Premier Guitar | 5 years ago

Before the band’s co-headlining slot alongside Jimmy Eat World at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater, lead guitarist Kryz Reid took some time with PG’s Perry Bean to update us not only on the additions to his guitar arsenal (yes, he still names them after Star Wars characters, although he has avoided using Jar Jar Binks), but also explains why he stored away his vintage Marshalls and Custom Shop Fender heads in order to embrace the 21st-century power of a Kemper. In addition, we get a peek at lead singer/guitarist Stephan Jenkins’ lineup of electrics and acoustics.

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One of the newest guitars brought in by Kryz Reid is this Gibson Custom Shop R8 Les Paul that he’s dubbed “BB-8.” All of his guitars use D’Addario strings—this one and all other standard-tuned instruments take .010s. Guitars that are tuned down a whole step take .011s, and anything tuned lower than that uses .012s so Reid has a consistent feel under his fingertips.

D'Addario Micro Tuner: https://www.daddario.com/MicroTunerRR