Rig Rundown - Steven Wilson & Guthrie Govan

www.premierguit... Premier Guitar's Jason Shadrick is on location in Chicago, IL, where he catches up with guitarists Guthrie Govan and Steven Wilson who detail and demo their current touring rigs.
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[@dondanzig]

His sense of humor is almost leveled with his guitar skills.

[@Tomfoolery1972]

"We've grown weary of this guitar, we seek *new* pleasures" Guthrie is a living Monty Python sketch 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@2earache]

@Tomfoolery1972…….it helps too that he’s stuck with the interviewer who’s somewhat humourless and is a great foil for Guthrie’s sense of irony and his comical side!

[@doinky4345]

@@2earacheay lets be real not everyone can be an entertainer (referring to interviewer)

[@SnerMerNer]

A true Nigel Tufnel moment. While guthrie was running through his rig and talking about his amp head..... "this is a new company...so new that it doesn't exist yet."

[@boggeshzahim3713]

wow that's perfect, thanks for making me laugh

[@heathercollins4432]

Also "....hilariously stable..." (describing the neck).....🤣

[@theycallmejpj]

no wonder he's good, he's been playing the lute since the 17th century

[@CuriousKitchen]

+theycallmejpj He has been playing since 33 BC. lol

[@kantvishi]

18:54 "I'm not the kind of guy who fetishises over guitars." *receives frown from Guthrie*

[@johnbrown2273]

Fetishizes

[@ph0kused]

yea and that PRS was hardcore "meh" compared to guthrie's.

[@tch8787]

Guthrie’s response: That’s good because I am the guitar

[@1nzi]

I will never look at a McDonald's employee the same again.

[@liddovoid]

1nzi i no right!

[@vaibhavjoshi9141]

Guthrie wasn't all that bright when he worked at Mc D!

[@guitmeister]

yeah & he was a 5-star.. lol

[@DaveDexterMusic]

I've worked at McDonalds and honestly, you're fine; they're mostly talentless cunts

[@jasonhammond3061]

lol me either

[@MatthewDuminy]

Going back and watching this is such an eye-opener into how things have changed in the past 6-7 years. He talks about not knowing who Strymon were. He talks about Victory Amps not being a company yet. He talks about having a backup pedal in case he can't take his large Victory amp with him - they now have a lunchbox style head AND a pedal version of his amp. Amazing!

[@Magoosle]

Even weirder now 4 years on, he's gone digital and uses an AxeFX

[@PaulGrahamGuitarst]

One of the best rig rundowns I have seen. I like how the guitars get played and how its the guitarist doing the interview and not their guitar tech.

[@whereisevan]

hilariously stable

[@joerokcz]

i love guthrie's voice :D

[@Snowy0123]

He's got that deep sultry voice

[@MichaelD8393]

+joe bornpsycho Yeah I wish I had his voice.

[@blackie75]

+MichaelD8393 Me too, I sound like Gilbert Gottfried being sodomised by a moose.

[@MichaelD8393]

Mox_au Damn, I can only imagine how that must be.

[@blackie75]

+MichaelD8393 My wife said it's like making love to Bobcat Goldthwait, if he had downs syndrome, and electrodes connected to his testes.

[@LeeHoMusic]

Guthrie is a great person, love the way he presents stuff

[@zarkaun96]

Their voice are just so pleasant to listen too

[@comprehensiveboy]

Its called good diction and voice modulation. They should teach it to people in school. Its like the music of the voice. If you are around people who do it you'll do it naturally. The same goes for how people walk and conduct themselves physically too. Still, people won't accept good taste :)

[@radthibideaux9978]

comprehensiveboy it has nothing to do with any of that. Literally anyone who lives in the UK, myself included, will tell you that they're just standard southern accents.

[@comprehensiveboy]

Rad Thibideaux No, its not accent still less being southern. I'm english. He thinks, acts and talks like a gent.

[@comprehensiveboy]

Ninjanomikz Have you sampled a representative group of British speakers? Merely being British does not bestow these qualities. Often the best examples are shown in the media and films, though nowadays much less so. Unattractiveness in manners and speech is very prevalent. If you walk down many public streets you will hear aggressiveness, foul language, stupidity, spitting, you name it. Its the flip side of the tourist image. The ideal is a thin layer on top if an unattractive mass.

[@radthibideaux9978]

i'm from liverpool myself. the marmite of uk accents haha

[@pedro1693]

Met Guthrie a while back, great guy and absolutely fantastic player!

[@Claidheambmor]

Perhaps the most down-to-earth, seemingly easy to get on with musician I have ever witnessed.

[@greeeenmachine]

guthrie govan should host a top gear style show about music gear

[@WalkerMasuda]

+greeeenmachine I would consider selling myself and my full extended family into slavery for a chance to see that.

[@ianferguson1451]

Would pay for

[@adamboof6769]

greeeenmachine i feel like he’s too good. It would be awesome to see a blues player, a jazz player, and a rock player tho...

[@JohnnyMrHattersmith]

Maybe, though I would maintain that whatever Too Gear-esque show needs Jeremy Clarkson.

[@jasonnantze438]

Whoever drew that conclusion I can only say "well played" the BBC is choice.

[@DanielVerberne]

I get so much happiness from Gurthrie and Steven working together. It's like two geniuses of my music appetite joined in a meal of delicious musicality.

[@jessemcconnell1175]

"We will never speak of them again."

[@TheCrimsonIdol987]

Guthrie's sense of humor is just as glorious as his playing. Would love to have a beer with him and just talk music all day long.

[@sharktroubles]

This was my inaugural exposure to Mr. Guthrie Govan and I'm absolutely impressed. He's an awesome person and musician. Mr. Steven Wilson only continues to validate his own high I.Q. by collaborating with him.

[@JayTheLane]

Respect to the Interviewer, asked the right questions but didn't take over. Guthrie as always, just awesome.

[@pierreandferb]

guthrie govan drinking tea would probably be the most british thing

[@cameronnorman291]

Pierre Ibrahim whilst eating a crumpet

[@skepticmonkey6923]

Late but there is a vid where he is drinking tea with one hand and shredding with the other (not a joke)

[@coldacre]

spoken like a true American. did you type this while driving your pickup truck, shooting guns in the sky, yelling “yeeeeeehaaaaaw”?

[@jared305]

Coldacre NO! WE’RE ALSO EATING MCDONALDS. some people just don’t fact check

[@jonevans870]

I saw another video where his guitar pedal board was literally a tea tray

[@gifgit]

I wish all musicians were as humble and pleasant as Guthrie , he just seems like the most laid back guy ever. And of course the best guitarist I know of XD

[@edwindantes539]

Awesome guy!!!

[@anthonydavella8350]

@@edwindantes539 I bet Wilson is a dickhead

[@atom6277]

Gerald Francis I agree with you, just down to earth and humble, it makes a change!!!👍🏿

[@joemrda84]

What a gentleman! It's always the pleasure to watch mr. Guthrie!

[@justbrandonll2773]

Imagine him serving someone in McDonalds in his calming voice saying "Hello! Welcome to McDonalds what would you like today?"

[@edwindantes539]

Or someone bitching at him because their order was fucked up and they tell him, "You're a loser working at MickeyD's and you'll never amount to anything"

[@BollocksUtwat]

"Welcome to McDonalds, can I interest you in an erotic cake?"

[@dzaijn]

@@BollocksUtwat I giggled.

[@Larriex97]

The funny thing is that he has worked for a period at McDonald's!

[@j_freed]

@@edwindantes539 - he put some extra 'love' in their Big Mac.

[@SleepFan771]

I don't think I'd even mind if PG just interviewed Guthrie every day. I can't get enough of his voice, wisdom, and skill.

[@fabiovera7956]

how not to love him... really he is an awsome guy and a god of guitar arts

[@erikbejstam777]

I love how he looks so uncertain but yet when he starts to speak he seems perfectly comfortable.

[@proc007]

After seeing that McDonalds badge, Guthrie seems like such a genuine, authentic individual who just needed to use music to boost his life. Not only has he become one of the most talented players on the planet, he's never let it go to his head. Someone like Paul McCartney might be one of the greatest musicians based on records sales, but the guy has such a massive ego, and frankly, I find that it's difficult to appreciate his music because of this. It's like the guy has completely forgotten about what he set out to do when he first began with the Beatles... Nowadays, there are so many musicians out there who have followed this type of behavior, especially in genres like hip-hop and rap (*cough Kanye West). For these reasons, I'm always going to respect artists like Guthrie who naturally possess a down-to-earth, wholehearted personality, because that's something that I try to relate to and people like him are the people I'd like to see succeed in this world.

[@jerryledlow7814]

[@pornpori]

+A Proc That teaches us that you never know who is delivering your burgers, perhaps a music genious, a future Nobel prize, future president ...who knows.

[@blackie75]

+A Proc You certainly have a point, but some ego is required to do the job and do it well. Some of the greatest musicians have massive egos and some can turn it off away from the stage, but it has no bearing on the artistic merit of their work.

[@WilshIAm]

kinda like Zakk Wylde or Dimebag Darrell

[@philfyphil]

I don't understand the need to offset someone like Paul McCartney with Guthrie! In fact I don't understand the need for any negativity to make a positive point. Both are great for their own reasons.

[@manibiegert1478]

such a humble genius, love guthrie.

[@Spacethecorruptor]

I love watching Guthrie interviews and talking and playing. He's awesome.

[@jayzguitary]

All that jazzy stuff that guthrie was playing gave me chills

[@marmadukewinterbotham2599]

I adore the sound of that Jazzmaster. :O) Beautiful.

[@COBHC8890]

+Marmaduke Winterbotham Agree. It sounds haunting and beautiful.

[@Playboigorti8574]

+Marmaduke Winterbotham looks beautiful too, i want it so bad

[@LostRiderIbanez]

in every new video with Guthrie, he impress me with something new

[@napoleondevilla7050]

After a bit of googling, I found that I my guess is actually right lol. "Yes, we did a lot with that “jazzy” guitar tone. We call it the 'Lonely Swede Lost in the Forest' sound-a sort of jazzy, warm, and dark clean sound that’s mixed with a mono plate reverb. I love that sound-it’s on many ’70s records, and it’s especially noticeable on old Scandinavian records. My buddy Mikael Åkerfeldt from Opeth uses that sound quite a lot." -Steven Wilson

[@TelecasterLPGTop]

I've been around for many years and I've gotta say that this is the best sounding rig I've ever heard. Awesome.

[@playingforbritain]

At 17:22 he bends up a second and then up another third. A few centuries ago he would have been burned at the stake for that

[@Shamukh]

+playingforbritain minor third

[@playingforbritain]

Db X Which is, nevertheless, a third

[@Shamukh]

+playingforbritain nice try but i'm sure after 7 months you realize there's an important distinction between the two and that "a third" implies major.

[@playingforbritain]

Db X It implies a minor third when you're in a minor key, as he was. Besides, the majority of people who read my comment and hear the phrase either know what Guthrie's playing, so they understand the comment; or they don't, and are none the wiser anyway.

[@Shamukh]

+playingforbritain you state that he played a minor third because he's in a minor key, but he's actually in a minor key because he played a minor third lol. you got it backwards friend.

[@xprophet9]

You can not help but love this humble genius.

[@chrisboyd2827]

3:08 I just love it when guthrie plays stuff like that

[@mehoymiboy2122]

Almost the lick!

[@sashingopaul3111]

Mehoy Miboy he’s a Jazz man.

[@eflizotte]

Probably one of the best rundowns in awhile. Thanks for putting these together!

[@COBHC8890]

That select HH Jazz is sick!!!

[@lakisbouz]

ahhhh the joys of playing AWESOME custom guitars and Amps and Effects .... if only we had the pleasure.

[@DerekJennyMusic]

That is the most fucked up thing in the world to think that, without a twist of fate, the best guitar player in the world would have been making minimum wage flipping tasty burgers, instead of shredding out the tastiest licks ever heard by mankind's ears.

[@gustavo13k]

Worst thing is that there are people who will watch this and say: "I worked with that guy" and realize they didn't accomplish anything in life. Now that has to sting

[@iAlberto923]

Twist of fate and also a lot of work and practice. I don't think Guthrie acquired his guitar playing just by waiting on destiny to take a turn, he must have busted his ass during his free time.

[@oupi01]

I could listen to Guthrie talk about guitars for days. What a lovely man.

[@brianengland4123]

I Love the McD's badge. That'll keep ya grounded. Charvel makes the best production guitar for the money(just my opinion Ibanez fans). The SoCal and San Dimas are fantastic. His Charvel must be a dream to play. Govan is one of those Eric Johnson "mad genius" guitar players. He does his own thing, and it sounds great.

[@LiberTBo]

I was just about to say something "similar" about Steve Wilson's PRS. Not so surprisingly the "Gold Top" PRS SE 245 single cut w/ PRS pickups, has a lot of Gibson LP vibe built into it via the Ted McCarty effect on Paul Smith as the former CEO of Gibson Guitar Company

[@scottallen9556]

I usually don't find much need in making exclusively complimentary comments, however It is absolutely satisfying to listen to such an articulate, informative player. Jason did a swell job accommodating and allowing the guests to speak their knowledge as well as asking the right question. Jason show John Bolinger how to do this. Thanks for everything

[@GJSsongsmith]

Great rundown ... very funny and down to earth Guthrie ...bit of a genius on guitar too !

[@Its_LumberJack]

It's cool how Guthrie is really engaging and interested in showing off his gear. I could listen to him talk about gear and music for hours.

[@AC-hz4xq]

The best guitarist in the world. Very humble man. 😎

[@ddave0822]

Both Steven and Guthrie are fantastic! I was at the show before this one, and they both absolutely killed it. I was two rows in front of Guthrie, and my God, that man's fingers are insanely quick

[@gettinguponthe1]

another reminder not to judge a book by its cover.. ive seen this guys picture on the internets and wrote him off as a shredding metal guy, but my god i've learned a bunch of smooth lines just from watching this one video.

[@napoleondevilla7050]

Steven Wilson probably calls that nice warm clean tone "the Lonely Swede" as a reference to Mikael Akerfeldt. ;)

Thanks Guthrie, i love looking at neck joints!

[@dahMusicDude]

at 6:30, when Guthrie demonstrates "the Lonely Swede", he plays something that closely resembles the playing style of swedish piano player Jan Johansson. Check out his masterpiece album "Jazz på Svenska", which trnaslates into "Jazz in swedish". You wont be disappointed! :)

[@var1410]

I think the tone is a direct reference to Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt

[@LiberTBo]

Steve Wilson's choice of PRS electric guitars and Babbage & Ovation acoustic guitars are a testament to simplicity and workability...

[@paulmyfinger]

Even got 5 stars at Maccy D's !!, I knew he would be good, What a decent chap he seems, I'd love to spend an hour with him. Could learn loads !

[@luistijerina]

These guys are my heros, thanks for taking notice.

[@iambriannewkirk]

Did Guthrie sneak in some purple rain? 15:24

[@brianrossiter2547]

Yup, and "Star Wars", and "Love Rollercoaster", and probably some others...

[@Stratblooz]

The worlds greatest guitar player and at the same time the most humble and down to earth guy that´s impressive.

[@claytonmurrayguitar]

Such a great tone! I love his ambient-leslie tone I love that guitar too I haven't looked at a lot of charvel but that tone omg, I love that amp too wow I'm in love

[@claytonmurrayguitar]

Talking about Guthrie's

[@johnstangg]

freaking love rig rundowns. I could watch these nonstop 24/7

[@vdwanderley]

damn I'd never thought I would catch my self as a neck joint lover

[@deltadada]

That Jazzmaster sounds amazing -- perfect combo of Fender and and semi hollow gibby

[@ohvnaq]

4:02 what an amusing little thing

[@dannyphehe]

He sounds like a super rich guy from Victorian era Britain.

[@dannyphehe]

dannyphehe To me at least..

[@glennyeah]

i despise country music, except old country i can bare, but at 4:00 - 4:20 i could listen to that all day

[@Eventual420]

Guthrie is rather convincingly simulating a slide guitar. Watching slide players take the bar and angle it, or using a pedal to bend the note, its impressive as all hell to see him do 'country bends' on a regular old 6 banger. I tried it, way too hard for me to bend 1 step, downward, on 10s so I gave up. Guthrie for the win.

[@thomasmarcotte270]

You've never heard of the grateful dead huh

[@gm6490]

Albert Lee teaches that stuff online

[@Theweeze100]

That was wonderful!!! Guthrie is a treasure to the Guitar Playing Community🥺😊

[@neverhealed]

He sounds like a British Mikael Åkerfeldt.

[@idilyaktubay4048]

Erik Adams i know right!

[@vincebos7915]

Holy shit

[@extremeAJ619]

He used the term "Lonely Swede" to describe a type of playing, and I think Mikael has mentioned in another interview that that is how Steve Wilson describes Mikael's guitar playing.

[@obscurealbums3455]

@@extremeAJ619 Yes, it's definitely an Åkerfeldt reference. Plus that part sounds a lot like Mikael

[@avi_s0ncin0]

He sounds AND looks so much like Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson.

[@ThreeChordMonte]

Well that was the most interesting thing I've seen on the internet this week. Very nice. Thank you Guthrie, Steven and Premier Guitar.

[@VikingBatman87]

I'm here for the neck joints.

[@samcheesmore_]

that is genuinely the most beautiful guitar i've ever heard

[@macdad159]

For me he is the greatest living guitarist

[@michael_caz_nyc]

No Argument here - regarding Guthrie Govan. He is an Absolute Beast. Love that guy. He can breathe-fire on acoustic - too.

[@thomaswarren2699]

Absolutely

[@cmhardin37]

No question

[@phillipburnell8171]

Not even close

[@thomaswarren2699]

@@phillipburnell8171 hmmmm. Care to explain?

[@Fbregy]

How can someone give a thumbs down? He is such a nice humble guy and plays great music.

[@GRAFHC]

Guthrie Govan is real class act, one of a kind in this ever increasing narcissistic world we live.

[@caponi14]

Guthrie have such a pleasant sense of humour. Im listening to this just to hear his voice :)

[@adrianutzondietz5147]

Man this is trippy. I am now the happy and lucky owner of the red Fender Jazzmaster that he shows at 5 minutes (the exact same guitar, yeah, I won it in a guitarsolo competition). And I've only just now found out about the coil-split button on the tone control. So I've basically been playing this axe daily for the past half year and not noticed the button or known about this feature. Hah! Really wonderful instrument by the way. I was considering reselling it at first, but now I don't reckon I ever will, and I expect it will instead serve me as a very good home and studio instrument. Hails.

[@JordanJamesAW]

I like looking at neck joints :P

[@strabo1]

this guy is just absolute brilliance:)

[@iambriannewkirk]

"We shall never speak of them again." ~Guthrie Govan

[@JeffreyOmen]

Steven Wilson is such a underrated guitarist, in my opinion. Guthrie is fantastic as well

[@adsensedd]

Guthrie can play anything and is funny as hell!

[@snobotz]

Nice to hear some playing in the rundown!

[@88omair]

Steven's a ridiculously underrated guitarist.

[@TheGuitarifier]

Omair Sheikh ridiculously underrated in general. This dude is out here composing some of the best prog music of all time.

[@timchoi2868]

AGREED!

[@0Imtheslime0]

He is a better songwriter. I never seen Steven as a guitar virtuous. But he can handle the instrument very well.

[@Moskal91]

omg guthries accent in this video makes my life complete

[@LordSummerIsle73]

18:19 why does steven look so panicked for a second

[@shashwatdhaon98]

He has autism!

[@jacobk4n3]

Literally just the most pleasant guy i've ever heard speak.

[@rg2027x]

"this is a new company, so new it doesn't exist yet" ; D

[@Intensecure]

rg2027x zero response from interviewer..😒😑

[@linksayajin2958]

rg2027x Is it a pun? Didn't get it yet

[@KaninTuzi]

@@linksayajin2958 Referencing Nigel Tuffnel from Spinaltap

[@ThrashingReign23]

Without a doubt, favorite guitarist ever

[@olivier883]

6:40 I swear it's DESPACITO !!

[@givemeajackson]

position 4 on that switch is the most awesome sound i ever witnessed!

[@Slears]

17:00 "...something cool happens"...ahaha

[@Thesongstaysthesame]

Who’s watching both his rundowns back to back?!

[@VirtousOn]

woah! 15:00 did he just play star wars?

[@chancethewizard2336]

Actually George Lucas stole that from Guthrie...

[@Drugsman]

Apache- Shadows? I believe it to be that and not Star Wars ;o

[@heybuddy6794]

that's the Harry Potter theme

[@petesgrl420]

Freaking sweet! Saw Guthrie and Steven in NYC on April 26th and was an amazingly awesome show!! And Guthrie is using the pick I gave him in this vid....yay!! :D

[@mikebrookfield]

Hippy poetry:-)...ha! brilliant...great stuff...

[@Mooseboy08]

Holy mackerel… I had no time to watch this, and 15 minutes just went by before I could stop.

[@AmitDas-wp4vp]

4:13 - 4:18 Why guthrie is the best musician out there, not just a guitarist. So much emotion in that small lick!!!!!

[@DanielVerberne]

Even the slightest, more off-the-cuff riff by Guthrie beats anything I've ever played on guitar in my 39 years of consciousness.

[@nicolassosolic3655]

Funny,his accent sounds rather posh at times,and here and there,just like one the lads,a London geezer."Yea mate,a pinte of lager,and a bag of roasted peanuts,lovely,cheers mate!" Love the Brits,and Hi from France :)

[@Rehmoss]

My two favourite musicians in the same video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alexacosta2140]

The dislikes are all from suhr

[@roeljosephcruz2208]

Lmao 🤣

[@TanjiroKamado-xm6vq]

lemaw

[@hanithehimbo3382]

you mean sewer

[@TheIecCreemMan]

Hani the Himbo obviously you’ve never had the luck to try a sl67

[@hanithehimbo3382]

@@TheIecCreemMan never heard of her

[@LUckybones25]

Guthrie is so engaging. I could listen to him all day.