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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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29:21

Steve Stevens

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/05/29

Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeWin Guitar Gear: https://bit.ly/GiveawaysPGDon't Miss a Rundown: http://bit.ly/RIgRundownENLMerch & Magazines: https://shop.premierguitar.comPG's Facebook: https://facebook.com/premierguitarPG's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/premierguitar/PG's Twitter: https://twitter.com/premierguitarPG's Threads: https://threads.net/@premierguitarPG's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@premierguitar© Copyright Gearhead Communications LLC, 2025

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01:15:08

Fontaines D.C. [2025]

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/05/21

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/fontaines-dc-2025Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeThe Irish post-punk band’s three guitarists go for Fairlane, Fenders, and a fake on their spring American tour.We caught up with guitarists Carlos O’Connell and Conor Curley from red-hot Dublin indie rock outfit Fontaines D.C. for a Rig Rundown in 2023, but we felt bad missing bassist Conor “Deego” Deegan III, so we’ve been waiting for the lads to make their way

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43:47

Umphrey's McGee: Jake Cinninger & Brendan Bayliss [2025]

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/05/14

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/umphreys-mcgee-2025Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeAxe-wielders Jake Cinninger and Brendan Bayliss take us through their current gear garages.It’s been just over 10 years since we had legendary South Bend, Indiana, jam band Umphrey’s McGee on Rig Rundown, so when we saw that they were coming to play at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium in early April, we figured it was time to reconnect.Guitarists Jake Cinninger

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26:25

Teen Mortage

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/05/07

Dunable Guitars Tour: https://youtu.be/TsQXn4qIFyASubscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeTwo guitars, two amps, and two people is all it takes to bring the noise.The day before they played the coveted Blue Room at Third Man Records in Nashville, the Washington, D.C.-based garage-punk duo Teen Mortgage released their debut record, Devil Ultrasonic Dream. Not a bad couple of days for a young band.PG’s Chris Kies caught up with guitarist and vocalist James Guile at the Blue Room to

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57:26

Charlie Worsham

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/05/01

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/charlie-worshamSubscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeThe country artist and session weapon packed a range of acoustics for some recent studio time.Charlie Worsham was just wrapping up some tracking down at Sony Studios in Nashville when PG’s John Bohlinger caught up with him for a look at what tools he packs for a recording gig. Worsham had with him some of his most treasured acoustics, electrics, mandolins, banjos,

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50:12

Darkside's Dave Harrington

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/04/23

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/darksideSubscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeGuitarist Dave Harrington concedes that while there are a few mile markers in the music that he and musician Nicolas Jaar create as Darkside, improvisation has been the rule from day one. The experimental electronic trio’s latest record, Nothing, which released in February on Matador, was the first to feature new percussionist Tlacael Esparza.Taking the record on tour

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42:32

Zach Person

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/04/16

Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeWin Guitar Gear: https://bit.ly/GiveawaysPGThe Austin-based guitarist sticks with a tried-and-true combo of American guitars and British amps.If you’ve been on the path of this spring’s Rhett Schull/Zach Person tour, you’ve been treated to one of the coolest rock ’n’ roll double bills criss-crossing North America this year. Person, who is based in Austin, put out his second full-length record, Let’s Get Loud, in March 2024, and it was packed

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01:17:48

My Morning Jacket Rig Rundown with Jim James, Carl...

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/04/09

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/my-morning-jacketSubscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeThe legendary Louisville rockers brought tons of vintage tone tools on the road this year.My Morning Jacket’s Is, their 10th album, released on March 21, and as we reported in our feature on the band in our May print issue, it showcased a band exercising their classic strengths as well as newfound vision and curiosity. Helmed by superstar producer Brendan

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42:46

Rhett Shull

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/04/02

Stillwater Strong Relief: https://www.stillwaterstrong.org/Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/rhett-shullRhett Shull’s a busy guy. Between being one of the most prolific YouTubers in the guitar sphere, working as a trusted hired gun, and creating his own original music, including last year’s EP The Early Days, he’s an avid cyclist. Just a week before we met up with Rhett at Eastside Bowl in Madison, Tennessee, for this Rig Rundown, he was slated to ride a 100-mile race

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53:09

Vundabar's Brandon Hagen

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/03/26

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/vundabarVisit Grimey's: https://www.grimeys.com/A pair of Fender amps and a custom-built Baranik helped the Boston band’s guitarist come back from a broken arm.When Brandon Hagen broke his arm a few years ago, his life changed in an instant. He’d been fronting Boston indie rock outfit Vundabar since 2013, and suddenly, he was unable to do the things he’d built his life around. Recovery came, in part, in the form of a custom guitar

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27:44

Shovels & Rope

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/03/19

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/shovels-and-ropeSubscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeTeamwork makes the dream work for the Charleston, South Carolina, twosome, who trade off multi-instrumental duties throughout their sets.Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst have been making music as Shovels & Rope since 2008. The husband-and-wife duo from South Carolina specialize in rootsy, bluesy rock, Americana, and alt-country, but they don’t confine

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38:54

Phantogram's Josh Carter & Sarah Barthel

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/03/12

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/phantogramSubscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeAlong with contemporaries like MGMT and Passion Pit, Greenwich, New York, duo Phantogram’s experiments crosspollinating hip-hop, indie, and punk rock helped cement and elevate a new era of electronic-influenced alt-rock and indie music. At the start of the 2010s, you’d be hard-pressed to find a college radio station or dorm-room playlist that didn’t include a

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31:16

Marty Friedman

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/03/05

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/marty-friedmanSubscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeThe Japan-based shredder brings his current roadshow to life with the help of his tech, Alan Sosa.Marty Friedman, the ex-Megadeth guitarist and celebrated mixologist of heavy metal and Japanese music, released his latest solo record, Drama, in April 2024. Last month, PG’s John Bohlinger caught up with Friedman before his show at the Basement in Nashville to see

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01:15:46

Paul Moak

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/02/26

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/paul-moakSubscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeGrammy-nominated session guitarist, producer, mixer, and engineer Paul Moak stays busy on multiple fronts. Over the years he’s written, played, produced and more for TV sessions (Pretty Little Liars, One Tree Hill) and artists including Third Day, Leeland, and the Blind Boys of Alabama. But most recently he’s worked with Heart and Ann Wilson and Tripsitter. PG’s John

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41:34

The Jesus Lizard [2025]

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/02/20

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/the-jesus-lizard-2025Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeWhen the Jesus Lizard released their seventh studio record, Rack, last September, it ended a 26-year hiatus between recordings, and lovers of raucous, steely rock music around the world rejoiced. As guitarist Duane Denison told PG’s Nick Millevoi in our feature story, the key to the album’s vitality—and reviving the band’s brutal sound—was simple: “Practice

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58:12

MJ Lenderman & the Wind

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/02/19

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/mj-lendermanSubscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeThe fast-rising indie-rock outfit shows how they bring their varied 4-piece string section to life on their recent tour.Last year’s Manning Fireworks was a breakout moment for Asheville, North Carolina’s MJ Lenderman, which is both the name of the band and the actual name of singer and guitarist Jake Lenderman, who also plays in the band Wednesday. The record topped

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01:14:12

Dweezil Zappa [2025]

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/02/05

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/dweezil-zappa-2025Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeThe shredder and son of legendary artist Frank Zappa gives a tour of his up-to-date gear, including a complex stereo switching system, four racks of pedals, and some of his father’s favorite guitars.Dweezil Zappa was always going to end up being an incredible guitarist. His dad, Frank Zappa, is celebrated as one of the most talented and creative guitarists in

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26:42

Jared Dines & Eric Palmer (Oni Band)

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/01/30

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/oniSubscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeOni’s guitar duo cover 16 strings between them with a pair of Neural Quad Cortexes and some choice patches. Jared Dines had been writing for Canadian metalcore outfit Oni—fronted by Jake Oni—for a few years before Jake invited Dines to join him onstage. Dines had just two days to learn the entire set before rehearsals began. But Eric Palmer can one-up him. He was teching for

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25:26

LA LOM

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/01/29

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/la-lomSubscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeThe Los Angeles League of Musicians—LA LOM for short—brought the vintage vibe with them on the road last year.It wasn’t long ago that LA LOM—guitarist Zac Sokolow, bassist Jake Faulkner, and percussionist Nicholas Baker—were cutting their teeth together as the house band at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, playing poolside for guests. Now, with eight EPs and a full-length

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52:41

Chat Pile

Rig Rundowns ·

2025/01/09

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/chat-pileSubscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeThe fast-rising Okies use solid-state amp heads, baritone guitars, and a bit of Peavey magic to bring their nightmare-rock to life.Oklahoma City sludge rockers Chat Pile have had a busy few years. Their 2022 LP, God’s Country, broke them internationally, and their critically acclaimed 2024 follow-up, Cool World, solidified them as one of the most exciting heavy bands of

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