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Rig Rundown: Johnny Hiland

One of Nashville’s hottest pickers demonstrates how he moves from snappy twang licks to ’80s rock and more.

Each head runs into a signature AvatarJohnny Hiland 4x12 cab. Hiland worked with David Noss to design a dovetailed cabinet that was half closed-back, and half open-back. These cabs are loaded with four Celestion G12-K100 speakers.

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