Rig Rundown - Josh Smith

[@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. 😊

[@lukechandler4094]

No doubt!

[@john-zw9rw]

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

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

Dead ass.

[@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

[@droliver]

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

[@RJRonquillo]

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

[@BenScott777]

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

[@thaburntone]

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 🤣

[@bluesdog88]

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

[@jonathanstewart5269]

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

[@monsieurmitosis]

Was just thinking that

[@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!

[@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!

[@clstrat837]

I’m sure someone else has said but John is such a class act. Every expression is genuine. He loves his job. Love to see if

[@omilionaudio]

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

[@tyshred9251]

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

[@songkid]

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

[@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...

[@chriscamm3966]

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

[@azraelblick4117]

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

[@David_Miftar]

Best SRV impression ever, untouchable 💯👌

[@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.

[@iainking671]

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

[@NewHopeAudio]

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

[@fortchman]

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

[@2good2beuntrue]

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

[@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

[@fishingfreak9734]

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

[@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... 🤟😎👌

[@U.F.O_0908]

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

[@davidberman1310]

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

[@johnkleeman2801]

He sounds like an ace relief pitcher. Matter of fact and knows his stuff.

[@NikolausBrocke]

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

[@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.

[@indytrucks2003]

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

[@davidgoltra9950]

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

[@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!

[@brianforsythe1125]

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

[@frmcf]

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

[@aschneider70]

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

[@KUTEY]

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

[@scottyhughes9179]

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

[@blizzbee]

That intro playing is perfect, just perfect.

[@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.

[@MrMojoRiiisin]

This dude blows your mind with his versatility and taste,

[@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

[@bobbyvaldez7823]

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

[@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.

[@mattofthemountain]

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

[@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

[@marcuswalker4057]

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

[@guitarz]

Dude knows his stuff. Great video

[@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 :)

[@Jonathan-L]

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

[@bwall615]

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

[@jollyfarmer8833]

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.

[@CornwallguitarlessonsCoUk]

I could watch this again and again

[@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.

[@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 👏

[@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. 😊

[@irvingperes]

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

[@snigzilla7155]

Josh Smith is sooooo good

[@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.

[@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.

[@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...

[@_RLP]

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

[@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.

[@SebZoso]

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

[@brosephthomas3764]

this dudes such a beast on guitar

[@w1third]

I prefer the Josh Smith sound when he has that Strat

[@mrjtibor]

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

[@sthengr]

One of the best rig rundowns yet, thanks guys!

[@lulimas]

Joshs sound is insane. Damn

[@ShiningEyeBrigade]

Found out about the tchula from Josh, and it is heaven for me. Not for everyone for sure, but I go for the same uncompressed goal, so I can control dynamics . though I have 1/100th of his control (and less of his pure talent) I love hearing and feeling that dynamic response and trying to aspire to develop that control. I wish I had more of a chance to turn up for medium to large gig volume, as that is where it really shines, but my large gigging days are pretty much over. Ah well.

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

look into an attenuator or an iso cab miced through studio monitors.im in the same boat

[@dezionlion]

Eternity burst is better!

[@chrisguitarro]

What a sound, great code guys .

[@nicholasmanupella3475]

JOSH SMITH IS FRIGGIN AWESOME

[@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

[@Ragnar-Viking]

Only us guitar players can get this excited about gear

[@VonnStrummer]

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

[@irrationallynegative]

Great guitarist and all round nice guy.

[@Shagohod1897]

You know--if Joe Bonamassa was a good friend, he'd just give Josh one of his '57 Strats. He only owns 40 of them.

[@Democr785]

Josh is a great musician!!!

[@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 ...

[@derekfairley]

"If you're not in the mood...it's puts you in the mood real quick."...lol. It's funny because it's true. And from my experience...it doesn't matter if you're running 10s or 13s. It's very difficult to hide behind a Telecaster in terms of having it hide your mistakes. I love mine and it always keeps me honest, and humble.

[@ryanmiller3789]

Josh Smith is the man!

[@diaosuarez1748]

In the middle of concerts when Josh play solos, you have to accept that his tone is more defined and clear than Bonamassa.

[@chumdm3]

Great point about strat sounds.

[@JohnThomasmusic7]

Love Josh smiths playing 🔥 John kind of gives me Billy Bob Thornton vibes

[@JohannesLabusch]

I just watched a lesson with him, that seemed pretty difficult and a lot of work. Now I can just go out and buy some more shit. Problem solved!

[@tmitz73]

Awesome Episode guys! Ruling!!

[@Wesleyguitarrista]

Great sound ever

[@plgplgplg]

This is one of the better RRDs I've seen. Examples, sweet playing, riff /line ideas, cool tele, pedals, two amps, very cool stuff.

[@peterdegoeij6234]

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

[@trickyrjb1]

The rig matters not. Josh is just so musically literate at genious level, he could make an Esteban plugged into a Crate sound virtuoso.

[@Matthewtaylorn]

Marc Rutters! Marc is the best. He was a regular at the Starbucks I used to work at until he moved out of San Diego. Such a nice guy. I have two guitars built by him, and they just have so much character. I remember when he was building a guitar for Kirk Fletcher. He was so proud. He must have talked to me about it every day for a couple of weeks. He's the best. Buy one of his guitars.

[@robertiaccarino4363]

I like this guy; Josh seems to be pretty cool.

[@jakepedersen9101]

Josh seems like such a nice man!

[@stevewilson3838]

11.20 mins in wow someone tab that out I will be your best friend forever!

[@Les537]

Top player. Quality content.