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NY/NJ Amp Show Finds! Part 3

NY/NJ Amp Show Finds! Part 3

Booya!, Ark, Evil Robot, Pedals… Don’tcha just love the smell of hot tubes? A cookin’ amp is one key to Woody Tone, and as I’ve said, the Amp Show was full of Wood. Here are some more finds from the recent NY/NJ Amp Show – but know that I unfortunately didn’t make it to every […]

June 14, 2011 | By | Reply More
Did Semi-Hollows Give Paul Gilbert Wood?

Did Semi-Hollows Give Paul Gilbert Wood?

A couple years ago, Paul Gilbert was favoring semi-hollow guitars. You could attribute that to him being an at-times weird dude, but turns out that’s not (entirely) why he made the change to those guitars, albeit since reversed. So why did he like semi-hollows? In a word, tone. That’s what Paul said in a Guitar […]

January 7, 2011 | By | 5 Replies More
Tony Iommi’s ‘Mob Rules’ Gear Details

Tony Iommi’s ‘Mob Rules’ Gear Details

Voodoo! I had another satellite radio inspirational moment yesterday when Sabbath’s “Voodoo” came on in the car. What a tune. Great singing and what a frickin’ nasty guitar tone. Sounded like uber-preamp gain with a cocked wah but not too fizzed out or mushy. So I went on the info hunt… …and of course since […]

June 21, 2010 | By | Reply More
Tony Iommi’s Paranoid Gear

Tony Iommi’s Paranoid Gear

Treble Booster Was Key, Paranoid on a Les Paul Tony back in the day, with ample Laneys. There’s some good stuff on the Gibson.com website (are you listening, Fender?), though you have to spend time surfing to find it. Recently I tripped over a mid-2008 interview with Tony Iommi about recording Paranoid, a classic album […]

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