Green Day Rig Rundown Gear Tour with 's Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Jason White

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  • čas přidán 13. 05. 2013
  • (www.premierguitar.com/Video/) Premier Guitar's Chris Kies is on location at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb, IL, where he catches up with Green Day's guitar and bass techs before their spring 2013 "99 Revolutions' tour in support of their three latest albums, 'Uno,' 'Dos,' and 'Tre'.'
    For more Rig Rundowns or to watch one of PG's 2,000 other videos, click www.premierguitar.com/video
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  • @VaanBeast226
    @VaanBeast226 Před 10 lety +4469

    "Oh this? This is the gum Ibanez made custom just for me to chew loud as hell during interviews, lots of volume, lots of gain"

    • @peterhbyrne
      @peterhbyrne Před 9 lety +72

      that cracked me up! my biggest pet peeve noshon on cud

    • @KeeperOfPoops
      @KeeperOfPoops Před 6 lety +15

      it's not just Hans, Tyler Sweet which is Brian Setzer's technician is also guilty of chewing gum

    • @racoonlover3000
      @racoonlover3000 Před 6 lety +12

      Travis Turner no it's actually a fender custom shop from California, do your research brah.

    • @katiericketts2618
      @katiericketts2618 Před 6 lety +5

      Travis Turner

    • @facuaguinaga6100
      @facuaguinaga6100 Před 6 lety +7

      entré a ver los comentarios a ver si alguien puteaba por como masticaba el chicle. primer comentario. 895 likes. te quiero.

  • @BurntSquirrel
    @BurntSquirrel Před 5 lety +3084

    "CHOMP CHOMP SMACK CHOMP CHOMP" YEah this probably has a "CHOMP CHOMP SMACK CHOMP CHOMP" a P90 in it I think "SMACK SLURP CHOMP CHOMP"

  • @christopherjamesblackwell
    @christopherjamesblackwell Před 4 lety +2057

    Legend has it that if you go to this arena to this day you can still hear the sound of gum being chewed.

    • @brittonkitten
      @brittonkitten Před 3 lety +18

      Underrated comment

    • @rockyjohnson7051
      @rockyjohnson7051 Před 3 lety +6

      Lmao!!!

    • @falsafah2moslem
      @falsafah2moslem Před 2 lety

      Pls watching the real amazing guitar player czcams.com/video/LxB8ek3W2kU/video.html "sweet child o'mine" Guns n'roses by alip ba ta
      Amazing skills guitar player with 5.12M subscriber

    • @MrBarefoot09
      @MrBarefoot09 Před 2 lety +6

      Its just awesome hearing some bloke slurp his spit while you are trying to watch a rig rundown

    • @hizzilary5491
      @hizzilary5491 Před 2 lety +8

      c h o m p c h o m p *heavy breathing* c h o m p c h o m p *heavy breathing*

  • @laughs2651
    @laughs2651 Před 4 lety +392

    *after he goes through all the guitars amps and pedals*
    "what kinda gum u chewin? ....ppl are gonna wanna know"
    "and this is the Custom double mint special, u know the regular ones with like 3 mm thickness,very simple ...flavor lasts about 20 mins of chewing ...15 if u chew harder"

  • @thejebdude3241
    @thejebdude3241 Před 7 lety +2603

    Q: What tuning is that in
    A: (chews gum, breaths heavily)

  • @chris61981
    @chris61981 Před 3 lety +435

    Hans is actually lovely. He's helped me out over Instagram and even agreed to set up one of my guitars for free because I'm such a big GD fan. He just likes his chewing gum

    • @sprite_6911
      @sprite_6911 Před 2 lety +7

      What's his insta? I'd love to talk with him more about guitars and such!

    • @sprite_6911
      @sprite_6911 Před 2 lety +6

      @@karlsmith7016 I see, I respect that.

    • @sisao80
      @sisao80 Před 2 lety +4

      Mommy told me not to chew and speak.

    • @trevorflint5672
      @trevorflint5672 Před 2 lety +1

      @@sisao80 but mummy did😂

    • @degen3062
      @degen3062 Před 2 lety

      You’re a Grateful Dead fan?;)

  • @bonezyboy34
    @bonezyboy34 Před 3 lety +464

    Mad props to whoever made it through this whole video

  • @zachhallemann512
    @zachhallemann512 Před 2 lety +115

    Because I know this is what people came for, here’s all the settings:
    Billie Joe Armstrong
    Top head (Pete) settings
    Presence: 5
    Bass: 6
    Middle: 6
    Treble: 4
    Master: 4
    Gain: 4
    Lower head (Meat) settings
    Presence: 5
    Bass: 6
    Middle: 6
    Treble: 4
    Master: 4
    Gain: 3
    Boss BD-2 Blues Driver settings
    Level knob is set up at 1 o'clock, gain - at 10, and tone - at 3.
    Jason White
    Top head (Dookie mod) settings
    Presence: 4
    Bass: 7
    Middle: 6
    Treble: 4
    Master: 2
    Gain: 2
    Bottom head (SE Lead mod) settings
    Presence: 2
    Bass: 6
    Middle: 4
    Treble: 6
    Master: 2
    Gain: 3
    Chandler Limited Little Devil Colored Boost settings
    Boost Range is set to MIDs
    Color Boost - 2.5
    Feedback & Bias - 2
    Highs are set to Smooth
    Mike Dirnt
    Fender Super Bassman settings
    Volume - 6,5
    Bass - 7
    Mid - 7
    Treble - 7,5
    Gain - 7
    Blend - 3
    Volume - 5
    Bass - 7,5
    Freq - 8
    Mid-Level - 6
    Treble - 8
    Master - 4
    And his cabinets of choice is Fender stock speakers.
    Universal Amp Settings for Jason, Billie, and Mike
    Gain - 6
    Treble - 10
    Mid - 8
    Bass - 5
    Reverb - 3

  • @waterblonk
    @waterblonk Před 9 lety +1041

    Half of the comments on this video are about the gum.

  • @travissexsmith5362
    @travissexsmith5362 Před 7 lety +289

    "Double Cut Jr... nom nom nom..."

  • @jacobynt6851
    @jacobynt6851 Před 5 lety +48

    Went down to the comments to roast the gum chewing and realized it's been thoroughly covered for years. Proud of you

  • @goodknight37
    @goodknight37 Před 5 lety +367

    “The angled pickup sounds completely different”. Why is that? “...uhhh”

    • @scottlapier4363
      @scottlapier4363 Před 4 lety +83

      "I'm not an expert, I'm just the guy who does all the technical work."

    • @YTOnceAgain
      @YTOnceAgain Před 4 lety +37

      He didn't even ask directly about the reason it makes a difference. He asked why Billie preferred it this way (i.e. what the tonal differences are).
      And the "tech" is checkmated with the first question.
      "Eddie van Halen... same thing... sounds completely different."
      I tell you why these PUs are slanted: Because the bay for the original single coil already was. So it's just easier to carve it this way.
      Tonal differences? Probably. But most probably just as a side effect rather than an aim.

    • @Ottophil
      @Ottophil Před 4 lety +13

      Caleb its not for tone. Its a gibson pickup with fender string spacing. It needs to be angled to reach all the strings

    • @lect0n7
      @lect0n7 Před 4 lety +5

      @@Ottophil
      that's 1/2 of the reason, the Gibson String Spacing vs. Fender (then Floyd Rose) String Spacing... it also has to do with the magnetic pull of the pickups to the strings

    • @lect0n7
      @lect0n7 Před 4 lety +3

      @@Ottophil
      it's the magnetic resistance to the strings too

  •  Před 8 lety +1552

    It's so annoying to hear the guy chewing gum if you are in headphones! LOL

  • @antonlundstedt5517
    @antonlundstedt5517 Před 7 lety +755

    i learnt more about how his gum sound than what makes billies sound

    • @racoonlover3000
      @racoonlover3000 Před 6 lety +40

      It's fender custom shop gum made in California. Lots of gain, lots of volume. It's a little to much treble for me but it has excellent bass control.

    • @rahimboulfekhar2255
      @rahimboulfekhar2255 Před 4 lety +2

      @@racoonlover3000 for the gum

    • @cafesociety8525
      @cafesociety8525 Před 2 lety

      Both are annoying as hell so...

    • @falsafah2moslem
      @falsafah2moslem Před 2 lety

      Pls watching the real amazing guitar player czcams.com/video/LxB8ek3W2kU/video.html "sweet child o'mine" Guns n'roses by alip ba ta
      Amazing skills guitar player with 5.12M subscriber

    • @miseryparty3726
      @miseryparty3726 Před 2 lety

      @@falsafah2moslem no one cares.

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo Před 5 lety +474

    Nobody is seeing the Australian Beer shirt, but everyone hearing the gum chewing sounds..weird

    • @philhudson...5017
      @philhudson...5017 Před 3 lety +7

      Victorian Bitter beer... you can get it tuning a guitar lifting a speaker box.... as a matter of fact....utube Victoria bitter beer.....🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺✌👍

    • @kamuromat
      @kamuromat Před 3 lety +5

      vb longneck

    • @playitstrange129
      @playitstrange129 Před 3 lety +3

      any Aussie will tell ya, if that yank came up to you at the pub wearing that shirt with that obnoxious accent, everyone's "yank tourist" radars would start going off and people would instantly be trying to avoid him.. but if you were unlucky and had him come up to you, chewing in your face like that, he would be leaving the pub without a face himself!! what a fuckin' dubbo...

    • @choppy8574
      @choppy8574 Před 2 lety +5

      VB is the worst beer

  • @ronnieDshman18
    @ronnieDshman18 Před 3 lety +58

    I have to admit, between this guy knowing less than everyone watching the video, the entire audio being swamped with his gun chewing, every single comment mentioning the gum chewing, and the fact that we didnt get to hear any of the guitars, i’d say this is the best-of-the-worst rig run down

    • @leob4403
      @leob4403 Před 7 měsíci

      Well arent you just a whiny little b----

  • @jjwex
    @jjwex Před 8 lety +260

    I love Green Day, but I am super glad we had a host. I feel like they weren't even interested. Thank god our host was able to pull information out of them. The only one that even seemed interested was the bass tech.

    • @jonsimpson6219
      @jonsimpson6219 Před 4 lety +9

      eff that, the guy asked the most worthless questions when it comes to being a gear head. Hes asking fanzine questions from 1999

    • @anthonykeve8894
      @anthonykeve8894 Před 4 lety +1

      I’m a bass player that would hire another tech

  • @Ben-ed5jt
    @Ben-ed5jt Před 7 lety +607

    The reason that the pickup sounds different when angled is that it picks up the higher notes closer to the bridge, which means that the string vibrates with less amplitude than say, then say, near the neck. This gives it a more focused, spikey sound. On the contrary, the three lower strings are picked up further from the bridge, which gives them a more mellow sound, but more volume. Fun fact: Because Jimi Hendrix was left handed, and he played upside-down Stratocasters, his bridge pickup was always reversed so that the Low E string was closest to the bridge, and this is responsible for his very aggressive sound on the lower strings.

    • @spenceranderson6333
      @spenceranderson6333 Před 7 lety +41

      Ben it's funny because his guitar tech couldn't figure it out even though a 12 year old who only played guitar for one year new why it was angled ( just not as in depth as you)

    • @Seabee156
      @Seabee156 Před 7 lety +9

      Ben NEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDD!!!!! (Your explanation makes sense though)

    • @DavidHudson
      @DavidHudson Před 6 lety +15

      That makes sense. You deserve to be Billie's new guitar tech now.

    • @kevinbuttry8135
      @kevinbuttry8135 Před 5 lety +3

      But dont you kinda have it backwards?
      The pickup is slanted away from the bridge on the bass "side" of the guitar thus giving it MORE roundness on the bottom.

    • @FirstLast-vv6lv
      @FirstLast-vv6lv Před 4 lety

      Ben v Jimi didnt swap his strings

  • @MichaelD8393
    @MichaelD8393 Před 3 lety +99

    Just when you thought Dee Dee Ramone was dead, he came back to life in 2013 and became Mike Dirnt's bass tech!

    • @falsafah2moslem
      @falsafah2moslem Před 2 lety

      Pls watching the real amazing guitar player czcams.com/video/LxB8ek3W2kU/video.html "sweet child o'mine" Guns n'roses by alip ba ta
      Amazing skills guitar player with 5.12M subscriber

    • @devintariel3769
      @devintariel3769 Před 2 lety +8

      ARE BASS AMPS YOU CRANK EM UP AND THEY...THEY WORK

  • @AndruJorj
    @AndruJorj Před 5 lety +81

    I've always thought Mike Dirnt had the best bass tone on the first few Green Day records.

    • @kristdelgado
      @kristdelgado Před rokem +2

      ​@@Goldfishliberationarmy Mike used Gallien Krueger amp and Mesa Boogie cabinets.

    • @poindextertunes
      @poindextertunes Před 3 měsíci

      when i come around 🔥

  • @yngvai777
    @yngvai777 Před 10 lety +616

    I clicked to hear this guy gnawing on gum.

    • @piepie-vj6gg
      @piepie-vj6gg Před 6 lety +1

      well
      at least he's not having a whole lunch during this interview

    • @VegetaAlex
      @VegetaAlex Před 3 lety +1

      🤣

  • @dfsdeadline
    @dfsdeadline Před 8 lety +1027

    Wrigley's Spearmint brought me here

  • @uglycasanova4240
    @uglycasanova4240 Před 4 lety +75

    Nothing beats a good "Gum Solo"..

  • @tristanmoore9265
    @tristanmoore9265 Před 6 lety +104

    I love how on one of the guitars you can see just how aggressively he plays.

    • @trialversion2617
      @trialversion2617 Před 3 lety +14

      I can’t imagine missing the strings by that much and just smacking my hand there

    • @falsafah2moslem
      @falsafah2moslem Před 2 lety +1

      Pls watching the real amazing guitar player czcams.com/video/LxB8ek3W2kU/video.html "sweet child o'mine" Guns n'roses by alip ba ta
      Amazing skills guitar player with 5.12M subscriber

    • @johnjohnson9093
      @johnjohnson9093 Před rokem +3

      Chomp champ slurp...guitars

  • @MattInTehHat22
    @MattInTehHat22 Před 8 lety +54

    Interviewer: "How does he (Mike) like to run these amps in terms of settings?"
    Tech: "Uhh... we got an overdrive here" "These amps have won awards"

  • @TheClockspeed
    @TheClockspeed Před 9 lety +177

    I watched this with headphones on. It was like the guitar tech was physically inserting his gum into my ear.

    • @ryanjohnston4249
      @ryanjohnston4249 Před 5 lety +6

      That sounds...mildly erotic.

    • @arnoldcorns8879
      @arnoldcorns8879 Před 4 lety +3

      Me too, what a fu**er with his gum. Thats a pitty, cause i really would have enjoyed to see BillieJoes gear. Why hasn' one of the Premier guys told him??

    • @falsafah2moslem
      @falsafah2moslem Před 2 lety

      Pls watching the real amazing guitar player czcams.com/video/LxB8ek3W2kU/video.html "sweet child o'mine" Guns n'roses by alip ba ta
      Amazing skills guitar player with 5.12M subscriber

  • @Kcapgar
    @Kcapgar Před 4 lety +45

    Forget the gum. I hate how clueless he is on some of the stuff. “ I think this has an antiquity “. I feel like a tech for someone as big as green day. Should know everything. This guy acts too cool to have to know.

    • @dip_doop
      @dip_doop Před 4 lety +6

      kevin apgar honestly when you watch some videos of the band themselves they know literally everything about their instruments. it's almost like this guy's job is to know these things

  • @geeewhizz3245
    @geeewhizz3245 Před 4 lety +109

    "Hi I'm Green day's guitar tech, I was tragically born without a personality"

    • @arbazann
      @arbazann Před 3 lety +1

      Lol

    • @dogpetdog
      @dogpetdog Před 3 lety +4

      the interviewer is even worse

    • @geeewhizz3245
      @geeewhizz3245 Před 2 lety

      @@karlsmith7016 I'm sure he is, dude. Just joking around

    • @greenfly1264
      @greenfly1264 Před 2 lety

      @@karlsmith7016 yea. I'm stage crew, he is .

  • @felixnilbog4517
    @felixnilbog4517 Před 8 lety +71

    You have the entire rest of your life to chew gum but you decided to chew it during your interview. Thanks dude

    • @justinpridham7919
      @justinpridham7919 Před rokem

      I seriously would rather he nodded out and overdosed. At least the comment section was cool. Had to mute this guy. Damn, I was a fan before the breakdown

  • @josephfenwick1056
    @josephfenwick1056 Před 10 lety +119

    And uh *chew chew chew*

  • @gunnerpup7288
    @gunnerpup7288 Před 4 lety +43

    I love when you guys include the bass player. I know most people are guitarist, but as a bass player, I like to see what a lot of these bassist are using and stuff. So thanks for that @premierguitar

    • @darkivy4124
      @darkivy4124 Před 3 lety +3

      I think they should do drums as well

  • @YourPalAnnus
    @YourPalAnnus Před 4 lety +58

    Billie’s Rundown-
    (Beware of vigorous gum chewing)
    0:00-13:03
    Jason’s Rundown-
    (Overall him not not really knowing shit)
    13:03-20:15
    Mike’s Rundown-
    20:15-26:28

  • @chuckelator
    @chuckelator Před 11 lety +20

    Trust me.. once you REALLY get into playing, and understanding amps, effects, pickups, and other gear... You'll be dying to know EVERY little nuance to your favorite player's sound! I've been playing for about 20 years now and can't get enough of these Rig Rundowns!

    • @heyimjoshnicetomeetya
      @heyimjoshnicetomeetya Před 8 měsíci

      So true

    • @critie
      @critie Před 5 měsíci

      100% true. I love it. i am about to get a custom tele with qtr pound pickups. cant wait to see what i can do with it.

  • @colico14
    @colico14 Před 8 lety +15

    I love how Mike's tech calls him "Steve" at the end..haha.

  • @DetroitWrecker666
    @DetroitWrecker666 Před 4 lety +18

    Around 1:08 "I'm still trying to figure out in my mind, why it sounds that way" DUDE!!!

    • @chaplaincadet
      @chaplaincadet Před 4 lety +3

      Seriously, this dude makes $90,000 yearly likely

    • @DetroitWrecker666
      @DetroitWrecker666 Před 4 lety +7

      @@chaplaincadet and there's ALL KINDS of guys like this out there! They have NO CLUE. Call themselves a "tech" because they learned how to put on a set of strings. And people think they are good because, they are so and so's "tech" They would be BLOWN away if I came in and maintained his rig! And I don't know shit! But I know better than this jerk off.

    • @DetroitWrecker666
      @DetroitWrecker666 Před 3 lety

      @Michael Wong Yeah, I know, and you know that. But the tech can't figure out why it sounds the way it does! LOL!!!

    • @msgdob86
      @msgdob86 Před 3 lety

      @Detroit Wrecker So? He's got a heck of a lot more to worry about than why a pickup sounds the way it does. It sounds good, so they use it. He maintains, restrings, wires everything, and keeps up every single piece of his rig. Give it up.

  • @charlietheoneonly16
    @charlietheoneonly16 Před 3 lety +7

    00:17 - BJ
    - Guitars 0:30
    - Amps 7:29
    - Tech setup / Effects 9:08
    13:03 - Jason
    - Guitars 13:13
    - Amps 16:03
    - Tech setup / Effects 17:18
    20:15 - Mike
    - Basses 20:23
    - Amps 24:17

  • @COBHC8890
    @COBHC8890 Před 8 lety +106

    I prefer the rundowns to be done by the Artist. The last few ones I watched presented by the tech, they just do a crappy job imo.

    • @KeeperOfPoops
      @KeeperOfPoops Před 6 lety +5

      i agree, every single video that's just got a stupid knobhead doing the gear instead of the actual guitarist i class as clickbait and is a shit video

    • @ebathurst9216
      @ebathurst9216 Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah like the ZZ Top rundown would have been so good, but that guy was so boring

    • @jaygee434
      @jaygee434 Před 3 lety +3

      The RHCP one is good, the techs are super into there jobs and breaking down every minute detail of the rigs.
      Super refreshing like the gum Billie Joel's tech is using

    • @brandonfleming7118
      @brandonfleming7118 Před 3 lety +1

      The ACDC one was great.

    • @falsafah2moslem
      @falsafah2moslem Před 2 lety

      Pls watching the real amazing guitar player czcams.com/video/LxB8ek3W2kU/video.html "sweet child o'mine" Guns n'roses by alip ba ta
      Amazing skills guitar player with 5.12M subscriber

  • @TheGamingMaximus
    @TheGamingMaximus Před 9 lety +379

    am I the only one who was waiting for Billie to come out of no were and do something crazy?

    • @TheGamingMaximus
      @TheGamingMaximus Před 8 lety +10

      +Matthew Wood lol that would have been perfect XD

    • @apurvatripathi2192
      @apurvatripathi2192 Před 8 lety +4

      ya...me too!!😁

    • @mattsucksatmusic4817
      @mattsucksatmusic4817 Před 7 lety +26

      TheGamingMaximus you are the top comment that's not about chewing gum

    • @KeeperOfPoops
      @KeeperOfPoops Před 6 lety +4

      no, but i knew right from the beginning of this video it wouldn't have the lads, it'd just be some random fuckboys showing off the gear, it's always the good artists that can't get off their ass to show their gear

    • @Mr.E.26
      @Mr.E.26 Před 6 lety +3

      Yeah and two days after Billie does "something crazy" the management will put out a press release apologising for "any offence caused" like they did after his infamous 1 minute rant/meltdown.

  • @danb5060
    @danb5060 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I love Hans. Dude is the nicest dude ever. At a Longshot show he took my phone so he could take pictures for me off the amp setting on Billie Joe’s amps/pedals. Class act

  • @RuudClaessen
    @RuudClaessen Před 4 lety +193

    For a guitar tech he doesn't seem to know a whole lot. One of the least inspired rig rundowns I've seen tbh!

    • @anthonymeloni
      @anthonymeloni Před 4 lety +1

      Ruud Claessen he does know a lot I’ve chatted with him over instagram a couple of times he knows his stuff

    • @DroneShotFPV
      @DroneShotFPV Před 4 lety +13

      He DEFINITELY knows all about chewing gum, LOUDLY.. It reminds me of how I tell my son to chew with his mouth closed, and mind his manners! lol

    • @1980bwc
      @1980bwc Před 4 lety +1

      His name is Hans........nuff said

    • @pablo9364
      @pablo9364 Před 4 lety +9

      Ruud Claessen Yeah they all seemed a bit distant like they were hung over or not bothered . Not too friendly . Still interesting

    • @cardbored_
      @cardbored_ Před 3 lety +8

      You should hear him talk about his true passion, gum!

  • @PhpGtr
    @PhpGtr Před 10 lety +13

    I love his explanation on string tension on the Fender vs Gibson. He totally nailed the "10s on a Fender, 10s on a Gibson" part.

  • @fergusmacleod9540
    @fergusmacleod9540 Před 8 lety +110

    Oh my god he kept my hulk mask oh my gooooood

  • @kenyy0
    @kenyy0 Před 3 lety +2

    I have watched this video at least 7 times by now

  • @lukemurray7744
    @lukemurray7744 Před 5 lety +13

    “Disposable guitar” FML

  • @DrummingMoose
    @DrummingMoose Před 10 lety +19

    I would know why Blue has an angled humbucker. When George Cole (Billie Joe's former guitar teacher) gave him the
    Bill Lawrence pickup, he just made the angled hole bigger to make the humbucker installation job easier, if anything.

    • @DrummingMoose
      @DrummingMoose Před 10 lety +1

      +Jason Onessimo No it was to make the humbucker fit without buying a new pickguard. Blue has an 8-Hole Pickguard like Vintage 50's Fender Strats so it was easier to put in without putting in a lot of effort. Also the spacing is for a Gibson guitar, which is different than a Fender guitar.

    • @theotherone2783
      @theotherone2783 Před 7 lety

      OldSchoolAddict not true, if you look in early videos of green day, the original pickup isn't angled

    • @andrejs1828
      @andrejs1828 Před 7 lety +1

      Your wrong it was angled

    • @nirvanatemplefighters2714
      @nirvanatemplefighters2714 Před 6 lety +2

      PaceHDGaming your wrong. Look at pictures from 1989, he has his Bill Lawrence angled. It's always been angled

  • @connorcunningham1332
    @connorcunningham1332 Před 7 lety +461

    Him chewing the gum and breathing is so annoying

    • @onetwothreeBRJ
      @onetwothreeBRJ Před 7 lety +33

      It's a Seymour *CHEW* *CHEW* DUNCAN

    • @pshep138
      @pshep138 Před 7 lety +10

      Seriously, I had to stop the video. Listening on headphones and the chewing was way too gross.

    • @youngcoconut4778
      @youngcoconut4778 Před 7 lety +1

      Connor Cunningham so...NMNMNAMNMNM

    • @jeffreyromulo531
      @jeffreyromulo531 Před 6 lety

      MotleyMetal 1981 rhke

  • @ellieosteen8322
    @ellieosteen8322 Před 4 lety +13

    Man I’d love to see one of these for Tre’s kit

    • @falsafah2moslem
      @falsafah2moslem Před 2 lety

      Pls watching the real amazing guitar player czcams.com/video/LxB8ek3W2kU/video.html "sweet child o'mine" Guns n'roses by alip ba ta
      Amazing skills guitar player with 5.12M subscriber

  • @SonicRave1
    @SonicRave1 Před 4 lety +93

    The First Rig Rundown where the guitar tech knows nothing about the guitars.

  • @mfwdead
    @mfwdead Před 8 lety +51

    Of all techs, I think Mike's is the coolest.

    • @javierherrera8782
      @javierherrera8782 Před 3 lety

      You haven't seen MESHUGGAH'S tech.
      He is the coolest cause he really knows his shit. Really!

    • @snuffldyduffldy3889
      @snuffldyduffldy3889 Před 3 lety +5

      I love it how Mike can just be like, slap a leopard print on a bass, and his tech is like yeah gimme one week to make it myself

    • @anthonyvukmanich9357
      @anthonyvukmanich9357 Před 2 lety +1

      Right, he's actually one of the guitar players in, eagles of death metal

  • @Beatleman91
    @Beatleman91 Před 8 lety +21

    "The angle of a humbucker makes a guitar sound special, signature". Is this Spinal Tap, or is it me?

    • @dkyelak
      @dkyelak Před 8 lety +2

      The tech doesn't even know.

    • @JazzRadioFfm
      @JazzRadioFfm Před 8 lety +7

      well. the sound of the higher strings is being picked up closer to the bridge that way. similar as the sound changes when you switch from neck to bridge pickup, the higher strings get a bit more harsh and less round. might sound more aggressive that way. anyway, the roadie is supposed to know that kind of shit. that's also why hendrix sounds different from the start, since he uses the guitar the other way round, the direction of the pickup-angle is upside down.

    • @anthonykeve8894
      @anthonykeve8894 Před 4 lety +3

      That tech is a moron

  • @maca5645
    @maca5645 Před 4 lety +29

    I guess we have gotten used to super friendly, cool,down to earth and knowledgeable guitar techs in previous rig rundowns.
    Gum dude is a work in progress.

  • @zattrill7894
    @zattrill7894 Před 2 lety +6

    It was nice of Dee Dee to come back to life and tell us about mikes basses

  • @isaacjeter9468
    @isaacjeter9468 Před 7 lety +14

    There was an amp under the pink Marshall that said the network

  • @moistchoice
    @moistchoice Před 9 lety +93

    Watched 2 minutes and had to quit. Can't handle the chewing gum sound

    • @KeeperOfPoops
      @KeeperOfPoops Před 6 lety

      it's not just Hans, Tyler Sweet which is Brian Setzer's technician is also guilty of chewing gum
      And legit right at the start when we see Chris Kies with Hans, you can clearly see Hans chewing it

  • @billyrouse4813
    @billyrouse4813 Před 3 lety +5

    After seven years, the pickup question on Blue can be answered. The different string spacing on a fender style guitar is why EVH angled his pickup, and most likely why Billie Joe angled his.

    • @kristianjohnsen7995
      @kristianjohnsen7995 Před rokem +1

      I think the main reason actually is that is originally a single coil. Easier to fit a humbucker angled in the screw holes. But then again it looks and sounds cooler than a straight humbucker in my opinion.

  • @CREA9TURE
    @CREA9TURE Před rokem +7

    Everytime the actual tech goes through the gear you know the artist doesn't have a clue what's in there. I love Jim Root's rundown because he always does them himself.

    • @TUUK2006
      @TUUK2006 Před rokem +2

      In my industry experience, artists are massively distanced from their gear and the rest of their world. They don't know what their rider has in it and some artists don't even know what gear they're playing through. The Edge is one of the worst. Dude would be fucked without Dallas.

    • @DesertDweller1
      @DesertDweller1 Před 6 měsíci

      Some artists don't care because they'll be fine with just about anything over their shoulder. It's the techs and the guitar companies who say "you need to try his and that." The artist's response is "yeah ok, whatever".

  • @JeffMcGovern12
    @JeffMcGovern12 Před 10 lety +6

    I couldn't stop laughing at 22:21 when Mikes bass tech said "Uh yeah, all the stuff." make my day

  • @premierguitar
    @premierguitar  Před 11 lety +8

    Probably not the best chance to do a Rig Rundown since the techs are often in charge of switching effects, monitoring their guy (gal) on stage to make sure they're happy with their guitar, overall sound, and to always be prepared for the unaccepted. Plus, we know how much you guys hate the occasional soundchecking drummer, just imagine the background noise our mics would be picking up if a show was happening?!
    Thanks for watching,

  • @jconner3891
    @jconner3891 Před 3 lety +1

    Love these so called old rig rundowns before the kemper ,axe fx and helix.

  • @Melanies_ver_k12
    @Melanies_ver_k12 Před 3 lety +21

    This guy seems more like a guitar grabber and string changer than most techs

  • @FPSRunner
    @FPSRunner Před 10 lety +34

    Funny how Billie's tech called their old tunings E Flat, whereas Jason's tech called it D#, they must run on different wave lengths.

    • @cardbored_
      @cardbored_ Před 3 lety +4

      LOL we’ll it’s the same depending on key

    • @GlennJimenez
      @GlennJimenez Před 3 lety +4

      Potato, potatoe

    • @smoothedoutband2019
      @smoothedoutband2019 Před 3 lety +1

      Well those two different names are basically the same tuning 😂

    • @kristianjohnsen7995
      @kristianjohnsen7995 Před 3 lety +3

      Even funnier Jason’s tech called it drop D#. Drop tuning is quite different from half step down

  • @cadeallen7210
    @cadeallen7210 Před 8 lety +282

    *chewing noises* uhhhh

  • @XxStonedImmaculatexX
    @XxStonedImmaculatexX Před 2 lety +3

    I agree on the angled pickup, I have one too and it sounds way cooler than my other guitars with normal angled pickups.
    It comes down to tone, the pickup poles for the low E string are closer to the neck which gives it a thicker sound and the high E string is closer to the bridge which is what you really want tone wise.
    The magnets are going to pick up the sound based on their location!

  • @Tyler_Wilson
    @Tyler_Wilson Před 4 lety +48

    I like how his guitar tech doesn’t know jack shit about Billie’s guitars... “I think it has a Seymour Duncan...”

    • @JayK20
      @JayK20 Před 4 lety +7

      Tyler W they pay him to be a guitar tech and he can barely even talk about guitars let alone be a guitar tech

  • @jaketorres6670
    @jaketorres6670 Před 9 lety +30

    the angle changes it because the magnets that pick up the g, b, and e string are placed closer to the bridge, therefore those strings will have a bit more treble without adding volume to his tone.

    • @DrummingMoose
      @DrummingMoose Před 9 lety +4

      It also gives the bottom three strings more low end

    • @Ascalis1
      @Ascalis1 Před 9 lety +2

      I know it's late, but I'd like to thank you for having more professionalism and knowledge than the guitar tech. Kudos

    • @DrummingMoose
      @DrummingMoose Před 9 lety +1

      Ascalis1 Thank you

    • @jaketheripper7385
      @jaketheripper7385 Před 6 lety

      Jake Torres while making the wound strings have a bit more pronounced bass and dynamic mid range. Which is the only part that really matters in Billie's case since his playing style relies almost exclusively on downstrokes and heavy string attack. Honestly the part you brought up doesn't even matter since he hardly ever plays any sort of lead type material and wears his guitar so low slung that he can't really even reach those strings in the first place. He doesn't really need to honestly considering 98% of Green Day songs are a various mixture of simple bar chords and power chords. Which most of the sounds you hear with those chords are produced by the bottom three wound strings. Billie's technical style and music composition is utterly simplistic and not extremely dynamic or nuanced, but holy shit is it recognizable and iconic. And damn catchy too!

  • @RoryJoe
    @RoryJoe Před 11 lety +4

    Was lucky enough to catch one of Mike's picks at a gig a good few years back (it was the Warning tour, so a fair few years!). It was a .73mm yellow Dunlop Tortex customised for him. Had his face on it, and instead of "Dunlop" it said "Dumbpunk"and in place of "Tortex" it said "Dirnt".

  • @xuktqy.
    @xuktqy. Před 3 lety +3

    lmao I love that they glued Mike's bass from the iHeart radio festival

  • @KevinBower-gy5be
    @KevinBower-gy5be Před 4 lety +2

    Guitar. Cable. Amp. Everything else is in Billie Joe's fingers. And attitude.

  • @sexta-c4251
    @sexta-c4251 Před 8 lety +77

    You can tell Mike's guitar tech was running out of things to say

    • @KeeperOfPoops
      @KeeperOfPoops Před 6 lety +17

      *bass tech

    • @anina_kathryn
      @anina_kathryn Před 6 lety +3

      William Allison Bass is a kind of guitar

    • @KeeperOfPoops
      @KeeperOfPoops Před 6 lety +7

      @AnnaKathryn but they're reffered to as bass technician

    • @billyrouse4813
      @billyrouse4813 Před 5 lety +3

      AninaKathryn it’s a stringed instrument, but less strings, lower tuning and playing style is different. I’ve played both bass and guitar. Bassists hate to have it called a guitar.

    • @ryanjohnston4249
      @ryanjohnston4249 Před 5 lety +3

      @@billyrouse4813 Bingo. It's more like a hybrid between a guitar and a double bass. The latter being a really big violin. You even bow the damn thing for a lot of classical songs and even some others.

  • @maddogpicker
    @maddogpicker Před 10 lety +44

    Ask what kind of gum he's chewing. Obviously he loves it judging from the chomping sound.

  • @danielpapuga4615
    @danielpapuga4615 Před 4 lety +7

    They need a do a Update Video on this

  • @Polyphemus.
    @Polyphemus. Před 5 lety +10

    "This is the guitar that got broken in Las Vegas"
    "That's it, all one piece"
    Well... it used to be...

  • @kebab_boi
    @kebab_boi Před 8 lety +33

    8:40 proof that the network was green day the whole time.

    • @wrighthanded2083
      @wrighthanded2083 Před 8 lety +2

      Sorry it's not working out

    • @YoDawgoneeleven
      @YoDawgoneeleven Před 7 lety +3

      They admitted to it awhile ago and it's not like we didn't know that already

    • @lesdolores5021
      @lesdolores5021 Před 6 lety +1

      YoDawgoneeleven only Mike did not the rest of them so it's kinda still out there but whatever

  • @intrsoul
    @intrsoul Před 6 lety +3

    I just saw them at Wrigley Field and the guitar sounds were excellent all around. Jason White's 335 with the Fishman setup had a convincing acoustic sound, maybe even more so than a typical acoustic with a piezo.

  • @chrisdaniels2555
    @chrisdaniels2555 Před 5 lety +6

    When the show starts, we plug the guitars into the amps and turn everything on. Then the band plays and afterward we put everything back and go home and go to bed...on to the next day...

  • @brandonswafford861
    @brandonswafford861 Před 3 lety +1

    For some reason, this interview reminds me so much of the interview of Nigel on Spinal Tap about his guitars.

  • @jaketheripper7385
    @jaketheripper7385 Před 6 lety +4

    The way that the pickup sounds different when angled like that is that it has a bit more pronounced bass and more dynamic, "less mushy" mid range. It's that simple. It actually works out because that suits Billie's playing approach pretty perfectly. Seeing that downstrokes and heavy wound string attack are his bread and butter - and a core aspect of that recognizable Green Day "sound", which Hans mentions in the video - it makes the already "thin" and "tinny" sounding guitar sound a bit bigger and heavier, more full.

  • @derontchi
    @derontchi Před 9 lety +6

    This guy's smacking drove me absolutely nuts

  • @chris61981
    @chris61981 Před 3 lety +11

    Guys Hans is actually really really kind. He's spoken to me at great length about green day's gear and has gone above and beyond

    • @FlyingV555
      @FlyingV555 Před 3 lety +1

      Glad to hear that. Guess Premier Guitar caught him at the worst possible time then for this interview. Chewing gum

    • @chris61981
      @chris61981 Před 3 lety +3

      @@FlyingV555 yeah they must have. He's a great guy

    • @probablyahorse1389
      @probablyahorse1389 Před 3 lety +1

      He really seems like a cool dude. The gun chewing wasn't even annoying lol

    • @JD-rq5jf
      @JD-rq5jf Před 2 lety +2

      If you watch some other rundowns, specifically one with Mike Ness of Social Distortion, people think Mike is a dick. I honestly believe it's just that these guys tour and are exhausted. It's probably a chore to do this on top of everything else. We enjoy them, but these dudes all travel and play and work constantly.

    • @chris61981
      @chris61981 Před 2 lety +1

      @@JD-rq5jf indeed

  • @GerryBlue
    @GerryBlue Před 20 dny

    I'm here exactly 11 years later, and that gum still has some flavor in it

  • @RevStitch1
    @RevStitch1 Před 11 lety +8

    Actually Billie said in an interview that he retired blue and his tech came out and said that Billie wanted to retire it because the neck is almost split and he doesn't want to loose that guitar because it was his first so he went to Fernandas (the company that made blue) and built replicas of the guitar same specs and everything so he could still pull it out for the older songs. He still uses Blue on the albums though

  • @lathspell87
    @lathspell87 Před 3 lety +3

    SD Antiquities are fantastic. I use a set of antiquity Surfers for my strat and an antiquity HB for my LP. Looking forward for an excuse to try out their antiquity P-90s.

  • @luukderuijter1332
    @luukderuijter1332 Před 2 lety +2

    >chews gum
    >Refuses to elaborate

  • @ColoradoDreamin
    @ColoradoDreamin Před 2 lety +1

    Just a blues driver and an eq in the pedal chain! Wow, awesome

  • @mt7907
    @mt7907 Před 7 lety +20

    3:42
    Acts
    like
    A
    59'
    JUNIOR
    DOUBLE-CUT
    IS
    NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @Zoso7227
      @Zoso7227 Před 3 lety +1

      Just making sure I wasn’t the only one that heard that

  • @MrJets702
    @MrJets702 Před 8 lety +5

    Jeez Mike Dirnt is a freaking Fender nut

  • @steffenhaas
    @steffenhaas Před 2 lety +4

    Showing the guitars while chewing gum like that is SO spinal tap! 😂

  • @ashooby
    @ashooby Před 5 lety +8

    It's like he just discovered gum and is like, "cool, now I'm one of those like, gum chewing guys"

  • @lesdolores5021
    @lesdolores5021 Před 6 lety +10

    can we appreciate Jason whites playing for a second
    and that Mike's tech is the coolest dude there

  • @julianpottermusic
    @julianpottermusic Před 6 lety +3

    6:28 "Hey this is Billie Joe Armstrong, can I buy your guitar?"

  • @veerchasm1
    @veerchasm1 Před 3 lety +2

    Ah, the fine tradition of chewing gum during an interview. The interviewer needs to ask if they use Bubble Yum or Big Red on tour

  • @AudioReplica2023
    @AudioReplica2023 Před 5 lety +2

    " IM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT" what a genius way to say ; I just dont wanna tell you Billie Joe's tone secret . LOL

  • @gunnargreene2060
    @gunnargreene2060 Před 9 lety +16

    It's not a fender it's a Fernandez

  • @bentackett6299
    @bentackett6299 Před 4 lety +5

    Hear's a direct quote from the video..
    "Om nom nom nom, Seymour Antiquities, om nom"

  • @MilanSamko
    @MilanSamko Před 5 lety

    thanks for videos like this :)

  • @nlrproductions8106
    @nlrproductions8106 Před rokem +2

    I do like how Billie’s guitars have some simple things added by taken away knobs or so on.

  • @joseescobar8807
    @joseescobar8807 Před 3 lety +12

    My dream in life is not to become as famous as Billy Joe, but rather to be like the dude responsible for the guitars breathing heavy and chewing gum anxiously waiting for the next smoke break 🚬

  • @damiana4822
    @damiana4822 Před 10 lety +87

    chewing gum sounds amazing all amplified

  • @DxPxOfficial
    @DxPxOfficial Před 2 lety +2

    “And strings?” “Yeah, there’s some strings on there too”

  • @davemckay4359
    @davemckay4359 Před 2 lety +1

    Cool video. Greenday is a legend.