Billy Strings Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour [2023]
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It’d be hard to argue that anyone has changed their sound as much as Billy Strings has in the last 10 years. If you reference the pre-war traditional collaboration albums he first did with Don Julin (Rock of Ages and Fiddle Tune X), and his solo debut EP Billy Strings, and then witnessed one of his recent high-voltage shows, the songs and sounds are both worlds apart … yet familiarly rooted. He went from opening on the Bluegrass circuit to a crossover festival headliner that’s more Dead than Doc. He’s now filling arenas and amphitheaters as an evening-with performer that often crushes for over three hours by incorporating sideways jams and creative covers. However, each set still includes moments where the four musicians onstage stand around a single mic, just as their bluegrass forefathers did generations ago. So, even as he sends bluegrass into the cosmos, he keeps one foot planted in Appalachia.
Strings shared his thoughts on that juxtaposition during a 2019 PG interview: “Before writing my own music, I used to be boxed in by bluegrass, but enjoying other musical genres made me realize it’s a self-made, transparent box,” he said. “Music should be freeing, with no borders. I want to express myself emotionally with my guitar, however it pours out of me.”
When the Rig Rundown team traveled north to Indianapolis’ TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park, we didn’t know what to expect, but Strings’ full-monty setup did not disappoint. His rig still has delightful dreadnoughts, including some new old friends from Martin, but the many tricks rolled up his sleeve (or in his rack) allows this psychedelic sorcerer to cast spells over audiences all night long. Billy gave an hour to PG’s Perry Bean, where they covered electrifying acoustics, just whose ashes are in his 1945 Martin D-28, and how he continues coloring outside the traditional lines with stompboxes and modelers.
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00:00 – D’Addario XS Strings
00:15 – Billy Strings Playing Intro
00:30 – Billy Strings & Perry Bean Intro
00:57 – Experience Playing Doc Watson’s Guitar
02:39 – Tonewood Choices
04:14 – “California Sober” with Willie Nelson
05:42 – Playing Trigger
07:02 – Finding Cheap Acoustic Gems
08:23 – Preston Thompson DBA “Frankenstein”
11:05 – Playing Acoustics Through a Kemper & Pedals
17:05 – Guitar Repairs Because of Flying
20:14 – Preston Thompon DBA “The Bride”
22:01 – 1945 Martin D-28 “Jody”
25:34 – Jody Payne’s Ashes Inside
27:46 – Martin Custom Shop D-45
29:34 – Picks & Strings
33:45 – 1940 Martin D-28
37:41 – Casio DG-20 Digital Guitar Synth
41:21 – Billy Strings’ Pedalboard
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❤ 25:46 this just keeps getting better and better.
21:05 ❤ that is so cool.
take another hit fellas lol
pretty excellent guitars though, damn. i have a K+K transducer in my Gibson but now I might have to get the magnetic too, that sounded great
Billy is the reason I started flat picking! Was on vacation last year in St Augustine, drove down to Daytona and bought an acoustic. Been ripping it ever since.
And some of the best concert photos came from the Rosemont Illinois show just recently!
Didn’t have a problem with the holes until the 45
Billy sounded higher than Hitlers gas bill but he works and plays so hard. He didn’t sound that way on Theo interview. Lol.
Every great guitar has a story I swear, something has happened to it at some point…
This guy is a great interviewer. Doesn't talk over the guests. Good stuff.
Billy is awesome
I usually don't comment about a person's wardrobe, but…
This video is awesome! I saw my first Billy Strings show last night in Tampa and It drove me nuts how he came up with that sound from that guitar. Ty for doing this. BMFS rules!
Billy's way too respectful to say that Trigger sounds like a pile of shit at this point.
FYI: any airport I’ve ever flown with allows you to bring on your instrument free of charge as a carry on.
Love how high these fools are ❤????❤????
I like the way Billy speaks. To me, he comes off as this humble man who's worked hard to become the master picker he is but he has too much class to exercise his bragging rights that he's undoubtedly earned. And his enthusiasm for music is palpable. I'd so love to meet him one day. I think we'd have a lot in common.
Dude's super knowledgeable but I'm not sure how well he understands the whole bluegrass thing. Not that I'm an expert but I know that banjos are among the loudest acoustic stringed instruments and they tend toward the high end to boot. Fiddles too. That's why you want to cut through. Guitars aren't that loud.
I love how he always says "sutton" paying respect to the real cats
Dude's a down to earth guy and amazing talent. Really wish he hadn't drilled a stupid hole in that Martin though. Jesus, that's terrible.
I want to see Billy's Dab Rig Rundown PG
Ain't Feeling No Pain Jimmy….
He smoked 2 joints in the morning etc…….
Billy is HIGH AS FUCK!!!!! Love this guy
Thank you, best Rig Rundown I've seen yet. Another good interview with Billy worth seeing was done with Theo Von.
What a genius fuzzing up the picture when Billy is playing some really cool things and WE CAN'T SEE WHAT HE"S DOING!!!! Thanks SO MUCH!!!!!
Love to watch two high people pretend not to be for a movie for 2 hours hahah
So stoned he went for the tremolo and the knobs on a few of those axes. Legend!
The guitar player’s guitar player. Love this cat. ????????
Honestly the Casio is it
Elixir used to respond until they became ass holes! We all have G string problems with Elixir….they ignore me too….used to be they would send you some free strings. FU Elixir….If Daddario would lower the price of their XS strings I would switch to them! FU Daddario!
why is that dude wearing a child's cloths?