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Rig Rundown: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner
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Rig Rundown: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner explains why his first-ever guitar is still his main one, and we get a detailed look at the four-amp, four-pedalboard rig he uses live.

Rig Rundown - Living Colour's Vernon Reid & Doug Wimbish [2013]
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Rig Rundown - Living Colour's Vernon Reid & Doug Wimbish [2013]

Premier Guitar's Rebecca Dirks is on location at Park West in Chicago, IL, where she catches up with Living Colours' Vernon Reid and Doug Wimbish during their 2013 U.S. tour.

Rig Rundown - Joe Bonamassa (2013)
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Rig Rundown - Joe Bonamassa (2013)

Premier Guitar's Rebecca Dirks is on location in Rockford, IL, where she catches up with Joe Bonamassa's tech Mike Hickey who details Bonamassa's current solo rig.

Rig Rundown - Sigur Ros
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Rig Rundown - Sigur Ros

See how Sigur Ros guitarist Jonsi por Birgisson's rig is customized for his bowing technique and more

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Rig Rundown - The Hives

Premier Guitar is on location in Chicago, Illinois, where Rebecca Dirks meets up with Nicholaus Arson and Vigilante Carlstroem of the Hives. In this segment, the guys discuss their heavily battered go-to axes (and why it doesn?t really matter for garage rock anyways), along with their mix of boutique and vintage amps and effects.

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GALLERY: Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013

Highlights from Friday and Saturday night at Crossroads. Photos by Kevin Mazur/WireImage

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Rig Rundown - Animals as Leaders' Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes [2013]

Premier Guitar's Rebecca Dirks is on location in Chicago where she catches up with Animals As Leaders guitarists Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes. In this segment, the guys discuss their 8-string guitars, the patches they use on their Axe-FX, and why they still incorporate a traditional amp head and cab into their rigs.

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Rig Rundown - Between the Buried and Me's Dustie Waring and Paul Waggoner

Premier Guitar is on location in Des Moines, Iowa, where PG's Rebecca Dirks talks with Dustie Waring and Paul Waggoner of Between the Buried and Me. In this segment, they discuss how they use both Axe-Fx and traditional amps and pedals in their rigs.