Escape The Fate's Kevin "Thrasher" Gruft - GEAR MASTERS Ep. 82

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On this episode of DTB’s “Gear Masters”, Kevin "Thrasher" Gruft, guitarist for the hard rock band, Escape The Fate, shows off the gear that he used onstage, while on tour with Nonpoint, Get Scared, Failure Anthem and Through Fire. Escape The Fate is best known for their songs “Situations” and “Not Good Enough For Truth In Cliche”.
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Film Date - December 3, 2016
Location - House of Blues in Chicago, IL
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[@raydog_97]

1:51 When he flipped the pick up selector the lights turned on

[@penelopeviews7335]

Kevin's such a sweet guy.

[@digitaltourbus]

Definitely!

[@kingnaildriver7232]

Never really cared about this band but damn this dude is really easy to dig.Nice job brother.

[@digitaltourbus]

He's a nice guy. We've ran into him so many times throughout the years.

[@AtifMetal]

Really not a fan of this band but damn he has great taste in guitars!! :D

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for watching!

[@deukaofficial326]

Wats your fav band

[@gregor_yaooo]

His guitars are all so nice!

[@digitaltourbus]

🤘

[@michaelarcilla2017]

Awesome vid. I started liking etf better when thrasher joined. He's such a great musician

[@digitaltourbus]

Definitely!

[@SilkandScrooge]

Not even close to as good as Monte. The band went downhill without him. His new band Beyond Unbroken is better than anything Thrasher ever contributed. Seems like a nice guy and all.

[@PurblePlacecomm2]

Anyone who remembers the old days with LoveHateHero?

[@digitaltourbus]

Yup! Have you ever seen our LoveHateHero episode of Bus Invaders? Also, Thrasher makes an appearance in the Ashland High episode of Bus Invaders.

[@Mumumumykul]

good rig. you literally dont need any more than this 90% of the time.

[@javiertavera748]

he's amazing at guitar

[@digitaltourbus]

:)

[@digitaltourbus]

Escape The Fate's Kevin "Thrasher" Gruft shows off all his tour guitar gear! Who should we film with next?

[@jaykeearlwingarganera8173]

monte money

[@VISCAYAOFFICIAL]

Digital Tour Bus us ❤️❤️

[@BNA_Est.1988]

5:33 ....and that’s why Axe Fx and Kempers are popular

[@digitaltourbus]

Basically.

[@originalseeker8700]

I wish I can meet them cause Craig is awesome! so the rest of the band

[@digitaltourbus]

Hopefully you'll get a chance in the future!

[@originalseeker8700]

Digital Tour Bus thanks me to did u get to meet Craig or just Thrasher?

[@brycejohannesson]

Awesome! Did you guys get to do TJ's guitars aswell?

[@digitaltourbus]

Unfortunately, we did not. ETF didn't have much time to make this happen, so we only had enough time for Thrasher this time around.

[@diamondvince642]

Digital Tour Bus next time please

[@jakestills6924]

Age of mercy they will be in Augusta march22 on tv49 if love to see what gear they are using their tone is insane

[@digitaltourbus]

I'm confused. What are you talking about?

[@peanutbutterisfu]

Best style wah in my opinion. I hate the wahs that you have to click on

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for watching.

[@jg932]

Is there any particular reason why he has his amp backwards, or is it not setup properly?

[@digitaltourbus]

I'm not entirely sure. This was being filmed during when the band was loading on their gear, so it might have just been something that was placed wrong and fixed later.

[@ThrasherGuitarTV]

JG 93 this is actually intentional. I use in-ear monitors and the lower the stage volume the clearer I can hear the whole band(less ear damage). Also less feedback. This also allows our front of house engineer to have a cleaner guitar signal(less bleed from other instruments).

[@sparkyspike988]

Szegény pedálok kicsit megviseltek :D

[@higler.]

2:35 that's a set-neck, bruh. Not a good set neck either, that heel looks like hell.

[@ThrasherGuitarTV]

higler420 truth I misspoke. But the heel doesn't stick out too badly, I don't really have any issues getting to the 24th fret.

[@glenrussell5242]

did you find out what brand of wah is he using?

[@digitaltourbus]

If it's not in the video, we did not.

[@michaelswiney818]

Try to Trophy Eyes

[@digitaltourbus]

Have you seen our videos we already have with Trophy Eyes?

[@michaelswiney818]

Digital Tour Bus I mean a gear masters and yep lol

[@digitaltourbus]

Michael Swiney We'll try next time they're in the U.S., but it's ultimately up to them.

[@michaelswiney818]

There usually pretty chill from what I've seen

[@NickJ7903]

I like the setup but definitely needs to replace some stuff. Or at least clean it lmao

[@Stratking01]

Um yea dude.. that E-2 Mystique is not a neck thru.. it’s a set neck, but whatever.. all good

[@naruto199797]

If you scoop the mids no one will hear you live with the bass and drums

[@DatMetalBoi75]

ellis smith they aren't too terribly scooped tho. They're at about three which is an acceptable amount of scooping

[@Wormed101]

6505s already have a shit ton of mids compared to other amps. Too much low mids, and the mid control on the 6505 controls alot of lower mids, and the high controls more of the upper mids. People use some sort of boost to add more upper mids to cut through the mix, while you can lower the low mids on the mid control of the 6505. Other amps like a mesa dual rec, I'm boosting the mids like crazy to cut through. 6505 you can scoop quite a bit and still cut through when using a boost.

[@Dakotacreech]

Of all of the DTB breakdowns I've seen, this guy literally has no knowledge of the gear he uses. As a musician, I know more than "my guitar has "generic" strings that are the red pack and my guitar has uhhhh, locking tuners".

[@dratman1390]

Omg, his name is thrasher! And he plays thrash! Weird!

[@diegom.1510]

Brad Mullins LOLOL wut???? I like etf but hey are not thrash in any way. they are metalcore

[@fathomrum]

These guys are far from metalcore, I would say they are the last hard rock band of this generation

[@RevelationMedia777]

gay

[@keandrethegoat1169]

He lowkey looks mixed