"I like my guitars to be bomb proof. I'm not really a collector. The old ones don't always sound the best.." -Well said Mr. Duffy! I get so tired of vintage BS..

@OscarRodriguez-wm7dg

6 жыл бұрын

Tattooedsailor exactly no crazy rare bs that was given to him from some hermit in a cave somewhere. Just shit you can pick up at guitar center like the rest of us. Truly a man of the people.

@tysonrinker5958

5 жыл бұрын

Me to.

@calebproductions5970

5 жыл бұрын

It's mostly about money plus they convince people what they think is worth thousands on a guitar

@THEQueeferSutherland

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly, so much bullshit out there about vintage "mojo." Yeah, no, a lot of those workers were just cranking out shit to get on their next smoke break, there's nothing magical about what they were doing. There are some real clunkers from that era, not everything is a gem.

@bluespig1

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but like old cars, you still look and think geez, I wouldn't mind one of those.

This guy is so damn real. No ego. Just pragmatic and respectful of those that inspired him.

@catboi1188

Жыл бұрын

He's no joke 😮

@brianmorecombe2726

Жыл бұрын

And he`s a manc.But a City fan.Not his fault

Billy doesnt shred because its not his thing...he has kept the classic rock/ blues based lead going since the 80s. One of my fav guitarists, prolific song creator...stacks of albums all relevant. Seen him 5 times live, truly an underrated axeman...and he doesnt care.

This is an awesome rundown with a massively underappreciated guitarist. He's a class act. But gear aside, he's dropping valuable pro tips here: Keep it minimal, simple, easily operated, and able to be fixed quickly or replaced.

@stefanvanrensburg1436

3 жыл бұрын

Like Neil Giraldo. Love them both

"It's simple stuff.. the rest of it is down to attitude and in the fingers, you know?" Right on, Duff!

Billy's so generous. Always humble. Just a solid, working man's guitar player.

What a class act.. Billy Duffy rocks.

@finlayhutchison3984

6 жыл бұрын

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Billy is such a down to earth guy. Subtle sense of humor.

@wndowpayne

3 жыл бұрын

He doesnt laugh at his own jokes..you have to be listening

Probably the most underrated guitarist out there. In a perfect world he should've been as huge as players like Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi and Ritchie Blackmore.

@noworries12

5 жыл бұрын

haahahahaha,very good

@vracan

5 жыл бұрын

ok ok buddy lets not exagerate

@skinnykarlos710

4 жыл бұрын

He's certainly got the goods that's for sure !!

@stefanvanrensburg1436

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love Billy. He entertains his rig rundown in person, not via a technician

@benallmark9671

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% , he is in my mind , especially when it comes to writing rifts

My favourite rig-rundown/interview. I really did not expect Billy Duffy to be so down-to-earth and self-deprecating. Very cool. :)

@EdwoodCA

9 жыл бұрын

+Mark Stratton British reserve is legendary, so he's an extrovert, compared others? haha And agreed. It's very cool how he is the way he is.

@gustavomantovani8309

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Mark! Trust me.....this WAS NOT one of his best days. There are so many others where Billy is just amazing and yes, down to earth and believe it or not, FUNNY! Love him too!

@gustavomantovani8309

6 жыл бұрын

Thought you would like this..... - kzread.info/dash/bejne/mpun1dWgadirgc4.html

What a pragmatic approach to playing ... love the dry Mancunian sense of humour. Top geezer.

From an era when ordinary working class kids kind of fell into bands by accident, that accent is pure Manchester (for those of you not from the UK). Home of The Smiths, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis, The Stone Roses etc, etc.That's why he has no airs and graces, he probably still can't believe how many albums he's sold...

@christopherbrougham

5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree with you more, Steve. Billy is extraordinary yet strangely ordinary when you consider the place of birth. I'm a NZer and every band you mention was hugely influential here when I was a kid. I really have trouble with the haters on youtube commentaries like this. The 'sound' is unique, regardless of the skill level. Billy Duffy and Ian Astbury have a Lennon/McCartney, Morrissey/Marr perfection between them. And thanks Premier for loading this.

@jeremyv4636

5 жыл бұрын

I take my hat off to the greats of the UK-all the way from the gulf coast in the US. We love ya’ll & your music CRUSHES. It’s a love our culture holds that tough to describe. We love our American icons but we definitely love our Brit-musical pals-we gotta bounce our ideas off each other or else it just wouldn’t be the same. However-the question is when will music take a new turn? What’s out there now is bland. Need’s a swift kick-LOL!

@tocboot

4 жыл бұрын

Billy went to the same Wythenshawe school as my missus so I can assure you they didn't teach airs and graces there ;-)

Duffy may technically be an avg player but he's still a musical genius. Malmsteen can technically play Duffy under the table and yet not one person could name one of his songs. Duffy simply rocks.

@joshmartins560

9 жыл бұрын

Technicality doesn't equal creativity and originality

@MrSammy1776

9 жыл бұрын

Josh Martins and especially soul and feel.

@cabinetgod360

9 жыл бұрын

helpendthefed Mainstring has his niche. I have Rock.

@cabinetgod360

9 жыл бұрын

Josh Martins WHITE

@jburdsinfuse

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I'll take a great song over a great solo every time.

Enjoyed this one, I like Duffy's practical no BS approach...

@drakeonyou

10 жыл бұрын

true

@Getyabootsoffskinny

6 жыл бұрын

Me too

@dmj09

5 жыл бұрын

Manc..what more can you say...

@Lance37a

5 жыл бұрын

You can tell that in his playing as well.

Very underrated guitarist and seems like a great bloke as well. The Cult is a great band and the music absolutely fantastic. Thanks for having this rig rundown.

I've seen the Cult live on several occasions and Billy's sound is fantastic. Brash, sharp, dirty - all the things rock and roll should be.

@interruptor

11 ай бұрын

The thing about watching the cult live is that I'm not thinking about the sound at all, just enjoying the music and having pure fun!

The Cult is on tour this year. Love the mention and heartfelt feelings for Mick Ronson!

Why do people hate on the interviewer? The guy plays better than most of the people he interviews. He seems like a good guy and knows his shit. What the problem?

@tysonrinker5958

5 жыл бұрын

John is the best interviewer

Billy’s a star! No pretensions just a straight-up guy who is practical and eschews fancy-shmancy for stuff he can replace wherever he is!

I like the Cult, but I don't pretend to be a superfan, but for some reason, I could listen to Billy talk all day.

@ACERAMGAD

8 жыл бұрын

+Dave Robles lol..yeh this should be like an hour long..very cool!

@danschroeder9676

5 жыл бұрын

same here! i've just watched like an hour of him talking

20 minutes of sheer class and general awesomeness. Thanks PG.

He’s freaking the man! “lives in a castle in Scotland with great Irish wolf hounds” ahahaha

seems like such a nice guy - no rush/no ego.

One of my favorite guitarists

what a humble, knowledgeable, witty, comic, very interesting interview thanks

Billy's freakin' AWESOME. What a down to earth dude. Willing to take the time to explain his guitars, his rigs and a lot of info about how he goes about his art. I've always admired Billy for his talent but I never knew he was this nice in person. Great interview. Joe Perry and Steven Tyler have nothing on Ian and Billy as a tandom. Just better known.

@philc4520

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Billy and Ian are an awesome musical combo. A powerhouse.

@organicwest

4 жыл бұрын

Run DMC saved Steve and Joe

"It came out of the closet, even though it's straight" This dude is a legend

Billy is just a cool dude, talking about the tools of his trade. Tried and true over flashy and new. Wore out my Love cassette, it stretched and eventually broke inside my Alpine removable deck lol. When Electric came out in ‘87, holy shit I was blown away. I bought a red vinyl EP of Zap City, coolest thing ever. Still pissed to this day, someone stole it from me when we had a party at our place. I would pay up to find another just like it. The Cult left an unforgettable, in a great way, mark on my late teens and early 20s. Wish I could go back in a time capsule and feel that new excitement just one more time but cranking it up now through my ear buds still gives some if that feeling. Thanks Billy!!

When I was learning guitar in 1985 I wanted to be like Billy. Had the Theatre of Hate albums and all the Cult albums.

Somewhere in Montana, there's a guitar and pedal guru who probably got offended by Duffy's comments about using simple gear. LOL! Duffy would be the guy to have a few beers with, just to hear some great stories! Great video!

Billy Duffy...The man who put the rest the argument that hollow body guitars can't be used in heavy type rock.

@puppylinuxer

9 жыл бұрын

Are you nuts?His hollow bodies are filled with foam and all kinds of dampning materials to kill the feedback, and also he doesn't really play with high gain settings at all.

@Psyfonify

9 жыл бұрын

josh homme of queens of the stone age uses quite high gain (fuzztortion) at times and often uses hollow or semi-hollow bodies.

@joshmartins560

9 жыл бұрын

Ted Nugent might have something to say about that....

@shockwave113

9 жыл бұрын

guitarslinger48 tell that to izzy stradlin!

@alejandrohualdez5550

9 жыл бұрын

guitarslinger48 And Silvain Silvain from The New York Dolls...

Love The guitar tone of Cult and Billy seems like a very cool guy. Very technical in details of equipament.

Interviewer; "Do you ever run them both together?" Billy: "Only when I'm in a bad mood…" hahaha…

Billy Duffy, what a legend and very humble about gear, nice to see!

Billy Duffy seriously knows how to play guitar and he knows what he's talking about, so listen up, children.

@WilliamLithgowGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Pete Kitay RIGHT BEHIND YE THERE..! Somethings NEED to be said !

William Henry Duffy. possibly the most underrated rock guitar player on the planet.

he REALLY knows his gear intimately. this is the best. billy duffy talking about how he makes guitar sounds that helped define 80s music.

Billy’s just awesome- great iconic tone immediately recognizable when ya hear ‘em with a wizard’s otherworldly sound.....yet he’s down-to-earth & practical as your neighborhood mechanic. LEGEND that CRUSHES!

“Seymour Duncan who was a mate of mine made me one ...” lol

Billy Duffy is an absolute legend. I don't care that he doesn't do the fiddly-widdly shredder stuff, his music doesn't need all that and The Cult are still going strong 30+ years after I first saw them. If I could play and sound like anyone it wouldn't be Malmsteen, Vai, Satriani, Van Halen et al, it would be just like Billy. What a thoroughly nice chap he is too.

What a Rock Stud. Love Billy's down to earth approach...raw, unfiltered and pushed.

Electric and Sonic Temple are 2 of my favorite albums ever. Billy seems like a regular guy who just happens to be a kick ass guitarist.

That was excellent and also well done to John Bollinger for just letting it flow

Love it ! Best interview by Mr .B , cause he hardly spoke the entire video ! Love it

Always liked his playing style, and seems like a cool, down to earth guy.

Hell yeah mate!!! The Cult one of the most underrated bands in hard rock / alt Rock history and Billy Duffy one of the most underrated guitarists in that genre as well! ROCK ON & THANKS for the rig info! \m/

I love his British humor. Great player. Ceremony is a top ten album for me.

Legend! Top bloke, totally grounded and creator of some of the greatest riffs in rock!

I’m watching this in 2024 and frigging Billy Duffy should be in charge of all world politics… This guy would set everything back to 1970 standards and the world would be a much better place…

@russellfox8278

2 ай бұрын

Exactly

Huge Cult fan - love Billy! Such a genuine guy. Those Les Pauls look amazing too.

Why would anyone unlike this video? If you don't like the Cult, or PG, move along, jeez... Anyway, great job on the Rig Rundown guys!

Nice and refreshing to hear him acknowledge the cost of stuff and admitting he uses an off the shelf mass produced Vox amp. Very humble guy talking about his influences and idols.

Those old pedals I have to say are built tough and sound amazing, I've upgraded twice over the years and now find myself pulling out my old Boss pedals and realizing how great they sound.

I love his minamal aproach of sometimes less is more !! He's a smart guy as you can tell by listening to him talk ...

Been my favourite guitarist for 40 years at this point. Whenever i hear the phrase "Guitar Hero".. I add the words "Billy Duffy" in my head,

The Cults Electric was what I learned guitar to a few hundred years ago on my department store Harmony plugged into the tape recorder mic jack of my dad's home stereo. Keep on rocking, Billy!

I met Billy one time, he is a funny guy, thanks for posting this, very cool to see!!!

billy can spin a funny story. the john sinclair/unibomber, eating donuts and looking good behind the curtain, had me laughing hard ;p

What a boss. Loved Sonic Temple and Electric

Great!! Love Billy & the cult. . Im 45..got into them in 87 ..to me love..electric .. Sonic temple & that 1994 album.. are masterpieces.

@henryschroeder749

4 жыл бұрын

What do you think about Ceremony? I love that record also

A good rigger rundown on of the best I've seen. Love Billy's humor.

Billy "The CULT" Duffy is an amazing guitarist along with his beautiful axes!

Why am I here ?...It's because I saw The Cult last night in Connecticut and Billy once again blew my mind. He's a true bad ass artist. Tone..melody..riffs and style.

So much I absolutely love about Billy Duffy, how I just happened upon this video is truly amazing, thankfully I finally did. But wow, what a fantastic guy to listen to talking about his gear, love this

I wish I had seen this one sooner! Great interview John. Billy is very entertaining, straight thinking and a helluva a player.

Love Billy's guitar style and he's always had a great guitar sound on all their albums, awesome interview.

I like how he's so chill about his gear, not pretentious, nor super flashy. Such a legend!

Billy Duffy actually inspired me to play lead guitar back in 1984! He is one the the most underrated guitar geniuses of all time.

Name checking Mick Ronson - Awesome!

@andrewpappas9311

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Ronson is a great player

Fantastic interview! My favorite "less popular" Cult song...Love Trooper😀

I love the unpretentious nature of Duffy! So many guys just over complicate the nature of playing guitar in a rock context. This guy is battle tested, and comes out smiling at the end.

Billy Duffy is one of my all time favourite guitar players from the 1980's. I actually based a lot of my own playing on his style in my early days. I can still listen to Cult songs for hours on end, and I know every note by heart. Thanks for this upload - made an oldish guitar man very happy!

The best rig rundown I've seen!!! He's awesome!! Great rig, soft spoken, calm, not cocky, the guy knows what he's talking about. In love with him. I'm sick of shitty bands with infinite and expensive gear, cocky/trying hard to be funny attitude. Billy, you're the man!!!

@bubbanderson

8 жыл бұрын

I'm with you all the way on that . Saw the Cult in the 80's when I was a student and the man with the White Falcon was so cool. Kinda surprised by the modesty of his rig but it all makes good sense. It's all very well having a board full of boutique pedals and obscure amps but when they screw up after a flight to Moldavia or wherever you want to be able to replace them ... and you can get Boss pedals anywhere. This was a chat with a true professional !

A very underrated British Guitar Hero, and a true Manchester lad!

Great interview with Billy Duffy. Now Premier Guitar need to interview another vastly underrated legend, Geordie from Killing Joke!

@aquabot

7 жыл бұрын

This. Just this. That would make my day if they did that.

@caseyhallman8787

7 жыл бұрын

LedFingers F*ck yeah, Dude!

@2confrontational

5 жыл бұрын

Geordie and Johnny Marr!!! How many greats coming from the UK...

One of the best unsung guitar player. Great interview. I cant believe The Cult came to where I live and missed it.

This man is real. Not fancy stuff. Just use what works for you. Forget all those shredders like Malmsteem,Vai etc. Can you name one song of them? As soon you hear a couple of notes from Billy you know it's him !

Easily one of the best Rig Rundowns I've ever seen. Sonic Temple was one the most important albums of my teenage years.

Love his approach to guitar

@guitarslinger48

9 жыл бұрын

I love how they have the knobs marked on tape as to where they should be. I still do that. :)

shy but still confident, very informative and still trying to put the message out of the box. Billy is very cool! Thanx for the interview!

Excellent Rundown to get 2014 rolling. Thanks, PG

Nice guy! I was expecting F's and Jeff's every other word but I was pleasantly surprised to not hear one. Loved The Cult from the early days, back in the 80's.

Love it! No nonsense, workingman's guitarist! Bless you Billy.

@sh4rkbyt3

5 жыл бұрын

I just saved up for one and received it last week (G7593T-BD). What a great and amazing tone as compared to other Gretschs and even more so, compared to other brand guitars. Flawless finish and has that new "Gretsch" smell also :). I think some people get turned off by the percieved size but it's actually super compfortable to play. Billy rules!

Saw this guy live last week. Rasor sharp as always. Great show ✌️🇵🇹

Nice respect sir...Mick Ronson. Loved the Spiders and love the Cult.

My first gig..... sliced off skool to see the heavy metal kids sounds tour 1975 shrewsbury music hall and it hooked me for a life of live music. Rock on.

Electric is such an important album to me. Up all night with friends drinking and smoking, them days are long gone and so are some of the friends. The first guitar songs I learnt, me on bass and Big Nige on guitar. "B52 baby way up in the skyeeeeeiiiii".

That's a musician, humble and down to earth. Less is more, that's why his sound now is so powerful and awesome.

What a great attirude and humble approach. Excellent Rig Rundown.

I was at that Memphis show 12/15/13... and it rocked, too!!! Billy's a rock god!!! Love him... love the Cult!!!

Dry wit master! what a card :D had me in stitches... only wish i could buy a Billy Duffy to have at home to keep my laughin', and the jams wld be fab.

@fastra3621

10 жыл бұрын

Manchester humour. You should try living here! :)

Billy Duffy shows us all there is no magic. What you see is a Rock Star Guitarist. Legend! The fact he does his own effects management and has pedals you can buy at any music store should disprove all the hype that everyone needs $10,000 effects. Legend!

So humble to be such a great guitarist

Billy is awesome!! I learned so much from Sonic Temple when I was first learning guitar.

Simplest set-up I've seen but very effective.

Love his closer “happy to talk through my not very deep guitar rig”!! ... lesson for many ... it’s what you play and how play, not what you play with that defines long lasting talent

A legend. This is awesome! Thanks PG!

THAT...just made my day. The Cult w/GnR opening in '87...Still one the BEST freakin' rawk shows ever

Very underrated guitar player & is BA!!! Love the sound of his guitars

pretty cool to see a guitarist using a pedal board ... just surprising considering how most now use racks off stage and their techie runs their rig for them. i love how home made the set up looks