Zach Blair

"When I think of my guitar, I sorta think of this one... It's just been with me since 2004 when I bought it." - Zach Blair on his Gibson Les Paul Classic

Zach's Les Paul Classic is also listed in this rig rundown with Guitar Geek.

Zach is seen in this picture playing this Les Paul Goldtop. The guitar can be confirmed through this gear breakdown from guitargeek.com back in 2009.

Musician Zach Blair of Rise Against performs at KROQ's Almost Acoustic Xmas at the Gibson Amphitheatre on December 13, 2008 in Universal City, California.

Zach's use of this guitar can be confirmed by this gear guide from guitargeek.com back in 2009.

In the video, at 1:08, Zach says, "This is a Gibson Classic Custom. I play these because I play really hard...they can take a beating. This is still, for all intents in purposes, a Gibson Custom...and most importantly I put on this Evertune bridge."

Zach uses his Gibson J-160E for "Hero of War" and "People Live Here," according to this video. At 4:18, he says, "This is kind of the one that George Harrison and John Lennon used. It's got the little single coil in it. I'm a Gibson guy through and through."

Zach Blair talks about his Marshalls in this video. At 7:03 he says, "I start here with the Marshall JMP...I'm not using anything for my actual rhythm sound. It's plugged straight into that head. That's my core rhythm sound."

Regarding amplifiers, Zach uses a JCM 900 as a backup to the JMP.

As Zach is talking about his Marshall heads, a note pops up saying that he uses stock Marshall cabs with Vintage 30s.

In this Rig, you can see Zach using a Riviera Nnuclehead Tre, and he says you experience with Riviera. He uses this amp when he starts working with Rise Against

At 9:17 in this rig rundown video, there is a shot of Zach Blair's pedalboard, which includes a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply.

At 9:46 in this rig rundown video, Zach Blair says, "I've been using the Phase 90 on all solos for a long time because Eddie Van Halen [did]."

Zach talks about his pedals in this rig rundown video. At 9:55, he says, "I believe it might have been my buddy Mark from Lamb of God who said that the Carbon Copy is the best delay and I have to agree with him. To me it's the best delay made."

Zach Blair says he switched from a Boss Chorus to an MXR Analog Chorus at around 10:10 in this rig rundown video.

Around 10:20 in this video, Zach Blair says he switched from a from a Boss Overdrive to an MXR GT-OD.

Zach Blair says, at 10:25 in this rig rundown video, that he believes "no pedalboard is complete without [a Tube Screamer]... We use that just to pop little things."

Zach Blair talks about the Eventide H9 in this video. At 12:00, he says, "We're not even scratching the surface with this thing." His guitar tech says he uses it for some delay and reverb here and there.

Zach Blair talks about his use of a MiDi foot controller to control his pedals and program them without too much of a mess.

From 9:13 to 9:20 we can see his pedalboard and this pedal (Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor)

Zach also has the Shure UR4D for the "wireless unit".

In this interview, Zach talks about the JX44 that he uses to switch between guitars and effects loops.

Zach Blair identifies the Evertune bridge on his Les Paul Classic Custom, which he used because it was less expensive.

In one of the rig rundowns for Rise Against,Zach Blair claims that he uses primetone picks

Talking about his guitar, Zack shows his LockStraps which seemed to have rubbed off the paint on his Gibson.

Moving on to his acoustic guitar, there is a Screeching Halt installed on the soundhole.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Blair uses Seymour Duncan Distortion pickup on his Gibson guitars.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Blair uses Dunlop .60mm Tortex picks.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Blair uses Ernie Ball Coated Slinky strings.