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Derek is one of the best! Always a pleasure to partner with him on his rigs!

Never heard of this guy and I’m not a country fan, but what a great session. John did a great job of letting his guest talk and drawing him out.

It’s taken me awhile to learn session players are the best guitar players. They make the music and Derek is no exception. Seems like a great dude!

I just love it wehn you do rig run downs of Session Players. I learn so much from these and find insights on things I never would ahve thought of. Not that i don't with toruing musicians but it seems like you have more time to sit down and get into the nuances of everything they use and it gives me ideas for gear that might be useful to me. I would encourage you all to do more!!!

A John Bohlinger rundown is always the best. I will say I was disappointed I didn’t hear him say “they got it right the first time” about the Tele. Lol.

I just LOVE rig rundowns! This guy is awesome and such a joy to listen to.

Another great rundown! That Danelectro baritone with the Senn bridge is the coolest guitar I'll see today..... thanks to everyone at Premier Guitar for cranking these vids out for us🎶

Ive been waiting for this for WEEKS! thank you

Many thanks to Derek and John for this interview! I've been a fan of Derek for years and had the honor to meet him at 3rd and Lindsley a few years ago when I moved to town. He was so encouraging and gracious with me, and I actually saw him the next night at Basement East. So cool! He's definitely one of my favorite session guys. I'm blessed to now be gigging in and around Nashville and I think about Derek's kindness towards me often.

Thank you John! Thank you Derek! Thank you Uncle Larry!

This is pure Gold. So much valuable information.

This is an all-timer. Appreciate Derek going through the why on top of the sounds.

Derek is awesome!! Great interview by Mr B. As well!!👍🏾

That baritone sounded incredible.

Great job! Really good insight into how the sausage gets made in Nashville!! John B is the best interviewer in the music business.

My Multiple Sclerosis is making me feel like I'm dying right now, but if I recover enough and I can still play, I'm going to write and record some awesome music before I no longer can. No, I'm not looking for sympathy, I'm just saying what I'm thinking. Never give up!!

Derek is one of my top guitar heroes and a big inspiration, I've been waiting for this rig rundown! So cool to hear you guys talk guitars and amps. What a great video! Loved the part about J.T too; dissecting his and Derek's awesome parts every day from all my favorite records has made me an immensely better player. Thank you Derek!

Derek is the man!

Great interview; great content. John’s the best host.

This one has been a wealth of knowledge! Thank you! What a great player and appreciate all of the tips on how to be “in the mix” as well as how to be a valuable session player.

Started following Derek when he worked with Josh Turner. He has skills.

Been waiting for this! What a player and a really nice guy👍🏻 guess you need to be successful in both to be a top session player

I met Derek about 10 years ago playing with Natalie Hemby at Tin Pan South. He was very gracious when I asked about his pedalboard. I live here now. I do find it funny that he begged us on IG to never play/write tracks with those 10ths riffs again... he played them near the end on the Duesenberg. haha! Great interview!

What an amazing player…actually 2 amazing players. I’ve seen Derek’s name on countless credits, so cool to get to know him and his gear. Thanks John! Cheers my friend.

I'm blown away by this one

Love this guy. He’s on an absolute ton of mainstream country fm radio songs whether you know it or not

Wow. So I am gonna go seek out some of Derek’s work! Amazes me how many stellar players there are “behind the scenes” - you know Brent and Bryan Sutton but I’d never heard of Bukovac until his rig rundown, and now Derek. Such a thoughtful musician and I learned a whole lot today! Inspired me to finally finish my ongoing mini spaceship with a little RJM PBC6x at it’s core!

One of the best players, rigs and rundowns, wow!

This is such a great rundown. Derek is sharing such great wisdom.There's lot's to be learned by listening in between the lines. Nuance, tone , tuning, all essential building blocks for a successful career.

Dude is a master of his tradecraft.

This interview was a joy to watch - I'm not that familiar with Derek, but I'm definitely a fan now! And of course, John is one of the best in pulling out the best bits in an interview and having a good time while he does it. So much fun to watch to two pros talk shop! Definitely one of the best rundowns I've watched - so good!!! Thanks guys!

XP (All) FTW!

i knew Derek when we were younger. A nice guy and a super player.

wow, what a great episode!!!!!! Thank you.

this was next level . . . so great!

Great rundown!

Really enjoyed this one. Neat dude

What a cool guy. Not too familiar with the big session guys been from the UK, always impressed by the knowledge and playing.

What a great tone and taste plqyer!

When he played the barritone, first thing I heard was Josh Turner. Great!

Mission engineering makes great stuff!🙂

Wicked interview as usual. Cheers.

I had watched the video on XTS created his pedalboard earlier today. Good stuff.

That LP SG sounds great. I don’t understand why they can’t duplicate it.

Nice Rolex Derek!

You know when you're talkin to a session guy when he keeps selling his ideas with "again..." 😂

Just like myself.....feet right there, and still reaches down with hand to engage pedal!😂

I use the first version Dark Glass, bass compressor! now they make a guitar version, but buying that elevated everything I was doing, for solos, if I’m playing rhythm, I turn it off, sustain is maxed, but no added color, I had a boss, sloppy/messy sound by comparison, adds color & distortion, where the dark glass does not.

Love to hear some of the sounds that you talk about.

John, you seem truly into this. Is there anything left for you to learn?

Session players are awesome and Derek is certainly one of the best out there. I have always wanted to know who the musicians were that was playing from the time I was a kid. The old stuff with Jerry Reed, Harold Bradley, Grady Martin to Brent Mason, JT Corenflos, Tom Bukovac, Brent Rowan and Derek among others. The musicians are what has always interested me.

Informative, inspiring and thoroughly enjoyable. I’m now looking for a Dano baritone. I would have liked to have heard the Telecaster Fralin neck pickup. Thanks for the shopping list. Great job.

Interesting there's no Strat.

What an inspiring rundown - Def need to get an expression pedal on my delay mix. Thanks!

I liked this dudes shoes so I tried to find them. If they are Visvim, that's a $1,100 pair of sneakers! Good for him, he's an inspiring player.

I want an SG guitar so bad

And you know..................

Derek, you could transcribe this and have a book half done. Thanks for the insight.

Please leave the camera view on the pedalboard for more than .5 seconds!

Did we power the micro synth properly? Usually those require funny power I thought.

501ChorusEcho - where have I heard that before?🤔

I've had a couple EHX pedals with the same problem 😢

How do you find an original Telecaster with a neck pickup a Lindy Fraland Vintage Telle and a bridge pickup pulled out of a old fender lap steel that's not a reissue or custom shop?

That gauge stays in tune for the engineer - and the way he uses his fingers for light feel - session guys are loved for consistency in tone and tune- not absolutely for chops - it’s presentation of sonic pieces

Ok, so what is the second expression pedal (not the volume pedal or the digitech all in one) that allows him to create a lapsteel effect? That was never mentioned...

Nice guy and a great player. Funny how everyone on KZfaq has amazing guitars. There are dogs out there, but they are always someone else's. Saying that, I'm the same. I think all my guitars are great. The one that I thought was a dog (a MIM Tele) I sold and the guy that bought it said it was amazing. Maybe we just have different tastes.

The Tele.

Dude can talk

So funny how people give Gibson credit for inconsistency.

Como sempre o trasher fazendo a concorrência parecer trash. Por um momento eu achei q vc tava puxando o riff the Thunder Underground do Ozzy, quase dei um pulo na cadeira e comecei a balançar a cabeça. Na real todas as vezes q vc faz um riff cascudo com esse pedal eu tenho vontade de pegar meu taco de baseball derrubar a porta do meu vizinho funkeiro e explodir ele de pancada. Por mais riffs cascudos do agreste !!!!! Manda um salve aqui pra vila madalena em São Paulo. Cheers

Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-delay!

Can yall do a john fruscainte guitar rig rundown

Can anybody name that digitech pedal?

Pretty sure there is an audible fart at one hour, twelve min.

Great rig! You should be able to use the G3 and an expression pedal to control any pedal in the loops of the G3. Don't need that separate pedal. See kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l5x7gqWAqdjWqo0.html

And all made possible by synthetic sweat...who knew

Pretty sad that “staying in tune” is what makes a Gibson Les Paul “a good one”

Taters: peeled

EHX fail

I love Maren Morris's plastic surgery.