Rig Rundown - DragonForce's Herman Li & Sam Totman

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12 жыл бұрын

www.premierguitar.com PG's Rebecca Dirks meets up with DragonForce's Herman Li and Sam Totman who give her the rundown on the gear that they're using on the Power Within Tour.
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@johndubert997 9 жыл бұрын

Sam Totman is all happy he got his 2 minutes in the end. "Rebecca, you forgot to interview the other guy". "What other guy?" "There's another guitarist in the band. Sam.. something."

@StreamTVChannel 8 жыл бұрын

LOL

@treywanvigofficial 7 жыл бұрын

John Dubert

@GabrielAngelfire 4 жыл бұрын

I came too late. I swear was going for this joke. Just looked to see if someone had done it first.

@immanuel_cunt7688 4 жыл бұрын

Haha actually Sam something writes most of the songs! :D

@donaldgosling 3 жыл бұрын

I've read interviews with Sam in the past, he is so unassuming , and unimpressed with hype, great personality.

@darth_vyper 10 жыл бұрын

I like it better when the artists do the rig rundown than when their techs do :)

@nkjagshenry 9 жыл бұрын

amen, bro

@maskychain816 8 жыл бұрын

Same here dude

@andresnion 8 жыл бұрын

totally!

@YuxinZhou13 6 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@torkelsvenson6411 5 жыл бұрын

I've got mixed feelings, in many ways I like it since they can motivate more why they use certain gear, but I do like it also that the techs get some recognition in the other case.

@Northernmight 10 жыл бұрын

Aw. I love Herman Li in this. He's just so enthusiastic and excited about it all. Exactly as it should be. That guy loves what he does. Makes me happy.

@OVGR 7 жыл бұрын

Herman talks for 13 minutes showing everything in detail and Sam gives the bear minimum on all his setup lol I love it Sam is a savage

@wesleyzimmerman94 6 жыл бұрын

Sam isn't a big nerd like Herman is. It also looks like they're both using the same rack so, if they are, there's no point in explaining any of it

@thewanderinginternetwizard4361 8 жыл бұрын

That accent is legendary.

@donorl8701 6 жыл бұрын

The Wandering Internet Wizard it’s like a British and a Asian accent all combined into one

@tirtahahaha 6 жыл бұрын

Chitish

@bpabustan 5 жыл бұрын

It actually reminds me somewhat of Bruce Lee.

@Rex-golf_player810 3 жыл бұрын

@@donorl8701 so basically hong kong Which makes sense because thats where hes from lol

@donorl8701 3 жыл бұрын

@@Rex-golf_player810 makes sense

@Errorfile404 9 жыл бұрын

"And then we got the acoustic, i don't know what model this is but its, its cool" Hahaha omfg

@Popcornio 10 жыл бұрын

I lol'ed @ 3:57 "I don't know what model it is, but uh... it's coo."

@m0j0101 9 жыл бұрын

herman is such a guitar techy. i bet ibanez never forces him to go to NAMM because they know he goes on his own.

@acidarrow 8 жыл бұрын

No matter what you think of Dragonforce, you can't deny Herman and Sam are masters of the instrument.

@andrewpappas9311 7 жыл бұрын

I know, I don't really listen to them that much, but yeah they are like legitimate beasts. The first song I heard from them was Through the Fire and Flames à la Guitar Hero 3 and its probably my favourite by them (Never got to the song, mostly because I don't have a GH controller for my Xbox 360 and I had to use a controller)

@R9000 10 жыл бұрын

Rebecca seems like a very professional interviewer. I haven't watched much Premier Guitar stuff before, but she definitely seemed to know her stuff, and how to ask the questions.

@electablebee 9 жыл бұрын

and apparently she cant even play guitar lol

@willescott88 8 жыл бұрын

+Rhodri “The G Man” Grove really? Well she is the best when it comes to rig rundown vids so who cares haha!

@R9000 8 жыл бұрын

willescott88 Eh, you can be a gear geek and not play. And there's no shame in that. :)

@wesleyzimmerman94 6 жыл бұрын

It sucks that she's been gone for more than a year now

@c3920 Жыл бұрын

Seen these guys live three times back in 2006/7. First place only held about 200 people and DragonForce played like it was 20,000.

@neochase1 12 жыл бұрын

good rig rundown! can't wait for more !

@xxczerxx 9 жыл бұрын

Clucking hell, that Chameleon finish S is perfect!

@seralouise. 9 жыл бұрын

im really lost, why do people hate this band so much? i mean yeah okay their music can be kind of shitty if youre not into that sort of thing, but does that really warrant verbal abuse? this guy seems really nice, hes having a great time. and yeah maybe he over does it with the flash but cmon, this isnt exactly super serious music. Power metal has always been a little silly, kinda tongue in cheek silly, if youre taking iron maiden that seriously youre probably doing something wrong, its entertainment. let peeps have fun.

@projectgoatse 9 жыл бұрын

Haters hate them because they couldn't sober up and had a horrible monitor setup during their first couple of tours. They were basically unlistenable live. That was about 5 years ago. Today they're putting on great shows and have become much more professional (for Dragonforce anyway) but the kiddies who've never seen them live just keep regurgitating the same crap from years gone by.

@projectgoatse 8 жыл бұрын

***** Exactly. It's more or less fun, amusing party music. Even the band doesn't take themselves too seriously. One thing that I find interesting about them is that sometimes they demonstrate the ability to take everything to the next level and be a much more technically proficient band, like say Dream Theater, and write about issues and topics that are more weighty than fantasy wars and dragons, but always stop a few steps short of making that shift. FWIW I enjoy what they have on offer but there's sooo much more potential for them to evolve if they just took the dive.

@snkhuong 7 жыл бұрын

their ex vocalist was terrible. Also they're known as the 'guitar hero' band cuz their songs are overplayed on guitar hero so no one takes their music seriously

@Hesheli27 7 жыл бұрын

+snkhuong ya I can't take pearl jam seriously

@themadmattster9647 7 жыл бұрын

because they're taking sounds from the mid nineties (like Gamma Ray, etc) power metal from Germany and making them cheesier, without people (kids) knowing where those sounds came from. I like some of their stuff, but still think Gamma Ray's Somewhere Out In Space (1997) beats all of Dragonforce's albums put togeether)

@charly88888888 9 жыл бұрын

I wish Kurt Cobain was still alive so he could do one of these. "Okay this is my guitar. And this my amp. And here's my two pedals. ... ... ... ......OKAY BYE"

@nkjagshenry 9 жыл бұрын

and here are the pieces of another guitar

@MegaWumba 9 жыл бұрын

look up Virus from the band Dope, that's literally his rundown.

@Trex0110 9 жыл бұрын

This is my signature guitar called a jagstang. What pickups do you use? What are pickups?

@jamesbargar3937 9 жыл бұрын

***** LOL so true

@charly88888888 9 жыл бұрын

Wait.. what does he use the switching system for?

@eddieht8996 5 жыл бұрын

Always the right questions Rebecca... Miss you!

@bsdraven 10 жыл бұрын

Herman got more time because he's more into gear it seems. Aside from that both of their racks use a lot of the same stuff. They could've both had equal amounts if they wanted. Premier guitar will not really cut them off as far as time. They've got some rundown videos that are like an hour. It's all about the artist.

@incubism 12 жыл бұрын

An interesting rig rundown, thanks!

@felixnilbog4517 8 жыл бұрын

I love his accent.

@andrewpappas9311 8 жыл бұрын

"I can poo about 7 frets" XD

@higler. 10 жыл бұрын

That's very cool that Herman is still playing the first Egen that Ibanez made for him way back in 2007!

@Harw3y 10 жыл бұрын

Kirk Hammet still uses first ESP he got from them..or atleast was using few years ago before he retired the guitar or it could be played still...and he got the guitar in somewhere around eighties

@fgsdotetidotbr 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool shirt indeed! One of the reasons I respect Li.

@MrTPF1 5 жыл бұрын

Jessica asks such good questions IMO. Herman puts his rig together differently than most guitarists. Very interesting.

@thomasarnold6348 10 жыл бұрын

That 7 String is awesome!

@jaymacdonnell4730 7 жыл бұрын

His accent is awesome. It's a cross between Jackie Chan and Spinal Tap

@Hesheli27 7 жыл бұрын

Also pronounced Garnier correctly lol

@biffty77 12 жыл бұрын

i love these guys

@heminder 12 жыл бұрын

Tux!!! OMG I wasn't expecting to see him on Herman Li's shirt! =D

@djg0603 12 жыл бұрын

Always fun listening to Herman Li talk. LOL. Sam straight to the point as always

@richardnoseknows 11 жыл бұрын

After some long hours of research I was able to learn that other countries, besides the US, have southern regions. Believe it or not, sometimes there are different accents associated with different regions within other countries too!

@MikaelLV 11 жыл бұрын

Never been a fan of Dragonforce, but it's good to see that Herman Li knows what he is talking about.

@AkiraSpectrum 11 жыл бұрын

really good video. good detail.

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

the pickups dont, but the strings vibration is affected by the wood. and sustain is from wht string, and the wood determines how long a string can vibrate. i can just say that it does make a difference. i could proove you with eq curves of a DI signal.

@alinferno1994 12 жыл бұрын

i like how easy sam makes it to understand what his rack is doing where as herman has just made me even more confused about midi equipment

@ttguitarnoob 2 жыл бұрын

2021 and I just remembered how big of a crush I had on Rebecca Dirks back in 2012 lol

@NeoGodHand 11 жыл бұрын

I've never owned one or even seen one physically, but from the looks of things it seems they are a bit thinner than most guitars, though not quite as thin as they look. The body looks to be heavily contoured, giving it a "sword's edge" kind of look. Guess that's why it's a saber.

@k5elevencinc0 11 жыл бұрын

4:33 Look at those lights!!....so spectacular!!!....I want it...

@drumobsession8644 2 жыл бұрын

10 years later and he looks exactly the same

@djhinormas959 3 жыл бұрын

what model is those switchless wahs? i see everyone talking about them but cant seem to find them or is it a mod?

@mattvdh Жыл бұрын

Sams like yeah here it is, any other questions? ok no fak off and run along, i've got to get drinking

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

if my kelly didnt sound different with my full shreds than my schecter does i'm chuck norris. i have different experiences, and i trust those a lot more. btw, i did a blind test too, with a duncan jb in an ibanez rga (mahogany and maple) and an rg (basswood). btw if your uncle put an emg in those guitars the actually do sound the same. decent passive pickups have a major difference in tone when used in different woods.

@StackCanary 9 жыл бұрын

A few people noticed the badassery that is his Tux shirt, but did you also notice that said Tux has a net and is about to catch the MSN butterfly? I want that shirt.

@lMrFresno559l 9 жыл бұрын

You want to know whats even funnier? That will NEVER happen in real life.

@Ps1504 12 жыл бұрын

that 7string is awesome. I want one...

@visualkeirockstar 12 жыл бұрын

@beewogfilms2 its green, but if like turn it, u can see it flash purple

@ahboyrelax 8 жыл бұрын

Sam Totman looked like Gareth Bale. Hahahaha

@Outer0Heaven 12 жыл бұрын

I love the way he says "purple" on 01:57

@GoulashOne 10 жыл бұрын

I really love his t-shirt! You don't see metal-guitarists with penguin-t-shirts every day!

@Deaf_Notes 6 жыл бұрын

*Linux* t-shirt (look it up)

@TotalEvo7 11 жыл бұрын

The only differences are 1.) Herman uses the humbucker rings, and Steve doesn't. 2.) The EGENs all come standard with the Coil Split, the JEMs don't; and 3.) They both use different versions of the Edge bridge. Steve uses the original Edge bridge, while Herman uses the Edge Zero bridge

@cycon0 12 жыл бұрын

Mystic Dream is the purple color for MusicMan Guitars. Probably a trademark.

@hazlewood47 7 жыл бұрын

why does Rebecca get the power metal guys

@robtingle7752 5 жыл бұрын

I'm just curious what version of Linux he uses? Weird question I know but noticed his shirt

@perskeisari 12 жыл бұрын

That's why Herman is awesome.

@MichaelD8393 10 жыл бұрын

3:47 What kind of stand does Herman have to hold his acoustic?

@ElMoShApPiNeSs 10 жыл бұрын

I can poo about 7 frets.

@LightningJackFlash 9 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, that was good :)

@MrCarsandguitars 7 жыл бұрын

BigFatCock its pretty coo

@tylerl8934 6 жыл бұрын

I read this EXACTLY when he said it. Brilliant

@ozoneswiftak 3 жыл бұрын

Funny , I understood him perfectly

@nickb8507 3 жыл бұрын

But can you chicken pick?

@TotalEvo7 11 жыл бұрын

What he was actually saying that time was, "I don't use the trem stopper, on the 6-string model. So, no trem stopper there, I even got rid of the...mounts on it for now."

@DropdaLTDtoB 11 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah!! I can't wait to see Dragonforce at Soundwave 2013!!!!!

@MilesMeakin 12 жыл бұрын

as soon as Herman statrted talking about his wireless It just reminded me of SPINAL TAP lol!

@Anon53 11 жыл бұрын

I like his Egen 18 and that 7 string it looks cool and sounds great on Fallen World :) the next guitar I get is probably going too be a 7 string, cause that's the new generation of guitars that my favorite bands use, and shit 07 is when I started playing guitar again, and been playing 6 strings since then, time too change.

@LubadPT 9 жыл бұрын

1:50 , is that for sale? Where can I get one of thoes? :o

@Sphereal 11 жыл бұрын

Same to you, man.

@jamesxme 12 жыл бұрын

I met Sam about a fortnight ago in a pub, he's the NICEST dude.

@Mythiqoeatsbreadladdd 6 жыл бұрын

‘It’s pretty cooo’ -Herman Li

@EeeAreEyeKay 12 жыл бұрын

they dont have an amp head if that's what you were looking for. They just run the rocktron prophecy II in to the mesa power amp.

@themaggot8 12 жыл бұрын

I'm watching this rig rundown just because of Rebecca

@Hector55Munoz 10 жыл бұрын

"...Incase we need to me him" Lol Genius.

@nova495 10 жыл бұрын

The only band I know that doesn't use Axe FX. WOW

@0Heavy0Metal0 12 жыл бұрын

I think he was trying to say that it's easy to read on stage. Not just "pretty lights"

@trentster40400 11 жыл бұрын

cool stuff all around.

@mckay91095 12 жыл бұрын

Somebody like their BOSS pedals!!!

@kueller917 10 жыл бұрын

Never liked Dragonforce but Li seems pretty cool (didn't see much of Totman of course). I can kinda relate when it comes to gettinh geeky over pedals and effects. I've been messing around with a MIDI controlled Whammy a lot lately.

@LifeLongGamer 12 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily, if you are speaking in tones of better tone resonance, these guitars are solid wood whereas thicker guitars are often hollowed out to reduce weight so these guitars could in fact be better for tone transference

@LifeLongGamer 12 жыл бұрын

Perhaps although for this style of music its not really a problem. The difference would really only be apparent with heavier music, namely drop tuned etc. Though I believe one of the guitarists of Sabaton uses an S series so perhaps the difference isnt all that apparent

@josiahluck4385 8 жыл бұрын

3:12 ABSOLOUTE CLASSIC!

@MojoPenguin 12 жыл бұрын

A good conditionner makes all the difference on and off stage, look Herman got more time. Killer Tech stuff, and great players ;)

@SHADOWCLONE177 12 жыл бұрын

Where's the fast forwarder button on the board?

@ctsaustin 12 жыл бұрын

at 9:12 when he said cable i nearly lost it haha

@CodenameCuervo 4 жыл бұрын

Dragon Force is a cool band!!!

@Guadalcanal 12 жыл бұрын

Rig rundown with Old Man Gloom!

@acledfloyd 12 жыл бұрын

I am not the biggest Dragonforce fan but the guitars are beautiful, I would own a Herman Li guitar.

@Joemommas 11 жыл бұрын

Yea, my friend is indian with a british accent its pretty awesome.

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

i'm of course not talking about semi hollows, i'm talking about thicker solid bodies. these things here are about a third as thick and heavy as a les paul, there's way too less wood on them for a thick sound imo.

@miotubo839 10 жыл бұрын

4:00 is coor.

@Sandman1832 12 жыл бұрын

Actually he used Seymour duncans in them. I don't know, what he said does make sense tho, your pickups react to different type of string material and the pickups run to an amp and the sastane is from the pickup not from the wood. A pickup is determined by the wound of the wire and the magnets which pickup the sound of the string vea magnetic field. Electric fields and magnets don't care about wood selection. Acoustic guitars on the other hand have totally different sounds with different woods

@RicardoDiazHimself 12 жыл бұрын

That 7 string color should be called "Mystic Dream"... i dont know why... it just came right off my head...

@thomaswhitmarsh 12 жыл бұрын

I must admit, I was distracted by Vadim's awesome rig as well!

@Imjong29 6 жыл бұрын

Which song does they use acoustic guitar?

@lovestospooge646 11 жыл бұрын

i love you becca!

@jasonbittencourt 12 жыл бұрын

ibanez had this finish back in the 90's

@shredking001 12 жыл бұрын

That green / purple colour is a clear rip of petrucci's mystic dream colour on the original jp6

@JasonDeCarloGuitar 10 жыл бұрын

What happened to Rack Rundowns with Rebecca Racks?

@KeeperOfPoops 6 жыл бұрын

all of these perverted comments about her rack got her to quit

@rohanahlawat5809 5 жыл бұрын

She quit because of his like you

@rohanahlawat5809 5 жыл бұрын

Guys*

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

my experience is that it does make a difference. how should i trust someones words and samples more than my own ears and measurements?

@DhylonShahGuitar 12 жыл бұрын

I love the way he says: 'That's pwetti coor' :D

@lijawan0 11 жыл бұрын

I think both.

@Sandman1832 12 жыл бұрын

Pickups don't care what kind of wood you have or how thick it is, my uncle owns a guitar shop and I use to argue with him until he proved me wrong. He set up 10 different guitars from ranging from gibsons to fenders and bass wood to mahogony and put the same pickup into every guitar. He even set up a cheap starter strat that was like $99 and they all sounded the same and really good. Sound is produced threw your pickups and the string. The only guitar that changes sound with wood is acoustics

@mohawkguy97 11 жыл бұрын

Purple Tortex is like 1.5 or something correct?

@Shreddergilbert 12 жыл бұрын

when was this shot ?

@Sodacake 12 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, that 7-string looks amazing.

@jamiemacmillan4056 8 жыл бұрын

can someone tell me what magical strings Herman uses which don't snap when pulled up seven frets

@polpottopg 8 жыл бұрын

Id say he has band new strings every time he plays

@andrewpappas9311 7 жыл бұрын

The kind that allows him to poo about 7 frets XD

@andrewpappas9311 7 жыл бұрын

Liam Wayte Sorry man, I know it sounds weird but I guess I can't get over his accent when he said that is all

@polpottopg 7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Pappas I just thought it was funny hahah

@jrmwigga5555 11 жыл бұрын

I can't tell if he has a Chinese accent or not. And you gotta love the Tux shirt!

@djabmusic6828 8 жыл бұрын

he looks like such a nice personality guy

@davedextermusic7129 10 жыл бұрын

Herman gets 13 minutes and Sam gets 2? Wait, why do I give a shit?

@davidgordon8099 7 жыл бұрын

Indeed, just what I was thinking. Maybe he was just a bit shy to the camera or just wasn't feeling it that day. Literally it was just "here are my guitars. Ooh aren't they new and shiny. Now look I have this crazy rack with all this cool stuff in it. I guess you plug in at one end and out the other to a speaker or wait was it to the front of house 😕? Meanwhile magic happens then it makes noise. Isn't it all so clever!" I guess some guitarists are geeks and some just aren't. To each his own.