In the footage below, Brent Hinds of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON can be seen creating his "Clean Toes" TonePrint for the Corona Chorus pedal from TC Electronic; his "Mother Slapper" TonePrint for the Flashback Delay pedal from TC Electronic; and his "Clean Toes" TonePrint for the Corona Chorus pedal from TC Electronic.Brent's guitar sound is unique and easily recognizable. Playing the banjo as a child, Hinds learned his "signature style" of fast hybrid picking by emulating banjo fingerings on the guitar. He frequently utilizes the minor pentatonic, natural minor and the harmonic minor scales in his playing as well as many hammer-ons, pull-offs and legato slides.Like the rest of MASTODON's vocalists, Brent became a singer more by accident than by choice, when the original singer suddenly left the band and they were unable to find a replacement in time for an upcoming tour. Since then, the mix of different vocal styles has become an integral part of MASTODON's unmistakable trademark sound.While Hinds' main focus is on MASTODON, he's also pulling guitar and vocal duties for the surfabilly band FIEND WITHOUT A FACE, and is also involved in other projects such as classic rock bands THE BLOOD VESSELS, WEST END MOTEL, FOUR HOUR FOGGER, THE LAST OF THE BLUE EYED DEVILS and his newest project, the supergroup GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA with fellow guitarist Ben Weinman of THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, former bassist of JANE'S ADDICTION, Eric Avery, and former THE MARS VOLTA drummer Jon Theodore. Hinds furthermore composed the score for the movie "Jonah Hex".MASTODON is known to be heavy users of guitar effects and Brent's impressive pedalboard, of course, includes several TC pedals such as the Shaker vibrato, Corona chorus, Flashback delay and the Polytune.
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