Search a title or topic

Over 20 million podcasts, powered by 

Player FM logo
show episodes
 
Artwork

1
Rig Rundowns

Premier Guitar

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Unsubscribe
Weekly
 
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!
  continue reading
 
Loading …
show series
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/fontaines-dc-2025 Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube The 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 ou…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/umphreys-mcgee-2025 Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Axe-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, …
  continue reading
 
Dunable Guitars Tour: https://youtu.be/TsQXn4qIFyA Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Two 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 rec…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/charlie-worsham Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube The 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 caugh…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/darkside Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Guitarist 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 t…
  continue reading
 
Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Win Guitar Gear: https://bit.ly/GiveawaysPG The 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 cr…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/my-morning-jacket Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube The 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 …
  continue reading
 
Stillwater Strong Relief: https://www.stillwaterstrong.org/ Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/rhett-shull Rhett 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…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/vundabar Visit 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 outf…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/shovels-and-rope Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Teamwork 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 & R…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/phantogram Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Along 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-…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/marty-friedman Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube The 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 …
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/paul-moak Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Grammy-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) a…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/the-jesus-lizard-2025 Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube When 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 guita…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/mj-lenderman Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube The 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 Lende…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/dweezil-zappa-2025 Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube The 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…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/oni Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Oni’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 inv…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/la-lom Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube The 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 Bake…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/chat-pile Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube The 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…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/whores-2024 Visit Eastside Music Supply: https://eastsidemusicsupply.com/ Since forming in 2010, Atlanta noise rockers Whores had only released one LP, 2016’s Gold.—until this year. Eight long years later, their new full-length, WAR., dropped in April, and Whores celebrated by tearing …
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/alan-parsons-live-project Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Jeff Kollman is a lifelong gigging guitarist whose resume stretches from Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes to Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats. Since 2017, he’s been performing with famed engineer, producer, …
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/rob-mcnelley Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Rob McNelley spends a lot of time at Sound Stage Studios in Nashville. When he says, “I live here,” he’s only half kidding. McNelley has recorded with country superstars like Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Mira…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/the-fearless-flyers Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Back in March 2022, we caught up with Cory Wong in the middle of an international tour to film a Rig Rundown. This time around, we found Wong with his Fearless Flyers pals sticking in one spot, at Cory Wong…
  continue reading
 
IDLES 2021 Rig Rundown: https://youtu.be/ZyofmA3bJk4 Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Between 2016 and 2024, Bristol outfit IDLES have gone from being snarling, post-punk underdogs to being snarling, post-punk champions. Their debut LP, Brutalism, was an immediate hit, and since then they’ve turned out a string of full-le…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/sturgill-simpson You might think alt-country veteran Sturgill Simpson would need no introduction by this point in his career, but this year, he set out to reintroduce himself to the world—as Johnny Blue Skies. That’s the moniker he created for his new record, Passage du Desir, which wa…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/the-red-clay-strays Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Mobile, Alabama’s Red Clay Strays started out as a local cover band. In 2016, they officially formed as the Strays, adding a couple players to round out the five-person outfit. After a few years gigging aro…
  continue reading
 
It’s been a busy year for Jack White. The enigmatic artist and Third Man Records boss rolled out his sixth solo album, No Name, this summer, first as secret, unmarked vinyls distributed to Third Man customers, then with a full-blown digital release on August 2. He celebrated the record with a tour of last-minute-notice, small-room gigs around the U…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Details: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/matt-freeman Matt Freeman's Bass Bunker: https://youtube.com/@MattFreemansBassBunker This summer, a Bay Area punk-rock extravaganza rolled across the world. In support of the 30th and 20th anniversaries of their records Dookie and American Idiot, Green Day arranged the summer’s best…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/olivia-rodrigo Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts was last year’s pop-rock album of the year, with singles like “All-American Bitch,” “Get Him Back!,” and “Bad Idea Right?” igniting a revival of early-’00s pop-punk, but with quite a bit mo…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Jerry Cantrell’s forthcoming solo record, I Want Blood, is a return to beastly form for the legendary grunge guitarist. Featuring spots from Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo and Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin—two old friends who played on Cantrell’s 2002 solo release, De…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/bones-uk Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Just ahead of the release of their second full-length record, Soft, the British trio Bones UK tore through the US on a summer tour. PG’s John Bohlinger caught up with lead guitarist Carmen Vandenberg before their Nash…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/adrian-belew-2024 Visit Eastside Music Supply: https://eastsidemusicsupply.com/ Adrian Belew is one of the most inventive guitarists of the past half-century—an incandescent player and songwriter who has a vast menagerie of tones and sounds at his command. You’ve heard him with King Cr…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig 2024 Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/green-day-2024 Green Day 2013 Rig: https://youtu.be/7uomdMrkNgA This year marks two huge anniversaries for Green Day. They defined an entire era of pop-punk with their 1994 major-label debut, Dookie, then did it all over again 10 years later with the punk-rock-opera American Idiot…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/mononeon Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube MonoNeon, aka Dywane Thomas Jr., came up learning the bass from his father in Memphis, Tennessee, but for some reason, he decided to flip his dad’s 4-string bass around and play it with the string order inverted—E str…
  continue reading
 
BARONESS Drum Rundown: https://youtu.be/SFSTU1_oObE Full Rig Info: https://bit.ly/BaronessRR24 Hard rockers Baroness were busy writing during the early days of the pandemic, sharing ideas and bits of songs over weekly video calls until they had enough for a new record. Then, after scouting for potential recording locations, they rented an Airbnb in…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/chris-shiflett-2024 Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube The last time PG caught up with Chris Shiflett, Chris Kies paid a visit to Foo Fighters headquarters at Studio 606. This time, he meets Shiflett in Cincinnati, onstage at Great American Ballpark ahead of th…
  continue reading
 
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/elijah Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Philadelphia-raised metal guitarist Xander Raymond Charles has built himself quite a following on YouTube—his subscribers now number over 120,000. But when he’s not YouTubing, he’s playing live, and earlier this year, h…
  continue reading
 
Loading …
Listen to this show while you explore
Play