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GALLERY: Lollapalooza 2012

Photos and gear details from this summer''s Lollapalooza, including the Black Keys, At the Drive-In, Black Sabbath, Jack White, Sigur Ros, and more.

Chris Kies
By Chris KiesAug 21, 2012
Chris Kies
Chris Kies has degrees in Journalism and History from the University of Iowa and has been with PG dating back to his days as an intern in 2007. He's now the multimedia manager maintaining the website and social media accounts, coordinating Rig Rundown shoots (also hosting and/or filming them) and occasionally writing an artist feature. Other than that, he enjoys non-guitar-related hobbies.
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Black Keys' Dan Auerbach
"Here Auerbach is using his Harmony Stratotone that was acquired nearly stripped with new Lindy Fralin P-90s and a Bigsby tuned to open G for ""Run Right Back."" Other guitars Auerbach uses include a Harmony H78 with DeArmond pickups, a Guild '64 Thunderbird with a restored bridge pickup done by Lindy Fralin, a black National used for ""Howlin' for You,"" and a white Supro (that's almost identical to his black National), which he used for most of the stuff on Brothers. Dan uses SIT .011-.050 gauge strings on all of his guitars."
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