“I Try Everything at My Disposal: Different Guitars, Amps, Processors
““II ttrryy eevveerryytthhiinngg aatt mmyy ddiissppoossaall:: ddiiffffeerreenntt gguuiittaarrss,, aammppss,, pprroocceessssoorrss,, ddiissttoorrttiioonn bbooxxeess.. II ttrryy nneevveerr ttoo ssttiicckk ttoo oonnee bbaassiicc ssoouunndd..”” ––––MMiikkee SSccaacccciia a channel guitar and left-channel guitar,” explains Jourgensen. Jourgensen and Scaccia share a longstanding passion for “They double each other, usually with a different guitar and another raw sound: vintage country music. “Basically,” says amp setting on each side. If there’s a lead, we just pan it up Al, “all I listen to is old country: Ferlin Husky, George Jones, When guitarist Mike Scaccia heard Al Jourgensen’s ground - for space only with bass and drums, Jourgensen and Scaccia the center.” Buck Owens.” Adds Mike, “I listen to Buck Owens, Johnny breaking industrial rock band Ministry in 1986, it was love at must grapple with those instruments as well as dense layers Cash, and old bluegrass on a daily basis, and I’ve always first stun. “They blew me away,” recalls Scaccia. “I’d come of synths, samples, and machine beats. Another surprise: While they occasionally drop their low E been a huge Chet Atkins fan.” from a punk and metal background, and what Al was doing strings to D, Al and Mike rarely lower their entire tunings. “We was like nothing I’d ever heard.” “It’s hard making the guitars sound heavy in the context of so don’t go down to C, where these nü metal guys like to spend Jourgensen has good news and bad news for Ministry fans. much other mayhem,” notes Jourgensen. “It’s a lot of work their time,” says Al.
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