AMPS & PEDALS
I HAVE USED MANY DIFFERENT AMPS THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AND I DON’T EVEN REMEMBER THEM ALL BUT THERE’S BEEN ONLY ONE THAT HAS REMAINED BY MY SIDE
ALL THESE YEARS, THE FIRST TUBE AMP I BOUGHT; MARSHALL JCM800 2203. THAT BOOSTED WITH BOSS SD-1 IS ALWAYS LIKE COMING HOME. I HAVE TWO 2203s; ‘THE BAD BOY’ FROM 1984 AND ‘THE LITTLE BROTHER’ FROM 1985 AND BOTH ARE AWESOME.
I ALSO HAVE EVH / JOSE MODDED MARSHALL 1959HW SUPER LEAD 100 PLEXI, MARSHALL JCM2000 TSL100, PEAVEY 5150 BLOCK LETTER, PEAVEY 5150 II, ADA MP-1, BluGuitar AMP1 IRIDIUM & MESA/BOOGIE DUAL RECTIFIER.
I USE FRYETTE POWER STATION PS-100 TO ATTENUATE THE AMPS A BIT.
NOWADAYS I USE NEURAL DSP QUAD CORTEX ON TOURS. I HAVE CAPTURED ALL MY AFOREMENTIONED AMPS AND MY OLD SD-1 & 808 SCREAMER PEDALS THERE SO I CAN USE WHATEVER I DECIDE ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
I HAVE QUITE A LOT OF PEDALS FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS BUT MOSTLY I USE BOSS SD-1, THE FIRST OVERDRIVE I EVER BOUGHT, A CLONE OF THE ORIGINAL TS-808, JHS BONSAI & GROUND KING FX DETONATOR TO MAKE ANY AMP A BIT TIGHTER AND MEANER. BOSS CE-5 HAS BEEN MY GO TO CHORUS PEDAL SINCE EARLY 90s AND I LIKE BOSS PEDALS A LOT IN GENERAL ‘COS THEY JUST WORK AND ARE BUILT LIKE A TANK.
