Rig Rundown: Melvins' Buzz Osborne [2015] 

What an absolute dude; _"Here, try it. You play guitar?"_

How many guitarist have said "here try it" about their guitar on a rig rundown? I'm going to go with one... Buzz.

*pauses melvins to watch rig rundown of melvins*

Awesome rig rundown on Melvins' Buzz Osborne. "You either love the Melvins or never heard of the Melvins." - Some guy on the music video for "Revolve"

the interviewer is either : very high, just a slightly awkward dude, or nervous about meeting someone he really looks up to lol. i relate to all three

Best RR I've seen in a long time. We need more guitarists with Buzzo's attitude about gear.

finally someone unconventional that doesn't give a shit about whats supposed to be good or bad. just play with what works for you. great

"when you have the hands of a 5 year old like I do" lmao Buzzo is the best.

"Here try it" god he's the best.

What a great guy Buzz Osborne is. I've watched a couple of interviews with him and he is so down to earth and honest. I have only recently got into the Melvins; what a band.

1. "These guitars are pretty cheap" 2. Goes on their site 3. 2000 $ Ok Buzz

I was at this show. Buzz and Jeff's rigs sounded absolutely massive.

I love the reaction i get when a tube snob tries my gear and hears how good some solid state amps can sound. Ampeg and Sunn all the way

I dont think the musical appreciation of Buzz will be fully understood for a long time. He is notorious for microwaving a crowd. I doubt anyone ever went to a Melvins show and didnt have there ears bleed

Cool stuff! He said it. "getting over the mental block"

FINALLY!! been waiting for a good HQ in depth rig rundown! now get someone to do dale and coadys!

I love this dude. I have always loved the Melvins guitar tone.

Guitar players need to get over the Tube vs SS thing. Bassplayers and synth guys dont dwell on this as much. Its all about the amp design, signal paths, electronics engineering. Also theres no such thing as tone wood unless its acoustic. Only thing wood affects is sustain.

Buzz seems so chill. Love his tone

As a passionate student of of the art of guitar rigs and the relationship between them and people's playing/writing/production (where the technical becomes artistic, and the philosophy side of it), I've been slowly starting to get into and listen to Melvins as a result of seeing these things from Buzz. I've been going down the rabbit hole of how to get the best, unique sounding guitar rig that's also tough as nails, durable, and requires the least amount of maintenance, and I love seeing a guy embracing no tubes, durable guitar materials and unique pieces (15" speakers, etc.). Absolutely love that. If you want a new interesting sound, use new ingredients. Also, who likes having to maintain guitars all the time? I'm all about using metal/carbon fiber bodies and necks, stainless steel frets, these new circuit board printed pickups, etc., and I wish more people would. Cool to see a better known artist showcasing how well they work in a real world application.

Saw them at this show. Awesome! Love Melvins.

Buzz is so goddamn likable.

*Guitar made of gold* Buzz: "here, try it"

This was really fun to watch. Thanks for posting.

You see that awsome V-Bass in the background all the time and there is no word about it? PLEEEAAASE more bass rig rundowns :'(

"You can try it if you want." LEGEND

I love the buzz actitude, i really love this rig rundown

The toggle volume switch is a great idea! I'm defiantly gonna steal that.

What nice guy! King Buzzo rules! They put on a great show

You guys need to do a rig rundown with Adam Jones from Tool

had a sunn 212 in the 80's. loved that amp.

Back in 92 I read in a guitar magazine that Soundgarden used amps without tubes on Bad Motorfinger because in dropped D tuning tube amps got to loose sounding, so I started using solid state amps, The Orange CR120 is a wicked head. Buzz wrote allot of dropped d songs - Nirvana and Soundgarden basically copied Buzz's sound. REPLY

He changed up his rig just a bit. I saw them last night and he was using an orange 2x12 cab with a sunn 6x10. They sounded great.

Saw Melvins a few years ago. Buzz's rig sounded amazing.

That was quick.

Buzz is such an awesome dude.

Sooooooo good guys, thanks.

All hail the King!

honestly he hit that nail on the head when he said when you have the hands of a five year like I do. My biggest reasoning for wanting a EGC guitar is because of them thin necks haha. I'd die if I had enough money to build a completely custom one with a 9.5" radius as well.

"does it sound like a paf?" That line makes me want to blow my brains out every time.

I like how Buzz says "you play guitar?" It just seems kind of funny because the interviewer is in a magazine and RU-vid channel that is completely dedicated to guitar gear.

He’s spot on about the distortion pedals bass overdrive is great

"I have answers, everyone is stupid, if I looked like Cobain, we'd have sold 50 million albums too."

LEGEND

the whole "tube"craze started with us idiots in the 90s.... wed see our favorite musicians promote mesa and never realized the innards were swapped

Similar to the Travis Bean, I love those. Jerry played one like 1975 to 77

Love the blown cabinets

theres also a company in north carolina called blackout electronics thats really good.they make a fuzz pedal called"musket" that is really great and affordable.

Wanted to hear some of that gear!!

With lemmy gone and some other people too, king buzzos still there. Nice.

1:54,.. I see you!

Once again humble dude

Ayone else think that King Buzzo inspired Rick Sanchez?

The dead air signaled the end of interview, the host was like oh shit he ended it early.....I'm fired. And yes, he was fired.

Thanks to Nirvana and Kurt Cobain I learned about the Melvins and Buzz a long time ago. Since then I was a fan. The accoustic stuff was killer by the way. I hope King Buzz knows that we the fan know what an influence he had on rock and still has today. When rock resurges in the main stream....and it will again, I am sure Buzz will be an influence for that scene as well.

Awesome guitars

Buzz. Love that guy.

The squeaky 3 way switch is killing me

Dude, I love 15's too!!!!!!!

I love Buzz

Very Humble!!

Been seeing the dude talkin to buzz around town for like ever

I have the same bass distortion pedal. Love it to death

I own a John Veleno and it's awesome fully aluminium and gold plated in gold.

what a cool guy!!!

I have the exact same setup. 15's crush and beta leads handle such a range on tone. People are always asking if my egc's can do something other than "twangy". So weird.

i'd get an aluminum guitar too if I could afford it. They're like $3000!

Awesome rig rundown! Should try to schedule a rig rundown with Nothing More, they some pretty amazing stuff!

King Buzzo for Global Emperor

I saw them a couple months ago, easily twice the volume of the opening band, it was intense

Sweet

Groovy!

Shout out to King Buzzo for repping the beta series.

Straight up godlike style and sound from buzzo

King Buzzo is God.

nice how his pedalboard just contains normal, off the shelf stuff you can buy anywhere, BOSS, MXR, etc. I'll bet the boo-teek fanboys just cringed at the sight... LOL

I have a Peavy Renown 1984 and was a Solid made that sound like a Tube. Is still after it’s age the best sounding amp that’s opened for the best bands we know. Lol

About time someone made guitars with slim neck profiles..not everyone has hands like Garth. My Levinson Blade Silver Streaks are slim, that's why I stick with them. The guitars in the video look incredible.

ah American nightmare. just listened to sworn enemy's live cbgbs album and they are mentioned =D

Buzz!! Just a guy... fuggin awesome...

Never thought of the 15 10 combination. I suppose I could build. Rather buy one of his because well. It the cool story factor.

I love my 83' Sunn SL260, I also love my 84' JC-120. now in search of an 80's Peavey stereo chorus 400. i play shoegazing so that explains my need for pure clean tone. nothing wrong with solid state unless your a pentatonic blues page fan

Please help! The song playing at the very beginning, I had the 7" close to 30 years ago but I can't remember the title to save my life.

the neck is great

Buzz is Legend..

Buzz sounds like Rick from Rick and Morty.

Absolutely love King Buzzo and the Melvins - is there any other band that has always been so forward thinking when it comes to their setup? Didn't Dale use 30" rides at one stage? I love that Buzzo has ditched his Marshal stacks for PA amps and some preamps. 15" speakers kick ass too. Why not try an 18 while at it? TOO muffly? I'm more of a single coil guy though so for me, more bass is not really any issue usually.. :) you can't go wrong with having a small high quality PA setup for your guitar 'amp/cab'. Worth trying at least. Probably the best sounding setup I ever heard was a 6 string semi acoustic cello plugged into a small PA stack, the bass was incredible and on all levels (tone, attack, volume etc) whooped a 5 string double bass playing through a regular electric bass amp.

King Buzzo!!!

Long live the King

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egc are so cool

What kind of goddamn picks does he use goddammit!? Kidding. Nice video.

Hah! Buzz is just the coolest and friendliest guy ever.

Please do a Swervedriver rig rundown

I used to use a boss bass overdrive too for years but only because I lost my distortion pedal

Dang this is the fastest shortest rig rundown vid ... Very good though !

do a rig rundown of dredg! please

Where can I buy those Blown Cabs????

15” speakers are also hard to find! Especially with watts & hz thats good for guitar

Blur's Graham Coxon next, please!