Premier Guitar | 8 years ago
Article & photos: http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24897-rig-rundown-band-of-skulls
Premier Guitar’s Chris Kies chills with Band of Skulls cofounders Russell Marsden and Emma Richardson to talk gear, the benefit of expert setups, and why their boards are in constant flux thanks to each other.
Guitarist/frontman Russell Marsden’s longtime No. 1 was his first real guitar—a late ’90s Fender Jazzmaster that his parents got him after graduating high school. It has been featured on all four of the band’s albums and used nearly every night since the band formed. The body and neck on the guitar are original but not much else is as he’s swapped out the original bridge for an upgraded Mastery, put on an aftermarket pickguard designed after the aesthetics of a ’59 Jazzmaster, put in custom-wound P-90s by Monty’s Guitars in London, and updated the tailpiece, switches, and knobs because they’ve all busted over the time he’s owned the instrument.
Originally given to her by Fender as a long-term loan, Emma has no plans on giving this FSR Antigua P bass back any time soon. She has typically played with rosewood necks on her basses, but this Antiqua’s maple one has her seeing the lighter wood in a different light as she feels it makes the instrument more lively and viscous.
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