Rig Rundown

Enthusiastic, nimble-fingered Dylan Mattheisen dances between technical mathcore and catchy rock with Teles and a trusty DL4.

Rig Rundown: King Buffalo

November 27, 2019

The bluesy psych-rock trio shows off its souped-up import axes, pricier amps, and carefully planned pedal playgrounds.

Rig Rundown: The Black Keys [2019]

November 21, 2019

Rig Rundown: Mike Dawes

November 13, 2019

The acoustic alchemist shares the secrets to his massive, multi-dimensional tones.

Rig Rundown: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit [2019]

November 6, 2019

Bursts, Benders, and Js, oh my! A pioneer of the new Nashville sound spends a whopping 90 minutes showing off the gear his crew has amassed since our last get-together.

Rig Rundown: King Crimson's Robert Fripp

October 30, 2019

The veteran prog-rock hero continues his fearless forays into the future with a tubeless setup heavy on digital effects and MIDI capabilities that give him ultimate control.

Rig Rundown: Bad Religion

October 23, 2019

What’s more punk rock than dueling, angry P-90s straight into classic Marshalls? Nothing!

Rig Rundown: Samantha Fish [2019]

October 16, 2019

Ted Drozdowski

The rising blues guitar star demos her No. 1 SG with her expanded pedalboard, and goes deep with her workhorse Jaguars, Stogie Blues cigar box, Delaney 512, Taylor acoustic, and Category 5 amps.

Rig Rundown: Torche's Steve Brooks & Jonathan Nuñez

October 9, 2019

When these metalheads couldn’t lasso the tones in their craniums, Nuñez took the DIY route and launched his own company to create gear for their boards and backline.

Rig Rundown: Knocked Loose

October 2, 2019

These purveyors of punishing ’90s-style hardcore chisel their heavy sound with downtuned 7-strings and lighter hues of delay and modulation.

Rig Rundown: Thunderpussy's Whitney Petty

September 25, 2019

The guitarist of Mike McCready’s favorite new band uses a straightforward setup that proves a swaggering, punk attitude and greasy rock ’n’ roll isn't just a man’s game.

Rig Rundown: As Cities Burn's Cody Bonnette

September 18, 2019

The founding guitarist shows how he breaks the post-hardcore mold with single-coils, old-school amps, and extreme stereo effects.

Rig Rundown: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

September 11, 2019

The 20-year-old blues phenom shares his straight-ahead approach to fiery blues-rock tones.

Rig Rundown: Baroness [2019]

September 4, 2019

Frontman John Baizley and former Cirque du Soleil shredder Gina Gleason explain the atmospheric metal outfit’s switch to single-coils—and how a fuzz pedal first brought them together.

Rig Rundown: Covet's Yvette Young

August 28, 2019

The "adventure rock" outfit's frontwoman demos both her classical-piano-inspired fretboard approach and her favorite modulation pedals.

Rig Rundown: Third Eye Blind [2019]

August 21, 2019

Irishman Kryz Reid details additions to his Star Wars family of guitars and why he went from vintage to digital, while Stephan Jenkins’ tech explains why price tags don't matter.

Rig Rundown: Greg Koch

August 14, 2019

The king of gristle shares the signature gear he uses to unleash waves of unabashed sonic mayhem.

Rig Rundown: Billy Strings

August 7, 2019

Hear how the bluegrass-blazin’, death-metal-rooted wiz twists the traditional music of Kentucky toward the psychedelic sounds of San Francisco.

Rig Rundown: Nita Strauss

July 31, 2019

With a new Ibanez signature model and an ultraportable plug-and-play rig, the rock heroine travels light to create the heavy tones on her new solo debut, Controlled Chaos.

Rig Rundown: Sleep

July 24, 2019