Indeed! I love to see him freshen his rig up from now to then with new stuff that always retains his core tone. I do own a 5150iii but I have to say that the original models did not have as much gain in the second channel, it has the amount and gain structure of an old school JCM 800.. but the more recent Stealth and El34 models have way more gain in the second channel.. I can't wait to try one in person as I want to make the switch. Otherwise, the original Peavey 5150/6505 in the crunch channel with the bright switch on! It is my go to tone for thrash and it cost me near nothing. Scott's custom shop King Vs are to die for! These guys are awesome and are always very friendly and I'dd love to be able to just spend 5 minutes in the same room with them... love Joey and Charlie and eveyone that's been fortunate to be in this band.
Scott makes me want to play guitar all the time. I got to meet him in 2018 and with no camera's around and other ppl it was him and his tour manager. He was just like this he gets excited just talking about music. Also very humble person. Even though I knew who he was still put his hand out and said hi I'm Scott Ian. The man is awesome 🖤🖤🤘🏼🤘🏼
I've seen Anthrax twice and both times they opened for SLAYER, the second time being the last time I ever saw Slayer. Also, R.I.P. to Scott Ian's LEGENDARY father-in-law, MEAT LOAF, who passed away early this year!
I first saw them on the State of Euphoria tour as a kid, man they were Fkin' killing it back then ! The second time was at Download, unfortunately, I had a few too many sherberts and can't remember shit, except they were rather good, LOL.
Scott Ian, Dave Mustaine, Eric Peterson, Gary Holt... There's still some truly phenomenal metal riff masters out there from those early thrash metal years - long may that continue!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Absolutely right! 👍 The combination of Bello / Benante is certainly something to behold, even nowadays!! One of the all-time best rhythm sections in metal 🤘🤘
Frank Bello is the man!! Amazing that a guy who has been in the game since forever is still so passionate about gear and music!! Also, as a bassist, is pretty cool to see him using the EBS multicomp and the Sansamp, which are my two "always on" pedals...
I really like Seymour Duncans, but they're a bit pricy (worth the money though). A while back when I was looking for a decent budget AlNiCo bridge pupfor my Gibson V so I bought the IronGear Dirty Torque instead of my usual JB. Normally I'd just stick a budget brand into my cheaper mod guitars. They're pretty similar, but the Dirty Torque is only £37/$43. You'd think at that price they'd be rather crappy, but I was actually really pleasantly surprised, the DT is a really, really nice sounding AlNiCo 5, much tighter lows and nicer mids compared to a JB IMHO. More recently I've bunged in an IG Platinum 90 P90 into my LP Junior double cut, and it sounds absolutely brilliant. Dunno why Iron Gear aren't more popular TBH!
I saw Scott and the band in the departure lounge in some airport in Austria a few years back. And I plucked up courage and got him to sign my boarding pass! Top guy!
man in 2013 ish i was working at sam ash, Frank came in for a demo and one of his pedals choices we were supposed to have set up for him we didn't have, the guys knew i built fuzz pedals so they asked meI turned them onto the way huge mk2 swollen pickle, frank loved it over the micro phone he thanked me and gave the store a word up. then later that day i got fired from sam ash because i had dropped below the required commision line haha. it was good for me though now I build pedals for a living for the last 10 years and im loving life. frank was such a cool humble normal dude. a very nice guy
Interesting that Scott’s using .88 tortex picks these days. I have one of his ‘NOT’ picks that I caught at a show on the Among the Living tour. Don’t know what brand he was using then, but it was incredibly thin and high gloss. His sound was still crushingly heavy. Had the pleasure of meeting the dude on the State of Euphoria tour too. I’ll be seeing them live next week too, almost exactly 35 years since the first time. Damn, where did the time go?!! 🤘
I played thrash back in the day, and was used to thin picks as well: Tortex 0.60 (orange) or even 0.50 (red)... It's something you get used to, but also it helped as I played guitars with Floyd Rose tremolos - you needed a slightly lighter touch to chug in tune 🤣🤘 Nowadays I usually play rhythm with a hardtail, and that enables me to use heavier picks (Dunlop Jazz!) and I can easily move between one or the other...
Though you say ‘f bomb’? Haha. I do too, a lot and use the actual bomb plenty. Authentic/natural for Scotty, TOTALLY unprofessional for an interviewer to speak like that though.
Scott is the king the chug..I listen to Anthrax Persistent of Time when first came out blew my mind it’s on my top 5 thrash metal list. I listen that album to get my going and pumped. It got me though jr high
I saw Anthrax open for Volbeat with that guitarist. I didn’t know who he was. I stood really close to him on the left side. He’s technical. Joey was the singer.
I saw Frank Bello with Antrax at the bayou in Washington DC maybe 1988. I was on the balcony and I was on his side so he was in my face the whole time and it was aweesome
For some reason I'm obsessed with Scott's tone lately. Ever since I saw a soundcheck a few weeks ago that they did in South America with Danny Lilker. His tone is just perfect to me.
Glad to hear another guitarist along with Joe Bonamassa to drop the truth about 9-42 strings sound better than heavier strings. I didn't believe it. But it's so true.
@@Ottophil Well I'm sorry for you "Otto".😳 That's pretty sad brother. Hopefully you've not been playing for years. That would be even more sad. Not only can I hear it,...the sensitivity is WAY WAY better. Oh well. I guess some people just don't have an ear. I hope you develop the ability to hear th as t difference one day. Its damn obvious. SMFH
I once put 12's on my ESP Viper in Drop D for some reason, all it did was annoy my fingers and make me cramp up. Too much tension makes your tone all crappy, in all honesty, you usually need a bit of flap on your strings for a good tone. Also, what's the point in punishing yourself, if you're using a lighter gauge just adjust your playing a bit so it's a bit less neanderthal. I switched to D'Addario 009-046s, You can still dig in hard, but not punish yourself when it comes to leads and bends. Also, if you're recording leads with a Floyd or Kahler stringing the guitar with a set of 7 or 8s can sound pretty fuckin' hilarious, even better if you're using a DigiTech Whammy!
@@Rr0gu3_5uture Yep. I started out EARLY with heavy's. GHS Zakk Wylde sigs. 12-63 in 1996. Yeah,...I know. Retarded. Eventually I settled on 10-52 around 2000. Then,....a couple 3 or 4 years ago,....I heard Joe B. saying "you metal heads are zapping your tone with that telephone cable.". I didn't want to believe it. But,....tried a set of Daddario NY/XL's 9-42,....as one does. I haven't went back since. He was so right. And I actually enjoy playing alot more as well. I did try some 8's after I saw the Beato vid. Can't do that. Lol
anthrax always got that mean modern crushing sound, they don't shy away from making their live sound as good as it gets and don't hold back just to sound like the old records
PLEASE DO A RIG RUNDOWN WITH GRADY CHAMPION AND ZAKK FOR THE PANTERA TRIBUTE !!! Zakk is going to be using Dimebag Darrell's gear and it needs to be documented like this!!! A LOT of people would love that!!!!!!
With Tony's fingers, I seriously doubt he could play anything heavier. Along with his playing style, it certainly gives him a really unique tone. I imagine tuning might be a pain in the arse at times though.
I wish there was a little more time from Donais. I'm an old hardcore metal guy and he was always great in Shadows Fall. Also Brian Fair in Overcast. I miss the old days!!
Scott Ian! I am a 45 year old Anthrax nut. My favorite song to play at guitar stores is "Medusa". Old metal heads talk my ears off for hours after that.lol
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that was excellent, thank you
Man... Donais never got to release that Dean signature, huh?
Scott’s always had the dopest Jacksons
I'm always jealous for Scott, Jackson's King V is my favourite.
First guy I ever saw playing a surfcaster
I’ve never been interested in getting a Jackson until I saw Scott’s King V.
So cool to see how Scott Ian is so enthusiastic about music and gear after all these years.
Just wrote the same thing about Frank Bello!! They are passionate guys for sure!! hehehe
Indeed! I love to see him freshen his rig up from now to then with new stuff that always retains his core tone. I do own a 5150iii but I have to say that the original models did not have as much gain in the second channel, it has the amount and gain structure of an old school JCM 800.. but the more recent Stealth and El34 models have way more gain in the second channel.. I can't wait to try one in person as I want to make the switch. Otherwise, the original Peavey 5150/6505 in the crunch channel with the bright switch on! It is my go to tone for thrash and it cost me near nothing. Scott's custom shop King Vs are to die for! These guys are awesome and are always very friendly and I'dd love to be able to just spend 5 minutes in the same room with them... love Joey and Charlie and eveyone that's been fortunate to be in this band.
Scott makes me want to play guitar all the time. I got to meet him in 2018 and with no camera's around and other ppl it was him and his tour manager. He was just like this he gets excited just talking about music. Also very humble person. Even though I knew who he was still put his hand out and said hi I'm Scott Ian. The man is awesome 🖤🖤🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@azzanightingale84 awesome dude!! Glad you got to meet and spend time with the guy!
@@terrydionne1541 cheers man I would love to jam with him one day. Now that would be the my all time wish.
I've seen Anthrax twice and both times they opened for SLAYER, the second time being the last time I ever saw Slayer. Also, R.I.P. to Scott Ian's LEGENDARY father-in-law, MEAT LOAF, who passed away early this year!
I actually didn't know that his father-in-law was Meat Loaf, that's cool
Last Slayer tour was awesome. Napalm Death, Testament, Anthrax, Slayer. Was a great show. 👍
I first saw them on the State of Euphoria tour as a kid, man they were Fkin' killing it back then ! The second time was at Download, unfortunately, I had a few too many sherberts and can't remember shit, except they were rather good, LOL.
@@andrewpappas9311 Well, Scott Ian married Meat Loaf's oldest daughter, Pearl Aday, who worked as a backup singer for Meat Loaf in the mid-90s.
@@WhatGrenadeWhere I saw that Slayer/Lamb of God/Anthrax/Testament tour in Vancouver with Behemoth!
Scott Ian, Dave Mustaine, Eric Peterson, Gary Holt...
There's still some truly phenomenal metal riff masters out there from those early thrash metal years - long may that continue!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Frankie is one of my bass idols. Killer tone even with fingers.
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Absolutely right! 👍
The combination of Bello / Benante is certainly something to behold, even nowadays!! One of the all-time best rhythm sections in metal 🤘🤘
Love how Scott gets so excited about his tone and equipment he truly is awesome !!!
There was a period of a few years there where Scott Ian was everywhere you looked. You could not escape him. He was in everything but the crib.
Behind the Music, Supergroup, I Love The 80's, basically anything MTV/VH1 made in the early 00's, he was in it.
He did a world tour with Mr Bungle with Dave Lombardo about a year ago dude.
He hasn’t gone anywhere.
Frank Bello is the man!! Amazing that a guy who has been in the game since forever is still so passionate about gear and music!! Also, as a bassist, is pretty cool to see him using the EBS multicomp and the Sansamp, which are my two "always on" pedals...
I had a JB put into my Les Paul 20 years ago and never looked back. Best Rock/Metal bridge pickup around, IMO.
I really like Seymour Duncans, but they're a bit pricy (worth the money though). A while back when I was looking for a decent budget AlNiCo bridge pupfor my Gibson V so I bought the IronGear Dirty Torque instead of my usual JB. Normally I'd just stick a budget brand into my cheaper mod guitars. They're pretty similar, but the Dirty Torque is only £37/$43. You'd think at that price they'd be rather crappy, but I was actually really pleasantly surprised, the DT is a really, really nice sounding AlNiCo 5, much tighter lows and nicer mids compared to a JB IMHO. More recently I've bunged in an IG Platinum 90 P90 into my LP Junior double cut, and it sounds absolutely brilliant. Dunno why Iron Gear aren't more popular TBH!
I saw Scott and the band in the departure lounge in some airport in Austria a few years back. And I plucked up courage and got him to sign my boarding pass! Top guy!
That's awesome.
man in 2013 ish i was working at sam ash, Frank came in for a demo and one of his pedals choices we were supposed to have set up for him we didn't have, the guys knew i built fuzz pedals so they asked meI turned them onto the way huge mk2 swollen pickle, frank loved it over the micro phone he thanked me and gave the store a word up. then later that day i got fired from sam ash because i had dropped below the required commision line haha. it was good for me though now I build pedals for a living for the last 10 years and im loving life. frank was such a cool humble normal dude. a very nice guy
I’m a drummer and I love watching, hearing anyone geek out about their gear. Love it!!!
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Scott’s tone is just flawless. For real
Man, I'm actually pretty interested in what the Scott Ian modified JB pickup would sound like. I bet it slays
there's the custom shop el diablo that he endorsed for a while, but it's a pretty different design from the jb
Love the Seymour JB.
Probably nasty as shit in a good way.
Bigger magnet? That will make it a Distortion.
Arguably unnecessary to think of it. Just get a JB and a good guitar play like a maniac
One of the best rig rundown in 2022. I enjoy it, that I forget that this almost one hour 😁. Amazing Jackson's custom shop and also love Frank Bello.
Great interview real down to earth guys. Frank doesn't need in ears he can just feel it. 😆
Love the Cliff shirt!!! I have got to get one those!
I think Cliff would laugh big time over it.
@@messingaroundwithstephebru8608 Cliff would have one for every day of a tour
When I met Scott, he was wearing that exact shirt and he got a kick out of me mentioning it.
@@messingaroundwithstephebru8608 he was crushed like a pancake.
@@YTisGay Exactly what I thought. That is, why I do not get the idea about that shirt.
God the guys in Anthrax are so cool and down to earth. Love that band more all the time!
Interesting that Scott’s using .88 tortex picks these days. I have one of his ‘NOT’ picks that I caught at a show on the Among the Living tour. Don’t know what brand he was using then, but it was incredibly thin and high gloss. His sound was still crushingly heavy. Had the pleasure of meeting the dude on the State of Euphoria tour too. I’ll be seeing them live next week too, almost exactly 35 years since the first time. Damn, where did the time go?!! 🤘
I played thrash back in the day, and was used to thin picks as well: Tortex 0.60 (orange) or even 0.50 (red)...
It's something you get used to, but also it helped as I played guitars with Floyd Rose tremolos - you needed a slightly lighter touch to chug in tune 🤣🤘
Nowadays I usually play rhythm with a hardtail, and that enables me to use heavier picks (Dunlop Jazz!) and I can easily move between one or the other...
more metal rig rundowns pleeeeeeeaaasssseee 🙏🙏🙏🤘
Scott is the man.
Next COT is on Anthrax?
@@andybarker5687 I'm almost finished and it is on 80's Anthrax and SOD.
Word
My favorite band
I started scoring my picks about 2 years ago because of Scott! I never knew he got it from Dime, That's awesome.
This is so sick!
So happy rig rundowns are back! Can’t wait for meshuggah 😜
I love how Scott has maintained the "edge"/bite in his tone, when a lot of other bands have downtuned and lost it.
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Most bands downtune to compensate for the vocalists range with age. His tones fantastic still though
as long as joey's voice still high as hell, they still use E tuning
@@divaiswara293 They've mostly been recording in drop c# since the end of the bush era. Still play older stuff in it's original tuning of course
Uuhhhĥh he said all his guitars are drop c.
SOLID host work! Thank the lord, finally. Knowledgeable about gear and not a nervous groupie lol. More with him please.
100% Billy Bob Thornton interviewer guy gets on my nerves even when hes knowledgeable.
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Thank you Premier Guitar for NOT censoring out the f-bombs!
Though you say ‘f bomb’? Haha. I do too, a lot and use the actual bomb plenty. Authentic/natural for Scotty, TOTALLY unprofessional for an interviewer to speak like that though.
“Got the time” one of the best covers…I love the original, and their cover is great
Great interviews
Scott is the king the chug..I listen to Anthrax Persistent of Time when first came out blew my mind it’s on my top 5 thrash metal list. I listen that album to get my going and pumped. It got me though jr high
saw them in Pittsburgh last month🤘🏼 these guys age like fine wine!!!
Love Scott and Premier Guitar!!!
Frank Bello great player GREAT tone great sense of melody
This band is the coolest bunch of dudes.
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This was so awesome
Curious to see what Frank and Tech 21 come up with for his signature pedal! :)
This dude is so cool, love Scott.
Outstanding interview, very natural conversation. 👌
I saw Anthrax open for Volbeat with that guitarist. I didn’t know who he was. I stood really close to him on the left side. He’s technical. Joey was the singer.
I love perry’s rundowns
Some proper spontaneous Spinal Tap moments in this one in the best possible way.
Frank Bello seems like the friendliest, funniest dude in the world.
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Scott ian is definitely one of the premier Rythm guitarists to this day.the dude can literally play anything.
Seeing scott ian playing keep it in the family, in the beginning made me so happy. They haven’t played that song in FOREVER! My fav song by them ever
Theyve been playing it on their current tour!! Absolutely love that song
Josh yep. Just saw them in San antonio and they played it. Fkn KILLED!!
i would love to just sit down with scott and just talk life with him, seems like such a good, genuine and down to earth guy
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Scott is so awesome! 🤘🤘
Always loved Scotts guitars, always cool
I saw Frank Bello with Antrax at the bayou in Washington DC maybe 1988. I was on the balcony and I was on his side so he was in my face the whole time and it was aweesome
For some reason I'm obsessed with Scott's tone lately. Ever since I saw a soundcheck a few weeks ago that they did in South America with Danny Lilker. His tone is just perfect to me.
Glad to hear another guitarist along with Joe Bonamassa to drop the truth about 9-42 strings sound better than heavier strings. I didn't believe it. But it's so true.
I can’t hear string guage
@@Ottophil Well I'm sorry for you "Otto".😳 That's pretty sad brother. Hopefully you've not been playing for years. That would be even more sad. Not only can I hear it,...the sensitivity is WAY WAY better. Oh well. I guess some people just don't have an ear. I hope you develop the ability to hear th as t difference one day. Its damn obvious. SMFH
I once put 12's on my ESP Viper in Drop D for some reason, all it did was annoy my fingers and make me cramp up. Too much tension makes your tone all crappy, in all honesty, you usually need a bit of flap on your strings for a good tone. Also, what's the point in punishing yourself, if you're using a lighter gauge just adjust your playing a bit so it's a bit less neanderthal. I switched to D'Addario 009-046s, You can still dig in hard, but not punish yourself when it comes to leads and bends. Also, if you're recording leads with a Floyd or Kahler stringing the guitar with a set of 7 or 8s can sound pretty fuckin' hilarious, even better if you're using a DigiTech Whammy!
@@Rr0gu3_5uture Yep. I started out EARLY with heavy's. GHS Zakk Wylde sigs. 12-63 in 1996. Yeah,...I know. Retarded. Eventually I settled on 10-52 around 2000. Then,....a couple 3 or 4 years ago,....I heard Joe B. saying "you metal heads are zapping your tone with that telephone cable.". I didn't want to believe it. But,....tried a set of Daddario NY/XL's 9-42,....as one does. I haven't went back since. He was so right. And I actually enjoy playing alot more as well. I did try some 8's after I saw the Beato vid. Can't do that. Lol
@@theariesexperiment4642 Jeezo, 12-63! No wonder Zakk is built like a brick outhouse! You'd have to be. He must be a glutton for punishment, lol.
Great guys !!! Awesome interview.
I can’t stop looking at that T-shirt. It is so good.
When I started playing electric in the 80´s, Scott´s rhythm sound always was the point of reference.
I got the Zuule because of you and it’s the best thing ever.
Glad that Frank gave a run down of his rig too!
Awesome episode man 🤘
Do Pearl Jam rig rundown when they come to Nashville coming up !
They passed because of a COVID-19 bubble they've instituted on the tour. Hopefully next time!
Gay....
@@model101jr5 YUP
Scott seems like a really nice guy to spend the time with, talking about music & gear :)
Except for his dig on Cliff Burton. That's kind of messed up.
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All the world will hear you
Our voices can't be bound
All the world will hear you
REDEMPTION IN THE POWER OF THE SOUND
anthrax always got that mean modern crushing sound, they don't shy away from making their live sound as good as it gets and don't hold back just to sound like the old records
Cant believe it's been 18 years RIP Dime
Excited about that pick-up!
Scott Ian!? My favourite rhythm guitar player! I wish to meet him one day!
PLEASE DO A RIG RUNDOWN WITH GRADY CHAMPION AND ZAKK FOR THE PANTERA TRIBUTE !!!
Zakk is going to be using Dimebag Darrell's gear and it needs to be documented like this!!! A LOT of people would love that!!!!!!
I’ll second that!!
I'll 3rd💯
Scott’s shirt is beautiful
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Sweet shirt Mr. Ian! Pancakes and Cliff Burton!? Excellent combo haha!!
Love these videos
Now that’s a killer shirt.
Id love to see a new Rig Rundown with Mike back in Rob Zombie and John now in Motley Crue!! These Rig Rundowns are fantastic!
That Dime slime king v is ridiculous.
Loving the cliff shirt
Love the Spanish Second Republic flag in the flightcase!
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Scott - nice, modest guy and great guitarist
I love that shirt!
great rundown, but once i saw that perry's tongue was blue, that was all my brain could pay attention to.
ha! Sorry about that! Drove me nuts in the edit as well! I had a jolly rancher between takes, chris could have told me my tongue was blue!!!
Love the shirt Scott!!!
Scott is one of my riff lord.. And he looks like he doesn't aged at all. Long live Mr. Wardancer!
For real???? Wow!!!!
Can't wait to check out Frank Bello's Sansamp pedal.
Hahaha, Frank is such a nice bloke, he's like everyone's favourite Uncle!
I really like Swiss Picks. They provide texture for grip as well as breath with the holes. Perfect combo
Frank Bello seems to have the most signature basses in the whole world! Squier, Fender, ESP, Charvel...The list is long, but distinguished. :-)
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I own a Dean Vendetta 4.0, and the only reason I even changed the pickups was to get a different tone. Dean guitars are solid playing instruments.
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That was awesome
Very nice to see Scott has stuck with EvH for a while now. I believe he was all over the place in the past 5 years. He even released a Randall head.
Nice Shirt, Scott!
Scott Ians guitars are cool as all hell
I don’t care what and who they say “ Ian “ is the best rythme guitarist after Malcom young…. Is the best and his smile is contagious 😂❤
"Just fake it, it's bass" fuckin kills me 🤣
Love t-shirt👍
That’s crazy he loves cheap trick. They are from my home town. My grand father was an English teacher and taught the drummer in high school 😂😂
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Scott's tone is awesome.
Tony iommi uses 8/32, so the tone isn’t in the size of the strings but in the fingers (ironically)
With Tony's fingers, I seriously doubt he could play anything heavier. Along with his playing style, it certainly gives him a really unique tone. I imagine tuning might be a pain in the arse at times though.
Billy Gibbons uses very light gauge too. I know he's not metal but his tone is killer!
"Ugh.. banging these headstocks" -Scott Ian
Now that's a badass shirt... Cliff!!!!!!!!!
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ah yes Scott ! génial !
I wish more rig rundowns would play their rig instead of just going over what they use
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I wish there was a little more time from Donais. I'm an old hardcore metal guy and he was always great in Shadows Fall. Also Brian Fair in Overcast. I miss the old days!!
Scott Ian! I am a 45 year old Anthrax nut. My favorite song to play at guitar stores is "Medusa". Old metal heads talk my ears off for hours after that.lol