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Rig Rundown: Brendan Benson [2020]

A trip into the bona fide Raconteurs guitarist's inner lair of rare vintage acoustics, super vibey amps, and a few choice goldtops.

John Bohlinger
By John BohlingerApr 15, 2020
John Bohlinger
John Bohlinger is a Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist best known for leading the band on NBC's Nashville Star, serving as music director for the CMT Awards and specials on PBS and GAC, and of course for his appearances in PG Rig Rundown, Review Demo, Axes & Artifacts, and What Bohlinger Plays videos.
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Brendan goes with a modest pedalboard designed by Helwig Designs. The board includes two Boss TU-3 tuners, (one for acoustic, one for electric), a Radial Tonebone JX-2 Pro, a Whirlwind Rochester Series Orange Box Phaser, a Catalinbread CB30, a Union Tube & Transistor Nevermore boost, a Caroline Kilobyte Lo-fi Delay, and a Caroline Météore Millennial Edition reverb. The juice provided is by Strymon Zuma power supply.

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