13 guage strings lol, thats insane....mike einziger is one of my favorite guitar players, like other people have said he is extremely underrated, he excels at so many different play styles....
Mike is my all time favorite guitarist and he has been one of the most informative and interesting rig rundowns because of his intimate knowledge of his rig and his friendly personality. which is why it's such a goddamn shame that this video was apparently filmed from a cell phone camera
Same...old school incubus sound is def. one of the reasons why I bought a PRS custom 24. Mike used to play the archtop / hollow body ones too...very very awesome sounding guitars.
Very melodic guitarist, knows how to serve the song, doesn't play too many notes to impress the fools. See songs like: Just a Phase, Deep Inside, Pardon Me and Stellar...
I can easily see how he could be inspirational I wont take that away from him. And thankfully I am old enough to have experience and continue experiencing Jack White
mike einziger was actually trained as a jazz guitarist, and has a degree in music from harvard... pretty sure his form is good. it probably has more to do with the fact that he plays guitar for more hours than most of us spend doing anything else.
VERY COOL... I love Mikes playing. You're not alone Mike: no Tats here either, the looks I get sometimes are funny, as if I'm "missing" some essential part of my ensemble to be a musician (esp. since I'm in Portland OR where it seems like even babies have tattoos) HAHAHA. Mike seems to be my kind of guitar nerd/player, and that neck on the MM looks beautiful. He also seems like such a "background" player in terms of the lime-light and celebrity, but he's DAM good and has a great feel for rhythm and song composition. He also has a knack for playing the perfect complimentary riffs. Great guitar player. If it weren't for his playing/song-writing Incubus would have just been another late 90's/early 2000's "Rock band with a DJ". Anyone know if he's done any side-projects or anything that's more oriented on his guitar playing???
at 6:02 when he mentioned that he has to play more lightly, that explains why his strumming isn't as extravagant as it used to be. before when playing the heavier songs, he used to use his whole arm, now he's much more toned down with it
What Microphone was he using on the cabs? There condensers i'm sure, but cant find anything about his rig and mentioning the mics he's using. In studio or Live...
I am trying to find out what 6 string banjo Mike was playing in Prague for Hans Zimmer. If anyone knows or is able to point me in the right direction, it would mean a lot. Thanks, everyone. Edit: nevermind. I was able to reach out to Mike directly. Thanks though everyone!
thats what im saying though you need to condition your hands form does play a big part but some people adapt to less conventional forms but either way like i said it apparently works for him.
This is great but he has such a specific heavy distortion that when he goes from a quiet verse to an extremely heavy (you literally feel the "weight" live) chorus and I really wanna know how he does that! I guess the answer is the distortion of a separate Mesa boogie? I just want to be able to do that with a pedal. Anybody have any recs on a meaty distortion pedal that you can kick in on a chorus that still let's you hear the higher strings? I love big muffs but they cut out the higher strings too much and I need to hear those while playing lower stuff at the same time.
The amps are hella expensive for real. I saved up $ for almost a year and finally bought my 3-channel dual rec for one grand off eBay when I was 19 years old...and by far was worth every penny \m/
+sutop1255 Same exact thing in the Chevelle rig rundown, it is REALLY odd. Two guys that primarily played PRS' for big chunks of their career and now pretend that they don't exist.
+sutop1255 Wonder if there's a copyright or some sort of agreement in place. If they're sponsored with another company they can't mention the other? Not sure.
+sutop1255 $$$$ These guys left PRS due to money and a bad taste in their mouth from some stories i heard. Sucks because PRS and Mesa was the sound i copied off the first two incubus albums growing up. still, solid stuff Just so bizarre they ignored it
+thinkingjack I still don't understand what happened though. Mike played PRS guitars for years and years before going Fender. Chèvelle dude, even more so.
actually he didn't invent any of them he just brought them to popular attention; still he was the catalyst for using techniques that many others would never have considered otherwise
May or may not be truth there, but you can't deny the impact his playing had on guitar playing as a whole. May not be your cup of tea, but he is definitely a giant influence on thousands of players.
Such an underrated guitarist.
that cant play "Pardon Me"
sainttrunks1982 who can’t play pardon me?
@@victorgallegos9849 ignore him, clearly an idiot.
Yeah he's not a shredder but he know things.... Mike is a genius
Watching him playing with Guthery Govan in Prague is awesome. How does it get better than that ?
What a cool, humble dude he is. And Incubus is awesome...
For me this is the best rig rundown. The guy explains how every pedal works. Some guys are just telling i have this i have that.. :D
Larry from Primus has a good rig rundown
I've been a huge fan of Mike's style and playing for a long time. He is a very underrated guitar player IMO.
Mike's probably one of the three guitarists that has inspired me the most, he's awesome.
This guy is a genius
Don't bother checking the lens of the camera... Ever.
I know you´ve waited 8 years for this answer, but that´s not the lens, that´s the sensor.
6:17
"18 years of abusing my wrist hehe"
Story of every guy, ever.
+ChrisEspino759
Of course!!!
3:07 "there's something I like about feeling the wood against my hand"
and there you have it!
"I just like to really feel the wood against my hand"
That explains a fair bit, tbh
13 guage strings lol, thats insane....mike einziger is one of my favorite guitar players, like other people have said he is extremely underrated, he excels at so many different play styles....
Sounds a lot but Jesper and Bjorn from in flames used 16.
that dirt on the lens is killing me.
(Late reply) I had first thought it was a smudge on my phone so I minimized to check.
He seems so humble and I absolutely adore his unique use of effects. Mike is a special guitarist no doubt
One of my favorite guitarist so underrated!
Thank you for this! Mike is in my top 5 favorite guitar players ever!
Mike is my all time favorite guitarist and he has been one of the most informative and interesting rig rundowns because of his intimate knowledge of his rig and his friendly personality. which is why it's such a goddamn shame that this video was apparently filmed from a cell phone camera
Same...old school incubus sound is def. one of the reasons why I bought a PRS custom 24. Mike used to play the archtop / hollow body ones too...very very awesome sounding guitars.
One of my fave guitarists of all time.
YESSSSSSSS!!!!! the rig rundown ive waited for like a million years!!!
Very melodic guitarist, knows how to serve the song, doesn't play too many notes to impress the fools. See songs like: Just a Phase, Deep Inside, Pardon Me and Stellar...
The cool thing about that Pipa is that Mike wrote one of their, imo, most awesome songs.
What a bunch of nice modest polite gentlemen these guys seem to be. I have become a fan because of these rig rundowns.
So the legendary Steve Vai is to thank for one of the best Incubus songs ever, Aqueous Transmission
i love how Mike textured 'A Certain Shade of Green' for the Alive @ Red Rocks performance, during the bridge!
So cool to hear specifically the pieces that are implanted on three different songs that are probably incubus faves of mine.
How many people wiped their phone screen?
Joe Jenkins Lol, yes
Bout 3 secs before seeing this comment. 😐
ha! I kept trying to brighten my screen.
I truly like how these guys, Incubus, is big.. They have gotten BIG over the years. But they still seem very humane and humble. I like that!
3:07 "There's something i like about feeling the wood against my hand when im playing"
How do you think he got the wrist injury?
Wow! You are unique for having no tattoos! You are my fave guitarist.
Defiantly a Steve Vai gift, Awesome rig rundown!
AGREED! We love you, Mikey!
love the reel echo!!!!
I miss your gold prs
Great rundown!
these are great guitars.
Informative, humble, awesome.
hell yeah. good interview
Finally someone who doesn't just cop-out with a rack. Wonderful interview!
Loved how he made Aqueous Transmission with the Pipa. :)
Take a drink every time he says “you know” man I love mike one of my top guitar players
thats a good point, I loved the guitar tone he had in Morning View and make yourself though
The production value of this is so brutal to get through.
I LOVE YOU.
I can easily see how he could be inspirational I wont take that away from him. And thankfully I am old enough to have experience and continue experiencing Jack White
Miles Kane plays a Danelectro Reel Echo. Boss pedals are excellent, well some are. I love the BF-2, VB-2, CE-2 and DM-2. Those are all great pedals!
I am pleased that Mike did not mention PRS even one bit in this interview, when talking about his history of Guitars.. after the mishap that happened.
what mishap?
Mike is awesome.
I've seen Reel Echos all over the place...it's awesome
If you look away and hear his voice...kinda sounds like Toby McGuire a bit.
He kinda sounds more like Kirk Hammett
Yeah true lol
totally
toby hammett or kirk mcguire
mike einziger was actually trained as a jazz guitarist, and has a degree in music from harvard... pretty sure his form is good. it probably has more to do with the fact that he plays guitar for more hours than most of us spend doing anything else.
Or use a parallel mixer, and wire the effect return to always be connected to the output mixer.
great video
Legendary player!!!!
AGREED. SO MUCH.
Guys, one lesson to you all; to each his OWN. I personally love Mikey's rig. Others may not. It's his gear. Let him set it up however he wants.
All the pedals run to a whirlwind selector which he uses to switch between (clean/dirty) amps. (i.e. all pedals go to the selected amp)
"I went through a lot of different guitars... Fenders, Gibsons... SGs, Telecasters, Strats..."
No mention of PRS's eh?
Been a fan of him for ten years... fucking genius...
this could be a drinking game, simply drink every time you hear "like"
Or if you want to go full on comatose drunk add "ya know?"
8:39 I completely forgot about that song. Amazing that he came up with that riff on a gift from Steve Vai!
hah wow I just bought a custom 24 as well! Its a Korean built one but still such an awesome sounding guitar
this needs a 2023 update.
VERY COOL... I love Mikes playing. You're not alone Mike: no Tats here either, the looks I get sometimes are funny, as if I'm "missing" some essential part of my ensemble to be a musician (esp. since I'm in Portland OR where it seems like even babies have tattoos) HAHAHA.
Mike seems to be my kind of guitar nerd/player, and that neck on the MM looks beautiful. He also seems like such a "background" player in terms of the lime-light and celebrity, but he's DAM good and has a great feel for rhythm and song composition. He also has a knack for playing the perfect complimentary riffs. Great guitar player. If it weren't for his playing/song-writing Incubus would have just been another late 90's/early 2000's "Rock band with a DJ".
Anyone know if he's done any side-projects or anything that's more oriented on his guitar playing???
Nor Wester he reminds me of the bassist for System Of A Down.
When he was at harvard i think he created some instrumental stuff that is good and elaborate and trippy. I could be wrong been years since i heard it.
OMG! Breathe for a minute, Mike! Valleytalk is obviously very exhausting, but it's just as exhausting to listen to.
Line 6 verbzilla does this via it's "trail" feature and I love it
Who sneezed on the camera lens?
what a cool dude
What a nice guy.
they do have one!
search it! I've seen but not sure where its at
at 6:02 when he mentioned that he has to play more lightly, that explains why his strumming isn't as extravagant as it used to be. before when playing the heavier songs, he used to use his whole arm, now he's much more toned down with it
Budget pro rig, for the win!
wow, I have one of those picks from a tour in 2007 :)
What Microphone was he using on the cabs? There condensers i'm sure, but cant find anything about his rig and mentioning the mics he's using. In studio or Live...
FINALLY!!!
Line 6 Echo park is a another great delay that does exactly what he talks about in this vid, trails off when switch off.
He really get’s maximum sound from his gear 👍🏻
1no wonder early incubus songs have such a heavy grit to them, he was playing 13s
I know this is an old video and no one will read this but what happened to his hollowbody prs? I always wanted that guitar.
If I'm not mistaken he has used (and still uses?) the MXR extensively. I believe he had the EVH model at one point.
guitar nerd..love it.
You should get everyone you interview to play something with their setup!!
I have the Danelectro Reel Echo, and i noticed that the guitarist in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds used one. ....soooo, now you know.
Agreed ...or Adam Franklin
I am trying to find out what 6 string banjo Mike was playing in Prague for Hans Zimmer. If anyone knows or is able to point me in the right direction, it would mean a lot. Thanks, everyone.
Edit: nevermind. I was able to reach out to Mike directly. Thanks though everyone!
thats what im saying though you need to condition your hands form does play a big part but some people adapt to less conventional forms but either way like i said it apparently works for him.
Nova Delay will keep delay going into natural decay after it's turned off.
seems like a real down to earth dude
This is great but he has such a specific heavy distortion that when he goes from a quiet verse to an extremely heavy (you literally feel the "weight" live) chorus and I really wanna know how he does that! I guess the answer is the distortion of a separate Mesa boogie? I just want to be able to do that with a pedal. Anybody have any recs on a meaty distortion pedal that you can kick in on a chorus that still let's you hear the higher strings? I love big muffs but they cut out the higher strings too much and I need to hear those while playing lower stuff at the same time.
A nice and interesting way to interpret "multi-effect" ;-)
Also why would put delay at the beginning of your chain? Isn’t that supposed to be last?
The amps are hella expensive for real. I saved up $ for almost a year and finally bought my 3-channel dual rec for one grand off eBay when I was 19 years old...and by far was worth every penny \m/
The Incubus and Linkin Park show was awesome!
he NEVER mentioned playing PRS... Strange.
+sutop1255 Same exact thing in the Chevelle rig rundown, it is REALLY odd. Two guys that primarily played PRS' for big chunks of their career and now pretend that they don't exist.
+sutop1255 Wonder if there's a copyright or some sort of agreement in place. If they're sponsored with another company they can't mention the other? Not sure.
+sutop1255 Same thought here
+sutop1255 $$$$ These guys left PRS due to money and a bad taste in their mouth from some stories i heard. Sucks because PRS and Mesa was the sound i copied off the first two incubus albums growing up. still, solid stuff
Just so bizarre they ignored it
+thinkingjack I still don't understand what happened though. Mike played PRS guitars for years and years before going Fender. Chèvelle dude, even more so.
I couldn't agree with you more there
Saw this dude solo while Linkin Park was playing Sabotage. It was pretty effing cool.
Closing my eyes the only thing I hear is Seth Green's voice.. :P
still want a Rig rundown with noodles from the offpsring :)
I'd love ten of the same guitar. Just to say 'I've got ten of em'. ; )
A Crow Left of the Murder is the last album I've enjoyed by them.
actually he didn't invent any of them he just brought them to popular attention; still he was the catalyst for using techniques that many others would never have considered otherwise
May or may not be truth there, but you can't deny the impact his playing had on guitar playing as a whole. May not be your cup of tea, but he is definitely a giant influence on thousands of players.
srv came at the thing so hard too. it's amazing he'd drop a gauge or 2 if he felt bad, though