259 - Atreyu (Dan and Travis)

About this episode

James Patrick Regan interviews Atreyu guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel about their music, upcoming tour, and personal interests.

259 - Atreyu (Dan and Travis) In episode 259 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine,host James Patrick Regan speaks with Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel, the guitarists from the band Atreyu. In their conversation the two talk about living in Southern California and having the other members of the band spread across the world and the logistics of production, rehearsal and recording and they discuss their upcoming tour with Sevendust. The two share their thoughts on their new album “The End Is Not The End” and the performances on the album including the vocals. The two take us through their live rigs which are all digital Neural DSP Quad Cortex’s and what the benefits are working with them and they take us through their guitars and their endorsements and signature instruments Keisel ( kieselguitars.com ) for Dan and Balaguer ( balaguerguitars.com ) for Travis. Dan talks a bit about a company he works for Pluginz keychains ( pluginzkeychains.com ). The two give us the history of the band and their punk roots and how the name of the band came about from the movie “The Never Ending Story” they also take us their guitar influences. Finally the two talk about…

People in this episode

Host: James Patrick Regan

Guests: Dan Jacobs, Travis Miguel

Topics covered

• Atreyu
• guitar
• music production
• touring
• album discussion
• live performance
• guitar rigs
• band history
• influences

Keywords

• Neural DSP Quad Cortex
• Keisel Guitars
• Balaguer Guitars
• Pluginz keychains

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Neural DSP Quad Cortex’s, Neural DSP Quad Cortex, Keisel Guitars, Balaguer Guitars, Pluginz keychains

Books & works: Have Guitar Will Travel, The End Is Not The End, The Never Ending Story

Places: Southern California

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