Rig Rundown – Oliver Wood
Just ahead of releasing his first solo album, Always Smilin’ (via Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers), Oliver Wood invited PG into his Nashville-based studio space. In this episode, the Wood Brothers’ cofounder shows off some key instruments—including his beloved and beaten 1965 Guild T100D, a Stella with a gold-foil, and an acoustic reminiscent of Robert Johnson’s Gibson L-1—rattles small, cranky combos, and details how he looks for inspiration in all the “wrong” moves (like stuffing underwear in a hollowbody, using a wooden slide, and having a gold-foil in a 1930s Stella).
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I wish i could learn where he places his apps on stage and what he mics the Kay with a condensor
I love this pedal board 30:51
Guy could play a shoebox with rubber bands and make it sound like gold.
The sound IS in his fingers.
Oliver wood is one of my absolute favorite guitar players ever
Don’t know how I just saw this for the first time….love Wood Bros.
Using no pedals bedides that boss trem?
Anybody else getting Scott from JHS Pedals vibes?
Everybody knows boxers have better tone than tighty whities.
I'm a longtime Wood Brothers fan. Oliver is a true artist. Love seeing into his funky toolbox – everything with purpose and intention. Great player, cool dude!
RIP Sean Costello!! Amazing Atlanta guitarist
Saw The Wood Brothers perform in a small radio studio about 10 feet in front of my face, and I've never heard a sound that huge coming from three dudes before or since. Still boggles the mind.
My favorite Rig Rundown ever. Oliver is such a great player and so articulate. I learned more from this episode than probably any other. Amazing!
I loved this ,and found it very helpful .I've been messin' around with slide lately while doing the rhythm chord thing ,and will for sure be coping that half G tuning trick, and for all you young bucks I will be sayin' "I'm tuning down to D"ha. I also use my middle finger for the slide ,and thought it was just a bad habit acquired from my first slide ( a bic lighter ha! ) now I'm thinking it might just be an old guy thing : )
Oh good, I take it this means Chris Wood gets his own double episode Rundown!! Woods Bros + MMW
So excited to see someone else who gets the Kay 703 amp! These things are great and cheap. Be careful – some need to be modded with an isolation transformer so you don't get shocked. Such a wonderful, versatile amp!!
Such an amazing unique sound. Where is Oliver's National Resonator?
Sean Costello
Great gear, great sounds, great player ????????????
Thanks for getting Oliver on. The wood brothers are my favourite. Can't wait for his new album
To all of you bitching about the tone of that Guild. Go and check out the Wood Brothers live, preferably in a smallish venue. It'll change your mind.
Probably the least resonant guitars I've heard in a rig rundown and I loved every sound Oliver got out of them. Talk about vintage! Damn, you literally feel like you're listening to somebody in the 1950s. Anyway, I discovered the Wood Brothers about 7 or 8 years ago and I've been a fan ever since…
different sound
Thank you, PG, for another great episode!!!!!! Greetings from Germany.
I've found that playing dry (with no reverb or delay) and using guitars with less sustain has made me a better rhythm player. It forces you to improve your timing and to control your fingers on both hands to get some sort of sustain/ ring from what is essentially a dead instrument.
Wow totally let this dude here slip under my radar….not sure how! Can’t wait to start listening to some stuff. I’m sure I’ll like if it’s anything close to what he was playing in this video. I have I very similar dogma about small amps and quirky catalog guitars from way back. I play a Gretsch Special Jet with the DeArmond 2000 pick ups and super dark tobacco burst, Gibson Melody Maker, and a 1951 Silvertone f-hole acoustic. My “big amp” is a VHT Ultra Special 6. It’s 15w class A and can go as low as 1w. I usually play on 7watts with all six knobs cranked with only the tone selector between 6-7ish on the clean channel with volume booster pulled up on the volume knob. If it’s a big venue I will do 15 watts instead. And in conjunction with that amp I have my “small amp”a 1930 something-ish Masco with a 7” speaker 4watts classA one knob only and it’s a volume knob cranked at 10. That setup also screams when you play some blues harp Little Walter style!! Yeah I have all kinda of big equipment but for the band I play in now that small rig is heaven so good on ya Oliver Wood!
The way "quirky" relates to the others in the band is surely MAGICAL!
Thanx for another great RR & cheers
Tone for freakin days and days! Excellent rundown for certain. Gonna check this guy out indeed.
Glad to see this. Been a huge fan of the Wood Brothers for over a decade. Such a talented crew.
Sean Costello was a MONSTER TALENT! He is missed!
I love his crazy sound! I sometimes wonder if some folks are just pulling your leg. He is for real doing it on purpose to great effect..
Only had 2 guitar lessons ever. They were from this man. He was unbelievably patient with me. Very kind soul and an amazing player, singer and storyteller.
That guild comes to life when he puts a slide on his finger.
Its all in the hands, perfect example.
Oooooo yummy.
I get so tired of guitarists trying to convince everyone how special their stat or lp is. Ha ha.
That guitar sounds like crap
The beginning was supposed to be good tone? Asking for a friend.
Apparently Oliver is no longer with King Johnson? Is King Johnson still working?
This got to be my favorite rig rundown ever. Didn t knew the wood brothers, but dammm
Gotta use tone cotton
One of the best Rig Rundown lots of tasty tricks and tips and of course the huge talent of Oliver Wood. Touching story about Sean Costello which was a real blues gem check out Live at Jazzbones on You Tube you're in for a ball !
So cool!