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Rhett Shull Apr 02, 2025

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Rhett Shull’s a busy guy. Between being one of the most prolific YouTubers in the guitar sphere, working as a trusted hired gun, and creating his own original music, including last year’s EP The Early Days, he’s an avid cyclist. Just a week before we met up with Rhett at Eastside Bowl in Madison, Tennessee, for this Rig Rundown, he was slated to ride a 100-mile race in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Those plans were dashed when 70-mile-an-hour winds stoked a wildfire near town and burned just over 26,000 acres. But the show must go on: The next night, Shull played a gig in town, a special release for people reeling from a brutal natural disaster.

Shull’s a certified gear aficionado and tone wizard, so PG’s Chris Kies headed to Eastside Bowl to have him walk us through his current live rig. Check out the Rundown here, and stay tuned; Shull’s got more music coming later this year.

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0:00 - D'Addario XPND Pedal Power Battery Kit

0:15 - Rhett Shull Playing Intro

0:57 - Chris Kies Intro

1:27 - Rhett Shull's Channel & Content

2:05 - 2017 Novo Serus J

5:18 - Stillwater Fires & Mid-South Festival

7:19 - Rhett's Passion for Cycling

9:10 - 2017 Novo Serus J Sound Demo

10:30 - Fender Jack White Triplecaster

14:25 - 2020 Gibson Custom Shop Firebird V

19:06 - Two-Amp Setup

19:46 - Two-Rock Classic Reverb

22:21 - D'Addario & Rig Rundown

22:52 - David Edwards Designs Apollo

26:41 - Rhett Shull's Pedalboard

37:04 - Plans for Rhett's Music & YouTube Channel

38:40 - "For Penny" Live at Eastside Bowl March 20, 2025

41:50 - D'Addario XPND Pedalboard

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Vundabar's Brandon Hagen Mar 26, 2025

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A pair of Fender amps and a custom-built Baranik helped the Boston band’s guitarist come back from a broken arm.

When Brandon Hagen broke his arm a few years ago, his life changed in an instant. He’d been fronting Boston indie rock outfit Vundabar since 2013, and suddenly, he was unable to do the things he’d built his life around. Recovery came, in part, in the form of a custom guitar prototype built by Mike Baranik of Baranik Guitars. Hagen deconstructed and rehabilitated his relationship to the 6-string on that instrument, an experience that led to Vundabar’s sixth LP, Surgery and Pleasure, released on March 7.

On tour supporting the record, the band appeared at Grimey’s in Nashville for a performance on March 11, and PG’s Chris Kies caught up with Hagen to hear about his journey and learn what tools the guitarist has brought on the road. As Hagen tells it, his setup is less about expertise and received wisdom, and more about “intuitive baby mode”—going with what feels and sounds good in the moment.

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0:00 - D'Addario XPND Pedalboard

0:15 - Vundabar "I Need You" Live at Grimey's

1:06 - Chris Kies Intro

1:39 - Brandon Hagen's Custom Baranik B4

4:56 - Fralin P-90s & Baranik Goldfoil Pickups

7:51 - Baranik B4 Controls

9:15 - Klon Clone in the Guitar?!

13:02 - Brandon Hagen's 2009 Japanese Fender Jazzmaster ’62 Reissue

15:54 - Recording "I Need You" & Surgery and Pleasure Album

22:47 - Relearning Guitar After a Broken Arm

24:25 - 2009 Japanese Fender Jazzmaster ’62 Reissue Sound Demo

26:02 - D'Addario XPND Pedalboard & John Bohlinger

26:51 - Brandon Hagen's Fender Fender Pro Junior & Blues Junior

31:37 - Brandon Hagen's Pedalboard

42:48 - Creating Tones for "Greenland"

44:39 - Brandon Hagen's Strings & Tunings

49:35 - Vundabar Live at Grimey's

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Shovels & Rope Mar 19, 2025

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Teamwork makes the dream work for the Charleston, South Carolina, twosome, who trade off multi-instrumental duties throughout their sets.

Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst have been making music as Shovels & Rope since 2008. The husband-and-wife duo from South Carolina specialize in rootsy, bluesy rock, Americana, and alt-country, but they don’t confine themselves to traditional two-piece arrangements. They switch off on vocal, guitar, percussion, and synth duty throughout their shows, orchestrating a full-band ruckus with all available limbs.

Their seventh full-length, Something Is Working Up Above My Head, released in September last year, and while touring in support of it, they stopped at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl in late February. PG’s John Bohlinger caught up with Trent before the gig to see what tools he and Hearst use to maintain their musical juggling act.

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0:00 - Molly Tuttle & D'Addario

0:15 - Shovels & Rope Playing Intro

0:43 - John Bohlinger Intro

0:54 - Gretsch G6636T Players Edition Falcon Double-Cut Bigsby

2:21 - Developing the Duo's Massive Live Sound

4:50 - Gibson J-45

6:27 - Loar & Recording King Guitars

7:04 - Shovels & Rope Pedalboard

10:52 - Rig Rundown & D'Addario

11:25 - Electro-Harmonix Nano Big Muff

12:46 - Thing 1 & Thing 2 microKORGs & Roland PK5 Controller

17:39 - Shovels & Rope's Amps: Fender Blues Junior & Fender Rumble

20:05 - Shovels & Rope's Strings, Tunings & Picks

23:22 - Recording 2024's Something Is Working Up Above My Head

26:40 - D'Addario

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Phantogram's Josh Carter & Sarah Barthel Mar 12, 2025

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Along with contemporaries like MGMT and Passion Pit, Greenwich, New York, duo Phantogram’s experiments crosspollinating hip-hop, indie, and punk rock helped cement and elevate a new era of electronic-influenced alt-rock and indie music. At the start of the 2010s, you’d be hard-pressed to find a college radio station or dorm-room playlist that didn’t include a Phantogram hit.

Sixteen years after the release of their debut record, band leaders Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel, who started Phantogram in a town of just a few thousand people, are touring behind their latest full-length, 2024’s Memory of a Day. The tour included a sold-out stop at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium—a different sort of barn than the kind they used to perform in back in Greenwich—where PG’s John Bohlinger caught up with Carter and Barthel. Courtesy of some help from their tech, the duo showed us how they’re pulling off their theatrical live experience.

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0:00 - XPND Pedal Power Battery Kit

0:15 - Phantogram Josh Carter Playing Intro

0:32 - John Bohlinger Intro

0:43 - Josh Carter's Ernie Ball Music Man Cutlass Guitars

4:44 - Josh Carter's Move From Pedals to Neural DSP Quad Cortex

9:25 - Josh Carter's "Run Run Blood" Tones

13:14 - Josh Carter's "Black Out Days" Tones

16:00 - Controlling & Choreographing Quad Cortex

17:58 - Pedals Used on Memory of a Day Album

18:55 - Josh Carter's Amps Modeled in Quad Cortex

20:30 - XPND Adjustable Daisy Chain

21:01 - Phantogram's History

22:53 - Sarah Barthel Intro

23:04 - Sarah Barthel's Fender Mustang Bass

24:07 - Sarah Barthel Adding Bass Guitar to Phantogram

25:23 - Sarah Barthel's Synth Bass Sounds

26:25 - Sarah Barthel's "Feedback" Tones

28:04 - Sarah Barthel on Using a Pick with Bass While Singing

28:32 - Sarah Barthel's "Attaway" Tones

29:54 - Sarah Barthel's Fender Jazzmaster

31:08 - Sarah Barthel's "Happy Again" Tones

32:18 - Sarah Barthel Reconnecting with Josh Carter to Form Phantogram

34:10 - Creating the Phantogram Show Aesthetic

35:44 - Early Phantogram DIY Shows

37:36 - XPND Isolator

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Marty Friedman Mar 05, 2025

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The Japan-based shredder brings his current roadshow to life with the help of his tech, Alan Sosa.

Marty Friedman, the ex-Megadeth guitarist and celebrated mixologist of heavy metal and Japanese music, released his latest solo record, Drama, in April 2024. Last month, PG’s John Bohlinger caught up with Friedman before his show at the Basement in Nashville to see what key pieces of gear he brought out on the Drama tour. Friedman and his trusted tech, Alan Sosa, who handles all effects switching manually during the show, showed us the goods.

0:00 - Wolf Van Halen & D'Addario

0:15 - Marty Friedman Playing Intro

0:55 - John Bohlinger Intro

1:07 - Jackson Pro Series Signature Marty Friedman MF-1

4:22 - EMG MF Marty Friedman Signature Pickups

6:25 - Marty's D'Addario NYXL 10-46 Strings

7:10 - Jackson USA Marty Friedman MF-1

8:41 - ENGL Marty Friedman Inferno Signature 100W Amp

10:27 - Glaser Instruments & D'Addario

10:43 - Marty Friedman's Pedalboard

23:24 - Improv in Live Shows

24:02 - Marty Friedman's Picking Technique

25:16 - Marty Friedman on Living & Performing in Japan

27:25 - Marty Friedman's Ability to Create Uncompromised Art

28:37 - D'Addario

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Paul Moak Feb 26, 2025

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Grammy-nominated session guitarist, producer, mixer, and engineer Paul Moak stays busy on multiple fronts. Over the years he’s written, played, produced and more for TV sessions (Pretty Little Liars, One Tree Hill) and artists including Third Day, Leeland, and the Blind Boys of Alabama. But most recently he’s worked with Heart and Ann Wilson and Tripsitter.

PG’s John Bohlinger caught up with Moak at his Nashville studio known affectionately as the Smoakstack.

0:00 - XPND Pedalboard

0:15 - Paul Moak Playing Intro

0:40 - John Bohlinger Intro

1:26 - 1963 Fender Stratocaster

4:47 - 1959 Gibson Les Paul Jr

7:49 - 1976 Fender Telecaster

11:53 - Paul Moak's D'Addario NYXL Strings & InTuneGP Picks

13:20 - 1970 Gibson Les Paul Custom

16:25 - 1963 Fender Jaguar

20:25 - 1982 Gibson Anniversary Series Firebird

24:16 - Hammertone OC-12 12-String Octave Guitar

27:44 - Jerry Jones Neptune Baritone

30:52 - 1991 Gibson J-100

33:12 - 1890 Washburn Parlor Acoustic

34:29 - 1968 Vox Folk Twelve Electro

36:31 - John Bohlinger & XPND Pedalboard

37:21 - 1990s Marshall Bluesbreakers

39:30 - Pinstripe Pedals DISO+ System

42:25 - Smoakstack Amp Collection

47:42 - Smoakstack Cabinet Collection

48:12 - Paul Moak's Pedalboard

1:07:02 - Smoakstack Control Room & Outboard Gear

1:14:20 - Glaser Instruments & D'Addario

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The Jesus Lizard [2025] Feb 20, 2025

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When the Jesus Lizard released their seventh studio record, Rack, last September, it ended a 26-year hiatus between recordings, and lovers of raucous, steely rock music around the world rejoiced. As guitarist Duane Denison told PG’s Nick Millevoi in our feature story, the key to the album’s vitality—and reviving the band’s brutal sound—was simple: “Practice loud.”

Ahead of a hotly anticipated U.K. tour celebrating the record, the band gathered at SIR’s rehearsal space in Nashville to do exactly that. PG’s Chris Kies stopped by to see what Denison and bassist David Wm. Sims were stuffing into their suitcases for the trip across the pond.

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0:15 - Duane Denison Playing Intro

1:08 - Celebrating Band's Longevity & New Album Rack

2:18 - Duane Denison's Powers Electric Type A

5:04 - Why Duane Denison Practices Really Loud

6:43 - What Duane Denison Needs From His Guitar Tone

7:44 - The Jesus Lizard Tunings

8:42 - Duane Denison's Core Tone (Hide and Seek)

10:02 - Duane Denison's Chorus Tone

11:42 - Duane Denison's Delay & Unison Notes

12:53 - Duane Denison's "Oddball" Sound

13:44 - How Duane Denison Uses Space in His Guitar Playing

16:55 - Duane Denison's Stringjoy Strings & Picks

18:37 - How Duane Denison Warms Up & Stays Limber

19:44 - Duane Denison's Victory VS100 Super Sheriff

21:25 - Duane Denison's Line 6 Helix Floor

23:25 - Duane Denison's Soloing Technique ("Grind")

25:35 - What Still Excites Duane Denison About Guitar?

27:03 - "Puss" Live

27:42 - John Bohlinger & XPND Pedalboard

28:33 - David Wm. Sims' Memphis Jazz Bass Copy

31:20 - David Wm. Sims on Using a Pick & Rotosound Strings

32:28 - David Wm. Sims' Core Bass Tone

33:18 - David Wm. Sims Gallien-Krueger 800RB

34:01 - David Wm. Sims on Recording 'Rack'

34:48 - David Wm. Sims Cabinet & Speaker Preferences

35:55 - David Wm. Sims' Pedals

37:30 - David Wm. Sims' "What If" Bass Tone

38:36 - David Wm. Sims' Favorite Songs & Most-Difficult Parts

39:43 - Final Thoughts & Outro

40:23 - D'Addario Strings

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MJ Lenderman & the Wind Feb 19, 2025

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The fast-rising indie-rock outfit shows how they bring their varied 4-piece string section to life on their recent tour.

Last year’s Manning Fireworks was a breakout moment for Asheville, North Carolina’s MJ Lenderman, which is both the name of the band and the actual name of singer and guitarist Jake Lenderman, who also plays in the band Wednesday. The record topped plenty of year-end lists and drew favorable comparisons to the likes of Neil Young, Dinosaur Jr., and other stars of the pre- and post-’90s indie-rock boom.

On tour behind the record, the band stopped in at Birmingham, Alabama, joint Saturn on February 1. PG’s Chris Kies met up with Lenderman, guitarist Jon Samuels, pedal-steel player Xandy Chelmis, and bassist Landon George before the show to get the dirt on their dirt.

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0:00 - XPND Pedalboard

0:15 - MJ Lenderman & the Wind “Joker Lips”

1:12 - Chris Kies Intro

1:36 - MJ Lenderman’s 1979 Gibson The “SG”

3:10 - MJ Lenderman’s Tunings & Capo Usage

4:26 - MJ Lenderman on Working with Producer Alex Farrar

5:35 - MJ Lenderman on Recording Manning Fireworks

6:50 - MJ Lenderman’s 1979 Gibson The “SG” Tone

7:23 - MJ Lenderman’s Squier J Mascis Signature Jazzmaster

8:05 - MJ Lenderman’s “You’re Every Girl to Me” Tuning

9:17 - MJ Lenderman Performing with Dinosaur Jr

10:34 - MJ Lenderman’s Fender American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Deluxe

12:18 - MJ Lenderman’s 2008 Fender Jazzmaster

13:47 - MJ Lenderman’s Hiwatt Custom 50

16:30 - MJ Lenderman’s Pedalboard

19:57 - MJ Lenderman on Playing Songs Live

21:26 - MJ Lenderman on Michael Jordan’s “Hangover Game”

22:33 - MJ Lenderman on Manning Fireworks Popularity & Solo Success

23:41 - Jon Samuels’ Fender Player Telecaster

26:59 - Jon Samuels’ Fender Hot Rod DeVille

27:33 - Jon Samuels’ Pedalboard

33:45 - John Bohlinger & XPND Pedalboard

34:34 - Xandy Chelmis’ 10-string ZB Custom Pedal-Steel Guitar

38:36 - Xandy Chelmis’ Pedal-Steel Tuning & Slide Bar

41:44 - Xandy Chelmis’ Fender ’65 Twin Custom 15

42:40 - Xandy Chelmis’ Goodrich H-120

44:43 - Xandy Chelmis’ Guyatone SD2 Sustainer

46:39 - Landon George’s 2006 Fender Mike Dirnt Precision Bass

49:46 - Landon George’s Flatwound Bass Strings

50:35 - Landon George’s Sunn Beta Bass Amp & Ampeg SVT 8x10

52:19 - Landon George’s Pedalboard

57:10 - D’Addario Strings

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Dweezil Zappa [2025] Feb 05, 2025

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The shredder and son of legendary artist Frank Zappa gives a tour of his up-to-date gear, including a complex stereo switching system, four racks of pedals, and some of his father’s favorite guitars.

Dweezil Zappa was always going to end up being an incredible guitarist. His dad, Frank Zappa, is celebrated as one of the most talented and creative guitarists in history, and by age 12, Dweezil was recording music produced by Eddie Van Halen. (Little surprise that he’s covering Van Halen’s 1981 stunner “Push Comes to Shove” lately.) He’s been a bona fide guitar star ever since, releasing seven original solo records, six tribute records, two LPs with his brother Ahmet Zappa, and guesting on recordings across the music universe.

Ahead of his gig at Memphis’ Minglewood Hall on his 2024 Rox(postroph)y tour, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of Frank Zappa’s Apostrophe (') and Roxy & Elsewhere records, Dweezil gave PG’s John Bohlinger a boot-to-bonnet look at his current road setup. There’s a lot of ground to cover between his and his father’s catalogues, and Dweezil loves the challenge, which he meets with a mix of his own gear and some special vintage assists courtesy of his dad.

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0:00 - Wolf Van Halen & D'Addario

0:15 - Dweezil Zappa Playing Intro

0:59 - John Bohlinger Intro

1:11 - Frank Zappa's Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Les Paul

2:23 - Recreating Frank Zappa's Sound

6:06 - Frank Zappa's Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Les Paul Mods & Tones

12:22 - Frank Zappa's Roxy & Elsewhere-era Gibson SG

18:22 - Exploring Weird Zappa Sounds in Dweezil's Rig

25:46 - Dweezil Zappa's Expression Pedals & Wah Controls

30:17 - XPND Pedalboard & John Bohlinger

31:07 - Dweezil Zappa's Onstage Pedalboard

40:54 - Dweezil's Shabat Lynx DZ Signature & Van Halen's "Push Comes to Shove"

46:19 - Dweezil's Shabat Lynx DZ with Push-Pull Out-of-Phase "Octavia" Sound

47:19 - Lollar El Rayo Bridge Humbucker & Special S Single-Coils

49:02 - Dweezil's Shabat Lynx DZ with Vega Trem VT1

50:06 - How Often Does Dweezil Play Guitar?

51:51 - Dweezil Zappa's Rack Pedals

1:07:52 - Why Dweezil Brings a "Recording Studio" on Tour

1:10:19 - Dweezil Zappa's Strings & Picks

1:12:48 - Joe Glaser & D'Addario

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Jared Dines & Eric Palmer (Oni Band) Jan 30, 2025

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Oni’s guitar duo cover 16 strings between them with a pair of Neural Quad Cortexes and some choice patches.

Jared Dines had been writing for Canadian metalcore outfit Oni—fronted by Jake Oni—for a few years before Jake invited Dines to join him onstage. Dines had just two days to learn the entire set before rehearsals began. But Eric Palmer can one-up him. He was teching for the band when Jake conscripted him—with just one day to pick up the set before a performance. Palmer rose to the occasion, and he and Dines have formed Oni’s two-guitar tornado for the past year.

Ahead of their gig at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl in December, Dines and Palmer walked PG’s Chris Kies through their spartan, one-guitar rigs—no backups, no mercy.

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0:00 - Joe Glaser & D'Addario