Paul Waggoner

IN this post, Paul shows off the InTune picks he uses. these picks have a custom btbam logo on them

Was his main guitar from the Colors tour until his signature with Ibanez was produced

Paul Waggoner on his Twitter says: "I'm back y'all. #ibanez #justlikeoldtimes"

In an interview he did for iheartguitarblog.com he has said, "I’m back using Ibanez S-Series guitars. I had used Ibanez for a long time, really since I was a teenager, and when the band started doing well I got the opportunity to be an endorsed artist. So I played their guitars for a few years, and at some point I got the opportunity to move to PRS guitars, which I’d been playing since about 2008, but very recently I started speaking with Ibanez again, kinda like an old girlfriend or something, and I switched back. I used them on the last tour and I love ‘em. There’s a certain quality to them. There’s something about Ibanez guitars – they play great and they sound great, and they’re just great guitars. And really comfortable and durable as well. They’re built to tour and they do very well on the road. There are a lot of great guitars out there, but can they hold up night-in, night-out in all kinds of different climates and weather conditions? Ibanez has been good to me in that regard."

IN this post Paul posted a old live photo. He can be seen using his ibanez s series guitar. this is the guitar that he modeled his signature guitar after

"Paul controls his Fractal with a Rocktron All Access foot controller, but sets his patches up in song mode, with rhythms, leads, and other patches for each song based on the song’s tempo and tonal requirements. For the current tour he has dozens and dozens of patches—including an organ for the opening of the band’s cover of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”—because each song can have three to eight tonal presets triggered by the Rocktron. Like Waring, Waggoner has a few traditional boxes: two Mission Engineering EP-1 expression pedals (to control volume and delay times), a Strymon TimeLine (the main delay used for mainly clean tones and the pedal’s ice function that adds an ethereal harmonizer to the mix), a Wampler Faux Tape Echo (used for longer, shimmering delay vibes), Port City Salem Boost (to cut through on solos), a Wampler Leviathan Fuzz (usually kicked on top of a clean patch and played with Waggoner’s neck pickup on), and a TC Electronic PolyTune"

Signature guitar, used throughout the Coma Ecliptic tours

Used by both Dustie Waring and Paul Waggoner of BTBAM.

"We don't run 'em direct. A lot guys like to run 'em direct. We're sorta old school so we're trying to kinda balance to two schools of thought so we really just run that Fractal as a preamp."

IN this post paul shows off his Ibanez custom shop guitar. He states that it is similar to his sig, but with afew ajustments. One such adjustment is it has a slightly different neck profile. the guitar also has direct mounted pickups. like his signature it has his pw hornet set, and an ibanez edge tremello system

"Paul controls his Fractal with a Rocktron All Access foot controller, but sets his patches up in song mode, with rhythms, leads, and other patches for each song based on the song’s tempo and tonal requirements. For the current tour he has dozens and dozens of patches—including an organ for the opening of the band’s cover of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”—because each song can have three to eight tonal presets triggered by the Rocktron. Like Waring, Waggoner has a few traditional boxes: two Mission Engineering EP-1 expression pedals (to control volume and delay times), a Strymon TimeLine (the main delay used for mainly clean tones and the pedal’s ice function that adds an ethereal harmonizer to the mix), a Wampler Faux Tape Echo (used for longer, shimmering delay vibes), Port City Salem Boost (to cut through on solos), a Wampler Leviathan Fuzz (usually kicked on top of a clean patch and played with Waggoner’s neck pickup on), and a TC Electronic PolyTune"

Shown and talked about at 0:41

"The cab I use, I've used this ever since Between the Buried and Me started, this is a Mesa traditional 4x12 cab with Celestion Vintage 30's"

Seen at 1:20

"Here I have an Ibanez Weeping Demon wah pedal."

Seen at 1:46

In this video Paul talks about his signature Mojotone PW Hornet Pickups. These pickups where designed to have a wide variety of tones made to fit Paul's playing style. Paul states that he does most of his rhythm playing on the bridge pickup. For this, he needed the bridge pickup to be articulate and cut well, while still hearing every note. He also needed pickups that had clarity with chords while also having a twang to it. Paul states he uses the neck more so for cleans and lead. He states that because of this, he needed the neck pickup to be the opposite of the bridge. he needed it to be a less abrasive, friendly sound. These pickups come stock in his signature Ibanez PWM.

".. a Strymon TimeLine (the main delay used for mainly clean tones and the pedal’s ice function that adds an ethereal harmonizer to the mix)"

"And then I use this guy, this Port City boost..."

Seen at 34:53

"Ibanez Tube Screamer, which I just use for a gain boost on some of my leads."

Seen at 2:05

Both Paul and dusty use Mesa simul class power amps to run their axe fx units through

This is the updated signature model Paul designed with Ibanez. it is based on the previous PWM100 model. this guitar comes in a open pour white finish. It is fitted with 24 jumbo frets, Wizard III neck, as well as a Ibanez Edge-Zero trem bridge. The guitar also comes stock with Paul's signature MojoTone PW Hornet Pickups. These pickups are splitable with the built in coil tap switch on the guitar. This allows for a more single coil type tone

Shown and discussed at 26:03

"We have a DD-3 Boss delay unit and a Boss reverb."

Seen at 1:08

"Compressor/Sustainer pedal, which I also use for leads."

Shown at 2:07

"And then this is a Boss noise suppressor which is pretty much standard in anyone that plays metal's setup..."

Discussed at 2:24

Paul Waggoner uses the Sennheiser MD 421-II microphone on his guitar cabinet. This is shown in a video by Between the Buried and Me, where the band employs Sennheiser microphones during their live performances.

"Waggoner has a few traditional boxes: two Mission Engineering EP-1 expression pedals (to control volume and delay times)"

"(... )a Wampler Faux Tape Echo (used for longer, shimmering delay vibes) (...)"

"Paul controls his Fractal with a Rocktron All Access foot controller, but sets his patches up in song mode, with rhythms, leads, and other patches for each song based on the song’s tempo and tonal requirements. For the current tour he has dozens and dozens of patches—including an organ for the opening of the band’s cover of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”—because each song can have three to eight tonal presets triggered by the Rocktron. Like Waring, Waggoner has a few traditional boxes: two Mission Engineering EP-1 expression pedals (to control volume and delay times), a Strymon TimeLine (the main delay used for mainly clean tones and the pedal’s ice function that adds an ethereal harmonizer to the mix), a Wampler Faux Tape Echo (used for longer, shimmering delay vibes), Port City Salem Boost (to cut through on solos), a Wampler Leviathan Fuzz (usually kicked on top of a clean patch and played with Waggoner’s neck pickup on), and a TC Electronic PolyTune"

"We have a DD-3 Boss delay unit and a Boss reverb."

Seen at 1:08

"This is a digital delay pedal, Boss DD-6 which I use for tempo delays..."

Seen at 2:11

"This is a tuner pedal, it's how I stay in tune during the set."

Seen at 2:06, Discussed at 2:44

Seen during the pedal overview at 2:06