VIDEO: Black Stone Cherry talk through their live rigs

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23 November 2011 saw Black Stone Cherry arrive at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff as the main support for Alter Bridge on the latest leg of their world tour.

Frontman Chris Robertson and guitarist Ben Wells took the time out to walk and talk us through their live rigs. Check out the video above for the inside scoop on their pedalboards, guitars and backline.

Click here to listen to an audio stream of Black Stone Cherry's latest album, Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea.

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Chris Vinnicombe worked with us here on the MusicRadar team from the site's initial launch way back in 2007, and also contributed to Guitarist magazine as Features Editor until 2014, as well as Total Guitar magazine, amongst others. These days he can be found at Gibson Guitars, where he is editor-in-chief.

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