I saw him live last year in D.C. after not being super familiar with his whole body of work(My gf is a huge fan of him and Porcupine Tree so I got introduced that way) I was completely blown away and it stands out as one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Steven Wilson is a genius.
He makes a good point about writers not always wanting to be bothered with the technical side. It can kill creativity when you're trying to capture an idea and having to wade through options. It's nice to have an assistant that knows your style.
I used to fiddle with all the settings everytime I grabbed my guitar… it’s fun, but exhausting and it kinds gets in the way. Now I have 3 pedals and they all do the exact right thing. Very freeing.
@@krookiemonster2673 similar, but in Akerfeldt's inter-song talk (one of the Opeth things I really enjoy actually, like when they walked out on stage last time I saw them here in Sydney and he greeted us with "Hello Melbourne", obviously knowing that would really irritate any Sydney person - then pointed at some people at the front and said "I remember you c&%ts")
Funny that how perfectionist he seems to be is so careless about the guitar gear he owns. I like that approach that he just focuses in the sounds than that wankwood the guitar fretboard is made of.
Love these Rig Rundowns. I could watch A Rig Rundown and a Pedalboard Build - all day, every day. Always learn or hear something inspiring or enlightening.
Unfortunately he doesn’t use that tone nowadays; not as much as he used to in any case. The Porcupine Tree era albums are drenched in those clean leslie type sounds.
Yeah, he uses it a lot. And you know what else this video made me realize (me, that knows nothing about musicianship).....some of these pedals are precisely the difference between some of the music of his I like and what I DONT like.
I now feel supremely validated that I use my wife's "crafts" stickers to place on my pedalboard's pedals, Helix and amplifiers as volume and tone references just like one of my musical heroes. Steven Wilson is such a cool dude. Great interview!
@@chenguefer156 so on point. I’m 54 have never married and people don’t think I’m even 40. I have a girlfriend who’s 12 years younger than me now so that’ll probably age me trying to keep up with her lol. I think Steven Wilson has sacrificed having girlfriends even for the benefit of his musical career, that’s committing to the cause.
Daniel is about to see some G2 switcher orders in about 3, 2, 1.... :) and if you don't already watch That Pedal Show, well, you really should. It's filled with great info and sounds.
Shame they didn't cover his backing band as well, the backing guitarist and bassist both sounded MASSIVE when I saw them live. All I could see was a Laney IRT head, my friend went and got an IRT studio because of that show haha
It amazes me that I can watch a DVD of him at The Royal Albert Hall (possibly the most beautifully lit show I've seen) and then see him in a tiny theater. Glad we here in the states can still get a glimpse of him in these smaller places before I imagine he will blow up here. Thanks for the content.
I saw this guitar on 11th of February, last week in Vienna, on his tour... Guitar is amazing although it is a replica of '63 Fender Telecaster... For all of you who have never seen SW live please do... It's an amazing experience...
Totally agreed! Saw him in France/Strasbourg few weeks ago. Music, Sound, Video animations, light show, all was on a high level. His band was state of the art as the master SW himself. I already knew the band because i saw them on the 'Hand Cannot Erase'- tour but had a 'wow-feeling' when i heard and saw Alex Hutchings on guitar.
As Mark Dobry points out, it's a singlecut trem. The normal singlecuts have fixed bridges like Les Pauls. Also, the Singlecuts (be it the regular one, trem one, or 245) are always with 22 fret necks. There is none with a 24 fret neck. If it has a 24 fret neck, it's a custom one (usually an artist line). He used to have a Singlecut trem with #6 pickups in amazing black charcoal. He played it with Steve Hackett and on the Deadwing tour (I believe it's in the live video for Start of something beautiful). He also used to have one in Dark Cherry which was tuned to Drop-C and used on Anesthetize and Cheating the Polygraph. I really wonder where all his older PRS guitars are that he used with PT but not for his solo work. Including the amazing Mateo Blue with gold and copper hardware singlecut that he used for Circle of Manias and the Mike Mushok SE baritone (the Incident).
I can't really tell, but the top carve looks rather shallow in a few angles. I know the CE's have a shallow carve that looks rather similar to this but a core model should have a full top carve. Am I just seeing things?
@@dylanbetz1620 Yes you are, this is a singlecut :) I've seen it many times with my own eyes from upfront. Just stock #6 pickups. Very nice guitars! (But prefer his charcoal black he had before this one). The CE's are not in singlecut available, only some SE models.
Funny that I was just watching the video of Steven Wilson demoing his pedalboard back in 2013 that was built around a tc electronics g system. He was talking about how he likes to keep things simple & not have so many pedals on his board. Fast forward to 2019 and his pedalboard is completely re-worked with all these pedals and the g system is gone - LOL! Goes to show you how each one of us who play guitar are never satisfied with our gear, and things continually change and evolve over time. It never stops.
Those opaque over sunburst paintjobs were usually a result of a sunburst making it to the end of the line at the factory and they were put back through to be repainted because of a defect in the wood being visible through the translucent.
My favorite Gig Rundown of all time (as well as my favorite musician this century). Love the fact that he doesn't know which PRS model he's been playing for 10+ years and which pickups are in it!
Evan Lerner it’s almost refreshing after having guys that know how many winds are are their pickups and what month the tubes in their amps were made, yaknow?
I’ve got a PRS 2003 sc term. They are great guitars. Really resonant and clear. Despite this video they do generally stay in tune, unlike my 335 and lester, which I still love, despite their faults. Great single coil sounds from the PRS as well.
He's so creative and I love his music. He's such a nice guy and so patient explaining how everything works. But he didn't explain where on the pedal board he keeps the radioactive toy ;)
That's crazy. You hear this opening riff and it sounds HUGE! Then he goes ahead and shows you his tiny little amp. You'd expect a cranked hot rodded Marshall or something...
I wish he'd remember that even though the person he's speaking to hasn't heard him make this point before, his PG audience never needs to hear it ever again. It's almost like Tourette's at this point.
@@ebeep Fair enough, but I don't actually mind it, I just find it to be one of the quirks of the Rig Rundowns at this point. On the contrary, I think John's a great interviewer. He's genuinely into his stuff, even when his interviewees aren't that clued in on the equipment they use.
anyone else feel like That Pedal Show / Dan from Gig Rig is a dirty word around Premier Guitar? Steven mentions That Pedal Show and no response. "the guy" who built your board...hmmm
He's definitely just not responding whenever he mentions GigRig, or when he shouted them out. Sad.. they should be giving credit where credit is due and not just clamming up.
It's funny how Porcupine Tree inspired Opeth and Opeth inspired Porcupine Tree. It's makes so much sense. Jonas from Katatonia introduced Porcupine Tree to Mikael and the rest is history.
“Well right now it seems like you’re kind of uh more in single coil land”. “What a fun little science experiment this thing is, right?” So elegant, he really has a way with words.
I've run guitar-delay-reverb-amp input for years and years because I much preferred the sound. So many people would call me out saying it wasn't correct until they heard it in the context of what I was playing. It wasn't anything like Steven Wilson but I wrote the parts that way, and when I tried running through the loop it just never sounded right.
Now, see, this is one of many reasons I like Steven. I don't feel weird because of my lack of guitar knowledge. I never geeked out over active pickups or whether rosewood was a better fretboard than maple. If it looked good, felt good, and sounded good, ima play that shit!
Ok John and Premier Guitar, time to go visit Dan and Mick of That Pedal Show. They might not have millions of records sold, but they would blow your mind if you attempted a rundown of their rig(s)! Awesome rundown with Steven here, I am finding I greatly love his music, but I didn't know about him until he was on That Pedal Show!
Fender would paint solid colors over sunbursts gone wrong instead of stripping the bodies. So it wouldn't be unusual for the top finish to wear away exposing the sunburst finish underneath.
Reason for the sunburst sticking out from underneath was that in the 60s sometimes they would respray an already painted+ sunburst guitar in a custom color because it was faster than waiting for a new body to be prepped when they got an order for a custom color. Sunburst being the standard color for strats, not sure if that was the case for the tele in the 60s.
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John: what PRS is that
Tech: Its gold
John: what Dimarzios are they
Tech: there black and white
:D Leave Tonto alone! He's a great guy!!!
Do we actually know which dimazio s they are?
@@nathanmotton6152 Yea, the black and white ones!
gear is secret
owned!
I saw him live last year in D.C. after not being super familiar with his whole body of work(My gf is a huge fan of him and Porcupine Tree so I got introduced that way) I was completely blown away and it stands out as one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Steven Wilson is a genius.
"How many shirts are you going to wear for the Wilson interview, John?"
"I'll wing it"
LOL bro
John is the best and I typically only watch his rig rundowns....but his outfits are pretty crazy sometimes!
Haha. Even Bohlinger will thumbs up this comment. Well done.
it's a bit of a shirts arms race with these two... a sleeves race, if you will (12 sleeves between them, in case you're counting)
I'm cracking up rn. Especially not having looked at his outfit before reading your comment. lol
He makes a good point about writers not always wanting to be bothered with the technical side. It can kill creativity when you're trying to capture an idea and having to wade through options. It's nice to have an assistant that knows your style.
I used to fiddle with all the settings everytime I grabbed my guitar… it’s fun, but exhausting and it kinds gets in the way.
Now I have 3 pedals and they all do the exact right thing. Very freeing.
love how casually he drops opeth like.. yea friend of mine in a swedish band called opeth, like no biggie
Thats how i found out about wilson and pt was an interview with mikeal
@@krookiemonster2673 it is amazing, but mine was a similar path, only the other way round SW --> Opeth
@@krookiemonster2673 Yea, I found out about SW when he produced Opeth's Blackwater Park. Fell in love with PT & all SW related immediately.
@@krookiemonster2673 similar, but in Akerfeldt's inter-song talk (one of the Opeth things I really enjoy actually, like when they walked out on stage last time I saw them here in Sydney and he greeted us with "Hello Melbourne", obviously knowing that would really irritate any Sydney person - then pointed at some people at the front and said "I remember you c&%ts")
Katatonia got me to Opeth & PT
Nice to see That Pedal Show and Dan get a name check.
Dan is a genius. An an underrated guitar player himself.
A great rundown and just a killer board build by Daniel from That Pedal Show
Nice rundown from a chap/bloke who has made some of the most interesting music for over a quarter century.
Steven wilson seems like a very decent dude, very happy to share, and humble, yet hes a musical genius
Funny that how perfectionist he seems to be is so careless about the guitar gear he owns. I like that approach that he just focuses in the sounds than that wankwood the guitar fretboard is made of.
NorthTimo Yeah, makes me feel less guilty about this stuff, regarding my *self* as another audio engineer/producer.
Love these Rig Rundowns. I could watch A Rig Rundown and a Pedalboard Build - all day, every day. Always learn or hear something inspiring or enlightening.
lovely thing about this video is not the rig but the personality of Steven. love you all the times you talk unaffected and intimate.
8:05: Steven: "You know a lot more than I do already." John: "Well, it's my job!" 😂
John Bohlinger is great! Love his interviews. So nice, respectful, and knowledgable! And what a great player in his own right!
13:05 is exactly the sound I associate with Steven's playing
Same here!
Unfortunately he doesn’t use that tone nowadays; not as much as he used to in any case. The Porcupine Tree era albums are drenched in those clean leslie type sounds.
Very reminiscent of David Gilmour's guitar sounds on Pink Floyd's more "psychedelic" albums
Yeah, he uses it a lot. And you know what else this video made me realize (me, that knows nothing about musicianship).....some of these pedals are precisely the difference between some of the music of his I like and what I DONT like.
I now feel supremely validated that I use my wife's "crafts" stickers to place on my pedalboard's pedals, Helix and amplifiers as volume and tone references just like one of my musical heroes. Steven Wilson is such a cool dude. Great interview!
Is so weird to see him wearing shoes...
Maybe he got tired of treading on nails.
... and John Bolinger did not ask him about that... So this RR sems a little incomplete ;-)
First thing I noticed. Lol.
Me too it’s the first thing I looked at, LOL. 😂
probably takes em off for the show
I feel like Steven Wilson has the exact accent Christopher Guest was going for in Spinal Tap
He sounds, talks and probably thinks like Nigel 17:26
Porcupine Tree frikkin’ ABSOLUTELY RULES! John Wesley is a seriously formidable guitarist too. Gavin is GOD!
I don't understand anything about his equipment but I love Steven Wilson 😍
I love Steven Wilson.
He's 52, I can't believe that, he only changed a little bit, comparing to he's 30s
No growth
Quick explanation: no married ever.
@@chenguefer156 so on point. I’m 54 have never married and people don’t think I’m even 40. I have a girlfriend who’s 12 years younger than me now so that’ll probably age me trying to keep up with her lol. I think Steven Wilson has sacrificed having girlfriends even for the benefit of his musical career, that’s committing to the cause.
@@Eleventhearlofmars It’s funny you say that because Steven is now married and a Stepfather of 2 kids.
@@chenguefer156 Actually, Steven is now married and a Stepfather of 2 kids. And he still does a lot of work.
Literally, guys. Literally.
Daniel is about to see some G2 switcher orders in about 3, 2, 1.... :)
and if you don't already watch That Pedal Show, well, you really should. It's filled with great info and sounds.
Shame they didn't cover his backing band as well, the backing guitarist and bassist both sounded MASSIVE when I saw them live. All I could see was a Laney IRT head, my friend went and got an IRT studio because of that show haha
the guitar player did a rundown with boss a year ago, i believe.
Rig Rundown - Opeth - please.
I just found out it is available!
So nice when you see the guitar in this video and suddenly solo from Arriving Somewehere DVD version pops up in your head
It amazes me that I can watch a DVD of him at The Royal Albert Hall (possibly the most beautifully lit show I've seen) and then see him in a tiny theater. Glad we here in the states can still get a glimpse of him in these smaller places before I imagine he will blow up here.
Thanks for the content.
Depends where, in NYC his tickets were 200-600, so I had to pass
@@gtizzle101 Wowza, I paid less than $50 (including fees).
I saw this guitar on 11th of February, last week in Vienna, on his tour... Guitar is amazing although it is a replica of '63 Fender Telecaster... For all of you who have never seen SW live please do... It's an amazing experience...
Totally agreed! Saw him in France/Strasbourg few weeks ago. Music, Sound, Video animations, light show, all was on a high level. His band was state of the art as the master SW himself. I already knew the band because i saw them on the 'Hand Cannot Erase'- tour but had a 'wow-feeling' when i heard and saw Alex Hutchings on guitar.
Fake, Steven Wilson never wears shoes.
Wteven Silson
Damn that is one of the most impressive switching system ever...
It’s not a Tremonti, it’s a PRS Single cut 22. The Tremonti has 2 tone/ 2 volume knobs and the pick up selector is where a LP selector is.
It is a PRS Singlecut Trem. It has a slightly thinner body than a standard Singlecut. These guitars have PRS #6 pickups.
Ooooof... and it’s his job to know that. :S
As Mark Dobry points out, it's a singlecut trem. The normal singlecuts have fixed bridges like Les Pauls. Also, the Singlecuts (be it the regular one, trem one, or 245) are always with 22 fret necks. There is none with a 24 fret neck. If it has a 24 fret neck, it's a custom one (usually an artist line).
He used to have a Singlecut trem with #6 pickups in amazing black charcoal. He played it with Steve Hackett and on the Deadwing tour (I believe it's in the live video for Start of something beautiful). He also used to have one in Dark Cherry which was tuned to Drop-C and used on Anesthetize and Cheating the Polygraph. I really wonder where all his older PRS guitars are that he used with PT but not for his solo work. Including the amazing Mateo Blue with gold and copper hardware singlecut that he used for Circle of Manias and the Mike Mushok SE baritone (the Incident).
I can't really tell, but the top carve looks rather shallow in a few angles. I know the CE's have a shallow carve that looks rather similar to this but a core model should have a full top carve. Am I just seeing things?
@@dylanbetz1620 Yes you are, this is a singlecut :) I've seen it many times with my own eyes from upfront. Just stock #6 pickups. Very nice guitars! (But prefer his charcoal black he had before this one). The CE's are not in singlecut available, only some SE models.
I have that same Electro Harmonix Small Stone, I got it at a garage sale for $6 in 1996. It was my first pedal and it is absolutely magic.
I love the fact he did a full review of this board.
I don't even play the guitar but I could listen to Steven talk about them all day
Funny that I was just watching the video of Steven Wilson demoing his pedalboard back in 2013 that was built around a tc electronics g system. He was talking about how he likes to keep things simple & not have so many pedals on his board. Fast forward to 2019 and his pedalboard is completely re-worked with all these pedals and the g system is gone - LOL! Goes to show you how each one of us who play guitar are never satisfied with our gear, and things continually change and evolve over time. It never stops.
The only regret I have in life is not seeing him live here in Australia in 2019.
There ya go, I didn't even know they toured... Not a super fan, but I would've gone.
What a chill dude
Steven Wilson is literally my god, I love that man
Those opaque over sunburst paintjobs were usually a result of a sunburst making it to the end of the line at the factory and they were put back through to be repainted because of a defect in the wood being visible through the translucent.
My favorite musical god.
*acts like he's above nerding out on gear* but needs THIS phaser from THIS specific year 🤩
Was there for the show just a few hours later. Not quite the Royal Albert Hall.
He prefers delay before drive!!! Man, I thought I was the only person on earth who actually liked that sound. 17:21 - so gnarly
check Takaakira Goto from Mono. The man plays like this for about 20 years
Van Halen did it first. Running a short echo into his driven amp works all the magic on ain't talking bout...
Ha, John kept his head down when Steven mentions Daniel from The Pedal Show. Come on guys, genuine content is good for everybody.
I think he's just bored
I miss Porcupine Tree so much.
Good gig last night. ..Yeah quite good.
My favorite Gig Rundown of all time (as well as my favorite musician this century). Love the fact that he doesn't know which PRS model he's been playing for 10+ years and which pickups are in it!
Evan Lerner it’s almost refreshing after having guys that know how many winds are are their pickups and what month the tubes in their amps were made, yaknow?
who is he??? never heard of this guy..he looks like my waiter at my dinner
The black and white ones!
@@soofitnsexy check out his music, every album is different so don't let one album put you off...
@@santibanks who is he? is he in a famous band?
Strange, that Steven had his PRS-influences from Opeth :)
Check out their song 'Bleak'. Steven sings a bit on it, and he produced the entire album with them!
You gotta be kidding, right?
@@Cr8Tron Nope, he's not. He's personally mixed and produced a couple of Opeth's albums and has sung on Blackwater Park.
@@NewsToAstonish I'll believe it once I've heard them all for the thousandth time.
I'd love to see a Dan and Mick TPS Rig Rundown!
Battle scarred PRS guitars look amazing! Imagine when a 50 year old vintage PRS guitar exists, oh it’s gonna be beautiful!
17:32. Nigel Tufnel quote for sure!
YES Thank you!
I’ve got a PRS 2003 sc term. They are great guitars. Really resonant and clear. Despite this video they do generally stay in tune, unlike my 335 and lester, which I still love, despite their faults. Great single coil sounds from the PRS as well.
I seen to the bone tour ...incredible show.
He is one minute from saying "this one goes to eleven..."
17:26 I close my eyes and feel I'm listening to 'Rig Rundown - Nigel Tufnel'
That's a bad SW impersonator, he's wearing shoes.
That’s just about the perfect board so nicely done, huge amount of pedals on the floor... wow I wish I had a hundred K to get that organized lol
It's GOLD
He's so creative and I love his music. He's such a nice guy and so patient explaining how everything works.
But he didn't explain where on the pedal board he keeps the radioactive toy ;)
I was at this show. Was amazing as always. Cool to see the set-up!
love the pog
Lookin' sharp JB!
👏👏👏 That was great guys, thank you for a great rundown! 🤘🍻🤘
That's crazy. You hear this opening riff and it sounds HUGE! Then he goes ahead and shows you his tiny little amp. You'd expect a cranked hot rodded Marshall or something...
1:56 John's signature Rig Rundown Telecaster line ;)
I wish he'd remember that even though the person he's speaking to hasn't heard him make this point before, his PG audience never needs to hear it ever again. It's almost like Tourette's at this point.
@@ebeep Fair enough, but I don't actually mind it, I just find it to be one of the quirks of the Rig Rundowns at this point. On the contrary, I think John's a great interviewer. He's genuinely into his stuff, even when his interviewees aren't that clued in on the equipment they use.
Everyone deep down is like, Bring PT back !!
Nope. Far from everyone actually.
Everyday I wish this.
Shoes on! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
"I know nothing about guitars" Other than how to play them and everything that goes with it! :)
Man that "drop d" prs should be in a fucking museum one day!
Hang on, what are those things on Steven's feet?
anyone else feel like That Pedal Show / Dan from Gig Rig is a dirty word around Premier Guitar? Steven mentions That Pedal Show and no response. "the guy" who built your board...hmmm
yeah, i half expected John to say " oh we don't mention those guys here, hahaha"
Do you know the reason for that?
@@cluecumber yeah interested in hearing the reason behind that
He's definitely just not responding whenever he mentions GigRig, or when he shouted them out. Sad.. they should be giving credit where credit is due and not just clamming up.
I dont think so, John just doesn't know of them.
It's funny how Porcupine Tree inspired Opeth and Opeth inspired Porcupine Tree. It's makes so much sense. Jonas from Katatonia introduced Porcupine Tree to Mikael and the rest is history.
What’s cool about Rig Rundown is that the pedals can be a hundred kinds and ways for still a great sound.
“Well right now it seems like you’re kind of uh more in single coil land”.
“What a fun little science experiment this thing is, right?”
So elegant, he really has a way with words.
This was irritating cuz I watch these things with my guitar in hand and I couldn't figure out what was humming in my rig....it was Steven Wilson haha
Cool band
I wish he used his tuner..
NO LIE!
Agreed. Seemed way out of tune. Gig rig is great and Dan does a fantastic job. I use a cheaper switcher myself but I swear by them.
And his noise gate!
Come on, give it a break, he just grabbed a guitar that was laying around probably after a trip and being played for the first time that day.
I've run guitar-delay-reverb-amp input for years and years because I much preferred the sound. So many people would call me out saying it wasn't correct until they heard it in the context of what I was playing. It wasn't anything like Steven Wilson but I wrote the parts that way, and when I tried running through the loop it just never sounded right.
The thinking man’s Nigel Tufnel.
Thanks to Dan from GigRig for designing the perfect looper.
Killer jacket JB
Now, see, this is one of many reasons I like Steven. I don't feel weird because of my lack of guitar knowledge. I never geeked out over active pickups or whether rosewood was a better fretboard than maple. If it looked good, felt good, and sounded good, ima play that shit!
Ok John and Premier Guitar, time to go visit Dan and Mick of That Pedal Show. They might not have millions of records sold, but they would blow your mind if you attempted a rundown of their rig(s)! Awesome rundown with Steven here, I am finding I greatly love his music, but I didn't know about him until he was on That Pedal Show!
The Cannery Ballroom in Nashville, I'd know that offset stage anywhere
John is stylin and profilin in this one
Fender would paint solid colors over sunbursts gone wrong instead of stripping the bodies. So it wouldn't be unusual for the top finish to wear away exposing the sunburst finish underneath.
I love it.. Steven Wilson on stage wearing sneakers!!!!
Around eight minutes is when we learn why this rig rundown is only 27 minutes long 😜😂 Kinda refreshing, actually 😉😄
Johnny beans the man!
Would like to have informations about the Nick Beggs rigs also !
Reason for the sunburst sticking out from underneath was that in the 60s sometimes they would respray an already painted+ sunburst guitar in a custom color because it was faster than waiting for a new body to be prepped when they got an order for a custom color. Sunburst being the standard color for strats, not sure if that was the case for the tele in the 60s.
This is not the real Steven Wilson, the real Steven Wilson doesn't wear shoes! Period :D
the distortion of the black cat with the prs is perfect
The Diamond made it sound kinda like a Roland Jazz Chorus...maybe I can use that to fake one on my Peavey for my Rhodes.
I was expecting a honk when Dan was mentioned haha
such a great guy SW
So now I don't feel so bad that I have not used a couple of my guitars for a few years!
What color is that?
I don't know, but it's beautiful.
True artist.