Rig Rundown: The Sword [2021]
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- There’s no doubt ZZ Top trademarked Texas boogie. And over 30 years later, the Sword furthered the Lonestar shuffle’s legacy by darkening it.
The Austin outfit’s 2006 debut Age of Winters combined the rhythmic bounce of Tres Hombres with the power and might of Master of Reality. The cross-pollination of Gibbons and Iommi continued in 2008’s Gods of the Earth, with heavier right-hand picking and tempos shading towards thrash-y Priest and Thin Lizzy’s “Emerald.” Traces of proggy psychedelia, like 2112 Rush and late-’70s Genesis, turned 2010’s concept album Warped Riders into a swirling voyage of sci-fi conquest and space exploration, with the music matching the otherworldly narrative. And 2012’s Apocryphon saw the band settle into themselves, collectively cherry-picking all the things that worked on the previous three albums. Songs like “Cloak of Feathers” and the title track show their musical certainty. High Country, from three years later, showcases a once-singular-sounding band finding a home between Houston and Birmingham that could be best classified as classic mid-’70s hard rock. And 2018’s Used Future-as its cover depicts-shows the band comfortably, calmly, confidently pressing the accelerator of their Bombshell Betty 1952 Buick Super Riviera and racing towards their own horizon.
This fall 2021 run had the Sword members-J.D. Cronise (guitar/vocals), Kyle Shutt (guitars), Bryan Richie (bass/keyboards), and Santiago "Jimmy" Vela III (drums)-handling double duty, with a headline tour woven around opening shows for Primus.
Before their top-of-the-bill show at Nashville’s Mercy Lounge, Shutt, Cronise, and Richie showed PG how consolidating gear (and volume) has helped them sharpen their blade.
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You guys really need to do a rig rundown for Feng suave
These guys are so wholesome and they sling the gnarliest Sabbath-esque riffs you've ever heard.
Facts
Rufeless riffage
Yes they used to. First two albums are great then it became a less good copy of themselfes.
I mean, sleep exists
@@Louzahsol Sleeps draws influences from Sabbath but isn't really in the same league. Their riffs don't carry the same type of energy. The Sword is basically Sabbath's bastard child.
You always remember when you first heard The Sword. Love these dudes.
Kyle, I will miss you slinging tasty Sword riffs but I'm excited to see what your future holds. Carry on being awesome.
Yes, it has arrived!! Great to see The Sword back on stage, and kudos to PG for making this Rig Rundown happening!! 🤘🏻🙌🏻
Rock on!
Serio holmes
I’m so happy this band is still around I love them
The bassist is such a cool dude
I met him a couple of times, he's the most down to earth and nicest musician I've ever met!
Good dude, but I swear he looks evil sometimes on stage live. Killer band too.
Sword are so underrated. Great band!! ⚔️
Glad you guys got them back on here! Seeing them back on tour with Primus was amazing. Was pretty nervous when they took their hiatus. Loved Used Future and High Country, but their first 4 albums are stoner/doom perfection. Glad they played those songs on this tour.
It's always so interesting to see the different approaches guys take. The first guy has ultra hot pickups which boost the bass a lot and obliterate dynamic response, and he had to accommodate by getting a brighter cab. The second guitarist has comparably low output PAFs. Always fun to hear what these pros play.
I saw these guys open for Primus in Orlando Florida and they rocked the stage!
Glad I got to see them with Clutch before they decided to call it quits... these guys are one of the most monstrous live bands I've had the pleasure to witness!
I sold Kyle's micro pog to him at South Austin Guitar Center!
Sorry to hear that.. the guitar center part.
@@KalosPVP haha i'm not there anymore
I really appreciate the integrated ad at the beginning of the video, much better than having a random truck commercial pop up in the middle of the interview.
Great Band! Saw them play the night before this was recorded and they blew me away - the whole band seemed locked in and excited to be back on the road.
I bought the digitech drop to do exactly what he’s doing so I could jam to their songs….. my guitars are in Eb and I think it’s my favourite pedal now. It tracks pretty well.
They all seem a lot happier now and that's great to see :) looking forward to more sword in the future 🤘🏻
Cool! Love the Sword, good to see them back in action \m/
Perfect I just loaded my bong and pulled up youtube and this appears. Bitchin.
When the Bass Player hit the Taurus pedal the first time it was simply Rush-in-a-bottle!! Sounded fantastic!
What a seriously nice bunch of guys!
Schutt nailed me with a pick in the chest at one of their smaller gigs in Portland, didn't get to pick it up before some other guy picked it up lol. These guys are killer live, def a band I want to see again.
Great band.
I can lose myself in that Taurus Pedal for ages …
My first big boi amp was a Laney AOR 100. Loved that amp. The push/pull knobs I always thought was super cool.
great video. they guys did a great job explaining why this years rig is different from past years. Very interesting
I love these guys , there probably the reason as a bass player I chose a 30 year old Gibson les Paul in C standard (them and sabbath) and the reason I have a 120 orange in my living room.
I've seen these guys so many times, the first time was a surprise as I didn't know who they were. I was a fan from that day forward
Saw them live at the beacon, absolutely phenomenal
Made a few dirtbike videos with their music. The sword is #1!!!
MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE BAND!!!!
Killer run down yet again!
Great great band…. Saw em live in Raleigh NC
bob balch can shred. that alpine burst looks sick
Google's Taurus price then slowly backs away.
Hell yeah i seen them in 08 with Down and Metallica, I'm sure glad to see them again. They are so their own band that you wont find again if they were gone. that concert was life changing🤘
that is one crazy fuckin line up wow
Damn I love that sound!!! That reverend is beautiful! Love the rig run downs
A great bunch of lads
Beautiful flying v
love this band! you guys gotta do one on Gran Hechicero! I can't understand how that guy gets his tones, it's mind bending for me to ponder
Dimarzio 36th, my favorite pickups ❤
The neck pickup is pretty sweet
Saw them open for Metallica on the Death Magnetic Tour with Lamb of God. They ripped! Became a big fan.
Been looking forward to this one. Stoked you got Bryan in this one as well
It's great to see the Wyld Kyle made it on the board! Idiotbox effects are the best. Atari Matt is a cool guy.
OR100 is one of the best amps ever made.
I still prefer the Rockerverbs but yea they are AMAZING!! 🍊🍊🍊
I rock a Laney Pro-Tube 50 watt head. Dial in the sweet spot and she's a killer!
So Iommi used an amp that came out in the 80s on his early 70's records? Impressive.
nice 3d animation in the beginning
28:43 dude had a face like the old man in Big when he got on the floor keyboard
TIL what a left handed cigarette means.
The things you learn on rig rundowns lol.
Is that Kyle Shutt from the Sword?! 😯
Prime time Caveman set up
Such nice people.
Well shit, now I want a taurus
Man I really want a Taurus now. 3 piece band with no keyboard player? We need it 🤣
Yeah I got a couple there albums, good stuff
Guy shows up to conduct an interview in shorts. What class.
Can’t believe you get RUclips back there in the 50s
he's not interviewing a bank owner, it's at a rock show sound check, he's appropriately dressed
Could you please do Foo Fighters and Muse?
I LOVE the sword
Brian was cool, congrats on becoming a dad.
Hey The Sword - would you be interested trading 3d modeling and animation services for backing tracks (so I can put some recordings out)?
Wish they profiled Vela's drums. But it's a guitar channel I guess...
Me being a sword fanatic and putting mondo slinky on my guitar without knowing JD uses em too wtf
Live this band!
Tony never played AOR’s. Supergroups only. Klipp’s MAYBE for recording.
AOR’s were the 80’s ones.
C standard with 10s??? Omg! These guitars will Play like chewing a gum! 😂
Light gauges are the way to go. More string movement = more signal
I don’t know it really depends on how you play. The picks you use will make a big difference too for what gauge of strings may be better. The scale length of the guitar.... they’re so many factors 🙂
Killer band.
Treble booster with tone knob rolled off suits better to my ears than fuzz
How in hell does the airline break off a headstock when it's in a hard case.
Practice
Gibsons will snap even in a case
@@ileutur6863 if you throw it down the stairs
they're really good at that
Bass player. Best rig, least time
Fuckin love this band
Stop buying up all my strings, Ernie Ball get on it. Skinny Top Heavy Bottom, they always out.
That idiot box pedal is sweet
Fail. Tony certainly didn't have an AOR in the early Sabbath Days.
- Laney Super Group(s) if memory serves me right.
10-52 for C tunning? 😅😅😅
Meh it's nothing crazy alex from Entombed used 10-46 for B standard
Tony Iommi used Laney Soupergroup and Klipp for early sabbath records, not this one :)
When is Clapton's coming?
my best guess is that it's next but i'm not looking forward to it
Look up there website, it's usually on there before it's on RUclipss
Hills have eyes dude is really making sure we know its HIS SIGNATURE.
Lol he either is getting a shit ton of money or he really is in love with his sigs.
So much treble lol
Is this Flying V the Faded from the mid 00s?
think its a factor x, i cant tell if it has a satin finish or a gloss. Please chime in people
Sorry but I’m gonna steal all your ideas
What happened to the amp with the single volume knob ? lmfao
specificize
it must be hot in there
I only like their old metal albums.
These guys used to have such amazing tone. Now they sound like they're playing through $50 practice amps...
I'm convinced it's the video. I just saw them live and they sounded so badass.
pretty sure it's just the video but also it ends up sounding different in a mix
Sounds like shit right out of the gate Lol
"Articulation"
Laneys KILL
Is that pedal and distortion tone sounds like shit
it's on this video only for some reason
Frank zappa
Write a great song. Gear is secondary. Sorry
I saw the sword open for Opeth. Man they sounded very lame and no energy. But then again Opeth destroyed the stage.
There's an ocean between Opeth and most other bands.
@@TheSecondNature totally agree. I didn’t expect them to keep up. But man it just sounded like the sound guy scaled the volume down or something
@@FTtriofilms well, that could be! Lol. Like on TV, the shows are way quieter than the commercials
Thats sad…. I saw them open for clutch a few years ago and they blew clutch off the stage….
@@wrenchhead4378 I was pumped to see them! I liked their early stuff but maybe I need to give them another shot if the chance comes. Especially if they’re with Opeth again!
whatever...music sucks