Rig Rundown: GA-20

ron Maiden brought their Run for Your Lives World Tour to Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey, for two nights on September 5 and 6, and PG’s Perry Bean got backstage with techs Brent Diamond, Alan Sosa, and Colin Price to go through the rigs behind Steve Harris, Janick Gers, and Dave Murray.Watch the full episode: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/rig-rundown-iron-maiden

​Emily Green and Dominic DiGesu on the two guitars and two basses behind the band’s biggest tour yet.Watch the full episode: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/rig-rundown-geese

PG’s John Bohlinger met up with Cody Nilsen and Matt Stubbs of GA-20 at the Vinyl Tap in Nashville. The band takes its name from the Gibson GA-20, which they’ve now retired from the road—what’s left is two guitarists, no bassist, and a stack of amps that never get switched off.Watch the full episode: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/ga-20

Chris Kies met up with Clinton Jacob of Mr. Phylzzz at the Cobra in East Nashville, where the two-piece was touring behind Fear the Lord. His rig is built to survive a player who squeezes guitars to death and plays anywhere that’ll have him—including, once, a public restroom.Watch the full episode: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/mr-phylzzz

PG’s Chris Kies met up with the Barbarians of California at the Exit/In in Nashville, one show into a tour behind their second record, Megatons. Eric Stenman, Zach Irons, and Dave Amezcua walked through a setup shaped by fly dates, borrowed backline, and a band with no techs.Watch the full episode: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/the-barbarians-of-california

The one-man band runs a pair of ‘60s amps in stereo and a pedalboard he plays with his feet while drumming.Watch the full episode: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/rig-rundown-steel-beans

​Matt Bellamy’s and Chris Wolstenholme’s techs open up two of rock’s most heavily engineered rigs.Watch the full episode: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/muse

John Bohlinger drove out to Seth Lee Jones’ home in Tulsa to see the guitars the luthier and slide player builds for himself, plus the barn-find Leslie and the pedalboard behind one of the more distinctive sounds going.Watch the full episode: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/seth-lee-jones

Kittie’s 30th-anniversary tour rolled into Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl, and PG’s Chris Kies caught up with Morgan Lander and Tara McLeod to see what’s left of a rig that once meant hauling an SVT up a flight of stairs. Have a look at some quick highlights below, and tune into the new Rig Rundown for all the details.Watch the full episode: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/kitties-morgan-lander-tara-mcleod

​The reunited indie icons run knobless guitars, a lifelong P bass, and one very trusty Hot Cake.Watch the full episode: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/pavement