Rig Rundown - Rise Against

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Article and photos: bit.ly/RiseAgai...
Zach Blair is a PETA-supporting, straight-edge vegetarian who, when he’s not on tour, does his best to help keep Austin weird. The humorous, mild-mannered hardcore vet recently took time during Rise Against’s 2015 arena tour with Linkin Park to meet with Premier Guitar and share in-depth details on his gear.
Blair is a longtime Gibson Les Paul player who isn’t afraid to mod his axes. He brings a trio of LPs on the road, and each one has some unique features. His main guitar is a black Classic Custom with an EverTune bridge and Seymour Duncan Distortion pickups. All of Blair’s electrics are strung with Ernie Ball Cobalt Slinkys gauged .010-.052.
A natural-finished Classic Custom pairs an EverTune bridge with Lace humbuckers.
And a black Les Paul Custom also loaded with Duncan Distortions rounds out the trio.
For acoustic numbers, Blair reaches for a Gibson J-160. His favorite picks are Dunlop 1.5 mm Primetones.
For more insight behind Rise Against's setup, visit: bit.ly/RiseAgai...

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@premierguitar 9 лет назад

Zach Blair contacted us yesterday and wanted us to clarify that when he mentions his amp had the brown sound mod, he's not saying the idea of the mod, or EVH is bad or screwed up, he is just saying that the particular mod put on his amp was wrong and screwed up. He loves EVH and all of you, so let it go and comment about his head as he requested! --PG Staff

@guitargeek1984 9 лет назад

when is there gonna be a SlipKnot Rig Rundown ?

@XneverstopfightingX 9 лет назад

Mikey Mike just search around they have like 4 or 5 out now. both old and new.

@guitargeek1984 9 лет назад

XneverstopfightingX i saw all the old ones ,are you sure they have new one's out already ? where ?

@DeeplyDisturbing92 9 лет назад

Mikey Mike I don't think they have a new one out no, hopefully they'll make one after all they're currently on tour so now's the time

@guitargeek1984 9 лет назад

DeeplyDisturbing92 yeah, now they're on their way to Australia for a week or so and then back to the US i believe so, maybe hopefully they'll catch' em there :)

@Iggytommy 9 лет назад

"I like them as thick as possible" - I bet he does.

@MAVJ 9 лет назад

I love rig rundowns but I wish they did more bass rigs

@capybaraslivefromtheeggcar3709 8 лет назад

The interviewer looks like Tim.

@jonathankeith524 4 года назад

Capybaras: Live from the Egg Carton It’s Tim’s twin brother, Jim.

@c.atkinson2860 8 лет назад

I love how the bassist rocks up with his skateboard

@PowerChucker 8 лет назад

i wish all the rig rundowns were like this! this guy is great! he is very personable, interesting, and is engaging. I have seen a bunch that are almost uncomfortable to watch, because the player doesnt seem to want to talk, and its like pulling teeth to get info from them.

@davidsalyers3212 7 лет назад

PowerChucker that's basically like the ones with tim, he's incredibly akward for a lead singer

@5urg3x 2 года назад

To be fair, most people don’t get into music to become gear salesman…and that’s basically what this is, and what this magazine does. I can totally understand why people would not want to do something like this, especially if they’re not really being paid to shill all these products. We are all obsessed with gear and specs, but I’m telling you, most real musicians don’t really care. It’s whatever they have, let’s find a way to make it work to achieve what they want to achieve, kinda thing.

@martijnkemperman7689 9 лет назад

The guys from Rise Against seem so nice and honest

@kfgtyicr 9 лет назад

This interviewer is way better than the others, I like the kinda laid back style

@bernabemerino8348 9 лет назад

Biffy Clyro Rig Roundown, please!

@IgaGearDemos 9 лет назад

That Evertune is... Witchcraft. I need one!

@theArchive1O 9 лет назад

Can it be.... Foo Fighters next???

@serdna96 9 лет назад

Holy shit, I googled Zach's former bands and just found out he used to play as Flattus Maximus in GWAR Oo Now I can never look at him in the same way again..

@CarlStacey 9 лет назад

You guys tune to E standard? was completely missed there, ah well! :P

@Counterfeit1st 9 лет назад

afaik their tuning is E flat

@CarlStacey 9 лет назад

i know their tuning dudes, just thought it was funny that he missed what he had asked :P

@Counterfeit1st 9 лет назад

ok, just tried to help ;)

@Toastandbananas130 4 года назад

Carl Stacey haha I was hoping he’d confirm. But I think they play in E flat

@tonyfiorilli2270 3 года назад

@@Toastandbananas130 They play in E flat or Eb dude. 100%. Try a couple chords from any song and you’ll see.

@F3rnando666 9 лет назад

The Offspring's Rig Rundown PG Please!!!..

@billystinker 9 лет назад

Everyone on a rig rundown says 'yeah I have a really simple set up' and they never do! Simple would be one guitar and an amp and a couple of pedals....

@FrostByte_AC 9 лет назад

The fact that they stay up-to-date on their videos by clarifying is fantastic. Always trust the Premier Guitar brand. Hopefully I become important enough for them to interview one day.

@andrewromanowski4290 9 лет назад

I didn't know Tim McIlrath hosted Rig Rundowns.

@jeremyrafuse5330 4 года назад

Why do people think that Perry looks like Tim? 😂😂 y'all blind

@jasonwatrous8689 8 лет назад

do a rig rundown on Rancid

@TheExiledTexan 9 лет назад

I wouldn't consider myself a fan of this group, but this guy won me over. He seems like a genuine, relatable musician largely unaffected by fame.

@Madurbu 9 лет назад

The relationship between these guys is great. The tech is a trusted contributor to the live show.

@PaulMcCaffreyfmac 9 лет назад

Too much back peddling and flagged up apologies and warnings and wotnot... ...the guy had the mod done. He hated it. He had it undone. Seems perfectly reasonable to me

@LouSassles 9 лет назад

Does this mean Linkin Park is next?

@MyNamelsBlue 9 лет назад

Probably.

@derrekmcfarlane7872 7 лет назад

noskilz04 still waiting

@Hupp61 6 лет назад

derrek mcfarlane Not waiting anymore. *ba dum tsh*

@pyschokilla 9 лет назад

Please do an A Day To Remember rig rundown pg

@ranchsironi7736 8 лет назад

when he was talking about his picks and said "a woman who said he was kerry king.....s sister" i laughed and thought he was gonna stop at king lol

@Taylor-df4py 9 лет назад

hes so cute hes so happy about all of his gear its adorable

@33trake 8 лет назад

muse pls

@jodyreynolds81 7 лет назад

it would have been nice to see tims rig though too.

@5urg3x 2 года назад

This is this man right here, he’s been with us so long…and I don’t know his name 🤣

@JoQeZzZ 9 лет назад

First time I saw such a big band use evertune bridges. I've been fascinated by them since they first came out, but boy do they need a big hole in your guitar

@OhTheAgonyBand 4 года назад

i doesnt matter how old you might be. these are things that make nerds realise we are normal.

@brunohebert-brassard6281 3 года назад

if anyone wonder what the bridge is, it's Evertune

@1thess523 9 лет назад

Ifnheq painted himself blue he could be Megamind!

@benworrell4412 9 лет назад

Couldn't image trolling Zach after he gave us permission. means he is a cool dude! soundcloud.com/ben-worrell/perspectives-rm?in=ben-worrell/sets/the-law-school-chronicles

@Arjunandthevectors 9 лет назад

You guys gotta get Peter Hayes from BRMC!

@Gorbyrev 9 лет назад

With you on the thick triangle picks. I've been using the same batch for years which I bought out of a music store where the Dunlop rep had offloaded a ton load of them. Gives you a great playing surface, they are really hard to drop and if they rotate another playing tip is available in both directions. One of the reasons I first tried them was when Ty Tabor said in an interview that he would be lost without his green triangular piece of plastic and I took him literally on the shape. When I finally bagged one of Ty's picks they were super thin and regular shape! Just goes to show that we all need to find our own tools for expressing the stuff inside!

@4stringsmakekings 9 лет назад

Kinda hoping to see Joe's rig in the mix! I really enjoy watching these, and I love looking at different bass rigs.

@CarlStacey 9 лет назад

yeah would love to see a linkin park or foo fighters run down!

@LaurensMusicBox14 9 лет назад

DO RANCID!!

@SaberToothGary 2 года назад

Zach rules! Haha, you can take the boy outta Gwar, but you can't take Gwar outta the boy!! =)

@Max-ek8gw 6 лет назад

That tech in the background makes everything really awkward 😬😂

@brianeharmonjr 9 лет назад

Saw these guys in an old empty, small-town movie theater on a wrestling ring in Indiana about 15 years ago, but haven't really heard anything they've done since.

@ajk1989 9 лет назад

I can't imagine having to manage the effects changes for two guitarists simultaneously... I wonder if that ever goes wrong and they end up with a super distorted phased out rhythm guitar jamming along to a relatively clean solo!

@SCtrojan2k 9 лет назад

This guy seems really down to earth. Nice rundown. Gotta get an Evertune bridge.

@brandonmedeiros6278 9 лет назад

have you tried the different blackstar amps? i know you love gibson and marshall but blackstar has improved on the marshall designs but that's just my input andbqhat they say. id love to hear it from a proffesional especially from someone who solely uses marshall

@RoqueHead 9 лет назад

Did you guys re-do this rig rundown or what? I remember seing one a few days ago different than this but still Rise Against... And it had both guys

@JazJames616 9 лет назад

Very cool rig. And he's straight-edge, which is awesome!

@JDeloggia 9 лет назад

Battles rig rundown!

@ANTHONYFERNANDO 9 лет назад

Love that this guy is such a gear head. Love this rundown, one of my favs

@Guitarjosii 9 лет назад

This JMP was made in 1977... you can see the "J" in the serial number

@michaelb3290 9 лет назад

I think Zach's head is super hot. I had an Outer Limits bubble-gum card when I was a kid that I would swear he was on, except for the fact that he probably wasn't even born when those cards were being distributed. But seriously, more power to Zach for being on the cutting edge and defining the new sexy!

@JHAM3232 9 лет назад

How do you change the tuning with the automatic tuner? For instance, if you wanted to go from standard to open tuning?

@ArcherVll 9 лет назад

he could replace his entire rig for an axe-fx and sound better! Fractal for the win!! \m/

@TheBradical84 9 лет назад

Hold on. Let me interrupt everyone I interview just so I can use terrible adjectives and not let the person being interviewed get their point out. Dope.

@rmaclema 9 лет назад

Thank you. I can barely listen to the rundowns this guy does. Shut the hell up and let the guitarist talk.

@travisoliver6107 4 года назад

Hagfish was one of my favorite bands Zach played in #blastingroomlegends

@frisby81 9 лет назад

good for you: I've owned my thinning hair as well.... grow some facial hair though, moby

@CyberHand1989 7 лет назад

Idubbztv plays for rise against

@joshlowe7981 8 лет назад

I got to play on the acoustic guitar that he showed in the video. It's super light, and sounds awesome.

@CarlStacey 9 лет назад

So happy to see a rig rundown for Rise Against!

@JOKERMECRAZY 9 лет назад

would of loved to of seen the other members of rise against's rig's

@Steve_9292 9 лет назад

I'd rather lick piss off a nettle than listen to any more of their music, but, what a nice guy. Cool rig too. Got to love some Les Paul Custom action.

@L0RDB4C0N 9 лет назад

Awesome! I've been on a concert of this tour and they had such a great sound, nice to know how they achieve it and what gear they exactly use! And they're so cool guys, they must be nice to talk to and to hang out with

@lewisglaholm3646 9 лет назад

One of my Heroes and one of my favourite bands! Such an awesome, nice guy!

@AJbassist 9 лет назад

i wish they showed Joe Principe rig :(

@axlrose5803 9 лет назад

Not a fan of this interviewer. Keeps interrupting the god damn artist

@alex.espeseth 9 лет назад

What about the rest of the band?

@chadwr85 9 лет назад

Yeah that's cool that your guitar holds tune but you lose a lot by not being able to bend the notes.

@rafidhassanoney4007 9 лет назад

That wooden les paul is awesome !

@goodlife1581 4 года назад

Legendary band

@LlamaCam23 9 лет назад

Cannot wait to see these guys live!!!

@luizavarga 9 лет назад

Finally a band i know and like

@216trixie 9 лет назад

Great interviiew!

@ianfij75 9 лет назад

Gibson and Marshall are the "punk rock formula' huh? Yup. tell me 'bout those struggling punk bands with a $3800 guitar and $4300 amp stack.

@jordanmahony4268 9 лет назад

only spend money on gear you can afford explained

@ianfij75 8 лет назад

***** gear was still plenty spendy back in the old days... Marshall and Gibson have never been barbrand

@tysonrinker5958 5 лет назад

I been in the punk circuit for years . Seen plenty of gibsons and Marshall's on stage. Way less than 4 grand each to

@StringBender567 4 года назад

Two words: Minor Threat

@jeremyrafuse5330 4 года назад

@@StringBender567 are you implying that Brian Baker never used Gibsons and Marshalls?

@CptjackSparrow80 9 лет назад

Guitarist seems cool. I hate this band. I hate it when this guy does rig rundowns. I'll go away now.

@coreydm676 9 лет назад

Hey Zach Hope you see this. Why the switch from Duncan JB's?

@donaldlamendola1584 8 лет назад

im a stagehand in Nashville and worked this show. Fuckin killer show.

@BoboJr3 9 лет назад

um... so many hard hats. why are so many people walking through like it isn't safe to be where this interview is?

@Jvdg3m3nt 7 лет назад

So glad I stumbled upon this Rig Rundown. Rise Against was my favourite band for the majority of elementary and high school. We'll be opening for you soon!

@WithoutAChance64 7 лет назад

God the guitar players in my town are way too anal about their gear. In the end all their tones sound the same cuz they've become so close minded. It's really refreshing to actually see gear like Rise Against 👍

@bakuhpindibipawpin7319 9 лет назад

the tech should download some fart noises on that watchamacallit. swell them in for some sweet cheek harmony.

@blainemorin 9 лет назад

I respect he uses an Evertune bridge...but that's about it.

@foetalmonsieur 9 лет назад

he kinda looks like that yellow guy in sin city...

@LukeBass1000 9 лет назад

Dude sounds like Jonah Hill :D

@KJFilmProductions 9 лет назад

When will you guys go BTS of MUSE :D

@ARTANE01 9 лет назад

Swami records shirt, for the joy of Speedo.

@NinjaCentral313 7 лет назад

you said shave the Neck down!

@DRGUITAR182 8 лет назад

"I like 'em as thick as possible" ;)

@grebe66 9 лет назад

Ty Segall rig rundown?

@NinjaCentral313 7 лет назад

1.4, I see you like em' Thick

@AndreAmeli 9 лет назад

maybe i miss it but what is the mic used int he cabs?

@bwalig4157 8 лет назад

Adam Elmakias' twin??

@mancefine 9 лет назад

You guys only do the bass rigs in like 1 of 10 rig rundowns. More bass gear!

@Ricardobruzzone 7 лет назад

6:22 thats what she said

@robertrogers7939 9 лет назад

Cool !

@klinchthis 8 лет назад

hey

@xpazuzu 9 лет назад

Why would you call this a Rise Against Rig Rundown? That was one of the musicians...

@billyrouse4813 6 лет назад

Eddie’s original amp he used in VH was stock. The variac and diming every knob is how he got his sound.

@Iggytommy 9 лет назад

okay he asked for it. weird looking head. he should stop shaving his head.

@bb-of3qz 9 лет назад

If you look at his head you can see his hairline is just about gone so he'll look like your old uncle Roy if he didn't shave his head. He kinda doesn't have a choice.

@davidwantsahug 9 лет назад

I don't care if it's a punk band and they jump about a lot. I HATE it when guitarists don't choose to control their own pedalboards.

@lachlanpilgrim3603 7 лет назад

Why

@thomasjwilson87 6 лет назад

davidwantsahug agreed

@andrewpangus5440 5 лет назад

Because its lazy. That's why. Wtf dude?

@ishatonthecarpet.hopemymom898 9 лет назад

So this is what punk rock has become? Meh, I'll stick to my Ramones, Black Flag and Bad Religion album collection.

@lemom1148 9 лет назад

You're so cool

@ishatonthecarpet.hopemymom898 9 лет назад

Christa Robnik Why thank you, young man/lady/whatever.

@cyberraisin 9 лет назад

bad religion plays shows bigger than this. and they also played warped tour which is just...you know....warped tour.

@ishatonthecarpet.hopemymom898 9 лет назад

Vince D I wasn't talking about the venue. I'm more interested in the music.

@cyberraisin 9 лет назад

Fuckball McGee well i really wouldnt compare rise against to ramones, black flag, or bad religion. they come from completely generations of music, and punk at that. and it's pretty foolish to put a band on a bill with linkin park and consider them punk. rise against isn't a good example of modern punk rock. look a little deeper and you'll find great bands like the menzingers, the bouncing souls (sort of newer), against me, and hot water music.

@myworstenemy680 9 лет назад

So the bridge compensates for all pitch change on the E, A and D strings? What's next, a glove that gives strength to the left hand allowing you to play great without practicing?