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Steve Morse and Andy West are legendary players. In addition to co-founding the Dixie Dregs together in Augusta, Georgia, in 1970, both virtuosos have colorful personal resumes.
Guitar giant Morse’s is more high-profile. He remains the leader of the Steve Morse Band, who opened the Dregs’s late April show at Nashville’s CMA Theater, where this Rundown was filmed, with 45 minutes of smart shred. He’s also been a member of Kansas and Deep Purple, as well as another instrumental powerhouse, Flying Colors.
Besides his tenure in the Dregs, West has recorded with Vinnie Moore, the Steve Morse Band, Paul Barrere, and Henry Kaiser, with whom he’s been a member of the Mistakes, Crazy Backwards Alphabet, and Five Time Surprise, which also includes Messthetics guitarist Anthony Pirog. (Full disclosure: I recorded a version of Steppenwolf’s “The Pusher” with Kaiser and West as part of Kaiser’s Moods & Modes of Halloween video quarterly in 2023.)

The Music City show was classic Dixie Dregs, with more than two hours of high-wire playing, all anchored by the bold melodies that mark their compositions. Joined by longtime Dregs drummer Rod Morgenstein, violinist Allen Sloan, and keyboard player Steve Davidowski, the concert was an affirmation of Morse and West’s vitality and musical partnership after sharing stages for more than 50 years.

In the video, Steve and Andy explain their rigs in person and in detail.

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ENGL Amplifiers E412VSB 240-watt 4 x 12-inch Amplifier Cabinet - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/daMO92
Roland GR-55 Synthesizer - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/NkM9Q1
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Line 6 Helix Guitar Multi-effects Floor Processor - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Qy6Lnz
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0:00 - D'Addario & Joe Glaser
0:15 - Steve Morse Intro
0:56 - Steve Morse's No.1 Ernie Ball Music Man Guitar
2:29 - Steve Morse's Custom String Mute
4:08 - Steve Morse's Custom Pickup Switching
6:07 - Recreating Dixie Dregs' Back Catalog
7:31 - Steve Morse's Signature Engl Amps & Cabs
8:18 - Steve Morse's Pedalboard
11:19 - Designing the Engl Steve Morse Signature
13:56 - Steve Morse's Roland GR-55
15:45 - Steve Morse's No. 2 Ernie Ball Music Man Guitar
18:19 - Andy West's Gould Basses
22:09 - Andy West's Line 6 Helix Floor & EV Speakers

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Knocked Loose Drum Rundown: https://youtu.be/3WOPb983Pss
Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/knocked-loose-2024
If hell had a guitar tone, it’d be what Knocked Loose’s Isaac Hale and Nicko Calderon conjure up from their Ibanez 7-string beasts. The band’s mission since day one has been to pummel listeners with the most-extreme form of hardcore music. The past decade they’ve throttled through all limits making each break down, each riff, each scream, and each performance outdone by the next. A more recent (and seemingly) conflicting goal has been to infect the mainstream with their brutality. Their brand-new third album, You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To paired them with pop producer Drew Fulk (Kevin Gates, NLE Choppa, Disturbed, Lil Wayne), the last two years they’ve played Coachella and Bonnaroo, in 2022 they partnered with hip-hop duo $uicideboy$ for a sold-out tour, and they were just announced as direct support for Slipknot’s 25th anniversary tour. Both goals are being accomplished as their sound has never been more punishing or popular.
Before Knocked Loose’s sold-out show at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works, guitarists Isaac Hale and Nick Calderon invited PG’s Perry Bean onstage for a fresh conversation about their updated mercenary squad. During our time with the Hale and Calderon, we learn about their custom 7-string Ibanez doom brooms, Hale explains moving on from tube amps and pedalboards to Quad Cortex units and MIDI switching, and Calderon details finding his place in the band and adjusting to an extra low-B string.

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D'Addario NYXL1164 NYXL Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings -.011-.064 Regular Light, 7-String - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/y2MQJB (edited)

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0:00 - D'Addario & Yvette Young
0:15 - Perry Bean Intro
1:49 - Isaac Hale Intro
2:35 - Isaac Hale's Ibanez Custom 7-String Iceman
4:00 - Isaac Hale's Strings & Picks
5:17 - Isaac Hale Makes Move to Quad Cortex
8:34 - Isaac Hale's EHX Pedals
10:48 - XPND Pedalboard & John Bohlinger
11:37 - Nicko Calderon Intro & Joining Knocked Loose
13:17 - Nicko Calderon's Ibanez Prestige AZ24047 Guitars
16:30 - Nicko Calderon & Neural DSP Quad Cortex
20:01 - Nicko Calderon's Core Sounds
22:25 - D'Addario Strings

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Guitarist Grace Bowers is a 17-year old California transplant tearing it up in Nashville. Currently working on her first album with producer John Osborne of the Brothers Osborne, Bowers invited John Bohlinger and the PG team to walk through her studio and live rig.
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0:00 - D'Addario & Molly Tuttle
0:15 - John Bohlinger Intro
0:51 - Grace Bowers Intro
1:44 - 1961 Gibson SG Special
5:01 - John Osborne's 1960 Gibson ES-335
9:25 - Cesar Gueikian's 1959 Gibson Les Paul "Gemini"
11:58 - 1968 Gibson B-25-12
13:03 - Fender '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb
13:35 - Grace Bowers' Pedalboard

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In just seven years since meeting based on a recommendation, Eric Burton and Adrian Quesada formed the Black Pumas, released two albums, and have already been nominated for seven Grammys. However, this fruitful friendship was almost never developed.
Quesada was enrolled at the University of Texas but flunking out due to his dedication to guitar over textbooks. His parents gave him a proposition: Either stay home in Laredo, or return to Austin without a guitar in hand to focus on studying. He went with option B and headed back for school in Austin—or so his parents thought. Quesada took his remaining book money (about $200) and headed to Ray Hennig’s Heart of Texas, where he snagged a Squier Telecaster Thinline. His parents eventually figured out the switcheroo, but Quesada was determined and hasn’t looked back. (Side note: The family obviously sees and supports his musical talents, and attended Black Pumas’ Ryman show the night before the filming of this Rig Rundown.)

That matador move pulled off by Quesada allowed him to become a longtime fixture in the Austin music scene with bands Brownout, Ocote Soul Sound, Spanish Gold, Echocentrics, and Grupo Fantasma (with whom he played for over 15 years, earning a 2011 Grammy for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album). He started to explore new ideas that didn’t fit the mold for Grupo, and needed someone to narrate his musical vistas. A friend recommended he link up with Austin newcomer Eric Burton, who traded his busking spot on the Santa Monica pier for the bright lights of Sixth Street. The duo met up, and as the results prove, the rest is history.

Before the Black Pumas’ second headlining show at the Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, bandleader Adrian Quesada, bassist Brendan Bond, and band tech Bryan Wilkinson invited PG’s Chris Kies into the hallowed grounds for a chill conversation about their tonal tools. During our time with the Black Pumas, we learned about Quesada’s love for tremolo (he even included it as a secret weapon in a semi-hollow Jazzmaster), Bond’s fateful trip to the Wilco Loft in Chicago, and why a ’59 ES-125 is Wilkinson’s perfect pairing with Burton’s expressive and emotive voice.

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0:00 - D’Addario XPND Pedalboard
0:15 - Chris Kies Intro
1:57 - Adrian Quesada Intro
3:15 - Touring with Vintage Gear
4:02 - Adrian Quesada’s Fender Custom Shop Telecaster
6:13 - Playing with Fingers or Pick
8:03 - College or Guitar?
9:14 - Adrian Quesada’s Strings
10:00 - Adrian Quesada’s Gibson ES-345
11:53 - Playing ES-345 with DI Fuzz
13:11 - Adrian Quesada’s Fender Custom Shop Jazzmaster Thinline
14:27 - Built-in Tremolo
17:33 - Adrian Quesada’s Fender Limited Edition ’68 Custom Deluxe Reverb
18:36 - Adrian Quesada’s Pedalboard
30:05 - D’Addario XPND & John Bohlinger
30:55 - Brendan Bond Intro
31:49 - Brendan Bond’s 1974 Fender P Bass
36:15 - Brendan Bond Fingerstyle & Bass...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/extreme
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Nearly 40 years ago, Nuno Bettencourt walked into Mouradian Guitars Co in Boston where Pat Badger was working and they formed a bond that would change their worlds. In March of 2024, Pat Badger and Nuno Bettencourt, of multi-platinum band Extreme, along with their tech, John Thayer, invited PG’s John Bohlinger to talk through their current rigs.
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Seymour Duncan SH-1n '59 Model Neck 4-conductor Humbucker Pickup - Black - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Jz6DV2
MXR CSP026 '74 Vintage Phase 90 Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/g1n36g
Pro Co RAT 2 Distortion / Fuzz / Overdrive Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/XYaJnG
Boss OC-5 - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/vNOonL
EMG 35DC Active Ceramic Modern Humbucker Bass Pickups - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/zNKJb0
Rotosound UM45 UltraMag Type 52 Alloy Bass Guitar Strings - .045-.105 Standard 4-String - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/WqeVdJ
Ampeg SVT-CL 300 - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/EK64eW
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Ampeg SVT-4PRO 1200-watt Tube Preamp Bass Head - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Jz03zN
EBS Billy Sheehan Ultimate Signature Drive Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6e64dQ
Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI V2 Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/216450
Electro-Harmonix Micro POG Polyphonic Octave Generator Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LX5qZ0
Boss GE-7 7-band EQ Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/AWnK4J
Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner Pedal with Bypass - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/jryA4M

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0:00 - D'Addario Strings
0:08 - John Bohlinger Intro
0:57 - Nuno Bettencourt Tech John Thayer Intro
1:12 - Washburn Nuno Bettencourt N4 Signature
3:21 - Nuno Bettencourt's Strings & Tunings
4:50 - Washburn Nuno Bettencourt 12-string Acoustic
5:13 - Washburn Nuno Bettencourt EA20SNB Acoustic
5:33 - Nuno Bettencourt's Amps & Effects
8:28 - Nuno Bettencourt's Guitar Picks
9:21 - Nuno Bettencourt Crashes the Rundown!
9:49 - Nuno Bettencourt Talks "Bumblebee" N4
12:40 - D'Addario Strings & Nita Strauss
12:56 - Pat Badger Intro
13:11 - Pat Badger's Mouradian Basses
20:25 - Pat Badger's 1980s Hamer Blitz Bass
21:25 - Pat Badger's Ampeg Amps & Cabs
23:54 - Pat Badger's Rotosound Strings
24:32 - Pat Badger's Pedalboard
27:40 - Pat Badger's Picks
29:09 - D'Addario Strings & Joe Glaser

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Full Rig Details: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/adrian-vandenberg
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Adrian Vandenberg is a Dutch rock guitarist, best known for his tenure as one of the guitarists in Whitesnake during their successful late 1980s period, and also with the band Vandenberg, which he started in 1981. Vandenberg invited PG’s John Bohlinger to his soundcheck before his recent Nashville show to take us through his rig. Special thanks to guitar tech Willem van Roekel for giving us the extra details.
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0:00 - D'Addario & Nita Strauss
0:15 - John Bohlinger Intro
0:50 - Adrian Vandenberg Intro
2:20 - Using a Bow in Whitesnake
3:37 - 1980 Gibson Les Paul Heritage
8:29 - Swapping in New Gibson Burstbucker
9:55 - Writing Music on Various Instruments
10:44 - Using Ear Protection
12:06 - Strings, Picks & Fingernails
14:38 - Wrist Injury During Whitesnake's Slip of the Tongue Recording
20:50 - D'Addario XPND & John Bohlinger
21:39 - Peavey Adrian Vandenberg Signature Guitar
30:04 - Taylor T5z Custom Koa Hollowbody Electric
31:50 - Any Classical Music Training?
36:08 - Neural DSP Quad Cortex & Seymour Duncan PowerStage
42:10 - D'Addario & Joe Glaser

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