mssv's Mike Watt & Mike Baggetta [2024]

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Full Rig Details: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundowns/mssv-2024Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeThe trio mssv is an underground supergroup. They’re not playing the local enormodome, but each musician has a storied career and the ability to leap musical conventions in a single bound, even while rocking like hell … or playing compositions with sections that ricochet from Coltrane to Martian terrain.The group sprung from guitarist Mike Baggetta’s dream of an ideal, omnivorous band—one that could navigate any kind of musical or sonic path, much as Baggetta has done himself, whether playing with other artists or solo. His first choice of bassist was Mike Watt, a legendary indie music figure who has been releasing daring rock and improv albums for decades, starting with the highly influential ’80s and ’90s outfits the Minutemen and fIREHOSE. And while mssv’s debut album, 2019’s Wall of Flowers, was recorded with the foundational rock drummer Jim Keltner, Keltner’s disinterest in touring caused Baggetta to seek a replacement in Stephen Hodges, one of the few sticks players who can match Keltner’s intention and a brilliant artist in his own right, with decades supporting Tom Waits, Mavis Staple, and other legends.On the road behind their latest recording, Human Reaction (one of my picks for best albums of 2023), mssv stopped at the Blue Room in Nashville’s Third Man Records complex in late October, where their wily creativity ignited the place. But at soundcheck, Baggetta and Watt explained to the PG team exactly why they dig their rigs.Full Rig Details: https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundowns/mssv-2024Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTubeWin Guitar Gear: https://bit.ly/GiveawaysPG Don't Miss a Rundown: http://bit.ly/RIgRundownENLMerch & Magazines: https://shop.premierguitar.comPG's Facebook: https://facebook.com/premierguitarPG's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/premierguitar/PG's Twitter: https://twitter.com/premierguitarPG's Threads: https://threads.net/@premierguitarPG's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@premierguitar[Brought to you by D’Addario: https://ddar.io/wykyk-rr]0:00 - D’Addario: WYKYK0:15 - Mike Baggetta playing intro1:50 - Mike Baggetta’s Custom Koll Tornado w/ Guyatone Curtis Novak Goldfoils8:36 - Strings - D’Addario XT 10-469:33 - Mike Baggetta’s Pedals9:49 - Hold Tight Fuzz by Creepy Fingers10:44 - EHX “Ring Thing” side band modulator13:16 - Wilson Effects “Freaker Wah” V215:09 - Benson Amps “Vincent”18:45 - Red Panda “Tensor”21:41 - EHX “Deluxe Memory Man”23:20 - D’Addario XPND24:34 - Reverend Guitars “Watt Plower Mk. II” Mike Watt Signature bass32:18 - Mike Watt Pedals32:47 - Broughton Hi Pass filter33:14 - Earthquaker Devices “The Warden” optical compressor33:36 - Sushi Box FX “Finally” tube direct box34:52 - Bergantino Forté Bass Amp36:46 - Bergantino 2x12 Bass Cab43:13 - D’Addario Glaser Instruments Vignette end roll© Copyright Gearhead Communications LLC, 2024#guitar #rigrundown #mssv #mikewatt #punk #mikebaggetta #guitarist #guitarplayer #bassist #bassgear