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Rig Rundown: Uli Jon Roth

One of the pioneers of neo-classical metal demonstrates his exotic guitars through his ear-splitting setup.

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Roth also tours with his Mighty New Dawn, a double neck with a 7-string nylon on top and a 7-string guitar on the bottom that’s strung up as a 6-string. (Roth swapped out the nut and doesn’t use the lowest tuning peg.) The Mighty New Dawn behemoth was built by Boris Dommenget in Balje, Germany.

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