PG’S John Bohlinger hung with Marcus King before his gig at Nashville’s 3rd and Lindsley. King goes with the tried-and-true combination of Gibsons and Supers to blend with his rocking band of soulful horns and funky keyboards.
King’s No. 1 is this 2016 Gibson Memphis 1964 ES-345TD reissue. It replaced his grandfather’s vintage 345 which is too valuable to beat up on tour.
The backup is his 2016 Gibson Les Paul goldtop ’57 reissue loaded up with Seymour Duncan Antiquities. It has a total Duane Allman “Layla” vibe. Both Gibsons are strung with Elixr .011–.049 strings and King uses Dunlop Jazz III picks.
King’s main amp is a 1965 Fender Super Reverb loaded with Weber Speakers.
Reinforcing the Super is a beefy Homestead HS100 100-watt head that feeds a Homestead 2x15 cab.
King runs into Boss TU-3 tuner and a Dunlop GCB95 Cry Baby Wah. From there a cable hits a Homestead splitter box that splits the signal to the Homestead and a reissue Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer placed before the Super. The TS9 stays on all the time and acts like an attenuator to help bring down his volume of his cranked amps. All three pedals run on batteries.
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John Bohlinger is a Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist best known for leading the band on NBC's Nashville Star, serving as music director for the CMT Awards and specials on PBS and GAC, and of course for his appearances in PG Rig Rundown, Review Demo, Axes & Artifacts, and What Bohlinger Plays videos.
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