Back in May, PG’s John Bohlinger headed to Nashville Municipal Auditorium to film a Rig Rundown with one of blues-rock’s hottest new commodities: Marcus King.
Ahead of their show at the Auditorium, Bohlinger spoke with King and bandmate Drew Smithers about the Marshall-Gibson connection that fuels their high-powered rock ’n’ roll. King’s father, Marvin, also makes a special cameo! Tune in for a steamy slice of Southern rock. Brought to you by D’Addario.
The Tokai brand has returned to the US, and PG contributor Tom Butwin got his hands on the Breezysound, a vintage-inspired T-style built in Japan with clean fretwork and tight tolerances throughout.
Some pedal circuits are equals parts history and mystery, as is the inspiration for the EHX Percolator. A unique design from a Milwaukee audio repair shop in the 1970s, the original is rare, gooped, and has gained a cult-classic status. The EHX Percolator expands on this original by adding modern control to a seriously wild sounding pedal.
Ahead of Bring Me the Horizon’s headlining date on May 7 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, the British metal giants’ guitarist Lee Malia and tech Joey Black toured PG’s Chris Kies through Malia’s roster of brutal, blackened guitars and his Marshall-inspired digital rig. Scope the highlights below, and tune in for all the details in this new Rig Rundown. Brought to you by D’Addario.
Before the humbucker, before active electronics, before any of the boutique winding methods players argue about online, there was a coil of wire wrapped around a magnet. That simple design is still one of the most widely used pickup formats in the world. In this episode of Pickups Demystified, PG contributor @TomButwin traces single coils to their origins in the early 1930s and works through four formats that define the category today.