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Rig Rundown: Kurt Vile & The Violators

The Philly-based group explains how they use vintage Fender gear, classic tube amps, and a few homemade pedals to produce their brand of psychedelic folk-rock.

When it comes to playing 6-strings, Laasko has been favoring his white-turned-yellow Gibson Les Paul that he prefers because it has a fatter neck and the “wrong” Bigsby vibrato (which is more aesthetically appealing for him than the bigger Bigsby that goes all the way down the guitar’s top). He plays this on “Wheelhouse,” “Jesus Fever,” and “Freak Train.” His gauges are in a constant flux, but at this show he was using Ernie Ball Slinkys (.012 –.056) on both guitars.

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