Conference napalm::guitar

Guitarist: Eric Clapton

Guitars: Fender Eric Clapton Strat w/Lace Sensors, Gibson Chet Atkins, 
         1960 Gibson Les Paul

Amp: Soldano 100s, 1959 Fender Twin, 1989 Fender Twin, Music Man 2x10, 
     Fender Champ, Gibson Ranger, Marshall

Effects: Samson wireless, Drawmer Vac/Tube compressor, Yamaha SPX90, 
         Tri-Stereo Chorus, t.c. electronics 22.90 digital delay, Dynacord
         CLS 222, Yamaha GEP60, Roland SDE-3000, t.c. electronics 1210
         Spatial Expander, Ernie Ball Volume Pedal, Jim Dunlop Gold wah-wah

Strings: Ernie Ball Slinkies (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046)

Guitarist: Mike Campbell (Tom Petty's Heartbreakers)

Guitars: Gibson LP Junior, Rickenbacker 12-string, Gretch, Kusuga

Amp: Vox AC30

Guitarist: Alex Lifeson (Rush)

Guitars: Signature Strat, Fender Tele, Fender Strat (all w/Floyd Roses), 
         1985 Ovation Adamas

Strings: Dean Markleys (.009, .011, .014, .028, .038, .048)

Amp: Guy Cooper pre-amp -> Mesa Boogie II 400 Series amp -> 2x12 GK cabs 
     w/Celestions

Effects: Roland GP-16, Roland DEP-5, t.c. electronics 2290, t.c. electronics   
         1210 chorus, Yamaha MIDI controller, Bradshaw switching system

Guitarist: Joe Perry (Aerosmith)

Guitars: Gibson Les Paul, 1957 Fender Strat, Guild T-250

Amp: Marshall, Bedrock, new Fenders, Fender Twin, Roland JC-120, Marshalls

Strings: Gibson



Guitarist: Brad Whitford (Aerosmith)

Guitars: (4) Gibson Les Pauls, Fender Strat, Fender Tele, Paul Reed Smith

Amp: Fender Super 60 -> Marshall 4x12

Strings: Gibson

Guitarist: Dan Huff (Giant, big-time studio guitarist)

Guitars: 1963 Fender Strat w/Seymour Duncan pickups and Floyd Rose

Amp: Mesa Boogie Quad Studio preamp -> Strategy 400 -> 4x12 cab

Effects: Roland SRV2000, Songbird Tri-Stereo Chorus, Roland Dimension D,
         dbx 160 compressor, ART eq, Lexicon PCM 42 and PCM 70, Roland 
         SDE-3000, Yamaha SPX90 and Alesis Quadraverb

Guitarist: Greg Howe (Howe II)

Guitars: HM Series Fender Strat

Amp: Fender Dual Showman stacks

Strings: Dynamax

Effects: none

Guitarist: Doug Boyle (Robert Plant)

Guitars: Hamer, B.C. Rich, 1958 Gibson 335

Amp: Mesa Boogie .22 Studio pre-amp into Marshall 4x12, Marshall head

Guitarist: Frank Simes (Don Henley)

Guitars: 1957 Fender Strat, 1958 Gibson Les Paul Junior, Hamer, B.C. Rich

Amp: 1971 HiWatt Custom 100s -> Marshall 4x12

Effects: Roland digital delay, dbx 160 compressor, Rat 22DU distortion 
         (rackmount), Cry-Baby wah-wah, Samson wireless, Korg tuner

Strings: Ernie Ball (regular gauge)

Guitarist: Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, Atomic Playboys)

Guitars: Hamer California w/Floyd Rose and Seymour Duncan pickups, 1953 
         Gibson Les Paul w/1959 P.A.F. pickups, Dan Armstrong (for slide),
         Guild Brian May model

Amp: late-60's plexiglass front Marshall, Vox AC30 Top-Boost 

Effects: Clyde McCoy wah-wah, Eventide UltraHarmonizer, Lexicon PCM 41s and
         PCM 60 reverb

Guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughn

Guitars: 4 Fender Strats (1959, 1961, 1962, and 1965)

Amp: Fender Super Reverbs, Fender Vibroverbs, Howard Dumble Steel String 
     Stingers, Marshall Major (60s vintage PA head)

Effects: Ibanez Tube Screamer, Vox Wah, Fuzzface, Octavia

Strings: .013 - .058 (ouch!)

Guitarist: Dave Davies (The Kinks)

Guitars: Fender Telecaster Elites (3)

Amp: Peavey Mace, GK 250RL

Effects: chorus

Strings: GHS Boomer Ultra Lights (.008)

Guitarist: Phil Collen (Def Leppard)

Guitars: Jackson/Charvel

Amp: Randall RG100 HT, Randall RRM2-120 stereo amp



Guitarist: Steve Clark (Def Leppard)

Guitars: Gibson Les Pauls, Gibson Firebird

Amp: same as above

Guitarist: Tim Farriss (Inxs)

Guitars: Tokai Strat copies, Tokai Talbo, Fender Telecaster

Amp: Roland JC-120, Marshalls

Guitarist: Andy Summers (The Police)

Guitars: 1961 Fender Strat, 1963 Fender Telecaster, 1964 Gibson 175, 1958
         Gibson ES335, Martin D-28, Coral electric sitar

Amp: Marshall amps -> Mesa Boogie M-180 bottoms

Effects: Lexion PCM-70, Yamaha SPX90, Yamaha D-15 (2), Roland DEP-5 and 
         SRV2000, Dytronics CS-5 sompressor, Rane PE-15 eq and Rocktron
         Hush III and RX1

Guitarist: Robbie Robertson (solo, The Band)

Guitars: 1948 Fender Broadcaster, early Fender Strat (serial number 254),
         Washburn, 1959 Gibson Les Paul

Amp: Vox AC30, Roland Jazz Chorus, Fender Reverb, Fender Bassman, Fender
      Princeton, Harvard

Guitarist: Slash (Guns and Roses)

Guitars: 1959 Les Paul (two originals and three re-issues) w/Seymour Duncan 
         pickups

Amp: Marshalls

Effects: Nady wireless

Strings: Ernie Ball

Guitarist: Pat DiNizio (The Smithereens)

Guitars: Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Guild acoustic, EVH Kramer

Amp: Marshall

Effects: Roland, Samson Wireless


Guitarist: Jim Babjak (The Smithereens)

Guitars: Rickenbacker semi-hollow-body, Rickenbacker solid-body, Guild F-50 
         acoustic

Amp: Marshall

Effects: Roland, Samson Wireless

Guitarist: Wendy Melvoin (Wendy and Lisa, Prince)

Guitars: Gibson 335, Ibanez Jazz, Rickenbacker, Guild acoustic

Amp: Mesa Boogie, Marshall

Effects: Lexicon PCM-70, Yamaha SPX-90, Yamaha REV7, Rocktron Hush compressor,
         spatial expander, two slope units, Cry Baby wah-wah

Strings: GHS Boomers (heavy gauge)

Guitarist: Robert Cray

Guitars: (4) Fender Stats - (2) 1964s, 1958, and an American Standard

Amp: Fender Super Reverb - halfway up, full treble and mids, half-way bass,
     a touch of reverb

Effects: none

Strings: D'Addario (.011, .013, .018, .028, .036, .046)

Guitarist: Bonnie Raitt (in 1986)

Guitars: 1963 Fender Strat, 1960 Fender Strat set up for slide, 1979 Martin 
         cutaway, 1929 National dobro

Amp: Jim Kelly

Effects: MXR sustain pedal for slide, Boss tuner

Strings: GHS (.011, .015, .017, .028, .042, .052)
         GHS (.013, .016, .020, .032, .042, .052) for slide
         Martin Marquis (.012, .016, .018, .035, .045, .056) for acoustic

Guitarist: Jimmy Vaughn (Fabulous Thunderbirds) 

Guitars: Fender Strats, Fender Telecasters, Robin

Amp: Fender, Fender Leslie cab

Effects: ADA echo and doubler

Strings: D'Addario (light gauge)

Guitarist: Richard Lloyd (solo, Television)

Guitars: Fender Strat w/jumbo Les Paul frets, Fender Jazz Master

Amp: Ampeg JT22, Ampeg JT40, Peavey Heritage, Peavey Studio Pro 40, 
     Marshall 50-watt combo

Effects: Boss Super Overdrive, Vox Tone Bender, Korg SDD2000 digital delay

Guitarist: Richard Thompson (solo, Fairport Convention)

Guitars: 1958 Fender Strat (stock), 1956 Fender Telecaster, Martin 00018,
         Fender 12-string electric, Kramer Ferrington

Amp: Fender

Strings: Ernie Ball

Guitarist: Edge (U2)

Guitars: Gibson Explorer, Gibson Les Paul, Modulus Graphite, Fender Squier 
         Strat, Ibanez M-4321V acoustic, Yamaha FG365II acoustic

Amp: Vox AC30, Mesa Boogie, Roland JC120

Effects: Yamaha SPX90, Yamaha SPX90B, Korg SDD3000, Ibanez DM1000, Ibanez 
         VE400, various Boss boxes

Guitarist: Warner Hodges (Jason and the Scorchers)

Guitars: ESP w/Saymour Duncan pickups, Heritage, Fender Jazzmaster, 
         1952 Fender Telecaster

Amp: Dean Markley

Strings: Dean Markley (.012, .015, .018, .030, .042, .052)

Guitarist: Neil Finn (Crowded House, Split Enz)

Guitars: Fender Telecaster, 1963 Fender Strat, Gibson Les Paul Gold-Top 
         Reissue, Kramer acoustic

Amp: Roland JC160, Vox AC30

Effects: Yamaha SPX90, Hotcake distortion pedal, Nady 1200 wireless

Guitarist: Brian May (Queen)

Guitars: Big Red (homemade w/Burns Tri-Sonic pickups), Guild BHM-1, 
         Fender Telecaster, Ovation Pacemaker 12-string, Gibson Chet 
         Atkins 6-string

Amp: Vox AC30, GK

Effects: (live only) treble booster, Ibanez auto-filter, Boss Chorus, 
         MXR delays (2) set at .8 and 1.6 seconds, Nady Diversity

Picks: British sixpence (no longer in production)

Strings: Rotosound (.009, .010, .011, .022, .032, .036)

Guitarist: Rick Richards (Georgia Satellites)

Guitars: 1958 and 1960 Gibson Les Paul Juniors, 1972 Dan Armstrong, 
         1968 Fender Telecaster, 1982 Rickenbacker 12-string

Amp: HiWatt 50-watt -> 4x12 Mitchell cab

Effects: none

Strings: D'Addario (normal gauge)

Guitarist: Keith Scott (Bryan Adams)

Guitars: (3) Fender Strats - late 50s, early 60s and early 70s, Fender
         Telecasters (all stock)

Amp: HiWatt pre-amp -> Vox AC30

Effects: Korg analog delay, Yamaha SPX90, ADA STD-1 stereo tapped delay,
         Lexicon PCM-60 reverb, Rocktron Hush IIC, Rocktron 300 
         compressor/limiter/HushII, Rane PE15 mixer, Rane 5-band eq

Guitarist: Tom Scholz (Boston)

Guitars: Gibson Gold Top Les Paul Standards w/DiMarzio Super Humbuckers,
         Guild acoustic, Ovation 12-string

Amp: Rockmans (of course!)

Effects: Scholz Sustainors and Chorus/Delays, MXR stomp boxes and eqs, 
         Echoplex

    Guitarist: Kenny Holliday
    
    Guitars:  Dobro metal-body with pickup added at bridge, Kay acoustic
    with DeArmond pickup, Squier Strat cobbled together from a couple of
    junk guitars
    
    Amp:  Gibson 50 watter (real old, mid-50s vintage)
    
    Effects: none
    
    Strings:  rusty

    Guitarist: Yngwie J Malmsteen
    
    Guitars:  Early to late Stratocaster models...most modified with
    scalloped necks, DiMarzio HS-3 pickups, and some with floyd rose
    tremolos.
    
    Amps:  Guitar is routed to one of 25 pairs of 50WT Marshall stacks!
    
    Effects:  Bradshaw switching system 

    Guitarist:  Eddie Van Halen
    
    Guitars:  Custom-made Kramer guitars, Ovation Acoustics, Charvel Parts
              guitars
    
    Amps:  Stereo 100wt 1959 Marshall plexiglass tops
    
    Effects:  Bradshaw system including Rocktron Hush, Eventide harmonizer, 
              Roland SDE3000 delays, Rane mixer
    
    Strings:  5150s

    Anyone familiar with the Drawmer vac/tube compressor mentioned in
    .1 ?? How about the Dytronics compressor listing in another reply ?
    
    Mark
    

    Guitarist: Phil Keaggy
    
    Guitars: Olson Acoustic 6 string cutaway, Fender Strat ('65), Les Paul
    ('71 with PRS humbucker at bridge), Zion Radicaster (strat body with 2
    Duncan JBs, Kahler), Zion Radicaster (EMGs hum-single-single, Floyd)
    Yamaha SA2000 hollow body ('80), Mini Les Paul, Gretsch hollow body ('59)
    
    Amps: Mesa/Boogie Stereo 100wt Simul-Class 295, Pierce G-1 Solid State 
          Preamp, Kitty Hawk Quattro, VOX AC30, Yamaha G112
    
    Effects: Furman PL-8 Power Conditioner, Alesis XTC Digital Reverb,
             Roland SDE3000 Digital Delay, TC Electronics 1210 Stereo 
             Chorus/Flanger, Boss Octaver OC2, E-Bow 

    
    
    Bassist: Mike Mesaros  (Smithereens)
    
    Basses: Rickenbacker "Black Star" Bass (Limited Edition Bass, like
    4003)
    	    Fender Precision.
    
    Amplifier: GK 800RB
    
    Cabinets: Hartke 4x10 Bass Modules
    

    Guitarist: Bob Jordan
    
    Guitars:  Harmony Rocket, Vox 12-string, Portugese 12-string acoustic
    
    Amp:  Ampeg Portaflex, Silvertone 6-10
    
    Effects:  various fuzzes and envelope followers
    

Guitarist: Buddy Guy

Guitars: Fender Stratocaster (maple neck), ESP Strat (maple neck), Gibson
         hollow-body Starfire 4

Amp: Fender Bassman with 4x10s (with Strat) on the old Chess Records, Marshall
     2210 100-watt head and 1982A 4x12 cab with high-output speakers

Effects: none

Strings: Ernie Ball (.009, .011, .012, .026, .032, .042)

Guitarist: Warren DeMartini (Ratt)

Guitars: Jacksons (2), Performance (favorite pickup = Seymour Duncan Jeff
         Beck model, also likes Floyd Roses)

Amp: Marshall 100-watt (as a preamp), 2 Mesa/Boogie power amps, (2) 30-watt
     Celestion cabs

Amp settings: Bass is off, presence is hot, everything else is between 
              10 o'clock and 2 o'clock. Volumes are up as loud as they can
              go without getting muddy.

Effects: Sony wireless, Lexicon PCM-41 and PCM-42 delays, Yamaha SPX90

Strings: Ernie Ball (.010 to .046)



Guitarist: Robbin Crosby (Ratt)

Guitars: 1958 Gibson Flying V, 1962 left-handed Fender Strat, Gibson 
         Firebird VII, Dan Armstrong, Jacksons, Guild acoustics, Gibson
         Les Paul reissue (he likes Seymour Duncan's Allan Holdsworth
         pickups)

Amp: Marshall, 25-watt Celestions

Effects: Lexicon PCM-42 delay, Yamaha SPX90

Guitarist: Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, PIL, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, solo, etc.)
           (from a 1986 interview after the first DLR album)

Guitars: Charvel Strat, Guild (one has 30 frets and recessed Floyd), Coral 
         sitar, Guild 12-string, Fender 12-string, Ibanez

Whammy: His Floyd Roses are custom routed out underneath. There are six small
        grooves cut into the face of the gutiar so the fine tuners can sink into
        the body. Also there is a little routing at the back cavity so you can
        pull up more

Pickups: Three DiMarzio humbuckers, with the middle one stacked so it looks 
         like a single-coil. And a five way switch: 

		treble = treble pickup as a humbucker
		treble/middle = splits the treble and middle humbuckers to 
                                each be single-coil (sounds like a Strat)
		middle = straight stacked humbucker
		middle/neck = splits the humbuckers again (another Strat tone)
		neck = single coil and humbucker together

Amp: Carvin X100-Bs, Marshalls (modified by Lee Jackson)

Effects: Roland SDE-3000 delay, Boss overdrive, AMS delay, Eventide SP-2016
         signal processor, Ibanez SDR-1000, Roland SDD-3000, Yamaha SPX90

Strings: D'Addario (.009 to .042)

Guitarist: Steve Vai

Guitars: Ibanez Jem and Universe models

Amps: Marshall and Mesa/Boogie

Effects: Eventide H3000

    Isn't Vai using a TC2290 now for effects also?
    
    Mike

He probably has about one of everything, I just added the one I knew about 
that wasn't in the previous list.

    
    	This listing is great.  Do you have any info on the following?
    
    	Mick Taylor - I know he used to use old Les Pauls
    	Keith Richards - there may not be enough disk space for this
    	Mike Bloomfield - Les Pauls?
    	Albert King - He used to use an old flying V. Now?
    
    	What type of Les Paul is Les Paul using these days?  He's 
    	here in NY every monday.  I should really get over and see him
    	play.
    
    	I do remember seeing an old CHESS cover where Buddy Guy had
    	an OLD white 3 humbucking pickup SG.
    
    	thanks 
    
    	tom
    

    I did a show with Lonnie Mack this past weekend...always fun to
    meet one of your guitar heroes (he put out 'Memphis' in about '62).
    He uses a Flying V (has two of the little beauties on stage) through
    a a Gallien-Krueger (sp?) combo amp driving two custom enclosures,
    each containing a 12in speaker.  He also plays acoustic in part
    of the show.
    
    He headed up a four piece band (drums, bass, piano (CP70), and guitar).
    Refreshing to see a 'famous' musician who's still very hot and fresh,
    not someone who's trading on past glory.
                
    Regards,
    John K.

    GK amps, huh?  And Lonnie was doin' those KMD Amp emdorsements, too!
    Naughty, naughty.
    
    Hey, ain't it funny how everyone who endorses KMD (Skid Row, BombJovi,
    Lonnie Mack, Al DiMeola) DON'T use them?!!?

Guitarist: John Hiatt

Guitars: 1947 Gibson LG2 acoustic,1957 Fender Telecaster, Peavey bass

Amp: Fender Pro Reverb, old Bandmaster, Vox AC30, Bibson Stereo Vibrato

Effects: none listed

Strings: D'Addario (.011 - .056)

Guitarist: Dave Edmunds

Guitars: 1957 Gibson ES-355, stock Japanese Fender Telecaster reissue

Amp: Fender tweed Tremolux -> 100-watt Soldano -> Marshall 4x12

Effects: DOD reverb, MXR Distortion Plus, Schaller tremolo pedal

Strings: D'Addario (.009 - .042)

Other: Nady wireless, Fender medium picks

Guitarist: Eric Johnson

Guitars: '54 and '58 Fender Strats, Martin D-28 acoustic

Amp: mostly Marshall stacks, also Boogie and Dumble

Effects: Cry-Baby wah-wah, Echoplex, Fender tube reverb, Fuzz Face, t.c.
         electronics sustainor, MXR chorus and digital delay, Ibanez Tube 
         Screamer

Guitarist: Stanley Jordon

Guitars: Casio MIDI PG-380, Vigier Arpege, Travis Bean

Amp: Mesa/Boogie Mark III

Effects: Casio V2-8M, Korg M1, Lexicon PCM-70, Yamaha SPX-90, Rane ME15 and
         ME30 EQs, Boss Digital Delay and Metalizer, Ernie Ball volume pedals

Strings: Ernie Ball (.009 and .010, depending on the guitar)

Guitarist: Vernon Reid (Living Colour)

Guitars: Hamer

Amp: Mesa/Boogie Quad Preamp, ADA MP-1, Seymour Duncan preamp prototype,
     Mesa/Boogie Strategy 400, Mesa/Boogie cabs

Guitarist: Dickie Betts (Allman Brothers Band)

Guitars: 1957 Gibson Les Paul

Amp: Marshall amp into Lansing speakers

Effects: none


Guitarist: Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers Band)

Guitars: Fender Strat (w/Lace Sensors), (2) Paul Reed Smiths, (2) Gibson 
         Les Pauls

Amp: Soldano, Gibson (an old little one, with a 6" speaker and no effects)

Effects: none

    Hey, someone in my old band had a little Gibson amp (10 watts, as I
    remember). Great for recording.
    
    Bob

Guitarist: Roddy Frame (Aztec Camera)

Guitars: 1959 Fender Strat, Schecter Telecaster w/Seymour Duncan Strat pickups,
         Ovation stereo 6-string, Gibson 355, Masano acoustic (Martin copy) in
         the studio, Takamine acoustic for live sets

Amp: Marshall 100-watt head, Vox AC30, Mesa/Boogie combo

Effects: Power Soak (with Marshall), Boss distortion, Super-Feedback, and
         compression

Strings: Ernie Ball (.010s)

Guitarist: Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Marianne Faithful, more)

Guitars: ESP Telecaster

Amp: Yamaha w/2-12" speakers

Effects: Cry Baby wah-wah, DeArmond volume pedal, Rock distortion box,
         Alesis Midiverb, Yamaha FEX50, MXR Fuzzbox

   Does anyone have any idea what David Gilmour is using for an amp these
   days?  Has a very distinctive sound.

   Thanks in advance,

   -- Sam