Hey everybody today we're going to hang with, jam with, talk with, plug in with,

trade licks with, and listen to album tracks with the great Richie Cotson.

Yeah. Yeah, that's Richie on his new album, Salting Earth, super soulful. I gotta say I'm super thankful that his friends at Tech 21 made this episode with him possible,

because so many of you have been asking for a Richie Cotson episode.

And here it is, and Tech21 is such a great company.

I've literally been using their stuff since, gosh, 91.

When they came out with the original tube amp emulator,

delicious analog circuitry called the Sands Amp Classic, that's how they build it now.

This little pedal,

man, you go straight into the recording desk or straight into the PA system, and it's sound killer

and it still does. Similar circuitry in their trademark 60 amplifiers, these little combos. I love those things.

I have two of them. I used to use them on tour in the late 90s. I even had flight cases made up for mine. That's how much I love those things. I have two of them. I used to use them on tour in the late 90s.

I even had flight cases made up for mine. That's how much I use those suckers.

Love them. Man, you know what? Les Paul even used one for 10 years. He played one on stage at Carnegie Hall.

As a matter of fact, that's a trademark 60.

Richie Cotson has a killer product that he co-designed with Tech 21, which you're going to learn about.

It's called the Richie Cotson RK5 signature fly rig.

This little pedal, man, five buttons at your feet, but yet so sleek and portable it fits into your gig bag.

Great for traveling musicians. Or even just musicians who want a compact

little stage rig that does everything. Fly rig has a killer sans amp section, delicious

analog tone. It's got a delay section. You know all the knobs light up beautifully on each

section like different colors. It's like Christmas at your feet. It's got

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