Knocked Loose Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Isaac Hale & Nicko Calderon [2024]

If hell had a guitar tone, it’d be what Knocked Loose’s Isaac Hale and Nicko Calderon conjure up from their Ibanez 7-string beasts. The band’s mission since day one has been to pummel listeners with the most-extreme form of hardcore music. The past decade they’ve throttled through all limits making each break down, each riff, each scream, and each performance outdone by the next. A more recent (and seemingly) conflicting goal has been to infect the mainstream with their brutality. Their brand-new third album, You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To paired them with pop producer Drew Fulk (Kevin Gates, NLE Choppa, Disturbed, Lil Wayne), the last two years they’ve played Coachella and Bonnaroo, in 2022 they partnered with hip-hop duo $uicideboy$ for a sold-out tour, and they were just announced as direct support for Slipknot’s 25th anniversary tour. Both goals are being accomplished as their sound has never been more punishing or popular.

Before Knocked Loose’s sold-out show at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works, guitarists Isaac Hale and Nick Calderon invited PG’s Perry Bean onstage for a fresh conversation about their updated mercenary squad. During our time with the Hale and Calderon, we learn about their custom 7-string Ibanez doom brooms, Hale explains moving on from tube amps and pedalboards to Quad Cortex units and MIDI switching, and Calderon details finding his place in the band and adjusting to an extra low-B string.

Shop Knocked Loose's Gear:

0:00 - D'Addario & Yvette Young
0:15 - Perry Bean Intro
1:49 - Isaac Hale Intro
2:35 - Isaac Hale's Ibanez Custom 7-String Iceman
4:00 - Isaac Hale's Strings & Picks
5:17 - Isaac Hale Makes Move to Quad Cortex
8:34 - Isaac Hale's EHX Pedals
10:48 - XPND Pedalboard & John Bohlinger
11:37 - Nicko Calderon Intro & Joining Knocked Loose
13:17 - Nicko Calderon's Ibanez Prestige AZ24047 Guitars
16:30 - Nicko Calderon & Neural DSP Quad Cortex
20:01 - Nicko Calderon's Core Sounds
22:25 - D'Addario Strings

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[radamtv]

Isaac`s voice on stage: 😡
Isaac`s usual voice: 🤓

[GlennJimenez]

“Ibanez serial numbers are like the password on the back of a router”

Funniest thing on any rig rundown ever

[nltsrm]

Filipinos in hardcore ✊🏽. Love to see it.

[corycourtney]

Still would love to see more in depth breakdown on digital patches. I know time is limited, but the majority of their sound is coming from the patches.

[tomjendra]

ive never played a guitar in my life and watched this entire video

[robjobse]

Honestly i like the ibanez names. Trying to find a specific fender strat is like a needle in a haystack, but with ibanez its so easy to find the exact model youre looking for

[andrewpappas]

Isaac’s white Iceman looks awesome, I’ve always loved those guitars and I really want one just so I can solely play System of a Down on it

[xaviergrant]

Yo Issac’s first time on this show kick started my love and obsession for gear and guitar tones, forever infinitely inspirational is KL and Issac

[shaununger]

Shout out to nicko, remember his church tongue days, solid dude and so such a nice person.

[GalacticCenterOG]

Bringing back the 90’s with those pants and I’m all for it lol.

[Jt]

I’m don’t even own any cool sh** and I could still binge watch these rig rundowns all day 😂

[GoudVis]

Rip backup guitar missing a bridge saddle screw :']

[bobbyadamson]

I was literally trying to figure out their gear last week hell yeah

[Snakeplisskin]

We saw them live a few days ago and their sound has refined so much from when I saw them in Nov 2021.

[hunterlawless]

Part of the reason I love knocked loose so much is they are legit extreme metal/hardcore but they seem like really nice and genuine dudes that I would see myself hanging out with on a random weekday.

[TrueBlueAndrew]

I love Isaac’s Shirt and Necklace. Awesome Brother.

[HitekFelony]

So cool seing these guys their flowers! I saw KL at a small club in Dallas with Terror when laugh tracks dropped. Ran into Isaac before the show, he was just chilling by himself listening to music, said i can't wait for their set. Gave me a pat on the back and said thanks buddy. Talked to him for a bit, super cool dude!

[brucemorgan]

Met Perry at furnace fest in 2022, he is really that nice and down to earth in person. Was crazy to run into him just walking around a festival as a fan.

[chrismruz]

i know alot of bands use modelers but i’d like to see the rig rundowns give more info on what amps, cabs etc are being used within the modelers / capture.. pedals, routing.

[maximbout]

I saw this band live and they are insane 🤘