Rig Rundown - Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell 

There's no one like Jerry. He wrote everything but acts like he's just the guitar player. I shook his hand in 2005 at the house of blues in Hollywood. Cool cat.

very cool that Jerry did this interview himself... so many guys send out the guitar techs.

Jerry Cantrell, the riff wizard!

its saying something that the best artist rig rundowns are the shortest.

Jerry seems like a nice guy. He's a very underrated guitar player.

I love to hear him praising his tech so much, very humble excellent player.

I could listen to him talk all day. His voice soothes me.

I think this guy is way more influential than he’s given credit for. At a time when one didn’t necessarily have to be an amazingly gifted, innovative guitarist, he was.

jerry is not just the guitar player. He is the writer, the performer, the genius that is behind AIC.

Jerry C. is one of the nicest guys in music. He doesn't cow tow to interviewers, but he's straight up honest, and humbly truthful. The successes of AIC are due to a large part of Jerry's Accessibility and down to earth personality. When I lived in Seattle during the decade of the 1990's about half the most successful bands were from that area and all these guys were cool, approachable and thankful for their fans. I'll add Eddie Vedder & Pearl Jam, and Candle box to the list. Why did I leave out Nirvana? Nirvana was Wondrously talented , but not always nice guys Kurt had some huge issues that impacted Dave & Chris' roles.

I'm so impressed. I've always liked Alice In Chains and always dug Jerry as a player. To see him be so cool with Jordan and actually come out and talk to PG instead of sending his Tech shows how cool and down to earth he is. Bravo Jerry.

jerry is regarded as one of the finest guitar players and is somewhere in the top 35 on rolling stones top 100. he has a really cool style of playing

Alice has impacted my life a lot, been my favorite band for many years. Jerry's been the biggest influence for me wanting to play guitar for many years. I'm finally going to pick up a guitar. Definitely going to be the sound I'll try to get some kind of a similar sound. Jerry's not given the credit he deserves.

this guy is a genius

Seeing this guy play live made me seriously re-think my playing. He takes the instrument to it's limit. Great player indeed. Thanks for the Songs Jerry! Cheers!

Wow what i would do to see those two pale yellow guitars in person those are the guitars he used with layne back In The day and they're still going wow just wow

i thought he used to use VHT's as well.... those rhythm tones on Dirt are some of the very best ever recorded.... dude has an ear for a sick tone, and the studio skill to get it committed to tape... long live alice in chains...

A week ago, finally I got to see this great musician live and it was simply awesome, one of the best performers that I've seen.

love how organized his stuff is. The way it's set up is pretty epic

I think it’s about time to do a reboot! We need more Jerry!

The man the myth the legend my friggin hero Still one of the coolest rockers on the planet still writing and performing awesome music Still my favorite band 30+ years later

Awesome set list! Always loved Jerrys tone. We die young intro rips your face off!

Jerrys studio trick for the first 2 albums was a Marshall 1×12 cabinet with a mic in front and a mic behind the cabinet to get the punch.

Jerry Cantrell is a really nice guy love AIC!!

I like these rig rundowns because they let you know all and exactly everything that the artists use.

back in the 90s and before layne died, people forgot about them after 1995 or so; people are so fickle. glad to see them getting their dues again.

Nice to see Jerry still carrying on after his brother passed, tough to loose a friend you love, but his music is still with lance daily's soul

Great stuff here! I see he uses an EVH flanger. Probably uses that for "Rooster". Cool. He has some really tasteful chops. Dark and Deep. Like no other.

Damn, watching random jerry cantrell interviews and realize that I went to high school with the interviewer lol Im jealous as hell Jordan!

Great job on getting Jerry Cantrell! Alice in Chains reminds me of the best times of rock and roll.

Very cool. Jerry is one of my all time favorites. He seems to be a really nice guy too!

good to see a new rig rundown vid.

It's a pity it was just 7 minutes long. If it were 1 hour long I would have watched it twice in a single day. Jerry is such a cool guy. I love the way He puts his heart at the stage and I love playing Alice in Chains songs. Jerry is one of my heroes.

one of my favs, and one of the most underrated in the seattle scene and in general!

Such a humble dude

I agree with Redroom Studios, really nice to see the player himself walk you through it. He told us what the tech does... NOT the tech telling us. Rare, now that I think of it, that the guy we want to hear does it. Nice walkthrough. Supports the fact the fact that Jerry does not acknowledge the impact he has had on guitar players... hes not in it for that.

So stoked to see that Jerry uses a lot of the gear that I use. I was the guy that turned most of my friends onto this band. If you rode in my car, you listened to what I was into. This was before the Dirt album. Love this band !

yeah!!! , alice makes me so happy, great to see Jer again

love his voice

A true composer, and living legend !!!

Definitely one of my favorites if not all time fave. Always makes want to pick up my guitar. I wish I had an amp that could match his tones

Jerry in my home town. Made my heart skip a beat!

Jerry is an interesting cat, innovator for sure with an ear for tone & gift of talent. One of the best.

this song brought out the skill in each member

That was really good,I saw them in 2014 at a VERY hot 40c + soundwave festival,and man he sure sounded great.

What a setlist!

very interesting to see his gear.

he is a UNIT i always looked up to those guys that really bring the set every time. soloing slow but every note hits in the black.. For me he is in a line with guys like Leslie West. Still when i watch AIC concerts i forget about where the sound comes from. Thats how good they are, a trio basically.

I like so much this videos

He’s pure awesome

jerry’s one of the greats

This needs to be redone! Its great by all means but we need an update!

Please make another video with the rig Jerry is using in this tour

My favorite guitarist!

shiva! love it.

Good interview.

Totally cool. Jerry seems like a really smart grounded individual.

Cool to see he has a similar sticker decal replica of his first Rampage. Seen next to the '85 Rampage.

I'm sooooo glad he dosent use all that rack mounted, axe fx, switching system, boutique stuff!!! Amp, guitar, effects all you need

only 90's kids remember Jordan Wagner and Becca Derps

@8bigtubes the wah will be on Display at Namm 2010 at the Dunlop stand. Should be available about a month month or two after it :)

I love thw kahler bridges

Jerry, Jimmy Page and Alex Lifeson three self taught players. All down to earth great players. The thing they have in common? They all have great feel for the song they are playing! You can't teach that!

Jerry was standing at the center bar by himself at The Hard Rock in LV a couple of hours before the show in Dec '09, we were like 'holy shit that's Jerry'. We didn't bug him. They opened with Rain When I Die that night.

love the melvins shirt!

Sweet.

@ComaAlpha probably referring to his Les Pauls. he has two of them so i'm assuming each one is tuned to the song. you can also see that he uses the SG for No Excuses. the E and D marks are probably the G&L's. Each one of his guitars is tuned and intonated to that tuning so that they sound perfect and pristine. i started doing it with my guitars and it's just alot easier and it sounds fuckin amazing. i highly recommend this to any guitarist in a band that has multiple tunings for their sets.

I could listen to Jerry talk all day.so laid back and knows his stuff.would love to be his roadie for just one night haha

cool guitars!

"Boggy Depot" and "Degradation Trip, Volumes 1 & 2" are fuckin' awesome monolithic solo albums fitting right alongside Alice In Chains' stuff. This cat is a really powerful dude. He was born the year of the Firehorse (Chinese calender and appears just once every 50 years) and it shows in both his work and character.

jerry is a legend

Jerry always got a great guitar sound, great player great song writer,, need i say more,, great singer,,, dam what cant this guy do? hahaha

Long live Jerry!

@sfh113 alnico pro2 neck position is a fucking badass pickup for melodic and warm suff.. cleans and leads sound incredible and you can totally tell the difference from other pickups (i had dimarzio tone zones before... then a 59 and then the alnico.. it's really amazing dude check it out)... and on the bridge i have a duncan custom... it's a high output pickup but not like over the top, but still can put some decent amount of punch in low gain amps and stuff... cool stuff

iso-cabs is a clever idea. First time I've heard of them.

PLEASE DO AN UPDATED EXTENDED VERSION OF JERRY RIG RUNDOWN!!!!

People talking about MESA RECTIFIER amp heads ... if you think the tone isn't dirty enough or sounds loose or flabby on the bottom end try a 808 OD or the Maxon ST - 9 pro, it has the same circuit but with a low end switch and you can run it 9V or 18 V! It will tighten up you tube amp and then you'll love the Rectifier amps!

Such a shame that the Rampage is discontinued now

Black Gives Way to Blue = best guitar sound of all time

Tell us about your rig jerry "hot on the left, cold on the right, shit runs downhill" Fans will know

Would it be possible to do another Alice in Chains Rig Rundown? Not just to see what's changed since this video in Jerry's rig, but I'm personally also interested in Mike and Will's gear.

@LemonCrushMusic yes

Check out Bugera amps and try putting a maxon od808 in front of it. You can get that setup for around $600-$800. Has a ton of tone possibilities and dialing in Cantrell's tone would take some time but you could get really close.

PG needs to do update of Jerry Cantrell rig since he now uses Dave Friedman signature amp.

@GoHabs13 Same here, man. I can't imagine someone touching my equipment on stage at all. My drummer has done that when he plays my guitar and I can say I have gotten back at him with his drums :D

Jerry I love you!!! lol

He's just like every good player. He's still trying to always improve his tone. The most beautiful tone I ever heard as far as just plain good clean perfect tone was a fender devill 212 amp with a us fender guitar and ernie ball 10-46 strings. The best distorted tone I've ever heard was an amp called diamond at a club. Never have heard one like that before since then.

I have one of those Ground Control Pro units like shown at very end of video.... too complicated to figure out reason I don't use mine..... lol I play without amps 99% of the time on electric guitars... But, that's about to change once I break out my new to me JC Tribute Rampage out of the box that just arrived UPS

I use a 5150 and a Mesa dual rec heads with mesa cabs and my shit ROCKS !!!!

@c4tze Agreed. Mesa's aren't dirty so much as high gain.

Ive got a Randall Ultra model in my Randall RM100 w. EL-34's thats pretty mean & nasty. He has a great tone hugh!

Very nice & decent Jerry

Mucho Repecto..! Plays ,Writes,Sings..Really up there in my estimation, For all that counts..! Peace Ye`All..! Oh...Billy Duffy(The Cult) does one of these..Legend !

I need help determining a new set of pickups for my Jackson.. I like to play metal and i like that high gain sound but i also really like the steve vai sort of sound too. Can someone suggest pickups for me please?

THE MAN!

I wonder if Jerry uses the older analog Boss choruses or the newer digital ones.

do a rig rundown on daron malakian (system of a down, scars on broadway)

This is really the first time I have heard a major artist openly prefer the Kahler trem over the Floyd. Which is right on for me. I love the Kahlers. I never understood the negative rep that they got. Smoother, stays in tune, no string breakage and just easier to use.

Jerry is one of the coolest and nicest guitar players i ever had the pleasure to hang with. Both our bands were staying at the same hotel in Atlanta back in 200? ... a very memorable night! I got to hang out and get drunk with one of the best American rock guitar players of all time. (well, I got drunk anyway haha)

FUCK YEAH!!! JC is an AWESOME guy... AND he has a Tele Deluxe in his rack... far and away the coolest guitar he's got there...BUT I am QUITE boased when it comes to TD's... that's what I play exclusively now and I think they're the best guitar I've ever had my hands on. Course I've never gotten my hands on a Languadoc so... I like how down to earth and cool JC is in this interview. Makes him seem like a REAL person, not some fake persona like so many guys of the "new rock' crowd... pure legend