Nile – Annihilation of the Wicked
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2005 album Annihilation of the Wicked.
Music from Annihilation of the Wicked
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Gear Used On Annihilation of the Wicked
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Nile – Annihilation of the Wicked (2005). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Karl Sanders
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Guitars used by Karl Sanders on Annihilation of the Wicked
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From the Metalsucks article Rigged: Nile’s Karl Sanders: "This beautiful axe has a Darkened Shrines album graphic. It’s a 27½” scale baritone maple neck thru with an ebony scalloped fingerboard. It hasn’t appeared on a Nile record since Annihilation of the Wicked; it plays like butter and sounds deep, rich and warm, but I don’t play it much because it’s too expensive to dare risk damaging it further by taking it on tour again. Even at artist courtesy pricing I couldn’t afford to replace it. Life is full of irony."
As stated by Karl himself about the models he uses:
"08. KXK Warrior V7: This unbelievable work of supreme guitar building is an ungodly 7-string shred machine that served as great inspiration for the guys in the Dean custom shop. It sounds incredible, like liquid high-speed flamethrowers, and it plays like melted butter. In fact, it plays WAY TOO easily so I don’t dare practice on it, as it would undoubtedly subconsciously discourage me to pick up any of my other guitars. I have the action on most of my guitars set fairly high because I love the tone that way. I use this guitar for many of the guest leads I play on other folks’ records."
"11. KXK Gold Warrior V “Spear”: Despite the weapon-like appearance of this axe, it actually has an incredibly brutal tone and punishing “note center.” It has 27½” scale length maple neck-thru design, which aids greatly for the drop A tuning Nile uses. Another go-to tracking guitar in the Nile arsenal, this one has been used on countless rhythm tracks since Annihilation of the Wicked."
"12. KXK Warrior V natural finish: Under the hood this is essentially the same axe as the Gold Spear except that it has a Cocobola neck instead of maple, a 25½” scale neck, no volume or tone knobs and no icky finish to cloud up the tone whatsoever. This guitar has merely the lightest of oil sparingly applied instead of the mountains of glossy polyurethane or laquer finishes usually applied to guitars. This lets the natural tone of the guitar resonate freely without the inhibition of layers of finish. The neck position Duncan single coil on this guitar has the most otherwise-unobtainable old school vintage Strat/Marshall plexi-type tone EVER when run through the Splawn head; you can hear this guitar/amp combo on “The Chaining of the Iniqutous” guitar solos."
