Rig Rundown: Blu DeTiger

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Swarms of musicians and guitarists have found social media’s current 60-second attention span inspirational and fruitful. But what happens after that first minute? Well, for TikTok bass tycoon Blu DeTiger, you become a shooting star. However, her story isn’t that sudden or serendipitous. She’s been working towards the spotlight since she first picked up the bass to jam with her drummer brother, Rex, at age 7.
“He was playing drums and I wanted to play an instrument,” recalls DeTiger. “As a girl, I thought guitar was ‘mainstream’ because I saw that everywhere and thought bass was rare and it would be more unique to play. I fell in love with it and my passion took over.”
Further fanning her musical flame, she joined School of Rock and performed semester-ending concerts covering Zeppelin, Bowie, Prince, the Stones, and others. She collaborated and performed with Chromeo and Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers. Inspired by horn-playing DJs, she even toted her bass to DJ gigs, where she laid down the funkiest lines she could muscle out over the top of her playlists.
“I saw people playing saxophone or trumpet over songs they were DJ-ing and I had really never seen bass used in that context. Bass is fire and it should feel good in a club because of the low frequencies hitting you.” An added benefit of the symbiotic sets was elevating her improvisational skills.
Then, the pandemic hit and DeTiger took to social media, finding a creative outlet on TikTok by adding dance-y flourishes and bouncy thunder to classic tracks. She earned a spot helping announce Fender’s Player Plus P and scored a deal with ALT:VISION Records, releasing the How Did We Get Here? EP in early 2021. She’s since graduated to being an UMG Recordings/Capitol Records artist and continues to embrace the snippet culture by churning out singles: “Blondes,” “Blutooth,” “enough 4 u,” “Crash Course,” and “Hot Crush Lover.” Yeah, you might only see 60 seconds of her talent before the algorithm pushes you by, but she’s put in years of sweat to get this far. What’s the plan going forward? To throw one helluva party, of course!
Ahead of her headlining set at Nashville’s Basement East, the booming bass star jumped at the chance to give her eager fans what they’ve been asking for-a Rig Rundown. In the chat with PG’s Chris Kies, she covers why she saw the bass as an underdog, how a Jazz tops a P bass, and explains the reason behind not going through her “crazy pedal phase” yet.
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00:00 - D'Addario's XS Strings
00:15 - Blu DeTiger Intro
00:50 - Blu DeTiger's TikTok and School of Rock Background
04:14 - Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass
08:38 - Fender American Elite Jazz Bass
11:03 - Aguilar DB751 Amp & DB410 Cabinets
13:01 - Fender American Ultra Stratocaster HSS
14:11 - Blu DeTiger's Pedalboard
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[@BluDeTiger]

thank you so much for having me !!!

[@premierguitar]

Our pleasure, Blu. We're glad you made the time for our little internet show! We'll see ya next time your in Music City popping off parties!!

[@the-creech4790]

You are incredible!

[@michaelthompson3286]

Love your stuff, Elevator is such a jam especially 🤘🏼❤️‍🔥

[@nathanwahl9224]

I'm impressed, you're truly a bass player's bass player! No compression, control that tone, yeah, dynamics!!! Thanks, interesting seeing your perspectives.

[@Andyanddiana467]

Awesome! More bass rig rundowns, please!

[@HLinc.]

I agree!!

[@rome8180]

Chris is my favorite Rig Rundown interviewer. He seems genuine and easy to talk to.

[@gregmize01]

He always comes prepared!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@chris_kies]

Thanks! Truly appreciate the kind words

[@chris_kies]

@@gregmize01 Just doing my part to bring the best RRs possible!

[@TrevWings]

Him and Rebecca Dirks

[@keithwright2322]

Awesome to see Blu doing a RR! This girl has the funk in her DNA.

[@Bits_N_Pixels]

Man, the chill atmosphere and how comfortable the artist is, are marks of how good these rundowns are! Love the joke about not receiving free gear yet!

[@ileutur6863]

Always a pleasure to see a bass rig featured

[@billnelson9413]

Spicoli surfs AND plays bass now too?! Totally sick! Good job on the interview Mr. Hand!

[@chris_kies]

Aloha! 🤙

[@CarlDraper]

Great! thanks for doing this Blu!

[@ukulelelab4219]

great. I love basses with sparkle finishes

[@BruceColon-BSides]

This Rig Rundown was SO sick 😝

[@james9802]

Absolutely loved this. Was lucky enough to see Blu at her London show last year, mind-blowingly talented

[@BluDeTiger]

[@pdempsey]

Awesome rundown! Glad to see another bassist who doesn't like/use compression.

[@Andyanddiana467]

Funny you say that...I've recently been playing without a compressor and I'm quite enjoying it. I'm getting better at controlling tone and dynamics with my fingers, pick, and/or volume/tone knobs on my PJ bass.

[@hunterthompson7182]

love it!

[@p9jpd9]

Shout out to School of Rock, great place for kids to learn

[@thedondeluxe6941]

If Fender released a production model of that bass, I would totally buy one😍

[@JoshuaLTRyan]

Love the eqd pedal. Nice sound.

[@geoffcline9593]

Bass + DJ ?? SQUAREPUSHER,(Tom Jenkinson) since 1993/94... a legend, a monster...an original. See also, Shoba Leader One, an amazing band,

[@thunderthumbs83]

I was thinking of Squarepusher too as soon as she mentioned that. Fred Falke is another one too, though I don't think he uses the bass as much in live sets as SP.

[@hexadb]

I came to the comments to see if anyone had mentioned Squarepusher. 😁

[@johnfrenette]

Or Clifford Gilberto

[@daddarioandco]

Love it! 💙💙

[@charmcitytoe]

Keep it funky Blu!

[@thesnapperkeeper]

What a beautiful bass

[@x7stringinJSCx]

More people need to know who she is. Glad she did this.

[@GillRigged]

I was the same way about compression UNTIL I discovered the BECOS CompIQ STELLA Pro Compressor. Haven't looked back since. 🤘

[@jensk4140]

16:12 you can play the "party boy" tune with that pedal 😁

[@niupe705]

Blu is everything we need to see on the current scene and i'm HERE for it

[@BluDeTiger]

[@smelltheglove2038]

Just another social media “musician” with rich parents that funded her rise. Not real.

[@bassically7882]

The NY loft is sick.. fire.. whatev... probably a couple million

[@mxmllrguitar]

this is so dope!

[@jameswyatt7382]

Respect

[@andrewpappas9311]

I’m not familiar with Blu but she seems like a really solid girl and a great player so I’ll definitely check her music out, plus that blue sparkle Jazz Bass looks absolutely incredible

[@jascatt3341]

Did you guys discuss the Van kitten in their collaboration with Chloe or did I miss it?

[@craigshewchuk9018]

I have the same Perry's rose guitar strap! Definitely check out a 1-15 and 410 together, it would be a third cab to have or bring around but they definitely add a lot of low end Also both basses sound good, I liked the first one a lot the sparkly one, it has its own sound, while the other one without sparkles sounds like original bass, still good but doesn't have a distinction to it

[@xdoctorblindx]

I'm sure she's reading all of these comments, eager to implement your suggestions.

[@craigshewchuk9018]

@@xdoctorblindx I don't care who read my comments

[@DannyCruzCreations]

I like compression. On guitar AND bass. But, much respect to you. Also, Josh Smith can't stand compression on guitar.

[@gadymarcus2362]

Magnifica.💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@ITigerbaum]

More Bass!

[@Bobby_Digital37]

Oh how I love this woman!!!!!!

[@TheRainmanBachelor]

She sounds like she has done lots of drugs.

[@miner49er79]

Wow , I love that bass ,,,,,,,,,,,

[@thecappy]

Fantastic player.

[@jodymoses156]

Not really

[@Spac3Sounds]

this one was dope and cute, love blu

[@donbuttaccio4464]

Yeah Totally

[@rogercardenas111]

Classic set-up Fender Jazz Bass and an Aguilar bass amp. Great job guys interesting video. 👍🤠😷🙋‍♂️🤓🧑‍🏫🤘

[@mikesmithguitarlessons]

sick

[@adiohead]

I get the compression thing. I prefer playing dynamically.

[@celsosaraiva5412]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@groovybasslines]

Great Tchat ! Lovely girl ! 😍

[@gamby16a]

Her bass part on The Knocks "Slow Song" was phenomenal. Top track for 2022.

[@winf1234]

totally.

[@victorburton4886]

That was cool I am a hard bass player but I like your riffs don't tell my buds

[@jayyoungmusic919]

Please DO THE BAND CAMINO

[@nathanwahl9224]

The tens do just fine for getting that feeling, as compared to the 15s. There's a lot more to cabinet design and results than just driver size. Guitar players, geez. 😆 (joke!)

[@dewberry3043]

Down to earth lovely.

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

Dig, she seems very cool. I'll check out the tunes.

[@KeithKemp]

Totally

[@Jaytl359]

@@KeithKemp Damn beat me to it lol.

[@uggles_mcfuggles]

I’d love to see Alvvays on this channel.

[@gabrielwalker4411]

Go do the red hot chili peppers again please I'd love to see it

[@yeeeehawwww9239]

She moves as if I’m watching the video on 1.25 speed .. but ..I’m not it’s tripping me out . Anyone else experience this?

[@Andy666TheBeast]

damn she tall af

[@BudiPrasetyoHarsono]

Please do James Bay Rig Rundown next!

[@TheRainmanBachelor]

Sometimes being quiet is good but this is snobby quiet.

[@noahmichael6996]

What an absolute bad ass :) Cool you are featuring more women!

[@KesslerMickschGeorgeII]

More players could learn from her example. Unless it’s for a dramatic effect, leave your compressor pedals at home. Trust the sound man. They’re going to compress the heck outta everything anyway

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

🐯🐯🐯 WHY SHE BLU DE TIGER ❓❓❓🐯🐯🐯

[@johnmcaleese8459]

She is a musician people not an English literature professor.

[@Kumacidefpv]

Siiiiick

[@LockRocker]

Stick with the 4x10's and don't go over a 15"

[@paulludwikowski7967]

If you played a drinking game, every time she said "yeah" or "totally", you wouldn't remember this video.

[@mark6302]

aguilar is the mad note

[@Whiskel]

15:29 Peak like

[@crilf5830]

Sick fire yo! Lol. 😂

[@thecappy]

Hopefully she grows out of that.

[@jw112mail]

"Sick, Sick, Sick....Oh Fire!" wtf

[@BruceColon-BSides]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂…

[@magic2506]

This is like a really good like video of like listening to someone say like, like so many times like, you know what I am saying. Like it is really like a great video of like a rig rundown. It's just like about good bass playing like a review.

[@ruslanshalintsev4793]

Almost every interview in english... - yeah***** yeah - yeah yah - but yeah - yeah)

[@shaneyoung3407]

Like OMG. ok, I'm done

[@bloodromance4776]

I feel myself uncomfortable when she looks to camera. Anyway, great looking bass

[@matcheau_music]

Totally. Fire. Sick. Fire. Totally. So Fire. 🥴

[@BruceColon-BSides]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DolemiteSammich]

No sushifx or darkglass or 3leaf. Def not a talkbasser.

[@Andyanddiana467]

Hahaha! Unlike most of that crowd, she actually....plays.

[@fistinair1979]

😂

[@the-creech4790]

This was a breath of fresh air! She didn't fly any freak flags, no social injustices perceived as far as I can tell. No excessively foul language. She's not mutilated with ugly tattoos (sorry Chris!). And has genuine talent and interest in music. A very rare thumbs up from me. Thanks for posting this video Premier Guitar!

[@librasky]

Agreed 👍

[@xdoctorblindx]

You seem to have very specific ideas of how women should look, speak, and behave. I bet the women in your life (if you have any left) love that about you.

[@librasky]

@@xdoctorblindx stop projecting your insecurities

[@ileutur6863]

If you value a musician by how they align with your social values instead of for the music they create, I have news for you... you don't value that musician.

[@xdoctorblindx]

@@librasky I'm a guy, actually, and happily married with children. What exactly am I insecure about, hmm? I just hope my daughter doesn't have to deal with men like the two of you.

[@KeithKemp]

Totally. Fire. Sick. Fire. Totally. So Fire. Totally. Fire. Sick. Fire. Totally. So Fire. Totally. Fire. Sick. Fire. Totally. So Fire. Totally. Fire. Sick. Fire. Totally. So Fire. Totally. Fire. Sick. Fire. Totally. So Fire.

[@lawlaw1]

Someone count how many “likes” she said. So insane how these kids talk.. like nails on a chalkboard

[@JohnnyMacaw]

Wack

[@jodymoses156]

Quite the ego..Not real bright.

[@eatadick4127]

Where? Easily one of the most chill rundowns on here. Also, fairly knowledgeable about throughout the entire thing

[@stanknugget]

Yeah, totally. Totally.

[@Jaytl359]

Totally radical👍

[@stanknugget]

@@Jaytl359 You’ll die alone.

[@chrishepburn1503]

Who?