Rig Rundown - Blackberry Smoke's Charlie Starr and Paul Jackson
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Premier Guitar hung with Charlie Starr and Paul Jackson of Blackberry Smoke just a few hours before they blew the roof off of Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The boys shared their recipe for Southern rock tone that’s as thick as grits and gravy. Special thanks to the band’s tech, David “Doc” Oswalt, for details.
Charlie Starr covers vocals and his share of guitar abuse both live and in the studio. Starr splits up riff duties between a modest collection of guitars. His main axe is a battle-scarred 1956 Les Paul Jr. with the original P-90 pickup. The next guitar is an Echopark Downtowner ’55 Gold Custom (nicknamed “Goldie”) loaded with an Echopark ’58 P-90 in the neck and an Echopark Echotron in the bridge. For slide, Starr uses a custom-made T-style guitar with an ornately engraved top that usually lives in open-G tuning. Naturally, Starr has a P-90 in the bridge and a “lipstick” pickup in the neck. A J. Hamilton “Elizabeth” gives Starr some semi-hollow tones and features a pair of humbuckers with matching wooden pickup rings. Finally, a Gibson Custom Shop Southern Rock Tribute 1959 Les Paul rounds out the arsenal. Recently, Starr had the chance to play J.D. Simo’s ’60 Les Paul and, according to Starr, the Southern Rock LP held up comparably.
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One of my favorite bands these days , Charlie Starr is the real deal .
absolutely love this band they are what 🎶 music is made of pure emotion!
Charlie is every bit as talented as Tom Petty, either of the Van Zant or Allman brothers ... He belongs in those ranks of top Southern Rock Artists ... 👍
They're carrying the flag for southern rock for sure
Tom Petty is arguably one of the greatest American songwriters of all time. They’re not even close…
This band has some of my all time favorite guitar sounds ever.
Especially at the beginning of Like An Arrow (the song).
You need to get out more...
PAF goodness
Brilliant, love those guys, rock guitar as it should sound, one of the best sounding live bands I’ve heard in many years. Charlie and Paul are down to earth guys who love what they do and the result is fantastic!
my favourite band on these days, finally their rig rundown, cheers from brasil
Can't believe I'm just now getting around to how great BBS is ... Charlie Starr and Paul Jackson seem so humble and down to earth, it's a joy to listen to them. That said, as a fellow guitarist I might not have been as gracious as Paul when the annoying as hell (Is that Bevis or Butthead?) interviewer took it upon himself to grab his Firebird off the stand without asking first. Flat out rude.
BBS Fan for life, now!
One of the best guitarists in the last 50 years! This boy's got soul! Southern soul! Blackberry smoke rocks ass! In 2022!
Hey Joey, BlackBerry smoke is the best!
Hell Yeah !! Saw Charlie & Blackberry Smoke last month , Killer show !!
Charlie is an excellent guitarist but "The Best"? That may be a stretch. John Osborn, Joe Bonamassa, John Mayor, Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks, Eric Johnson, Mark Knoffler, Albert Lee, Carlos Santana and 1000s more, those are the living best in my opinion and there is simply no comparison whatsoever...Great front man and vocalist though. Nice tone too!
@@ajsmusic2561 I hear what you're saying but it's not a competition... Some people like Jimi Hendrix, some people don't.. All this "this is the best guitarplayer" bullcrap is really tiresome.
@@simonvanderheijden432 I totally agree!
Charlie is a great teacher .
Really, really love the band's talent and playing.
What really gets me is Charlie's playing abilitiy while he's singing. Man, just something I've never been able to do well, while it comes so easy to others.
Charlie - What a nice guy and he really loves and knows his gear. Tone is phenomenal.
Premature post - Paul is equally king and genuine.
They're so calm being so close to sound check and actual show.
..these dudes , especially Charlie have really earned my respect over the years ...saw um live several years ago in ATL ...the thing that stood out most was that Charlie worked his ASS off .. not ur typical singer Strummer ...he does it all on guitar ....and a really nice humble guy ....cheers BBS
I won a radio show and got to go backstage and meet these guys for a"meet and greet". Told them I was musician they let me fool around on one of their guitars told me I was "pretty good". Which coming from most people would be kind of a letdown?,But coming from those guys I took it as a compliment. They signed a bunch of vinyl records for me. Charlie was a great Guy(a humble man)I'm not going to lie,the guys got me drunk doing shots of whiskey. And I had been drinking during the show too so I got pretty freaking drunk backstage...lol
@@ziggylayneable .. that's a great story ..... hopefully you gotta few pics ....my daughter does PR work for Derek Trucks and Susan .... they're actually good friends ...so I myself know about some backstage party's 👍
@@ziggylayneable what, they didn’t share the hard stuff with ya, like cocaine or heroine or meth? Women? Lol
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
DO NOT MISS THIS BAND LIVE!!
Thx...they seem 2b getting good press especially live
+Rigo es Amor Fantastic Live Band!
I’ve been lucky enough to see them live in Portland Oregon... and meet and shake Charlie’s hand... super nice dude!!!
You got it tommy!
I saw the Allman Bros and these guys are a joke in that league. Yes, bar band, great. But that is the extent. Surprised they have not pushed their original music, that is GREAT!!!
Love this band no nonsense straight up Rock'n'roll
Been listening to these guys for years now. Glad they’re finally getting the credit they deserve.
Agree big time with the comment about these guys having that tone we're all searching for. They have such a punch without unnecessary noise! I love it!
Awesome Rig Rundown!!! Simplicity at its finest!!! Love that parts tele with the woodwork! Bet it sounds amazing!!!
I haven't said it yet but Charlie is a star!!!!! Amazing lead and rhythm talent!! Thank you Mr star!
"I can't say enough about the Gibson Custom Shop..." Yeah... if I were being given Gibson Custom Shop guitars at Epiphone prices, I imagine I wouldn't be able to say enough about it either. The rest of us think they're a tad overpriced for what they do.
but they sell, people buy em at those prices, doesn't make you a better guitar player to play a more expensive guitar, i guess if you make a living playing guitar good for you if you have awesome axe. with dwindling music sales revenue its good that big guys like Gibson give back to those giving visibility to their products in the first place. right? I mean most greats start off with cheap gear and try to get the best gear they could for their ambitions and the sound in their heads. Gibson makes money then pays taxes and skilled crafts people in the USA. I dont know where the hell your from but I would never bash on someone from my country that builds weapons of peace and community. when so many people support country that support war and treats its people like slaves. But another great company is Godin guitars, for the price, workmanship and versatility its utterly underrated. everyone leads their own life right? doesn't force you to obey recommendations of some sort.
justrockon426 I sold all my fenders. One godin does more than them all combined
Interesting reading these comments. They are attractive to my generation and we do not spend money like the kids do. I was recently working with BB Kings old band for the last four years since his passing. One would think people would be in line to see us but no and it was becoming difficult to even get decent bookings. Covid nailed the coffin down and it is no more. Unless you have had hit records the industry is not kind to older aged bands? That said these guys have done a fantastic job!!!
Charlies so good on the guitar, and I Love his voice, nice guy. :)
Blackberry Smoke= the most laid-back band members ever. :) Charlie is just an awesome dude.
I always expect Charlie to sound like Ernest T. Bass. So well spoken - he says, "often" with the "t".
Count Von D n
Paul Jackson is such a great guy and an amazing guitar player!
Do a rig rundown of Whiskey Myers' Cody Tate and John Jeffers please!!!
Less red bull before an interview would be good .
We need another one from them
Great job. But he overtalks Charlie a little too much.
Keep TURNING IT UP! Boys!
Charlie officially has one of the greatest sideburns in rock ever
Dude that TELE is amazing.
I had myself a jcm 800 head. Best amplifier I've ever owned in my opinion (although for playing Bluesy leads,I really like a Vox ac30
My favorite guitarist, Rory Gallagher, used an AC30 pushed with a Dallas rangemaster treble booster (at least early on in his career) and he got some of the greatest tones ever recorded
These guys have "that" tone that we're all searching for. Best thing going in rock right now!
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Charlie is a guitar God.
He also has maybe the best sideburns I have ever seen since Lemmy
the Four Horsemen was underrated.
"Rockin is my business,.. and
business is good.."
I remember that Tele, in fact.
Charlie is so real man.
Nice video. It give us the none artist persona to have a look at the daily play instruments of the best group in the world.
Love Starr seems cool and down 2earth btw...reminded me of this....Damn about 18+ months ago...I was in my local guitar shop and I saw a LP jr for sale...it was 800$ but I thought it was 2expensive...I didn't even ask about it...a few weeks later I came into some cash...went back...the shop was out of business...closed...a sign said 80% of everything... :0(
Jeez!
At 17:00 you can hear Cover me up by Jason Isbell in the background
🤮
That green old growth custom guitar from Gabriel is beautiful!
I heard that Jeg's sticker makes a pretty good mid boost.
This interviewer is CONSTANTLY interrupting. He should just interview himself.
Thank you, thank you. I've been posting on PG facebook and TH-cam pages for about a year now for this to happen. Thanks for doing this rundown. Great band, great players and a bunch of good guys. I love the fact they are so "basic" in their setup. Just shows what great players they are once you hear them.
+WVFreebyrd you should check out John5 rig rundown...his pedal board is like 3 or 4 only and he is so cool...it's my fave of the rig rundowns so far...its not so rig tech but the whole interview is just great...I love it when the musicians come out and do it...some of the gtechs are good and funny like green days and aerosmiths oh and ge smiths pinkfloyd rundown is terrific
Simple is better, after 45 years of performing, too much shit is synthetic sounding…
Charlie plays pretty simple for the most part but fun and tasty... Man is talented!
Charlie is the reason I bought an LP Junior and put a P90 in it.
Definitely going be a purchase for me in the future
I just recently bout a Les paul Jr. I thought of Charlie when I bought it. Does anyone have problems with tuning issues on their les paul jrs? Thinking about putting Kluson revolution tuners on it.
SEEING HIM TONITE IN JUPITER...AGREE HE IS AN EXCELLENT PLAYER
Your missing one gentleman, these guys are all great guitar players
Found this band down a TH-cam rabbit hole. I’m hooked now. I’m a drummer but love guitars and awesome musicians that can make them do special things. Charlie Starr is one of them.
I saw them in concert about a year ago. They are definitely carrying the torch that the Black Crowes dropped.
Charlie seems very laid back very calming quiet cool kind of dude. It would be so cool to jam with him.
Please +PremierGuitar, please do a rig rundown for the band Being As An Ocean. Their guitar tone is perfect and I'm really wondering how they achieve it gear-wise :) I'd be very greatful if you could catch them :D
What a great band. Saw them in Dublin for the first time a few weeks ago. Brilliant 👍
Charlie Starr using a Wampler tape delay, doesn't get any better than than that!
OMG - 500 year old mahogany? That is amazing!!
A JCM 800 is not a one-trick-pony...
I'm down for a guy fieri rib rundown
they should definitely do a rig rundown for system of a down!
Charlie has a Ph.D. in guitars: both for his gear and when he's on stage. Thanks for this rig rundown... from 9 years ago (in 2024). How about a new rig run?
Genuinely good hearted guys with excellent tastes in guitar gear.
This clown hosting this rig rundown should go back to working the drive thru at burger king.
Best fucking band since the beatles!!! Hey ya'll! Come to México city, god dammit!!! I have no visa to come see you con muy birthday May 9th in houston
+Sergio Terol The best since The Beatles,, ok well they are good..,
+Luis Avila They are great and they are one of my very favs .. Blackberry Smoke is a damn good band in this era of depressing electronic beeps..Th Beatles comparison ,,well,,,maybe he means something that is very creative that is very unique and is unlike every one else, time will tell........Holding All The Roses is a great album that will get better with age....It is one of the best ever...
Better than The Rolling Stones??? Idk about that.
Should be mandatory to demo the rig on all rig rundowns..
This is one of the coolest interviews all around!! Keep an coming bro's!! 👍👍👍🍷🍷🍷
I love you Charlie, but you need to go back to a smaller cab.
Last time I saw you guys your sound/tone was dark, tubby, and hard to hear in the mix.
Unlike the first four times I seen you live when using the Orange cab.
It doesn't get any better than the Georgia Theater DVD Orange rig tone. Not that they sound bad now or anything like that but the first time I heard BBS was on Paladia HDTV and the sound stopped me in my tracks.
LOL.. again jcm800 is not a one trick pony.. and one of Marshalls great (low input) clean channel amps.
That 56 LP Jr. was Rick Richard's guitar (Georgia Satellites) at one time, Charlie said in another interview.
LOVE the GEORGIA SATELLITES!! I saw'em 2ice in ATHENS GA!! Very nice guys... hung out with fans like me and the Bass player showed me his rig!!
Also, LOVED the 4 Horsemen as well!!
@Ka13Bang....Charlie also stated he wanted to buy it back and he simply said ain't happenin with a Charlie Star Smile...Lovin these Guys they have to be in a Different Level to step out on a Stage with these guys ! Like another comment said they give ya no unnecessary noise .Good Southern Rock ! Tight as a Hat Band ! Blend of Musicians ! ....ol man way down in TX JD GREAT INTERVIEW and Listen to Charlie and his Humble Honorable Demeanor ! Holding Their Musical Career to High Standards
And Paul has a Ph.D. in guitars, too! Gear and such a sweet sound when he sings and plays. Great rig run down. Thanks again.
Why hasn't Premier Guitar ever caught up with Phish for a rig rundown? Trey and the other members did an explanation of their setups a while back, but I'd love to see if they've changed anything. Besides, I always love listening to what they have to say about gear and all that jazz.
They did, with that trey guy. It was like an hour plus long cuz he has a shit ton of stuff in his rig, bunch of like old homemade stuff they’ve had from like the early 90’s. If you search it should come up.
I'm guessing this is before everyone figured out that ghost builders made the good guitars for Echo Park.
Great band! 👍🏻
Charlie seems cool as hell! The man can play his ass off too!
Hell, the other dude was even cooler! I need to listen to more of this band!
Perry does a great job on these interviews. Please keep him as I will continue watching. Some of the others I have passed by because of the awkwardness. Love Blackberry Smoke. Big fan.
Yeah, haha no shit, like that John guy, who’s like 6’8, wears super tight clothes, and says “very cool” every time he opens his mouth. That dude seems super awkward to me, and it does kinda make the shit hard to watch. I mean though, I get it, cause some these people are huge rock stars, I’d definitely be awkward myself if I was interviewing them, but yeah, I totally know what you talking about! This dude did a good job, first time I seen him do one these.
One of the best bands around....keep that country rock alive. Great music, excellent song writing. Saw them open for ZZ TOP I was blown away
same!!!
Why could Freddie King just have one guitar and bury all these guys?
Nunley Wade........great pickup winder...
Correction…the shell caps on the telecaster is in fact .357 magnum 😂😅
thats a weird lookin scarf
can't tell if you're being sarcastic but if you aren't it's a neck beard. if you are , sorry
That's a Weird last name... does it mean CORN HOLE in American?
excellent rundown. cool to find out I use the same pedal boards as these guys.
Well aren’t you cool. Lol. Just kidding man :)
My favorite band, they're fantastic.
Mine too William!
These fellers seen like good dudes. Great band!!!
If you TH-cam the video "The Four Horsemen -Tired Wings" (and choose the version posted by "jerk1970jp") you'll see the Telecaster that Charlie pulls out at the 3:30 mark shows up in the Four Horsemen video at the 4:04 - 4:05 mark.
I love Charlie and Paul and BBS in general. The shilling for Gibson was a little much, though. Gibson is circling the drain because they have been raping their customer base for years. Sure, if you can plunk down $3-5000 for a custom shop, it’ll be a great guitar. But $1700 for an off the shelf standard won’t rock your socks? Sorry, I have to find a good Asian model and spend my money on the electrics. Superior guitar for half the money.
Ya’ll should do the Steel Woods next?
Awesome, I’ve still got my JCM800 50 watt from the 80’s which I love and I had to have one of those tube rotospheres when they came out, at that time they were one of the best Leslie pedals I’d ever heard…👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Tell him who sold you the guitar Charlie as far as that '56!... I know.Anybody else does reply to me.
his mutton chops look ridiculous. Almost 'gimmicky' . to each his own tho'. Hes a great fundamentals guitar player tho' . His parts are perfect.
9:32 If I was a musician being interviewed on this channel the first thing I’d say is “DON’T LEAN ON MY SHI*!”
That's why your not a musician. BlackBerry smoke are all gentlemen!
@@shelleymiller908 haha, that was funny. All there stuff looked well broke in anyways.
Charlie is one of my favorite guitar players. I bet him and Dime would've gotten along. They seem to be 2 pieces of the same flame imo. The kind of person you're proud to call your friend.
I like those old FURMAN boards.
I've seen them live, and they've got some type of what looks like a boom mike up on stage near their amps. It's clear plastic, points outward towards the audience, but I've was never close enough to make out a name on it. Tried Google, but couldn't describe it properly, so I've never got an answer. What is it, and what does it do?
The pickups in a Firebird are not minibuckers, they are called firebuckers and are different in construction and sound.
Wow. I'd love to have that one of a kind Tele. Nice!
I'm just gonna say Paul Jackson sounds exactly like Dale from "Tucker and Dale vs Evil'!! Fuckin' awesome!!
This was my first show. Love these guys!!!!
I've always wanted to know if you bought the Tele with the engraving or if you had it done yourself! Love you all!!!
Believe it belonged to someone else and he bought it and put the P90 in
I know kert kellum and his wife Sullivan
Hi there, does anyone know when does Charlie uses the JCM 800 and when the Germino amp? Different songs? rytthm/ solo ? Thanks alot!
Just saw these guys at HOB Anaheim... They all sound great. Charlie plays and sings beautifully and the band is great backing him... I'll see them again as soon as i can...
Rockin is my business!!! The Four Horseman!!!
jpb1231000 that was a good band
That second pedalboard signal routing is all wrong...or at least very unconventional.
I would love too have had Charlie describe how he uses his Fender B Bender Tele! That was noticeably absent from the rundown!
Nice guy, Charlie, great singer! I will never understand why so many good players use so many effects??? I learned my lesson years ago while using one after another etc w boards. One day at a rehearsal I was having electric issues and so had to unplug my pedal board, and never looked back! To this day, being a decent blues player it's an old Fender tweed, or Marshall 50 watt, and an old Strat or Tele and trust me, that's as good as it gets! As long as you have good hands and a great ear you should never ever use effects, they are a crutch and hide your real sound. Corporate greed sold everyone on them because the profit margins are HUGE. Do yourself a favor and get a great guitar Chord, much better and cheaper than all the hillbilly effects crap. "George L's" are the best?
Jessi Perkins that’s just not true. Pedals are there to give you options amps and guitars don’t offer. Gives a wide range of sounds not available otherwise. If you want to play the same old stuff that got played 50yrs ago and sound the same then cool you should do that. But if you want to play progressive music and have a bunch of different options then pedals it is. That’s how you push the boundaries of music. Delays, fuzz, boost, a nice reverb if it’s not in your amp. Spacing out and playing a clean delay and reverb combo is killer. Like wise playing to a tweaked out fuzz pedal is equally killer. If you hid behind your effects then that’s on you. Other people can, will and should use them to their potential.
@@dbo4506 WEll, good point but by not having effects and having to match the room and your sound pushes you to push your borders and basically "create" your sound from your timing and spacing. Vey simple, very "effective"...