Rig Rundowns

The long-running punk quartet pick prototypes, P basses, and Pauls for their latest live shows. Watch the full Rig Rundown: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/afi-2025

Thanks to some key years working at a celebrated music store, this band of brothers has the goods. Watch the full Rig Rundown: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/the-band-royale

Henri and Bill Cash, the brotherly guitar duo behind Los Angeles glam-rock band Starcrawler, linked with  PG ’s  John Bohlinger  before their gig at the Pinnacle in Nashville to show off some rose-colored rock tools. Check out highlights of their dazzling setups below, and tune into our full  Rig Rundown  to scope the full details. Brought to you by  D’Addario .

The in-demand gunslinger brings a load of silverware to arenas across the world. Watch the full Rig Rundown: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/devon-eisenbarger

The cosmic-country cowboy touts a rig inspired by the greats and powered by a mix of vintage and modern-day gear. Watch the full Rig Rundown: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/daniel-donato

Check out the gear that guitarists Frank Iero and Ray Toro and bassist Mikey Way brought out to shake stadiums this summer. Watch the full Rig Rundown: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/my-chemical-romance

Step onstage for an inside look at the gear Pete Townshend and Jon Button relied on for the band’s legendary farewell shows. Watch the full Rig Rundown: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/the-who-tour

California metal giants Deftones returned this year with Private Music, their first album in five years. In support of it, they ripped across North America on a string of headline shows and support slots with System of a Down. Watch the full Rig Rundown: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/deftones

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/system-of-a-down Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube The metal giants return to the stage with a show powered by gold-and-black axes and pure tube power. Except for two new singles in 2020, alt-metal icons System of a Down haven’t released new music in 20 years. But luckily for their fans, System—vocalist Serj...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/linkin-park Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Learn how the reunited nu-metal pioneers are taking on the world once again. Linkin Park went on hiatus for seven years after lead vocalist Chester Bennington’s death in 2017, but last September, the band announced that they were returning with new music and a new...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/adam-miller Visit the Underdog: http://theunderdognashville.com/ The prolific Australian guitarist brought his mastery to east Nashville, where we got a look at the gear he’s trusting overseas. Adam Miller has been compared to plenty of his most sacred influences— Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins, Charlie Hunter, Bill Frissell—but he’s cer...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/ty-myers Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube When Ty Myers got injured a few years back and couldn’t play sports, he took to posting videos of himself on TikTok. Before long, his song “Tie That Binds” went viral on the platform, blasting him to overnight-star status. Now, with his debut album, The Select, under...

Presave WM's New Album: https://firebird.lnk.to/WhompWhackThunder Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/whiskey-myers-2025 Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube From couchsurfing to playing the Ryman, rockers Whiskey Myers of Palestine, Texas, have had one hell of a Cinderella story. We caught up with guitarist John Jeffers back in 2021 for a virtual...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/deep-sea-diver Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Seattle indie rockers Deep Sea Diver released their fourth full-length record, Billboard Heart, earlier this year via Sub Pop, and their supporting cross-country tour took them to downtown Nashville’s Blue Room at Jack White’s Third Man Records. PG’s Chris Kies...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/this-will-destroy-you Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Post-rock/doomgaze outfit This Will Destroy You, formed in San Marcos, Texas, in 2004, are marking 21 years together, and 20 years of their self-recorded debut Young Mountain, with an anniversary tour. In late June, the band played Nashville’s Basement E...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/amyl-and-the-sniffers-2025 Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Australian punks Amyl and the Sniffers have had a pretty good year. In October 2024, they released their third full-length, Cartoon Darkness, and opened a run of North American shows for Foo Fighters. This year, they warmed up the stage for the Offs...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/better-lovers Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Tuning up for their own tour that starts this week, the loud ’n’ heavy merchants from Buffalo show PG’s Perry Bean how they apply the hot sauce. In Better Lovers, guitarists Jordan Buckley and Will Putney, plus bassist Stephen Micciche, go heavy and strange—a co...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/keith-urban Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube The muti-Grammy winning country guitar hero is going sans pedalboard this time around as he cranks up on stages across the country. New Zealand’s number one country guitar export—and November 2024 Premier Guitar cover model—Keith Urban rolled into Cincinnati’s Riv...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/queens-of-the-stone-age-troy-van-leeuwen Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Fresh off a substantial break and a live acoustic recording from Paris’ infamous catacombs, hard-rock titans Queens of the Stone Age stormed back to life this spring with an American tour, including back-to-back nights in Boston at Fen...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/sol-philcox-littlefield Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Vintage Fenders, Gibsons, and Gretsches get the job done for one of Nashville’s veteran studio players. Trusted session guitarist Sol Philcox-Littlefield, known for his work with Luke Combs, Tim McGraw, Kelsea Ballerini, and Elle King, among many other...

Full Camera Gear Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/camera-gear Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Premier Guitar has been producing the Rig Rundown for more than 15 years. After over 700* episodes, the list of video equipment and accessories has been extensive. Longtime host & PG videographer Perry Bean walks through the cameras and audio gear curr...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/kaleo Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Icelandic blues rockers Kaleo released their fourth full-length LP, Mixed Emotions, on May 9 via Elektra. To celebrate the album in their adopted hometown, they threw a party at American Legion Post 82 in East Nashville. Some of the band’s gear had already been shipped...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/dann-huff Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube The all-star producer invites John Bohlinger to his home studio for a glimpse of his most treasured gear. Veteran producer and behind-the-scenes guitar superstar Dann Huff released his debut solo album, When Words Aren’t Enough, on May 30, but his career began long...

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/poison-the-well Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Last August, metalcore giants Poison the Well gave the world a gift: They announced they were working on their first studio album in 15 years. They unleashed the first taste, single “Trembling Level,” back in January, and set off on a spring North American tou...

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