Kurt Vile and the Violators’ Rob Laasko

Like his bandmate Jesse Trbovich, multi-instrumentalist Rob Laasko handles guitar, bass, and even dabbles with keyboards. On the left he’s seen with a B.C. Rich Eagle—a score he landed on the cheap because it didn’t have a bridge pickup and other head-scratching mods—and on the right he plays a white-turned-yellow Gibson Les Paul (with the wrong Bigsby vibrato) that he used on “Jesus Fever” and “Freak Train.” (Learn about all of Rob’s gear in our Rig Rundown with him and the other Violators.)