The Flaming Lips Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Steven Drozd

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A treasured (and tattered) ’67 Jazzmaster, a dismembered doubleneck, a double-dose of stereo Jazz Chorus, and a surprisingly simple stomp station colors the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots-and the rest of Wayne Coyne’s twisted Willy Wonka-esque adventures.
Over the last four decades, the courageous and creative Flaming Lips have put out 16 studio albums. Their genre is an alphabet soup that ranges from acid rock and ambient to zany psychedelia, all while pumping on a pop heartbeat. They’ve won three Grammys, written and filmed an alien colonization movie and soundtrack (Christmas on Mars), reimagined Dark Side of the Moon with Henry Rollins, had their hit “Do You Realize??” named the official rock song of Oklahoma, and of course, performed in bubbles before and during the pandemic.
As members of one of rock’s most adventurous bands, founding frontman Wayne Coyne and his longtime collaborator, multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd (who originally joined the band in 1991 as a drummer), have tried almost everything, including transforming their sensitive-smash album, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, into a Broadway musical. And Yoshimi was back in the spotlight this spring as the Lips toured for its (delayed) 20th anniversary, playing it front to back for their show dates later in the season.
Before the band delighted a sold-out crowd at the Ryman Auditorium with Yoshimi and 11 other of their greatest hits, Drozd invited PG’s Chris Kies onstage to catalog his bizarre-yet-basic setup. Steven details the origins and deterioration of his 1967 Fender Jazzmaster (and why there’s a Hot Rails in the bridge), explains the superficial reason why his doubleneck only has one fretboard, and shows off a pedalboard that’s probably smaller than yours.
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[Brought to you by D’Addario XPND Pedalboard: www.daddario.com/XPNDRR]
00:00 - D'Addario XPND Pedalboard
00:15 - Steven Drozd Playing Intro
00:43 - Steven Drozd & Chris Kies Intro
01:18 - Flaming Lips' 1967 Fender Jazzmaster
03:36 - Roland JC-40 Jazz Chorus Amps
04:39 - Jazzmaster Strings & Tunings
05:12 - Epiphone G-1275 Doubleneck 11-String
07:46 - Epiphone G-1275 Through Pedals
11:06 - Chasing Sounds vs Inspiring Sounds
12:12 - Genre-less Band
12:47 - 2011 Gibson SG Standard
16:07 - Steven Drozd's Pedalboard
#guitar #rigrundown #jazzmaster #theflaminglips

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@rabidgoon Жыл бұрын

Wayne is exactly the type of dude to mess with someone else’s guitar without permission

@toolittle7204 Жыл бұрын

Getting the best deal on a '67 jazzmaster for the equivalent of $1.5k in '23 dollars and then having that happen is wild lmao

@AllenGarberGuitarFun Жыл бұрын

You are 1000% correct.

@clintwilson6380 Жыл бұрын

@@toolittle7204like the dude that painted over Page's dragon Tele...

@Danielallanz Жыл бұрын

Yep that's the impression I'm getting too

@mj.l Жыл бұрын

that seymour duncan is a monstrosity too, visually

@ricjenner1120 Жыл бұрын

Most exciting I've been about a Rig Rundown in awhile. Steven Drozd is a legend .

@peanutbutterbutt765 Жыл бұрын

I agree

@randalclarke5487 Жыл бұрын

Agreed!!! Love most, like all at least, but this is the best one in a while!!!😊

@toddshockley Жыл бұрын

He’s one of my favorite drummers!

@ileutur6863 Жыл бұрын

That single necked double neck is the dumbest thing I've seen in a while, I love it so much. I want one.

@jimsuter7375 Жыл бұрын

I did some repair/modification work for the boys, and that guitar came in for some work. We also worked on a puke green jazzmaster, and restored a vintage Hallmark Sweptwing 12 string that looked like it was on the Titanic. They were always bringing in Moogs and weird pedals. Always a pleasure to deal with. Just don't take off any tape.

@ajcolantino Жыл бұрын

I've never heard the word "skronky" before but that's definitely the word to describe the tone

@John-mf1sz Жыл бұрын

Haha, pretty sure I’ve heard Kurt Vile use that one before. It’s a good one alright.

@krishermstad Жыл бұрын

It's funny hearing Steven talking about country songs people who haven't heard FL and might like some songs. Or his comment about the bubble shows being on morning news. You can tell hes still really proud of all the cool stuff him and the band get to do, and he wants people to hear his music. good energy! enthusiastic 30+ years on

@Iam_Dunn Жыл бұрын

I was doing stage lighting at Zaphod Beeblebrox in Ottawa, ON in 91’ or ‘92 when these guys blew up our PA. IT WAS AWESOME!! :)

@noyd4172 Жыл бұрын

The Guild guitar he was trying to recall to mind at the end is the Guild Polara S-100; it's like an SG, and it has significantly longer string length behind the bridge to the tailpiece, and the pickups are sometimes pretty microphonic, which, with the thin body, lends it well to controlled feedback and a more "open" sound as far as humbucker guitars go. Kim Thayil used them as his main guitars in Soundgarden.

@willbritton5719 Жыл бұрын

Steven is an awesome musician , and seems like a great guy too. Best rig rundown episode I’ve seen.

@cadenbenton6235 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite drummers if not my favorite of all time!! So crazy how great he is at so many instruments. Everything he touches is gold!

@JonathanBriks Жыл бұрын

I’m m

@grantandrews4826 Жыл бұрын

@@JonathanBriksHi m.

@adiohead Жыл бұрын

@@JonathanBriks m Hi

@tres311 Жыл бұрын

@@JonathanBriksih M?

@MyYouTubeNameisTaken 11 ай бұрын

He’s definitely underrated as a drummer. Such great groove and pocket.

@mkhud50n Жыл бұрын

One of the most creative bands of all time. This is dude awesome at multiple instruments. His drum sound is legendary.

@_peachbeach Жыл бұрын

awesome!! I saw the Flaming Lips do the entire soft bulletin at Hollywood forever cemetery one of the best shows I've seen

@eriknivison1544 Жыл бұрын

I saw them live in DC about a month ago. They blew me away and Steven's live tone was amazing. So much so that i was googling what he used during the show. So this rig rundown is a real treat for me!

@yayayaokoksure 9 ай бұрын

This dude has written so many incredible tracks.

@theskidmarkoforion4829 Жыл бұрын

I saw them at The Troxy London last April for the complete Yoshimi album. They were amazing. One of the best shows I have ever seen.

@philwildcroft1764 Жыл бұрын

Epiphone electrics had GIBSON on the truss rod cover from about 1989 - 2004. They stopped doing it when they moved production from Korea to China.

@brandonmason388 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was gonna say that. You can spot the Korean-made Epis at a glance just by the looking at the truss rod cover

@db.easy.t5746 Жыл бұрын

My les paul is like this. Thanks for the info!

@benjaminjeffares4654 Жыл бұрын

I'm on sg number 3 from that era, and logged in to say so too. not so many Epi's on rig rundown methinks

@StaticInfinity-ts3jk Жыл бұрын

Steven has the neck pickup below the pickup ring to get more clarity. I set neck pickup on my Les Pauls the same way. I would say the biggest set up mistake people make on any guitar is setting the pickups too high. You get more output, but you’re sacrificing detail and harmonics. Lowering the pickup is like taking winds off the coil.

@Kampy_ 11 ай бұрын

This was amazing to watch. And just about Steven's guitars... he is equally adept at keyboards, and is one of the best drummers ever. And can sing! Steven Drozd is truly a multi-instrumental, multi-disciplinary, musical genius.

@dalbeider6315 9 ай бұрын

He's my favorite musician, ever!!

@ROKZLEON Жыл бұрын

Steven is such a unique musician!!! Cool rig rundown!!! 👍🏻

@cjbcarr1 Жыл бұрын

one of my absolute favorite jazzmasters! steve's the very best :)

@atarirob Жыл бұрын

Been waiting 15 years for this one!!

@RajTamil Жыл бұрын

What a humble guy. I forgot all about that bubble show they did when Covid hit. At the time I thought I didn't think that much of it for some reason, but seeing it three years later, I can appreciate what an amazing feat it was. As someone who is a guitar nut, it really baffled me that he nor the interviewer knew that his double neck clearly an Epiphone. I really wanted to know more about that Epiphone Les Paul Junior Special in the back there.

@andoros.7017 Жыл бұрын

such a humble and talented dude. fuck yeah!

@cigarettesmokingman9471 Жыл бұрын

Such an awesome musician. I remember the FL as a crazy psychedelic punk rock band then I heard soft bulletin and the albums after and really came to appreciate Steve's musical abilities.

@ryanthomas5507 Жыл бұрын

Steven is so talented…seems like an awesome guy too! Thanks for this 🤘❤️

@LiteralApe Жыл бұрын

Ive loved flaming lips for so long, didnt expect this today.

@xx7secondsxx 10 күн бұрын

Dude!!!! Hes such a genius!!! He, Wayne and Michael!!! I LIVED to FEARLESS FREAKS for a year or 2!!!🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘🍻🍻🐒💚🧡💚🧡💚🤩🤩🤩 One if the most dynamic and raddest bands of ALL.TIME!!

@kane6529 Жыл бұрын

I must say I thought most of these sounds sounded like trash but I checked out their band and actually really dig it in context! They are are a cool band that I’d never heard of 😅

@ArmchairRamb0 Жыл бұрын

I would note that all of Steven's guitars have bound necks. I agree completely with everything he said about the necks, love those fat frets and necks! Great video, one of the few guitarists I want to hear from about this subject. The Flips are so humble you just love them more.

@01bgunnell10 8 ай бұрын

loved how he played the price is right riff toward the end on the SG

@grantandrews4826 Жыл бұрын

What a cool guy

@grantandrews4826 Жыл бұрын

@zen7349 thank you zen, very cool of you

@djefferson5669 Жыл бұрын

If I find a time machine, I'd go back to 1992 and do a rig rundown with Ronald Jones.

@jameshoban409 Жыл бұрын

Ronald Jones was absolutely out of this world with his playing and sound exploration. Steven’s a great musician, but Ronald was one of a kind.

@StratsRUs Жыл бұрын

@@jameshoban409They are both amazing musicians.

@UnixStudios Жыл бұрын

Doraemon the space cat!!!! This guy’s sense of melody is up there with the greats. National treasure, I love this guy

@SageManeja Жыл бұрын

This guy would be such a great Guest on That Pedal Show!

@toddshockley Жыл бұрын

He could bring Wayne too.

@michalrogalski666 3 ай бұрын

Slash playing on the train tracks in Aerosmith's "Living on November Rain" is the crossover we never knew we needed!

@marktracy2577 Жыл бұрын

I was super lucky to go to this show and the next night, Govt Mule. Nashville has its perks. I love that Rig Rundown gets filmed at the Ryman so frequently!

@defshrimp Жыл бұрын

Steven is so cool and is a real humble dude. I am pretty sure that the guy is a genius.

@StratsRUs Жыл бұрын

That's a good description

@MrBobbyFreakout Жыл бұрын

that was perfect. that light wall is impressive, being able to have the amps behind it. Stevens the mad scientist id expect. ❤

@AudioFileZ 3 ай бұрын

Just saw them at Avondale Brewery in B'ham (AL) on 4/23/2024 & the sound was excellent like the performance!

@theduty Жыл бұрын

THE MORE YOU DROZDDDDDD! 🌈🌟

@richfab8667 Жыл бұрын

@16:00 when Steven was going to play "She don't use Jelly" and the interviewer cuts him off... SMH! Great interview though, thanks PG!

@Jason-cm6uh Жыл бұрын

PG. What took so long for this rig rundown? Awesome guys!

@jon8021 Жыл бұрын

The Guild they’re talking about is probably the S-100, Kim Thayil’s favorite model.

@marrerowski 5 ай бұрын

S-100 aka Polara

@honeywisp 11 ай бұрын

Finally I’ve always wanted a flaming lips gear vid

@frankmoon9350 Жыл бұрын

This makes me happy

@lerdeleon737 Жыл бұрын

Guy makes me anxious watching him

@OhanaFilms Жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@MisterRorschach90 Жыл бұрын

I have never seen more fun shows than flaming lips shows. They played a festival in Tulsa Oklahoma once and lied to the crowd that the mayor okayed the use of marijuana for this one song. Literally everyone who had some pulled it out and started smoking and passing it around. At first police tried to stop it but then realized it was a fruitless endeavor. If I remember correctly the major was actually on stage when he said it which made it even more funny.

@billyhellmaker Жыл бұрын

My kind of guitar player.

@johnnyonetake9249 Ай бұрын

Hes my all time favorite drummer

@calsavestheworld 8 ай бұрын

This band gets my vote for most underappreciated of all time.

@elnyoutube123 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering about that Jazzmaster ever since I watched the music video for "Bad Days" a few months ago where Wayne was playing it in the video. I couldn't figure out for the life of me what the bridge pickup was but now I know. I didn't even recognize the guitar at first until I saw the pickup. It looked rough back then but now it looks like a different guitar 😂

@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu 3 ай бұрын

I had a chance to meet and talk with Steven Drozd In 2010...... HE WAS AMAMZING person talked for 10 mins,he told story about Stephen colbert. This was my hero I am a multi instrumentalist.. there are far few in-between to master all of instruments and no area lacking..ita just a handful of us and just got cleaned off of heroin 5 months before. Steven is purely amazing GOT A PICTURE WITH HIM

@byteflight Жыл бұрын

Love this; Chris Kies is an absolute pro

@lawsondavis4909 Жыл бұрын

Finally!

@benjaminfowler4513 Жыл бұрын

Steven drozd is absurdly talented, always thought of him as the band leader

@John-mf1sz Жыл бұрын

He is by far the most talented human being in that band. Wayne’s kinda meh. In many ways, lol.

@TwinPawsFWWM Жыл бұрын

Those early 90s MIK epiphones had “Gibson” embossed on the truss rod cover. I had an SG just like that as a kid. Still do (pulled all the frets off impulsively when I was 15 and I use it for slide now 😎). They have a scarf jointed neck and mine never broke despite many falls!

@1surfpickle Жыл бұрын

I have a 98' MIK ES335 DOT Epiphone that I Frankenstein'd with Grover tuners, Bigsby tremolo system, and hand wound custom pickups from a dude in Austin, TX. It sounds better than the 335's that were built in Nashville at that time for a 3rd of the price...😃

@DoctorWhomThe1st 3 ай бұрын

From what I can find on the internet that 12 string is a stock Epiphone maybe around late 90s early 2000 and likely not older than 2002 judging by the truss rod cover, bolt on neck, stop bar placement, and all 4 pickups having covers (there's other videos where you can see they had covers.) The truss rod cover plate use to say Gibson until around 2004. The 2003 models still said Gibson but they were slightly different in design.

@cherrybumman541 Жыл бұрын

Holy shit I love this the guitar only sunship balloons hits different

@andysandell4070 Жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@RishPanjeetJr Жыл бұрын

I love that he uses JC-40s 😂 I can’t imagine how many people are losing their shit over that

@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu 3 ай бұрын

MY BROOO IN ARMS PULLING OUT SUNSJIP BALLONS❤❤❤❤❤

@auralepiphanies4055 5 ай бұрын

Horn trader had one of Wayne or Ronalds Teal Jazzmasters for sale for an insanely low amount of money back then around 93 94...should have bought it!

@McDoinky Жыл бұрын

He’s an absolutely sick drummer, too

@FoulOwl2112 Жыл бұрын

Without a doubt the highest I've ever seen anyone wear a guitar!

@potholedcactus Жыл бұрын

I have a 2011 ebony Gibson SG, it would be exciting if the serial numbers were close!

@nickdrago9416 8 ай бұрын

Steven hitting that Zeppelin riff. More please.

@nickpalma2782 Жыл бұрын

Just a mad scientist, this could be 3 hours long easily .

@GCUZakalwe42 Жыл бұрын

I like the parade of little old folks across the stage in the background. Probably Ryman tours. He might have scared the crap out of them with some of those sounds.

@Heaven-dy9lj 5 ай бұрын

Cool dude.

@GhostfaceGriller-hd7jw 2 ай бұрын

The man the myth the legend

@adiohead Жыл бұрын

I have a 90s Epiphone LP and it has Gibson on the truss rod cover. Think that's just what they did back then.

@ambientswelling Жыл бұрын

Sunship Ballons is a way underrated Lips tune. Great to hear him strum it at the top.

@matthewsommerville88 Жыл бұрын

Fender needs to make a replica of that Jazzmaster for public purchase!!!

@slimkickens Жыл бұрын

It's an Epiphone. Lots of Epis from the 90s and 00s had Gibson on the truss rod cover

@greyculture9112 Жыл бұрын

@premierguitar Can you do a follow up on the green Jaguar which Ronald Jones used to play and has been with the band for decades. Along with JM, surely the other quintessential FL guitar. It looked like it was in the rack too!

@beensentcruz3941 Жыл бұрын

This Guitarist is a Machine Mad Scientist🤘🤘🤘

@StratsRUs Жыл бұрын

Superb keyboard player ,Superb drummer etc etc

@martinheath5947 Жыл бұрын

I'd install some tuners and a set of sympathetic strings on the single neck double body 😊

@thethingwiththestuff Жыл бұрын

who's gonna tell him that the original guitar wireless and in-ears will work alongside each other just fine, it's just his sound people don't know how to do it?

@cactus-mcjacktus Жыл бұрын

9:03 like putting an NES through a Mutron

@steveweilhart2359 Жыл бұрын

TweekOmatic

@crypttonite 3 ай бұрын

i scored a blue jazzmaster pre cbs from daddy’s junky music at random over the phone, landline. It was homemade blue with gold sunburst & tortoise pick guard. $600 plus a dr rhythm drum machine. Daddy’s mislabeled the address, idk how it even was on the ups truck on my block, I was watching everyday & finally just asked the guy & boom. You’re not supposed to sell guitars, you learn this after u sell them. That thing stayed in tune however hard u laid in tremelo

@michaelfowler3187 Жыл бұрын

The subdecay liquid sunshine is more than "just an overdrive" it's one of the finest "more" pedals I've ever found, keeps your guitar feeling natural but gives it some hair on its chest and a tom selleck mustache. There are some models that can run 18v, hard to beat. Not compressed, just thick drive tone.

@cjbcarr1 Жыл бұрын

on all the time? i'm on the hunt for an always on "more better" pedal and remembered being intrigued by that one like ten years ago

@michaelfowler3187 Жыл бұрын

@@cjbcarr1 I've only heard my version which has the 24v cap inside allowing it to run 18v power, but at 9 volt I would not hesitate to use it as an always on, still - and I think any of the models probably sound very close. I would prefer it as a final stage between my other pedals and my amp, as a "more button" or an always on thing that glues my pedal sounds with the amp. It very naturally bonds your guitar and amp, it should not impart a lot of character other than some "bigger" sound, strong lows and mids, but not flabby loose lows. The brighter and grittier shades of the pedal create a nice sizzle but not harsh or fizzy. I hope that helps, definitely worth a shot and if using it earlier like a preamp or a middle of your chain gain stage i can't imagine it does anything bad, haha. It's been a long time but I recall feeling like the fulltone ocd set for lower gain and just a booster with a bit of drive and touch response - I got similar feeling from that but it's been years. The ocd gets a lot more aggressive, so I'm not trying to compare them except for the subtler "make bigger" tones I got from both. I also found that the clean preamp or whatever boost is in the Wilson effects haze vibe pedal, that's been a great always on clean stage where I can just have the level boost , but anytime I want the rate and width to start vibing it can do that. Odd choice here but had to mention it.

@michaelfowler3187 Жыл бұрын

A tone friend of mine told me the benson preamp got him similar places as the liquid sunshine - in case that's helpful to look into.

@hoover728 Жыл бұрын

I use one as the last in my chain to attenuate my signal while getting edge of breakup gain at home and then crank the volume when playing live. It’s given me a consistent tone and gain structure thru a wide variety of amps, from small solid state to Tweed Bassman to Orange half stack. Love it.

@mainecanoe 8 ай бұрын

How can you work for Premier Guitar al this time and not know it’s a Guild S-100?!

@StratsRUs Жыл бұрын

He lifted up the Sun.

@seagullshame Жыл бұрын

Anyone know what the sticker on the black sg’s pickguard is?

@seasonedstefan Жыл бұрын

Yall gotta do some King Gizzard

@yayayaokoksure 9 ай бұрын

Lol using a wireless from amazon. Exactly what i would expect.

@fletchergull4825 10 ай бұрын

What was the ring modulator he's using? I didn't catch the name

@northernidahotrailcamera687 9 ай бұрын

I love how Steven doesn't even know exactly what he is doing and his equipment looks all beat up and out of tune, it's so Flaming Lips in the best way! Super humble normal guy other than being an amazing musician and songwriter.

@BillyBoggle 3 ай бұрын

It’s the music that truly matters. Yep. Good gear does not maketh the the man

@rockkevinrock Жыл бұрын

So neat when he started playing those funny Led Zeppelin riffs, actually it has always been great whenever they have played a Black Sabbath War Pigs cover during their live sets too.

@STRATMAN1969 Жыл бұрын

Ever see there WHO tribute amazeballs

@jeremydavis2035 Жыл бұрын

I saw them play Sweet Leaf live New Years Eve 2011-12.

@theWARMJET Жыл бұрын

He didnt play it right

@growupthendie27 Жыл бұрын

LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

@mowrymurog Жыл бұрын

What is the phaser sound he plays towards the beginning?

@spacesuitor Жыл бұрын

I just creamed my jeans.

@ROIDS 8 ай бұрын

Does anyone know the chords for the song he's playing at the beginning?

@eljefeguapobarbon Жыл бұрын

Is his SG an Epiphone? Love the google-eyes!

@Iam_Dunn Жыл бұрын

No, it’s a Gibson. Don’t know if you heard about the uproar in the industry a couple of years ago about displaying Gibson logos, but many famous musicians decided to just cover up the logo to not promote the brand.

@eljefeguapobarbon Жыл бұрын

@@Iam_Dunn Wow, that’s good to know. I did forget Gibson corporate/legal are odd 🤘