Rig Rundown: Microwave

Music-and guitar-are therapeutic. The songs we write and riffs we play help reduce the pain, alleviate the stress, and produce some positivity in our lives. Microwave’s singer/guitarist/lyricist Nathan Hardy has been using the studio and stage as his leather couch for nearly 10 years. Stovall, in 2014, saw him question his Mormon missionary upbringing. Two years later, Much Love focused on realities versus the romance of the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle. And 2019’s Death Is a Warm Blanket is a dark, heavier, raging deep dive into his nihilistic thoughts. All three albums are honest, coarse evaluations of the pushing and pulling in Hardy’s head and heart.
Musically, the band has matured alongside Hardy’s contemplative subject matter. Stovall and Much Love harness the teeter-totter dynamics mastered by Nirvana and also felt in Microwave’s post-hardcore contemporaries like early Citizen and Turnover.
While their loudest, most aggressive tendencies were unleashed in Death Is a Warm Blanket, Microwave’s melodies and hooks can still be sticky and sweet as honey. Finally able to tour in support of that album, Microwave packed Nashville’s Mercy Lounge on October 15. Just after soundcheck, Hardy and guitarist Travis Hill introduced PG to their favorite battle axes, walked us through their Odd Couple pedalboards, and Hill explained how an outdated laptop and trial version of Logic Pro provides a universal “poor man’s Kemper” for guitars and bass.
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[@klekrfaqer2114]

Microwave has just won a fan. Also, I shat my pants at 16:37 (just kidding, I'm in home office, so I obviously wear none; I shat the bed). That tone man... Nevertheless, again, Perry please let the musicians talk! Loving the stuff you lot are doing though, keep it up!

[@chaseurias8874]

Microwave is so damn good everyone should go listen to Much Love

[@liamgallagherrr]

I used to see a lot of negative comments about Perry and it’s lame guy has energy and is enthusiastic

[@jonlorbacher]

Perry always strikes me as a genuine fan of the artists he interviews. I dig his energy. You can tell he actually knows the source material.

[@ad-xf8bb]

Man that Rivolta looks and sounds so good. This band rules. I'm going to have to catch them next time!

[@paulharlan2622]

Rivolta is so underrated

[@likelions17]

This made me like those guys even more then I already did 10/10

[@st0rm3995]

Nate high as hell 💀

[@erickmo1188]

The wine red Les Paul is actually a Les Paul Classic. They had 490R and 500T ceramic pickups. They had pickguards that had 1960 scripted in gold which led people to think the guitars were reissues. They were actually something all their product own. Great guitars!

[@Creed_fan_69]

There aren’t 499s. I think these came with a 490 in the neck and a 498 in the bridge.

[@erickmo1188]

@@Creed_fan_69 I think you might be right, they didn’t start the 499, 500 Ts on the classics til the early 2000’s

[@joshuataft5541]

Great to know.ive learned alot from troglys guitar show..he's juvenile in some ways but its a great show..I. sure you've seen it

[@Lennoxvrgt]

490R / 500T came stock in these

[@erickmo1188]

@@Lennoxvrgt absolutely correct. Mine was a typo

[@TNNLZ]

Second dood plays some really tender parts… cool sounds he’s getting. Killer Rundown 👍

[@AndrewCrossSection]

I definitely was not expecting a Sage Francis reference!

[@xXmortitionXx]

Sick thanks for doing this one! I enjoy microwave and have been curious about their tone.

[@PaulManningg]

Nice. I’ll check these guys out.

[@rectangularcuboid]

Great lil rundown. Listen to Death is a Warm Blanket people! Wild they're finally out there to support the album and with a laptop nonetheless. Whatever gets the job done.

[@joshuataft5541]

Man I love that gold offset

[@STRATMAN1969]

Automatically gana check these guys out purely on the QUICK SAND shirt alone !

[@SaintCharbelMakhlouf420]

Great band!

[@captianobvious9234]

Microwave is the shit son. Period full stop.

[@TheSutts12]

Another band introduced to me by PM!! This channel is keeping kinda relevant, I do say kinda. Also, that gold fiddle he’s jamming on, what a stunner

[@babblerfanclub3098]

Knock on wood and he goes to knock on his amp. He’s got a big chunk of wood around his neck. 😂

[@BennettMarks]

All Fuzz pedal boards are pretty bad ass! It's like the smaller version of the Sleep Guitarist and his wall of orange amps.

[@ALANRMOREY]

Correction those pickups are 496R and 500T pickups

[@trinityflow]

Knock ✊ on wood and he hits the amp vs. the guitar. 😂

[@Guitarsofdoom]

I feel the same perry emgs fo lyfe!!

[@riverstone5994]

16:41 he's got a look like "that's sounds dope right?"

[@alanburns8362]

Anyone find the video of that old man dancing?

[@MrJuanchernandez]

If they are running their pedals into an audio interface, then running an amp emulation plugin on a channel in Logic; how are they not dealing with a ton of latency?

[@Astral_Wave]

Can't imagine having the analog gear he has with him and using a laptop instead 😳

[@skabetty97]

Love that Les Paul lol

[@rarahooraymusic]

Wish they would’ve interviewed the bassist 😢

[@VEGAN-X]

GOLD VS PURPLE - THINK DIFFERENT

[@michaeldumas9203]

Once again no bass!?! So lame. Why do you not interview the bass player? I am a bass player and want to see what other bass players are using. Why do you not interview the bass player!?!? I have asked a question, I want a f*¢%ing answer!!!!!

[@ThatBrendonGuy]

Maybe they are short on time, maybe the bass player doesn't want to, etc.

[@benlogan430]

Maybe it’s because it Premier Guitar, so they focus of the guitar and not the bass so much. But, yay it would be nice and it is called a bass guitar too. I’m just glad to see these and gain the knowledge!

[@St.one41]

If someone could be so kind as to notify me of the name of the song at the top of this videos, please and thank you

[@hotdoghoagie1646]

I know this comment is from a year ago but the song at the beginning is "leather daddy". First song off their album death is a warm blanket

[@deadviny]

what amps do they use in software?

[@jacobgrissom9415]

does anyone know what song he’s playing at 16:37??

[@BrentMurray94]

Vomit!

[@jacobgrissom9415]

@@BrentMurray94 thanks so much my man

[@kurtlives91]

This host guy will not shut up

[@Macmax7077]

Why would I want something that sounds like a Kemper?

[@gregmize01]

You wouldn't...practice more

[@Macmax7077]

@@gregmize01 LOL, i have to tell you that some people. LOL.

[@doctoribanez]

These guys seem like they are not to sure what's they are doing lol

[@gregmize01]

Your mom knows what she's doing

[@doctoribanez]

@@gregmize01 my moms been dead for several years.

[@gregmize01]

@@doctoribanez 😹😹😹😹

[@benlogan430]

It started light hearted and went the other direction quick? Ahahahah

[@shootfromthehipband]

Hard to watch, seems like they don’t know about their gear ..

[@Noisehead101]

Because they probably spend more time writing good music than caring about every knob on a pedal.

[@shootfromthehipband]

Hard to watch, seems like they don’t know about their gear ..