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Rig Rundown: AFI

Jade Puget and Hunter Burgan chronicle the working-man instruments, all-tube heads, and select noisemakers they rely on to achieve their evolved punk tones.

PG’s Chris Kies hung with guitarist Jade Puget and bassist Hunter Burgan (above right) before the band’s recent Nashville gig at War Memorial Auditorium. Jade explains why he goes with Gibson Les Paul Studios while Hunter describes his need for big-and-bulky tube heads in a world of on-the-go mini bass heads.

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Submarine Pickups boss Pete Roe at his workstation.

Single-coils and humbuckers aren’t the only game in town anymore. From hybrid to hexaphonic, Joe Naylor, Pete Roe, and Chris Mills are thinking outside the bobbin to bring guitarists new sonic possibilities.

Electric guitar pickups weren’t necessarily supposed to turn out the way they did. We know the dominant models of single-coils and humbuckers—from P-90s to PAFs—as the natural and correct forms of the technology. But the history of the 6-string pickup tells a different story. They were mostly experiments gone right, executed with whatever materials were cheapest and closest at hand. Wartime embargos had as much influence on the development of the electric guitar pickup as did any ideas of function, tone, or sonic quality—maybe more so.

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The legendary German hard-rock guitarist deconstructs his expressive playing approach and recounts critical moments from his historic career.

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Snark releases its most compact model ever: the Crazy Little Thing rechargeable clip-on headstock tuner.

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The in-demand New York-based musician and singer shares how she became one of the music industry’s buzziest bass players.

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