Beau Burchell (born December 17, 1978) is an American guitarist, record producer, and audio engineer from Orange County, California. As a performer, he is best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist in Saosin. He is one of Saosin's founders, and the band's only remaining member who has played with the band through its entire existence. He has previously been a member of Kosmos Express and Open Hand.
Burchell also has a prolific reputation as a record producer. He has been credited on over thirty albums of various types of punk rock. He also owns the record label Death Do Us Part.
In addition to his work as a guitarist and producer, Burchell has participated in music-production education. In 2016, he appeared on the Nail the Mix platform as a guest instructor, providing a full mix breakdown of SaosinâÂÂs song âÂÂThe Silver String.âÂÂ
Burchell has also collaborated with audio-software companies on signature production tools. He partnered with Room Sound to release the Beau Burchell Signature Series drum sample library, designed to replicate his recording and mixing style. He also worked with STL Tones to create the Beau Burchell Kemper Pack, a collection of guitar amp profiles based on his studio tones.
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.