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.

Career 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 Saosin’s song “The Silver String.”

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.

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.

Discography

Kosmos Express Now (1997) Simulcast (1998)

As Hope Dies Birth Place and Burial Site (2002) Legions Bow To A Faceless God (2003)

Saosin Translating the Name (2003) Saosin (2006) Come Close (2008) The Grey EP (2008) In Search of Solid Ground (2009) Along the Shadow (2016)

Production credits

Band Album Role Release year Kosmos Express Simulcast Arranger 1998 As Hope Dies Birth Place and Burial Ground Engineer, mixing 2002 ForeverIRise Go Where They Sleep And See If They’re Safe Producer, Engineer, mixing 2002 As Hope Dies Legions Bow To A Faceless God Producer, engineer, mixing 2003 Name Taken/Bayside Split Producer, engineer, mixing 2003 The Bronx The Bronx Engineer, mixing 2003 Various Artists Different Shade of Green: Tribute to Green Day Producer, mixing 2003 Various Artists Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault: Jawbreaker Tribute Producer, engineer, mixing 2003 Various Artists A Santa Cause: It's a Punk Rock Christmas Producer 2003 Death on Wednesday Songs to To Engineer 2003 The Higher Star is Dead Producer, engineer, mixing 2003 The Bled Pass the Flask Producer, engineer, mixing 2003 Scars of Tomorrow Design Your Fate Engineer 2003 Salem Love It or Leave Me EP Producer, engineer 2003 Saosin Translating the Name Producer, engineer, mixing 2003 Taken Between Two Unseens CD/DVD Producer, engineer 2004 Name Taken Hold On Producer, engineer, mixing 2004 Saosin Saosin EP Mixing 2005 Reel Big Fish We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy Engineer 2005 Scars of Tomorrow Beginning Of Engineer 2005 Various Artists Punk Goes 90's Producer, mixing 2005 Saosin Come Close Engineer, Mixing 2008 Underoath Survive, Kaleidoscope Mixing 2008 Saosin In Search of Solid Ground Engineer, mixing 2008 Taken This Is Forever Mixing 2008 Drop Dead, Gorgeous The Hot N' Heavy Mixing 2009 It Prevails Capture and Embrace Mixing, mastering 2009 History Of... Alcheringa; The Dreaming Mixing, mastering 2010 Guiltmaker The Emerald Coast Mastering 2010 Trash Talk Eyes & Nines Mastering 2010 It Prevails Stroma Mixing, mastering 2011 Hideouts Obsessed Producer, engineer 2014 Emery You Were Never Alone Mixing 2015 Hands Like Houses Dissonants Writer (track 11) 2016 Saosin Along the Shadow Engineer, mixing 2016 Moose Blood Blush Producer, engineer, mixingBlush Moose Blood in Allmusic 2016 Senses Fail In Your Absence (EP) Mixing (tracks 1–3) 2017 Hundred Suns The Prestaliis Producer, mixingThe Prestaliis Hundred Suns 2017 Senses Fail If There Is Light, It Will Find You Producer 2018 Moose Blood I Don't Think I Can Do This Anymore Producer, recording, mixingI Don't Think I Can Do This Anymore Moose Blood in Allmusic 2018 Limbs Father's Son Producer, engineer, mixingFather's Son Limbs in Allmusic 2018 Erra Neon Producer, engineer 2018 Hail the Sun Mental Knife Producer, engineer, mixingMental Knife Hail the Sun in Allmusic 2018 Emery Eve Mixing 2018 It Prevails A Life Worth Living (EP) Mixing 2019 Senses Fail From the Depths of Dreams (EP) (Re-imagined) Recording 2019 Emery White Line Fever Mixing 2020 Lightworker Fury By Failure Producer, Mixing 2020 Erabella The Familiar Grey Producer, Mixing, Mastering 2020 Boston Manor Desperate Times Desperate Pleasures (EP) Mixing 2021 Senses Fail Hell Is in Your Head Producer, engineer (all tracks), mixing (track 2) 2022 The Bled Silent Treatment Remixing, remastering 2022 Boston Manor Datura Mixing 2022 He Is Legend Endless Hallway Mixing 2022 Project 86 OMNI, Pt. 1 Producer, engineer, mixing 2023 Lightworker How the Beautiful Decay Producer, engineer, mixing 2024 Chevelle Bright as Blasphemy Mixing 2025

External links Saosin official website

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