@@ted__ryan I don't think anyone is saying he can't do whatever he wants, but that it's a bit of a waste of everyone's time to make a rundown of a rig that doesn't work.
I actually think Stephen's superficial mindset is pretty creative in a sense. By picking what looks good and ending up with a bunch of random specifications that may not traditionally "work", you do end up with your own unique sound. Rather the than looking for the tone, you let the tone find you. Who knows, you may even learn to love it.
+KDowah Amen to that. my lil Kustom dual 30RC has the most ASSAULTING, disgusting dirty tone & I felt, at the middle school age, that I HAD to get a pedal to "clean it up". Nowadays, I see the amp's tone as a superb raw black metal/grindcore/crust punk voicing. Guess I had to become a better player to understand,appreciate,&utlilize a "bad" tone
+KDowah , yeah I guess... I personally feel he's expressing what a lot of guitar players are like, myself included: you try to rationalize the functionality of a piece of gear for having spent X amount of dollars on it, but often times you buy it because it's pretty and shiny.
Sam Love Oh yeah, I get that he's just bought whatever looks cool. I just think it's unintentionally affected the tonal development of the band. A happy coincidence, sure, but you can't argue with the results. They sound better than ever.
quite the opposite actually, he said that his guitar tones not being correct *really* pissed him off, and it seems like he loves collecting gear. Given he also has signature pickups he does care about how his guitar sounds, at least the bridge pickup.
Stephen is my kind of guitar player. He totally shreds and is really down to earth which I think threw off this interviewer. "so why do you use this"? Steph: "uh, I dunno, I like the way it looks". Lol.
Sergio seems like a cool dude, and talks like a true musician. I like that he uses a pick. Stephen and Sergio are rad and unpretentious. The Deftones are such a sick band!
@S Jamison fieldy is a spectacular bass player. are you one of those guys who only listens to calculus shred music? even if you are, a lot of the bass parts on follow the leader are NOT easy to play at all. it doesn't have to be unusual time signatures to be hard to play
@Michael B. no. field is awesome. i would like him to be WAYYY more prominent on korn cds these days, like how he was super prevalent on follow the leader and life is peachy. the producers are always turning him down
Greetings from the past, Stephen!! We met at Club DNA for that A&R show we did together in 1994. I played after you guys with The Sun; AND you were gracious enough to let me borrow your ADA midi patch changer, as mine took a crap just before we played. Congratulations on your career!! Cheers! Jason Roach
Damn Axe FX has made rig run downs boring. "This is my Axe FX... it's cool, nice patches, I press these buttons, I blend these amps." No actual gear to talk about anymore.
It's strange how he said he can't think of a bass player in heavy music that uses their fingers... yet he's taken Chi's spot and he only used his fingers..
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Chi Used his fingers in this heavy music and it sounded pretty damn good to me. And for Deftones also being a melodic band I would say using fingerstyle would be more fitting
I've been listening to Deftones since the first album. They are awesome. Maybe Stef's superficial but it works for them. Sergio is awesome. I loved quicksand
UnderEternalSkies fact is a lot of players use their fingers because that's how they learned. I played with either pick or fingers depending on the vibe of the song, as well as that I played guitar before bass and still play guitar.
i love stephen carpenter. i wish he was my uncle... o__O most importantly "i put those ones in there, they look great, the guitars look great, they feel great... it's up to ME to make them SOUND great". love that.
Him seeing his gear from a superficial standpoint takes me back to when I was a kid and daydreamed over his guitars thinking the just looked so cool. Simpler times, man. I’d love to get back to that in music, and life in general.
Stephen is and has been my favorite guitarist and musician since the moment I heard Around the Fur in 97". He is a the best in capturing all types of kind emotion in h8s riffs.
Yeah bro...the music industry will kick your ass. It ain't easy. My band just started in the industry about a few months ago and we are already feeling the pain lmao...gotta keep pushing.
No need to be overcomplicated about gear. Deftones have been one of my favorite bands for years, and they stay true to who they are. No need to be all technical about everything. Find your amp, guitar, some pedals, and just play.
I saw them play in LA once... Deftones are a great band but I gotta say I felt really let down with the guitar sound.. It was just a noisy and cold sound. Stephen is just not one of those type of guitar players unfortunately. Not a purest - He had a good sound in the early days but he got lazy... Not a genius just superficial
Before another idiot says "another AxeFX rig", tube amps are heavy and unreliable. They sound great but they usually have one good sound. When you have a career that spans more than 10 years, lugging more than 1 amp for over 10 sounds is not an option. In my opinion, the AxeFX sounds great, especially for heavy music. If you're looking for a holy grail of tone, it doesn't exist. Play what's right for you and fits your budget.
You're absolutely right, the only reason I still lug around my 5150 is because I can play a show knowing it's been used on just about every metal album to date, and it might be superficial, but i just think it looks cool lol
Premier Guitar,,, LOVE your channel,, but you have NO NEED to censor language on these Rig Rundowns.. I'll bet 99% of the people that watch these are MALE , OF AGE musicians... FYI ,,, young kids don't watch these !
There's something so weird about the whole Axe-FX thing; everybody's got one now but no one seems to be able to replace their entire rigs with one although that's what Fractal Audio essentially says the unit should be able to do. Looking at Stephen's rig. He replaced his JMP-1, the Rocktron Intellifex and the TC2290 with an Axe FX (2 in fact), so that's 4 rackmount spaces worth of gear replaced by 4 rackmount spaces of gear (?!) So what I'm saying is, are people getting into the Axe-FX cos it sounds great or cos it's just the latest gadget to have?
degge You're looking at rack spaces in an extremely myopic way. Steph is now using just the Axe FX II, with a controller, and a power conditioner. He didn't just replace all of his rack gear, he also replaced all of his analog pedals, the inconsistencies and idiosyncrasies that come along with maintaining that sort of rig over time, and he even shed a cab -- probably as the result of being able to properly emulate the low-end he was missing using just the 1960 Marshall. That was a drastic reduction in space, complexity, and maintenance (and the second AF is simply a redundancy -- a backup). If you owned an Axe FX yourself (I own an Ultra and am somewhat biased) you would absolutely appreciate the diversity and simplicity it brings to the table. Where before I had to have a Triple Rec, Orange Rockerverb, VH4, and Marshall head (and their respective cabs) laying around, I now have one unit that effectively emulates all of that, both live and in the studio, and now I can spend my money on guitars, which is what I prefer to do.
Silverjerk Hey dude, i was actually thinking on getting an axe fx ultra, but im new to the whole fractal thing. and i keep reading that the axe 2 is better, but a grand more. what are the main differences, and which on should i go with?
damn the AxeFX is really taking shit by storm. for travelling artists, touring and shit. & timeout... nigga has a louie vuitton colorway on one of his ESPs. woooord :D.
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this was a weird rig rundown..."tell us about your setup" "I'm changing everything"
+Tommy McCracken and couple of years later, he's back to rig with bunch of pedals without Axe, i think
+Tommy McCracken "I'm changing everything"
"It's all for looks"
"This wasn't worth it"
His shit. He can do whatever the hell he wants with it.
@@ted__ryan I don't think anyone is saying he can't do whatever he wants, but that it's a bit of a waste of everyone's time to make a rundown of a rig that doesn't work.
We need an updated rig rundown with Stef 🤘😎🤘
He’s added 9 strings and has probably properly eq’d his stuff by now.
Maynard quit interviewing Stephen and go work on the new Tool album.
LOL
Lol...
He looks more like the bassist of linkin park..
i thought he was the bassist of linkin park
He sounds a lot like him lol, especially when he says "songs"
I actually think Stephen's superficial mindset is pretty creative in a sense. By picking what looks good and ending up with a bunch of random specifications that may not traditionally "work", you do end up with your own unique sound. Rather the than looking for the tone, you let the tone find you. Who knows, you may even learn to love it.
+KDowah thats how I feel about ESP guitars and Peavey amps, they always sound good together no matter the model(s)
Peavy amps sound straight awesome!
+KDowah Amen to that. my lil Kustom dual 30RC has the most ASSAULTING, disgusting dirty tone & I felt, at the middle school age, that I HAD to get a pedal to "clean it up". Nowadays, I see the amp's tone as a superb raw black metal/grindcore/crust punk voicing. Guess I had to become a better player to understand,appreciate,&utlilize a "bad" tone
+KDowah , yeah I guess... I personally feel he's expressing what a lot of guitar players are like, myself included: you try to rationalize the functionality of a piece of gear for having spent X amount of dollars on it, but often times you buy it because it's pretty and shiny.
Sam Love Oh yeah, I get that he's just bought whatever looks cool. I just think it's unintentionally affected the tonal development of the band. A happy coincidence, sure, but you can't argue with the results. They sound better than ever.
His pedal rig ain't set up, his amp isnt eq'd, and he dont even care about the tone of his guitars. Is he the most anti gear snob on the planet? Lol
quite the opposite actually, he said that his guitar tones not being correct *really* pissed him off, and it seems like he loves collecting gear. Given he also has signature pickups he does care about how his guitar sounds, at least the bridge pickup.
@@cactus-mcjacktus did you watch the same rig rundown?
@@deadzeppelin9565 maybe
He was on to power amps and modelers 20 years ago. Crazy
The interviewer looks like he is going to throw himself in front of a train after this interview
Stephen is my kind of guitar player. He totally shreds and is really down to earth which I think threw off this interviewer. "so why do you use this"? Steph: "uh, I dunno, I like the way it looks". Lol.
Hiroshi13 when does steph shred ever? Love deftones but please fill me in lol
Matthew Britt stfu, troll. I don't mean "shred" literally like fuckin Yngwie. Go away.
@@hiroshi138 chill
@@hiroshi138 nobody uses the word shred like you did, dude
He’s down to earth (which is flat)
Steph high as a kite lol
As usual. Lmao
He had to ask the same question like 3 times to get the answer he was looking for
first thing i noticed! haha
The midi controller seems to have pictures of weed and like shatter and stuff? Or is that my imagination...
@@Visualpollutionboy shatter and butter my brother
is it just me, or do all of his midi footswitches have pictures of dabs on them lol?
+Jason Sawka Definitely do. I think some of them are bud too.
Pictures of food from a Chinese takeout restaurant
Sergio seems like a cool dude, and talks like a true musician. I like that he uses a pick. Stephen and Sergio are rad and unpretentious. The Deftones are such a sick band!
I'm not a bassist but those Jags are pure sex.
Pan Damasque i am a bassist and i completely agree
“I don’t think there’s a bass player that i’m a fan of in heavy music that uses their fingers”
how about Chi?
yeah i saw that and cringed. also, what about cliff burton? what about fieldy?
@S Jamison fieldy is a spectacular bass player. are you one of those guys who only listens to calculus shred music? even if you are, a lot of the bass parts on follow the leader are NOT easy to play at all. it doesn't have to be unusual time signatures to be hard to play
@Michael B. no. field is awesome. i would like him to be WAYYY more prominent on korn cds these days, like how he was super prevalent on follow the leader and life is peachy. the producers are always turning him down
Chi? Steve Harris? Frank Bello? Cliff Burton? WTF?
All the heavy grunge bass players of the early 90’s were finger players. Picks don’t make anything heavier.
"It's up to me to make the sound great" Love it.
Stephen Carpenter gives me hope.
Greetings from the past, Stephen!! We met at Club DNA for that A&R show we did together in 1994. I played after you guys with The Sun; AND you were gracious enough to let me borrow your ADA midi patch changer, as mine took a crap just before we played. Congratulations on your career!! Cheers! Jason Roach
Damn Axe FX has made rig run downs boring. "This is my Axe FX... it's cool, nice patches, I press these buttons, I blend these amps." No actual gear to talk about anymore.
Just waiting for this but with Quad Cortex now.
@@deadzeppelin9565 QC will never reach Axfx level sadly. Still no plugin bring over. It's capture is the best part.
"This is Chris Kies for Premier Guitar hanging out with Steph from the Teftones, how you doing Seth?"
and that's when you knew the interview went downhill!
If you're gonna censor swears, then at least use the right tone. 1000 Hz, get it right you amateurs.
I think I personally prefer a slightly lower tone. Not too much lower.
+isoconverge right? not even the slightest fade in or out.
I love Stephens guitar playing style. He has been an inspiration to me and my guitar playing almost since I started playing guitar.
He's high af!! lol
Interviewer with the personality of a cauliflower.
Or a dead moth.
Guy knows his stuff 🤷
Lmfao
"I'm entirely superficial" - Stephen Carpenter, 2013. lol
Sergio said he's not a fan of any bass players he can think of that play heavy music with their fingers, haha. How about the guy you replaced brother?
I enjoy looking at the sides of guitars as they sit in their racks. *sarcasm*
It's strange how he said he can't think of a bass player in heavy music that uses their fingers... yet he's taken Chi's spot and he only used his fingers..
He said he can't think of a bass player that he LIKES in heavy music who uses their fingers.
Kyle James Right so it's clear Sergio brutally murdered Chi and his entire family, another reason to love the nigga
RIP
Ryan Martini, Jon Stockman would disagree with him haha
Fieldy bro
Chris wanted to say “Stephtones” at the start, calling it
Whenever I've seen Chi play live he's often used fingers.
yep finger's are were it's at :)
mikabass It depends, lets take Tool's Justin C., imagine him using fingers.
Tim commerford
Abe Tim Commerford is not really the same style, RATM is basically just funk on steroids
he always use fingers
Too much "beeps" for my taste. Irritating for non US viewers
Sergio is such a chill dude!
I think I saw that dude washing his car on his driveway in Manhattan Beach.
which dude
Guitar player.
+ Stinky Puppy
Last warning....Stay Off My Fuckin' Lawn! Every God Damn day, shit stains all over the damn tile flooring...
Charles Moore wait...where is that from?? Haha
TheProphet VLo yea bro me too i was behind you
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You are being sarcastic, right?
what? me? sarcastic? n3>3R!
Anyone else notice that a bunch of the scene plates are hashes and waxes?
haha i had to stare at it for a minute to be sure
I know that the close up looks like weed but I swear In one of the shots they look like vagina's lol
IanVase yeah I think the first shot of the pedal board is a bunch of nude pics, but then they show another that looks like weed and such
Would love to see them actually play the instruments for a few seconds. We need a new Deftones rig run down!
He’s not on tour with the band, it’s so crazy to me
Chi Used his fingers in this heavy music and it sounded pretty damn good to me. And for Deftones also being a melodic band I would say using fingerstyle would be more fitting
I think the same. Its in the smoothness of playing with fingers...
PLEASE tell me you did a Ghost rig rundown while you were there...
I've been listening to Deftones since the first album. They are awesome. Maybe Stef's superficial but it works for them. Sergio is awesome. I loved quicksand
Sergio's rig is so organized compared to Steph's. LOL
I like this guy's honesty.
Trujillo uses his fingers. Isn't Sergio a fan of him? Also, I noticed he has all 4-string bases. Chi used a 5-string on s/t and snw.
some of sergio's basses are tuned down, that's how he maneges to play very low notes
UnderEternalSkies fact is a lot of players use their fingers because that's how they learned. I played with either pick or fingers depending on the vibe of the song, as well as that I played guitar before bass and still play guitar.
i love stephen carpenter. i wish he was my uncle... o__O
most importantly "i put those ones in there, they look great, the guitars look great, they feel great... it's up to ME to make them SOUND great". love that.
Imagine if he was your carpenter.
It is about time for a new updated one since a stratocaster seems to be added to Sergio`s rig. Also, we need a look on Chino`s rig.
Him seeing his gear from a superficial standpoint takes me back to when I was a kid and daydreamed over his guitars thinking the just looked so cool. Simpler times, man. I’d love to get back to that in music, and life in general.
Nothing is stopping you
they look like they just smoked before the interview.
Can the interviewers for Premier Guitar wear a lavalier mic for interviews.
Nice. One thing, And where is Chino's rundown?
Stephen is and has been my favorite guitarist and musician since the moment I heard Around the Fur in 97". He is a the best in capturing all types of kind emotion in h8s riffs.
The interviewer looks so sad..
Yeah bro...the music industry will kick your ass. It ain't easy.
My band just started in the industry about a few months ago and we are already feeling the pain lmao...gotta keep pushing.
FREED. Blatant excuse to try and talk about yourself...
Samuel Gammon hahahaha agreed. I hate when people do that. Plus If this kid has only been in "the biz" for a few months, he's got zero room to talk.
Should be a reason for it, he was maybe offered some weed and is trying to act normal.
I love how Sergio turns into a little kid when he starts talking about his pick and strings. :)
what about the blue one? *points to a perfect distinguishable purple color*
Maybe he is colour blind.
Kinda bummed that a lot of Stephen's tonal choices were for looks only.
I liked Chi Chengs simple setup, no way i can afford a setup like Sergios.
No need to be overcomplicated about gear. Deftones have been one of my favorite bands for years, and they stay true to who they are. No need to be all technical about everything. Find your amp, guitar, some pedals, and just play.
The whole time I was watching Ghost's set being set up... I know they play RDs through AxeFX but I still want their RR
I saw them play in LA once... Deftones are a great band but I gotta say I felt really let down with the guitar sound.. It was just a noisy and cold sound. Stephen is just not one of those type of guitar players unfortunately. Not a purest - He had a good sound in the early days but he got lazy... Not a genius just superficial
Before another idiot says "another AxeFX rig", tube amps are heavy and unreliable. They sound great but they usually have one good sound. When you have a career that spans more than 10 years, lugging more than 1 amp for over 10 sounds is not an option. In my opinion, the AxeFX sounds great, especially for heavy music. If you're looking for a holy grail of tone, it doesn't exist. Play what's right for you and fits your budget.
You're absolutely right, the only reason I still lug around my 5150 is because I can play a show knowing it's been used on just about every metal album to date, and it might be superficial, but i just think it looks cool lol
Luis Tije
Love the pics of dabs for each channel on the controller lmao
Wonder if Steph was able to get what he wanted done?
Next up KORN Rig Rundown!!!!!!!!
What is the point of having 3 expression pedals without the foot pad?
5:54 that’s dope Vivian Campbell inspired Stefs double pickups
Premier guitar get a bloody clip on neck mic for yourself and keep the other one on the guitarist. Geez, simple to do and professional!
Deftones:
Chino Moreno - guitar/vocals
Chi Cheng - bass
Abe Cunningham - drums
Stephen Carpenter - strings & nugs lmao
Hoping for a Ghost rig rundown
Can you do Stephen rig rundown again, I want to see his gore pedals
lmao @ all the BHO pictures behind the effects
haha i had to rewind the video i was like "....wtf"
Listening to Stephan's future plans for adding expression pedals and what he wants them to do... later you can see who is already doing that! SERGIO!
I didn’t know Phoenix from Linkin Park worked for Premier Guitar as an interview guy.
It's very refreshing to find a big name guitar player who honestly chooses gear mostly by aesthetics and not go all gear nerdy.
Also, Quicksand!
WHEN I HEAR THE HUM OF THE GUITARS IN DEFTONES AND TOOL IT'S LIKE MEDITATING
I love Stephen's honesty
Premier Guitar,,, LOVE your channel,, but you have NO NEED to censor language on these Rig Rundowns..
I'll bet 99% of the people that watch these are MALE , OF AGE musicians...
FYI ,,, young kids don't watch these !
quick someone show Sergio Ryan Martine!!!!!
What is the point with the stupid profanity censoring?
Steph "everything about my sound sucks" Carpenter. 😂 If I was one of his sponsors, I'd be having a conference call about this. Lol!
Sergio must have gotten into Metallica after Jason joined. Cliff never used a pick, always fingers. I guess he’s not into Rob Trujillo either.
Please do a rig run down with Robin Finck & Nine Inch Nails!!
Dude, That is so true, its like keith richards said about guitars he said "give me any guitar for a couple minutes and I'll get them to sound the same
Funniest Rig rundown ever :)
I love Stephen but I can't see Sergio xD, don't know why
Sergio is a cool guy and a good bassist but my god is he a weird dude
STEPHTONES
I think Ryan Martine used his fingers Mr. Sergio
There's something so weird about the whole Axe-FX thing; everybody's got one now but no one seems to be able to replace their entire rigs with one although that's what Fractal Audio essentially says the unit should be able to do.
Looking at Stephen's rig. He replaced his JMP-1, the Rocktron Intellifex and the TC2290 with an Axe FX (2 in fact), so that's 4 rackmount spaces worth of gear replaced by 4 rackmount spaces of gear (?!)
So what I'm saying is, are people getting into the Axe-FX cos it sounds great or cos it's just the latest gadget to have?
One Axe FX is most likely for backup
degge You're looking at rack spaces in an extremely myopic way. Steph is now using just the Axe FX II, with a controller, and a power conditioner. He didn't just replace all of his rack gear, he also replaced all of his analog pedals, the inconsistencies and idiosyncrasies that come along with maintaining that sort of rig over time, and he even shed a cab -- probably as the result of being able to properly emulate the low-end he was missing using just the 1960 Marshall.
That was a drastic reduction in space, complexity, and maintenance (and the second AF is simply a redundancy -- a backup). If you owned an Axe FX yourself (I own an Ultra and am somewhat biased) you would absolutely appreciate the diversity and simplicity it brings to the table. Where before I had to have a Triple Rec, Orange Rockerverb, VH4, and Marshall head (and their respective cabs) laying around, I now have one unit that effectively emulates all of that, both live and in the studio, and now I can spend my money on guitars, which is what I prefer to do.
Silverjerk I think you replied to the wrong person
degge I did, I'm sorry man! This was meant for J.M. Wolfman
Silverjerk Hey dude, i was actually thinking on getting an axe fx ultra, but im new to the whole fractal thing. and i keep reading that the axe 2 is better, but a grand more. what are the main differences, and which on should i go with?
Chris is goin' for that Walter White look
They both def blazed before the interview.
I fuckin love Steph so much and his attitude about guitar playing
Holly shit . Steph wearing a chimerq shirt . Representing . They would love that . What an honour.
Steph and Deftones are great but...Ghost background!!! \m/
Cue special red-colored Moog Little Phatty synth at 8:38...
I have no gear to talk about, just AxFX,... interviewer: "so how about those straps?"
"let's take a look at your rig, what are you using?" .. "i'm using an AxeFx into a poweramp"...."ok thanks."
I miss Jim Carrey
this guy was of no use to me...
I love Deftones and Steph, but this dude needs a hug and a therapist. GRUMPY DUDE!!!
After watching this i declare myself a fan of Mr. Carpenter lol.
Sergio uses a looper live? For bass?
I didn’t even know they did one of these for Deftones, this is awesome
damn the AxeFX is really taking shit by storm. for travelling artists, touring and shit. & timeout... nigga has a louie vuitton colorway on one of his ESPs. woooord :D.
stephen = simplicity
I agree with Stef. If you think your gear looks cool, you'll do cool things with it.