Milky Chance brought their house/reggae/R&B/folk hybrid to Nashville and invited PG to hang at soundcheck. Multi-instrumentalists Clemens Rehbein and Antonio Greger (above right) showed off how to travel light on international flights and still cover all the tones they need in a night.
Clemens Rehbein tours with two striking American vintage guitars. His No. 1 is a 1964 Fender Jazzmaster with an original three-tone sunburst. The JM has been updated with a Mastery bridge and is strung with D’Addario .011–.046 strings.
For something a bit warmer, Clemens Rehbein goes with this equally covetable 1965 Guild Starfire. It’s stock but missing all the original knobs and this natural finish beauty stays strung with D’Addario .011–.046 strings.
For an acoustic tone, Clemens Rehbein plays his stock 2015 Taylor 320, which is strung with Martin M175 .011–.052 strings. The controls are gaff-taped in the center position. Rehbein also uses Dunlop Tortex Standard 1mm picks.
When Rehbein switches to bass, he goes with his ’82-’83 Squier JV Jazz bass in Olympic white, strung with .045–.105 Ernie Ball strings.
Rehbein uses a pair of Kemper Profiling amps in a rack to cover all his tones. His go-to profile is based on a Fender Twin.
Rehbein keeps a clean signal chain, plugging directly into a TC Electronic PolyTune 2, which feeds a Strymon Blue Sky that runs into a Radial SGI transmitter that feeds his Kemper. A Mission Engineering expression pedal allows Rehbein to tweak effects on the fly. Various wall-warts capable of handling 110-240v provide the power, except the SGI, which is powered by Native Instruments power supply. Klotz cables handle the wiring.
Antonio Greger’s No. 1 is his 1984 Gibson ES-347 strung with D’Addario .011–.046 strings (with a wound 3rd string). His pick preference is Dunlop Tortex Standard 1 mm.
For twang, Antonio Greger plugs in his early ’80s Fender Squier JV Telecaster.
When holding down the low end, Antonio Greger plays this 2012 Fender MIM Jazz bass strung with Ernie Ball .045–.105 strings.
Antonio Greger uses a Kemper Profiling amp and tends to use the “Use Your V-Knob” preset which is based on a 1961 Fender Princeton with a Blue Bulldog Speaker mic’d with an AKG 414.
Antonio Greger’s board starts with a TC Electronic PolyTune 2 before going into an Xotic SP Compressor, Electro-Harmonix POG2, Strymon Big Sky, and a Radial SGI. The SGI keeps the signal to his Kemper strong. A Mission Engineering expression pedal is along for the ride to tweak tones in real time. Various wall warts capable of handling 110-240v provide the power, except the SGI, which is powered by Native Instruments power supply and Klotz cables handle the wiring.
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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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