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Asking Alexandria - Ben Bruce Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment
Who Plays What - Who Plays What
Tuesday, 04 October 2011 08:33

Ben Bruce is the lead guitarist in the chart-topping metalcore band Asking Alexandria. He has played on Jimmy Kimmel Live and co-writes all of Asking Alexandria's songs. Ben likes to keep the gear he uses simple, by plugging straight into his amp most of the time.

Here's some of the gear and equipment that Ben has been seen using in his guitar rig.

Ben Bruce playing the Gibson Studio guitar

 

 

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Guitars
- Ibanez custom made Prestige Series guitar (Seymour Duncans, Kill Switch. Purple burst)

- Ibanez Neo-Classic Series FR1620 (has been his main guitar-he has them in white and black)

Ibanez Neo-Classic Series FR1620 Electric Guitar Black


- Gibson Les Paul Studio (wine red, chrome)

Gibson Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar Wine Red Chrome Hardware

- Fender Standard Stratocaster (3-Tone Sunburst, Rosewood Neck. Used on the "A Prophecy" music video)

Fender American Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar 3-Tone Sunburst Rosewood Fretboard

- PRS Custom 24 Electric Guitar (his is Vintage Natural Flame with Tremolo)

PRS 2011 Custom 24 Electric Guitar Santana Yellow

- Various Custom Ibanez Guitars





Amps

- Peavey 6534 Heads (His main amp)

Peavey 6534 Plus 120W Tube Guitar Amp Head Black

- Peavey 6505+ Heads

Peavey 6505 Plus 120W Guitar Amp Head


- Fender Super Sonic 60 Amp Head (Used on the "A Prophecy" music video)

Fender Super-Sonic 60 60W Tube Guitar Amp Head Black


- Orange Amplifiers 4x12 Slant Cab

Orange Amplifiers PPC Series PPC412-HP 400W 4x12 Guitar Speaker Cabinet Orange Straight


- Peavey cabinets (black, 4x12")

Peavey 6505 4x12 300W Guitar Cabinet Angled


- ENGL head (appears to be Powerball) and cabinet (6/2011 pic)

Engl Powerball II 100W Tube Guitar Amp Head

- Sommatone Outlaw and matching cab





Effects
Note: In Sept 2011 interview, Ben said he often plugs straight into his amplifier, but he has been experimenting with some Line 6 pedals lately.
It also appears he has used some Boss pedals and some other pedals in his rig (checkout this pic):
- Boss NS-2
- Boss Chromatic tuner
Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner

- Line 6 Wireless system

Line 6 Relay G50 Digital Wireless Guitar System






Other
- Dunlop Heavy Core Electric Strings - Heavy Gauge

Dunlop Heavy Core Electric Guitar Strings - Heavy Gauge


- DiMarzio 2" Nylon Cliplock Strap (he has them in White and Black)

DiMarzio 2

Last Updated on Friday, 09 March 2012 10:01
 

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0 #10 RE: Asking Alexandria - Ben Bruce Guitar Rig Gear and Equipmentevank 2012-02-17 18:13
thats a line6 G50 or G90 in the link effects section
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0 #9 Re:What?Jason 2012-02-09 23:51
Quoting Elliot:
Where did you get this information?!?!? Its contradictory to everything they themselves have said in numerous interviews along with what their tech has said as well,use of the pod is somewhat believable,but when i talked to cam himself! About his use of a distortion pedal he said it was to make his sound different


Joey Sturgis mentioned in an interview. I didn't contradict anything. I agree that they DO use the 6505 or 6534 or whatever as i already mentioned in my earlier post. I simply clarified that they did not use amps for studio recordings, but simply the POD.

Ben told me me, however, that the 6505+ is what sounds closest to the POD sound in Stand Up and Scream. Plus, during the stand up and scream time, they used the 6505+. This is how people misunderstand the true meaning of their explanation.

and with the MXR distortion that's also what i meant haha
boosting makes it sound tighter and therefore "different" in a way.
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0 #8 What?Elliot 2012-02-09 06:11
Quoting Jason:
Asking Alexandria did NOT use amps for their studio recordings AT ALL. They used a POD, which is a guitar amp simulation frequently used by Joey Sturgis(who produced them). Live, in the other hand, Ben and Cam have used a couple of different ones starting from Sommatone Outlaw, Peavey 6505+, and finally 6534+.

btw, Cam used the MXR as a boost, NOT to make his sound different than Bruce's.

:-? Where did you get this information?!?!? Its contradictory to everything they themselves have said in numerous interviews along with what their tech has said as well,use of the pod is somewhat believable,but when i talked to cam himself! About his use of a distortion pedal he said it was to make his sound different
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+1 #7 RE: Asking Alexandria - Ben Bruce Guitar Rig Gear and EquipmentJason 2012-02-05 04:22
Asking Alexandria did NOT use amps for their studio recordings AT ALL. They used a POD, which is a guitar amp simulation frequently used by Joey Sturgis(who produced them). Live, in the other hand, Ben and Cam have used a couple of different ones starting from Sommatone Outlaw, Peavey 6505+, and finally 6534+.

btw, Cam used the MXR as a boost, NOT to make his sound different than Bruce's.
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+1 #6 6505Alexander jameason 2012-01-12 15:24
On the album stand up and scream they used 6505 head, Ben bruce said in a guitar world interview he was turning the volume up on it or something. but 6534 is there live amps nothing more. so if you wanna sound like stand up and scream get 6505 +
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+1 #5 RE: Asking Alexandria - Ben Bruce Guitar Rig Gear and EquipmentTommy 2011-12-25 22:50
Ive never seen him with a faded one, im pretty sure its just a wine red les paul studio with gold hardware
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0 #4 RE: Asking Alexandria - Ben Bruce Guitar Rig Gear and EquipmentElliot 2011-12-14 08:42
They now use the 6534 but they used to use 6505's when they were initially endorsed id believe. I know i just read something on guitar world yesterday and ben and cam use 6534 heads now for their live setup. I also just saw them in concert last friday and they were using the 6534 but it had this unique uk flag paint job and they had 6 cabs each and it made the entire uk flag.
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+1 #3 headwestieee 2011-11-13 10:58
im pretty sure that he uses the peavey 6534 head, the vocalist said it in an interview when he was screwing around.
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0 #2 RE: Asking Alexandria - Ben Bruce Guitar Rig Gear and Equipmenttim 2011-10-15 17:37
he also uses a non faded les paul studio in wine red with gold hardware up until he got the ibanezs it was his main guitar
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+1 #1 sommatones man?elliot 2011-10-05 01:37
in an interview i saw online a while back and on a youtube vid they said they used the sommatone outlaw and matching cab,its the one where they have oh f***k on with electrical tape on it,they were also listed as an endorser of sommatone amps on the sommatone website.
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