We used to use a lot of distortion and gain, but the problem is that can also make your low-end really muddy. “I guess a huge part of the Pierce The Veil sound is keeping your bass and low-end really tight, to allow space for those high-end harmonics. Then he built a brand-new replica of mine for Vic - those things are like our tone machines! Our tech Johnny actually modded mine: it’s a 1971 that he dialled and tweaked to bypass the low-end of the amp through gain stages, and cleaning that up. “We used different amps our producer had in the studio,” he says, “but generally we stick to our Marshalls. ![]() Naturally, Tony and his fellow guitarist/singer Vic Fuentes have been searching for a guitar tone that can live up to such dizzying expectation. The quartet’s fourth offering could very well be the second biggest pop-punk album of the year - after Blink-182, of course - and looks set to see them rise further still.
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