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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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Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/black-pumas
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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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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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What if Deftones’ lead singer Chino Moreno fully leaned into his love for the Cure and Depeche Mode—think “Digital Bath,” “Teenager,” “Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event,” and “Cherry Waves?” The short answer is Crosses (often seen as †††). And the sole sonic sniper pillowing and piercing through Moreno’s moodily melodic vocals is multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez.
Crosses was formed by cofounding members Lopez and bassist Chuck Doom in the late 2000s before recruiting Chino Moreno to front the dark dance party. The trio released three EPs and a self-titled debut album between 2011 and 2014 before going on hiatus in 2015.
For almost 15 years, the nucleus of Shawn Lopez and Chino Moreno have creatively layered and disguised guitar and synth combining new wave, electronica, goth rock, industrial, and ambient pop producing a soundtrack to neo-noir readaptation of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly that subs the old west and gunplay with after-hours Miami and foreplay.

“When we started Crosses, I was just learning to play piano. I think back then I wanted to make synthy-sounding songs, but I didn’t know how to play synths so I was like, ‘how can I get my guitar to sound like a synth,’ so I just incorporated pedals, lap steel, and anything to make my guitar unrecognizable,” admits Lopez.

Prior to working with Moreno in Crosses, Lopez cofounded Far—an influential post-hardcore 1990s contemporary of the Deftones in Sacramento—and has tallied a variety of producer credits collaborating with Chon, Rob Zombie, Lupe Fiasco, Dead Sara, Whitechapel, and others. That sort of versatility is evident when experiencing Crosses with a pair of headphones or seeing them perform onstage.

Throughout the band’s run, Lopez has interplayed and interwoven guitar and synths countering brooding against beauty and gentle versus tense. When Crosses was revitalized in 2022 with fresh material—and the departure of bassist Chuck Doom—the remaining duo doubled down on their digital-based dynamism featuring even more synths, keys, and electronic experimentation where he would even sample his guitar through his keys.

“Since those first songs, I’ve really learned how to play piano and keyboards and by better understanding that new instrument, at times, I’ve become more inspired by synths over guitar,” recalls Lopez.

But no matter how many synths or keyboards get put to tape, you’ll still see Lopez onstage with a guitar draped over his shoulder.

“I do prefer to play guitar live because it’s more fun and I can run around. I am always chasing sounds no matter the instrument it takes to get there. My sound is growing because I’m always learning. I think if you stop learning you stop progressing. but guitar will always be home,” states Lopez.

Prior to Crosses’ sold-out show at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works, Lopez welcomed PG’s Perry Bean onstage to dissect his setup. The lone instrumentalist showed off six stellar guitars, broke down the heavy lifting his FM9 endures for Crosses’ sets, introduced a peculiar pedal he can’t live without, and demonstrated a Gretsch that sounds like an angry orca.

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“I grew up wanting to be Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, but over time I’ve found my own dark and aggressive style. These days, my dream as a musician is to make people feel as connected to the cosmos as I feel when I play the guitar,” wishes guitarist Sammy Boller.
Sammy Boller has been playing guitar most of his life. He played in high school orchestra and even attended University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance. In 2012, his life forever changed when he won Guitar Center’s “Master Satriani” competition. (Watch his submission for “Satch Boogie” here.)
Catapulting off that success, the next year Boller joined Detroit rockers Citizen Zero. The band released their 2016 debut LP, State of Mind, and its lead single “Go (Let Me Save You)” climbed to #17 on Billboard’s mainstream rock chart.

But even with Citizen Zero’s success, Boller wasn’t sending listeners into the stratosphere feeling one with the stardust. Then while shopping his instrumental solo work, he quickly earned a fan in CandyRat Records owner Rob Poland who signed Sammy. (CandyRat was started by Poland in 2004 and began working with Don Ross, Andy McKee, Antoine Dufourto. Boller released his debut solo album and an additional standalone single—Kingdom of the Sun and “Path of the Heart”—in 2020 that snake between Sunset shred and post-rock melodies. The next year was celebrated with Boller’s stunning third release “Ritual Lights” showing Sammy’s first (solo) recorded run in with the wah wah. (Something you’ll now see on his pedalboard later.) He’s since dropped a pair of singles “Spellbound” and “Midnight Garden” that grow off his enchanting formula and adds in heightened technical abilities and deeper rhythmic grooves.

Before his headlining show at Nashville’s Bowery Vault, the fretboard maestro shows off a pair of versatile guitars, explains why the chase for his pinnacle amp is over, and details and demos the select stompboxes that send his sound into the asteroid belt.

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0:00 - D'Addario Strings with Mark Tremonti
0:15 - Perry Bean Intro
1:16 - Sammy Boller Playing Intro
2:10 - Gibson Les Paul Axcess Custom
5:49 - Tunings, Strings & Picks
9:03 - Friedman NoHo 24
11:01 - Friedman BE-100
15:02 - D'Addario XPND Pedalboard
15:51 - Sammy Boller Pedalboard
33:31 - D'Addario with Yvette Young

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