Rig Chat with Dallas Toler-Wade (Narcotic Wasteland, ex-Nile)

[@WrathOfXul]

Dallas is a hero, a great artist, a living inspiration. Thank you Dallas, Thank for everything! May the eye of Ra bless you!

[@SurvivorMetalMan]

Outstanding interview! Dallas is Legendary.

[@nb842]

Him using the JS series Jackson’s is so sick dude, they really are amazing once they get a pickup upgrade and decent setup

[@solarfallmori]

Interesting talk as always. It´s nice to know that Dallas is doing good and kicking asses. His and Karl´s playing have me hypnotized since my teenage years haha 🤘🤘

[@Truncator]

Awesome Interview. And thanks to Dallas for all of the inspiration and great music! All Hail the Mighty CRUMBSUCKERS!

[@renebauch9316]

This man is just awesome. Back in the day i watched the making of for "those whom the..." and was fascinated that both of them used their 79 series deans. They also used them in many videos and live. Now he enjoys the hell out of his js series. I mean this is his life and he toured all over the world and most fellow guitar players i know complain more about the sound you can "only" get with expensive instruments than play the things in front of an audience. Really inspiring. Btw: you are a great host!

[@MrRyanshreds]

Couldn’t agree more, Dallas rules. And thank you so much! I feel like I have a long way to go, but I appreciate it!

[@DeathMetalManiac1988]

Thanks for the interesting talk, man! Extra kudos to you for letting the guest just talk without interrupting like many do - very nice!

[@MrRyanshreds]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@infinidominion]

I have 85 in bridge, single vol in one guitar and a Bonebreaker Neck pup in bridge to aporoximate a 60a in another. The 85 is alnico and 81 is ceramic, and if anyone wants to put an 85 in bridge, its awesome. Another guitar has an Invader to fill out my passive category

[@paulbaglio6295]

Jackson rules

[@tehnagabakti]

Man I enjoyed the hell out of this. Dallas seems like a genuinely down to earth all around good dude. Cheers.

[@vincevandergraff1508]

What he's talking about near the end is called a Reactive Load Box - the best two that i've discovered are the Rivera Rockcrusher and the Fryette Power Load IR or Powerstation. Using an IR in-the-box is usually more convenient. You can just hook them up between the head and the cab and attenuate the actual volume plus get a DI signal out to the DAW interface. They are a game changer for getting YOUR OWN AMPs tones out to the PC without waking the whole block and having the police called on you. DO NOT power up a head without either a speaker cab or load box connected to a speaker output. That will destroy the amps output transformer.

[@RottenRotny]

Love Dallas. 100% correct that pickups are pretty much your sound. Pickups, amp + FX. The wood's effect on sound is minimal compared. Just get any guitar you like with good frets etc, put some good pickups in it and boom. Also right there with him on the knob being right underneath where I strum is annoying as hell. It's cool that certain guitar brands are starting to realize this and move the knob more towards the bridge. Certain Solar guitars have this for instance.

[@vincevandergraff1508]

thank you for doing this great interview with Dallas. he's definitely a monumental guitarist and songcrafter in the deathmetal genre, and someone i take a bit of inspiration from. good questions on your part. keep up the good work. cheers!

[@heizae23]

Thx for the cool interview. No questions unanswered

[@ruanrocha181]

Awesome talk. Moyses from Krisiun would also be cool.

[@MrRyanshreds]

I’ve chatted with him some, just gotta line up our schedules. Thanks for the suggestion man, I’ll follow back up with him. 🍻

[@paulbaglio6295]

Nile hasn't been the same

[@AndreiGrozea]

those JCM900s are sick! really underrated amps. Great interview, love Dallas, he's such a sweet guy

[@CarcPazu]

I love that guy. So much charisma. I'll admit he's sorely missed in Nile but I can understand wanting a change and moving on to something else.

[@JD-vj4go]

Can't wait for new Narcotic Wasteland. The singles have all been great.

[@craigswensen434]

Good chat.

[@djabthrash]

Amazing episode.

[@MrRyanshreds]

Thank you!

[@sonofhorror1995]

I haven't heard anything about them coming back to wichita, really need to find out who they are playing with and where.

[@SakeRecords]

Cool interview! 🤘

[@MrRyanshreds]

Thank you!

[@blastedfrets1382]

dallas is endorsed by dawgtown custom shop pickups.

[@mrjoe9308]

So I got the answer in this video you he use jackson JS series . I was thinking it was old school MIJ RR3 or KV3 .

[@spoonerluv]

Once you get into the high gain territory, the pickups barely matter. At that point you're really just hitting the front of the amp at certain input level. If you're using a set of passive duncans, you're probably using an OD pedal to boost anyways. You're nearly at EMG territory at that point. If you really want to change your tone, switch your amp cab instead.

[@narcoticwasteland]

Yes! And the speaker and how the mic is positioned makes the most difference in the tone. I still prefer the feel of passive over active. And for NW I actually do not use much gain, so the difference is more noticeable.

[@danielclemence3689]

Was hoping he would talk about why he left Nile.

[@spoonerluv]

The bolt-on guitars are way more percussive than neck-thru's.

[@Metalaxe5150]

I gotta call bullshit on the pickups being 90% of the tone,tone comes out of the last thing in line,THE SPEAKERS

[@MrRyanshreds]

Yes, speakers absolutely make the biggest difference in your overall tone. I think given the context of the conversation, Dallas meant more the tone of the guitar. Like of any guitar component, woods, bridge, frets etc, pickups are the sound of the guitar. We probably should’ve clarified in the vid. Hope this helps!

[@frankmoss2497]

Do think Dallas will ever get a signature guitar?

[@MrRyanshreds]

Hard to say, we’ll have to wait and see how Narcotic Wasteland does I’d say. Also not sure what kind of relationships he has with what brands.

[@frankmoss2497]

@@MrRyanshreds In Nile how did Karl get 2 signature Dean guitars and Dallas didn't get one. I find it strange that Dallas didn't make his Dean custom shop black V with the maple fingerboard his signature guitar.

[@MrRyanshreds]

@@frankmoss2497 that’s definitely more of an insider deal I’m not privy to my man. Next time I talk to him I’ll try and remember to ask though

[@reidjeanson486]

Soviet Street Station. Fuck that venue. Cool interview though. I'm surprised Cherry Street Station didn't cancel him for having a shaved head.