Rig Rundown - Deftones' Stephen Carpenter & Sergio Vega

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[@progmetaltv7421]

We need an updated rig rundown with Stef 🤘😎🤘

[@FlyingV555]

He’s added 9 strings and has probably properly eq’d his stuff by now.

[@tommymccracken487]

this was a weird rig rundown..."tell us about your setup" "I'm changing everything"

[@TheZooropaBaby]

+Tommy McCracken and couple of years later, he's back to rig with bunch of pedals without Axe, i think

[@chrisplummer]

+Tommy McCracken "I'm changing everything" "It's all for looks"

[@juanvazquez5836]

"This wasn't worth it"

[@ted__ryan]

His shit. He can do whatever the hell he wants with it.

[@interruptor]

@@ted__ryan I don't think anyone is saying he can't do whatever he wants, but that it's a bit of a waste of everyone's time to make a rundown of a rig that doesn't work.

[@KDowah]

I actually think Stephen's superficial mindset is pretty creative in a sense. By picking what looks good and ending up with a bunch of random specifications that may not traditionally "work", you do end up with your own unique sound. Rather the than looking for the tone, you let the tone find you. Who knows, you may even learn to love it.

[@stewartdukepoo7684]

+KDowah thats how I feel about ESP guitars and Peavey amps, they always sound good together no matter the model(s)

[@tyengle8478]

Peavy amps sound straight awesome!

[@cavewormetalparty]

+KDowah Amen to that. my lil Kustom dual 30RC has the most ASSAULTING, disgusting dirty tone & I felt, at the middle school age, that I HAD to get a pedal to "clean it up". Nowadays, I see the amp's tone as a superb raw black metal/grindcore/crust punk voicing. Guess I had to become a better player to understand,appreciate,&utlilize a "bad" tone

[@samwich852]

+KDowah , yeah I guess... I personally feel he's expressing what a lot of guitar players are like, myself included: you try to rationalize the functionality of a piece of gear for having spent X amount of dollars on it, but often times you buy it because it's pretty and shiny.

[@KDowah]

Sam Love Oh yeah, I get that he's just bought whatever looks cool. I just think it's unintentionally affected the tonal development of the band. A happy coincidence, sure, but you can't argue with the results. They sound better than ever.

[@Leedeane100]

"It's up to me to make the sound great" Love it.

[@ahhcrickets]

Sergio seems like a cool dude, and talks like a true musician. I like that he uses a pick. Stephen and Sergio are rad and unpretentious. The Deftones are such a sick band!

[@hiroshi138]

Stephen is my kind of guitar player. He totally shreds and is really down to earth which I think threw off this interviewer. "so why do you use this"? Steph: "uh, I dunno, I like the way it looks". Lol.

[@matthewbritt8498]

Hiroshi13 when does steph shred ever? Love deftones but please fill me in lol

[@hiroshi138]

Matthew Britt stfu, troll. I don't mean "shred" literally like fuckin Yngwie. Go away.

[@eyelesscrown7346]

@@hiroshi138 chill

[@heavymachete6235]

@@hiroshi138 nobody uses the word shred like you did, dude

[@seblastin9309]

He’s down to earth (which is flat)

[@Jasonweckard]

Stephen Carpenter gives me hope.

[@headcharge666]

I love Stephens guitar playing style. He has been an inspiration to me and my guitar playing almost since I started playing guitar.

[@jromasterofone]

Greetings from the past, Stephen!! We met at Club DNA for that A&R show we did together in 1994. I played after you guys with The Sun; AND you were gracious enough to let me borrow your ADA midi patch changer, as mine took a crap just before we played. Congratulations on your career!! Cheers! Jason Roach

[@qwentonrussell3592]

Maynard quit interviewing Stephen and go work on the new Tool album.

[@jaden-gilgrimberg4729]

LOL

[@renouncedequation3923]

Lol...

[@jrmaldito2331]

He looks more like the bassist of linkin park..

[@whitepony2233]

i thought he was the bassist of linkin park

[@masonherrberg5578]

He sounds a lot like him lol, especially when he says "songs"

[@ericnootebos5855]

The interviewer looks like he is going to throw himself in front of a train after this interview

[@Pandamasque]

I'm not a bassist but those Jags are pure sex.

[@reakwondachef6828]

Pan Damasque i am a bassist and i completely agree

[@D3ft0ne]

Sergio is such a chill dude!

[@stewartdukepoo7684]

Steph high as a kite lol

[@MegaThrasher95]

As usual. Lmao

[@lucas-940]

He had to ask the same question like 3 times to get the answer he was looking for

[@thechannel700]

first thing i noticed! haha

[@Visualpollutionboy]

The midi controller seems to have pictures of weed and like shatter and stuff? Or is that my imagination...

[@panameraboomin7925]

@@Visualpollutionboy shatter and butter my brother

[@jasonsawka3200]

is it just me, or do all of his midi footswitches have pictures of dabs on them lol?

[@martingraham8418]

+Jason Sawka Definitely do. I think some of them are bud too.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Pictures of food from a Chinese takeout restaurant

[@lukemarshall7169]

"This is Chris Kies for Premier Guitar hanging out with Steph from the Teftones, how you doing Seth?"

[@JC-st6sm]

and that's when you knew the interview went downhill!

[@BigDro1323]

Him seeing his gear from a superficial standpoint takes me back to when I was a kid and daydreamed over his guitars thinking the just looked so cool. Simpler times, man. I’d love to get back to that in music, and life in general.

[@davidmerlin6787]

Nothing is stopping you

[@BrandonDeft]

Stephen is and has been my favorite guitarist and musician since the moment I heard Around the Fur in 97". He is a the best in capturing all types of kind emotion in h8s riffs.

[@TheDevilsTwins]

Love the rundown videos, excellent.

[@tamirkeren6750]

I like this guy's honesty.

[@EmptyDomoKanti99]

“I don’t think there’s a bass player that i’m a fan of in heavy music that uses their fingers” how about Chi?

[@stopit2964]

yeah i saw that and cringed. also, what about cliff burton? what about fieldy?

[@stopit2964]

@S Jamison fieldy is a spectacular bass player. are you one of those guys who only listens to calculus shred music? even if you are, a lot of the bass parts on follow the leader are NOT easy to play at all. it doesn't have to be unusual time signatures to be hard to play

[@stopit2964]

@Michael B. no. field is awesome. i would like him to be WAYYY more prominent on korn cds these days, like how he was super prevalent on follow the leader and life is peachy. the producers are always turning him down

[@cstrebe1]

Chi? Steve Harris? Frank Bello? Cliff Burton? WTF?

[@billybutcher4995]

All the heavy grunge bass players of the early 90’s were finger players. Picks don’t make anything heavier.

[@sonnylost2179]

It is about time for a new updated one since a stratocaster seems to be added to Sergio`s rig. Also, we need a look on Chino`s rig.

[@bloodylittleantlers9367]

Chris wanted to say “Stephtones” at the start, calling it

[@TheRealHucasys]

Nice how you gave it a more personal touch in this one.

[@zzkeokizz]

I've been listening to Deftones since the first album. They are awesome. Maybe Stef's superficial but it works for them. Sergio is awesome. I loved quicksand

[@devonlindsay5784]

Would love to see them actually play the instruments for a few seconds. We need a new Deftones rig run down!

[@k.g.alatore355]

i love how Chris just plugs Sergio's old band, he's so enthusiastic about old hardcore and it's honestly adorable

[@jamesmcgrath849]

Love the pics of dabs for each channel on the controller lmao

[@andrewpappas9311]

I didn’t even know they did one of these for Deftones, this is awesome

[@jesselough]

Damn Axe FX has made rig run downs boring. "This is my Axe FX... it's cool, nice patches, I press these buttons, I blend these amps." No actual gear to talk about anymore.

[@deadzeppelin9565]

Just waiting for this but with Quad Cortex now.

[@jackbootshamangaming4541]

@@deadzeppelin9565 QC will never reach Axfx level sadly. Still no plugin bring over. It's capture is the best part.

[@robertoclemente7066]

"I'm entirely superficial" - Stephen Carpenter, 2013. lol

[@TheCentury05]

I love how Sergio turns into a little kid when he starts talking about his pick and strings. :)

[@cpnstbn1266]

My favorite guitarist of all time. Love the tone he achieved with be quiet and drive. My favourite song of all time. I bought that yellow MXR pedal that he supposedly used to make it but it never sounded the same as the album.

[@TheRealSonicYouth]

It's strange how he said he can't think of a bass player in heavy music that uses their fingers... yet he's taken Chi's spot and he only used his fingers..

[@PERPowns]

He said he can't think of a bass player that he LIKES in heavy music who uses their fingers.

[@WalrusDoom]

Kyle James Right so it's clear Sergio brutally murdered Chi and his entire family, another reason to love the nigga

[@PERPowns]

RIP

[@jcrysis86]

Ryan Martini, Jon Stockman would disagree with him haha

[@sato3117]

Fieldy bro

[@eyelesscrown7346]

Chi Used his fingers in this heavy music and it sounded pretty damn good to me. And for Deftones also being a melodic band I would say using fingerstyle would be more fitting

[@outsidethebox4949]

I think the same. Its in the smoothness of playing with fingers...

[@SamOwenI]

I love Stephen's honesty

[@RedCGhost]

I fuckin love Steph so much and his attitude about guitar playing

[@drewcutrer5767]

No need to be overcomplicated about gear. Deftones have been one of my favorite bands for years, and they stay true to who they are. No need to be all technical about everything. Find your amp, guitar, some pedals, and just play.

[@Marchpip]

yes finally a rundown of steves rig!! now please visit Wes Borland

[@ChadVanHalen5150]

The whole time I was watching Ghost's set being set up... I know they play RDs through AxeFX but I still want their RR

[@BrutafulStudios01]

I think I saw that dude washing his car on his driveway in Manhattan Beach.

[@jakepark9962]

which dude

[@BrutafulStudios01]

Guitar player.

[@chrismoore7359]

+ Stinky Puppy Last warning....Stay Off My Fuckin' Lawn! Every God Damn day, shit stains all over the damn tile flooring...

[@PeaceNLiebe]

Charles Moore wait...where is that from?? Haha

[@jamesbronze2477]

TheProphet VLo yea bro me too i was behind you

[@CAlanRobinson]

Listening to Stephan's future plans for adding expression pedals and what he wants them to do... later you can see who is already doing that! SERGIO!

[@izmosis]

Great work

[@dayontapout]

I am such a different approach and player but i love this man!

[@trapOrdoom]

i love stephen carpenter. i wish he was my uncle... o__O most importantly "i put those ones in there, they look great, the guitars look great, they feel great... it's up to ME to make them SOUND great". love that.

[@standinsilence]

Imagine if he was your carpenter.

[@bitterboyblue]

It's very refreshing to find a big name guitar player who honestly chooses gear mostly by aesthetics and not go all gear nerdy. Also, Quicksand!

[@4valhalla898]

WHEN I HEAR THE HUM OF THE GUITARS IN DEFTONES AND TOOL IT'S LIKE MEDITATING

[@youpeopl_music3220]

Big fan of these guys!

[@LouSassles]

He's high af!! lol

[@brycestevens4829]

Great interviews. Engaging, I like it.

[@Fede_JZ]

love the at the drive in t-shirt !!

[@danmills8521]

I’ve always had my eye on that black B8 with the red pups/esp logo. I think he retired that one not many pics of him playing that one but it’s my fav of his 8’s

[@dominikoy]

haha so cool to see an interview where the musician looks less stoned than the interviewer. guess you had a good time ;) great interview none the less!

[@OctoberSoda]

Please we need an updated rig rundown

[@angrygoldfish]

Whenever I've seen Chi play live he's often used fingers.

[@mikabass]

yep finger's are were it's at :)

[@D3ft0ne]

mikabass It depends, lets take Tool's Justin C., imagine him using fingers.

[@Fataleggz1]

Tim commerford

[@RecreationalCarrot]

Abe Tim Commerford is not really the same style, RATM is basically just funk on steroids

[@jakepark9962]

he always use fingers

[@xDooksx]

Hoping for a Ghost rig rundown

[@britnydunn8933]

"it's up to me to make them sound great" and he does. 'nuff said

[@KeeperOfPoops]

That intro reminds me of the solo from Extreme - Rest In Peace, there's a good one for ya... Rig Rundown - Extreme's Nuno Bettencourt

[@widowmaker5544]

MAKE IT HAPPEEN! I WANT THE NUNO!!!

[@joshuafortuna6669]

the white and green guitar at 17:36 is beautiful!

[@kibacs2]

Anyone else notice that a bunch of the scene plates are hashes and waxes?

[@ByOurOwnFear]

haha i had to stare at it for a minute to be sure

[@IanVase]

I know that the close up looks like weed but I swear In one of the shots they look like vagina's lol

[@DNOWAKJR]

IanVase yeah I think the first shot of the pedal board is a bunch of nude pics, but then they show another that looks like weed and such

[@ashleyjackson8538]

It seems like fractal , is a must for any serious guitarists and bass player . It’s great for studio and live .

[@northlanedarko771]

Holly shit . Steph wearing a chimerq shirt . Representing . They would love that . What an honour.

[@theguitarczar]

Premier Guitar is GrrrrrrEAT! y0u guys are s000000 awes0me i d0n't kn0w what to d0 with myself! Carpenter was just s000000 FL00RED by your inquisition he c0uldn't c0ntain himself!

[@karlkamp1384]

You are being sarcastic, right?

[@theguitarczar]

what? me? sarcastic? n3>3R!

[@akatsukijonny]

5:54 that’s dope Vivian Campbell inspired Stefs double pickups

[@TheLfsexton]

They both def blazed before the interview.

[@BandaFlyingReggae]

Sergio has a amazing good vibe.; Nice t-shirt of At The Drive In... ;)

[@rdvgrd6]

i just saw them tonight in seoul south korea, different bass players, used an orange tiny terror. the guitariste used 2sets of orange black terror, dunno about the effects, but sounded huge

[@lozloz99]

Please do a rig run down with Robin Finck & Nine Inch Nails!!

[@francois633]

Dude, That is so true, its like keith richards said about guitars he said "give me any guitar for a couple minutes and I'll get them to sound the same

[@NicholasGreenwood]

Cue special red-colored Moog Little Phatty synth at 8:38...

[@letMEgoROCKnROLL]

PLEASE tell me you did a Ghost rig rundown while you were there...

[@veerchasm1]

My Blood Valentine/4 AD shout-out! Nice 👍🏻

[@JackCarver10]

F*ck yes, I longed for this one.

[@prometheusfallen]

Steph "everything about my sound sucks" Carpenter. 😂 If I was one of his sponsors, I'd be having a conference call about this. Lol!

[@SkoolVideo-jb2iz]

Can you do Stephen rig rundown again, I want to see his gore pedals

[@ivse]

Nice. One thing, And where is Chino's rundown?

[@koski666]

We need a Ghost rundown!

[@s0meguy25]

STEPHTONES

[@SillyNameFoundHere]

I like this guy.

[@fromthenorth2]

I like Stephen a lot.

[@lodidodi4195]

Next up KORN Rig Rundown!!!!!!!!

[@davidenoch818]

Sweet to hear his PU configuration was inspired by a Kramer Nightswan.

[@pittzahat1111]

I miss Jim Carrey

[@TheScaredofsilence]

I enjoy looking at the sides of guitars as they sit in their racks. *sarcasm*

[@StuK323]

Interviewer with the personality of a cauliflower.

[@LatinMessiah]

Or a dead moth.

[@maxwelld23]

Guy knows his stuff 🤷

[@kevinsmith6oh6]

Lmfao

[@mikabass]

Chimaira Shirt and All I love this guy.

[@kambion]

Ok, time to start that Deftones cover band I've been thinking about.

[@jeefreyb]

That Chimaira shirt is bad ass!!!

[@PHELCAN]

His pedal rig ain't set up, his amp isnt eq'd, and he dont even care about the tone of his guitars. Is he the most anti gear snob on the planet? Lol

[@cactus-mcjacktus]

quite the opposite actually, he said that his guitar tones not being correct *really* pissed him off, and it seems like he loves collecting gear. Given he also has signature pickups he does care about how his guitar sounds, at least the bridge pickup.

[@deadzeppelin9565]

@@cactus-mcjacktus did you watch the same rig rundown?

[@cactus-mcjacktus]

@@deadzeppelin9565 maybe

[@RockWonder210]

He was on to power amps and modelers 20 years ago. Crazy

[@keycapslapper7080]

If you're gonna censor swears, then at least use the right tone. 1000 Hz, get it right you amateurs.

[@uncaaj6242]

I think I personally prefer a slightly lower tone. Not too much lower.

[@cavewormetalparty]

+isoconverge right? not even the slightest fade in or out.

[@lazarus1867]

hell yeah hes wearing a chimaira shirt!! my fav.metal band and deftones are all my fav heavy rock metal band.. epic 2 birds with one stone

[@WarPede]

lazarus1867 and one stoned ^^,

[@renouncedequation3923]

There's a band in San Antonio called Quix&...

[@scruffybasterd2209]

Yeah, rocking the Vaya album shirt! Dude, ATDI and volta are so overlooked. It's easy to mistake for some emo bullshit if you're closed minded (that's what I did and missed out for years) but it doesn't take long to realize the depth both bands have.

[@UnderEternalSkies]

Trujillo uses his fingers. Isn't Sergio a fan of him? Also, I noticed he has all 4-string bases. Chi used a 5-string on s/t and snw.

[@andreaparussini7843]

some of sergio's basses are tuned down, that's how he maneges to play very low notes

[@billyrouse4813]

UnderEternalSkies fact is a lot of players use their fingers because that's how they learned. I played with either pick or fingers depending on the vibe of the song, as well as that I played guitar before bass and still play guitar.

[@garylankford9306]

I have no gear to talk about, just AxFX,... interviewer: "so how about those straps?"

[@BangoBean]

Wonder if Steph was able to get what he wanted done?

[@rob1996ization]

Sweet at the drive in shirt

[@Swagadelic_Wizard]

i saw deftones last night i think he changed his setup again or someshit i saw him using orange amps badass sound!

[@her0de84]

are those pics of dabs in the background for his midi channel board?

[@mudzera]

stephen = simplicity