RIGGED: REVOCATION’S DAN GARGIULO (GUITAR)

(Photo from Old_Skool_Metal_Head’s Flickr)

Welcome back to Rigged, in which your favorite metal musicians take you on a step-by-step rundown of their entire live rig. Revocation are currently touring North American with Forbidden, White Wizzard and Havok — brought to you by MetalSucks (dates here) — so we asked both Revocation axemen Dave Davidson and Dan Gargiulo to take us on a tour of their gear setups. Check out Dave’s gear here, and Forbidden guitarist Steve Smyth’s here. Here’s Mr. Gargiulo himself:

*Ahem* Now if I may bring everyone’s attention on me for a moment, I’ll tell you guys a little something about my super sweet setup.

I recently began using a Jackson KE2 live, strung up with D’addario 10-52’s. Those thick low strings add some punch and definition to all the power chords we’re strummin’, and like Dave said, they feel great to tremolo pick on. Not only does this guitar look and sound killer, but I feel safe knowing that it’s pointy enough to use as a deadly weapon in case my life is threatened.

I run my guitar through just two pedals live. A Boss TU-3 Chromatic tuner and a Boss NS-2 Noise suppressor. Yes, these pedals are both made of steel.

From there the signal goes to my amp, a Peavey 6505+. This amp offers me crushing tone and still retains clarity even with my gain pretty high. It’s also quite durable. Like Dave, I also use a Marshall Lead 1960A Cab. I’ve heard differing opinions on this cabinet but after trying many others I feel that it suits our sound very well (and looks cool).

I’ve always preferred a simple, no-frills rig, and it makes setting up and breaking down your gear every night a heck of a lot easier and faster.

– Dan Gargiulo / Revocation