Rig Rundown – Kurt Vile & the Violators
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PG’s Chris Kies chilled with Kurt Vile, Rob Laakso, and Jesse Trbovich of the psychedelic folk-rock outfit before their sold-out show at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works on February 25th.
Rob Laasko, like his stringed brother Jesse Trbovich on the other side of the stage, bounces between guitar and bass during shows. His current No. 1 bass is this late ’70s Fender P Bass. (It is worth noting that Laasko mentions in the video that his real No. 1—a vintage B.C. Rich Mockingbird—was “accidentally” left back in Philly.)
The band’s other multi-instrumentalist, Jesse Trbovich, spends most of his stage time with this Fender ’57 Reissue Stratocaster that is all stock aside from a Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Strat Surfer Series in the middle position allowing him to have hum-canceling operation in the second and fourth position. This Strat sees a lot of action in the band’s older material because as Trbovich describes it, “that’s where the vibe was—a Strat and a whammy bar.”
The band’s namesake travels with not one, but two 1964 Fender Jaguars. During an earlier interview with PG, Vile explained his need to have dual ’64s: “I bought it in 2011 when I was on tour. I really focused on getting familiar with it, so much so that I just bought another ’64 Jaguar for the road.” One typically is tuned to standard or down a half-step while the other could be in any number of Vile’s own creative open tunings.
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Originally posted by UC5J-hZ4wNf7OlkzIn49LHoQ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARihAQdV8WY
You guys should do a Kevin Shields rig rundown!!!!
I just watched this entire video and I know nothing about instruments.
J-turbo cracks me up
Rip to Rob Laakso
R.I.P. Rob.
Rest in peace Rob Laakso.
Rest in peace Rob long live Swirlies
RIP Rob Laakso ????
I wonder if Kurt has since acquired an HX Stomp to replace those 2 Line 6 pedals.
is that kyle moony
Great stuff. X
So many of Kurt’s jokes went right over Chris’ head.
7:03:
“Hehe, so yer… kind of in tune.” – Interviewer
cringe
How do guys like this get jobs interviewing about gear?
That was fun. KV was amusing AF.
KV AND HIS BANDMATES ARE SUPREME !
29:40 ground control to Major Tom
my
kurt reminds me to ozzy osbourne lmao
Did we ever find out what kind of acoustic guitar that was!! I need to know that Martin 00 style guitar
It's like kurts 14 and 40 at the same time
This guy talked all about how he built all these pedals and amps, and then says he had to get rid of his memory man because he broke the jack. Dude that's like the easiest thing to fix, especially for a guy who kept going out if his way to talk about all the stuff he built lmao.
indiefolk from Argentina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z67p-br4ms