How To Sound Like Richie Sambora (South Shields Guitar Lessons)

Amp Settings

gain10,

bass7,

contour9,

treble10.

Guitars

- The new ESP Richie Sambora SA-2 guitar (Thankfully pointed out by user Thebiz)

- A large variety of Fender stratocasters
- Fender Telecaster doubleneck guitar
- custom "Sambora" guitars built by Richie Sambora's guitar tech Chris "Lumpy" Hofschneider
- Zemaitis Guitars
- Floyd Rose guitars
- vintage and custom shop Gibson guitars
- Gibson Les Paul Standard sunburst

 

- Gibson Les Paul goldtop

 

- Gibson Flying V (appears to be Korina, in "Everyday" video)

- Gibson ES-335

- '51 Fender Telecaster

 

- Fender Custom Shop Eric Clapton Stratocaster

 

- Fender "NoCaster"

 

- Fender Telecaster Thinline Custom

 

- Charvel Stratocaster
- Ovation acoustics (various models, including a double and triple neck)

 

- Gretsch guitars

 

- Taylor RSSM Sambora model acoustic
- Taylor doubleneck acoustic
- Martin Sambora 6 and 12 strings (click below to checkout the 6 string)

 

- Martin 000-42

 

- Guild F-50 12-string

- Gibson SG Junior (white)

Amplifiers and Cabinets
- Marshall JCM2000 DSL series amps

 

- Marshall JCM800 2203 heads

 

- Marshall 4x12" speaker cabinets

 

- Fender ToneMaster amps

 

- Fender ToneMaster 4x12" speaker cabinets
- Fender Bassman 4x10" combo

 

- Fender SuperTwin (pictured below is a regular Twin)

 

- Vox AC30

 

- VHT Pitbull

 

- Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
- Hughes & Kettner amp

 

- Diezel Herbert amps
- Divided by 13 amplification (they make custom amps)
- Matchless amps
- Bogner Ecstasy
- Custom made 4x12 cabinets

Effects and more
- MIDI floor controller
- Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive

 

- Talk Box

 

- Fulltone Choral Flange
- Dunlop Crybaby

 

- Vox wah pedal

 

- A/B switcher (try the ART switcher below for a low-cost switcher)

 

- Dunlop Rack-Wah

 

- T.C. Electronics 1210 Spatial Expander/Stereo-Chorus Flanger
- Eventide H-3000 Harmonizer

 

- Shure SM-57 Microphones

 

MXR Dynacomp (modified?)

 

- Klon Centaur pedal

In 2010 Richie had a guitar rack made for him. The following gear appeared to be in it.

This rack may be mainly used for studio recording (and another rack for live):

- 2 RJM Effect Gizmo's
- Custom Suhr amp switcher
- BAE mic pre
- VHT Power Amp
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power AC and 2 Plus

- Furman Power Rack unit
- Lexicon PCM42 (x2)
- Eventide Eclipse V4 Rack unit

- Empirical Labs Distressor

- A Designs 500HR Rack with two modules
- Tone Freak Effects Abunai 2 pedal
- Tone Freak Effects Naked OD
- Tone Freak Effects Mello Tremo
- BBE Soul Vibe pedal

- Analog Man Octron pedal
- Hermida Zendrive pedal
- Boss OD-1 Overdrive pedal
- Hartman Compressor pedal
- Retro-sonic Vintage Vibes Chorus pedal
- Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter

- MXR Phase 90 Script logo pedal

- MXR EVH Flanger pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Micro POG

- Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man pedal

- Axess Electronics Midi Controller board
- Ernie Ball pedal
- Moollon Wah pedal (Korean made pedal)
- Boss Chromatic Tuner pedal

Strings and picks

- D'Addario Strings: EXP15, EXP38, EXL110, EXL115, EPS510, EPS540  (Sambora is listed on their site)

- GHS Strings (Sambora is listed on their site) .009 strings in the studio and gauge .010 strings live

- D'Andrea 351 .71mm Black Celluloid picks

 

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How To Sound Like Keith Richards

Keith Richards of Rolling Stones
Gain - 4.5
Treble - 4.5
Mid - 6.5
Bass - 5.5
Reverb - 1.5

Guitars

- Fender '52 Telecaster - Butterscotch Blonde (this is like Keith's main axe)

 

Notes: Micawber is the name of Keith's butterscotch Fender Telecaster. It's an early 50's (probably a '52) butterscotch blonde color model with a black pickguard & a stock 3 way switch. Removed 6th string, open G (G,D,G,B,D) tuning. Gauges .011,.015,.018,.030,.042. It has replacement tuners and brass bridge and nut is altered for 5 strings. Gibson PAF humbucker in neck position, original Tele pickup in bridge. Used on tracks including "Before They Make Me Run", "Brown Sugar", "Mixed Emotions", and "Honky Tonk Women".

- Natural finish 50's Fender Telecaster

 

Notes: Keith's second Tele is also from the 1950's. It has a black pickguard, five strings, natural finish. Similar specs/mods to Micawber. Shubb Capo at 4th fret. Tuned in B: B, F#,B, D#,F#. Used live for Tumbling Dice, Happy, Jumping jack Flash.

- Fender telelcaster sunburst
 
Notes: This guitar is also a 5 string. Sunburst color, with a maple neck, & low frets. PAF's cover is removed.  Capoed at first fret. Used live for You Can't Always Get What You Want.


- Music Man Silhouette guitar
 
Notes: Keith Richard's uses the Music Man guitars for standard tuning songs and has one in black and one in white one. Both are non-tremolo with through-body stringing, the white one has Schaller pickups, the black one DiMarzios, both in humbucker/single coil arrangement. Used in past live on songs like Bitch, Sad Sad Sad, Sympathy, Satisfaction, and more.

- Fender Stratocaster
 
Notes: Keith's main Strat is a '58 known as the Mary Kay. Previously owned by Ron Wood. It has an all maple neck & fingerboard with a one piece ash body, see through blond finish & all gold hardware. Stock pickups, 5-way selector.

- Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar

 

- Gibson ES-355 Guitar

 

- Gibson Les Paul Custom (he used these a lot in the 60's and 70's)
 

- Gibson Les Paul TV

 

- Gibson acoustic guitars

 

- Gibson Les Paul Standard

 

- Ampeg Dan Armstrong
 

- Tom Anderson Trans Black, Cobra

- 1949 Martin D-18 and 1954 Martin D-18

 

Amplifiers

- Fender Twin amplifier

 

Notes: This amp is a 1957 model originally tweed, but recovered in early 60's style brown Tolex. It has 4 6L6 tubes.

- Marshall head

 

- Fender Bassman 4x10

 

- Mesa Boogie 4x 12" cabinets

- Mesa Boogie Mark I amp (on album Some Girls)

-Fun fact: Keith Richards almost always plays through two amps at once.

Strings and Effects
- Ernie Ball regular Slinkys .010 gauge

 

- Zinky Master Blaster clean boost pedal
- Ibanez UE-400 multi-effects
- Fulltone Tube Tape Echo

 

- MXR  Phase 100
 

- MXR Phase 90 "Script" version

- MXR Analog Delay

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Playing Slide Guitar In Open E Tuning (South Shields Guitar Lessons)

If you are playing slide guitar in open E tuning (Tuning your guitar to E Chord) You find you can get and E chord with open strings and on the twelfth fret. A is on the fifth and B is on the the seventh.

Working out where your Minor 3rd and Minor 7th  is in relation to the chord will help get the blues sound.

Expanding on that and working out other chords try this useful site 

http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/guitar/index_rb.html

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