Mario Camarena, Erick Hansel: Rig Rundown - Chon plus UK and US tour dates

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The SoCal quartet rolled into town and guitarists Mario Camarena and Erick Hansel set aside a few minutes to hang with PG’s Perry Bean and go over their pedal-heavy setups before headlining a jam-packed gig at Nashville’s Mercy Lounge.

Mario calls San Diego-based teacher, Seth Hollander, his guitar guru because he taught him and Erick their tapping techniques, got them into the Ibanez family, picked out the DiMarzio pickups in Mario’s Ibanez, and even painted Mario’s RG series axe seen above.

While this looks just like another RG series Ibanez, this is actually a (tentatively named) AZ series prototype that Erick recently scored from the company’s L.A. Custom Shop. What Hansel does tell us in the interview is that this proto has smaller frets than a typical RG and has special-designed humbuckers from Seymour Duncan.

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Rig Rundown - Chon

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OCT 12
THU
Rock City Basement
Nottingham, United Kingdom
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OCT 13
FRI
Boileroom
Guildford, United Kingdom
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OCT 14
SAT
Brudenell Social Club
Leeds, United Kingdom
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OCT 15
SUN
Sticky Mike's Frog Bar
Brighton, United Kingdom
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OCT 16
MON
GARAGE
London, United Kingdom
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OCT 17
TUE
Fleece
Bristol, United Kingdom
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OCT 18
WED
O2 Institute 3
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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OCT 19
THU
Rebellion
Manchester, United Kingdom
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OCT 20
FRI
Stereo
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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NOV 2
THU
City National Civic Center
San Jose, CA
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NOV 3
FRI
Shrine Expo Hall
Los Angeles, CA
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NOV 4
SAT
Shrine Expo Hall
Los Angeles, CA
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NOV 5
SUN
Mesa Amphitheatre
Mesa, AZ
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