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Rig Rundown: Meshuggah [2016]

The Swedish metal masters eschew cabs for a mix of high-powered amps, some digital modeling, and 8-string axes.

Premier Guitar’s Perry Bean hung out with Meshuggah's tech, Kent Eriksson, who walks through the bone-crushing, cabinet-free rigs of Fredrik Thordendal, MĆ„rten Hagstrƶm, and Dick Lƶvgren, the three Viking warriors of the extreme prog-metal apocalypse.

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