PG's Chris Kies met up with Revv Amps co-founder Derek Eastveld to talk about the new Dirt Dog, a collaboration with guitarist Joey Landreth that captures the dirtiest tones from the Bros. Landreth's Dog Ear album—specifically, the sound of a heavily modded Princeton that Joey built to chase Dumble-style gain before he accidentally blew it up. Featuring four simple controls (gain, level, bite, and tone), with the "bite" knob shifting midrange and adding attack, the pedal is available now.
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Dirtdog
The Dirtdog is a unique & musical overdrive designed to inspire your creative process. When Joey Landreth recorded his album Dog Ear , he built a small, quirky, vintage-inspired amp which he used for many of the tones. He needed a reliable way to get that sound into his rig & take it on the road & we were happy to help. The Dirtdog brings the analog soul you hear in Joey's Juno-winning music to your guitar tone. Whether you're using it to sweeten your favorite clean sound or pushing it to its limits for a fat lead tone, the Dirtdog's thick mids & organic breakup will take you back in time.
PG's John Bohlinger sat down with Seymour Duncan's Zack Cramp to talk about the company's new Mortal Coil Active Humbuckers, a multi-voice design that offers three distinct tones per pickup—a high-clarity active voicing for modern metal and low tunings, the classic JB and Jazz sounds, and a true single-coil option. Available in six-string passive mount and seven-string active mount configurations, these pickups are already shipping stock in ESP's new guitar line and let you switch between voices using push-pull pots.
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MortalCoil Multiple Voiced Active Humbucker Set
MortalCoil delivers three precision-engineered voices: a tight, aggressive modern metal MC1 voice with fast, controlled attack, authentic JB and Jazz-inspired passive tones, and a clear, articulate single-coil. Built with optimized-resistance coils and advanced audio op-amps for exceptional response and efficiency, MortalCoil is a powerful, versatile active upgrade.
John Bohlinger visited the Seymour Duncan booth to talk about the company's new 50th Anniversary Limited Edition JB/Jazz Humbucker Set. Available exclusively during 2026 in throwback silver-and-blue packaging that recreates the original late-1970s design, the set features historically accurate vintage specs including long legs, butyrate bobbins from the company's original mold, and rough-cast magnets that deliver the legendary tone that's defined versatile guitar sound for half a century. And yes, they finally confirmed that JB stands for "jazz blues," not Jeff Beck, though Seymour did build the first set for Beck himself.
Seymour Duncan
50th Anniversary Limited Edition JB / Jazz Humbucker Set
Experience the true origin of the hot-rodded humbucker with the 50th Anniversary Limited Edition JB / Jazz Set. Built with historically accurate parts including butyrate bobbins and rough-cast magnets, this set faithfully replicates the earliest production models. Presented in retro silver packaging and limited to 2026 production only, this is a collectible piece of tone history.
The veteran Canadian rocker and his wingman Keith Scott count on hybrid rigs and golden Gibsons for their recent tour.
Last year, Bryan Adams launched the Roll With the Punches Tour, a 40-show run across North America which marked his most significant outing in years. The production touched down at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena in early November. That’s where Adams’ tech Craig Pattison gave PG’s John Bohlinger a backstage tour of the gear used by Adams, and guitarist Keith Scott and his tech Dan Ely detailed what’s used on the other side of the stage. Peep the highlights below, and tune into our new Rig Rundown for more!
Adams has a few of these vintage Gibson ES-295s, loaded with P-90s, and treasures their expressiveness so highly that they’ve displaced the Stratocasters he used for much of his career. The original Kluson tuners were swapped out for Waverly machines. Another 295 stays on standby.
Adams’ guitars take custom La Bella strings (.012–.014–.017–.030–.040–.050). Second guitarist Keith Scott uses the same range, except with a .018 G string.
Adams’ Acoustic
Adams’ 1954 Martin D-18 uses a Fishman Natural 1 pickup—a model that Pattinson stocked up on to ensure they never have to go without. The guitar takes a set of La Bella 7GPS Phosphor Bronze strings (.012–.052).
Bryan Adams’ Pedalboard
This simple board helps Adams navigate effects on guitar, but it also carries his bass rig when he switches to the 4-string. In addition to the Fractal FC-6 and TC Electronic Polytune, there’s an Ampeg SGT-DI, Radial SGI-TX, Universal Audio Max Preamp and Dual Compressor, and an Axess Electronics IsoFormer RCV. A Truetone CS-7 1 Spot Pro keeps the lights on.
Bryan Adams’ Rack Setup
<p>Adams’ chain runs into a massive Pete Cornish Custom Design control unit, which is the heart and soul of his sound. Among its many functions, it features an integrated tuner, distortion, and Mu-Tron effect unit. A Fractal Axe-Fx III with models of a Vox AC30 and a Marshall JTM45 has replaced his amplifiers, and the Fractal FC-6 controller on his pedalboard handles Adams’ switching.</p>
Rock ’n’ Roll Relic
Scott’s main weapon is this 1963 FenderStratocaster. As you might guess, it came by its worn look very honestly.
A Gift to Remember
This 1954 Gibson Les Paul was gifted to Scott by Adams for Christmas in 1989. Over the years, it’s been refretted, and fitted with upgraded bridge, machine heads, and nut.
Paint it Black-Panel
In addition to a backstage rack setup, Scott runs a pair of black-panel Fender Bassman heads through matching cabinets.
Keith Scott’s Rack and Effects
<p>Scott, too, runs a Fractal Axe-Fx III system, housed in a rack alongside a Dunlop DCR-2SR Custom Shop Wah rack unit and a TC Electronic D-Two delay. His main tone comes from a cranked Ibanez Tube Screamer, and other pedals include a <a href="https://www.premierguitar.com/tag/boss?utm_source=website&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Smartlinks">Boss</a> TR-2, Stone Deaf Noise Reaper, Darkglass Hyper Luminal, Boss CS-3, KingTone The Octaland, Ibanez AF-9, Lovetone Brown Source, Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere, Subdecay Prometheus DLX, <a href="https://www.strymon.net/" target="_blank">Strymon</a> El Capistan, TC Electronic TC2290, and Boss CH-1.</p><p>An RJM Effect Gizmo and Mastermind GT help Scott navigate some switching, but tech Ely handles 80 percent of the work.</p>
