The neck has a slim C-shape (similar to a J-style bass). The slightly offset double-cutaway has a solid ash body, a 1-piece, hard rock maple neck (with a bolt-on connection), and a pau ferro fretboard. So, when Prestige asked for some of his ideas, he knew where to start. A memory thatвЂ™s stuck with him since he was a young musician was how cool Stone Temple PilotsвЂ™ bassist Robert DeLeo looked harnessing a Telecaster bass. Since our last gear chat, Eric Bass teamed up with Prestige Guitars to make a childhood dream come true. And as youвЂ™ll see in the video, his tech Drew Foppe throws curveballs at him by putting various sized, textured, and gauged picks on his guitars. and Elixirs) on standard-tuned guitars, and for lower tunings he typically rocks with. He plays it every night for the song вЂњMonsters.вЂќ Needless to say, some people werenвЂ™t happy with Zach crashing the pink party, but he loves the guitar, loves John, and even admits in the video that the custom relic is an homage to MayerвЂ™s black 2004 Custom Shop Strat.

Mayer and PRS were going to release additional colors for his Strat-style signature. So, Zach Myers took matters into his own hands and had his personal Silver Sky (originally white) refinished in shell pink by McLoughlin Guitars before the custom distressor gave it their вЂњultimateвЂќ treatment-one that equates to a snake shedding its skin.

If youвЂ™re a fan of PRS, you know they donвЂ™t offer relicвЂ™d instruments. Plus, their techs break down the power and might that help them rock the rafters.Д«rought to you by DвЂ™Addario XS Electric Strings. Myers also shows off an irreplaceable PRS created by the late American fashion designer and entrepreneur Virgil Abloh (Off-White), and he explains how a custom-painted Silver Sky earned him some serious eye rolls and scoffs. And Bass details his signature line of Prestige basses, which incorporate an ingenious thumb rest. Myers contends he uses every one of his guitars on a nightly basis. Before their May 4 headline show at NashvilleвЂ™s Bridgestone Arena, supporting their new, seventh album, Planet Zero, the duo flexed their rockstar credentials and carted out 40-plus instruments. But this time, the war chest was on another level. When PGвЂ™s Chris Kies first talked tone tools with Myers and Bass in 2013, they had some gear, and even some cool signature stuff. If guitar truly is in a slump in pop culture and the mainstream, somebody forgot to tell Shinedown. (If you include the other Billboard charts, theyвЂ™ve got three more.) They also have three platinum albums (three more are certified gold in the U.S.), and six additional platinum singles. 1 hits on BillboardвЂ™s Mainstream Rock chart.

The quartetвЂ™s ability to fuse post-grunge pyrotechnics, four-on-the-floor rockers, and glossy, arms-in-the-air anthems, and their dynamic acoustic performances, have earned them 17 No. (Rig Rundown alumnus Nick Perri was a short-time member of Shinedown and earned lead guitar credits on TSOM before fully handing over the 6-string reins to Myers.) He and current bassist Eric Bass (no joke) first earned album credits with 2008вЂ™s smash The Sound of Madness. Zach Myers joined the fold in 2005 (as a touring member). He enlisted Jasin Todd (guitarist), Brad Stewart (bass), and Barry Kerch (drums). The group was founded by vocalist Brent Smith in 2001, after his previous band, Dreve, disbanded). The notion of modern or contemporary rock bands packing enormo-domes feels like a fossil, but donвЂ™t tell that to platinum-selling Shinedown, whoвЂ™s been packing thousands-of-seats houses for years.

Musical acts currently filling arenas fall into a few categories: pop, electronic, country, and legacy.

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