Teppei Teranishi

Teppei Teranishi
File:Teppei Teranishi.jpg
Background information
Born	(1980-09-13) September 13, 1980
Origin	Irvine, California
Genres	Post-hardcore, Alternative rock, Experimental rock
Instruments	Guitar Piano Keyboards Vocals
Years active	1998 - present
Associated acts	Thrice, Black Unicorn, Dustin Kensrue

Teppei Teranishi (born September 13, 1980) is the lead guitarist and keyboardist of the post-hardcore band Thrice from Orange County, California. He is of Japanese-American descent. In addition to guitar and keyboard duties, he also provides backing vocals for Thrice's live performances. He favors Gibson Les Paul guitars and Fender Telecasters among others. He is also in a side project called Black Unicorn with his friend Chris Jones. At a young age, he began to learn classical guitar and was influenced by heavy metal bands Pantera and Megadeth. Eventually, he moved onto the punk scene. Teranishi is a Beatles fanatic, and a fan of classic 50's, 60's, and early 70's acts.

Teranishi has produced Thrice's The Alchemy Index and Beggars, Dustin Kensrue's Please Come Home, and Mercury Sky's The Walls That We Bring. He has also mixed The Out Circuit's album Pierce The Empire With A Sound

Equipment

Guitars

• Nash T series (52' relic)
• Gibson ES-335
• 1985 Gibson Les Paul Custom
• Epiphone Elitist 1965 Casino
• Fender Jaguar Baritone Custom
• Fender Jaguar Baritone Special HH

Amplification

• Marshall JCM 800 Head
• Homemade Supro Clone Head
• Marshall JCM 800 Combo
• Mesa/Boogie 2x12 cab
• Vox AC30
• Fender '59 Bassman Combo
• Fender Bassman Head
• Fender Bassman 2x12 cab

Effects and other

In order of signal chain:

• Line 6 M13
• Boss RV-5 Reverb
• Line 6 DL4
• ProCo Turbo Rat
• Boss TU-2
• Line 6 MM4
• Digitech Whammy
• Line 6 FM4
• Homemade Tube Screamer Clone
• Various homemade pedals
• Ernie Ball Volume

External links

• Official Thrice Website
• Musical history of Teppei Teranishi