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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.

Chris Kies
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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This funky number is a Ronin Morningstar that is loaded with the company’s “Stratofoil” pickups that Shanks compares to mini-humbuckers in a Firebird.

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