[youtube]oAFJmgA2G5E[/youtube] Premier Guitar (http://www.premierguitar.com) is on location in Chicago, Illinois, where PG's Rebecca Dirks visits with Kent Eriksson, Meshuggah's tech for guitarists Fredrik Thordendal, Mårten Hagström, & bassist Dick Lövgren. He talks about their current live setups including signature 8-string and 7-string Ibanez guitars and Warwick basses, and how each member u ...

[youtube]vO9CHk5AEMg[/youtube] Guitars During this run, Robinson brought out three guitars–a Fender Strat, a Fender Jazzmaster, and a Gretsch 6122 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman. The Strat was the first guitar Robinson bought for himself when he was around 14. He recently put a new neck on it–afters years of truss rod misuse when he was younger–and installed Mick Brierley pickups. The Gretsch is entirely sto ...

[youtube]R1uj5N-5oic[/youtube] Claudio Sanchez' Guitars Claudio prefers Gibson Explorers, and his number one is a 1980 Gibson E2 Explorer (left). It has a Bare Knuckle Nailbomb in the bridge and stock neck pickup. The finish is sanded off the neck for speed, the electronics are upgraded with sealed pots, and the headstock has been broken and fixed. His second, most-used Explorer is a 2005 '76 Reissue with a ...

[youtube]uEl7u9Z3lK0[/youtube] Kim Thayil's Guitars Kim's main guitar is a black '90s reissue Guild S-100 (left) that he's had since the early '90s. He prefers this model because of the distance between the tailpiece and bridge, as he plays and bends strings behind the bridge. The neck on the guitar is a little thicker than an SG, and everything is stock on the guitar. He uses GHS .009 - .046 strings with l ...

[youtube]AO9Rqf_GC4k[/youtube] Guitars Keller's main workhorse is a Martin HD-28(L) from the early 2000s. It has "the low end of a beast" and is plugged direct into the PA. He also has another HD-28 that is used for more experimental purposes–such as adding a synth pickup or even cutting it in half. The thin-bodied guitar on the right caught Keller's eye online for $180 on Amazon when it was described as an ...

[youtube]Rvok4jEH4hE[/youtube] Guitars For the single-coil tones, Dweezil brings out a mostly stock Eric Johnson signature Strat. In order to quickly move to an acoustic sound, Dweezil installed a bridge with a piezo pickup. He's also playing a prototype of a (hopefully) forthcoming signature model from Gibson. Based off of Frank Zappa's "Roxy"-era SG, it sports a white headstock, a series/parallel switch, ...

[youtube]tCCvVblnCKI[/youtube] Guitars Guitarist Mark Morton plays his Signature Jackson Dominion models. This particular guitar (left) features a prototype "White Boy" finish and binding that will be available for shredders in 2013 (along with additional finishes/colors). The 24.75" scale length Jackson also is equipped with Morton's Signature DiMarzio Dominion pickups, which will come loaded in both of Mo ...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgl4RiTO0eM[/youtube] PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Texas where he chats gear with Sevendust guitarist, Clint Lowery. In this video segment, they run down Clint's signal chain. For guitars, Clint uses various PRS models, but his go-to guitar is a standard PRS model he calls Bruce Lee. For amps, Clint uses Diamond Phantom heads (live) and has used a Mesa Boogie Mar ...

Over 40 minutes of Gear Porn! Meet Dave Weiner. SMART dude, AMAZING player, HELLUVA [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7lcYzY04A0[/youtube] ...

PG's Rebecca Dirks is on location at Steve Vai's Harmony Hut studio in Los Angeles. In this video, Steve shows you which of his signature Ibanez guitars he's taking out on tour and which made an appearance on his latest album, how he uses his signature Carvin Legacy Amps, and why the Axe-FX II has replaced most effects in his rig. via Rig Rundown - Steve Vai - YouTube. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch? ...