Slash Rig Rundown for His Blues Ball Band with Tash Neal for S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival Tour
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Slash’s blues-rock romp Orgy of The Damned debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Blues Albums Chart this spring. Now, the legendary guitar slinger is taking it to the people with his 29-date S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Blues Festival tour. When Slash’s Blues Ball Band played an intimate pre-tour gig at the Gibson Garage in Nashville, they invited John Bohlinger and the PG team.
Before shooting our Rundown with singer/guitarist Tash Neal and Slash’s tech, Ace Bergman, Slash sat down with PG for a chat. The maestro tells Bohlinger about how he found his blues sound on a 1963 Gibson ES-335 he picked up at Norman’s Rare Guitars in Los Angeles. That guitar was copied by the Gibson Custom Shop for the Slash 1963 ES-335 Collector’s Edition model, which he now brings on the road.
On Orgy of the Damned, Slash and company are digging into a different repertoire than his usual hard-rock-’n’-rollin’ fare. In this case, he’s re-exploring influences and old bands. “All these songs had … a very specific influence on me,” he explains. Back in the ’90s, Slash formed his Blues Ball Band, and he was inspired to pick that project back up, record, and hit the road to play “music that I really loved when I was a kid.”
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Gibson Custom 1963 Firebird V – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6eJ3rr
Gibson Slash Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar – Appetite Burst – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/21AbxO
Seymour Duncan APH-2s Alnico II Pro Slash Humbuckers (Set) – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3eG6DB
Seymour Duncan Slash 2.0 Humbucker (Set) – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/vN7GRe
Magnatone Super Fifty-Nine M-80 2 x 12-Inch 45-Watt Combo – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/damNXK
Magnatone Super Fifty-Nine M-80 – 45-Watt Tube Head – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Nkr1dK
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/21QdzO
MXR M68 Uni-Vibe Chorus / Vibrato Pedal – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Y9n3YK
MXR EVH Phase 90 Eddie Van Halen Phase Pedal – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/KjDaRx
Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/EKVmje
MXR MC401 CAE Boost/Line Driver Pedal – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/75ZRAy
Dunlop 535Q Cry Baby Wah – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/k0MGAv
Peterson StroboStomp HD Tuner – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQLdLj
Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2Plus – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LXm31V
Radial Shotgun 4-Channel Amp Driver – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xk7Vx5
Ernie Ball 2220 Power Slinky Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings – .011-.048 – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6eJK3r
Dunlop Tortex 1.14 mm Picks – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Qy5ZqA
Gibson Les Paul Standard ’50s Goldtop – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ7kvR
Gibson SG Special Electric Guitar – Ebony –
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Fender ’59 Bassman LTD 4 x 10-inch 45-Watt Tube Combo Amp – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5gV2eL
Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5gxL2o
Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff Pi Fuzz – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eK6yoj
T-Rex Fuel Tank Classic Power Supply – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/q475RL
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0:00 – D’Addario & Joe Glaser
0:15 – Slash Blues Ball Band Intro
0:40 – John Bohlinger Intro
0:52 – Slash on Releasing Orgy of the Damned
1:36 – Slash on his 1963 ES-335 Collector’s Edition model
3:26 – Slash on Song Selection for Orgy of the Damned
4:51 – Slash on Recording Orgy of the Damned
5:35 – Slash on Gear for Orgy of the Damned
8:00 – Gear Differences for Blues Ball Band & GN’R
10:06 – Embracing Jams and Solos on Orgy of the Damned
11:50 – Slash Playing Pedal-Steel Guitar on S.E.R.P.E.N.T Fest
12:38 – Gibson Custom Shop Master Artisan Leo Scala Explorer
14:02 – Gibson Custom 1963 Firebird V
14:42 – Slash’s Ernie Ball Power Slinkys & Tunings
15:35 – Slash 1963 ES-335 Collector’s Edition
16:42 – 1986 Gibson Les Paul Standard
18:20 – 1970s Travis Bean TB1000S
20:34 – Slash’s Magnatone Super Fifty-Nine M-80 Amps
22:32 – Slash’s Blues Ball Band Pedalboard
29:36 – D’Addario & the Rig Rundown
30:07 – Tash Neal Intro
32:18 – Tash Neal’s Gibson Les Paul ’50s Goldtop & SG Special
34:54 – Tash Neal on Playing with Just 3 Strings!
36:54 – Tash Neal’s Fender ’59 Bassman LTD 4×10
38:59 – Tash Neal’s Pedalboard
46:12 – S.E.R.P.E.N.T Fest Tour Happening Now!
46:47 – D’Addario Strings
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Shop Slash's Gear:
Gibson Custom 1963 Firebird V – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6eJ3rr
Gibson Slash Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar – Appetite Burst – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/21AbxO
Seymour Duncan APH-2s Alnico II Pro Slash Humbuckers (Set) – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3eG6DB
Seymour Duncan Slash 2.0 Humbucker (Set) – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/vN7GRe
Magnatone Super Fifty-Nine M-80 2 x 12-Inch 45-Watt Combo – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/damNXK
Magnatone Super Fifty-Nine M-80 – 45-Watt Tube Head – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Nkr1dK
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/21QdzO
MXR M68 Uni-Vibe Chorus / Vibrato Pedal – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Y9n3YK
MXR EVH Phase 90 Eddie Van Halen Phase Pedal – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/KjDaRx
Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/EKVmje
MXR MC401 CAE Boost/Line Driver Pedal – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/75ZRAy
Dunlop 535Q Cry Baby Wah – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/k0MGAv
Peterson StroboStomp HD Tuner – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQLdLj
Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2Plus – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LXm31V
Radial Shotgun 4-Channel Amp Driver – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xk7Vx5
Ernie Ball 2220 Power Slinky Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings – .011-.048 – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6eJK3r
Dunlop Tortex 1.14 mm Picks – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Qy5ZqA
Gibson Les Paul Standard '50s Goldtop – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ7kvR
Gibson SG Special Electric Guitar – Ebony –
https://sweetwater.sjv.io/jrvxE5
Fender '59 Bassman LTD 4 x 10-inch 45-Watt Tube Combo Amp – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5gV2eL
Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5gxL2o
Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff Pi Fuzz – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eK6yoj
T-Rex Fuel Tank Classic Power Supply – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/q475RL
D'Addario CT-20 Chromatic Tuner Pedal – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Qy5Zq3
Slash as he ages is starting to look like a Paul Stanley’s love child. Still phenomenal playing. Such attack.
The working mans setup….. Slash's Magnatone 100 watt head retails for $8,000 lol
Slash should do more of these classic blues tunes.
I saw the first Blues Ball band in Baton Rouge back in the day. It was unique.
What exact year is the Travis Bean?
When I heard the Albert King song, I was hooked the second I heard it. Beautiful. And I hear Long Grey Mare in that song. From the fleetwood mac period when Peter Green played with them.
Stoke on Trent's finest…
Damn it, man…. I just looked up the price of a Magnatone Super Fifty-Nine M80 amp. You can get a full Marshall stack for less $$$.
Love everything Slash related, thanks guys! And John, you are a legend to us guitar geeks!
My guitar into a RDS 1900 DIGITAL DELAY INTO A MACKI 1202 MICRO MIXER THAN AMP, Thinking about a volume pedal all kinds of sounds available.
I'd prefere a more to-the-point gear talk with less fluff, not a 1-hour story exchange with some gear topics.
Idk who is laughing in the background of the interview but I love it, seems like on camera or off this was a cool place to be lol
John did an awesome job with this interview. The conversation was super natural and fun to listen to.
Bohlinger kissin way to much ass at times
He's always got two travis beans on tour with him. There's a great video on here from his guitar tech about all of them
Tash is the man
His grip strength has to be out of this world to be able to shred like he does with 11 gauge strings’ ????
Slash has been pumping some iron.
Angelic #SaulSlashHudson
This 335 ????
Slash's name is printed on the packaging of Ernie Ball Slinky strings
I dig how he took the time to elaborate on what a TS9 is. ????
Cool.
xoxo The Clarences
In the 80's, I had a Kramer 8 string bass with an aluminum neck. Great bass, sounded very piano like.
Really good album. Blues, Rock and RnB staples.
Not much more to say that hasn’t already been said, except, it would’ve been much more interesting to hear how and when he uses the effects, rather than being schooled on what a phaser or tube screamer is.
I don't know about anyone else, but I think it's time for Slash to change his appearance. The 90's skater kid look is too immature for a man in his 50's with grey five o'clock shadow. He should take on the elder statesmen type look. Many others have done it and pulled it off with great success and respect. Just my opinion, nothing more.
Why's he talking to him like he's never seen a guitar before
Such a bummer that Johnny Griparic and his rig aren't featured in this Rig Rundown ????
The orange tape is classic. I wear Rx glasses, don't know if Slash does, but working with them on and sweating, nice to know where the runway is.
That pedal board is a mess ???? I love it.
Does anyone know why Adam Day isn't his tech anymore?
I’m hoping that Slash tours with this band. Tash is an awesome front man for this particular band. I was 17 when Appetite came out and it changed my life. I’m so happy that Slash, Duff, Steven, Izzy and Axl survived those tumultuous years.