The Mighty Jones—a hip-hop-meets-psych-funk quintet from Brooklyn—relied solely on Gibsons during their set at The Main II as guitarist Damien Paris predominately rocked his black Les Paul while bassist Jeremy Gibson plunked around on a 4-string Ripper.

2015 marks South by Southwest’s 28th year as a destination festival in Austin’s beautiful neighborhoods like South Congress, East Austin, and downtown along 5th and 6th Streets. Since its inception, SXSW has tried to serve all music fans with a healthy dose of underground and unsigned acts representing nearly every musical genre imaginable. This year was no different with over 2,200 acts that descended upon the Lone Star State’s capital for five days and nights. Premier Guitar had boots on the ground and here is a fraction of the guitar-centric highlights from the event.