Rig Rundown - Big Business

Through the last 15 years and over six LPs (plus 6 EPs), the gruesome twosome of bassist/vocalist Jared Warren and drummer/vocalist Coady Willis have carved out their own surly, pulverizing sound. Sure, they’ve welcomed a guitarist on two occasions-Toshi Kasai and Scott Martin-and beefed up the Melvins for nearly a decade, but as a duo they are their most dynamic, grinding, and careen like the cannonball in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Jared Warren virtually welcomed PG’s Chris Kies into his L.A.-based jam space. In this Rig Rundown, bassist opens up why he chose a J over a P, demystifies his three-amp-four-cab-two-pedalboard setup, and proves that with a few unique octave and synth pedals, he can cover two instruments with four strings.
[Facing a mandatory shelter-in-place ordinance to limit the spread of COVID-19, PG enacted a hybrid approach to filming and producing Rig Rundowns. This is the 31st video in that format.
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00:00 - Intro
02:05 - Fender Jazz Bass
11:07 - Stack of Sunn Amps
20:25 - Pedalboard
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[@BLutnz]

Love hearing him talk about Unwound kind of starry eyed and then seeing him play bass for Unwound live last week! Proud of this dude, he fucking killed it

[@clumsiii]

I heard they're touring again ah shit it was march lol Jared is the only person who could play Vern. Wish i saw it

[@MrHeshersNeighborhood]

Big Business is so so good and the Big Business/Melvins combo is something truly special. One of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. They are telepathic evil jazz musicians.

[@imoldcraig]

This is a clinic on how to have an original sound.

[@dickvalentinesillegitimate1059]

Agree. The beauty of effects pedals

[@Wardenclyffe1901]

Jared is a perfect example of why I consider myself a "bass guitar player", and not so much a "bass player." The two little details that might go past people are the P-Bass vs Jazz argument and rolling back the tone for bass distortion sounds.

[@ewetoo]

Yeah bass players are very hung up on those kind of details and will have different basses for exactly those reasons. I got a Squire CV70's Jazz just so I could play punk/funk and keep my G&L SB-2 for the more blues/rock/soul/reggae tones. Athough I'm about to take delivery of a Yamaha 735a that might rewrite all those ideas again.... I should add that the Jazz has roundwounds and can imitate a Precision when it wants to (a good bassplayer knows how) and the SB-2 has flats. I don't dabble in alternative tunings however.

[@OscillatorSink]

Such an incredible band, utterly fantastic live, and really nice people to boot. 14/10

[@DeepGreenOsaka]

This is great! I was a huge KARP fan and I love Big Biz. I always thought Jared had one of the best bass tones in KARP. The Mel9 and Pog sound amazing together. Love how Jared mentioned Unwound in the first 3 minutes of the video. This was a blast to watch.

[@premierguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@xHelderFCP]

rip Vern Rumsey one of the greats

[@dinodob4430]

Amazing band. Love them. "Lonely Lyle" is my favourite metal song. Ever. The Lyrics really hit home.

[@HiAxl]

Such a great song

[@myronroberts4712]

Me too

[@peterpopov3831]

first song of the KARP that i heard was "Dueling Banshees". great sound, great work, my favorite band

[@phnelson033]

K.A.R.P. is a top notch acromyn too ("kill all redneck pricks")

[@__iconoclast7744]

Could listen to Jared riff all day long. That opening was so sick.

[@ritalinuserX]

Sounded like a damn pipe organ, how the hell????

[@kingnaildriver7232]

Man I miss on location rundowns w Chris.His enthusiasm is infectious.Rock on.

[@chris_kies]

Thanks for the compliment!

[@kingnaildriver7232]

@@chris_kies well deserved brother.

[@guitarnoise8719]

Never listened to Karp much but have had Here Come the Waterworks in rotation for the past 10 year years or so. Really cool to see how humble this guy is. Nice interview

[@clumsiii]

So in the past 3 years have you listened to more KARP? First song I heard in 98 was We Ate Sand and I never looked back *PS the 7" for The Whip is on yt and it's amazing: Jared, Scott Jernigan also from KARP RIP on drums, and Joe Preston of Melvins/Thrones/High On Fire/etc. Last recording Scott made - such an incredible drummer ---> hope you like it!

[@simaojoseph]

No comment on his normal voice vs the probably best vocal tone ever?

[@chris_kies]

Thanks to everyone for watching this episode ... next chance you get (hopefully 2021), go see Big Business!

[@BongwaterJones]

AMAZING. Can’t wait to see them live again. Amazing show!

[@evillynn4166]

I love Big Biz, and this may be the best rig run down just because of how un-tech (I mean that in the best way possible) Jared's set up and talking about it is. Thank you so much for this!

[@cfbinder]

At the last toronto show before covid, we were thrilled to get to watch you build the loops at the start of the song. It was like being in the studio with you. Loved trying to tell you this after the show to be interrupted by the garbage truck lol.

[@Lokeacola]

Thank you PG! I've been waiting so long for this video. This band got me into music and have been my favorite band since I saw them open for the melvins in tacoma when I was a kid. I was a shy kid and didnt have the guts to talk to bands I liked but I messaged Jared about guitar pedals and he got back to me and he was really nice. His sound is so unique and rad, its really cool that these guys aren't keeping their sound a secret like some and instead excited to be sharing the joy of music. If you are a music fan and ever get the chance to see them live, do it! I cant wait to hear the new songs. These guys are the real deal.

[@hearpalhere]

Chris does such a good job with these interviews! You really have your information/research all worked out and you can tell that you've done your homework. But you also let the people do the talking and get them to share great stories too. Awesome episode, really enjoyed it!

[@premierguitar]

Wow, thank you!

[@chris_kies]

Thanks for the kudos! Just trying to do my best to stay outta the way!

[@hearpalhere]

@@chris_kies No way man, I mean it, you are one of the best I've seen at these! You very clearly know about the history of the artist and their various releases and gear history too. It's quite impressive! I really enjoyed your interview with Matt Pike too a while back.

[@mattmichaels5480]

So possibly the most important gear of all that no one seems to have mentioned, the rainbow guitar strap, a la Joe Preston...

[@RadityoPramAdi]

I got inspired (thnks Jared and PG) , experiment ing with guitar multi fx, blended with clean bass tone (low passed with eq pedal ) and octaver. Sounds amazing and really fun...

[@TonyGoooch]

Love these guys... Amazing live

[@leoantonio]

Great video. Greatest band.

[@stevebadachmusic]

Big Biz for president!

[@BearPlayingBass]

Love this setup and current tour EP. Big Biz rips and I’m excited for whatever they’re doing.

[@leoantonio]

The awesome shit it hadn’t occurred to me that I was waiting for.

[@potatopilot6081]

Big business is the loudest thing I ever seen live. And also favourite band- :DDD

[@MaidenHairWa]

I remember his od pedal taking a shit at the blood brothers show in vegas years ago, proceeded to smash it with his bass , threw it in the crowd, and played the rest of the show clean. Awesome. Awesome show.

[@Jayrawk]

K A R P !

[@JC3D]

awesome fro and bass sound(s)!

[@ToLiveistoDie]

A jazz with some quarter pounders is all you need. Especially if you wanna stack piles of effects and signal split. They just seem to love it.

[@nickel600]

Yes, daddy Jared, go off, King

[@gettingcomfy]

FINALLY!!!

[@RileySorenson]

Biz...Biz...BIZ IS BETTER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE!

[@jrg1231]

if Jack Blacks character in school of rock was in quarantine for 9 months.

[@JustWastingMyTimeGaming]

I didn't know Bobby Moynihan played bass. Sorry Sorry I had too. I look like Big Bird and the count had a muppett baby

[@phnelson033]

@@JustWastingMyTimeGaming Sounds hot

[@ad-xf8bb]

Chris has a nice t-shirt collection.

[@chris_kies]

Just trying to be like all the cool kids...

[@rgarcia4412]

If Dan and Rabea had a child

[@juanpablodelaserna]

Most underrated band.

[@bazerkboy36]

2022 and we still don't have this new record that he talks about working on :(

[@PerkeleKeyboardist]

This is the obvious Rabea thumbnail comment. Scroll away.

[@mbjasondify]

BB 2021 tour PLEASE🤘😷🤘

[@Creed_fan_69]

HELL YEAH!! I love BB!

[@simaojoseph]

We need to rehab from youtube .

[@Creed_fan_69]

@@simaojoseph we do?

[@simaojoseph]

@@Creed_fan_69 displaced comment for sure. I don’t understand how it came as a reply to yours. Big fingers, small keys.

[@pim2paul]

nice

[@skandalight]

Anyone know the year of his bass is and Neck shape?

[@phnelson033]

Big Business with a prominent mention of Unwound (Melvins too)...best rundown since Deerhoof. Excellent bands for bassists looking for a worthy high gain bass tone. The pedal demos online trying to showcase dirt on a bass rig invariably sound gutless & fizzy, and it's obvious they're completely out of their element. They need to listen to bands like Big Business & Unwound (among others like Johnboy, Unsane, Lightning Bolt, et al) to understand what compelling bass dirt should sound like.

[@msanders777]

Am I the only one who thought Jared's speaking voice would be....different.

[@Hejirah]

yo first comment.... yo big biz rule my world

[@WillGamache]

The concept behind paying for a premium KZbin is not having to watch ads. You build them into your videos, I'm just not going to watch them anymore.

[@Creed_fan_69]

You’re a bummer dude

[@jacobwhitehead2461]

Jared is my Oppenheimer

[@YTPremiumWatch]

I fucking love BigBigBiz

[@dickvalentinesillegitimate1059]

“ Always a work in progress”……. You can’t ask for more from an artist when it comes to sound/tone. Why settle?

[@dickvalentinesillegitimate1059]

Exactly.

[@Eminate2121]

I miss Scott

[@subliminallabs]

Squier's aren't that bad, I love my Squier jazz bass... 5 string edition!

[@helmeth]

If i would pick a all star band. This guy would be there. But not on base. On vocals

[@benmccarthy9923]

Tight Bros From Way Back When is one of the greatest rock bands that ever existed, Bride Screamed Murder one of the greatest albums ever and Big Business are awesome. This guy has the Midas touch as far as I'm concerned. Loses points for looking too much like Seth Rogan here though.

[@s.w.matteo6679]

Get a Meris Enzo man.

[@peterpopov3831]

your sound is not enough in Russia, come!

[@clumsiii]

Big Biz song with the Realistic synth he mentioned watch?v=gSYBWDKmZsM

[@ma_cosa_ne_so9176]

but i like to tape stuff!

[@andrewtregoning]

if dan harmon and justin roiland had a baby?

[@jg932]

When I first saw the thumbnail, I thought it was Rabea Massaad

[@Duderino1978]

His “fuck Trump” sticker is so edgy. Totally punk to hate the guy who all the corporations told you to hate.

[@bullet0657]

worst tone ever.

[@gunsandgravy]

Nope.