Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts was last year’s pop-rock album of the year, with singles like “All-American Bitch,” “Get Him Back!,” and “Bad Idea Right?” igniting a revival of early-’00s pop-punk, but with quite a bit more nuance and grit.
Rodrigo’s tour behind the critically acclaimed record has been rolling around the world since February. To bring it on the road, the star has hired guitarists Emily Rosenfield and Daisy Spencer, along with bassist Moa Munoz. PG’s Chris Kies caught up with the three musicians before Rodrigo’s show at San Francisco’s Chase Center in early August to see what gear powers the pop-rock machine.
Special thanks for helping out to guitar techs Luis Munoz and Maurizio Pino.
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Among a stable of sharp, fun axes, Rosenfield, who also plays with Rina Sawayama and has played guitar for Broadway productions of Rent and Hamilton, favors this eye-catching Gibson Kirk Douglas Signature SG. Strung with Ernie Ball Paradigm strings, the triple-humbucker configuration carries a fair bit of Jack White mojo—a great fit given White’s oddball influence on Rodrigo’s barbed take on pop-rock.
Black Cat
Spencer’s number-one is this Shabat Guitars Leopard, built by Los Angeles-based luthier Avi Shabat. The Jazzmaster-style guitar, which also takes Ernie Ball Paradigms, covers some shoegaze tonal territory that crops up through the carefully programmed set.
Rick Rock
As a teen in Sweden, bassist Moa Munoz grew up on a steady diet of rock and metal, and Rickenbacker basses seemed like the right tool for those jobs. She delivered mail to save up for this 1981 Rickenbacker 4001, and it’s still her top choice.
Kemper Tantrum
Munoz runs an onstage amp rig—powered by a Mesa Boogie Subway D-800 head and matching cab—but supplements that with a Line 6 Helix Rack and Control system. Spencer and Rosenfield run through Kemper Profiler systems, with Kemper Profiler Remote units at their feet to dance through their sound changes. They cover everything from acoustic ballads to sparkly cleans to alien octave jumps to full-on grunge sludge, so tune in to hear snippets of the sonic spectrum.
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Kemper Profiler
Kemper Profiler Remote
Shure AD4Q
Radial JX42 V2
Line 6 Helix Rack
Line 6 Helix Control
Mesa Boogie Subway D-800
Gibson Hummingbird
Gibson Les Paul Standard
Gibson Kirk Douglas Signature SG
Fender Stratocaster
Fender Acoustasonic Player Jazzmaster
Ernie Ball Music Man Valentine
Fender American Professional II Precision Bass
Guild Starfire I Bass
Ernie Ball Paradigm Strings
Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky .045-.105
DL4 MkII Delay Stompbox Modeler Special Edition 25th Anniversary Silver
Delivering legendary delays, the green DL4TM modeler has been ubiquitous on pedalboards worldwide since launching in 1999. Designed to continue inspiring creativity, the limited and collectable 25th Anniversary DL4 MkII, in a special edition silver, boasts all the same powerful features as the DL4 MkII, but also comes with a hand-numbered label, a keychain, and a DL4 MkII product sticker.
Not only is it more compact than the original DL4, it offers 15 legacy and 15 new delay effects drawn from the HX® family of amp and effects processors, plus bonus reverbs, all derived from the latest Line 6 sound design labs. Looping, SD card expansion and a host of I/O options aim to carry the DL4 legacy forward.
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Jerry Cantrell’s forthcoming solo record, I Want Blood, is a return to beastly form for the legendary grunge guitarist. Featuring spots from Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo and Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin—two old friends who played on Cantrell’s 2002 solo release, Degradation Trip—along with Duff McKagan and more, it’s a glorious, riff-filled reunion.
Ahead of the record’s release, PG’s Perry Bean caught up with Cantrell for an updated rundown of his current touring rig. Watch the whole Rig Rundown to catch all the details, and hear some special stories about how late Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley encouraged Cantrell’s singing.
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The G&L Rampage has been one of Cantrell’s top choices for decades, and he brings his vintage, well-used, and colorfully decorated iterations on the road along with his newer signature models. G&L announced earlier this year that they were reviving the Rampage—thanks largely to Cantrell’s impact.
Feel the Champagne
This Gibson Flying V finished in champagne sparkle is another of Cantrell’s go-to stage axes.
Amp in the Box
Cantrell tours with this rack amplifier setup, which features a Fryette Two/Ninety/Two Stereo Power Amp, a Fryette LX II Stereo Power Amp, and a Bogner Fish All Tube Preamp.
Rack 'Em Up
Save for his signature MXR Jerry Cantrell Firefly Talk Box and his Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Firefly Cry Baby Wah which stay at his feet, Cantrell keeps his pedals in a rack configuration, including a handful of MXR Smart Gates, MXR Timmy, Strymon Ola, MXR Six Band EQ, MXR Ten Band EQ, Barber Electronics Direct Drive, Boss DD-500, MXR EVH Flanger, Boss CE-5, MXR Poly Blue Octave, Ibanez TS808HW, MXR Reverb, Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeler, and MXR Talk Box. A Custom Audio Electronics RS-T MIDI Foot Controller, manned by Cantrell’s tech, handles the behind-the-scenes switching.
