Richie Sambora's Rig! lots of pics

archgabriel54 · 12-09-2010, 08:52 PM

Thought you dudes might appreciate this even though its not metal or 7 string related.
I work for a crewing company in Melbourne called Gig power, Today we were loading in for Bon jovi and I managed to have a huuuuge chat with Richie Sambora's guitar tech

. I thought, man the org dudes would probably like to see this rig, so he let me take some pictures.

Enjoy

I was surprised that he was using JCM 2000's. I was under the impression they were crap?! The guitar tech said the first year they were made they were really good. Any thoughts?

Richie is rockn the iso cabs with a Celestion Vintage 30 in one and a Celestion Gold in the other. Mics were a Sennheiser 421 and Shure SM57 inside. He had some standard Marshall cabs on stage too.

He also had a hammond Leslie rotating speaker in another rack case

Rack action! Richie has a axess electronics Midi foot controller on stage so he can screw around when ever he likes and one back stage with the rack gear so the tech can make all the main changes.

I was so stoked when i saw the talk box.

Close ups of the rack

The thing with this is that, the other half of the guitars are out of the picture...

Hope you enjoyed kids!

Bloody_Inferno · 12-09-2010, 08:59 PM

Seriously, sweet pics dude! Didn't know you work for Gig power.

metal_sam14 · 12-09-2010, 09:14 PM

.... yeah that is awesome, pretty surprised about the jcm2000's but its still cool

Blazerok · 12-09-2010, 09:43 PM

Cool! Great post, i found the isocab/leslie section very interesting!
It must have been awesome to meet richie's tech!

aiur55 · 12-09-2010, 09:44 PM

thats a lot of gear lol. That was pretty awesome!

AK DRAGON · 12-09-2010, 09:55 PM

Clean Up Isle 1!

archgabriel54 · 12-09-2010, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blazerok

Cool! Great post, i found the isocab/leslie section very interesting!
It must have been awesome to meet richie's tech!

Yeah man he was one of those dudes that had been in the industry for years. I asked him if he'd worked with any metal bands.. He laughed and told me he started of with the bay area thrashes. I was like i love you.

Guitarmiester · 12-09-2010, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by archgabriel54

I was surprised that he was using JCM 2000's. I was under the impression they were crap?! The guitar tech said the first year they were made they were really good. Any thoughts?

I wouldn't say the JCM 2000's are crap. I'd prefer a DSL over the TSL, but still wouldn't be my first choice when going Marshall.

Thanks for the pics! Sambora is a beat.

Decipher · 12-09-2010, 11:41 PM

Cool pics man! That is weird about the JCM2000's..... I thought I had heard he was rocking the Diezel VH4's.

Nice to see the Rivera Silent Sisters in action too.

7string_dreamin · 12-10-2010, 12:36 AM

Talk boxes are fun. I haven't had mine setup since I moved into this condo. There is not enough room! Impressive collect he has there.

ralphy1976 · 12-10-2010, 12:38 AM

am i the only one who was singing

CAUSE I'M WANTED
WANTED
DEAD OR ALIVE.......solo....

Ostia Man · 12-10-2010, 02:11 AM

Nice pics, sooooo many heads

!!!

I have two jcm 2000 dsl, and they ARE great amps! just not for metal, and not if you want that classic marshall sound. But somewhere in between.
For what I do they great, like this:

Its a mix between the dsl and a rectifier.(my band)

petereanima · 12-10-2010, 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Decipher

Cool pics man! That is weird about the JCM2000's..... I thought I had heard he was rocking the Diezel VH4's.

Nice to see the Rivera Silent Sisters in action too.

He was using Herberts until 1-2 years ago, and switched then to Marshall.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ralphy1976

am i the only one who was singing

CAUSE I'M WANTED
WANTED
DEAD OR ALIVE.......solo....

no, me too!

ralphy1976 · 12-10-2010, 06:02 AM

du bist die beste!!!!!!

it's all the same
only the faces change...

more seriously : i thought in his BJ days he was a marshall / fender endorsee... and i always thought he had remained with Marshall..obviously not!!!

i would have expected the Diezel to be a bit too radical for his style of music, wouldn't you say? (i don't expect him to use a VHS4 by the way!!!)

petereanima · 12-10-2010, 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ralphy1976

i would have expected the Diezel to be a bit too radical for his style of music, wouldn't you say?

Not really, i mean: of course its easy to make the Herbert sound brutal, but its also very easy to make it "nicer". For example - i use Ch1 for pure Clean stuff, Channel 2 in "+" mode for tight and dry rythm, and Channel 3 for small lead parts where i need abit extra gain and compression - for tappings for example! I use the midcut function, but also have the mids in the channel EQ very high, and of course use a guitar and pickups and a cab that "support" a brutal tone.

Sambora used his Herberts: Ch 1 - "acoustic clean", Ch 2 in "minus" mod eonly, gain almost completely down, jsut for crunchy clean kinda sounds, and for the rest he used Ch 3 with low gain settings and also the volume knob on the guitar rolled back! He didnt use the midcut function either.

With he right guitar and pickup combination, you get pure classic rock sounds out of the amp that way!

Oh, and i'm can get really "awkward" for poeple around me whenever i had some drinks and "Wanted" is on...i end up yelling my lungs out, getting down on my knees and administer the epic solo on my brand new sprakling air-guitar.

ralphy1976 · 12-10-2010, 06:35 AM

actually in between you writting this and me reading it i re-listen to the quick test done on that "13 amp of doom shoutout" page, and yeah, clean ist clean!!!

And i love those emo pants he is wearing!!!

Also, 2011 is a purchase / GAS-free zone for me...and Fred is already trying to make me break it...before 2011!!!!! bastard!!!

EDIT : you do clean stuff???

EDIT 2 : with reanima?

petereanima · 12-10-2010, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ralphy1976

EDIT : you do clean stuff???

EDIT 2 : with reanima?

i KNEW that was coming. well, to be honest, "not yet" - we are trying out some clean parts here and there, mostly some short "jazzy" /"psychedelic" parts.

But before every rehearsal i play my "standard" stuff, to get warmed up - mostly the same 3-4 songs since 15 years.

(GNR, Skynyrd, Black Sabbath..and: who would have guessed: Wanted, dead or alive)

Also in non-band-situation i actually play a lot clean.

rudomat · 03-24-2011, 03:01 PM

Hope you enjoyed kids![/QUOTE]
hi!
thanks a lot for that info...i´m searching hard for as much details in richies gear as possible...
do you maybe have info about the two miced speakers...? are they both his main speakers for the dry sound and both of them turned on all of the time, or is the v30 only for high gain and the gold for cleaner sounds...?
and what´s the trick about the two mics to one speaker...? (is that actually the v30)
his stage amp cabs seem to be miced as well...??? so what´s going to the pa...the iso cabs, aren´t they...? so why do they mic the stage speakers...is that a fake...?
i´ve once gotten the info (it´s been said via his guitartech chris "lumpy hofschneider") that he always actually played a custom audio electronics preamp and used his fender and marshall heads as power amps only...???
thanks a lot,
rudi

Blake1970 · 03-24-2011, 03:32 PM

Thanks for the post! This stuff always makes my day.

vanhendrix · 03-24-2011, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ostia Man

Nice pics, sooooo many heads

!!!

I have two jcm 2000 dsl, and they ARE great amps! just not for metal, and not if you want that classic marshall sound. But somewhere in between.
For what I do they great, like this:

Its a mix between the dsl and a rectifier.(my band)

Dude, you guys rock!

GATA4 · 03-24-2011, 04:13 PM

Wow, that is a ton of stuff. So many heads

evilsaint · 03-24-2011, 08:49 PM

GOOD JOB ! Thanks for the pictures.

rudomat · 03-28-2011, 12:52 AM

who´s that guy behind richie actually...??? ;-)

8Fingers · 03-28-2011, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by archgabriel54

I was surprised that he was using JCM 2000's. I was under the impression they were crap?! The guitar tech said the first year they were made they were really good. Any thoughts?

Cool pics

So just because Richie uses it you now think they're not crap?
Why some people think just because somebody is famous he has the best tastes/opinions/ears etc?
Personal tastes = everybody have their own.
Just because something is good for Richie(famous dude) it doesn't means you (I) have to like it.
I couldn't care less about what Richie/Vai/Satch whoever uses or thinks about his gear,I try and if I like it...........I like it.
BTW I hate marshalls,I love mesa boobies

Stealthdjentstic · 03-28-2011, 04:26 AM

Only worthwhile bump...ever.

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12-09-2010, 08:52 PM	#1
archgabriel54 Defender of Metal! Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 57 Thanked: 5 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Richie Sambora's Rig! lots of pics Thought you dudes might appreciate this even though its not metal or 7 string related. I work for a crewing company in Melbourne called Gig power, Today we were loading in for Bon jovi and I managed to have a huuuuge chat with Richie Sambora's guitar tech . I thought, man the org dudes would probably like to see this rig, so he let me take some pictures. Enjoy I was surprised that he was using JCM 2000's. I was under the impression they were crap?! The guitar tech said the first year they were made they were really good. Any thoughts? Richie is rockn the iso cabs with a Celestion Vintage 30 in one and a Celestion Gold in the other. Mics were a Sennheiser 421 and Shure SM57 inside. He had some standard Marshall cabs on stage too. He also had a hammond Leslie rotating speaker in another rack case Rack action! Richie has a axess electronics Midi foot controller on stage so he can screw around when ever he likes and one back stage with the rack gear so the tech can make all the main changes. I was so stoked when i saw the talk box. Close ups of the rack The thing with this is that, the other half of the guitars are out of the picture... Hope you enjoyed kids! 8Fingers and Blake1970 like this. Tonight.... you

12-09-2010, 08:59 PM	#2
Bloody_Inferno Silence is Violence Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 12,066 Thanked: 244 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Seriously, sweet pics dude! Didn't know you work for Gig power. http://www.cracked.com/article_15231_7-reasons-21st-century-making-you-miserable.html http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-harsh-...better-person/ http://www.cracked.com/article_18817_5-reasons-future-will-be-ruled-by-b.s..html http://www.cracked.com/article_15663_10-things-christians-atheists-can-must-agree-on.html http://www.cracked.com/article_14990...keysphere.html http://www.cracked.com/article_19468...you-think.html

12-09-2010, 09:14 PM	#3
metal_sam14 Tard Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Posts: 3,087 Thanked: 46 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	.... yeah that is awesome, pretty surprised about the jcm2000's but its still cool Check out my solo stuff: http://samlocke.bandcamp.com Australian Instrumental Prog!

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ralphy1976 1 less ERGNESS Join Date: May 2009 Location: vienna, austria, EUROPE Posts: 6,745 Thanked: 146 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	am i the only one who was singing CAUSE I'M WANTED WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE.......solo.... http://keithmerrow.com/fr_home.cfm http://trewatson.bandcamp.com www.myspace.com/reanima

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12-09-2010, 09:43 PM	#4
Blazerok SS.org Regular Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada Posts: 194 Thanked: 5 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Cool! Great post, i found the isocab/leslie section very interesting! It must have been awesome to meet richie's tech!

12-09-2010, 09:44 PM	#5
aiur55 SS.org Regular Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 232 Thanked: 6 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	thats a lot of gear lol. That was pretty awesome!

12-09-2010, 09:55 PM	#6
AK DRAGON Guitar Popcicle Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 1,770 Thanked: 17 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Clean Up Isle 1!

12-09-2010, 11:41 PM	#9
Decipher SS.org Regular Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Calgary, Hellberta, Canada Posts: 1,314 Thanked: 10 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Cool pics man! That is weird about the JCM2000's..... I thought I had heard he was rocking the Diezel VH4's. Nice to see the Rivera Silent Sisters in action too.

12-10-2010, 12:36 AM	#10
7string_dreamin ss.org Regular Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Essex Jct, VT Posts: 95 Thanked: 15 / 1 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Talk boxes are fun. I haven't had mine setup since I moved into this condo. There is not enough room! Impressive collect he has there.

12-10-2010, 02:11 AM	#12
Ostia Man SS Contributor Join Date: May 2007 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 854 Thanked: 11 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Nice pics, sooooo many heads!!! I have two jcm 2000 dsl, and they ARE great amps! just not for metal, and not if you want that classic marshall sound. But somewhere in between. For what I do they great, like this: Its a mix between the dsl and a rectifier.(my band) Andromalia likes this.

12-10-2010, 06:02 AM	#14
ralphy1976 1 less ERGNESS Join Date: May 2009 Location: vienna, austria, EUROPE Posts: 6,745 Thanked: 146 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	du bist die beste!!!!!! it's all the same only the faces change... more seriously : i thought in his BJ days he was a marshall / fender endorsee... and i always thought he had remained with Marshall..obviously not!!! i would have expected the Diezel to be a bit too radical for his style of music, wouldn't you say? (i don't expect him to use a VHS4 by the way!!!) http://keithmerrow.com/fr_home.cfm http://trewatson.bandcamp.com www.myspace.com/reanima

12-10-2010, 06:35 AM	#16
ralphy1976 1 less ERGNESS Join Date: May 2009 Location: vienna, austria, EUROPE Posts: 6,745 Thanked: 146 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	actually in between you writting this and me reading it i re-listen to the quick test done on that "13 amp of doom shoutout" page, and yeah, clean ist clean!!! And i love those emo pants he is wearing!!! Also, 2011 is a purchase / GAS-free zone for me...and Fred is already trying to make me break it...before 2011!!!!! bastard!!! EDIT : you do clean stuff??? EDIT 2 : with reanima? http://keithmerrow.com/fr_home.cfm http://trewatson.bandcamp.com www.myspace.com/reanima

03-24-2011, 03:01 PM	#18
rudomat ss.org Regular Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: vienna Posts: 2 Thanked: 0 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	sambora gear Hope you enjoyed kids![/QUOTE] hi! thanks a lot for that info...i´m searching hard for as much details in richies gear as possible... do you maybe have info about the two miced speakers...? are they both his main speakers for the dry sound and both of them turned on all of the time, or is the v30 only for high gain and the gold for cleaner sounds...? and what´s the trick about the two mics to one speaker...? (is that actually the v30) his stage amp cabs seem to be miced as well...??? so what´s going to the pa...the iso cabs, aren´t they...? so why do they mic the stage speakers...is that a fake...? i´ve once gotten the info (it´s been said via his guitartech chris "lumpy hofschneider") that he always actually played a custom audio electronics preamp and used his fender and marshall heads as power amps only...??? thanks a lot, rudi

03-24-2011, 03:32 PM	#19
Blake1970 SS.org Regular Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Humble, TX Posts: 1,767 Thanked: 59 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Thanks for the post! This stuff always makes my day.

03-24-2011, 04:13 PM	#21
GATA4 Banned Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 1,385 Thanked: 31 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Wow, that is a ton of stuff. So many heads

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evilsaint SS.org Regular Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Earth Posts: 345 Thanked: 15 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	GOOD JOB ! Thanks for the pictures. My Blog : http://powerdragon-powerdragon.blogspot.com/ That's all about guitars and amps.

03-28-2011, 12:52 AM	#23
rudomat ss.org Regular Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: vienna Posts: 2 Thanked: 0 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	who´s that guy behind richie actually...??? ;-)

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