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We’ve featured loud rigs. We’ve stood strong in front of Matt Pike’s octet of Oranges, been washed over with waves of volume from Angus Young’s nine Marshalls for AC/DC’s “small gig setup” in an arena, trembled from J Mascis’ three plexi full stacks, and even withstood Bonamassa’s barrage of seven amps at the Ryman, but nothing prepared us or compared to the Godzilla-rising-from-the-Pacific roar that is Sunn O)))’s auditory artillery. And it’s more than the sheer sight of 14 amps and 16 cabs or the dishing of deafening decibels; it’s the interplay of these characters and their conductors.

“The third member of the band is the amplifiers!” laughed Greg Anderson in a 2014 interview with PG. “We use vintage Sunn Model Ts from the early ’70s. They’re a crucial part of the show. I’ve got more amps than I have guitars.”

Stephen O’Malley takes a more metaphysical outlook to the connection between him and the thundering Model Ts. “My philosophy is that I’m just part of this bigger circuit of the instrumentation,” he says. “You have, of course, the amplifier valves, the speaker, effects pedals acting like different and various voltage filters, the air in the room, and the feedback generated from all this equipment, so who’s in the band is immaterial.”

We learned more about O’Malley’s perspective when, following a 90-minute drive southeast from Nashville to Pelham, Tennessee, and a short descent into The Caverns, the Sunn O))) guitar tag team welcomed PG’s Chris Kies onstage for an amplifying chat. O’Malley details his signature Travis Bean Designs SOMA 1000A, while Anderson explains how a broken guitar led him to his beloved Les Paul goldtop. Both pay homage and reverence to the eight Sunn Model Ts that form the band’s foundational tonal force, and explain why the LM308-chip Rat influenced their Life Pedal collaboration with EarthQuaker Devices.

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00:00 - D’Addario XPND Pedalboard
00:15 - Sunn O))) Intro
01:10 - Stephen O'Malley Intro
01:46 - Stephen O’Malley’s Travis Bean Designs SOMA 1000A
07:24 - Stephen O'Malley's Sunn Amps
09:49 - Cabinet Choices
11:49 - Stephen O'Malley's Pedalboard
16:40 - Stephen O'Malley's Ampegs
19:13 - Sunn O))) Live Pt 2
19:58 - Greg Anderson Intro
20:30 - Greg Anderson's 2005 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
23:41 - Greg Anderson's Sunn O))) Amps
30:20 - Greg Anderson's Pedalboard
39:50 - Sunn O)))'s Fog
43:00 - Sunn O))) Live Pt 3

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