Rig Rundown - Gary Clark Jr. & Eric Zapata [2019]
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Gary Clark Jr.’s longtime tech Dave Holman met with Premier Guitar’s John Bohlinger before their three-night sold-out run at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for a look at Gary Clark Jr.’s simple, yet stellar, setup. Later, JB met with King Zapata who showed off how he uses his complex rig for layering deep soundscapes.
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When Gary Clark Jr. took over the scene with his debut Warner release, Blak and Blu, he did it armed with this 2007 Epiphone Casino packed with the stock P-90s. “Red” stays strung with D’Addario Chromes (.011-.014-.018p-.028-.038-.049).
This ’90s Ibanez Blazer, a gift from Gary Clark Jr.’s mother, is where it all started. The Blazer stays strung with D’Addario Custom Nickel Roundwounds.
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John Bohlinger is such a great interviewer/reviewer, he makes all the videos with talented people feels like very comfortable garage talk, like, you know, pizza and some six-packs with cool dudes who know how to crank up some marshalls. Well, no surprise John himself is also an amazing guitarist.Thanks for this great vid PG and John.
He's one of those dudes who knows when people are wrong but is never a dick about it. You can see on his face when he's being polite.
I agree, John has gotten better and better as an interviewer
@@blakevickrey It's interesting to watch some of these episodes chronologically and watch his hair and interview skills improve.
John is a cat in all shape and form no doubt.
Its also cause most of the time he's as good of a guitar player as they are if not better
Respectful homage to the past, yet progressive and evolving. Two talented young men, Gary Clark Jr. and Zapatta, keeping it real.
Great description. Your very right.
Its what the industry needs right now. They are here at a good time.
Esquire wiring: 1st position takes out the tone knob (a tab brighter and hotter), 2nd position brings the tone knob in, and the 3rd position adds a capacitor that rolls off all the high end. I think the intention behind it was to mimic a bass guitar before the electric bass was a thing. My Esquire partscaster has the "eldred mod" which makes the 3rd position more of a cocked wah sound, so it rolls off some high and low end, leaving the mids.
I rather like the Dark circuit / position 3 on an esquire. It’s amazing Leo was able to come up with all these cool options for someone who never played guitar.
I’ve had a couple of enquires and on my current one which has the original “dark circuit” wiring if you balance the switch in between positions 2-3 (similar what people us to do with 3 way strat selectors) you get this really thick sound as the signal splits between the two. I’ve tried this on other enquires and it only works on some, I think it’s because some have a bit more solder than others which keeps the tonepot live
Adding a 2nd amp to be quieter. That's guitar logic.
Going from 2 Vibro Kings to 1 with a smaller Fender is less volume. Vibro Kings are LOUD!!! I know I own 2 combos with 3x10's. LOUD!!
@@FYMASMD I thought he said the Princeton was for the cut and the vibroking was for the low end. They combined to get what the Vibroking is at loud volumes
Makes sense once you try it. The reason you need less volume with two amps is you can hear yourself better so you wont feel the need to turn up so much. However, cranking up an amp to get overdrive is a whole different thing. Two amps cranked is a loud thing, but hey, it's his gig so can do whatever he likes...
It works, cause you can build tone that balances between the two amps, especially with tube amps, cause each design hits different, so a blend of 2 different amps sounds just as big (or bigger) then a cranked single amp
Makes perfect sense with these types of amps. I do the same for home use. I like the blend of a big amp staying clean for the full body combined with a smaller amp driven a bit more for a bit of texture. It can be essential with these non master volume design amps in low volume conditions.
This was the best rig rundown ever. The guitar tech was one of the most interesting techs I've ever listened to and Eric Zapata, what can I say, amazing guitarist, great sounds and the definition of cool guitarist.
The price of Ibanez Blazers on Reverb just went up...
My father-in-law has one in his basement with the original case. I should let him know...
I saw him live a year ago and he didn't play one of those at all. Curious what song he plays that on now...
...if you can find them. Turns out, they were only made for a year and that pickup config is pretty rare (humbucker /P90/ humbucker).
I have that same Ibanez. Bought it early in '97. Serial# starts with a 96. It has a fat compound radius neck like no other. I've bought a bunch of guitars since then, and I always come back to this one.
I saw him in Dallas in December and he played almost every song with the Ibanez. He showed up to the bar across from the venue - I couldn’t believe it - and I asked him about it. He said it was sentimental. He was a good dude and signed our concert poster we bought. His concert was the best I ever attended.
Saw him last week and that Flying V sounds the best of them all
same! saw him in melbourne and the V was fire!
he music world has waited a long time for a Gary Clarke Jr, his aura, voice and playing, something special.
Sooo much to love about this. The tech with the Parliaments in his pocket, the insight in to GCJ playing particularly that the G being his soloing string, Bolinger best music interviewer around, that Flying V holy cow!!! I could go on...
Amazing show!!! I was a fan of Gary Clark Jr. before but after seeing him Live I was still absolutely blown away! They are a group of truly talented musicians and the future of guitar music is still going strong with this generation.
Cool to see Zapata is rocking Don Mare pickups. I really love the vintage tone I get from my Don Mares pickups. I didn't really get the buzz about this band until I saw them live. What an amazing live band.
That's cool to hear. I'm a friend of Don and hadn't heard of anybody playing his pickups before!
John always does a great job on the PG rundowns. And he's from Montana...extra points!!
Is Zapata just Mike Judge in a lavender poncho?
That tele is weird, but so is Zapata! Love his style 😎
Eric Zapata is too cool for this world
Zap is my guitar hero
Guy in the poncho is Johnny Depp's new character right?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I had the opportunity to talk to him in Paris. I said to him "one day I will play with you in stage". He said: "I look forward too" with is face like "really bro? I don't give a shit". Classic 😂. Had a big laugh after that. But he is an amazing dude and player
He's known as King Zapata here in Texas.. check the RUclips video Zapata live at Hole in the Wall . BTW, Gary Clark is drumming in that Hole in the Wall video.
oh boy that 3 p-90 flying v with black binding on body was amazing , really hope he makes it a signature , would love to own one !!!
Reverend makes a Ron Asheton signature V if you can deal with the nazi insignia
Wish Gary did the interview himself.
he is to hollywood right now
Vintage Life too*
Thank you, Premier! This is one of the richest Rig Rundowns I've come across. John always does a great job explaining specifics, but this time his skill is matched by Dave Holman's knowledge and skill. Between the two experts, there's synergy, so what I learned about strings, pups, amps, and about Gary's personal story exceeds expectations. I know there'll be a Gary Clark biography as he matures and I can't wait to read that. -Doug Pratt, Atlanta, Georgia, USA,
I feel like John Bolinger is related to Timothy Olyphant...
WOW, he's one of the few that actually owns a Sonus Halo Vibe! I'm still on the waiting list.
Bollinger always guets excited when he sees a reversed strat bridge pickup!
No wireless nonsense lol. That was priceless , that and that shut the choir up.
It is the Supro pickup.
Yep, it's also a single coil, crazily enough, even though it's in a humbucker-style cover. Supro has always made 'em in that style, they still do. It's pretty weird.
I always find it odd how some players (like Zapata) go for a sound using gear with is so vintage and based on what Hendrix did, yet seem to miss the point that Hendrix was using the very latest gear available to him. Even if stuff wasn't around, he was so forward thinking that he has people make him stuff, like custom pedals. he didn't look back to the what came before him so much (I know, he was a big Buddy Guy, Curtis Mayfield etc Fan). Cool rig rundown nonetheless. Love these videos, and I get lots of ideas from them.
It's because that gear sounds good- not because it's old.
I think I’m going to go to my grandmothers and steal one of her tablecloths and fashion a garment.
13:02 is a '68 silver face reissue not a '65 blue face
That Supro pickup is a SINGLE COIL, even though it appears to be a hum bucker - those pickups are famous, especially for slide.....!
I saw Stryper at the Worcester Centrum 1989ish.
So freakin cool! This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to play!!! Well done fellas!
Man, Zapata might just be the coolest cat around..
Zap is so doyle!!
Stathis Karipidis Doyle 2.0!!!
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trying to be...but its a good thing
Truth Street Doyle II... 2.0 😆
So GCJR runs from his guitar in this order: tuner, octavia, overdrive, fuzz, last even after the reverb is the wah? I dont get it. I'm going to have to try that but I it seems backwards
Brian Enders at one point the teach says its tuner into wah, then he says that the wah is at the end of the signal path?! Looks like the tuner is sitting on some kind of (perhaps buffered) Interface which is also not mentioned?!
It’s bitchin’! Try it. Mine is at the end. Sounds more like a trombone plunger mute than a crying baby.
Way cool to see funktion fx pedals on Gary Clark Jr s pedal board killer pedals, i would love to try the cannon fuzz, i have the clusterfuzz favorite fuzz pedal highly recommended
Yeah Buddy."
New drinking game: take a shot every time John says "that's great"
They're singing Shrek the Musical during Zapatas interview!!
The poncho is to conceal the 45 colt revolver.
That flying V is very hot !
How Bolinger keeps a straight face is beyond me... that dude is wearing Grandma's curtains lol
Smoking Parliaments. 😎
I have a brand new 2017 yellow Gary Clark Jr. SG. I really should play it sometime.
"Yeah" "yeah" cool "yeah
I can see the red SG Pat Smear gave him sitting in the case back there, too bad it didn't get pulled.
Never clicked on a vid so fast
Zampata has the most interesting array of gear. Truly fascinating from a gear nerd POV. Loved this rundown, than you! Suppose I should go check out the band now 🤔
Um, since when is a 2007 a "brand new" guitar in 2019?
For old people (like myself) everything made after the nineties is brand new.
Most of the guitarists ( Gary's level up) use guitars from 50s/60s/70s. I think that's what he meant
Try taking a 12 year old person home with you. See what happens. Guitars have long lives.
@@philclarke7712 plz don't do that, that's illegal
Help me out please....What wood is used to make a four pound Flying V ??? 😎🎸
6:25 Actually gibson did a les paul custom in 61 I think with 3 pickups/humbuckers, which later became the SG...epiphone reissued it in 2007 as Epiphone G400 Custom...put 3 p90 there and bam, you get something similar =)
-which year is it from?
-2007
-wow
I did not expect a Stryper reference
Cool
its that the staves in the background?
Why didn't Gary do his rig run down
Every guitarist who sends his/her tech to met with John get's my FINGER....i don't care if it's Angus Young or Eric Clapton..etc...John is one of those TOP CATS and deserves better treatment than meeting with someone's gtr tech...that's a SHAME Ladies and Gents....SHAME (unless person is sick....etc)!!! Tnx for amazing interviews John...love and respect Bro
What necklace is zapata wearing I’ve seen a lot of guitarists wearing it?
It's an orange blossom necklace
Finally John Bohlinger puts a little slack in his shirt
Loved the episode but reminded me a lot of Beavis & Butthead: "yeah, cool, yeah, cool, cool, yeah" :p
Dood datz like every ep of rig rundown
Any idea what company makes Zapata’s straps??
Truth Street thank you!!!
Zapata is a cool cat
I wish I could’ve bet on Gary 12 years ago.. I’d be a wealthier man.. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼✊🏼
I've got my Princeton 68 ri settings exactly as those at 10:55
Zapata is Drexel Spivey in disguise....I got everything here from a dittle I joe to a damn if I know!
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Princeton treble on 10? WTF. that cuts not only through the mix, also through the ears
2007 is a new guitar?? That’s 13 years old... I guess it’s newer than a vintage guitar but still
COOL 😎🎸
13:40 check out also Pete Townshend and his couple of full stack Vibro Kings
Who's Gabe? 30:37 😅
He didn’t ask about his Bam Bam necklace :/
I had a Casio. That thing was a feedback machine!
I have that red guitar. Josh Homie also has a Epi. It's my favourite guitar
AOA - WAR ON THE WORLD OF GUITAR
Jim Morrison found peroxide?
Do Jack White!
Gary must be too busy to do this himself. Bums me out when they send the tech.
He was probably at another interview. These guys have to do so many radio shows and what not when they're promoting a new album.
they had gary talk about his Black and Blue Epi Casino in the original rig rundown and then Dave talked about everything else
and half the comment section was saying he was high
As a child of the eighties I recall being gifted a three quarter size acoustic guitar which my mum wrapped round a tree in our garden. She Smashed the life out of it. I must have been very annoying as a child.
there you go, just means you dont need an expensive guitar to sound really good. epiphones with chinese pickups, all stock.
There was absolutely no reason for this man to bring up the Beatles. None.
Pick ups are all different? Nope fishman fluence are consistent every time.
If Gary was cool he would do his own gear rundown :/
None of that wireless nonsense... 😂
Bohlingers trying so hard to match Zapatas cool that he can’t remember what a pickup selector does. gg
In fairness to John, the Esquire pickup selector isn't like most. 1st position direct out, middle standard bridge, and 3rd that woolly 'bass' sound. I'm sure sheer politeness has him preferring to agree with an artist demoing their gear rather than try to give them a lesson.
It’s is a pickup selector switch on a one pup guitar? So ya...that’s why. I just
Zapata is a nice guy, but holy hell he seems clueless, doesn't know anything about his own gear!? I am used to players getting super technical and explaining what they use and exactly why. This was the oddest premier interview I've encountered. I'll have what he's having, very mellow and every other comments was "as big as Texas!" OK.
I've never heard "I'm not sure" so many times in one interview about someone's own gear haha
Wish they’d just stop making cigarettes. All they do is make people smell like shit before they die a horrible death. On a lighter note, GCJr makes me feel it to the bone.
Based on the comments, I’m in the minority. But damn that Zap section was painful. Gary’s tech was very informative and concise. Zap on the other hand ......
Because he is not a tech. #musicians
I love this rundown, but what idiot woman brings a baby into a concert hall with all that volume?
whats with the poser John Bohlinger?
Please do one for DEAD & COMPANY Both Bob and johns
I know touring is a bitch and time is of the essence, but it always makes it that bit more special for the artist to do their own gear - good man King Zapata!
Top work as always PG.
But it's also interesting listening to those tech guys. Just think the Meshuggah or U2/The Edge Episode. It's different but also special to my mind.
Correct about Zapata, cool guy. His explanation of his use of fuzzes/vibe/delay/reverb is priceless, says a lot about his confidence. He also showed up in Vertex video about this pedalboard, not talking much though.
You guys have got to do a rig rundown on Chris Stapleton!
+1
Rig rundown on the Jompson brothers would awsome as well.
Drinking game: Take a shot every time John or Eric says “Yeah”.
im playin and im not getting up of this chair, lol
19:42
"Yeah"
"Yeah"
"Yeah"
"Yeah"
Yeah
He’s playing my CANNON pedal by Function FX. That feels good.
That's so sick man great sound
Congratulations!
I’ve been dying to get one but the exchange rate in CAD is killing me😵💫
“Yep, ‘65 Blueface Reissue”
Taylor Littlejohn ugh I know, I’m furious
OMG I have been waiting for Zapata rig rundown forever
check out Vertex's channel for lots of Zapata pedal board stuff
Zapata playing the lick of Fabulous thunderbirds One's too many such a blast, then later on playing Riff of I get Loaded great
Zapata makes great use of effects. I always love his sounds.