Imagine Dragons played on last night's episode of SNL. Their guitarist uses one of my compressors. I've been freeze framing last night's show for the last half hour trying to get a better look. It's all over the place (the illuminated knobs make it hard to miss) but here's a good top view:
(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh506/aionelec/imagine-dragons-snl.jpg)
Kind of freaking out a little bit right now. He had a second pedal of mine on his board, too, a Centaur like this one (http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=11610), but the NBC logo covered it up in all the shots so that's no fun.
The guitar is a custom one by Bilt Guitars (http://www.biltguitars.com/) here in Des Moines. I think Wayne has five of them now.
Cool man! Kind of makes you feel all warm and fuzzy. A friend is a working musician that uses a pedal I made also. He yours and does soundtracks for movies. Nobody knows or cares much but it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy too! Congrats
That's pretty awesome!
On a side note, every time I hear that band name, I think of:
(http://i.imgur.com/CkMe1fP.jpg)
Quote from: aion on February 02, 2014, 02:48:33 PM
Imagine Dragons played on last night's episode of SNL. Their guitarist uses one of my compressors. I've been freeze framing last night's show for the last half hour trying to get a better look. It's all over the place (the illuminated knobs make it hard to miss) but here's a good top view
Just think of the legends that have been on that stage... and now, a new one. ;)
QuoteKind of freaking out a little bit right now. He had a second pedal of mine on his board, too, a Centaur like this one (http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=11610), but the NBC logo covered it up in all the shots so that's no fun.
Very cool. May I ask where you got the knobs on that Centaur?
that is killer man id be walking on cloud 9 if i were you
Congrats, very cool!
I caught that performance, pretty good stuff although I don't listen to them much
Nice! I'll bet this is the first confirmed DIY sighting on SNL, too.
I went to school with their drummer, he's a year or three younger than me. He's incredibly good - when I met him, he was playing with a big jazz ensemble that had lots of rock and Indian influences. I wish Imagine Dragons gave him any reason to actually use his skills!
I'm not crazy about them either, though the performance was pretty good.
When I sold the pedals to them, I was thinking, "They play guitar?" I think they added guitar parts to the live versions of their songs like Radioactive, but there isn't much to hear on the recording.
Quote from: GrigoriVery cool. May I ask where you got the knobs on that Centaur?
Yep! Sure: http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_162481_-1
They look awesome, fit the style perfectly, but the set screws use a really weird and tiny hex size and they don't seem to get very tight. I've used them on a few of my own pedals and a lot of them have come loose. I've started using the classic black Davies knobs (http://www.smallbearelec.com/servlet/Detail?no=472), but roughed up with steel wool, sandpaper and files to get the distressed look. I have some pics that I'll post in the next couple of days.
Very cool!
Josh
Now thats something to be proud of.
Cody
That is so awesome. Congrats! 8)
Congrats! That had to be incredibly fun to watch.
That's really cool!
Yep, very cool. Congrats!
CONGRATS!!!
Totally awesome!
that's awesome man
That's sweet, man! Good to see a Des Moines DIY-er getting some national exposure.
Also, those Bilt guitars look sweet. I had no idea they were here in Des Moines.
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Also, those Bilt guitars look sweet. I had no idea they were here in Des Moines.
Yeah, they're set up in the back room of the Lutherie Shop near Drake. It's the same three guys, they just have a different name for the custom guitar business as opposed to the guitar repair business.
That is awesome! Massive congrats!
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Quote from: aion on February 03, 2014, 04:15:09 PM
Quote from: davidnlsw
Also, those Bilt guitars look sweet. I had no idea they were here in Des Moines.
Yeah, they're set up in the back room of the Lutherie Shop near Drake. It's the same three guys, they just have a different name for the custom guitar business as opposed to the guitar repair business.
Oh really? Huh, never knew. I used to go to the same church as Shane and we played some tunes together. Never knew he built guitars.
Guys a beast, though.
Ah, not Shane, sorry. It's Bill, Tim and Scott (mostly Bill and Tim for the custom guitars, hence the name BilT).
Shane's the guitar tech for Imagine Dragons now - he's the one who put together Wayne's pedalboard which is how I got hooked up with them. Not sure if it's a permanent gig or just a one-time thing, but I know he went on tour with them to Europe in December.
Small world!
That's gotta be a great feeling. Well-deserved, too.