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Lynch’s ’95-Era Gear: Live Rig

Lynch’s ’95-Era Gear: Live Rig

Part 2 In effort to get to the bottom of what George Lynch used in the studio on the cut “Lesser of Two Evils,” here’s a rundown of the live gear he used on that tour (also from an older version of his site), which may give a clue about his studio setup.

March 29, 2011 | By | Reply More
Review: Bonamassa’s Dust Bowl Clapton-esque

Review: Bonamassa’s Dust Bowl Clapton-esque

It’s no secret that I like Joe Bonamassa. The guy is flying the flag – of blues, blues-rock and classic rock. Works hard too. Tours his butt off and puts out new music like bands used to do in the old days: Black Rock about a year ago, Black Country Communion (they’re touring, so get […]

March 22, 2011 | By | 1 Reply More
HipKitty’s Mick Jones Signature Amp

HipKitty’s Mick Jones Signature Amp

Part 2, Protos and Rig Details Three prototype amps were used by Neal at HipKitty to start the R&D process for Mick’s signature head. Neal said two 50w heads were started to form the primary distortion channel and tone circuit. The third proto head was/is a 100-watter “that uses the culmination of the refined distortion/tone […]

March 17, 2011 | By | 2 Replies More
HipKitty Working on Mick Jones Signature Amp

HipKitty Working on Mick Jones Signature Amp

Part 1 – Plus Iso Tracks! I love Mick Jones’ stuff. Simple riffs, great song hooks and I love the tone he has on some of the older tunes. It’s Marshall plexi, but…different. I’d always thought I heard something different there, anyway. Maybe it had to do with the odd wiring in his Les Paul. […]

March 15, 2011 | By | 2 Replies More
Today’s Clapton Auction: Drool-Worthy Items

Today’s Clapton Auction: Drool-Worthy Items

And some oddballs…. As I type this, Bonham’s auction house is auctioning off a bunch of Eric Clapton-owned gear to benefit his Crossroads rehab center. Took a look at the online catalog, and here’s what caught my eye, starting with the coolest stuff:

March 9, 2011 | By | 1 Reply More
Sanyo Pedal Juice Review, Pt 2

Sanyo Pedal Juice Review, Pt 2

High Voltage! by John Drenning Okay, I’ll come clean. I have a Big Stupid Pedalboard. It’s a Furman with eight power taps, four power outlets, casters and an extendable handle like the bags flight attendants use. It takes up about the same amount of floor space as a foosball table. On it are two buffered […]

February 18, 2011 | By | 3 Replies More
3 Old Interviews: Hendrix, Walsh, Richards

3 Old Interviews: Hendrix, Walsh, Richards

I’ve had these three old Guitar Player magazine interviews kicking around on my desktop for a while now, decided to wind them up into one post. Interesting stuff, here are the most interesting tone-related excerpts:

February 11, 2011 | By | 1 Reply More
3 Early Gary Moore Phases and Gear

3 Early Gary Moore Phases and Gear

Wow. A man dying so young and out of the blue (no apparent sickness or substance abuse) is a body blow in the guitar community. RIP Gary! Had to do a tribute of sorts. Thought for a while about what to do, here’s the result. Hope you enjoy. (Diehard Moore fans, please contribute any gear […]

February 9, 2011 | By | 6 Replies More
More on Yngwie’s Sig Marshall

More on Yngwie’s Sig Marshall

Yngwie Malmsteen’s signature Marshall has gotten a lot of interest, seemingly more because people like the idea of a 100w Marshall plexi with attentuation (power scaling) than because it’s a signature amp. With the recent NAMM trade show now over, some more details of the amp have come out.

February 1, 2011 | By | 3 Replies More
EVH’s New Mahogany Rush: Details

EVH’s New Mahogany Rush: Details

Full Circle Maybe? Plus the 50w 5150 III – Amp Settings? Don’t know if you’ve seen the few vids from the EVH booth at the recent NAMM trade show, but if not, most interesting for me was the new EVH Wolfgang Custom – basically a Les Paul in EVH clothing. Or maybe an EVH-ized Les […]

January 25, 2011 | By | 1 Reply More
Rick Nielsen, Austin City Limits, Fuchs Amps

Rick Nielsen, Austin City Limits, Fuchs Amps

Wow! Anyone here in the U.S. catch the recent airing (re-airing?) of Cheap Trick live on Austin City Limits? Couple quick observations after watching: > Cheap Trick is a ROCK BAND. Lots of big guitar tone, great classic rock/Beatles-esque tunes, good singing – a real freakin’ band! Great to see and hear they’re still doing […]

January 5, 2011 | By | 2 Replies More
Aldo Freakin’ Nova: Les Paul, Marshall

Aldo Freakin’ Nova: Les Paul, Marshall

Anyone remember that song “Fantasy”? (If not, it’s below.) I liked it, though it did remind of a Jefferson Starship tune – which will be the subject of the next post. Off and on I’ve tried to track down info on the gear Aldo used on that tune, since he apparently played all the parts […]

December 28, 2010 | By | 5 Replies More
More Old Clapton: Guitar Weepage, Strat/Fender

More Old Clapton: Guitar Weepage, Strat/Fender

The Guitar Player interview mentioned in Tuesday’s post had more info, beyond just Cream. Here are the tonealicious highlights of that, starting with a Les Paul and Marshall rocked on a Beatles tune: GP: By the way, was that you playing the lead guitar part on “As My Guitar Weeps” on the Beatles album? There […]

December 9, 2010 | By | 2 Replies More
‘The Cream’-era Clapton: 9s, All on 10

‘The Cream’-era Clapton: 9s, All on 10

Once in a while Guitar Player sends out these “flashback” emails of old interviews. One semi-recent one was Eric Clapton in June 1970, daddy-o. Although that was post-Cream – or “the Cream,” as it was called back then – he talked about his gear in Cream. Here are the juicy deets plus some notes: GP: […]

December 7, 2010 | By | 1 Reply More
Gear Details for the ‘98 Skynyrd

Gear Details for the ‘98 Skynyrd

Part 1 I love Lynyrd Skynyrd. One of the greatest bands ever IMO. I never got a chance to see the original band live, but was days away from going to a Rossington-Collins Band show

November 30, 2010 | By | Reply More