Mastodon Rig Rundown with Brent Hinds, Bill Kelliher, and Troy Sanders Guitar & Bass Gear Tour
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Mastodon’s Brent Hinds, Bill Kelliher, and Troy Sanders graciously spoke with Premier Guitar about their powerful, yet simple rigs. At a recent stop in Nashville, this twice Grammy-nominated band talked about their signature-model guitars and explained how they configure their touring setups.
Hinds was on a mission to find a luthier who built acrylic-body instruments, à la Dan Armstrong, and he found his new love in the Plexi V from Kevin Burkett’s Electrical Guitar Company in Pensacola, Florida. The aluminum neck and clear body set this guitar apart. It sports dual pickups: an EGC humbucker in the neck position and a Lace Brent Hinds Hammer Claw at the bridge.
Hinds also tours with a Gibson Custom Silverburst Flying V. This wicked guitar sports Gibson ’57 Classic humbuckers, and—like his other V—is strung with D’Addario XL Nickel Wound sets with gauges as large as .060, depending on the tuning.
Hinds likes the power he gets from his three amps. A pair of Marshall JMP Mark II Lead series heads (one a ’76, the other a ’77) give him part of his tone, with the rest coming from a 1998 Diezel VH4. Each amp drives a pair of Orange PPC412 4×12 Cabinets in a custom color. His lap steel runs through an Orange CR120 combo.
Hinds relies on two very simple pedalboards to help him achieve his crushing tone. The main board starts with an Ernie Ball VP Junior volume pedal that connects to an Ibanez Tube Screamer. From there, the signal runs through two MXR pedals—a GT-OD and a Phase 90. His delay of choice is the Boss DD-6, which then runs to an ISP Decimator and a Dunlop Cry Baby 105Q Bass Wah. A TC Electronic PolyTune Mini keeps Hinds on track, and an MXR Custom Audio Systems Buffer helps with any signal loss due to long cable runs on big stages.
The second pedalboard helps Hinds shape his lap steel tones, and it’s more spartan than his main board. He starts this signal chain with a Boss TU-3 tuner, which then leads to another Ernie Ball volume pedal, an unmarked drive stompbox, and then a Boss DD-7 delay. The whole shooting match is powered by a Dunlop Brick power supply.
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Originally posted by UC5J-hZ4wNf7OlkzIn49LHoQ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUlljQfetFM
the Respect your team has with every rig rundown is absolutely top shelf. Thank you for the great content
"well what the hell'sss..yer problem then?" <3
he was in a good head space here eh? i think was the end of a tour.
RIP n All Hail Brent Hinds
Brent is such an open guy, I love the little silly dance at the begging. Love him!!
RIP Brent
9:10 Creambacks really are the underrated Vintage 30 killers.
Was this a tour with Deftones, Gojira and Mastodon? At the beginning there's a Deftones road case behind Brent and the backdrop is a Gojira banner
RIP Brent. This must've been the most sane interview / gear tour from him.
Rip to the king
The belch – so metal
The irony of a show called Rig Rundown and having Brent on. Gotta love dark humor
Rest in peace, Brent Hinds. Seems like a straight-up nice guy. Gone way too soon.
R.I.P. Brent Hinds
8:40 guys in back are pissed this interview is going on lol
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RIP Brent
R.I.P Brent
RIP Brent. I’m really gonna miss this guy.
RIP Brent????
Rock in peace Brent Hinds
RIP Brent
Sad we won't have another "dramatic" Burp… RIP.
RIP Brent
love troy and his approach to music bass etc
He is my father.
My favorite part of this vid is the annoyed roadie in the background trying to get through monitor check throwing side eye at 8:33
Pizza on the Diezel
Sometimes I wonder what Brent Hinds would be doing if nobody had put a guitar in his hand, and it's kinda terrifying to behold.
hoooo man my ears already hurt just seeing those sidefills, jesus.
"Well, what the hell is your problem then." – I'm gonna use that the next time I need to convince someone.
Jfc will pg stop rushing through these rundowns? Tell the promoter to suck it for once
Awesome rundown, would love to see an updated one if you can get it!
Now that's a Les Paul.
Cool to see how much Bill kinda runs the flow of the show from his board
5:59 i don't mean to shame a guy, but i've always found this funny, because i hear a little bit of a tattle tale in his voice.
Shout to wren and cuff! I've been using that pedal for nearly ten years, it's the best fuzz I've ever used
3:30 is peak moment for sure.
Troy is such a mellow dude.
Bro how could you cut across to kiss Bill and Troy ?
I’ve watched this so many times and I still laugh when Troy says Bill and Brent “from Mastodon”
Time for an update i think