably as simple and manageable as it gets.

@earthpart3 5 лет назад

@@MBloke True lol.

@TheZooropaBaby 5 лет назад

@@earthpart3 also most Failure songs have various effects with various sounds and crazy tones, so, yeah that naturally necessitates complicated single path like that. I mean, originally in the 90s they had enormous Bob Bradshaw-made gear, so.....

@earthpart3 5 лет назад

@@TheZooropaBaby lol. I remember seeing them in like 1998 but there was so much smoke you could barely see them playing. they were great though haha. I guess after comfort which had really no effects on it at all from what I can remember they discovered pedals and went nuts.

@itchyvinyl 5 лет назад

The two "guitarists" in the band constantly trade off between bass and guitar throughout the set. This way, they don't have to have two guitar amps and two bass amps, or switch side of the stage constantly.