Talent is everywhere. There are so few well-known musicians and an infinite amount of underground music. But with anything worth your time, there has to be some effort in finding it. Manic Abraxas was a fantastic discovery last year having the opportunity to review Foreign Winds and later getting the opportunity to talk with Dallas Seger.
Dallas is incredibly talented as a musician and to take it a step further, he founded Seger Guitars where he builds his own stunning axes from scratch and notable guitarists who play them include Matt Pike of Sleep and High On Fire and Tim Sult of Clutch.
I learned a lot of valuable information in the short time we spoke and I look forward to our paths crossing again in the future, but for now, it’s on with the interview…
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Thank you for taking the time to discuss how you create the music in Manic Abraxas with me. I usually start these interviews with a rig rundown. If you would like to start with amps and then run through the rest of your gear that would be awesome.
Thanks for having me as a part of your series! I’m actually trying to figure out what my new live setup is going to consist of. I’m pretty sure but I’m thinking my favorite amp is the Matamp GT, it’s exactly what I want. I went through dozens and dozens of all awesome amps, but this just does it for me. I like the power scaling of 30, 50, 70 or 100 too. Most of the time I leave it on 50. That’s plenty. I got these old Peavey Butcher 4×12s. They’re my favorite cabinets and they’re loaded with Greenback speakers. Greenbacks are really important for what I’m going for. They tame the amp a little bit because you have a lower decibel speaker.
For pedals, I have tons [laughs]. I’ve been doing a bunch of experimenting lately. Let’s see, I have a Boss Waza Craft Chorus and I love it. I leave it on all the time. I also have a Fuzz Lord Doom Screamer, which I think is his take on either a tube screamer or 855 drive, but they’re kind of the same. I use it subtly to add some mids but it sounds really great. Another one of my favorite pedals is Deja Vibe by Fulltone. I’m a big Robin Trower fan and I love the sound of that pedal. It’s a unique sound that I lover and that’s a rough rundown of my set up.
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Yes, it’s a little bit of a cooperative thing. If I just have the straight gain from the Matamp, I’m more than happy. But lately, I’ve been in the mood to shape my board a little bit. I start with a good dirty sound from the Matamp and I push it with the Doom Screamer. And then if I want a lead tone, I stomp on something else. Give it some some dB and make the signal hotter to get louder. Right now its multiple stages of distortion but it’s always changing.
It’s fun and it’s kind of like a puzzle where you’re trying to accomplish something specific. Having the pedals as pieces and trying them in different places to see how they all work together.
I’m interested in the chorus pedal. It’s not something I’ve ever really played around with. It’s a piece to the puzzle that I have never tried or had any interest in but I’m hearing more and more about them. How do you use it?
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This might be a little weird for some people, but it’s actually the first thing in my line. Its subtle and widens things to give a little shimmer. It’s not a crazy in your face chorus and it’s not so crazy or wet that it really messes with anything, just a little shimmer.
That’s pretty cool. I did an interview with Mike from Russian Circles. He mentioned using a tremolo pedal in similar way that you said you use the chorus pedal. I have a tremolo pedal and it works great but I may want to try it with a chorus instead now.
Yeah, you can use it for all kinds of stuff. Also, tons of people used them in the 80s. There is so much that can done with a chorus pedal and I like using it when recording to make some interesting subtle effects, and when people listen back, they think how the fuck did they do that? [laughs].
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That’s cool. I always want new gear after interviews and there is no exception today [laughs]. Moving on to guitars, I know you own Seger Guitar Company. I was looking at some of your guitars, they’re really nice and I like the YG model with the carved body.
Thanks, man. I just wanted to make something that looks fucking crazy under stage lights and that’s what the carved body does.
Yes, I start with raw wood that I usually pick out or sometimes order. I make the neck from scratch, but I don’t make the truss rods. I have a really good source of truss rods from LMI. I do all the woodwork but I don’t do electronics. I don’t have an interest in making those as there’s no shortage of talented people who do amazing work so I’d rather work with them. But the guitar design is all done by me, I make them with my own templates or by hand.
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Wow, that’s impressive. One time tried to rebuild a guitar. I had a cheap Squire. I have it here actually, and I tried to refinish it, but I got frustrated and I just beat the hell out of it, so what you’re doing is pretty awesome.
I’ve built a lot of guitars and I’ve become faster at many aspects of building from repetition. I remember the first time I thought ‘Holy shit, this is crazy, how are there this many guitars out there’ [laughs].
That’s awesome. I noticed that the guitars on the site have a variety of different pickups but is there a certain type of pickup that’s your favorite or do you use a variety depending on the sound you want?
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I like everything. I’m not trying to give you a cop-out, but recently my favorite pickups are the Lawrence L500 XL or the L500 L, which are pretty similar. They’re amazingly clear, they’re hot without having too much bottom, like a lot of hot pickups have, and they stay dynamic. They’re not overly compressed either. That said, I’m working with Lollar, they make some top-notch stuff, especially if you want to get into variations on PAF’s. They have some original pickups too and their P90’s are great.
My favorite pickups are the Lawrence L500 XL or the L500 L, which are pretty similar. They’re amazingly clear, they’re hot without having too much bottom..
They are a great company. I’m also using Avedissian Pickups. He’s doing some awesome work and creating some unique pickups. I hate to pigeonhole things but, if you’re more into metal and crunchy sounds, he has some really good pickups for that. He makes my favorite bass pickups as well. I’m always trying new things but I think these two companies create amazing pickups that offer a wide range of sounds.
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That’s really interesting and I could spend hours talking about gear but I’m also interested in how you create songs. What is your songwriting process like for Manic Abraxas?
It changes sometimes but mostly I’ll write a riff and then almost immediately come up with a second, maybe third, sometimes a fourth. And when you think about it, you have a song. It’s just a matter of arranging it. And then I’d take it and bounce it off my dudes. My good friend, Tom Bennett, who drums on the album, he’s just incredible. I love working with him. And we’ve written a lot of stuff over the years, it’s very quick for us, we communicate really well. Tom’s a big, big part of it. Like I said, if you have three riffs you pretty much have a song. Then I think of an intro and/or outro, a bridge and I also think of the big picture trying not to repeat anything on the album and make sure it all flows. I don’t know if I’m answering your question [laughs].
Yeah you are [laughs]. I’m not in the band or anything but I’ve been trying to write some my own stuff. I’ll get a riff here and there, then I have real hard time coming up with a second or third riff and putting it all together. I can’t get anything to flow without out sounding choppy.
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It might be a matter of finding the right person to bounce ideas off of, especially a drummer because then you got some structure. There are so many ways of approaching writing. I like trying to write riffs most of the time, but I will also go back to old riffs and rework them into something. I think you just go for it, you
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