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Rig Rundown: MGK’s Justin Lyons and Sophie Lloyd

The guitarists back up the American rapping songwriter with gear from PRS, Kiesel, Reverend, and Kemper.

MGK—formerly known as Machine Gun Kelly—released his seventh studio record, Lost Americana, last August. When he took it out on tour, he hired two firebreathing fretboard masters, Justin Lyons and Sophie Lloyd, to knock his audiences dead. Ahead of their gig at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, PG’s Chris Kies met up with Lyons and Lloyd to get the lowdown on how they bring MGK’s music to life. Scope some of the highlights below.

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