Rig Rundown - Lindsey Buckingham
 

Published on Oct 10, 2012 by premierguitar

http://www.premierguitar.com PG's Jason Shadrick is on location in Iowa City, IA, at the Englert Theatre where he catches up with Lindsey Buckingham's tech Stanley Lamendola to find out with the he's using on his current solo tour. The gear includes a collection of custom Rick Turner guitar, Taylor Acoustics, amps from Fishman, Trace Elliot, Mesa, and SWR, while hosting just a few Boss pedals on his pedalboard.

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That's really interesting. Neat to see his guitars up close. I have so much respect for tech guys like him, and Lindsey for that matter! I can play a bit of guitar, but God it all sounds so complicated! Half the time I felt he may as well been talking about math... :lol:

Question for Stanley ...
 

Just wondering how long it takes to set-up for the show ??

hmm... interesting question. think someone said equipment is usually at the venue some time between 2 and 4 pm? to start setting up for 8 pm show. don't think they need much more than 1 hr to pack it up after the show.

In 2008, lindsey came in around 6.15 pm for soundcheck.

yeah, he just comes in once when it's all already mostly set up.

same video, but with text description and some still photos -


http://www.premierguitar.com/Video/2...uckingham.aspx


Guitars

Lindsey still brings out his #1 Turner Model One that he has used since the '70s (pictured), as well as two other Model Ones set up with different tunings, and backups for each. On the back of the guitar is a control to adjust the angle of the pickup, which is adjusted to the sweet spot then set. He uses Taylor 814 acoustics with Fishman Prefix electronics, as well as Renaissance nylon-strings, both baritone and regular, with Roland GK pickups to trigger a synth that he wasn't using on this tour. All of his guitars are tuned slightly differently (as detailed in the video), and each is set up for a song or songs with a specific strap length depending upon the difficulty of the song.


Amps and Effects

Buckingham's backline is separated into three different signal paths: acoustic, electric, and nylon. For his acoustic sound, he uses a pair of SWR California Blonde amps with an extension cab. The two Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Trem-O-Verbs are routed through a 2x12 cabinet for this electric sound. The Trace Elliot and Fishman amps power his nylon/synth sound.

He uses minimal effects, just a Boss SD-1 and Boss DD-3 Delay for his electric rig and a Boss DD-3 delay and Boss RC-30 looper with background vocals and a little bit of guitar for a few acoustic songs. For nylon-string, he uses chorus and reverb from the amps.


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