Rig Rundown

Grunge songstress Clementine Creevy hits us with the barrage of drives she uses for her band's lo-fi garage sound.

Rig Rundown: Joanne Shaw Taylor

July 10, 2019

The British blues player’s simple-but-brawny tool kit for tough tones.

Rig Rundown: Buddy Miller

July 3, 2019

Humor, great stories, and killer tones (courtesy of rare guitars and boutique amps) abound in this studio sit-down with one of contemporary Nashville’s most respected artists.

Rig Rundown: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real

June 26, 2019

One of Americana’s rising stars (and a son of an outlaw legend) goes deep on his vintage Gibson, using a dual-amp setup, and why he eschews most pedals.

Rig Rundown: Arielle

June 19, 2019

Inspired by the lutherie skills of Brian May and the tonal essence of Eric Johnson, this self-proclaimed “classic-folk rocker” shows off her acoustic and electric setups.

Rig Rundown: Architects

June 12, 2019

Perry Bean

Check out the digital stomps, profiling amps, and modern pickups the U.K. metalcore warriors use to ignite mosh pits across the globe.

Rig Rundown: Judas Priest

June 5, 2019

Watch the pioneering British heavy metal band share the stories and secrets behind the gear that’s banged heads for 50 years and sold over 50 million records.

Rig Rundown: The Tallest Man on Earth

May 29, 2019

Take a look at how Kristian Matsson, one of Sweden’s most enigmatic songwriters, crafts layers of sonic magic with a handful of open tunings and a pile of pedals.

Rig Rundown: Dream Theater’s John Petrucci and John Myung [2019]

May 22, 2019

The progressive metal band’s sultans of shred talk about the gear on The Distance Over Time tour, including John Petrucci’s brand-new Music Man Majesty Series signature models and Myung’s potential 2020 signature bass.

Rig Rundown: The Bouncing Souls

May 15, 2019

Perry Bean

The seminal East Coast punks prove that beat-up guitars and undeniable hooks can keep a band touring the world for over three decades.

Rig Rundown: Polyphia's Scott LePage

May 8, 2019

Aside from melting faces, these younglings don’t take themselves or much else seriously, but one-half of the wise-cracking guitar tandem dishes on his “dope” signature gear from Ibanez and DiMarzio.

Rig Rundown: Gary Clark Jr. & Eric Zapata [2019]

May 1, 2019

Check out the gear used by the current king of soulful R&B-laced blues-rock and his longtime guitar foil.

Rig Rundown: Liz Cooper & the Stampede

April 24, 2019

The dreamy, psychedelic-folk rocker explains how a salvaged-spruce offset colored with gobs of vibe, chorus, and trem give her freewheeling, Dead-inspired journeys constant movement and flow.

Rig Rundown: Tab Benoit

April 17, 2019

The self-confessed reluctant guitarist shows off the vintage Teles and signature combos that power his bayou blues.

Rig Rundown: Hozier

April 10, 2019

On the heels of his No. 1 album, Wasteland, Baby!, Irishman Andrew Hozier-Byrne reveals his connection with “alive” hollowbodies—including gas cans—that torch his moody, soulful blend of rock and blues.

Rig Rundown: Failure's Ken Andrews [2019]

April 3, 2019

Perry Bean

The sonic sorcerer shows us how he builds walls of textures with an Axe-Fx III and his new signature Electrical Guitar Company offset.

Rig Rundown: Jake E. Lee

March 27, 2019

The 6-string lycanthrope behind Ozzy’s Bark at the Moon shares the blisteringly loud setup used to power his new band, Red Dragon Cartel.

Rig Rundown: Brothers Osborne

March 20, 2019

Country music’s leading guitar tandem shows us how they mix vintage axes and boutique pedals with high-powered amps and just a little bit of digital magic.

Rig Rundown: Nick Raskulinecz

March 13, 2019

Try to keep your skull glued on while geeking out on the gear the Grammy-winning producer uses to make epic albums with Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, Deftones, Korn, Rush, Mastodon, and others.

Rig Rundown: Jerry Douglas

March 6, 2019