Backstage with... Skillet (GuitarEdge.com)
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Guitar Edge's Elliott Politte goes backstage with grammy nominated artist Skillet. Lead guitarist Ben Kasica invites us to check out his amazing tone as well as shows us how he plays Monster and Whispers in the Dark.
John Cooper lead vocals, bass
Korey Cooper keyboard, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, synthesizer
Ben Kasica lead guitar
Jen Ledger drums, backing vocals
John Cooper lead vocals, bass
Korey Cooper keyboard, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, synthesizer
Ben Kasica lead guitar
Jen Ledger drums, backing vocals
@xLeaveAWhisperXx
Watching this in 2017... and I own Ben's old red SC250 now... it's pretty cool to see it in this video.
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@TahmidRahman
this guy has the best guitar tone i have ever heard <3
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@Omen_Seven
"Let's look at your pedalboard." "Oh, nothing too fancy." There's only 11 f'ing pedals!
"Nothing too fancy" is like a distortion pedal, a wah, a delay, a chorus, and maybe a flanger. Or if you're like Trivium, just a wah and everything else is handled by your head unit. O.o
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@Croc214
Ben rocks! It's to bad that he left the band. :(
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@bradtullous9727
I have studied this video for years and I just wish there was something with just a bit more detail on bens rig.
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@itsss_gage4306
How come in all this older videos people are @ing each other and not just replying to there comments? I’ve been using YouTube for about 10 years now and as far as I can remember replying to a comment has always been a thing
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@Songwriter4God
Once I got another electric (Otherwise known as a PRS SE Custom.) I'm gonna have to slap on some 13s and use strictly 11s on my current one so I can keep the PRS in drop B and use my current one on C D and standard. I wonder how Monster sounded so good in drop D... Ben rules.
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@guitarplayingdork100
i love ben to death as a guitarist... but i did think it was funny that he got really quiet when he mentioned the tempo pedal ;P
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@benjamingrimsey
This is probably a stupid question, but how does he get away with putting delay through the front of his amps and have it sound so good? Could someone clear this up for me?
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@DevinMains
That is almost the exact setting I use on my TS9DX, into an AC30. Fantastic.
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@Elvaqeuro213
I wonder if he wrote the riff for monster and other good ass songs before Seth came . Or maybe a collaboration ofc being its a talented band , but like where did he go ? 😂
@Omen_Seven
@Bludhoundz8 Finally! Someone else who agrees with me! Kirk uses his wah to the point where its actually annoying. He's a great guitarist and his solos are awesome, he just needs to calm down. Wah pedals are all about feeling; they're supposed to be used to add feeling and depth to a solo, not just a sound effect.
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@Omen_Seven
@Bludhoundz8 Yeah, that's why damn near everytime somebody something is better than something else its a matter of opinion. A lot of people like round necks because it feels more solid and it feels good in your hand; I don't. I know what you mean about the single-coil though; my Fender is an HSS configuration and my Schecter has a coil tap on the bridge. I mostly use that for classic rock/blues moments which is always fun.
@Faffywaffle00
@marsz17 I know this is a really late answer to your question, but it's an external tap tempo for the DD-7. Alot of BOSS's single pedal style delay pedals don't offer the option to set the tempo of the song when you kick the delay on. He uses that to alter the tempo of the delay when he kicks the pedal on.
@Omen_Seven
@Bludhoundz8 Yeah Omens are great and so is Schecter, especially for the money. If I had any complaints at all it'd be that the neck profile could be a tiny bit thinner on mine. It may sound strange, but I think its the closest you can get to building a custom guitar from scratch without actually doing it. The wood actually sounds great, its just the equipment that's crap. When its all done the body will be the only original part; hell I may even convert it to a 7-string. lol
@dylanodland6057
I use a line 6 spider IV 150 watt, and a FBV soundboard its great love line 6 its weird with the system to use other pedals
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@Songwriter4God
@BoyRocksWorld Yeah, that's what I do for standard tuning now, like if I want to play osme blues, or Casting Crowns or something I'll just tune my low C to a D and capo 2, bam, standard tuning! Although, I'm not sure really how much they do drop C, Monster, Rebirthing, Should've When You Could've, and I think Savior are all in C, but I'm not sure what else.
@Songwriter4God
@darkhalo23 Well, one could would always be wrong. C. There's open in Monster as well as fretted chords.
@Omen_Seven
@Bludhoundz8 lol Right on. I still play my little p.o.s. Fender Starcaster every now and then but my primary is my Schecter Omen 7 that put EMGs on (707 neck, 707TW bridge). I am (eventually) gonna start modding the hell out of my Fender with new pickups, tuners, a Floyd Rose, and possibly a custom Warmoth neck.
As far as amps, I was also thinking about a Randall cause I hooked my MXR up to my friend's half stack and it sounded great.
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@jangle45
ben will be missed