Rig Rundown - Cedric Burnside

[@premierguitar]

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[@michaelaronson5014]

Cedric, thanks for the love. The top of the guitar is Shedua and the pickups are Harmonic Design Z-90s, highly-recommended. To be clear, I do not hand cut my bodies or necks - I contract that stuff out, as my day (and often night) job keeps me busy, with exact specs for whoever will be playing the instrument. I did choose that particular piece of Shedua. As Cedric said, this is a hobby for me, and of the 50 or 60 guitars I've done, I've never made a penny of profit. I know how hard it is for musicians to make a living, and since this hobby has become habit-forming, I have found it a great way to contribute to folks' careers.

[@h3rr3tt]

Proud owner of your first one

[@aobyungcp4330]

Can’t wait for my Lucy Mike🙏👍💪

[@michaelaronson5014]

@@aobyungcp4330Didn't like the first stain I sprayed. Will spray walnut tomorrow and then all of the clearcoats. After a month or so, I will install hardware and wire the pickguard and jack. Then all that is left is gluing the neck joint, cutting and filing a nut and the setup. So, 6 to 8 weeks. Plug that piggy bank.

[@aobyungcp4330]

@@michaelaronson5014 sounds good to me I’m ready when you are captain 💪

[@brainsmoothy]

You really sound like a great person. Very kind of you

[@faunoram]

Awesome !!! Congratulations to Premier Guitar for having Cedric !!! Cedric is writing and performing the most original and powerful Hill Country Blues of our time !!! He won a Grammy Award with his last album and he rocks !!! Cheers from South America !!

[@gw3705]

Cedric learned with his grandfather in Jr. Kimbrough's Juke Joint. DEEP BLUES. Old school Hill Country.

[@nixternal]

I'll be damned. One of my local shops sells Austin, great priced Fender-styled guitars. I just figured for the price they must be like the Squire or what not, but damn Cedric just shows it's more the player/musician than it is the hardware. And the honk/quack of the 6th string with his opening on that custom guitar was freaking amazing!!! Thanks for the introduction to Cedric, instant fan here!

[@MartinCliffe]

Such a joyful character! I will have to investigate his work further.

[@revolutionday1]

This song is about his grandpappy, the great R.L. Burnside! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5fJhZZsitOeepY

[@revolutionday1]

"I happened to be there at the right time with a video camera by my side and he picked up a guitar, I picked up the camera." kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJW0o3qEoNtlb7c

[@CaptainMorganism]

He was rocking a mahogany Martin when I saw him last May at a show at Tipitina's last May with Billy Strings. They played till about 2am........IT WAS WILD. You may be able to see the video on Tip's KZbin channel. He stepped it up to another level when he sat behind the drum kit and REALLY threw down!

[@MrDcrules]

Cedric is the real deal. Lightening fast and very talented!

[@Nicko30able]

Watching him drumming for RL on those Lomax films for 1978 on YT...so small you couldn't even see him behind the drums....natural all around musician with solid blood.

[@buddylobos5277]

I play some of R.L.'s songs. They're great, with big room for harp.. Real crowd pleasers like "Let my Baby Ride", "Someday Baby", "It's Bad you Know". ' Big rockin' blues stuff.

[@miamistomp]

Cedric plays some fine stuff but obviously doesnt give a rat's ass about equipment Just shows it is the musician not the gear

[@revolutionday1]

.....right?! When you see someone actually gigging with an Austin guitar, you know they ain't giving a damn!! >X-D

[@chrisbarnes8867]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@Nghilifa]

Great stuff, what a loverly character he is, and his old man's a LEGEND! Will have to investigate his material further indeed!

[@davidball8064]

This guy is fantastic.

[@sandrews7760]

Roots music... full stop. Fantastic

[@Neuri]

Beautifully raw

[@GregThorneKTM500NB]

R.L would be so proud. I'll take a stab at the wood question. Looks like mountain ash to me. So refreshing not to be concerned with gear, brand, make or model. Just shut up 'n play yer guitar!

[@Mike6StringsIn]

Going to check out his cds on Amazon. I see he's been around a good while but I've not heard of him. I find more artists I love watching rig rundowns.

[@Notorious_cgc]

Listen to the Benson County Relic album, from 2018 or 2019, it’s good.

[@chocomalk]

This guy is the man and so was RL!

[@roncorral7903]

I do guitar drum duo stuff and the cool take away dual amp w bass amp. Did this yesterday w a drummer and it made a big difference!

[@petrvotava4345]

I am big fan of hill country blues 👍

[@RisikoAO]

That intro: pure mastery of the instrument, tone, timing, note choice. I bet now you wanna know how that sweet sound is made, what's the chemistry behind such prodigious voice! Man the hype is on 11.

[@ooferrell]

I wish i could get that intro rift on loop because it sounds so killer.

[@sugarinthegourd]

Guitar cap looks like ovangkol/shedua. Pickups might be Harmonic Design Z-90s?

[@michaelaronson5014]

Double bingo.

[@oiramsq73]

“Front Porch Music” indeed. If you haven’t seen the video of Cedric playing with his grandfather (R.L. Burnside) WATCH IT! At the age of 7 he made such a great pocket… it was unreal!

[@markbass354]

sounds real good , please do some bass videos

[@Les537]

He's got those John Lee Hooker fingers just like his big daddy. Good stuff.

[@randallhutchinson907]

His guitar’s top looks to be Zebra Wood. His pickups might be Phat Cats.

[@ポールの赤テレ]

The pickups look like Harmonic Design Z-90s

[@michaelaronson5014]

Bingo.

[@johnqpublic2013]

that wood should be Bubinga, I had a body that looks identical to Cedric's.

[@dragonmodel9262]

Does anyone know why he has a bass amp too for the split sound? does the bass amp add more bass?I know that sounds dumb but I was wondering why he uses one..

[@216trixie]

Bass amps often make great guitar amps. Fender bassman was a first. I used to play through a musicman bass amp and speaker cabinet in the 80s, it sounded great.

[@dragonmodel9262]

@@216trixie hi thank you..do you think he uses them both on together or switches from them. thank you..

[@ooferrell]

Yeah my Buddy plays thro an old peavey bass amp sounds hella good. I almost got one myself but the dam pawn shop that had it closed down before i could afford it.

[@216trixie]

@@dragonmodel9262 I would guess both on at the same time. It's fun to blend amp sounds.

[@dragonmodel9262]

@@216trixie hey thanks that was interesting to see that about the bass amp ..I just got this cool vintage electro harmonix switch blade pedal and I can barrow an ampeg amp that is pretty good for bass I think im going to try that.thank you again.

[@zoeyjune2193]

John thinks he's the funniest guy ever whenever he says "someone in the comments section will know the answer". But it's high key putting down the main demographic for these videos, gear nerds.

[@ViaticalTree]

How is saying “someone in the comments section will know the answer” putting anyone down? Yeah nerds hate it when people point out that they know something. 🤦‍♂️

[@joshuabeeAlafia1]

Big Up @michaelaronson5014 for making heirloom quality instruments for great working musicians like the soulful Cedric Burnside!

[@jacobthomas2756]

John's had a few drinks I reckon

[@hchoe741]

That "hand built" guitar looks an awful lot like a warmoth body and a usacg neck....

[@blackbirdeagle]

By asking this I'm not contradicting anyone, I'm just asking: is the guitar NOT hand built if it's made from some pre-manufactured parts?

[@timbulb]

@@blackbirdeagle that would be hand assembled.

[@michaelaronson5014]

The body is from Warmoth. I did pick the piece of Shedua for the top. I don't use Warmoth necks. USACG necks were far better, until Tommy sold the business. This neck is from Sound Guitar Works (Tommy's former crew). Cedric payed zero dollars for this guitar. It was my gift to him. He's a wonderful guy and he deserves it.

[@briangoode2470]

Michael Aronson awesome. He will cherish that for a very long time.

[@ooferrell]

Im prerry sure that doctor guy who buitl his guitar also built a friend of mines phish style guitar.

[@MrUltraworld]

First?

[@SpartanIntl]

Awful! Just didn't get him!