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We had the good fortune of catching up with California hardcore outfit Drain on their Good Good Tour, a year after the release of their 2023 LP, Living Proof. A few hours before the band ripped Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl, guitarist Cody Chavez gave PG’s Perry Bean the scoop on how he achieves his brutal rhythm and lead tones that form the basis of the band’s thrashy, metallic hardcore.

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0:00 - D'Addario & Yvette Young

0:15 - Cody Chavez Playing Intro

0:46 - Drain's Hardcore Influences

2:46 - Jackson American Series Virtuoso

5:01 - Jackson X Series Soloist SL3X DX

6:53 - Switching from Randalls to Modelers

8:18 - D'Addario & the Rig Rundown

8:50 - Drain's Fender Tone Master Pro Settings

12:45 - Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700 & Marshall 1960A 4x12

15:28 - Core Drain Sounds

17:08 - D'Addario Strings

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Back in March, Chicago’s Fall Out Boy blasted through Birmingham, Alabama, in the middle of a year-long tour supporting their 2023 release, So Much (for) Stardust. It was their first solo headline tour since 2018, and they brought along loads of new noisemakers for the occasion.

Frontman Patrick Stump has moved on from his trademark Gretsch electrics, guitarist Joe Trohman scored an Explorer that may or may not remind us of a certain purple McDonald’s character, and Pete Wentz packs some basses that bring both ice and fire to the gig. And while tube amps still reign supreme in the studio, including the recording of So Much (for) Stardust, the band goes digital and speaker-free on the road.

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0:00 - D'Addario Strings

0:15 - Chris Kies Intro

1:30 - Patrick Stump Intro

1:57 - Patrick Stump's Vintage Guild S-60D Guitars

9:08 - Patrick Stump on Moving to Neural DSP Quad Cortex

11:19 - Patrick Stump on TV Scoring vs Fall Out Boy

13:10 - Patrick Stump on Quiet Stages

19:44 - Patrick Stump's Halo Guitar

21:48 - Patrick Stump's Martin X Series acoustic

24:13 - D'Addario & Rig Rundown Team

24:37 - Joe Trohman's Zemaitis The Portrait Hisashi Signature

27:20 - Joe Trohman on Switching to Digital Modelers

30:02 - Joe Trohman on In-Ear Monitors & No Speakers

31:16 - Joe Trohman on Playing Surprise Song Each Night

35:52 - Joe Trohman's ’80s Gibson Custom Shop Explorer

40:33 - Joe Trohman's Squier Telecaster Signature

43:10 - Pete Wentz's Sterling By Music Man StingRay Basses

46:40 - Pete Wentz's Flamethrower StingRay Bass

49:48 - Pete Wentz's Line 6 HX Stomps

51:26 - Yvette Young & D'Addario Strings

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Cage the Elephant was formed nearly 20 years ago in Bowling Green by vocalist Matt Shultz, guitarists Brad Shultz and Lincoln Parish, drummer Jared Champion, and bassist Daniel Tichenor. That core lineup has only changed once, with Nick Bockrath replacing Parish onstage in 2013 and officially in 2017. CTE’s earliest albums—2008’s Cage the Elephant and 2011’s Thank You, Happy Birthday—captured their punk-rock pandemonium that turned venues into hurricanes. Cage’s mayhem cloaked melodies, like a Trojan horse creating early-career earworms and sing-alongs out of hits “In One Ear,” “Ain't No Rest for the Wicked,” “Shake Me Down,” and “Aberdeen.”

2013’s Melophobia brandished a trio of mellower, melodious singles: “Come A Little Closer,” “Take It or Leave It,” and “Cigarette Daydreams.” Then, 2015’s Tell Me I’m Pretty saw the band enter Easy Eye Sound to work with Dan Auerbach, sending the band’s sonics back to the ’60s with an emphasis on direct, pointed performances and console-driven fuzz. Their last two albums, 2019’s Social Cues and 2024’s Neon Pill, partnered them with producer John Hill, who helped wrap their memorable hooks in a smokier, after-hours backdrop that incorporated ’80s sheen with drum machines, shifting synth textures, and sleek production that pulses with flow and emotion.

The constant glue that holds these albums together (aside from the members' cohesive creativity) is the constant application—in varied amounts—of garage rock, psychedelia, and a little bit of danger. Even their softest, smoothest work portrays these gripping vibes. And while the velvet packaging of their songs have them sounding more Abbey Road than Albini—earning the group back-to-back Grammys for Best Rock Album for Tell Me I’m Pretty and Social Cues—the Shultz brothers still bring their signature piss-and-vinegar performances to the stage, where the front row will likely play host to both throughout any given setlist.

Before the band’s Bonnaroo set on Saturday June 15, Cage the Elephant invited PG’s video team to their rehearsals inside East Nashville’s Steel Mill space to cover the gear they’d be touring with in support of their sixth album, Neon Pill. On guitar, lap steel, and pedal steel, Nick Bockrath starts off the Rundown going through his sizzling setup that includes custom guitars, a bountiful pedalboard, and a special instrument from a deceased friend and Nashville legend. Then, tech Mason Osman details how Brad Shultz transformed his rig to mimic his preferred recording setup that relies on studio tube preamps and compressors for a direct, broiling sound. Lastly, tech Bailey Griffith shows a simplified-but-tsunami-sounding bass setup that includes two Fender 4-strings and 300W tube heads that kick like a mule.

(Thumbnail photos by Neil Krug.)

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0:00 - D'Addario Strings

0:15 - Nick Bockrath Intro

1:58 - Chris Kies Intro

2:17 - Neon Pill & Working with John Hill Again

6:00 - Nick Bockrath's Harper Guitars Marilyn

11:20 - Nick Bockrath's 1990s Gibson Les Paul Deluxe

15:23 - Nick Bockrath's 1970s Gibson SG Custom

18:08 - Nick Bockrath on Performing with a Broken Knee

19:59 - Nick Bockrath's Russ Pahl Partscaster Tele

24:10 - Nick Bockrath's Vintage Gibson BR-6 lap steel

25:45 - D'Addario & the Rig Rundown

26:17 - Nick Bockrath's GFI Ultra pedal-steel

29:56 - Nick Bockrath's Pedalboard

43:24 - Brad Shultz's Guitars

47:17 - Brad Shultz's Rack Gear (Preamps & Compressors)

48:41 - Brad Shultz's Pedalboard

51:31 - Daniel Tichenor's Bass Rig

57:18 - D'Addario Strings & Joe Glaser

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If In Flames didn’t invent melodic death metal, they cemented the genre’s arrival with Lunar Strain and Subterranean, and if those were early blueprints to the burgeoning style, the Swedes’ The Jester Race and Whoracle were the impeccable benchmarks that made the aggressive artform matter. They’ve continued to push the genre forward with ten subsequent releases—including 2023’s raw, visceral Foregone—further strengthening their core sound that, at its heart, is a modernized blend of intensified Iron Maiden and accelerated Black Sabbath.

Before the band’s headlining show at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works, In Flames’ Björn Gelotte, Chris Broderick, and Liam Wilson welcomed PG’s Perry Bean for a conversation about their powerful setups. Gelotte detailed his workingman’s signature Epiphone Les Paul Custom before his tech Greg Winn showcased a pair of unknown Marshall prototype amps never featured on a Rundown. Shredmeister general Chris Broderick discussed hands-on approach to designing his signature sound that includes a beveled Jackson Diabolic CB2, modified DiMarzio humbuckers, and a thumbpick he invented. Lastly, Wilson compared the requirements and difficulties between playing bass with Dillinger Escape and In Flames before dissecting his morphing setup that’s trying to feel like home but honor Peter Iwers and Bryce Paul thunderous footsteps.

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0:00 - D'Addario & Nita Strauss

0:15 - Perry Bean Intro

1:52 - Björn Gelotte Intro

2:20 - Epiphone Björn Gelotte Les Paul Custom

4:36 - Using EMG 81/85 Pickups

6:30 - In Flames Tunings

8:32 - Tech Greg Winn & Marshall MD61 Amps

14:24 - Björn Gelotte's Effects

17:41 - Björn Gelotte's Strings & Picks

18:55 - D'Addario & Yvette Young

19:10 - Chris Broderick Joining In Flames

20:48 - Jackson Chris Broderick Diabolic CB2 (Black)

22:06 - Jackson USA Signature Chris Broderick Soloist 7

23:57 - Custom DiMarzio Humbuckers

25:02 - Jackson Chris Broderick Diabolic CB2 (White)

26:52 - Jackson Pro Series Chris Broderick Signature HT7 Soloist

27:13 - Chris Broderick's Custom Thumbpick

29:30 - Chris Broderick Engl Savage 100

34:27 - Chris Broderick's Effects

36:43 - Chris Broderick's Strings & Tunings

38:21 - Liam Wilson Playing in Dillinger Escape Plan & In Flames

40:55 - Liam Wilson's Zon Sonus Special 4 Basses

46:54 - Liam Wilson's Amps & Effects

54:40 - D'Addario Strings

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“I could not exist without guitar,” admits Helmet founding lead guitarist and singer Page Hamilton. “I know this to be true because I’m a miserable asshole if I don’t play guitar. When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is play guitar. It’s an incredible instrument and I just love it.”

But what does one do with that creative codependency? Page Hamilton’s impactful contributions to rock music were cemented when Helmet wrote and recorded a pair of back-to-back blisters with 1992’s Meantime and 1994’s Betty. Those pillars of ’90s alternative metal and guitar granite forever chiseled out his place in hard-rock history.

Since 1989, Hamilton and Helmet have dished out a total of nine studio albums (plus a live set) that balance punishing, fastened-down ferocity with mercurial moments of melody that make their sledgehammer fall harder.

Beyond that legacy, Page was a part of David Bowie’s band for the 1999 Hours tour, playing Saturday Night Live and being included on two live albums from the Starman. Further diversifying his guitar vocabulary, he’s contributed to several film scores for Heat, Titus, In Dreams, Catwoman, and Chicago Cab. He’s explored the instrument’s outer realms with German avant-garde guitarist Caspar Brötzmann on a live improv album (1996’s Zulutime), and expanded his vocabulary by diving into jazz guitar, noting in our Rundown he’ll release an album next year. Hamilton has even put out a guitar instruction DVD, Sonic Shapes: Expanding Rock Guitar Vocabulary for Hal Leonard. All of this (and more) accomplished because guitar is his lifeblood.

And we found out during our Rig Rundown—filmed May 7, 2024 at Nashville’s Exit/In—that most of this material was spawned from three key ingredients, all still in his rig: ESP Horizon guitars, Fryette amps, and DiMarzio humbuckers. These partnerships with each company are not gratuitous or grifting. He’s been aligned with ESP since 1989. He started working with DiMarzio in the early ’90s, and he and Steven Fryette have sharpened his sound since 1996. These three friendships have fostered an integral strand in Page’s tonal DNA, and Hamilton covers each at length with us. Plus, he breaks down the simplifying move from a complicated Bradshaw rack-switching system to something more modern and efficient, with five Boss boxes and a duo of H9s.

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0:00 - D'Addario Strings

0:15 - Chris Kies Intro

1:43 - Page Hamilton Intro

3:09 - ESP LTD PH-600

4:23 - ESP LTD PH-600 MG

5:51 - Helmet Tunings

6:26 - "Sinatra"

7:32 - Scoring Films and TV on Guitar

10:08 - Working on In Dreams Movie at Abbey Road

10:51 - Touring in David Bowie's Band

12:08 - Page Hamilton Strings & Picks

13:57 - Codesigning DiMarzio Air Norton

16:25 - ESP Horizon Customs

18:02 - Page Hamilton Studied Martial Arts

19:54 - D'Addario & the Rig Rundown

20:27 - Fryette Pittbull Ultra-Lead 3-channel amp

26:23 - Page Hamilton Pedalboard

31:50 - Why Page Hamilton Still Plays Guitar

33:47 - D'Addario Strings

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There’s comical bands (Gwar), there’s parody bands (Steel Panther), and there’s clever combinations of both (Mac Sabbath). The Italian-Australian Donny Benét is none of those and all of those at the same time. His polished compositions, breezy rhythms, and funky fretwork are no laughing matter. Instead, Donny is the joke … or is he?

“I thought, “What would I think if I saw some bald, chubby dude shredding on bass and fretless?’ I’d be like ‘hell yeah,’ so I might as well be the guy that’ll do it,” explains Benét.

Donny (born Ben Waples) is from a musical family in Sydney, Australia. He grew up performing on several instruments, became classically trained on piano, and earned a master’s degree in double bass. The fluent musician started a career as a jazz bassist for various artists in Sydney, and eventually shifted to an experimental jazz/electronica band, Triosk. While both endeavors were challenging and rewarding, Ben wasn’t having fun. After Triosk disbanded, Waples continued writing and recording on his own. It started with Cubase and a Line 6 DL4 that gave him 48-second loops. He started making “Donny Benét” joke songs. His friends and family continued encouraging him to make more, and before he knew it he had enough material to create Don’t Hold Back. (To this day he still records all the parts except saxophone, played by his brother Daniel Waples.) And through his passion for creating music combined with his love for ’70s funk and R&B—he mentions his introduction to electric bass was via a VHS tape featuring Larry Graham, Bernard Edwards, and Nile Rodgers—infused with the aesthetic and aura of Itala-disco performers, Donny Benét was born.

“I’m a seriously trained jazz musician in a prior life, and I try not to take myself too seriously now, but I’m deadly serious about taking the piss out of myself. I like humor, but I definitely don’t make joke music,” states Benét.

Since 2011, he’s released six albums, all showing an evolution and refinement of the Don. Each release has revealed a new part of Benet’s infinite swagger, blending influences of Prince, Alan Vega, Lou Reed, Tom Jones, and, of course, James Jamerson, “Duck” Dunn, and the funk forefathers. Yes, Donny B can sweep you off your feet, but that’s because one thing reigns supreme—the music.

“With Donny I’ve always taken the approach of ‘what would I listen to?’ I started there and I continue to follow it. If no one likes it, that’s fine, so long as I like it. If someone else likes it, even better,” says Benét.

Before his headlining gig at Nashville’s Basement East, Donny B welcomed PG’s Chris Kies onstage to chat about his minimal-but-musical setup. Benét explains the origins of “Donny,” covers his custom Furlanetto 4-string and why he calls it “probably the best live instrument I got,” and discusses scoring tons of gear when the exchange rate presents deals.

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0:00 - D'Addario Pedalboard Essentials

0:15 - Chris Kies Intro

0:49 - Donny Benét Intro

1:42 - Donny Benét Origins

8:55 - Custom Furlanetto "F Bass" VF4

13:39 - D'Addario & Rig Rundown

14:11 - Touring with One Bass

15:23 - Donny Benét's Strings

16:20 - Bergantino Forté HP 2 & NXT410-C

18:10 - Korg monologue analog synthesizer

19:38 - Gear Hunting in Australia

22:05 - Donny Benét's Pedalboard

25:30 - Favorite Donny Benét Bass Lines

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The Food Stamps have been cooking onstage behind the redheaded songwriter pretty much since he left Appalachia and began touring as a full unit. These loyal road dogs have worn the rubber off the tires touring with Mr. Childers. First, they were strictly a live band enlisted to recreate and recharge the material from his first three studio albums Bottles and Bibles (2011), Purgatory (2017), and Country Squire (2019). But with the last two studio records—the triple-album, gospel-country opus Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? and last year’s classic-meets-contemporary Rustin' in the Rain—the Food Stamps went from being his road-warrior comrades to eating big time alongside their leader onstage and in the studio.

During Childers’ headlining arena run and before his second sold-out night at the Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville, the Food Stamps’ CJ Cain (acoustic/electric guitar/mandolin), Jesse Wells (electric guitar/mandola/banjo/baritone/fiddle), James Barker (guitar/pedal-steel), and Craig Burletic (electric bass/double bass) invited PG’s Perry Bean inside their “living room” stage set. When we last chatted with them in 2019, the boys were burning through the small-club circuit with many of the same tone tools still in their rig today, but as venues grow and tours extend, gear needs change and the arsenal capacity increases. In this hour-long Rundown, we cover all their fresh friends, old standbys, and everything else these four buckaroos require to make music that matters.

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0:00 - D'Addario & Molly Tuttle

0:15 - CJ Cain Intro

0:47 - CJ Cain on Joining the Food Stamps

2:15 - CJ Cain Electric Guitars

7:43 - CJ Cain "Electric" Pedalboard

15:15 - CJ Cain "Acoustic" Pedalboard

19:03 - CJ Cain Will Parsons Mandolin

23:18 - CJ Cain Acoustic Guitars

27:30 - Jesse Wells' Guitars & Instruments

31:45 - Jesse Wells' Amps

32:20 - Jesse Wells' Pedalboards

34:39 - D'Addario & the Rig Rundown

35:11 - James Barker's Guitars

39:18 - James Barker's Amps

40:30 - James Barker's Pedalboards

44:30 - James Barker's Show Pro Pedal-Steel Guitar

46:32 - Craig Burletic's Fender P Basses

51:25 - Craig Burletic's American Standard Double Bass

54:34 - Craig Burletic's Amps

56:05 - Craig Burletic's Pedalboard

58:17 - Tyler Childers' Collings Guitars

1:00:20 - Tyler Childers' Square Amps in TV

1:01:26 - Tyler Childers & the Food Stamps Outro Jam

1:02:32 - D'Addario & Tom Crandall

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Before ERRA’s headlining show at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl in support of their latest album, Cure, cofounding member Jesse Cash and newcomer Clint Tustin—a pair of proficient guitar-playing pyrotechnicians—invited PG’s Chris Kies onstage for a conversation that was both lighthearted and enlightening. They cover their speedy 7-strings from Jackson and Ibanez, explain why they landed on their preferred DiMarzio and Fishman pickups, and reveal all the ways the Neural DSP Quad Cortex has condensed, streamlined, and optimized the duo’s stage attack.

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0:00 - D'Addario & Yvette Young

0:15 - Chris Kies Intro

1:55 - ERRA Intro with Jesse Cash & Clint Tustin

3:00 - Moving From Tube Amps to Modelers

7:17 - Jesse Cash & Clint Tustin Partnership

9:48 - Setting Up the Quad Cortex for ERRA

12:10 - Writing "Snowblood"

13:20 - Capturing Creativity

16:39 - D'Addario XPND & John Bohlinger

17:28 - Jackson Pro Series Dinky DK Modern Ash HT7

19:41 - ERRA Strings & Tunings

22:09 - Ibanez Prestige RG2027XL

25:40 - DiMarzio D Activator 7 Humbuckers

27:31 - Jackson Pro Plus Series DK Modern EverTune 7

29:13 - Ibanez Prestige 752LWFX

33:43 - D'Addario & Gina Gleason

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Loathe is a challenging listen. In 10 years, they’ve released three dissimilar albums, a pair of pulverizing EPs, and a couple reinventive, collaborative covers (with Sleep Token and Teenage Wrist) of their own material, proving they thrive on juxtaposition and keeping your ears off guard. The Liverpool foursome morph from blissful dream state to Nightmare on Elm Street and everything in between. Their sound can be familiar like an old friend but thrilling like a first date.

From the ashes of Our Imbalance’s pure metalcore madness—featuring guitarist/vocalist Erik Bickerstaffe, vocalist Kadeem France, and drummer Sean Radcliffe before recruiting guitarist Connor Sweeney and bassist Shayne Smith—rose the reformation that became the experimental Loathe in 2014. (Current bassist Feisal El-Khazragi replaced Smith in 2018 and Sweeney left the band in 2021.)

Nu-metal bounce, djent precision, shoegaze shimmer, post-hardcore chaos, synth segues, barbwire breakdowns, moody melodies, and singalong choruses aren’t groundbreaking elements. But how they make them gel and grate against each other is what makes Loathe special. In a matter of minutes, they can make you scream, cry, and then dance before inciting you to do all three at once. The difference is in the disparate.

Their creative applications of the past, present, and future keep them ahead of the audience providing a deep musical menu. If you don’t like the first Loathe song you hear, there’s a chance the next one will be your favorite.

“The four of us have very differing influences, but when we work together, we create something very unique,” contends Bickerstaffe.

Even Bickerstaffe’s guitar choices are at odds. He wants the heaviest sound possible but avoids using 7- or 8-string guitars because of their brash tones and jagged aesthetics. He prefers to swing the sledgehammer in a classic costume of a Gretsch Jet (and formerly a Jazzmaster).

“We wanted a British-rock sound that pushes further into modern extreme-metal influence when we were writing. I don’t like anything too metallic or sharp sounding. For the band we are and what we’re trying to do musically, it’s not the right thing,” states Bickerstaffe.

It’s been over four years since their heralded I Let It In and It Took Everything, and the fans are growing impatient. The band is aware of the wait and are concerned with impressing themselves rather than capitalizing on the attention.

“There’s music in the world the four of us as individuals miss hearing, and we want to be the people that create that in our own style. Hopefully, people who agree with us are along for the ride, and if not, that’s absolutely cool. We’ve been through a lot, and we’re working really hard together to make sure the music that we put out is exactly what we want to put out. We’ll let it speak for itself when we release it,” explains Bickerstaffe.

Before Loathe’s opening slot supporting Knocked Loose on May 1 at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works, Bickerstaffe carved out some time to talk with PG’s Chris Kies. Bickerstaffe details the obtainable instruments that help him deliver both deathly and dreamy moments, why he shies away from the metallic edges of metal, and what fans should expect from the ever-evolving outfit’s new music.

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0:00 - D'Addario & Yvette Young

0:15 - Chris Kies Intro

1:44 - Erik Bickerstaffe Intro

3:01 - Gretsch G5260 Electromatic Jet Baritone

5:59 - Erik Bickerstaffe's Guitar Influences

8:36 - Erik Bickerstaffe's Strings & Tunings

11:55 - D'Addario XPND & John Bohlinger

12:45 - Amps & Fractal Audio Axe-Fx III

17:14 - Erik Bickerstaffe's Pedalboard

21:06 - Loathe's Next Album

23:06 - D'Addario & Yvette Young

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Steve Morse and Andy West are legendary players. In addition to co-founding the Dixie Dregs together in Augusta, Georgia, in 1970, both virtuosos have colorful personal resumes.

Guitar giant Morse’s is more high-profile. He remains the leader of the Steve Morse Band, who opened the Dregs’s late April show at Nashville’s CMA Theater, where this Rundown was filmed, with 45 minutes of smart shred. He’s also been a member of Kansas and Deep Purple, as well as another instrumental powerhouse, Flying Colors.

Besides his tenure in the Dregs, West has recorded with Vinnie Moore, the Steve Morse Band, Paul Barrere, and Henry Kaiser, with whom he’s been a member of the Mistakes, Crazy Backwards Alphabet, and Five Time Surprise, which also includes Messthetics guitarist Anthony Pirog. (Full disclosure: I recorded a version of Steppenwolf’s “The Pusher” with Kaiser and West as part of Kaiser’s Moods & Modes of Halloween video quarterly in 2023.)

The Music City show was classic Dixie Dregs, with more than two hours of high-wire playing, all anchored by the bold melodies that mark their compositions. Joined by longtime Dregs drummer Rod Morgenstein, violinist Allen Sloan, and keyboard player Steve Davidowski, the concert was an affirmation of Morse and West’s vitality and musical partnership after sharing stages for more than 50 years.

In the video, Steve and Andy explain their rigs in person and in detail.

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0:00 - D'Addario & Joe Glaser

0:15 - Steve Morse Intro

0:56 - Steve Morse's No.1 Ernie Ball Music Man Guitar

2:29 - Steve Morse's Custom String Mute

4:08 - Steve Morse's Custom Pickup Switching

6:07 - Recreating Dixie Dregs' Back Catalog

7:31 - Steve Morse's Signature Engl Amps & Cabs

8:18 - Steve Morse's Pedalboard

11:19 - Designing the Engl Steve Morse Signature

13:56 - Steve Morse's Roland GR-55

15:45 - Steve Morse's No. 2 Ernie Ball Music Man Guitar

18:19 - Andy West's Gould Basses

22:09 - Andy West's Line 6 Helix Floor & EV Speakers

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