Norma Jean's Jeff Hickey & Phillip Farris - GEAR MASTERS Ep. 105

[@digitaltourbus]

Norma Jean's Jeff Hickey & Phillip Farris show off their guitar gear! Who should we film with next?

[@elijahbruce1518]

HE IS LEGEND

[@kaapa15]

Digital Tour Bus '68 please!

[@Krueltybeast187]

Underoath

[@andreyomer7183]

"polar similar" is the best thing I've heard.

[@digitaltourbus]

:)

[@jaharris3rd]

Get well soon Jeff! You belong in Norma Jean!

[@digitaltourbus]

Yeah, well wishes to him.

[@HTXREP]

He’s back!

[@lazyrobotlabs]

If anyone else has been having a hard time finding an octavius, the TC Electronics Nether with Octave 1 Dimed and the Mix knob around 75% into quality amp distortion is pretty on point

[@erocksteady9526]

Just bought one today because of this comment, hope it works out 😅

[@dimitarstoyanov6615]

Anyone know if Phil is still in the band? He's been absent in the live performances since the tour this was filmed during. I saw them in Tampa last night and Igor Efimov from Silent Planet was playing guitar for them, I have no complaints because they sounded incredibly good with him, just curious as to what Phil's status is. Polar Similar was such a monumental record for them, I don't want anything shaking that ship, I hope these dudes stick around for much longer.

[@digitaltourbus]

I'm honestly not sure.

[@DeadlyRythmnStudio]

This is a bit late, but it think he´s off the band

[@LordAquadian]

New guitarist is Grayson Chance from Harvester

[@alexandrelaborie6207]

I don't know bug Goose and John Finnegan have left

[@TempleGuitars]

@@LordAquadian Both Phillip and Grayson are in NJ, Phillip comes and goes like the tides, but he's still in the band.

[@Treadplate367]

They both mention how essential the octave pedal is to their sound. I'm new to their music, but is it a subtle "always on" effect for them? Or is it just spotlighted in a few tunes?

[@antoinehillion]

Ron Gorsuch it's nearly always on, and that's not really subtle in my opinion (particularly on the last album)

[@LeeHC33]

Why would they stop producing the LTD viper 1000 deluxe. I love mine.

[@digitaltourbus]

Not sure.

[@dbjames9715]

Its back

[@digitaltourbus]

@@dbjames9715 Good to know!

[@LeeHC33]

Right! I wish they would produce the white with black head stock again.

[@jordannickerson2408]

Queue me pausing and playing crazily to try and write down those amp settings

[@digitaltourbus]

😅

[@Murderknuckles]

I'm digging the '68 gear in the backround

[@centocerez]

12-54 on a Drop C# tuning?!

[@7James77]

In reality he could have got away with a 10 gauge set for the A string to the E string. And for the Low E tuned to Drop C# he could have went with the 54. A 12 gauge set is perfect for C# standard to keep proper tension, so I believe he just went with what you would use for C# standard rather than using a mix set which would cost a bit more. The down side is the tension from A to high E is a lot higher than the Low E rather than being even across the neck. The rule of thumb is to go up a gauge every half step tuned down.

[@imawafflelad8641]

We need an updated gear video of the current Norma Jean guitarist

[@backgroundtakeaway]

I just met Jeff and Corey it was cool as fuck

[@digitaltourbus]

Nice!

[@AlexGAlexG]

Best band ever

[@digitaltourbus]

💯

[@Kciesielski013]

came here to try and find out what tuning “with_errors” is in, still no luck lol

[@digitaltourbus]

Darn! Sorry the video didn't help.

[@TriodesPs111]

you could listen to it and find the lowest note you hear, then play notes on your guitar until you find the right note. thats what i do lol it could be A#, alot of tracks in that album are A# i think

[@ericwysocki1659]

sorry if its too late but its in drop B!

[@kinggamesaz]

7 string in f#

[@LeeHC33]

I miss Jeff and Phillip in Norma Jean..I hope Jeff gets well . I don't know what happened to P. Farris.

[@HTXREP]

They both have come back!

[@LeeHC33]

@@HTXREP I found out when I saw them open for P.O.D. recently!

[@leewilliams3931]

Does anybody know what cabinet they are using?

[@Archbuilders]

Lee Williams They're made by a company called New Vintage, and they sound amazing ha.

[@INeverWanted2010]

Nice profile picture, dude

[@Rothley131gamezz]

Was that Matt Halpern drumming around in the background? I know they are on tour with Periphery

[@quartratic2389]

Rothleyy No, this was filmed on December 16 2016. They started the tour with Periphery at the end of March.

[@Rothley131gamezz]

Oh okay thank you for clarifying

[@idhaname1]

For Today

[@digitaltourbus]

This was filmed during the For Today tour.

[@AndysBrainblog]

Yea it was For Today's song Molotov

[@BoyAditya]

aww suck ... i really dig his rig but i couldn't hear his voice ... maybe you need subtitles for this kind of video

[@digitaltourbus]

We allow for community submissions for subtitles. Honestly, we just don't have the resources to transcribe our videos.

[@wheresallthezombies]

That LTD strat is awesome looking.

[@digitaltourbus]

🤘

[@SafelandingRecords]

Awesome video

[@digitaltourbus]

Really glad you liked it!

[@LCERRP]

I wanna know what they use for distortion

[@ooo000oo00o]

the distortion comes from the amp

[@Ghost_WWR]

What’s the band who’s playing in the background? 😂

[@digitaltourbus]

I believe this was filmed on the For Today tour, so maybe it was their soundcheck. Honestly, I don't remember.

[@alfianbanjaransari4096]

i lost count on how many times jeff said "particular"

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for checking out the video!

[@bulletproofprs]

I sure hope he didn’t leave the back door open

[@thatreeband4936]

Maybe filming this when another band is doing a soundcheck would be better, but what the hell do i know? I'm just a guy with a computer

[@digitaltourbus]

Sorry, these videos are filmed under extreme time constraints. At times, we have to make the decision to continue filming even though we know noise is a issue.

[@ethan3169]

No bass rig...

[@digitaltourbus]

As the video title says, we only able to film with Jeff and Phillip. We let the bands decide which members want to participate.

[@ethan3169]

Oh that totally makes since, just wish I could see their bass rig! but great video either way!

[@moredatesmorefiber3526]

who the hell are these guys? not the norma jean i know

[@TempleGuitars]

Then know more.

[@moredatesmorefiber3526]

@@TempleGuitars no