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Apr 10, 2024 42 min

Adrian Vandenberg

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Full Rig Details: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/adrian-vandenberg Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Adrian Vandenberg is a Dutch rock guitarist, best known for his tenure as one of the guitarists in Whitesnake during their successful late 1980s period, and also with the band Vandenberg, which he started in 1981. Vandenberg invited PG’s John Bohlinger to his soundcheck before his recent Nashville show to take us through his rig. Special thanks to guitar tech Willem van Roekel for giving us the extra details. Full Rig Details: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/adrian-vandenberg Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Win Guitar Gear: https://bit.ly/GiveawaysPG Don't Miss a Rundown: http://bit.ly/RIgRundownENL Merch & Magazines: https://shop.premierguitar.com PG's Facebook: https://facebook.com/premierguitar PG's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/premierguitar/ PG's Twitter: https://twitter.com/premierguitar PG's Threads: https://threads.net/@premierguitar PG's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@premierguitar 0:00 - D'Addario & Nita Strauss 0:15 - John Bohlinger Intro 0:50 - Adrian Vandenberg Intro 2:20 - Using a Bow in Whitesnake 3:37 - 1980 Gibson Les Paul Heritage 8:29 - Swapping in New Gibson Burstbucker 9:55 - Writing Music on Various Instruments 10:44 - Using Ear Protection 12:06 - Strings, Picks & Fingernails 14:38 - Wrist Injury During Whitesnake's Slip of the Tongue Recording 20:50 - D'Addario XPND & John Bohlinger 21:39 - Peavey Adrian Vandenberg Signature Guitar 30:04 - Taylor T5z Custom Koa Hollowbody Electric 31:50 - Any Classical Music Training? 36:08 - Neural DSP Quad Cortex & Seymour Duncan PowerStage 42:10 - D'Addario & Joe Glaser [Brought to you by D’Addario: https://ddar.io/wykyk-rr & XPND Pedalboard: https://ddari.io/xpnd.rr] © Copyright Gearhead Communications LLC, 2024 #guitar #rigrundown #guitarist #guitarplayer #guitargear #whitesnake Mentioned in this episode: Check out D'Addario's latest here: https://ddar.io/wykyk-rr

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