Articles by Rebecca Dirks
Rig Rundown: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner
Rig Rundown - Living Colour's Vernon Reid & Doug Wimbish [2013]
Premier Guitar's Rebecca Dirks is on location at Park West in Chicago, IL, where she catches up with Living Colours' Vernon Reid and Doug Wimbish during their 2013 U.S. tour.
Rig Rundown - Joe Bonamassa (2013)
Premier Guitar's Rebecca Dirks is on location in Rockford, IL, where she catches up with Joe Bonamassa's tech Mike Hickey who details Bonamassa's current solo rig.
Rig Rundown - Sigur Ros
Rig Rundown - The Hives
Premier Guitar is on location in Chicago, Illinois, where Rebecca Dirks meets up with Nicholaus Arson and Vigilante Carlstroem of the Hives. In this segment, the guys discuss their heavily battered go-to axes (and why it doesn?t really matter for garage rock anyways), along with their mix of boutique and vintage amps and effects.
GALLERY: Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Rig Rundown - Animals as Leaders' Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes [2013]
Rig Rundown - Between the Buried and Me's Dustie Waring and Paul Waggoner
Rig Rundown - Meshuggah's Fredrik Thordendal, Marten Hagstrom, & Dick Lovgren
Premier Guitar is on location in Chicago where Rebecca Dirks visits with Kent Eriksson, Meshuggah's tech for guitarists Fredrik Thordendal, Marten Hagstrom, and bassist Dick Lovgren. He talks about their current live setups including signature 8-string and 7-string Ibanez guitars and Warwick basses, and how each member uses the Fractal Audio Axe-Fx.