Rig Rundown - Josh Smith

This week's #RigRundown hit the open seas on ‪@JoeBonamassaTV‬'s Keeping the Blues Alive cruise and checked out ace sideman and bonafide string bender ‪@JoshSmithGuitar‬.
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[@premierguitar]

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[@KRayxKodessA]

This dude does NOT suck. Love to see PG picking up on him.

[@harrypalmer3481]

He does not!

[@atta1798]

@@harrypalmer3481 he is a good performer

[@peaner083]

Late to this comment but I don't think I've never heard anyone say he sucks haha... don't know how anyone could think that tbh

[@rknisple]

Josh is one of the worlds greatest guitarist today.

[@seansrecords]

Ryan Knispel one of the best ever .

[@rolandgustavsson6015]

Maybe, Jack Person is alive. 😊

[@root_ipv6]

agree!

[@lukechandler4094]

No doubt!

[@john-zw9rw]

NOPE.........but he's very good

[@bubasknr]

Man he has a perfect setup. He plays circles around everybody, damn.

[@PatatoKeftes]

I love the D'addario add which in short says "you get the tone suck of a longer cable on a shorter cable" ...

[@rtk90083]

Lol 🤣

[@jonathanstewart5269]

That must be the first V-neck Coltrane shirt I've ever seen

[@monsieurmitosis]

Was just thinking that

[@droliver]

Josh is one of the “apex predators” among blues/jazz guitarists. He’s one of the guys other top guitarists wanna go see

[@BenScott777]

How can you not love Josh? One of the best players around, and more importantly, a super nice guy with no ego.

[@bluesdog88]

Josh is a really cool guy, so down to earth just a player!

[@RJRonquillo]

2-5-1 licks with an octave pedal is my kinda jazz!

[@mr.yellowstrat3352]

Fancy seeing you here

[@littlebrownhash]

Josh’s preferences don’t line up with any of the modern trends but he can have whatever opinions he wants because he’s a monster player!

[@omilionaudio]

Our favorite compact build we’ve done to date! 🙌🏼

[@amedeo1993]

Was on that KTBA Cruise!!..got to meet Josh and John,Chris and Perry from PG!! Coolest Guys around....Thanks John and Josh you Guys Rock!!

[@yargnad]

Why anybody would have been on a cruise ship in the past 3 months is beyond me. You've got to be begging for Coronavirus...

[@realgoodmind]

Finally! One of the top 3 blues guitarists touring right now. People need to support the blues more in the states!

[@Jedlmind]

He sounds like more of a jazz guy to me... He follows his head as much as his ear.

[@michaeldschutte]

Have you listened to Dan Patlansky?

[@realgoodmind]

@@michaeldschutte Oh yeah love Dan! Wish he came this way more

[@michaeldschutte]

J S where are you from?

[@realgoodmind]

@@michaeldschutte the States. in the south too. So Josh rarely comes this way. Savannah doesn't support music the way it should I think especially blues guitarist. Dan would be a really long shot to get here. So i just watch him on youtube and insta

[@bobbyvaldez7823]

Love it - thanks for being so willing to share your gear stuff Josh.

[@vayabroder729]

John is such a likeable guy; very good player in his own right. I like his interviews very much.

[@Guitavatar]

Josh is the nicest, hardest working, and superbly intelligent player. Great rundown!

[@chriscamm3966]

Josh Smith is a badass guitar player! Great to see this.

[@josephgrant757]

Anybody else see how he’s like a modern day Danny Gatton with his versatility. Just cool headed and calm but is a beast on that Tele

[@edbauer8790]

Joseph Grant well said

[@atta1798]

Tele's r great to play n because of their sound easier to play...look for Prince

[@tyshred9251]

One of my favorite guitarists I've learned so much from him. Josh is the man.

[@scottyhughes9179]

best rig rundown I have ever seen.... bravo John and Josh. Thank you

[@sthengr]

One of the best rig rundowns yet, thanks guys!

[@David_Miftar]

Best SRV impression ever, untouchable 💯👌

[@_RLP]

Amazing player. Love his work and his approach to the whole thing. Thanks for this.

[@NikolausBrocke]

These licks are phenomenal. Josh will make every setup sound good just with his fingers.

[@markmartin3221]

Well done, man you had me walking through a forest with not a dime in my pocket barefooted but feeling some hope through the trees as there was sunlight and honey dripping down from the trees. What a stellar instrument I must say. Bravo 👏

[@bwall615]

One of my favorite guitarist! Thanks for this Rig Rundown!

[@fishingfreak9734]

This was video a history lesson and one of the best....pure nickel strings!!! Thx PG, Thx Josh.

[@brianforsythe1125]

Josh is one of my top 5 favorite guitar players. Very inspirational!

[@marcuswalker4057]

Probably one of the best strat tones I've ever heard!!!!!

[@indytrucks2003]

Dude, his bridge pickup in that "Strat" is epic! Plus, he is an amazing player.

[@songkid]

Such an incredible player and super cool dude Josh Smith is. 👊🤠🍀🎶

[@gregv.8564]

How Josh plays it's just INSANE haha off this world this guy is the bomb!

[@NewHopeAudio]

I just like how down to earth this guy is. Obviously a great player but seems like a great hang, too!

[@iainking671]

Pound for pound one of the best players in the game! Great episode! 🤘

[@aschneider70]

What a great player and great guy! A master guitarist for sure!

[@Jonathan-L]

I'll never know what Josh Smith will be playing next, and that's what makes me keep listening to him!

[@chrisguitarro]

What a sound, great code guys .

[@blizzbee]

That intro playing is perfect, just perfect.

[@jamesemerson4102]

Such a nice guy and a true artist. Met him in Australia. I love how he is striving to just play what he wants to play and not sell out to get more money in his pocket, like almost every young musician I know is doing these days.

[@jamestobaschus8936]

Watched him grow up and gig in Fort Lauderdale, Fl with many premier players, I think he was 12 the first time I saw him. Spoke with him a few times and I must say he has alway been a dedicated musician and truly deserves being recognized as one of the worlds greatest guitarist.

[@peterdegoeij6234]

Great episode again. Josh, hope to see you again when on tour in the Netherlands

[@azraelblick4117]

Josh Smith is one of the classiest players out there today. A real class act!

[@davidgoltra9950]

Josh is such an amazing player and a smart logical guy. True professional

[@tmitz73]

Awesome Episode guys! Ruling!!

[@frmcf]

16:24 Josh is such a pro in front of the camera, he knows to repeat the bit that might get edited out.

[@Nappi1996]

I once got the chance to play Josh´s Chapin Tele. And the 13´s are great to play when you're used to play acoustic.. Loved the tone acoustically! Thanks Josh for the chance :)

[@virtuososo]

Nice rundown! Great player. Laid back, and very knowledgeable about his whole signal path. And likely the strongest hands in the biz. 13s in standard? Wow.

[@guitarz]

Dude knows his stuff. Great video

[@mattofthemountain]

I've never heard anyone else refer to the Vox thing as "broken glass", but that's what I call it too!

[@KUTEY]

This guys just go nuts on every aspect of his rig, it's impressive... He research and master every single detail...

[@ruderuda]

So inspiring!

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

awesome rig rundown and epic guitar player,good lord this cat can play and he is just noodling.when he digs in its crazy awesome

[@TJjjjjjjjjjj]

One of the best players alive

[@gearmeister]

Definitely! If Josh got a penny for every great bar of music he's played, he'd be a billionaire... 🤟😎👌

[@fortchman]

Amazed at how versatile Josh is, certainly not just a blues guitarist, though that's not a bad thing at all

[@adamfstewart81]

John Bohlinger has amazing posture.

[@planetsab]

Adam Stewart and hair. And the shirt ;-)

[@doug_d]

@@planetsab It wasn't always so re: the hair. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3OxnmN3rZmJsMU

[@tompoynton]

Hyeeahh!

[@TheFeelButton]

Great player and a very nice rig! Good stuff PG!! 👍☺️✌️

[@U.F.O_0908]

The insanity of these licks melted my face 98 percent of the time.

[@mrjtibor]

It is very useful for me as an amateur just listening how and why he uses what he uses. Thx!

[@goswo]

Josh is The Boss. Started to eatch out for him more than 15 years ago. And Bollinger is a GREAT interviewer (and great guitar player). Good stuff

[@UmVtCg]

Funny to think when you see him on stage with Joe Bonamassa, he owns and plays thousands of guitars. Josh Smith just the one Telecaster.

[@pappyodanial]

Joe has been buying and selling as a business forever.

[@UmVtCg]

@@pappyodanial Yeah, me too, but I don't have half a dozen 50's era Les Pauls lying around.

[@simonvanderheijden432]

@@UmVtCg Sucks for you..

[@stefanpalicki3538]

@@simonvanderheijden432 found Joe's alternate account

[@UmVtCg]

@@simonvanderheijden432 En voor jou ook pik, ik weet namelijk zeker dat jij ook niet in de buurt komt, not by a long shot.

[@elevenAD]

love this guy!

[@judejudeus]

Wow 13s and play like, that is impressive . Josh I love your tone and playing style and the Clipper is perfect. Great attitude . Keep up that awesome playing.

[@chumdm3]

Great point about strat sounds.

[@CornwallguitarlessonsCoUk]

I could watch this again and again

[@Les537]

Top player. Quality content.

[@shaggadelik]

In a very manly way, I'm madly in love with Josh Smith. He's the best.

[@johnbuell8035]

Doesn’t sound so manly, buddy. No manly guy is ‘madly in love’ with another guy. Adjust accordingly.

[@shaggadelik]

@@johnbuell8035 Wow, what a great comment! That's important information right there - no wait: it's dumb shit. You must have way too much time on your hands, or whatever that is on your hands. Washing hands is so important these days... :-) Anyways, it's totally none of your business and even the manliest guy will be madly in love with Josh Smith if he hears him playing guitar like he does. Don't put the man down, will ya? Stay safe and healthy, dude!

[@Wesleyguitarrista]

Great sound ever

[@claytonphelps9911]

Sweet rig rundown, I've been checking Josh's stuff out, I just watched one with him and Tim Pierce, and of course he's been touring with J.B., and what got me inspired to check Josh out was hearing Joe say, live on stage, " and over here is the best guitar player on this stage, ladies and gentleman , "Josh Smith". Yessir, now I'm checking Josh's stuff out.

[@MrMojoRiiisin]

This dude blows your mind with his versatility and taste,

[@gergemall]

So nice

[@lulimas]

Joshs sound is insane. Damn

[@VonnStrummer]

Josh your a great guitar player and good guy! Especially since you need the funk!!!

[@Bluenblack17]

Great player! Wow

[@Democr785]

Josh is a great musician!!!

[@mariodriessen9740]

I guess Josh Smith is not impressed by the recent trend of using light gauge strings. 😁

[@john-zw9rw]

He's too busy doing promotional crap for the Japan made signature import...

[@linksayajin2958]

@Guitar Dudeo Have u seen him play? He does both better than u and me together lol

[@a-aron3775]

Recent trend ? Light gauges being utilized has been around for a long time by the greats

[@mariodriessen9740]

@@a-aron3775 : Absolutely. Trends come and go. But this is a comment I wrote four years ago. And four years ago there was this online debate going on among content creators like Rick Beato, Rhett Shull and many others who came to the conclusion that using lighter gauge strings will provide you with better tone. Apparently it was David Friedman who stated this as a fact and this started a debate, like I mentioned before. But I for one never found their experiments very convincing. For various different reasons. Not only is the quality of sound a very subjective matter, but things like ‘feel’ and personal preference, or stability (like tuning issues) weren’t part of the debate. I’m not the youngest and I spent years of searching for the best set of strings for me. Anyway, lots of content creators, but also established artists joined the bandwagon and many of them started to use lighter gauge strings. At the time Josh Smith was a well respected guitarist and became better known with a wider audience. But as we all know, he uses very heavy strings and unless I missed something, he still does. But there have always been guitarists that were known to use very heavy strings (SRV, Dick Dale, Rick Parfitt) and there have always been guitarists that were known to use very light strings (Billy Gibbons, Tony Iommi, Frank Zappa), so indeed, there’s nothing new. But like I said, there are trends. I remember when Stevie Ray Vaughan became an established artist, guitarists from all over the world started to experiment with using heavier strings. And four years ago the trend was quite the opposite, hence my comment. 😊

[@irrationallynegative]

Great guitarist and all round nice guy.

[@SebZoso]

Love this guy... never even heard of him.

[@cliftontorrence839]

JS is such a master musician . Check out his snippet from a few years back when he was at Thomman Music Messe taking delivery of the earlier Schmidt Array board, (his first) from Daniel S. of TPS. He does a noodling display on that board that is just stellar. 😊 And it is always great to hear John B. do an interview.

[@michaelbevins2405]

Like the sunburst strat ,I got one just like it ,Ive had it for 26 years .Its played 100s of gigs and it playes better than ever.

[@NickGranville]

Awesome Josh! :)

[@davidberman1310]

Monster player and in my opinion one of the best blues guitarist on the planet right now

[@nicholasmanupella3475]

JOSH SMITH IS FRIGGIN AWESOME

[@maxdistortion]

i kind of know what he's talking about. I never felt like myself playing Les Pauls or other guitars. Other bands and sounds came to mind before I could write anything of my own. The Tele has so much personality and suits so many genres. the swiss army knife of guitars.

[@mauriciovazquez2371]

Top 5 RR IMO. 13-58's in standard? Whoa, and he's not flexing. You can tell he genuinely likes and wants that feel. And when he played the strat with the soloist pedal - I haven't wanted to run out and buy a pedal like that in a long time. Great work as always by JB, well done, I learned a lot on this one and added some items to my birthday list.

[@snigzilla7155]

Josh Smith is sooooo good

[@brosephthomas3764]

this dudes such a beast on guitar

[@irvingperes]

I had never heard of this Josh Smith guy, but oh boy he seems like a really nice guy.

[@ryanmiller3789]

Josh Smith is the man!

[@bradwoods371]

24:23 discovered this about a month ago pure nickel strings are the best

[@Echzachtly]

Brad Woods if you haven’t tried them / aren’t familiar I’ve been using the throbak nickel core strings and they are incredible. Reasonably priced and ship quick too

[@mattsefton]

What a player!

[@w1third]

I prefer the Josh Smith sound when he has that Strat

[@doctorskull8197]

Phenomenal player 😍

[@troutpoutLA]

Josh is a total monster 👍🙏👍

[@BenFairbank]

I like the green ringer for the same thing. Unfortunately my BYOC Armstrong twin broke. I need to find another option. Works great with fuzz but you can use it in crazy ways

[@jakepedersen9101]

Josh seems like such a nice man!

[@paulcowart3174]

Digging that fuzz and Kingtone pedal

[@Ragnar-Viking]

Only us guitar players can get this excited about gear

[@kitano0]

Most of all, he needs the funk-Parliament, 1977 I need the funk-Josh Smith, 2020 We ALL need more funk! Love Josh, he's amazing...

[@gastonruiz10]

13 - 58 in standard tuning?? DAMN

[@bradcoffman7395]

Saw him in December and asked about the 13s. All his guitars are strung the same.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

@@bradcoffman7395 He seems like a really nice and approachable guy. Was he?

[@narvul]

He probably thinks that SRV used that setup.

[@hockeyguy1166]

@@SimpleManGuitars1973 He is a really humble guy and one of the best players around, I went to his show in NYC last year. Before the show even started he was standing outside meeting everyone and thanking everyone for coming, a class act.

[@seansrecords]

DuckTalesWooHoo1987 he’s great Saw him in UK couple of years ago and chatted for a while after gig Had a queue behind me so had to stop but was chatting guitar and jazz for ages , the guy is so great on guitar and the nicest guy ...