IDLES 2021 Rig Rundown:
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Between 2016 and 2024, Bristol outfit IDLES have gone from being snarling, post-punk underdogs to being snarling, post-punk champions. Their debut LP, Brutalism, was an immediate hit, and since then they’ve turned out a string of full-length records that have expanded their creative vocabulary while increasing their popularity. It’s all come to a head this year with Tangk, their Grammy-nominated fifth album, which dropped in February.
Along the way, IDLES’ sound has mutated into experimental offshoots and outgrowths, so it’s little surprise that the rigs of guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan, along with bassist Adam Devonshire, have done the same. While they still tour with some of the gear they showed off on our 2021 Rig Rundown, each player has fun new trinkets that contribute to their run of shows this year. But even with all the new toys, they keep an element of danger in the mix, and certain variables mean the set sounds different every night: “People come to see an IDLES show ’cause it almost falls apart all the time,” grins Bowen.
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Walrus Audio Canvas Tuner -
Red Panda Raster -
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Electro-Harmonix POG2 Polyphonic Octave Generator Pedal -
Moog MF Ring -
Moog Moogerfooger MF-104M Analog Delay -
Vox AC30 -
Orange AD200B MKIII -
Moog Moogerfooger FreqBox -
Moog Moogerfooger MF-108M Cluster Flux -
Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory 6-Track Looper -
Mission Engineering Expressionator -
Mission Engineering VM Pro -
Strymon Iridium -
EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold -
Boss TU-3W -
Darkglass Microtubes B7K Ultra -
EHX Pico POG -
Source Audio Spectrum -
Strymon Flint -
Tech 21 SansAmp Programmable Bass Driver DI -
Fender Super Bassman -
Marshall 1987x -
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0:00 - Electronic Audio Experiments & D'Addario
0:15 - IDLES Live
0:39 - Chris Kies Intro
0:59 - Mark Bowen's Baritone Stratocasters
5:37 - Mark Bowen's "Stinky" 1972 Strat
7:43 - Mark Bowen's Amps & Cabinets
10:14 - Mark Bowen's Fender Mustang with Fishman TriplePlay
12:57 - Mark Bowen's "Crawler" Pedal & Synth Rig
16:17 - Recreating Tangk Album Live Onstage
20:10 - Mark Bowen's Sonic Curiousity
22:19 - Does Joe Talbot Get Tired of Gear Experimentation?
23:17 - Working with Nigel Godrich on Tangk
25:14 - Lee Kiernan Intro
25:45 - Lee Kiernan's Fender 70th Anniversary Esquire
27:54 - Lee Kiernan's Fender Mustang
29:55 - Lee Kiernan's Jackson Soloist SL1
32:12 - Lee Kiernan's Amps
33:20 - Lee Kiernan's Marshall 1987X Plexi
35:34 - Lee Kiernan's Hiwatt Custom DR88
36:35 - Lee Kiernan's 1970s Peavey Deuce
40:00 - Rig Rundown & D'Addario
40:23 - Lee Kiernan's Pedalboard
40:55 - Lee Kiernan's Pedals for "Jungle"
45:57 - Lee Kiernan's Pedals for "Dancer"
50:41 - Lee Kiernan's New Earthquaker Devices Gary Pedal
55:39 - Lee Kiernan's Baritone Esquire
56:36 - Lee Kiernan's Pedals for "Roy"
01:03:00 - Adam Devonshire Intro
01:03:44 - Adam Devonshire's Fender American Ultra Jazz Bass
01:04:38 - Adam Devonshire on IDLES Gear Evolution
01:06:15 - Adam Devonshire on Holding Down Rhythm with Jon Beavis
01:07:07 - Adam Devonshire on Bass Influences
01:08:19 - Adam Devonshire Custom Neck for Jazz Bass
01:09:30 - Adam Devonshire on Recreating Tangk Onstage
01:11:25 - Adam Devonshire's 1970s Fender Precision Bass
01:14:25 - Adam Devonshire's Serek Lincoln Bass
01:16:04 - Adam Devonshire's Fender & Hiwatt Amps
01:17:08 - Adam Devonshire's Pedalboard
01:24:55 - D'Addario Strings
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