Rig Rundown - Sigur Rós' Jón "Jónsi" Þór Birgisson, Georg "Goggi" Hólm & Kjartan Dagur Hólm

(www.premierguitar.com/Video/) Premier Guitar's Rebecca Dirks is on location at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, IL, where she catches up with Sigur Rós' guitar tech during their 2013 U.S. tour.
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[@Slamthulhu]

I love how in depth she gets with her questions! Nothing gets unanswered, it's nice when a gear nerd like me haha

[@philmaynes3271]

I wish everybody was as good at their job as Rebecca... Top Shelf.

[@daniilzadorozhnyy8950]

I like how all her questions are expecting some special secret and the answers are always theres nothing special

[@coldacre]

the thing that I love about Jonsi is that he's a post-rock icon. as indie as you can get. yet he plays Les Paul style humbucker guitars into a Marshall!

[@graxjpg]

When I think of post rock I think of ash ra tempels first album.

[@smallclone]

She asks all the right questions!

[@smallclone]

+Nicholas Paul shes assuming the viewers don't know and trust me they most likely don't plus shes very detailed. I enjoyed this interview.

[@HitmanJenkins1]

+smallclone Yeah, when it comes to interviews about guitar equipment it's nice to see people be thorough about it.

[@grovestreet1520]

Jonsi now has a toneprint on tc electronic's reverb pedal that is outrageous. I wonder if he added the hall of fame to his board since this rundown...?

[@grahamthomas9734]

Jónsi's guitar was forged by the elves...

[@RhythmGrizz]

Graham Thomas hell yeah

[@LDixon007]

One guitar to rule them all, one guitar to find them, One guitar to bring them all and in the brightness blind them.

[@MammaApa]

Very knowledgeable both interviewer and tech.

[@Bowhunterwt]

I miss Rebecca as a host

[@Lookosone]

+hoshino What's wrong with Rebecca?

[@gpeddino]

Wow, 0.12 strings with a cello bow, two boosts and cathedral-like reverb. That's why it sounds so heavy and full. Great video, very informative.

[@workforce66]

The Bird is a wonderful guitar, thanks to the artist who made it and pls Sigur Ros team take good care of it!

[@Ojoe2010]

You want your guitar relic-ed? Send it on tour with Sigur Ros. They´ll take care of that...

[@SteventheThorn]

Great video and interview. Wonderful stuff. What a find. Thanks so much.

[@BlueJon1975]

How refreshingly simple and (relatively) off the shelf kit.

[@iwasapeddlerman]

I was at this show. My mind was thoroughly blown.

[@dankot87]

I've been waiting for this one forever!

[@danablett]

ive waited so long for this video. thanks PM!!

[@RandomEnchiladas]

You guys are the best for uploading this

[@sidfernandez7569]

gawd, i love guitar tech stuff. makes me wanna go play music.

[@cosmshaman]

Rebecca does such a great job in these interviews.

[@Ghostbound]

Very happy to hear Talk Talk in the background towards the end.

[@7heory777]

Amazing stuff! Always enjoy Rebecca doin' her thang

[@CaptianMajic]

Great interview

[@kidgloves2]

Rebecca was very thorough with the questions. Does she play guitar?

[@mickronson9157]

Best thing about this, other than staring at Rebecca, is hearing "Inheritance", by my 'other' favorite band Talk Talk at 17:25 Nice rundown, Rebecca. Good job.

[@RhythmGrizz]

That's Spirit Ditch by Sparklehorse. Sorry.

[@gilmour81]

Erm. You're wrong. Its Talk Talk's "Inheritance". If its not then i need a hearing aid.

[@ieroen]

Nope. Nobody needs a hearing aid and nobody is wrong, except about the time stamps. @ 17:25 it's Inheritance by Talk Talk and @ 23:18 it's Spirit Ditch by Sparklehorse.

[@jks2]

the white les paul is a post lawsuit era ibanez les paul

[@Johnjuhantmusic]

I love how they get such awesome sounds and nothing spectacular

[@ggoty]

I was at this show as well. This man speaks the truth, the band was incredible.

[@PointNemoProduction]

I am so happy right now

[@BigKaTrob]

Wow I watched the entire video before I realized it was at UIC Pavillion in 2013, which is the show I attended this year!

[@cynthiahenderson450]

Very interesting info ... thanks!

[@labbern]

So basically what the tech is saying is: "buy whatever gear you like and play like jonsi and you will sound like jonsi"

[@jrcenina85]

+Lars Stray I think it's more like: "No matter how much you try to replicate Jonsi's equipment, you won't replicate his sound."

[@fawnrot]

You actually can, it's not that difficult.

[@raavenstark5905]

Congrats to this cool guy who knows what he is talking about

[@dimmarock]

True, I don't. I just tried to answer the questions the best I could with the knowledge that I had gotten handed down from others. But I still hope that there's other stuff there that you found interesting besides my knowledge, or lack there of, on bows and rosin :)

[@Rotsanjani]

I think you did a good job, Mr. Geirdal. 😊

[@MrNicofranks]

So cool to hear Talk Talk being played at the end.

[@connorsarsfield3774]

It was Sparklehorse at the end

[@gilmour81]

17.25 is Talk Talk - Inheritance.

[@javierogarcia]

All in the way he plays... Go and listen to any track, of any album and hear why this is an amazing band.

[@mathias841]

What a great interview ! Thanks you ! Wish there was about drums and keyboards

[@dimmarock]

What do you want to know about it?

[@mathias841]

@@dimmarock evrything 😅 brand and size of the drums, what cymbals, what heads, what sticks what hardware

[@dimmarock]

Orri’s setup was. Vic Firth 5a sticks, vic firth jazz brushes (the white hard plastic handle ones), REMO on toms; emperor clear (both over and under), snare emperor coated and ambassador hazy on the snare side. Drums are C&C maple/gum/maple Main kick 20x14 Side kick 26x14 Rack tom 13x9 Floor 1 18x15 Floor 2 16x15 (yes the larger one is the main and smaller is secondary) C&C 14x6 maple/poplar/maple as main and m/g/m as secondary All crash cymbals are Sabian AAX series 18”, 19” and 20”, hi-hats are 18” crash cymbals, top is a virgil donati signature and the bottom is a symphonic. Ride is a paiste 602 flat ride. Then he used various chromatic gongs and a 20” ride he laid on top of the snare and floor tom for songs like Andvari. Hope this helps😊

[@dimmarock]

Oh yes and all hardware is Yamaha. Some of it is since the ( ) tour. And Porter & Davies drum throne

[@mathias841]

@@dimmarock wow thanks you so much !!! How do you know all that ?? Also surpising that he was not endorsed by a cymbal brand

[@paulthegeek]

Love the Soul Coughing playing in the background. :)

[@theplourde]

I am so amazed by them. I listened to the song Isjaki and now Im trying to get a bow.

[@18francesco18]

56-12 strings in E standard ? holy crap :D

[@jorgepeterbarton]

once you do it you wont go back, but its only for us non-soloing non-bending cats unless youre a jazzist

[@qbeo2912]

the more i watch these videos, the less because the rig, it's because Rebecca Rundown!

[@Chadzar]

Why did they blur out the knobs on the looper at 9:45?

[@EVH_]

Music(Ian) I guess someone, maybe the band themselves, decided it was a secret recipe and doesn't want to give away their sound. Hmm...

[@BCEgdl]

+Music(Ian) And the reverb processor at 8:10

[@brianpalay]

Even though the marks for the knobs are visible.

[@FrostByte_AC]

I want those ValveDrives!!!!

[@MP_Soundbox]

But what kind of rosin does he use to make those unique sounds?

[@TheHighWaySuperstoned]

He is really gentle and She is very tense.

[@Trassinn]

Well I know the guy and he´s a good guy. He´s also the bass player in a band called Dimma. Cool band.

[@AVEDEPASO__]

Isn't he the bass player from IDLES?

[@FabianSalomonsson]

What is the song playing in the background at 1:05?

[@argyify]

Can't believe how many things about guitars this chic knows, i am in love!

[@ingolfurthorvaldsson7653]

Silli’s birthday today. Everyone wish him happy birthday

[@Casperpwn]

Really nice video! Mogwai soon??

[@magentalane27]

Great, I was ready to go to bed and then this showed up.

[@sbboyle]

Are the knobs on the RC20 blurred out at 9:45? Why? You can still see the notches anyway...

[@partystarters6191]

If the knobs are taped over it's usually just so you don't accidentally adjust them with your foot when playing.

[@noraetomer]

Cello bows are typically shorter and heavier than violin bows for the record

[@dimmarock]

thanks

[@estasmanos]

Not cleaning guitars, not changing strings, haha Jónsi is a weird fella!

[@isselasantina3773]

I hardly clean my own acoustic (I hardly use it anymore because of college life, sadly) and I almost _never_ change the strings unless they've broken, so though it's weird Jónsi isn't alone ^_^

[@kimseniorb]

youre just broke and lazy :D

[@brianpalay]

Tip of the iceberg, I'm guessing. Lol, what a talent though.

[@coldacre]

Rebecca Dirks..... what a babe!

[@wolfqueenjubilee]

I too would love a Godspeed You Black Emporer rig rundown.

[@SeanMarsh]

Congratulations..

[@DunningKrugerSan]

Why are some of the effects dials censored?

[@TifanShu]

She's good!

[@veerchasm1]

I think Rebecca knows more about the gear than the techs do

[@henreich]

What makes the magic again please? ;) Wonderfull vid btw!

[@vladvartosu]

on the tuner pedal of the second guitarist there's a sticker saying 'osmurdur'. can't find the translation anywhere, can anyone tell me what it means?)) thanks

[@dimmarock]

It's a inside joke from his main band "For a Minor Reflection" and means un-lubed, as in, well you know :D

[@Disharmonikash]

what an increase in Rebeca's self-confidence

[@wewewewa]

why are the settings for the boss rc20 censored?

[@michalzajac.official]

What's the song in the background?

[@amoskamil6823]

please someone tell me whos doin soundcheck in the background at beginning. i heard that song b4

[@runforyourknifes]

True Dreams of Wichita by Soul Coughing.

[@backspacecentaur]

could anyone tell me how to get that synth bass sound on Brennisteinn on Logic or on an actual bass without spending £500 on a moog minitaur?

[@dimmarock]

it was made by bowing an ukulele and sampling every note into logic and then processed with stock plugins and played on a keyboard.

[@GallGael2]

64.8343° N, 18.9770° W , 59.2685° N, 15.7591° E

[@watkinscopicat]

Really cool, could you do neil young and crazyhorse? ;)

[@jorgepeterbarton]

it makes sense. he meant if you go back to regular guitar playing, the rosin clogs up the strings and makes them darker. it happens.

[@breakfastsex]

what is that black mic with the red grill? i gotta know it please!

[@sheepysheep]

I'd guess it's a Shure KSM313/NE.

[@yarmouk334]

I’m gonna have to build a copy of Jonsi’s Les Paul.. I’m using a cello bow on my SG and right now I’m using Dunlop 10-52s because that’s what Robin Trower uses but I need thicker strings. I found some D’Addario 12-60s. I also use my SG for normal strumming so I have to clean off the rosin dust. Looking for a cheap Les Paul our a DIY kit or even just parts to build from scratch.

[@dimmarock]

it helps having a guitar with a smaller radius like 7.25"

[@yazonkyoudai]

Where's Wilson and Govan's Rig Rundown?

[@brianwarner308]

this tech is cool

[@libelullebleue1]

Such great videos, you guys think you can get a run down of such other great musicans as Immolation, Obsucra, Gorguts and Suffocation?

[@suicideasteroid]

Got it! You win!

[@NickGreathouse]

Dan Johnson = Tech Legend

[@angelgreen8232]

ok the sound going from the bird to the jcm 2000, after that going in to the loops station, then going in to the tc electronic m350 reverb, and where it goes from here ?? i dindt hear it , because here is where we have the magic XD XD

[@everhard1000]

at long last !!!!

[@Dfolkeringa]

I think he doesn't want to reveal some of his settings, as it is his sound/tone.

[@paracosm167]

I need that sigur ros crew tshirt

[@ham7447]

I think a saw this guy who given this interview in world tour 2022

[@Steaminlidz]

True Dreams of Wichita. Absolute tune.

[@endotm2956]

I swear to god loopstation setings was censored in this video. I wonder why they removed blur

[@steveshadforth]

what's google?

[@dimmarock]

Yeah I found out about that later, sorry for that.

[@tvviewer4500]

What string tuning does jonsi use?

[@dimmarock]

440 A standard

[@jasonmoriparty]

i really want to know why stuff in censored in this

[@HolyTerrorDYNAMIKE]

whats a power brick

[@tMatt5M]

The guy in the suit made that guitar! Cool!!

[@MD-gx4bw]

Now sure why but this video is really making me feel like a pepsi right now.

[@80srs11]

Amazing camerawork on the amp settings...can't see shit!

[@TotinosOtherBoy]

5:02 what guitar is that?

[@dimmarock]

Johnny Asher that's a Ibanez PF200

[@dimmarock]

because I asked them to

[@XcatisX]

I imagine it's just so that he can see where the switches are a little better when it's dark.

[@menofsticks]

What's the point of the orange tape on the pedals? It doesn't seem to serve any purpose.

[@samuelsimmons8078]

Talk Talk!

[@gr8fuljon]

doughty jammin in the background. nice.