Remo Drive's Erik Paulson - GEAR MASTERS Ep. 509 - video Dailymotion

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Subscribe to DTB at http://digtb.us/subscribe Become a member (it's FREE) at https://digtb.us/signup Buy official DTB merch at http://digtb.us/merch  On this episode of DTB’s “Gear Masters”, Erik Paulson, vocalist/guitarist of the indie rock band, Remo Drive, shows off the gear that he uses onstage, while on their 2024 spring tour with Wilt. Remo Drive is currently supporting their newest album, Mercy.  PLAY THE SAME GEAR: Aria Pro II PE-1500RI - https://ariaguitarsglobal.com/product/pe-1500ri/ D'Addario NYXL1149 NYXL Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/baLNPv DiMarzio Super Distortion Pickups - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQVDJG PureSalem Guitars Jimmy - https://www.puresalemguitars.com/products/jimmy TC Electronic PolyTune 3 Polyphonic LED Guitar Tuner Pedal with Buffer - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/PyoVm6 Poison Noises Mercy Fuzz - https://www.poisonnoises.com/shop/fuzz JHS The Milkman Echo/Slap Delay Pedal with Boost - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/k05MJM SIB Effects Mr Echo - https://rockettpedals.com/product/mr-echo/ Shure Beta 87C Cardioid Condenser Handheld Vocal Microphone - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Jz1VRQ Laney Cub-Supertop 15-watt Guitar Amplifier Head - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/B0jyR9 Laney Cub-112 1 x 12-inch 50-watt Guitar Cabinet - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Wqbd23  VIDEO INFO: Film Date - April 13, 2024 Location - Subterranean in Chicago, IL  KEEP UP WITH REMO DRIVE: Facebook - https://facebook.com/RemoDrive Instagram - https://instagram.com/remodrivemn Twitter - https://twitter.com/RemoDrive  WATCH MORE GEAR MASTERS EPISODES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU1k_TJRZ6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKLSY8Walzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSRt4jubpjE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFmpByRkZuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH7fshlGZRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHtWddN9YqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYuqASDgSGc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNd5bcdl_CI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsvELmoQlpo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIo-5Htb9zA  FOLLOW US: Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus  WATCH OUR DIFFERENT VIDEO SERIES: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPSOX00TLs7_ByKsuzBlHLw8Z9vlvMHpo https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPSOX00TLs7-qmqFF3X8-CewdMmig-D2a https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPSOX00TLs78kkdygO4-67vxS4u5P6Qh7 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPSOX00TLs7_eKAu5-RHLaIhZD07cL_iy https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPSOX00TLs7-w9-ii7pFxKrqa3Fd6zEh3 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPSOX00TLs7_mIDoSuZmgzJTkhh522ZI

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00:00Hey, my name is Eric Paulsen, I'm in Remo Drive, I play guitar and I sing, and yeah,

00:15thanks for having us today.

00:18So this is my Aria Pro, it's a guitar that I just recently got that I love.

00:23We made our album with a Gibson Les Paul, and I wanted something that was like that,

00:28with a couple of key differences, and this guitar is kind of that, it's got fewer knobs,

00:34and it's built by hand in Japan, and yeah, it's just a very solid, sturdy, kind of made

00:42more like a vintage guitar than most modern American guitars are, so I was stoked to find

00:48it and then I reached out to them and they were happy to help me out with getting one,

00:52because they're not really super accessible in the States yet.

00:56So yeah, I'm really excited about it, it's a lovely guitar.

00:59So the pickups in here are DiMarzio Super Distortions, they're just high output rock

01:04pickups that are great for what we do, it makes it so I don't have to use a bunch of

01:09pedals, which I kind of resent using, and I just kind of have everything running wide

01:13open all the time, and on this bridge pickup on this tour, although every tour is different

01:18depending on what amp I'm using and what kind of all the other variables at play are, and

01:25yeah, I just really like it because it's a well-made, solid guitar, and it feels like

01:29it's musical to play, not everything does feel that way at this point in mass-produced

01:36stuff, and this one certainly feels like it's got some heart to it, or some care was put

01:41into making it, so I really like that about it.

01:43So for most of our set, I'm playing standard tuning, but there are a few songs from our

01:48older records that are in tune, and it's D-G-D-G-B-E.

01:51D'Addario NYXL's V11 gauge, that's what we like to use.

01:57A friend of mine turned into them a few years ago, and they last for a long time on the

02:01road, and they sound great when they last for a long time, which isn't always the case,

02:05so yeah, we really like those.

02:07I think that we use those pretty much all around, so yeah, we love that stuff.

02:13This one is my guitar that more people might be familiar with if they know our music.

02:19It was used all over our first record, and it's a Pure Salem Jimmy.

02:24They're great guitars.

02:26This one is pretty cool, because I don't think that they make it anymore in this finish and

02:30with this neck and all that.

02:32It's just kind of like a souped-up Tele kind of setup down here with kind of more of a

02:39Mustang body.

02:40And this one's got the same treatment, D'Addario NYXL 11s, and the pickups are just Pure Salem

02:47brand.

02:48I've tried swapping them out, but they sound better with these in, so that's, yeah.

02:52This is a guitar that I've had for probably, geez, getting close to 10 years maybe, so

02:57it's a great guitar.

02:59So right up next to my guitar, I've got the Polytune here.

03:03That's our favorite tuner within the band.

03:05We've all got them on our board.

03:08They're just really accurate and easy to see in a dark venue, and yeah.

03:13They also handle our other tuning really well.

03:16It reads quickly and easily, which makes our life a lot easier.

03:21This is a prototype of our signature pedal that we do with Poison Noises.

03:25It's called the Mercy Fuzz, and basically it's just a bass fuzz circuit with a bias

03:31knob and a 3-band EQ.

03:35We kind of had a hand in designing that with Poison Noises, which was a blast.

03:39It kind of works for just about every period of our music, which is great for us because

03:44it means I have to lug fewer pedals around.

03:48This is actually Steven's pedal.

03:50This is a delay pedal by JHS called the Milkman, I think.

03:54And it's just, I'm using it as a slap.

03:59And yeah, it sounds great.

04:03It does what it's supposed to do, and it just adds a little bit of space to the signal for me.

04:08It gives it a little bit more vintage kind of sound.

04:12And then this is another delay.

04:13It's called the Mr. Echo by Sib.

04:17I got into the Sib stuff because they have a bunch of sought-after old pedals.

04:21Now they're made by a different company, but they've kind of reissued some stuff that's

04:24similar to what they used to make.

04:26And this one I just use as a feedback machine.

04:30It's got this slam button that basically doubles the values of the delay and the repeat, I think.

04:35So it kind of does this, that sound.

04:39But yeah, I really like that a lot because it can, at the right part in our set, add

04:43a little bit of excitement, you know.

04:45So this is my Shure Beta 87.

04:48And we recorded our album with one of these.

04:51And we've been using them a lot in the studio for various applications, like guitar recording,

04:58acoustic guitar recording, some drums.

05:00Just love these things.

05:01And they're really affordable.

05:02And they sound fantastic.

05:05So yeah, it's just a good workhorse.

05:09This amp is one that I just got right before we started the tour.

05:13It's Laney.

05:14I've got a larger Laney head at home that I like to use that's like the Black Sabbath type of amp.

05:19This one is a little bit different sound-wise, but it's probably even more suited for our music.

05:25It's got kind of like a Rolling Stones-y crunch to it.

05:29And they're really affordable.

05:31And it's just very cute and small.

05:33It all fits in one road case, which is nice.

05:36And yeah, it just punches way above its weight.

05:39It's an awesome amp.

05:43It's my old drive sound.

05:45I'm not really doing anything else to get any sort of overdrive.

05:48It's just guitar and amp, like classic rock style.

05:52I love that.

05:54There's a lot less CPU usage going on when I'm singing and playing and all that.

05:59So I like that a lot.

06:01That's pretty much...

06:03I'm cranking up this master volume here to get kind of as much power tube section gauged.

06:11And really gently pushing the gain up.

06:14Because I find that I just like how the breakup sounds more when I do that.

06:20And then I've got the EQ just flat.

06:21I already like how it sounds.

06:23That's kind of what I look for in an amp.

06:24If I can let everything run at noon, then I just like the amp.

06:29And I can tweak it if I have a guitar that's a little different.

06:32But this just sounds right to me.

06:34And it's got this digital reverb in it that's really solid.

06:39And I've got that just kind of peppered in for a little bit of space as well.

06:45And it helps with our new songs, I think.

06:49It's got this boost section that I don't really use a whole lot.

06:51But it does sound great.

06:53It's just not practical for me on the road to be using it.

06:57But I like how it sounds.

06:59So the cab is just a Laney speaker.

07:02I'm not really sure too much about it.

07:05But it does sound great.

07:06And it's over the course of this tour even.

07:08It's kind of worn in a little bit more.

07:10It opened up and got to where the low end has really started coming out more.

07:16Which has been really cool.

07:18My other Laney cab that I have back home is filled with Celestion G12Hs, I think.

07:24This sort of seems like maybe it's doing something not too distant from that.

07:29But it's just a more affordable product.

07:32So it's got the Laney version in there.

07:34And it really works well for us on the road.

07:38Definitely an upgrade from what I was using before.

07:41We've got a new record out called Mercy that we're super stoked on.

07:45We recorded it in Seattle with a guy, Phil Eck, who's made a bunch of records that we love.

07:49And yeah, we're just touring it.

07:51And we've got this really cool sign also that says Mercy.

07:54And it lights up that our dad helped us make.

07:59We're called Remo Drive again.

08:01We're on social media and all that stuff.

08:03And we're usually pretty accessible if you come to the show and have any questions about it.

08:07We're always stoked to talk about that.

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