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Jake E. Lee’s Badlands Tone: Woody or Not?

Posted by admin in Friday, February 5th 2010   
Topics: Boss/Roland, DiMarzio, Electro-Voice speakers, Fender, Jake E. Lee, Marshall, Seymour Duncan    
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As a kid in high school in the ’80s (early ’80s!), Jake E. Lee was on my list of favorite guitarists – another one of the seemingly endless supply of amazing, cool-looking axemen coming out of LA. I wondered how Ozzy found these guys: Were they lined up on street corners? Hanging out under palm [...]

Black Country! And the ‘New’ Old Marshall…

Posted by admin in Wednesday, January 20th 2010   
Topics: Boss/Roland, Chandler, Joe Bonamassa, Marshall, Paul Kossoff    
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Have you heard about Black Country yet? This is the newly announced band with Joe Bonamassa (awesome chops and tone), Jason Bonham (awesome kabooming beats and tone), Glenn Hughes (awesome song magic) and Derek Sherinian (awesome augmentation, if you dig keys). Kevin Shirley is producing, and not only does he produce Joe but also has [...]

Semi-Lost Interview: Rhoads on His Gear

Posted by admin in Tuesday, October 27th 2009   
Topics: Altec Lansing, Boss/Roland, Dunlop/Cry Baby, Edward Van Halen, MXR, Marshall, Randy Rhoads    
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I’ve been a Randy Rhoads fan ever since I heard the Blizzard of Ozz album. Many people can say the same thing.
I’ve read all the guitar magazine interviews (Guitar Player only?) with Randy, and while I can’t quote from them verbatim, I know the gist of his gear details. It also seems to me that [...]