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Rig Rundowns

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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Foo Fighters' Chris Shiflett

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/10/26

When Chris Shiflett left No Use for a Name and joined the Foo Fighters in 1999, he almost had no gear. The band was rehearsing to support their third album,There Is Nothing Left to Lose, and leader Dave Grohl was doing an inventory check on their newest member.“Dave asked me how many guitars I had, and I said, ‘Well, I have two, but one has a broken headstock,’” recalls Shiflett. “Dave chuckled and said, ‘We gotta get you a few more guitars.’”The duo ventured down to Sunset Boulevard hitting all the

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25:29

Marcus King [2022]

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/10/20

SinceMarcus King’spreviousRig Rundownin 2017, he’s made two albums—produced bythe Black Keys’Dan Auerbach—and scored a Grammy nomination. He’s also busted out his own signature Orange amp with an allusive name, and upped his profile, stepping from clubs to big halls. Not bad for a South Carolina kid with blues in his bloodline.And, really, not entirely unexpected. King hit the scene in his teens as a full-blown virtuoso, playing club gigs at night and going to high school by day. He was initially

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32:21

Code Orange's Reba Meyers

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/10/12

What would you get if you put the heaviness of Converge, the industrial sounds of Nine Inch Nails and Type O Negative, the catchiness of ’90s metalcore, the frantic delivery of Black Flag, and the sampled-chopped-and-glitched production of hip-hop into a blender and hit liquefy? You’d get 100 percent of your daily intake of Code Orange.The band was formed—as the Code Orange Kids—in 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Eric “Shade” Balderose (vocals, keys, programming, and guitars), Reba Meyers

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17:41

Amyl and the Sniffers

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/10/05

Amyl and the Sniffers are pragmatic. They rock fast and write and record even faster. Legend has it they knocked out their debut EP, 2016’sGiddy Up,from start to finish in just 12 hours in the band’s shared home. And their Australian Recording Industry Award-winning (Best Rock Album) self-titled full-length debut is a sweltering, swaggering, scallywag’s set of 11 songs that clock in at 30 minutes. During Australia’s Covid shelter-in mandate, the frenzied foursome locked themselves in their home once

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Exodus' Gary Holt [2022]

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/10/03

If you’re a devoted follower of theRig Rundown series, you’ve probably noticed our recent rash of thrash. We’ve featured nearly every corner of the genre—heavyweightsMegadeth, torchbearersAnthrax, revivalistsMunicipal Waste, and, now, pioneers Exodus get their (re)visit. Their four-decade reign and 11 gnashing albums are brimming with sinister, trouncing, wood-splitting riffs and vividly vicious narratives. And the blade of this chainsaw collective is its longest-tenured member, fretboard flyerGary

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18:33

Chelsea Grin

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/09/21

Death metalis a genre built on precision and power. Chelsea Grin’s articulate picking and gut-rattling riffs are its foundation. But thanks to a rotating cast of ripping guitarists (including Rig Rundown alumnusJason Richardson), their five albums have shown subtle brick-and-mortar flair by incorporating elements of djent, metalcore, doom, black metal, and even post-hardcore. The current lead guitar chair has been filled by Stephen Rutishauser since 2015. His input has given their chaotic sound a

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18:17

Dragged Under's Ryan "Fluff" Bruce

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/09/14

If you’ve perused YouTube for videos dealing with triple rectifiers,5150s, the cheapest guitars imaginable, or absurd gear listings on eBay and Reverb, you most certainly knowRyan “Fluff” Bruce. The mastermind behindRiffs, Beards & Gearhas amassed over 400K subscribers and nearly 100 million views since starting his channel in 2006. His charm is a mixture of quality, inviting guitar-related content with high-brow information and effective, well-timed low-brow comedy. And, of course, some

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42:40

Anthrax [2022]

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/09/08

Anthrax went to church when they brought their Covid-delayed 40th anniversary tour to Nashville—the Mother Church of Country Music, that is, aka the Ryman Auditorium—on August 15. AndPG’s Perry Bean was there to welcome the thrash metal royals and talk with guitarists Scott Ian and Jon Donais, and bassist Frank Bello. Some things have changed in their gear since ourearlier Rundown, in 2012, but not Ian’s loyalty to Jackson, which makes the signature-model King V’s he loves to play. Donais is equally

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17:15

Municipal Waste

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/08/31

Thrash metalhas seen a resurgence since its ’80s heyday.Megadethearned a Grammy for their 2016 albumDystopia, and very recentlyStranger Things’ brave headbanger Eddie Munson brandished aB.C. RichWarlock for a literally death-defying performance of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” that catapulted the song into widespread pop-culture consciousness. But for metal purists, Municipal Waste and their cofounding guitarist Ryan Waste, plus their track record of seven mosh-motivating albums over the past 21

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43:21

Joe Bonamassa [2022]

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/08/24

After moving back to New York City, Joe Bonamassa spent some lockdown time in Germano Studios in Manhattan’s NoHo neighborhood, tightly winding the music for his latest album,Time Clocks. His longtime producer Joe Shirley had to work with the powerhouse guitarist remotely, from his home in Australia. Yet the result is as seamlessly Bonamassa as ever, with riveting guitar work that has echoes ranging from Africa to Led Zeppelin. “My ADD transcends into my musical life,” the other JB told

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31:48

Megadeth [2022]

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/08/17

Grammy-winning metal legends Megadeth and their massive headlining 2022 run hit Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on May 5. Before the headbanging started,PG’s Chris Kies talked gear with Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine, who ran down the specs ofhis signature Gibson Flying Vand showed us why it’s the best body shape for ripping onstage. The band’s dangerously dexterous lead guitarist Kiko Loureiro showed off his stash of dashing Ibanez doublecuts. And both players (plus their techs) share insight on

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33:27

The Aristocrats [2022]

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/08/10

“Supergroup” is a tired, overused term in music. However, when musical aces like guitaristGuthrie Govan, bassist Bryan Beller, and drummer Marco Minnemann jam… they are an unrivaled force of nature.Each player has a remarkable resume: Govan has worked withSteven Wilson, Hans Zimmer, and Asia; Beller withSatriani,Vai,Dethklok, andDweezil Zappa; and Minnemann with the Mute Gods, Trey Gunn, H-Blockx, and Mike Keneally—among many others.What makes a supergroup novel is generally the collective’s

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01:10:54

Coheed and Cambria [2022]

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/08/03

It’s common for prog bands to create a fictitious narrative for their concept albums. Often, the lyrics tell a linear story, while the adventurous, experimental, and elevated musicianship provides emotional support and dynamism to the album’s arc. Some ambitious wordsmiths may even spread their yarn over two albums or releases, but Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez has penned an entire science fiction tale calledThe Amory Warsthat has been transcribed in comic books and graphic novels published

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16:59

Circle Jerks

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/07/27

Any band that hammers along for 43 years should be praised. But for a hardcore outfit that first seethed “I don’t wanna live / To be thirty-four / I don’t wanna die / In a nuclear war” 42 years ago on their 1980 debutGroup Sex, pushing on for over four decades is a bit of a miracle. The Circle Jerks should be honored with a skanking statue in their hometown of Hermosa Beach, California.“If you would’ve told me in my 20s that I’d be in a seminal hardcore-punk band in my 60s, I would’ve said ‘you’re

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35:15

Foxing

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/07/20

Over the past decade and through four albums, Foxing has shown a lot of musical personalities. They’ve embraced the quirky, eclectic folk of Neutral Milk Hotel. Guitarist Eric Hudson has shown off some deft fretwork wrapped around complex rhythms similar toTiny Moving Parts’ Dylan Mattheisen. They’ve dabbled in complicated, ambiguous instrumentation that echoes Radiohead. Most recently, the band has flexed a cinematic, post-rock cohesion that connects plot points via varied emotions and energy

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40:28

Def Leppard [2022]

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/07/14

It’s beeneight years since Def Leppard’s Vivian Campbell and Phil Collenmet withPGwhile they were on the band’s arena-filling odyssey in 2014. Now they’re on the aptly titled Stadium Tour, playing packed mega-venues with openers Mötley Crüe, Poison, andJoan Jett, delivering songs from the 12 studio albums they’ve recorded over the past 45 years. It’s quite a legacy, with “Bringin’ On the Heartbreak,” “Photograph,” “Rock of Ages,” “Animal,” “Love Bites,” and plenty more classic hits. At their June 30

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01:05:01

Train

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/07/06

After a five-year break in studio releases, Train came roaring back this year withAM Goldand a tour with dates stretching into 2023 that’s delivering their new songs and a sampling of the group’s 28 charting singles from their nearly 30-year history.PG’s John Bohlinger stopped in on the band’s two guitar players, Jerry Becker and Taylor Locke, and bassist Hector Maldonado, before their June 21 show at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater. They displayed the big bevy of instruments they use to recreate

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09:53

Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/06/29

Punk rock is about energy, attitude, and message. It’s been the gateway drug for a lot of guitarists and music lovers. And those forces are what steered East Bay Ray away from his bar-band gig in 1978.“The little hairs on the back of my neck stood up,” Ray remembered during a2016PGinterview. “I saw the Weirdos playing. I said, ‘This is what I want to do.’ I phased myself out of the bar band and put an ad up in Aquarius Records and Rather Ripped Records. Klaus Flouride (bassist Geoffrey Lyall) and

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14:22

Los Bitchos' Serra Petale & Josefine Jonsson

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/06/23

The last two years have given us plenty of reasons to seek a jaunty, joyous listening experience in our music. And one of the best finds around isLos Bitchos—the all-female, internationally assembled outfit consisting of Australia-born Serra Petale (guitar), Sweden’s Josefine Jonsson (bass), Uruguay’s Agustina Ruiz (keytar), and South Londoner Nic Crawshaw (drums).Los Bitchos’ bubbly instrumental psychedelia cocktail mixes their collective musical ingredients (Argentinian cumbia, Peruvian chicha,

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54:53

The War on Drugs [2022]

Rig Rundowns ·

2022/06/15

For nearly two decades and across five albums,The War on Drugs’ founder and frontman Adam Granduciel has narrated our complex modern lives while his band has scored our dreams.The captivating moods of their music, much like us, morph from dense melancholy to saturated, swirling madness and everywhere in between. Granduciel often layers his Springsteen-meets-Young proletariat prose atop a post-rock soundscape, but the heartbeat of their impressive, expansive live shows is their gear and how it is

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