Rig Rundowns

Big tones for big rooms takes big gear. The Grammy-winning guitar-and-bass team of Jake and Sam Kiszka give us a tour of their on- and offstage rigs. [Brought to you by D'Addario XPND Pedalboard: http://ddar.io/xpnd.rr (http://ddar.io/xpnd.rr)]

A backwards Strat, a radical Jetsons-y guitar, Def Leppard's secret weapon, and more pedals than currently listed on Reverb fill this YouTuber's tone lounge. [Brought to you by D'Addario XPND Pedalboard: https://ddar.io/xpnd.rr (https://ddar.io/xpnd.rr)]

He's played on more than a thousand albums. Now, here's a close-up look at this Nashville session legend's live rig. [Brought to you by D'Addario XS Strings: https://ddar.io/xs.rr (https://ddar.io/xs.rr)]

Take a cruise through the Gibson- and Marshall-heavy world of this Grammy-winning, hard-rocking duo. [Brought to you by D'Addario XPND Pedalboard: https://ddar.io/xpnd.rr (https://ddar.io/xpnd.rr)]

Grinding guitars + soaring vocals = stripped-down rock bliss. The spark for Striking Matches flared in 2007, on the first day Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis met in a guitar class at Belmont University. They've been playing as a duo and leading other musicians under the band's banner, with an album and a handful of EPs to their credit, ever since. Recently, Premier Guitar's John Bohlinger met with Zimmermann and Davis in their East Nashville studio while they took a break from recording their new album. Zimmermann and Davis did some show-and-tell, pulling a lot of Gibson, Fender, and Takamine out of their collective hats, and playing some killer music, too. [Brought to you by D'Addario XS Strings: https://ddar.io/xs.rr (https://ddar.io/xs.rr)]

Snap! Crackle! Pop! You've never heard T-styles deliciously deformed like this pair of steamrollers piloted by noise rocker Christian Lembach. [Brought to you by D'Addario Auto-Lock Straps: https://ddar.io/AutoLockRR (https://ddar.io/AutoLockRR)]

Classic-rock warriors Doug Aldrich and Glenn Hughes show us their latest touring set ups.

These Fat Wreck-label punkers keep it stupid simple with single-humbucker, classic-custom recreations for their ripping Ramones downstrokes and pogo-ready choruses. [Brought to you by D'Addario's XPND Pedalboards: https://ddar.io/xpnd.rr (https://ddar.io/xpnd.rr)]

An Austin guitar legend in the making shares her rare Gibson, a custom-built amp, ferocious fingerpicking style, and passion for bringing fire to the blues. [Brought to you by D'Addario Auto-Lock Straps: https://ddar.io/GigBackpack-RR (https://ddar.io/AutoLockRR)]

Bludgeoning, beautiful, jarring, and serene are just a few of the cinematic moods conjured by this doomy, fuzz-loving husband-and-wife duo of Mario and Sarah Quintero. [Brought to you by D'Addario Backline Gear Transport Pack: https://ddar.io/GigBackpack-RR (https://ddar.io/GigBackpack-RR)]

Smooth blues slide? Check. Mellow, soulful tones with an edge? Check. Epic gear? Check and double-check. Brought to you by D'Addario XL Strings: http://ddar.io/XL.RR (http://ddar.io/XL.RR)

The post-hardcore heavyweight lays out the tonal road map for the new Distant Populations—including a shocking secret-weapon practice combo. Plus, he explains his pedal evolution from abstinence to indulgence. [Brought to you by D'Addario XL Strings: http://ddar.io/XL.RR (http://ddar.io/XL.RR)]

The "aggressive progressive" guitarist chases "peanut-butter tone" with a pair of Vigiers, some fine-tuned drives, drifting delays, and ping-ponging pitch shifters.

The jazz-trio chameleon uses handcrafted guitars and a self-restricted, condensed pedal playground to cover bass, keys, and a disintegrating computer.

A Guild hollowbody stuffed with undies? A wooden slide? Dinky, about-to-burst, plywood combos? All these "left" turns fuel this Wood Brothers' solo journey.

The Nashvillian's interstellar pop rock soars on the backs of a futuristic 12-string, a Gibson-Fender hybrid, and a "new" pedal that makes "old" sounds.

A sonic mashup of Iggy, Petty, and White (both Clarence and Jack) ring and rage thanks to a 3-string Parsons (and more) slathered in fuzz and octave.

See how a handful of Gibsons and AC30 stacks add up to a Texas-sized tone.

After conquering Guitar Hero II, she's reimagining acoustic guitar with two-hand lap tapping, percussive flourishes, and washing it all through reverb and modulation.

See how the jazz-minded guitarist and ace sideman twisted his bastardized Tele with a flush board of analog gems and freaky filth for his latest album, Alter Ego.