Rig Rundown - The Black Crowes' Rich Robinson
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Published 2013-10-08
Rig Rundown Playlist: premierguitar.com/rigrundown
Premier Guitar's Jason Shadrick is on location in Madison, WI, where he catches up with The Black Crowes' Rich Robinson's longtime tech, Doug "Red" Redler, to go through the gear Robinson is using on the Crowes' latest tour. A large portion of the band's gear was damaged during Hurricane Sandy and Redler had to replace nearly everything in Robinson's touring rig. On this leg, Robinson was hauling everything from relic'd out Gibsons to Japanese Zemaitis models, and even a few Gretschs and Teles.
All Comments (21)
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I'm largely ambivalent about relics, but some of these comments make me feel very down. If simply playing a relic is enough to make you lose your respect for a musician, then your respect is worth fuck all to begin with.
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The Gretsch at 8:48 reminded me of my White Falcon that also went through Hurricane Sandy. It was at my aunt & uncle's vacation house in Tom's River where the water rose about 6 feet and submerged the guitar from the rear strap button right to in between the pickups as it was on a wall mounted hanger. I thought it was a goner but my uncle (who's a pro luthier in New City, New York) restored it completely in time to get it back to me for Christmas. Best Christmas ever!
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I saw Rich Tuesday night at The Satellite in Los Angeles.. he played n sang amazingly.. :)
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Enough with the relic talk, Rich is an amazing guitarist and songwriter, he can play whatever the hell he wants. as far as I'm concerned this is a beautiful collection of guitars
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Seems like a great guitar tech...knows his stuff and seems easy to work with.
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The most beautiful guitars of any of these Rig Rundowns.
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Played guitar on a lot of Black Crowes in a band and had huge influence on my playing. Along with the versatility of Open G and others. Jealous Again and Angels.
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@20:15 when Jason mics the 12-string guitar it sounds huge, man. What a guitar!
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This was great! Doug really knows his stuff.... good dude and great interview.. Thanks Jason!
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OMG! Why has this never been suggested to me until now??!
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Thanks for doing this. Rich has the finest gear. damn
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That black flood Gretsch looks amazing.
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Gosh, Those 335s are gorgeuos
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great rig rundown
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The dude is a guitar tech, who are normally fairly shy people anyway. He likely didn't ask to be on video. He's giving us the ins and outs, chill out.
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Great interview! I found out a lot of stuff.
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Playing in open G (DGDGBD), makes it possible to play a bar chord with one finger, or a slide. Keith Richards among many others are also known for using this tuning, hence the edgy blues shuffles. Gives a very fat tone!
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Great guitar tech, thanks for sharing.
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Need to get the book
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to each their own. i have an MJT relic cabronita in my collection, and while it's not my absolute favorite guitar, it's a great quality beater/traveler. very nice to take to friend's houses or something and not have to worry about little brothers, kids, or drunk adults 'abusing' it.
