Rig Rundown - King Buffalo

Hailing from the land of ice and snow, aka Rochester, New York, guitarist Sean McVay, bassist Dan Reynolds, and drummer Scott Donaldson dropped their mammoth-sounding debut, Orion, in 2016. The opening title track best exudes King Buffalo’s MO: darker Pink Floyd “Echoes” vibes with the eventual punishment of tectonic-shifting power of fellow power trio Sleep. KB may never go full doom, often subbing in hazier psychedelic strokes for monotonous monotone riffs, but they can still rumble with heaviest bands. “Goliath Pt. 1” and “Goliath Pt. 2” strongly showcase their Jekyll-and-Hyde stoner-rock tendencies that teeter between Floyd’s Live at Pompei and Black Sabbath’s Master of Reality.
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With leftover Orion material, the band released an EP Repeater in early 2018. The 3-song collection would be a perfect soundtrack to a time-lapsed, mountain-climbing video. The expansive 13-minute opener starts calmly like any ascent, but as it continues, things begin to speed up, intensify, grow darker, before a crescendoing crash of celebration on the successful summit.
Later in 2018, the trio released their sophomore album, Longing to be the Mountain. The pace on LTBTM is much like the smooth cadence and perpetual hypnotic groove of hip-hop star NAS-it’s deliberate, powerful, and always bobbing forward. Space is much more prevalent than on Orion. Bookend bloomers “Morning Song” and “Eye of the Storm” exude the group’s blossoming confidence (and patience) providing air for suspense, tension, and timely, forceful apexes. With the added breathing room, the explosive parts build and powerfully bust through like a blues-tinged, psychedelic, kraut-rock-powered tsunami best felt in the doubled solos of “Quickening” and the thunder-cracking climax of the title track. (Full disclosure: I picked Longing to be the Mountain as one of my favorite albums of 2018. And time has only further solidified this vote.)
Before their headlining show at Nashville’s High Watt, guitarist/singer Sean McVay and his bass counterpart Dan Reynolds explain and demo how a couple of cheap, afterthought instruments paired with scaled-down boards create breakneck dynamics from Ms. Priss to monstrous.
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[@warborn_inc.]

Brilliant band All of their albums are stellar but their new album is absolutely massive

[@Matt-xs7qo]

Take a listen to their newest one that dropped today.

[@d_walsh]

Which one ?

[@chinoETS]

This comment is timeless. Whenever you read it, whatever King Buffalo's newest album is will be absolutely massive

[@00brandanrich]

Wow rig rundown with King Buffalo!? Killer!

[@michaelkosciesza645]

No fuckin' way!!! A King Buff rig rundown? Super cool!

[@tonyboughman8050]

Chris is your best interviewer. He shows interest and draws people out. Then it's more interesting for everyone. Rock on, Chris!

[@pistacher9454]

Rig rundown wishlist: Blitzen Trapper, Built To Spill and Ween!

[@patdelaney6504]

Sean mcvay is a genius. He kills it. Love king buffalo

[@parkerhatcher224]

Dan looked terrified! Just for a split second right when they cut to him. 😆

[@MarcusMoji]

Such simple rigs yet a massive sound. Thanks for rundown guys - been a huge fan for ages!

[@therenaissanceblann]

Nice video!!! Just saw them in Baltimore on March 5th 2022 opening for Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats!! One of the best bands out there right now! I cannot wait for them to come through again as headliners of their own tour. I bought Repeater on vinyl directly from Dan the bassist and all the band members signed it for me. Really cool guys that basically are doing it all themselves!!!

[@d_walsh]

Just saw them last night in houston. Lordy. They were good. First time seeing them. Uncle Acid were unbelievable great too. But seeing king buffalo was a great treat as an opener. Bought 2 cds immediately. Lol

[@tylermoulton7294]

Gosh that is dope. They rule

[@sleepwait9613]

It is great to see Sean here. He is a great musican and good dude too! We opened for them and Child in Bologna and they were very open and friendly, much more than other local bands that consider themselves "great" after selling a couple of hundreds of copies. That's how you grow your fanbase, writing great records and staying humble and honest. Btw, on that night Sean's Fender had some issue and he had to use a Marshall head...it sounded fantastic! That is what happen when you have a great pedalboard.

[@Earth_wind_dan_fire]

I was super stoked when I saw that King Buffalo did a Rig Rundown. Been really listening to them a lot, and I was super curious about the tone they have. Thanks for the video!

[@Cosmo_D]

Oh man, I just asked for this one a few weeks ago and it's like my wish came true!! Love these guys, their live sound is so awesome and his (Sean) tone is THICK. Always catch them when they come around.

[@seeker156]

Blew my mind when I saw them on accident! Fan after that.

[@jipes]

Great Rig rundown I love the sounds that they produce great use of effects !

[@jereuter01]

Thank you very much. Awesome Rig Rundown. Terrific band. Totally unique!

[@CABV0L]

What a great bunch of guys. Awesome vid. Thanks.

[@jbbranum946]

Amazing band, thank you guys for "The Rundown"

[@WhiteNacho]

I still love Swervdriver but these guys are my newest fasination!

[@arbezoe]

I`ve been waiting for this

[@walterlippmann9496]

great insight - thank you kindly

[@periurban]

Wonderful band. So cool to hear and see the gear.

[@bretso25]

Best band out there right now.

[@jamesortiz5388]

Thanks PG! The thunderboy into the fuzzface pedal end did some damage. Good rig rundown.

[@kapislap]

no harm meant but i love the talk of no tubes in the bass amp and then adds tube pedal to bring out tube sound..... -_- hehehhe to each their own. i love this band!!! and i wont lie the bass sounds amazing so keep! it up! its just funny were all crazi when it comes to sound

[@d_walsh]

Saw these guys last night. When the bass player Dan kicked in that wah bass pedal on the heaviness erupted off the stage and ya felt it in your chest. I was on his side of stage like 3 people deep. Lordy. He has great tone. Now I see how. Great pedal chain. McVay brought the sickness on guitar

[@Lumpygroovy]

Good job PG 👍

[@moniquewebb09]

This is so intimate. In the minds of the artists. I love it... I love their music. THEM right? Intracacies -xo

[@craigpardy2404]

Awesometisity!

[@tylermoulton7294]

Woo Hoo. Rock Gods 🎸

[@nicknancs]

Fuck yeah.

[@stephenpinder9567]

Saw you in Skaneateles. Great show!!!!

[@Lumpygroovy]

Sean’s like a Zappa that smoked weed

[@seanmiller7889]

Just picked up a Gold Sparkle Hagstrom D2F because of Sean. Funny I'm also a Sean but a much much more interior guitarist. Gonna swap out the pickups to match. Such an amazing guitarist and band!

[@Brainwash_victim]

Owner of whirlwind is the founder of og mxr: phase 90, distortion plus, etc

[@gatekeepertx]

dudes. I watch these RRs religiously. and I appreciate yall, but this episode was frustrating. Woulda been cool if you asked more about the synths and maybe got them to play a bit to hear the sound. Lots of guitar/bassists are incorporating synths into their rigs these days, so I feel like you missed an opportunity to shed some more light there. Also we never got to see the bass cabinet. What was cab he using? peace.

[@marco_andy02]

Rig Rundown To Sons Of Apollo

[@Devilmang]

I am a bass player and I swear by the tubes

[@BarqB]

Please do April Wine Brian Greenway and Michael Goodwin rig Rundown!

[@JamonCam]

Nice Rundown, love this Band! But what's with the drums? Is there a rundown for the drum section? cheers

[@williamsporing1500]

Very underrated band…..

[@Pumba66666]

Plz do In Flames!

[@Realroyrogers]

A Rig Rundown where they never say the name of the guitar? ya changed the PU's on what is it?

[@premierguitar]

Hagstrom D2F

[@75YBA]

I have a Super Swede, it was messing with my head! Thanks for posting P.G. Crew!

[@ThisIsPeterHall]

Did anyone catch the order of the effects for bass? I LOVE that sound!

[@ThisIsPeterHall]

ok, I listened more carefully this time... I THINK it's this: tuner --> Green Rhino --> Team Awesome --> Phaser(s) --> Lighting Boy --> wah

[@sgrimm7346]

what type of Moog is he using...it looks like a Subharmonicon....can't be sure.

[@jonnietherotten5471]

He is using a Moog Minotaur Analog synth

[@enzogoodrich4197]

what's the song he's playing at the beginning

[@FarseSpludeheim]

Enzo Goodrich It’s the Mighty Pink Floydish or something or other

[@stephenschoenfeld2154]

That is a Music Man Sterling not the budget Sterling by Music Man.

[@pemlonineoh]

I think he meant that it's a Sterling, by Music Man

[@dukegfsl]

Upstate... Blotto...

[@twst1]

Why leave out the synth stuff?

[@MojosArmy]

Did he say 700 watts?

[@GPR100]

Yeah. The Forte does 350W at 8 ohms, 700 @ 4 ohms, and 800 @ 2 ohms.

[@devaconcc9038]

he's really tall or you are really short.

[@KBP4]

Bergantino amp is NOT an amp modeler. It is NOT DIGITAL. It is Class D. Class D is NOT digital.

[@spieglass3211]

relax

[@Jeremy-ob4gm]

You seem NOT fun

[@stretchhfab7315]

Like these guys but there songs start sounding the same

[@Igornopolis]

New record has got some unorthodox stuff by their standards. I know it didnt come out when you wrote this 5 months ago. This band is amazing. Cheers