Uploaded November 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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We asked 26 guitarists at the 2015 ArcTanGent festival to show us what guitar they were playing and why. These are the results, with random chicken interruptions.
Vennart / Mike Vennart: 0:22
Black Peaks / Joe Gosney: 4:30
Deafheaven / Shiv Mehra: 6:06 and Kerry McCoy: 38:35
Marriages / Emma Ruth Rundle: 8:05
Alright The Captain / Marty Toner: 10:50
Axes / Paul Russell: 11:59 and Jeion Nejad: 13:09
The Dillinger Escape Plan / Ben Weinman: 14:32
Helms Alee / Ben Verellen: 16:02
Toundra / Esteban Girón 19:04 and David Maca 20:59
Cleft / Dan Beesley: 23:09
The Algorithm / Rémi Gallego: 31:19
Prosperina / Gethin Woolcock 32:39 and Chris Dean: 34:07
Chon / Mario Camarena 35:40 and Erick Hansel: 37:07
Latitudes / Adam Crowley: 40:00
The Fierce And The Dead / Matt Stevens: 41:36 and Steve Cleaton 43:38
Maybeshewill / Robin Southby: 45:25
Polymath / Tim Laulik-Walters 47:11
Eschar / Rob O'Murphy: 51:09 and Sam Beattie: 52:44
Alpha Male Tea Party / Tom Peters: 55:21