MadMag May. 2014. | Page 8

Lee Malia

About Lee:

Being the lead guitarist of Bring Me The Horizon, Lee has many guitars he performs with.

Lee is all about Gibson and Epiphone guitars with heavy strings (.080 on the bottom) and tuned down to C or sometimes Bb. On tour, Malia brings a well-stocked guitar vault that includes his signature Epiphone Les Paul Custom loaded with a P-94 in the neck, a Gibson Les Paul Traditional with Lace pickups, a Gibson Les Paul Supreme with Bare Knuckle pickups, and two vintage models: a 1982 Gibson Victory MVX and a 1979 Gibson The Paul.

Lee stays true to his British roots with two Marshall JCM800s. Both amps have been modded

to accommodate Svetlana Winged C 6550C power amp tubes and Electro-Harmonix Gold Pin 12AX7 preamp tubes. The amps drive a duo of Marshall 1960A 4X12 cabinets.Lee’s signal path runs from this guitar to a Shure UR4D+ Dual Wireless Receiver into a Bedford Audio Line Driver, a Bedford Audio JB1 Junction Box / Line Receiver and a Boss NS-2

Noise Suppressor. Lee runs all effects through a Free The Tone ARC-03 Audio Controller.

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