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On this episode of DTB’s “Gear Masters”, Christoph Schultz, guitarist of the progressive metalcore band, Unprocessed, shows off the gear that he uses onstage, while on their 2026 North American headline tour with Allt and Midwinter. Unprocessed is currently supporting their newest album, Angel.

PLAY THE SAME GEAR:
Ibanez Prestige RG5328R 8-string Electric Guitar - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/k4bBa0
Ibanez Prestige AZ2402L Left-Handed Electric Guitar Tri Fade Burst Flat - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/jR2ozM
Neural DSP Quad Cortex Digital Amp Modeling and Multi-effects Floorboard - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/X41xMo
Earline RH Custom In-Ear Monitors - https://www.earline.ch/en/shop/in-ear-monitors/rh-acoustics/
D'Addario NYXL Electric Guitar 8-String Set (.009-.080) - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Gbqz0n
D'Addario NYXL Electric Guitar 6-String Set (.009-.046) - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/oNbEXo
MixWave Manuel Gardner Fernandes Amplifier Simulation Plug-in - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/n4oB3x

VIDEO INFO:
Film Date - April 27, 2026
Location - Bottom Lounge in Chicago, IL

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VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Skip Intro
00:44 Guitars
03:05 Quad Cortex
03:48 In-Ears

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Transcript
00:00For everything, our live show is MIDI controlled.
00:03I'm mostly using the bridge pickups all the way to 10.
00:32Hey, what's up guys?
00:34I'm Christoph Schultz.
00:35I play guitar and I'm processed.
00:37And I'm gonna show you a little bit of my gear and my guitars.
00:43So, the first one is this beautiful custom 8-string RG.
00:53Left-handed, also with DiMazio pickups.
00:57So, these are the standard DiMazios for Ibanez.
01:02Sound pretty sick, pretty happy.
01:05Also, this is a switch for single coils and humbucker.
01:10We mostly play single coil sound.
01:13Tone knob, volume knob, three-way switch.
01:18And this beautiful red color.
01:21So, these strings are the NYXL 9-80 from D'Addario.
01:26The tuning is E, B, E, A, D, G, B, E.
01:32Pretty standard.
01:34Like, drop E on the lowest strings.
01:36Standard E on the highest 6 strings.
01:38Yeah, I'm mostly using the bridge pickups.
01:43All the way to 10.
01:45All the knobs.
01:47And single coil.
01:48Okay.
01:48This one is my beautiful Ibanez AZ.
01:52Standard tuning.
01:54The strings are 9-46.
01:57D'Addario.
02:00Also, the switch.
02:03The 5-way pickup switch.
02:07Tone knob, volume knob.
02:08Yeah, I mean, some songs we use 6-string guitars.
02:13This is my standard 6-string guitar.
02:16And for the 8-string songs, I use the red one.
02:21So, that's basically how we decide what guitars we're using.
02:25I think, like, these 6-strings are pretty similar to the highest 6-strings on the red RG.
02:35I think, yeah, I just got used to this string gauge and feels very comfortable.
02:42So, these are our custom dead rose picks.
02:47It's like 0.75 millimeters.
02:51Very comfortable to play.
02:55It's great for rhythm playing.
02:57Yeah, that's the thickness I like in Emanuel as well.
03:01These are our quad cortex.
03:04We captured the sound of Emanuel's mix wave.
03:08Sounds pretty sick.
03:10Pretty happy with it.
03:11Like, Kian did the capture for us.
03:14And we're happy with it, for sure.
03:18So, everything, our live show is MIDI controlled.
03:22So, we can switch seamlessly the effects and everything else.
03:28I would say, like, for clean tones, we'll use some delay, some reverb, nothing special.
03:37Our distorted sound sounds very percussive and straight to the point.
03:45So, yeah, the magic is in the capture, basically.
03:48We don't want to use too many effects on the guitars.
03:52So, these are our in-ear monitorings.
03:54It's like RH.
03:56Very comfortable to wear.
03:57Very good sound.
03:59Yeah, I'm happy with it.
04:02So, yeah, my in-ear mix is pretty weird, actually.
04:04My guitar is pretty loud.
04:07The vocals are pretty quiet, actually.
04:11I have a lot of click.
04:12I have a lot of backing track.
04:14I have a lot of bass drum and snare.
04:16It's not a nice mix, to be honest.
04:19But it helps me to play as accurate as possible.
04:23So, we're promoting our record Angel on this tour.
04:27It's a lot of fun to play these songs.
04:29And I'm having a blast.
04:32I'm pretty proud of it.
04:34So, check out Angel and you will love it.
04:59We'll see you next time.
04:59Bye.
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