Rig Rundown: The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan & Jeff Schroeder [2022]

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[@jonbongjovi1869]

"NOT many guitars"??? That's a REALLY illogical excess of guitars! ! (No wonder ticket prices are so high today! ALl the GREAT bands of the 1970s only needed ONE guitar and maybe a backup!) If you are dragging a guitar around the world....that you use on ONE SONG......you are a diva with no grounding. WASTE IS WRONG

[@willdenham]

I noticed the torpedo CaptorX's by Shroeder's board. I've been thinking about using mine live as well. So he's going IR's to front of house and the ISO cab is a backup,

[@alexcorona]

Billy Corgan using a Behringer pedal…..Guitar snobs are gonna have an aneurysm.

[@gmmakesmehurl]

Lol. Right?

[@adanadan2665]

Jajaja, para que veas.

[@mossy723]

No, they’re gonna rush out and buy them out and the price of them will skyrocket

[@MrBeiberhole69]

It's a little bit easier to try out every pedal under the sun when you have Billy Corgan money. I love the pumpkins, but knowing how he is he probably did it just to brag about he can create a great sound out of a shitty pedal.

[@willdenham]

Snobs use what what makes them feel a certain way, pros use what works.

[@GamerPastHisPrime]

Jeff seems like the coolest guy. Genuinely looks like he loves to talk and show and teach people about this stuff.

[@standinsilence]

Briefly met him in 2009. He was just as nice to me as he seems in interviews. Im so glad he stayed in The Pumpkins even though James came back.

[@GamerPastHisPrime]

@@standinsilence yeah I love that he didn’t leave when James came back. That’s cool that you got to meet him.

[@MrMastrsushi]

@@standinsilence The Chili Peppers could’ve done that too…

[@standinsilence]

@@MrMastrsushi Seems like a very different situation with The Chili Peppers and I think Hasselhoffer would had mostly just been in the way if they had tried keeping him around after Frusciante rejoined now.

[@jw7453]

He has articles on the Line 6 site for Helix related stuff.

[@offthebooksmusic]

jeffs rig is so awesome and unique. it’s really cool to see the drastic differences in rigs between guitarists, even in the same band!

[@HoiPolloi]

I love these rig rundowns. Especially love hearing the roadies. Jeff and David are a great pairing!

[@BounceBoomBounce]

Really enjoyed this Rig Rundown. Loved hearing about all the gear, and it is really cool when an artist like Mr. Schroeder is so involved and willing to share like he did. Definitely one of my favorites, well done.

[@premierguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!❤

[@asktehdust]

Just adding a few infos for those who care : the pickups in the Machina era Les Paul Special are P100. This one in particular has the neck pickup out of the circuit and is hardwired to the bridge pickup this is why the selector was removed. And Billy's ES 335 is not from 72 but from 77 to 79, the only years when you had the extra switch on the upper side of the body to split the humbuckers into single coils. Thanks for a great video guys, us gear nerds love this!

[@gmmakesmehurl]

He said it was a 79

[@KentBuchla]

I KNEW you’d be here!

[@asktehdust]

@@KentBuchla of course 😅

[@asktehdust]

@@gmmakesmehurl no it says he uses it to play 1979 which is, you know, a pretty famous Smashing Pumpkins song...

[@asktehdust]

I also think the Elliot Easton Tikibird is a prototype, because of the black guard and switches.

[@TheNewRevolution]

I really loved this rig rundown. It's cool to see how some bands are doing things differently. This was definitely different than your typical live rig.

[@Boabywankenobi]

That first tech guy was quite funny, reminded me of Bubbles [Trailer Park Boys] when he said 'I don't fuckin' know, man'. Great vid.

[@BricelynTowne]

Man I'd love to have a beer with Jeff's guitar tech! Seems to be a wealth of knowledge!

[@Grindtone603]

Crazy how much Billy's rig has changed since the last rig rundown. I thought his different amp models in the rack was really cool

[@iditarod4081]

Yeah he had everything digital right so now he's going back to this very smaller horizontal sort of analog four amp setup

[@ia5662]

we need James Iha now! Probably the most simple of all of them but I love that

[@premierguitar]

James had a very, very similar setup to what was used with A Perfect Circle ... check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/janSeamoZ652j6M

[@zigwil153]

Billy is the reason I bought a JMP1 thirty years ago.... still have it. It's a legend preamp.

[@MercutioUK2006]

That custom Pacifica.......NOICE. Jeff seems such a humble, down to earth guy who shares his geek tips quite unabashedly, so huge props to him. Very, VERY cool rundown.

[@kebotrans]

Yes it is. I love Yamaha. I wish they would push more higher end Pacificas. They are so good.

[@MercutioUK2006]

@@kebotrans They used to be amazing - check out the 1221 or similar models of that era, absolutely as good as Ibanez or ESP.

[@supernothing77]

They need to update the Pacifica line. More modern necks and ss frets

[@MercutioUK2006]

@@supernothing77 I wish they would!

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

Keep an eye on those Yamaha RevStars. For the money, at ANY range, they're just fabulous guitars. I have 2 that are still bone stock and I would put them up against any brand regardless of price.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

@@GBPARMER_GEN-X77 The Pacifica is one of those gems that once you discover, you think "holy smokes, where have you been all my life?" I am fortunate that I work for Yamaha and I get an employee discount. For musical equipment it's 40%. But the guy who runs the employee shop will call you up and say "hey, I know you ordered a 2020 Revstar in this finish, but we have a 2019 in this finish that we can sell you for 60% off if you want to change" and when you're talking about a $900 list price guitar, that can be some serious money.

[@johnbeamon]

I'd love to see one or play one and consider buying it.

[@smashapumpkin]

Great rundown, Jeff and his tech are especially awesome at explaining the rig.

[@Matt-vt9jz]

At first I thought “meh, I like when the artists do the rundowns” but this guy is really cool :)

[@itisjustkevin4853]

I saw them live almost a month ago and it was incredible the sound was mixed perfectly

[@tylerthompson1842]

Looking at the band in the 90’s when they came out I never got the impression that Billy was such a guitar shredder. I figured that was James’s roll in the band and Billy was the songwriter rhythm guy. Seeing them live in ‘94 blew my mind its the opposite way around.. Billy the fckin dude

[@potatoheadhaoy]

Incidentally James iha is a great songwriter/chords guy and it seems he only does leads when billy isn’t able to play those parts. They’re a good team musically, glad they finally made up.

[@freeheelsak]

Iha shreds don’t worry. Billy was an ego maniac and control freak then and had the chops to do it all. I’m sure he shares more now.

[@AnonymousAccount514]

youtube is the best thing ever

[@richietownsend6737]

What a joy all these guys were to listen to. I always enjoy the enthusiasm and curiosity John Bollinger brings as an interviewer. He brings out their own enthusiasm about their guitars and gear. ☮️

[@stanislavmigra]

No one is useing Ge Treble boosters live anymore they told me. They are to tempremental they told me. Bravo Smashing Pumpkins

[@jamiebriggs8277]

"we change strings every day" "I love these strings because they last longer" 😄

[@latentsea]

On road / off road

[@ToddTheJoker]

That was a great rundown episode John! Thank you!

[@hugofolch876]

Trace Davis is the the founder of Voodoo amp, famous for their boutique amps and mods, the guy knowns his shit when it comes to Tone !

[@GunterDierickx]

Bollinger looks like a guy to have a beer with and chat about music all night 🙂

[@stanknugget]

And then subsequently melt your face off.

[@KentBuchla]

Far too annoying.

[@BigBoss1292]

Billy’s rig changes so much from tour to tour it’s insane 🤘

[@alphonsogaston7276]

This👀

[@xdisciple2776x]

Not really this is first major switch for them for a long time They both had a custom made Salvation Audio modules rig for all over a decade before this current setup.

[@travistravinyle4207]

Yea still think his 07 rig was the top outside of the 94, 96 rigs

[@jacksonwolfe8517]

Yayyyy!!!! I love this band and Jeff really adds to the live performances! Even though he's new I believe he really has pushed Billy to explore some of those nice heavy amps and gain.

[@damnitboy9635]

He's far from new. Jeff has been in the band since early 2007, so over 15 years now.

[@Russell1982]

Billy’s guitar tech doesn’t know what pickups are in his guitars or how the les Paul is wired? Seriously? I really wish Billy had just done this himself like his last rig rundown. He usually tends to enjoy talking about gear so I’m surprised he didn’t show for this. A shame we didn’t get to see James Iha’s rig. Jeff was awesome as always. 😊

[@jcoriha]

There are different Railhammers in each of the signature Reverends. The first model has Billy Corgan Railhammers which are closer to a P90 in some ways and that model (with the cut up pickguard) is korina from what I remember. The newer one is the Z-One and those Railhammers are matched more for the alder body in the new one. From where I was sitting at shows, the new Z-One cuts through the mix better on rhythm tones, but the original signature model had a more pronounced "cocked wah" lead for leads. The problem with isolating it to the pickups or body wood, is that I saw them 3 times with the original sig Rev gtrs when he was still using the Salvation Mods Modular preamps/Strategy 500 rig, once with the new Z-Ones, and the Modular rig, and now once with the whole new system on display here. For my money, I thought this new is the best live sound I've heard from Billy's amps since 2007, although I miss a slightly more elaborate FX setup with his tones. Billy pretty much leaves the effects to James (Axe FX III) and Jeff (Helix), and just used these pedals for various Guitar Solo sounds. The Les Paul Special is routed for the Bridge pickup only, and all the controls are disconnected, except for maybe 1 volume knob. That's why he took the pickup selector out all the way back in 2000. Where he strums and picks, he isn't comfortable with where the Gibson selector is placed.

[@NobodyNewsNetwork]

@@jcoriha Bro, you should have done the rundown instead of his tech! Excellent info! 👏

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

Iha's rig is as dead simple as can be - His guitars in an Axe FX.

[@cygnustsp]

@@jcoriha damn. I sure wish I could know and use this kind of stuff. Brilliant.

[@jcoriha]

@@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer into Friedman Cantrell signature heads.

[@dtworzguitar5775]

I will say this, I was at the Philly show and all the guitars sounded absolutely amazing, especially Jeffs😎🎸you can hear the time taken into all the rigs!!!

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Is Iha not in the lineup... Again?

[@dtworzguitar5775]

@@BobbyGeneric145he was at the show Awesome man!

[@caleshtcincredibles]

as a guitar gear geek this was a geek fest , love the Pumpkins 🎃.....thanks all!

[@youropionmattersnot]

The best ever, after work hang out time, would be nerding out with these two guitar techs.

[@thesillytoys]

- Keep it simple - Well, this isn't exactly simple... 🤣😂🤣

[@alexismelo19]

Great seeing Trace from Voodoo Amps with Jeff! Some of the best amp mods out there!

[@largeeng]

Can't say I am a huge follower of SP but this was really interesting, and Jeff was cool being so hands on with his rig and doing the rig rundown himself. I will definitely go and check out some of their stuff now.

[@EFBald]

One of the most informative guitar tech vids in recent days. Thanks!!

[@walkerdaniels549]

Jeff is so f’n awesome

[@rssbrry]

Jeff Schroeder seems like the best kind of person

[@danhamminga1304]

Trace Davis! Your awesome!

[@ckhome8907]

8:18 Behringer is going to sell lot of that Octave Divider pedal soon....

[@DavidRFIT]

FANTASTIC rig rundown.

[@rickjason215]

I like when the performers explain their stuff. Jeff seems like a great guy.

[@adamstaysick]

Love it. Just wish moby knew all the details. Billy should have done it like he used to

[@IvanStoynev]

Love you, John! Take care & stay safe, Svanio =]

[@davidharding200]

I came for Jeff’s revstar and it didn’t disappoint. A surprise to see the mini humbuckers. Love mini humbuckers in my Firebird. The Revstars are brilliant guitars.

[@johnathan.jerusik]

Jeff really knows his stuff!!! Any Guitar Knobs Podcast listeners!? Say hi!!!

[@VangeliRock]

Just I been waiting for. Nice job on this one. The Pumpkins team is smashing, seem like awesome cool dudes.

[@blue46gt]

What a great rig rundown. Love it!

[@stevedahl]

When I saw the at Metro a few months back. I saw a Friedman Steve Stevens amp in backline

[@alexeonsarjoo9414]

I remember staring at his poster in a sports store... that space between his shoes and the floor!!!

[@thestarseeker8196]

Billy’s Revs are some of the only signature series I really feel match the player to a T. Kai Hansen’s red-pink ESP V gives me the same feeling.

[@Barry101er]

Not a Pumpkins fan, but this was one of the better episodes for me! Nice having Jeff Schroeder there; knows his stuff!

[@alexcorona]

You’re missing out…..

[@Barry101er]

@@alexcorona I will give them a twirl; just one of those bands I never really gave a listen to :)

[@COLTRONNN]

@@Barry101er gish. siamese dream. mellon collie. legendary albums/ especially if you love guitars

[@whatdothlife4660]

@@Barry101er Listen to Siamese Dream first.

[@Barry101er]

@@COLTRONNN Thanks!

[@HedraUK]

I think I might be in love with the purple one..

[@andrewpappas9311]

The first Rig Rundown was one of the first ones I watched and is still one of my personal favourites so it’s great to see them do another one with Jeff being included as well

[@lpjbird]

Loved it…John’s the man!

[@JJ-ze6vb]

Billy can’t even be bothered to show up for his own rig rundown

[@jasontedesco3154]

Most of them dont.

[@flanneldaddy5220]

Too bad Adam jones won’t do a rig rundown. Would kill to see his Fear Inoculum live set up

[@BullyMaguire4ever]

The old Tool rig rundown is good enough.

[@sunnyd6019]

Really enjoyed this one.

[@etoirelav]

Blows my mind, not a Strat or Fender single coil pickup on the road. Must have had a real falling out with Fender.

[@hippydippy]

Jeff is a total guitar geek. Gotta love 'em!

[@back2space909]

Great dude!

[@BitcoinTakeover]

Yet Billy Corgan is best known for using a Big Muff fuzz, a Deluxe Electric Mistress or a Phase 90 for modulation, and a Deluxe Memory Man for delay sounds. It's hard to believe that none of these are on his board nowadays.

[@asktehdust]

You’re referring to pedals Billy used mainly in the studio in the early 90s. Of course he has moved on.

[@zombiemosher1139]

Are you using the same gear you used in the 90s?

[@BitcoinTakeover]

@@zombiemosher1139 Yes, I'm still on the pacifier as I type this.

[@zombiemosher1139]

@@BitcoinTakeover Ha! I'll rephrase it then. Are you still using the same gear you've always used?

[@ibanezprestigeboy]

I usually add gear, with out removing lol

[@NicholasGreenwood]

Billy's wall of amps is awesome, but Jeff's mix of digital and analog is more something I would do... If I was in a platinum selling band playing arena shows every night. Anyway, this was an excellent Rig Rundown. Cheers.

[@artistlovepeace]

So cool. Billy's new guitars sound great. You should get one.

[@joelortiz2281]

Love to see, famous musicians, using the Yamaha revstars. I have a lot of guitars from different brands. But my revstar is my number one.

[@g43s]

3:42 this is me in life

[@WompRok]

Is it just me or is Jeff's signal chain absolutely wild

[@MaTTheWish]

Fire episode!

[@poindextertunes]

i like how Jeff’s rig is a mesh of new and analog tech

[@prod.byzaha954]

yamaha guitars are definitely slept on. they usually play very nice, sound good and have a nice vintage vibe in most the models

[@Pstaines439]

I loved this. Mainly due to the guy knowing so little and not GAF

[@jonsalvador5051]

Epic, thanks

[@raleighdentcompany]

So Paradigms last longer....but you're changing them out every day....? I'm lucky if I change strings twice a year...🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@krommetal]

what a fantastic rig rundown!

[@jedthehumanoid9953]

That Firebird looks like the Elliot Easton signature Tikibird but with a changed pickguard and switches.

[@AManCalledBiggles]

I was gonna comment that the secret voodoo isn't so secret - I see you know the secret too ;)

[@JedNadin]

I’m a nobody, so 100% who cares what I think. But as a huge Pumpkibs and Jeff fan… Jeff could do his entire rig in a single Helix. That’s tooooooo much of a convoluted rig for his tonal palette and ability.

[@alwaysevolving281]

That Les Paul special is probably my favorite BC guitar.

[@writerartist6306]

Seeing Jeff do a guitar solo to Blue Skies Bring Tears live was a holy experience.

[@notasilicaanimus]

'Mom, can I have James Iha?' 'We have James Iha at home' James Iha at home: 11:07.

[@Th3DarkCanuck]

Very cool rundown. Love the Pumpkins so whatever information I can get in regards to how the sausage is made... i'm a fan! It's crazy to think Jeff has been with the band as long as the original members!

[@shanerose5348]

Jeff Schroeder seems like a "coffee and talk music" kind of guy. Awesome.

[@Brian-qc8sg]

Great sound!!!!

[@DrunkDuckXD]

"I dont fucking know man 😠🤫" 🤣🤣🤣

[@GothicXlightning]

11:22 I Still totally prefer the older Yamaha Guitars such the SG models such 1000, 1820, 2000 Specially when they are in BLACK still good guitar, Yamaha they always been tragically overlooked epic guitars some of the best ever created

[@latentsea]

I have a 90’s SBG 2000. Beautiful instrument. Solid neck through body with brass plate in body for sustain. Sunburst, Gold plated tuners. My sister worked for Yamaha in artist relations and gave it to me for Christmas. Cool sister.

[@GothicXlightning]

your sister is Awesome man made her heart always shine and be totally adore the SG by Yamaha specially the older vintages yamaha knew 300% what taste and refined quality was when they develop such glorious guitars i also have one of their SG and SG by Gibson a long the ultra underrated Black double cutaway Les paul XD

[@jonr5886]

Love the Analogman T 🙌

[@void0094]

I learned some of Billy's solo's two years after I started playing and I'd say it influenced me quite a bit. I can't play as well as him though, he can shred like crazy!

[@whatdothlife4660]

He can shred like a psycho, but he can also write absolutely perfect simple melodic songs like Thirty Three, Disarm, or Tonight Tonight. His range is part of why Smashing Pumpkins remain one of my favorite bands of all time.

[@465marko]

Yeah I love his style of guitar solos. He does the whole... guitar is literally exploding and going insane... kinda thing. I can't say I've ever really tried to emulate it, but I suspect strongly that there wouldn't be much point in trying lol. For me anyway.

[@conannanoc8768]

oooh, i was hoping to see the weird yamahas they had been playing in the past few years. Love the shape and wanted to know more about the guitars...

[@StratsRUs]

Most refreshing tech ever !

[@SMAAAASHTV]

I guess Billy changed his mind on the Line 6 HX effects unit he was using a few years ago.

[@FlyingV555]

It was probably just a paid ad.

[@ToneSherpa]

god damnit i love billy's guitar tech.

[@jonny100]

Very, very cool!

[@endezeichengrimm]

He played humbuckers forever too. These are very similar to the strats.

[@SuiGenerisMan]

Of course he hired a guitar tech who had never heard Smashinbg Pumpkins before. Was he in a coma? He's a guitar tech, over 40, and never heard the pumpkins. There can't be 2 people like that on the whole planet, so I'm sure Billy was just as amazed as I am now.

[@tjholjevac2639]

He also doesn't really seem to know his shit.... odd

[@vorpalblades]

He said he didn't follow them, not that he never heard of them.

[@gmmakesmehurl]

@@tjholjevac2639 I think maybe he was playing dumb. Or just really is dumb. Hard to tell.

[@philcig]

@@tjholjevac2639 Exactly. That whole section about the guitars - he seems to know nothing technical about them! He's not a guitar tech, he seems to be the guitar tuner/string changer! Sounds like he'd be helpless if he had to fix or replace some electronic part.

[@Thurston86]

We’re going Balls Deep with Premier Guitar into the Rig of Billy Pumpkin!!! Woo-hoo! 🤘🎃

[@eds6889]

Enjoyed the rundown as alway. All the hammering while looking at guitars was a little unnerving though. Kept thinking “which guitar didn’t make the cut and is being destroyed” lol

[@Trials-and-Tribulations]

I woulda said the cabinet ISO cab, is the secret sauce to pumpkins sound for fun

[@johnnyboywonder]

Love that Premier Guitar doesn’t edit the swears!😄

[@jakevizcarra4072]

"I DONT FUCKIN KNOW MAN" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cshades8026]

Would love to see a rig rundown for The Matthew Good Band

[@gregmize01]

Thanks guys!😔🎸👍🎸👍