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

(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'.'
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[@BurntSquirrel]

"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"

[@rahimboulfekhar2255]

😂

[@BurntSquirrel]

Dabble 😆 😆 😆

[@samuel14674]

Dabble Oh crap you’re right lmao

[@patrickkirby7612]

P90s sound nothing like that...🤣

[@Jboy19881]

Dying 😂😂

[@VaanBeast226]

"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]

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

[@KeeperOfPoops]

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

[@racoonlover3000]

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

[@katiericketts2618]

Travis Turner

[@facuaguinaga6100]

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

[@christopherjamesblackwell]

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

[@brittonkitten]

Underrated comment

[@rockyjohnson7051]

Lmao!!!

[@falsafah2moslem]

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[@MrBarefoot09]

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

[@hizzilary5491]

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]

*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"

[@superfuzzbigmuff594]

LaughS, THANK YOU

[@shreddyeddy7391]

Im dead hahahah

[@mikeDrzal]

hahaha

[@vDomMusic]

I am losing my shit at this comment

[@wilhelmfink7633]

Genius comment 😂😂😂.

[@thejebdude3241]

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

[@Kerogas_]

LMAO

[@Connor_Bowles]

I wonder what tuning his gums in

[@davidkellerfreeman]

Yeah.. the guy is a dick

[@lightningmobiledetail6012]

Lol

[@idontknowwhatmynameshouldb3030]

he is aroused by drop d

[@bonezyboy34]

Mad props to whoever made it through this whole video

[@thumplife792]

I made it to 2:08 and couldn't take it anymore.

[@KR-ys1io]

folded in like a minute

[@billydeewilliams9104]

Exactly. Guitar tech is mad about something.

[@navyav8r653]

3:38, I couldn't take his Gum anymore

[@Admin-py1fl]

I watched it fascinating

[@chris61981]

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]

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

[@sprite_6911]

@@karlsmith7016 I see, I respect that.

[@sisao80]

Mommy told me not to chew and speak.

[@trevorflint5672]

@@sisao80 but mummy did😂

[@degen3062]

You’re a Grateful Dead fan?;)

[@leokimvideo]

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

[@philhudson...5017]

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

[@kamuromat]

vb longneck

[@playitstrange129]

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]

VB is the worst beer

[@waterblonk]

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

[@TylerRay777]

Half? Its probably near 90% now. xD

[@ashleyjohansson230]

I need to get me some 5gum now.

[@cesar.losdias]

The other half is about the gum

[@KYSMO]

More like 99 percent.

[@sbking74]

I like asmr so it doesn't bother me

[@antonlundstedt5517]

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

[@racoonlover3000]

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]

@@racoonlover3000 for the gum

[@cafesociety8525]

Both are annoying as hell so...

[@falsafah2moslem]

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[@miseryparty3726]

@@falsafah2moslem no one cares.

[@zachhallemann512]

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

[@FlyingV555]

Thanks a ton dude!!!!

[@billyrouse4813]

Any idea what the settings are on the CAE 3+SE?

[@a_random_user_1510]

I love you (no homo)

[@kernelxsanders]

Only noobs care about settings lol

[@krispykrackers8826]

God bless

[@goodknight37]

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

[@scottlapier4363]

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

[@YTOnceAgain]

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]

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

[@lect0n7]

@@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]

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

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

[@CreeperSkullDZ]

Even without

[@channezuko1786]

He ate chew gum because he don't wanna be known by many people I guess so...

[@calebunknown7940]

He's worse than Dave Grohl

[@calebunknown7940]

He's worse than Dave Grohl

[@benmiddleton9984]

Camilo Oyarzún however, it could still be cool for ASMR

[@Ben-ed5jt]

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]

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]

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

[@DavidHudson]

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

[@kevinbuttry8135]

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]

Ben v Jimi didnt swap his strings

[@jacobynt6851]

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

[@MichaelD8393]

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

[@falsafah2moslem]

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[@devintariel3769]

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

[@travissexsmith5362]

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

[@olivierdelherbe7011]

Travis Sexsmith XDDD

[@dfsdeadline]

Wrigley's Spearmint brought me here

[@ridhowiranatakusumah6531]

i domt care

[@Thejeditusken2]

+Ridho Wiranatakusumah ...If you don't, I don't care if you don't, I don't care if you don't care 😂😂😂

[@ridhowiranatakusumah6531]

i know that song jesus of suburbia

[@beans4322]

xD

[@doodles5108]

LMAO

[@ronnieDshman18]

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]

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

[@tristanmoore9265]

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

[@trialversion2617]

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

[@falsafah2moslem]

Pls watching the real amazing guitar player kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqmlaZihaLxlobc "sweet child o'mine" Guns n'roses by alip ba ta Amazing skills guitar player with 5.12M subscriber

[@johnjohnson9093]

Chomp champ slurp...guitars

[@jjwex]

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]

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

[@anthonykeve8894]

I’m a bass player that would hire another tech

[@yngvai777]

I clicked to hear this guy gnawing on gum.

[@piepie-vj6gg]

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

[@VegetaAlex]

🤣

[@Kcapgar]

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]

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

[@AndruJorj]

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

[@kristdelgado]

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

[@poindextertunes]

when i come around 🔥

[@MattInTehHat22]

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"

[@COBHC8890]

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]

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]

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

[@jaygee434]

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]

The ACDC one was great.

[@falsafah2moslem]

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[@uglycasanova4240]

Nothing beats a good "Gum Solo"..

[@gunnerpup7288]

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]

I think they should do drums as well

[@TheClockspeed]

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

[@ryanjohnston4249]

That sounds...mildly erotic.

[@arnoldcorns8879]

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]

Pls watching the real amazing guitar player kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqmlaZihaLxlobc "sweet child o'mine" Guns n'roses by alip ba ta Amazing skills guitar player with 5.12M subscriber

[@TheGamingMaximus]

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

[@TheGamingMaximus]

+Matthew Wood lol that would have been perfect XD

[@apurvatripathi2192]

ya...me too!!😁

[@mattsucksatmusic4817]

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

[@KeeperOfPoops]

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]

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.

[@RuudClaessen]

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]

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

[@DroneShotFPV]

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]

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

[@pablo9364]

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

[@cardbored_]

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

[@luukderuijter1332]

>chews gum >Refuses to elaborate

[@felixnilbog4517]

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

[@justinpridham7919]

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]

And uh *chew chew chew*

[@geeewhizz3245]

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

[@arbazann]

Lol

[@dogpetdog]

the interviewer is even worse

[@geeewhizz3245]

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

[@greenfly1264]

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

[@danb5060]

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

[@connorcunningham1332]

Him chewing the gum and breathing is so annoying

[@onetwothreeBRJ]

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

[@pshep138]

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

[@youngcoconut4778]

Connor Cunningham so...NMNMNAMNMNM

[@jeffreyromulo531]

MotleyMetal 1981 rhke

[@chuckelator]

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]

So true

[@critie]

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.

[@SonicRave1]

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

[@YourPalAnnus]

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

[@moistchoice]

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

[@KeeperOfPoops]

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

[@cadeallen7210]

*chewing noises* uhhhh

[@Alex-nj6rj]

*chewing intensifys*

[@charlietheoneonly16]

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

[@FlyingV555]

Thanks

[@lukemurray7744]

“Disposable guitar” FML

[@Nachtopus]

All of these racks with insanely complicated pre-amp devices only confuse me. What ever happened to just plugging into an amp with maybe a pedalboard out front and rocking out?

[@sparkelius]

The funny part of rig run downs is how guitar players and their techs take a simple standard guitar or gear and then modd it into oblivion. Not because they don't have the money to go into a custom shop and buy what they need - but it is fashionable to do crappy stuff and then say that its customised to his taste. With the huge choice of gear available in western countries, this is just ridiculous these days.

[@TheZooropaBaby]

metalmusician6798 they're just in place of preamp part of those amp heads, and those heads are doing power-section. It's simple, it just has more piece but more flexibility and stuff. To me, it's as simple as just plugging straight to an amp, in a way

[@ahagamin6180]

metalmusician6798 The heads just modify the sound and then the stock amps take the sound and make it louder

[@ahagamin6180]

***** in a big stadium like that the one amp isn't loud enough

[@jacksonpulp3791]

metalmusician6798 yes, something simple, like a guitar going into your pedal board and from that to a voodoo lab amp selector to 4 different amps at the same time.

[@colico14]

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

[@maca5645]

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.

[@DetroitWrecker666]

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

[@1990sDialUpWeb]

Seriously, this dude makes $90,000 yearly likely

[@DetroitWrecker666]

@@1990sDialUpWeb 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]

@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]

@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.

[@mfwdead]

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

[@javierherrera8782]

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

[@snuffldyduffldy3889]

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]

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

[@FPSRunner]

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_]

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

[@GlennJimenez]

Potato, potatoe

[@smoothedoutband2019]

Well those two different names are basically the same tuning 😂

[@kristianjohnsen7995]

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

[@Tyler_Wilson]

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

[@JayK20]

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

[@xuktqy.]

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

[@PhpGtr]

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.

[@premierguitar]

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,

[@ellielikesthings]

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

[@falsafah2moslem]

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[@Littlebodyhugecrybaby]

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

[@sexta-c4251]

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

[@KeeperOfPoops]

*bass tech

[@anina_kathryn]

William Allison Bass is a kind of guitar

[@KeeperOfPoops]

@AnnaKathryn but they're reffered to as bass technician

[@billyrouse4813]

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]

@@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.

[@DrummingMoose]

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.

[@screeeeeeeeee962]

it was probably a mistake....

[@DrummingMoose]

+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]

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

[@andrejs1828]

Your wrong it was angled

[@nirvanatemplefighters2714]

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

[@veerchasm1]

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

[@chris61981]

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]

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

[@chris61981]

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

[@probablyahorse1389]

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

[@JD-rq5jf]

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]

@@JD-rq5jf indeed

[@Beatleman91]

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

[@dkyelak]

The tech doesn't even know.

[@JazzRadioFfm]

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]

That tech is a moron

[@fergusmacleod9540]

Oh my god he kept my hulk mask oh my gooooood

[@patthetwat6963]

What?

[@lenmetallica]

22:40

[@ROOKTABULA]

fergus macleod ya shoulda had your email address on the inside with a note. 😀

[@DavidHudson]

I think he was joking.

[@russianbot2397]

@@DavidHudson maybe he wasn't

[@kenyy0]

I have watched this video at least 7 times by now

[@jconner3891]

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

[@JeffMcGovern12]

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

[@isaacjeter9468]

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

[@zattrill7894]

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

[@XxStonedImmaculatexX]

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!

[@maddogpicker]

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

[@kebab_boi]

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

[@wrighthanded2083]

Sorry it's not working out

[@YoDawgoneeleven]

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

[@lesdolores5021]

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

[@CREA9TURE]

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]

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]

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".

[@ashooby]

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

[@RoryJoe]

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".

[@stephenm8725]

pretty rad

[@matthewtrier4607]

That's a lot of gear for a couple power cords

[@dkyelak]

Yes very punk indeed lol!

[@jackg8893]

Great music made simple.

[@94jmbottaro]

sone bands you can easily say, those are alot of notes for such a shitty song

[@waveemann8857]

Man if you got all the free gear you wanted you'd have gear on top of gear haha

[@leewhitworth9142]

Simplicity is the key to brilliance.

[@KevinBower-gy5be]

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

[@chrisdaniels2555]

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...

[@lesdolores5021]

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

[@jaketorres6670]

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]

It also gives the bottom three strings more low end

[@Ascalis1]

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

[@DrummingMoose]

Ascalis1 Thank you

[@jaketheripper7385]

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!

[@Polyphemus.]

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

[@DxPxOfficial]

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

[@mt7907]

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

[@Zoso7227]

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

[@jaketheripper7385]

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.

[@MilanSamko]

thanks for videos like this :)

[@billyrouse4813]

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]

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.

[@RevStitch1]

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

[@intrsoul]

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.

[@kilo-watt]

Legend has it Hans is still chewing that gum to day.

[@joseescobar8807]

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 🚬

[@snakezase2998]

You could just be a roadie

[@tfranzini]

After you hear RHCP guitar tech all others are just not fun lol

[@AllenP12]

agreeedd

[@KeeperOfPoops]

you mean Ian Sheppard

[@sakimiyu4169]

he's the nanny for josh klinghoffer's gear

[@andrewpappas9311]

Yeah, Ian was awesome

[@falsafah2moslem]

Pls watching the real amazing guitar player kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqmlaZihaLxlobc "sweet child o'mine" Guns n'roses by alip ba ta Amazing skills guitar player with 5.12M subscriber

[@gunnargreene2060]

It's not a fender it's a Fernandez

[@steffenhaas]

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

[@brandonswafford861]

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

[@damiana4822]

chewing gum sounds amazing all amplified

[@derontchi]

This guy's smacking drove me absolutely nuts

[@GerryBlue]

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

[@danielpapuga4615]

They need a do a Update Video on this

[@MrJets702]

Jeez Mike Dirnt is a freaking Fender nut

[@Gerabaldi]

At least Hans acknowledged the gum 😂

[@zanderbear2487]

The fact that bj’s guitars were here in dekalb is almost like an honor

[@ColoradoDreamin]

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