Rob Scallon: American Musician & YouTuber
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A kid who couldn't afford instruments at his local Guitar Center grew up to cover Slayer on banjo, drum in a Billboard-charting comedy band, and set a Guinness World Record for the largest guitar pedalboard ever built.
About Rob Scallon: American Musician & YouTuber
Rob Scallon was born in Champaign, Illinois and raised in Arlington Heights, where he and his friends would visit the local Guitar Center to play instruments they couldn't afford. Given a nylon-string classical guitar as a gift, he wrote his first songs on it and played drums as a teenager in a metal band called Gas Mask Catalogue. He began uploading to YouTube in February 2007 and built a following covering heavy metal songs on traditionally non-metal instruments — his banjo covers of Slayer's 'Raining Blood' and Metallica's 'Master of Puppets' went viral, and his banjo take on Slipknot's 'Psychosocial' featured a cameo from Corey Taylor. He plays drums in Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, whose 2014 debut album reached number 3 on the Billboard Comedy Albums chart, and co-runs two music projects with fellow musician Andrew Huang: the one-day-album band First of October and the show Sonic Boom. Scallon has released signature guitar lines with Chapman Guitars and, since 2022, Schecter. In 2019, with Sweetwater Sound, he set a Guinness World Record for the largest guitar effects pedalboard — 319 pedals across 34 pedalboards and more than 500 feet of cable. In 2021 he launched GuitarQuest, an online guitar-learning course.
Career Journey
Viral metal covers on banjo
Scallon began uploading to YouTube in 2007 and built a following covering heavy metal songs on folk instruments, with his banjo renditions of Slayer and Metallica songs going viral.
Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers
As drummer for Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, Scallon's debut album with the band, Incongruent, reached number 3 on the Billboard Comedy Albums chart.
Signature guitars
Scallon released a signature guitar series with Chapman Guitars in 2017, expanding the line in 2020, before launching a new signature line with Schecter in 2022.
A Guinness World Record and GuitarQuest
In 2019, with Sweetwater Sound, Scallon set a Guinness World Record for the largest guitar effects pedalboard. In 2021 he launched GuitarQuest, a paid online guitar-learning course.
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Who is Rob Scallon?
Robert Andrew Scallon (born August 26, 1990) is an American musician and YouTuber from Illinois, best known for viral heavy-metal covers played on folk instruments and for holding a Guinness World Record for the largest guitar effects pedalboard.
Does Rob Scallon have his own guitars?
Yes. He released a signature guitar line with Chapman Guitars in 2017, expanded in 2020, and launched a new signature line with Schecter in 2022.
How can brands work with Rob Scallon?
Through his verified Instagram and X accounts (@robscallon/@RobScallon); he does not publicly list a direct booking email.
Latest News
Scallon continues uploading weekly music and gear-focused videos, recently exploring unusual instruments alongside his ongoing GuitarQuest course and Schecter signature guitar line.
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