Adrian Belew

Rig Rundowns

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Adrian Belew is one of the most inventive guitarists of the past half-century—an incandescent player and songwriter who has a vast menagerie of tones and sounds at his command. You’ve heard him with King Crimson, Talking Heads, David Bowie, and Frank Zappa, among others, and with his pop band the Bears and on his solo recordings and tours.

This fall, Adrian is following dates with the Talking Heads-fueled Remain in Light tour, which he co-led with Heads keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison, with the BEAT Tour—a run drawing on his recordings with King Crimson in the ’80s: the albums Discipline, Beat, and Three of a Perfect Pair. Of course, this is just a small—but extremely potent and influential—portion of his 30-year collaboration with Crimson founder Robert Fripp, who has given BEAT his blessing. But putting this repertoire in the hands of Belew, fellow Crimson alum and super-bassist Tony Levin, the incendiary Steve Vai (playing the guitar role of Fripp), and the Earth-shaking drummer Danny Carey from Tool promises magical performances. It’s also one of the year’s most-anticipated tours.

As I write this, Belew, Levin, Vai, and Carey are rehearsing on the West Coast, and by the time this video posts, they will have played their first BEAT dates. So, word is likely to have spread that Belew has brought some crucial pieces of gear he played with ’80s Crimson back into play. But here, you’ll get a close up look and listen as Premier Guitar joins Adrian—with tech Blair White of Nashville’s Eastside Music Supply—at his mid-Tennessee home for a pre-tour Rig Rundown. Dig in!

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0:00 - Andre' Cholmondeley & D'Addario

0:15 - Adrian Belew Playing Intro

1:02 - Recreating 1980s King Crimson

4:52 - Pairing Pedals with Parker Fly

6:55 - Roland GR-300 Analog Guitar Synthesizer

8:46 - Adrian Belew BEAT Pedalboard

11:17 - XPND Pedalboard & John Bohlinger

12:07 - Eventide H9 Settings

12:37 - Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus Amp

15:40 - Twang Bar King Guitar

20:40 - Adrian Belew’s Signature Parker Fly

24:23 - D'Addario & Joe Glaser

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