Rigged

Stick around for some bonus ruminations on midi foot controllers afterwards. Can anything be more exciting? I'm thinking no.

Patrick Sheridan traded an Axe-FX for a Mesa Mark V.

Dude wasn't kidding when he talked about the power of three.

Pete Webber and Co. are pushing the boundaries. Can a playthrough be a rig rundown? Can a playthrough be TWO

Well, if you're tired of hearing us talk gear with the same 'old "Axe-FX" or "5150 with a Tube Screamer"

You want Rust in Peace rigs, Countdown rigs, Super Collider rigs? We've got 'em. Plus a hell of a lot

Do you have any idea how hard it is to come up with a "rig rundown" pun based off of

An interview concerning all things percussive, including how to make your drums scale such a massive wall of guitars.

English accents will make me believe anything, like that a bass can have a low F# string.

This is the one of the odder rig rundowns I've seen. Stephen Carpenter talks a decent amount of mess on

The dudes take a breather from their tour with Periphery and Born Of Osiris to break down their touring rigs.

The gear isn't there yet, but rigs like this one from Hemotypsis' Masaki Murashita are becoming more common.

Apparently the guys in the band didn't know until mixing that their new album would be entirely ampless.

Welcome to the future

I guess he gets his workout on tour by just lifting the damn thing.

It's a bird! It's a band! It's - post-blackmetal weirdshit?