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        Rig Rundown: Bon Jovi
    We go over the semi-filling, arena-rocking loads of gear that John Shanks, Phil X, and Hugh McDonald brought on the road to support This House Is Not for Sale.
By Chris KiesMar 01, 2017
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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A big fan of studio gear and rackmountable effects, Shanks tours with a lot of his recording treats like a TC Electronic G-Force, two Lexicon PCM 42 Digital Delays, an Eventide Eclipse V4, Bricasti M7 reverb, Empirical Labs EL8X Distressor, and an Avedis Audio E27.
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 Aguilar Agro

 Boss GE-7 Equalizer

 Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

 EHX Electric Mistress

 EHX Nano POG

 EHX Deluxe Memory Man

 Empirical Labs EL8X Distressor

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 Friedman Phil X Signature Amp

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 Radial Firefly DI

 Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus

 Way Huge Echo-Puss

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 Xotic RC Booster

 Xotic XW-1 Wah

 Suhr Bella

 TC Electronic G-Force

 Boss TU-2 Tuner

 Nobels ODR-1 Overdrive

 Origin Effects Cali 76

 HardWire CR-7 Stereo Chorus

 B. K. Butler Tube Driver

 Avedis Audio E27
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