Rig Rundowns
Summary: Premier Guitar’s world-famous Rig Rundowns take you backstage to explore the live gear used by your favorite guitar and bass players. Whether you’re into shred, country, indie, or classic rock, Rig Rundowns give you the lowdown on the instruments, pedals, and amps powering the biggest acts on the road today—and often we even coax them into demoing their favorite settings. Listen now and pick up new tricks for how to set up your rig!
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Podcasts:
Jason Shadrick is On Location at the Mark in Moline, Ilinois. Guitar tech Chris Miller shows Jason a few of the guitars that Keith Urban uses on the Get Closer World Tour. Be sure to check out part 2 where Chris shows Jason around Keith Urban's ever changing array of amps and effects!
On a tour celebrating his classic 1990 album, Ah Via Musicom, the legendary guitarist pairs his vintage pedals and amps with brand new signature semi-hollowbody Fender Strats and some wild-card 6-strings.
Politically charged prog-punkers Chris Hannah, Todd Kowalski, and Sulynn Hago of Propagandhi take PG through their road rigs.
The English rocker’s recipe for his brand of classic psychedelic blues-rock is simple: Plug a Strat into a Marshall and crank it up.
We get the lowdown on the former CCR frontman’s rather surprising road gear (including his vintage Les Pauls and rare “bat guitar”), and talk to son and co-guitarist Shane Fogerty about his setup.
Guitarist/singer Marissa Paternoster and bassist “King” Mike Abbate worry little about instrument investments and instead focus on producing raw, energy-fueled, loud-as-hell jams.
PG's Rebecca Dirks is On Location at the Northern Lights Theater at Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee, WI, where she catches up with bassist Victor Wooten and his brother Regi Wooten (guitarist) to find out what they are currently using for guitars, amps, and effects during their tour with the Stanley Clarke Band.
Learn how these Arkansas rockers move beyond a wall of dark and heavy doom with various modulation, delays, and deep ’verbs to weave their own complex sonic architecture.
While on tour with Rob Zombie, Mr. 5 shows us his bevy of hot-rod Teles, including a "lava lamp" model and another inspired by Hee Haw legend Buck Owens.
Arguably the most danceable jazz band around gives us some insights to the gear they use to keep the audience grooving.
The Deftones' string section talks about revamping its approach to amplification and the players who inspired their instrument choices.
This psychedelic-rocking power trio plays a lot of hip, retro, road-worn gear so they don’t mind a little 60-cycle hum.
PG's Jason Shadrick is On Location in Iowa City, IA, at the Englert Theatre where he catches up with pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph who walks us through his current touring rig consisting of Fender amps, Fender guitars, Fuchs amplifiers, Electro-Harmonix effects, and various other products
The German folk-rock group gives us a peek at their streamlined setup that combines vintage, offbeat axes with cutting-edge technology.
It’s all about ESP guitars and cranked Marshalls for one of death metal’s most melodic shredders.
