Russian Circles – Guidance album cover

Russian Circles – Guidance

Album 2016

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2016 album Guidance.

Music from Guidance

Gear Used On Guidance

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Russian Circles – Guidance (2016). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Music Accessories used by Brian Cook on Guidance

Straps & Strap Locks

Ernie Ball 4048 Polypro Long Guitar Strap Olive

Avg price: $8.79

The item can be seen 1:26 into this video…

Effects Pedals used by Brian Cook on Guidance

Overdrive Effects Pedals

Tronographic Rusty Box

Avg price: $317.50

The item can be seen 7:10 into this video…

Volume Effects Pedals

Dunlop Volume X Mini Pedal DVP4

Avg price: $125.62

Brian Cook's Board: Akai Head Rush Dunlop DVP4 Volume X Mini Pedal Way Huge WHE401S Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz TSVG Hard Stuff Bass Dwarfcraft Devices Eau Claire Thunder Digitech Bass Whammy Tronographic Rusty Box Bass Preamp Pedal Dwarfcraft Devices Pitchgrinder Sequenced Pitch Shifter Pedal KMA Astrospurt Phaser Source Audio One Series Nemesis Delay Moog Taurus

Guitars used by Mike Sullivan on Guidance

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar

Avg price: $5,483.90

Mike’s current main squeeze is a 1985 Gibson Les Paul Custom that he bought in his hometown of Chicago at Rock N Roll Vintage. Since acquiring the guitar, he dropped in new pickups—a high-wound Lollar Imperial in the bridge and a standard Lollar Imperial in the neck. Sullivan goes with D’Addario NYXL .011–.056 strings and tunes this one to a DADGAD variant—C#-G#-D-G-C-A#. When it comes to picks, he’s been loyal to the Dunlop Max-Grip Jazz III since he found some inside a box for an Andy Timmons pedal. Sullivan’s backup is this ’81 Gibson Les Paul Custom (with the original pickups) and is reserved for songs in A-A-D-G-A-D tuning including a new song off 2016’s Guidance called “Afrika.”