Parkway Drive Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Jeff Ling & Luke Kilpatrick
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Parkway Drive, from Byron Bay, Australia, formed in 2003 with a firm grasp and appreciation for American hardcore music. They quickly put out a split EP with pit-provoking countrymen I Killed the Prom Queen before releasing their own EP, Don’t Close Your Eyes, in 2004. Those releases endeared them to American hardcore heavies touring internationally (Shadows Fall, Every Time I Die, Bleeding Through) and put them on many of their Aussie bills. They traveled to the States to record with metalcore poster boy Killswitch Engage’s Adam Dutkiewicz, who produced 2005’s Killing with a Smile and 2007’s Horizons.
They graduated their sound with a wider, melodic attack for their next releases, working alongside Joe Barresi (2010’s Deep Blue) and Matt Hyde (2012’s Atlas). 2015’s Ire saw the band lean more into the middle of the traditional metal lane, garnering the band No. 1 slots in both the ARIA and Billboard US Top Hard Rock Albums. 2018’s Reverence balanced between the band’s classic metalcore sound, iconic British metal à la Priest and Maiden, and the mass appeal of The Black Album, putting them back atop the ARIA chart and No. 2 on Billboard US Top Hard Rock Albums.
Those two records catapulted them to international headlining status, earning them top billing on the 30th anniversary of Wacken Open Air in 2019. The throwback power and continued evolution marks last year’s Darker Still further establishing them as global gainsters.
The only downside to their rise is that it still hasn’t eclipsed their collective first love. As guitarist Jeff Ling said of him and his bandmates during our Rig Rundown, “We’re all crazy surfers. If you put us on the spot and said, ‘Choose music or surfing,”…. Sorry fans, it’s over, the music is done, out the window. We’re all surfers that happen to play music [laughs].” Lucky for all of us, that ultimatum hasn’t been dealt, so let the good times roll (and rock).
Ahead of Parkway Drive’s sold-out show at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works, Ling saddles up to talk gear with PG’s Perry Bean. Ling details both his and bandmate Luke Kilpatrick’s signature ESPs (Luke was unable to hang due to suffering from surfer’s ear) and why the EMG 81 is the pinnacle of PWD’s guitar tone, and explains how downsizing their rigs with a Kemper leveled up their playing experience and connection with the crowd.
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00:00 – D’Addario Nexxus 360 Tuner
00:15 – Parkway Drive Live Intro
00:37 – Jeff Ling Intro
01:08 – ESP E-II Jeff Ling JL-1 M-II Signature Guitar
06:52 – ESP LTD EC-1000ET Deluxe
08:15 – ESP E-II LUKE KILPATRICK Signature Guitar
11:16 – Kemper Profiler Settings
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I mean, full disclosure…I'm not a PROFESSIONAL guitar player. But I am 40 years old and can play a Les Paul for hours on end without ever thinking about how heavy it is. Bunch a PUSSIES.
You mean el34?
I love that they're a band of best friends and he can go through Luke's entire rig and tell you exactly what he likes about it and he's not even there. Love these guys
I have an older ltd h1001 fm that is amazing. One of my favorite guitars ive owned by far
I'd love to own a ling signature ???? need to represent the Aussies
Finally! haha!
International band: EMG 81 and 5150. Gotta love the simplicity
i find with EMG 81 85 just nice and simple
So bored with the rig rundowns where the "amps" consist of brand A, H, or K modeler. What's interesting about that?
Kurt Hammet is my favourite too ????
A 62 gauge isn’t that heavy for drop B, it’s what I use too but bear in mind Dave Grohl uses a 60 for E standard!
They sound massive live these days. Great episode!
lol! in melbourne there was a guy in a wheel chair crowd-surfing back in 2011 or something to carion. so like, rock on!
Humble as fuck Jeff let's be real these dudes have come a fkn long way. I don't know the interviewer but I'm vibing him too
Why no pie?
Jeff Ling a’ Ling, Jeff Ling.a’ Ling. I want you to play, with my Jeff Ling a’ Ling…
Luke’s guitar is so much better looking lol
No bass 🙁
One of the best guitarist ever , tone and very catchy riffs and leads
It's great that they can go on tour, maybe if they didn't drop out of their US tour last minute BDM could also tour with their full band ????
Parkway Drive will always hold a special place in my metal heart. Jeff is a living legend in the genre. It's cool to see how his rig has evolved over the years.
That's funny when he talks about surfing being a priority over music.I actually live in Byron Bay but don't surf, but I grew up around here and I have known heaps of surfers in my life, and i made up a joke stereotype about them. "All surfers care about is surfing,weed and playstation.And what's their favourite playstation game? The surfing one of course! " It's just a partially accurate stereotype but it correlates perfectly with what Jeff says at 8.30
What about the bassist? Missed opportunity there
I love videos about bands RIG, please more!
Sad to watch the whole thing and don't get to see pig, little bit disappointed but this is the first gear video that I ever seen with the guys from pwd. Killer interview
Ok, Kemper is officially killing the whole Rig Rundown concept.
Standard tuning from Parkway. Let that sink in, the fall from grace is so big. Don't get me wrong Darker Still is a MASTERPIECE of a song…. For any other band. For this band, nah.
Finally!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!
With all this talk about dangerous headstockshapes, IT'S TIME TO BRING BACK THE COCKSTOCK! Safest headstock yet.
Luke and Jeff were the reason why I got into metalcore and LTD guitars. I'm happy to own the same models (and backups :P) they had back in the day. MH1000NT BK and H1000 BK – even made a dual playthrough of frostbite with those!
Really enjoying Perry's interviews these days. Dude's made some serious progress on the channel
you know it's a good rundown when the interviewer is more excited than the interviewee
I drifted from PG, this run down brings me back. Metal bias right here????❤ THANK YOU!!!
Finally rig rundown with Jeff Ling, he's a great guitar player, his riffs ( alongside with Luke's) stay in your head for a while every time you hear it. He's a cool dude to chat too, me and my family had a pleasure of meeting him on the streets of Manchester during their UK tour last fall.
Terrible band!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I grew up surfing in the Caribbean in Guadeloupe and I gotta agree. I would give up all the music in the world to keep surfing. When the waves are there, surfing is the best
Oh man. Plexi style different for him honestly
Perry Rules! Cool rundown ????
I play an ESP M1 because of Jeff. Classy and killer.
99.9% chance your shits not gonna fuck up. Haha