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What guitar does Descendents play?

Stephen Egerton has been seen using a knobless Music Man StingRay through Blackstar HT Stage 100 heads and HTV-412 cabinets, and has said he recorded with a gray Axis. Bill Stevenson has said he puts Remo Powerstroke 4 tom heads and an Emperor X snare head.

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What guitar does Stephen Egerton play?

An Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay with no knobs or switches, the pickup wired straight to the jack, and a gray Music Man Axis he calls Old Gray. A 2016 gear list also named a Dan Armstrong.

What amp does Stephen Egerton use?

Two Blackstar HT Stage 100 heads, one as a spare, into Blackstar HTV-412 cabinets loaded with Celestion Seventy 80 speakers, as shown in his 2021 Premier Guitar Rig Rundown.

What strings does Stephen Egerton use?

Ernie Ball Power Slinky 2220 sets, .011 to .048, and he has appeared in an Ernie Ball video for Paradigm strings. His picks are custom Dunlop Celluloid Shell Heavies.

What drum heads does Bill Stevenson use?

In 2017 he told Modern Drummer he ran Remo Powerstroke 4s top and bottom on his toms and a Remo Emperor X on the snare. His primer-gray Slingerland kit was on Descendents records from Milo Goes to College to Allroy Saves.

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Descendents are the Los Angeles punk band of Milo Aukerman, Stephen Egerton, Karl Alvarez and Bill Stevenson. This guide covers Egerton's guitar rig from Premier Guitar and Stevenson's drum heads and kits from Modern Drummer; no primary source names Alvarez's bass gear.

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