Shovels & Rope

Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/shovels-and-rope Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Teamwork makes the dream work for the Charleston, South Carolina, twosome, who trade off multi-instrumental duties throughout their sets. Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst have been making music as Shovels & Rope since 2008. The husband-and-wife duo from South Carolina specialize in rootsy, bluesy rock, Americana, and alt-country, but they don’t confine themselves to traditional two-piece arrangements. They switch off on vocal, guitar, percussion, and synth duty throughout their shows, orchestrating a full-band ruckus with all available limbs. Their seventh full-length, Something Is Working Up Above My Head, released in September last year, and while touring in support of it, they stopped at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl in late February. PG’s John Bohlinger caught up with Trent before the gig to see what tools he and Hearst use to maintain their musical juggling act. Shop Shovel & Rope's Gear: Gretsch Black Falcon - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/YRnPxO Gibson J-45 - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/PyY7WX Fender Blues Junior - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/7aOq73 Universal Audio OX Amp Top Box - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQzyVB Dunlop Max-Grip Picks - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LKmBqa MXR Blue Box - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/qzx93n Electro-Harmonix Nano Big Muff - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/jrPr2n EarthQuaker Devices Hummingbird - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xL5a3k Boss OC-5 - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/vNOonL Walrus Canvas Tuners - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6eDxb3 Walrus Canvas Passive Re-Amp - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9LzDPe Radial J48 - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/raDr3G Mesa/Boogie Stowaway Compact Input Buffer - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/jey03n Korg microKORG Synthesizer - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/kOME3M Electro-Harmonix Bass9 Bass Machine Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/e1EXMg Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/q4k2Mn Radial ProDI - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/GmW3x6 Electro-Harmonix Mel9 Tape Replay Machine Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6eK2WK Truetone 1 SPOT Pro - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/aOAVmj Radial ProD2 - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/PyqVbN Full Rig Info: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/shovels-and-rope 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 - Molly Tuttle & D'Addario 0:15 - Shovels & Rope Playing Intro 0:43 - John Bohlinger Intro 0:54 - Gretsch G6636T Players Edition Falcon Double-Cut Bigsby 2:21 - Developing the Duo's Massive Live Sound 4:50 - Gibson J-45 6:27 - Loar & Recording King Guitars 7:04 - Shovels & Rope Pedalboard 10:52 - Rig Rundown & D'Addario 11:25 - Electro-Harmonix Nano Big Muff 12:46 - Thing 1 & Thing 2 microKORGs & Roland PK5 Controller 17:39 - Shovels & Rope's Amps: Fender Blues Junior & Fender Rumble 20:05 - Shovels & Rope's Strings, Tunings & Picks 23:22 - Recording 2024's Something Is Working Up Above My Head 26:40 - D'Addario [Brought to you by D’Addario: https://ddar.io/wykyk-rr] © Copyright Gearhead Communications LLC, 2025 #guitar #rigrundown #guitarist #guitarplayer #guitargear