Beau Burchell


Beau Burchell is an American musician, record producer, and audio engineer from Orange County, California. He currently plays guitar and sings backup vocals in the band Saosin, and was previously in the bands Kosmos Express and Open Hand. Also a prolific producer, he has been credited on over thirty albums. He also owns the record label Death Do Us Part.

Gear

On stage, Burchell has been seen playing a Gibson Les Paul Custom, a Gibson SG Standard, a Burny Les Paul Custom, a Fender Jaguar, and a Balaguer Guitars Thicket BB. He plays a Hughes & Kettner Triamp MKII amp through both a Hughes & Kettner 4x12 cabinet with Vintage 30 speakers and a 2x12 cabinet with Greenback speakers. He has also stated that onstage he uses a Bob Bradshaw Custom Audio Electronics Looper, a RS-10 MIDI Switching Module, a Line 6 Echo Pro Delay Unit, TC Electronic G-Major, Shure U4D wireless Unit, a Boss noise gate, and a Dunlop Tremolo Pedal.
To record Translating the Name, Burchell played both a Gibson Les Paul Standard and Gibson SG Standard. He used a modded Mesa/Boogie 2-Channel Dual Rectifier amp through a Marshall 1960B cabinet for the rhythm tracks. The lead tracks were recorded with a Schecter 006 Elite played into a modded Marshall JCM2000 TSL100 amp through a Marshall 1960B cabinet.

Discography

With Kosmos Express

BandAlbumRoleRelease Year
Kosmos ExpressSimulcastArranger1998
As Hope DiesBirth Place and Burial GroundEngineer, mixing2002
As Hope DiesLegions Bow To A Faceless GodProducer, engineer, mixing2003
Name Taken/BaysideSplitProducer, engineer, mixing2003
The BronxThe BronxEngineer, mixing2003
Various ArtistsDifferent Shade of Green: Tribute to Green DayProducer, mixing2003
Various Artists'Producer, engineer, mixing2003
Various Artists'Producer2003
Death on WednesdaySongs to ToEngineer2003
The HigherStar is DeadProducer, engineer, mixing2003
The BledPass the FlaskProducer, engineer, mixing2003
Scars of TomorrowDesign Your FateEngineer2003
SalemLove It or Leave Me EPProducer, engineer2003
SaosinTranslating the NameProducer, engineer, mixing2003
TakenBetween Two Unseens CD/DVDProducer, engineer2004
Name TakenHold OnProducer, engineer, mixing2004
SaosinSaosin EPMixing2005
Reel Big FishWe're Not Happy 'til You're Not HappyEngineer2005
Scars of TomorrowBeginning OfEngineer2005
Various ArtistsPunk Goes 90'sProducer, mixing2005
SaosinCome CloseEngineer, Mixing2008
UnderoathSurvive, KaleidoscopeMixing2008
SaosinIn Search of Solid GroundEngineer, mixing2008
TakenThis Is ForeverMixing2008
Drop Dead, GorgeousThe Hot N' HeavyMixing2009
It PrevailsCapture and EmbraceMixing, mastering2009
History Of...Alcheringa; The DreamingMixing, mastering2010
GuiltmakerThe Emerald CoastMastering2010
Trash TalkEyes & NinesMastering2010
It PrevailsStromaMixing, mastering2011
HideoutsObsessedProducer, engineer2014
EmeryYou Were Never AloneMixing2015
Moose BloodBlushProducer2016
SaosinAlong the ShadowEngineer, mixing2016
Senses FailIf There Is Light, It Will Find YouProducer2018