Shawn Milke's Gear

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Shawn Milke has used the black PRS S2 Mira Electric Guitar modified with a Seymour Duncan pickup in the bridge. also adorned with the well-known "PMA" (Positive Mental Attitude) tape for years, as evidenced by the image provided.

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In a 2013 interview with SGC Guitars, Shawn Milke stated that he uses the Sublime Guitar Company Millennia Tux Junior. The interview includes live footage supporting his use of the Tux-J.

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In this post from PRS Thailand the text translates to "Shawn Milke, a high-pitched emo singer from the band Alesana, and a cool PRS STARLA guitar." confirms that Shawn plays a Starla. This is further confirmed by the UberAudioPro interview https://www.uberproaudio.com/interviews/669-alesana-shawn-mike-interview-the-emptiness. The Emptiness era

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Throughout this performance Shawn can be seen playing a white PRS Starla with a bigsby

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In a 2009 video, at the 1:05 mark, Shawn Milke can be seen playing a PRS SE Custom Semi Hollow. (Source: Jenny F. on YouTube, "Alesana - What Goes Around Comes Around (LIVE, Karlsruhe 09-06-05)").

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at 0:46 in this video you can see an angled mesa boogie 4x12"

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at 0:46 in this video you can see a mesa boogie triple rectifier

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In a photo from the Dillion Guitars website, Shawn Milke is shown playing a Dillion DR500 with a hardtail and bird inlays. This is further corroborated by the booklet for the album On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax, which states, >Alesana is proudly sponsored by: Dillion Guitars, Rockstar Energy Drinks, Heartcore Clothing, Doc's Proplugs, Draven, Ambiguous Clothing, I Shine Custom Drums And Percussion, Schecter Guitars, Mesa Boogie Amplifiers according to the Discogs page. This is also the same guitar that can be seen in the Orgins documentary at https://youtu.be/3Q0UQUa99zU?si=MHSCAkEd29AI32Sn&t=725

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in this video at 1:41 you can see Shawn playing a pink PRS SE custom 24

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at 10:44 it looks to be a mode four and i think its shawns

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at 12:49 when shawn moves you can see the tu-2 above his footswitch

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when shawn moves you can see the 6 way footswitch that goes along with his MF350 head

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In this picture you can see Pat and Shawn's cabs (Shawn's is the orange one)

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at 2:27 in this video by alesana during the recording of Where Myth Fades to Legend Shawn shows off a C1 lady luck that they picked up from Schecter

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