Rig Rundown - Testament’s Alex Skolnick, Eric Peterson & Steve DiGiorgio [2015]
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Article and photos: bit.ly/TestamentRR
Premier Guitar met with Eric Peterson, Alex Skolnick, and Steve DiGiorgio before Testament’s April 22, 2015, show at the Cannery Ballroom in Nashville to get the scoop on what gear the Bay Area thrashers rely on for maximum oomph and practicality.
Alex Skolnick’s Gear
Alex Skolnick tours exclusively with his new ESP signature models, which feature splittable Seymour Duncan humbuckers, TonePros bridge and tailpiece, 22XJ frets, and a 12" fretboard radius.
Amps
Skolnick runs his 120-watt signature Budda AS Preceptor head into a matching Budda 4x12 cab. For gigs abroad that require smaller rigs, he uses a Kemper Profiler PowerHead.
Effects
Skolnick’s guitar signal first hits a Boss TU3 tuner, then runs into a Jam Pedals TubeDreamer 88, a Tone Concepts Distillery, a Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor, a Dunlop EVH Phase 90, and then into either a Boss DD-20 or a Rocktron Reaction digital delay patched through the amp’s effects loop. When using his Kemper, Skolnick changes presets with a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI foot controller.
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I met Eric Peterson in 97 or 98 delivering his mail I told him I grew up a Testament fan and saw a lot of their shows in San Francisco and he gave me a cool looking poster and he was really nice, awesome day it was for me
He’s a cool dude. Check out Dragonlord
If by some miracle Steve DiGiorgio read this: Please don't leave Testament. The band got the perfect line up
Elton de Araujo Guerdão that's not digiorgio's style
AGREED
It’s not delivery, it’s Digiorgio™️🍕
I agree! ❤️
Probably the strongest lineup of any band I've seen in recent times. They're practically a supergroup.
26:05 Symbolic in the background in the background made my life.
Yahh
I love how Gary just plonks himself down on the cab at 7:27 and starts swinging his legs like a little kid. Kinda cute in a way.
Alex Skolnick is such a cool goofy neighbour kinda guy. Just love him!
I really liked this rig rundown, these guys are minimalist and efficient. I relate to Alex's approach to his sound and how it dictates what gear he needs. Too many musicians forget that after a point the gear is more tool than toy. This rundown may not have been as flashy as some others, but I really enjoyed the spartan approach. Thanks PG!
Every time I see this guy hosting a rig rundown, I prepare to hear him talk about his own gear and interrupt the people he's interviewing.
Picture no from you. They showes they you see example.
You stand up when you shake Alex’s hand!
You can see this guy eager to talk, he had a hard time waiting for the interviewee to finish their thought
bloody annoying interviewer
Yeah, I like the other dudes the have do these better.
Simple stand he say and express..talk supose or contiende intention¿..its delibered you and you think for He. Sè he
28:20 Death playing in the back.. hell yeah!
7:05 a wild Gary Holt appears
KISSFreak2011 Command?
---> Fight Spell
Run Item
7:30 Gary Holt having some fun like a innocent child :)
You are on it I saw but it didn't click :)
hahahahah its a shiny!!!
Steve DiGiorgio always rules. Salute !
"Shit i gotta go interview a thrash band, better get my municipal waste shirt out"
he was interrupting Eric all the time
you forgot something , Chuck Billy's Mic stand air guitar
Chuck Billy and King Diamond have the greatest air guitars of all time.
"Going from this to the Rickenbacker must throw you off a little bit"
Silence peasant, he's Steve DifuckingGiorgio!
DiGiorgio is the man!!! Metal Hippie!🤘🏻
Some really nice gear there, I love the Rickenbacker. I've seen Testament once in concert with Slayer and Megadeath and they killed it, awesome show! Great rig rundown!
Been listening to Testament since '92 and still they sound great.
Been listening since 98’
Not many metal bands rocking Rickenbacker basses?
Cliff Burton, Joey DeMaio, Lemmy all prove that Metal works just fine for a Ricky.
RastaSaiyaman I thought Cliff used an Aria Pro II.
Elias Walston Palacios he did
Two of those people are dead
Except rickenbackers are usually modded. Cliff burton had a stratocaster single coil pickup hidden by the bridge.
4 people doesn’t seem like many.
7:04 Look! Gary Holt!
When Steve digiorgio is talking in the background is sounding symbolic haha
Alex Skolnick is one of t the reasons I picked up the guitar
Awesome rig rundown and I love how Steve Digiorgio is rocking the trioscapes shirt !
Always loved Testament. Dragonlord is a kick ass side band of Eric’s
I love how all the fractal guys feel like they have to explain themselves lol
New to the channel. I absolutely love how your interviewer knows his shit and he's so into it. Finally good work!!!
Sweet gear. Especially the Micawbered Thor Bass. And great band too.
"Does it break up like a real tube amp?" asks the guy that doesn't understand tube break up.
Am i the only one who thinks that DiGiorgio is the spiritual son of Cliff Burton and Jaco Pastorius?
Anyway, great video, thank you PremierGuitar, cheers from Morocco
anahowana haha I think your right
7:08 Gary appears!
Christopher Fish Slayer Nation FTW!
This guy is a Spazz, it's hard to watch these when he talks over everyone.
He's dusted .
yeah definitely on meth
yeah presenter is definitely coked up
Great rundown! Very interisting stuff here
I have an Esp AS-1 -- it's an awesome guitar
Where's John? I grow tired of this guy always interrupting people
dabrownfro It's kind of annoying when he interrupts guests, I agree, but he seems genuinely interested in everything that's said, he knows a great deal about gear, and he asks some pretty relevant questions, in my opinion. I do miss John as well, though.
Bring back Rebecca!
+Niamorg1007 no doubt he's most definitely enthusiastic and loves talking about gear, I can't fault him for that but let a person finish his sentence.
dabrownfro johns pretty cool too, but hes always "wow dude!" and it kinda annoys me... and does anyone know what happened to rebecca?
Taco Jiminez you must be a child. Didn't say anything negative towards the guy all that was said was I wish he'd stop interrupting people which is common courtesy and polite if you're interviewing someone. Obviously you have a lot of growing up to do.
I thought that was Adam Jones in the thumbnail.
Man, that Thor beast is freaking awesome
Wow that Rickenbacker is stunning ! 🤩
This guy doesnt seem to know how popular kempers are haha
Or Rickenbackers.
"Have you ever had a piece of equipment go down on you?" hehehe
Steve Diogiorgio seems to be a really nice guy! Cool!
Alex Skolnick is TAPPED!!!
Either the interviewer had 3 pots of coffee in a span of 10 minutes or he's totally dusted .
For clarification Erics board is a BeringerPCB 1010 with the uni chip.
07:10
is that Gary Holt?!
Nah that's Hary Golt, his neighbor
Well fed, Eric... ;-)
Dr. Phibes in Red hahaha
The Legacy & The New Order in their entirety!
I kind of hate when people feel the need to explain Kemper and Axe FX! :') It's 2015 - everyone who's into gear knows what they are!
Apparently not Perry. Last vid he told the artist he had no clue what it was or did.
Sam Harding I guess it would be cooler if they demonstrate how they use it. Like Monty Pitman did with his Fractal on his rig rundown.
Sam Harding I love when Eric tries to introduce the Kemper as a "New" piece of gear
+Sam Harding Yeah it's gonna kill the gear rundowns. "So you have and axe/kemper. Well that's that, let's move on to the bassist/drummer whatnot". Maybe they can ask them how they use it, or what they're modeling but it's just less fun.
You'd be surprised how many don't know
anything Testament wants to play, Steve can play it and probably make it better.
Come on and just make it the Big 5 of Thrash. Testament are right up there.
Agreed, but let’s say Big 6 & add Overkill
There doesn't need to be a big 5..because testament is already the number 1! 🤟😎
Even though, I am mainly a guitarist. I do play bass, as well. So, it was nice to see the bass rundown.
7:07 and here we see a wild Gary Holt in his natural habitat
At 24:38 you can hear Cranium, that's freaking cool!
Regarding Rickenbacker, this interviewer has no idea that doom metal exists.
I love my budda amp
Who is the guy interviewing them?
He did an amazing job!
What a great rapport not just with the artist but with the questions the audience will have in response to the artists replies, at least I felt like he knew what I would ask if I were there.
Get him to do more interviews, please. Cheers!
His name is Perry. One of the metal interviewers.
Death symbolic in the background at 26:06
Went looking for this exact comment as soon as I heard Chuck hahaha Good on ya!
Rics are my favorite body shape for basses, I have a custom lefty 5-string non-Ric, but man, ya I don't know why more metal dudes don't rock the Rics, they're still really metal-looking to me personally
My dad has the gold ltd. Great guitar.
"Have you ever had one go down on you?" that's what she said. 😄
Steve is such a relaxed kinda guy.
I was at the show this was recorded at.
Hi Gary!
I could listen to Steve talk all day long. I wouldn’t say anything and just let him go.
Al Cisneros of Sleep plays Rickenbacker
"What amps are you modeling with the Kemper?"
You'd think a guy who works for Premier Guitar would understand the Kemper is not a modeler like, say, an Axe-FX or Helix. It is a digital emulation but it's a direct snapshot and functions completely different.
love Eric man what a cool guy /../,
ive seen metal dudes playing Rickenbackers since forever. Lemmy, ics Vortex, manowar
KILLER!!!
Gotcha!
Hey, PG, how about you hire an interviewer who is up to date on gear and maybe also listenes to Metal?
He's as high as a pegions ass hole too.
@@justinc.7742 so what
Hi Alex , me i think that the sound are not only by the fingers at 100%.It's wrong to think that.It's the total ensemble of your hands , your amplifier , your strings , the pickup , the wood , effects , the pics also of course = your personnal sound.
Hi Eric and friend to PG.Eric you should recomeback to 100 watts because it's really more heavy than 50 , the fremquencies are better with the 100 , the sound is more full with 100.The volume is more easy to adjust with 50 watts.The 100 watts are more tight also.
I wish alex would pull out his sig with the floyds, I'm not a floyd fan but they've saved my neck
death playing behind the background.. how fitting..
"I've got ear tendinitis" lmao
was that Gary Holt ?
7:04 Yup :O
yeah
Right behind them is Gary's rig they showed in his Rig Rundown video.
they toured NA with slayer recently
did I mention I love Alex Skolnick? because I LOVE Alex Skolnick
Perry doesn't "know many metal guys using Rickenbackers?" I'm not a huge metal guy, but I can say:
1) Motorhead
2)Sleep
3) Manowar
4) Good Metallica
+mason s. "I'm not a huge metal guy... 4) Good Metallica" the most stereotypical metal elitist quote.
Skeletonwitch
+tonellojohn the fact that you think knowing the difference between 'good Metallica' and 'bad Metallica' is a 'bad' thing, shows that you probably thought the 'black album' was 1)their first album, and/or 2) good... and therefore completely invalidates any and all opinions you may have now or in the future. Buh'bye!
+tonellojohn you trying to say there wasn't an era when Metallica was crap.
The only good Metallica was BEFORE the album Metallica aka " The Black Album " Which sucked and after hearing that disc it became a frisbee, The last of the " Good " Metallica was And Justice For All and before....Metallica are just pop metal sellouts now, Saw them at the Big 4 in 2011 at the Polo Grounds in Indio CA. We left after they played Orion, People were walking out disgusted at James talking like a fuckin' fruit cake to the crowd....Comical really....
hey Alex where is that Star shaped whitey frankenstein that sounded so awesome @Dynamo in 87'?
Ok, I know 4- (Obviously), 5- and 6-string basses but I never thought that I'd see a freaking _3-string_ bass
And it's fretless!
Why is the camera always at some fixed place that can't zoom in.?
216trixie I'm pretty sure that Perry shots all this solo. i admire the effort he goes to to bring the music he loves to an audience that might not be familiar with it.
telekmetyk oohhhhhh
What did they use for The Gathering album session ? Rectifiers ?
TESTAMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I swear Alex's dad must have been Tom Brokaw,,judging by his speech
Alex,apparently your Budda Preceptor is full Valve not hybrid.Maybe he's having flashbacks to the Marshall Mode Four he loves so much.
I think he's referring to the solid state/valve rectifier which on the amp is selectable
The drummers soundcheck is "background noise". lololol
awesome vid bud, don't hit those horns on the fridge haha
We are soooo getting old. :(
Heyy!! Special guest star at 7:04
"Ear tendinitis" LMAO
lol
Tennitis
Similar word, totally different issue lol.
lemmy would be proud
"-For usability is like, kind, you know..."
"-Yeah."
i thought about the esp alex skolnick axe freaky bad ass just to much $$$$
the triple guitar case is made by scott dixon cases
Is it Death's Symbolic playing in the background?
gary holt pops up in the top right corner at 7:03
Seems the old school metal/thrash guys like Kemper, and the new progressives are required to use Fractal.
I wish I could love the sound of profiling amps. They just aren’t for me. I can tell the difference but I think it’s excellent for people like him. He seems to really love using it. For touring ESPECIALLY overseas it is a no brainer.
Perry is actually one of my favourite interviewers right now, but he does seem oddly pissed off in this vid. I wonder what's up.
11:05 isn’t that the guy from The Room?