Gary Moore, RIP.

[Twistingcrow]

Awesome indeed Blix!!! Thanks for sharing this with us. More than a year since he passed away I'm still watching youtube videos of him at least once a week. What a talented musician we lost there! I love love love one of his last songs, Where Are You Now? Awesome!

[popskull]

Im in a Gary Moore mode right now learning tunes from the Wild Frontiers and Corridors of Power cds-He was just so dang good at playing guitar and singing -- also his songwriting was way better than most of these so called rock stars-He just played so intense in the blues or the rock stuff..Im pissed off that GuitarWorld and Guitar Player magazine has not done a proper issue to the man like put him on the cover and put all of his old interviews and pics of his guitars in there-interview people that worked with him-just DO something..Maybe some of you can email the editors at these mags and request this like Ive done..There will not be another like him..R.I.P. Gary

[yngwie308]

popskull great era, maybe you can glean something here from my HRI post:
http://www.hugeracksinc.com/forum/viewt ... =6&t=77708" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
yngwie308

[popskull]

Thanks Yngwie 308 for that info--I did read it--Look forward to your book..

[yngwie308]

Hey popskull, great project to undertake. One of my favorite Gary Moore eras, which un-coincidentally happened to be his last as well.
As you may or may not know, the CD's and DVD's that I sent to Neil Carter, were used by him and Gary in their rehearsals for the 2010 Celtic rock tour.
As you can imagine my joy from hearing that and my enthusiasm and interview with Neil Carter about that period which occurred prior to them getting back together.
So in my whole life practically as a GM fan to find all this out was a huge mitzvah as they say..
So many things have occurred in my life which feels so short at times and other times like it has gone on forever..
That I am fans of certain guitarists and that my life becomes connected with them in various ways has been a blessing in many ways.
It's the positive side of fandom if you will, not to worship these players as idols, but as fellow human beings that we share a love for guitar playing and music together.
I have met Yngwie Malmsteen in 2005 and just last year finally got to meet one of my all time guitar heroes, Steve Stevens.
So for an old guy like me at 57, I know some say it's not that old, but it is trust me, to have all these connections is deeply satisfying.
It is the bootlegs from the Wild Frontier tour that really show the incredible talent of Gary and that band that was meant to be.
For me starting out it was Jimi Hendrix whom I collected every LP record bootleg available back then and heard the whole shows, warts and all to get a real appreciation for the talent of the artist.
I have been doing this since I was like 9 years old or so.
I may not be able to play like these people but I absorb so much from watching and listening to them.
This process never ends fortunately..sure the antenna get rusty every so often, but every now and then the picture becomes crystal clear.
I believe that the tones Gary was getting on that tour were some of his best ever. Not many guys could play this stuff like Gary.
With his high action and heavy strings in regular tuning, that is a strong component of how heavy his sound was.
Plus he was able to utilize somewhat primitive rack technology compared to todays setups, but still a combination of rack effects and pedals, albeit in rack trays these days, this has been on a comeback.
Gary was always on the cutting edge in his day trying out new gear and not afraid to experiment.
The Wild Frontier tone as I call it is the culmination of sound he had been developing since 1983 onwards both with the amps setups and his playing, able to successfully play extremely loud and yet mute all the unused strings, plus developing that incredible right hand, which Gary later stated being left handed, he felt that his right hand was the weaker of the two as far as intricate picking..I didn't feel that way though.
All the greats I have seen and there have been many, including Jeff Beck, they have developed the knack of playing extremely loud guitar live with no extraneous noises.
This may well be the toughest skill set to acquire and to me always shows the 'hand' pardon the expression of the old school seasoned player.
The chorus/echo, digital delay, Dimension D, Tubescreamer, volume pedal all these in combination with the extremely powerful yet magically musical EMG pickups through the top mounted Original Floyd Rose tremolos and the magic of the San Dimas era Charvels combines to make an Irish pot of gold if you will.
The video of the Isstadion Stockholm show that April day will live on in recorded memory forever.
The versions are all very good in that set, Neil Carter says that on Thunder Rising in particular for him, Gary's guitar had a sound that he thought almost otherworldly.
Gary Moore was the real deal and as Greg Lake said and he would know, grasping Gary from virtual obscurity to join his band, recognizing his immense talent.
Here is what he said in an interview:
NICK DERISO: Later, you established a terrific collaborative relationship with Gary Moore through a pair of solo albums in the early 1980s. What was it like to work with a more overtly blues-based guitarist?
GREG LAKE: It was a strange time, because when ELP sort of retired, or semiretired, we didn’t really break up, we just stopped playing – just because we wanted to do other things. Just get away from being ELP, really. But for a while I felt awfully dislocated. For the last decade, the only musical identity I had was ELP and, all of a sudden, it stopped. For a while, I was just sort of spun. I really had no sense of direction, because I had every freedom in the world and yet all of musical fabric had been stripped immediately by the band not being there anymore. So it was a question of doing something different. I started to work with all kinds of people. I worked with Toto for a while. When we finally did get together in the same band, I learned a lot about Gary. He’s not really blues. He played the blues, but he chose that as a career. In truth, the spirit of Gary Moore is Irish. That was not the music he played professionally. But when you hear him play sort of an Irish jig or a ballad, it would break your heart.
That is true I have written often on my blog Daveonrock about Celtic music and read a great deal of books on the subject while I was attending community college in Pennsylvania for my nursing degree and I was fascinated by the stories and the pure heart of the music.
This is ancient music, yet it springs to life each time it is played by generation after generation.
Both Phil Lynott, who was a great poet and storyteller as well and Gary Moore shared a love for Ireland's rich musical heritage and it was reflected strongly in their joint compositions.
Unfortunately Phil's candle had burnt brightly at first but eventually at both ends so his was a slow fade with Gary and himself being somewhat on the outs.
Make no mistake his death hit Gary very hard, Gary has always worn his heart on his sleeve, telling all there is to know in the lyrics and melodies of his songs. This is for some reason contributory to how he is so often misunderstood by the music business and often the press and even his fans to some extent.
With Gary as is the case of most of the artists I am drawn to, they are performing this musical adventure clearly without a net or any semblance of safety or self-preservation.
The late Tommy Bolin, whose exotic blend of influences and styles I greatly admired is a prime example of a talent burning so brightly yet the very creative drive that sparked him on also lit the fuse on the time bomb that was his brief life.
That Gary carried a heavy heart and much sadness after 1986 is well documented.
I feel that he successfully carried the torch that Phillip had lit and with great honor and passion.
To finally succumb to the dulling effect of alcohol and ill health was a tragedy that needed to be avoided, yet it appears that all around him knew, yet the ships course was set for the rocky shore.
I feel that the events after Gary's death were predictable as far as the incredibly lame and pathetic coverage of his varied life and in a way the prejudicial way in which he was judged in life, so in death.
I am not surprised in the least sadly and this is why I reached out to Gary in life many years ago to try and tell his story, to get people to finally understand.
It wasn't to be and with the tremendous joy and excitement surrounding the 2010 tour where Gary was finally coming full circle again and playing the music he truly loved, this also brought him squarely back into that 1986 period of Phil's passing.
Having seen another fellow colleague stricken down, Rory Gallagher, this also affected Gary greatly.
Yes Gary did a BBC radio show in celebration of Rory's life and he was a pallbearer at Rory's funeral.
Gary was carrying the weight of that coffin inside him as all the bright lights of Irish music were slowly extinguished for good.
Gary's foray into the world of blues, secondary to a suggestion by his longtime bassist Bob Daisley, that he try his hand at blues music was met with his greatest ever commercial success.
Gary admitted that the live rehearsals for the first album saw the music and the band in it's purest form, before it was diluted into a show almost as big as his earlier rock efforts.
That Gary Moore played the blues the way Gary Moore should and needed to, there was never any doubt in my mind.
That the era seemed to drag on and on, frankly as a fan fair weather or not even I was growing weary of the seemingly endless progression of blues albums.
Gary was clearly enjoying himself for the most part and rediscovering his great ability at singing and song crafting.
Nobody paid more respect to the blues gods that Gary brought to the stage and recording studio.
It greatly saddens me, yet again I am not surprised by the reactions of a bitter old man, B.B.King, who great as he is/was for wasn't the artist the other Kings and Collins were.
That he would take such offense to Gary's tributes to him on stage, where he interpreted Gary's call and response playing style as 'cutting him up.'
It is my firm belief and I will never be dissuaded otherwise that Gary honestly had asked BB to play on After Hours and BB had wanted to do a whole CD with Gary. Gary had declined, yet BB went on tour with Gary and gary even opened up for BB on BB's farewell UK tour.
Yet still the acrimony towards Gary. Looking at all the autobiographical material put out by the Beale Street Blues Boy both during and after Gary's life had ended..there is not one mention of a Gary Moore ever having crossed paths with him.
This of course is his choice, but I feel that it tells another story as well.
Gary's exact words on the subject are: "BB King told me off. He used to say, hey Gary you got to stop cuttin' me up! I was just so excited to be playing with him, that I was playing for him."
And this is patently obvious to anyone who watches the video of the two songs they performed together on Gary's video release "Live Blues".
Gary reverentially I would say treats BB during the "Thrill is Gone." Here we see Gary so successfully mimicking BB's 'hummingbird vibrato' and all his melodic runs that it is clearly the work of a man inspired by his muse.
No head cutting is going on. Gary already has the winning boy's hand, the mojo, his technique on the fabulous ex-Peter Green Les Paul is legendary.
Also the travesty that is Eric Clapton's musical circus Crossroads, never was a hand of welcome extended to Gary Moore, who could out-Clapton Eric, even at the height of his former prowess. But Gary never looked at it that way.
Eric was his biggest influence besides, Peter Green. That Gary could magically play in both legendary guitarists styles, was another display of his keen ear and ability to absorb every nuance of style and tone and technique, a triple threat not achieved by anyone else to my ear, now or then.
Gary's response to never being asked was so typical of him: "No he's never asked me and I don't think he will. I'm probably the only one he hasn't asked. But listen, I love Eric's playing, if it wasn't for Eric, this world I live in wouldn't exist."
I know others laud Clapton's efforts with his acoustic (what else,,lol) version of "Still Got The Blues", I have maybe listened to like 15 seconds of it, so repugnant is it to me who loved Gary's playing and music and what he clearly stood for.
The English magazine Guitarist had the best tribute out there and it was a collection of quotes by Gary from the various issues he had appeared in, gracing their cover more than any other artist fittingly.
yngwie308

[Twistingcrow]

Awesome writing Yngwie, as usual! I am 100% with you on the BB/Clapton things. Still Got the Blues on the acoustic, what a fraud... The only one out there who is truly paying a tribute to Gary is Bonamassa with his cover of Midnight Blues. He somehow "betrays" the slow blues mood by throwing in some of his fast Eric Johnson licks in there, but at least he's full of respect for Gary and he manages to bring in his own version of the song as well. As for SGTB unplugged, Clapton is too smart to ridicule himself with an electric version of that song! Who can compete with Gary anyway on that one? Some songs just stick to their makers. This one does. Period.

I'm in France and I have been a huge fan of Gary's since SGTB. I was 12 by then and I haven't stopped listening to him and buying all his albums since then and I'm 33. I love love love his blues era, but I must admit that the 1987 Isstadion concert is absolutely phenomenal. The Military Man/Empty Rooms part is my number one choice if I ever have to take 10 songs to a desert island. The last Empty Rooms version I heard in May 2010 is great as well, especially since it was done on a LP and not on his old strat he had in Stockholm. The vibrato leaves me speechless, to name but just one jaw-dropping gift he had. I even remember sending him a letter back in the After Hours period. Never got a handwritten reply but I did receive a pick and a very nice A4 black and white photo that is handsigned by him.

In my band I cover Don't Believe a Word (his Monsters of Rock version) and Midnight Blues. That's my tribute to him, though I don't even have 10% of his skills and power and tone. He was unique. I miss going to his website to check if he'll be near my town for a gig... RIP Gary.

[yngwie308]

Thanks Twistingcrow, I meant a quick reply but became in the mood as they say.
One thing I forgot to do was showing my scans of Military Man .
Yes Gary's versions on his Les Paul are nothing short of incredible and by the Ukraine leg of the last tour, his playing and singing had a relaxed nature and ranks amongst his finest ever. Brings tears to the half Irish Belfast related boys eyes!
http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g219/ ... an%20Tabs/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
My photo album from the 2010 tour
http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g219/ ... re%202010/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHCPdSzU ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This actually was pre-BBM, Jack Bruce's 50th birthday bash, Gary filling in for Blues Saraceno who had just left Jack's band..fortunately
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xxzzKDm ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Great DVD by Stuart Bull from the excellent Licks Library:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP69621a ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Very cool mix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl-vshgG ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Jim Capaldi tribute concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUOwxZjn ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de_eoJ7C ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHnF-YX0 ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A slower tempo version of "The Stumble" compared to the 1990 effort:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuRN7MUn ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
George's last concert appearance, where is the pro shot???????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAYHkm69 ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Dutch TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akDUVhHy ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
These are amongst Gary's finest ever live work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aw07rjg ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWCrse3c ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPA9scHy ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Great version with Stripe his fav LP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXMJAJRt ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Empty Rooms from the Hammersmith, London show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHek6VOx ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nys-8g4K ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The supercharged version of The Stumble from 1990 on Gary's Heritage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0nKJFVV ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeEffYnG ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37PRMW8x ... plpp_video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Happy viewing!
yngwie308

[Tone Slinger]

Great info there Dave, I TOTALLY agree about the CELTIC influence in Moore. I could hear it in him, Lynott and Rory.
It's a certain musical 'timbre' that goes beyond even the actual notes played.

I still go back to Thin Lizzy's 'Night Life' and listen to those guy's playing "Still In Love With You". I like that above all else of Gary's playing. 'Black Rose' also has ' Got To give it up' (outro solo) and 'With Love', as well as the instrumental (Very Irish for sure).

So for me, I could have done without that blues direction he went in, and in all honesty, I wasnt a fan of his singing that much. I liked his guitar playing, and feel like he could have done much better artistically, had he had a strong writer, like Lynott, to have contributed ideas with. Gary seemed to shine the most the better the song was that he played on. I feel this was possibly a weak point for Gary (songwriting), so his playing wasnt heard as much due to this.
This is just my opinion, lots of people love EVERY song he has ever done.
For me, Gary was a LEAD guitar player above all else. He could play over anything.

[popskull]

Thanks Yngwie 308 for all that info-Ive watched the Stockholm concert and agree its possibly his finest performance that Ive seen. No one plays guitar as intense as Gary did. Over The Hills And Far Away is one his better songs to me and his Irish roots do show in that song. I was hoping he would go back to that style of writing after a while but he kept churning out the blues. I do have the Scars cd and its not bad but seemed experimental to me and I knew Gary was capable of way better. Can you suggest anything else by him besides the blues stuff as Im not a big fan of that. Ive got Corridors of Power-Wild Frontier-Victims of Future-After The War-Scars-Run for Cover-G Force-We want Moore-Back on the Streets..All of these records represent the Gary Moore that I like. Just wondering if Im missing out on anything else by him. I hope you do get to release your book on Gary as Ive been very let down by the lack of coverage on him by Guitar Player or Guitar World magazines. Ive been buying old issues of different guitar mags with anything on Gary. Keep us posted on moore Gary

[Twistingcrow]

Hey Yngwie!
I have been listening to the Gary Moore Platinum Collection CDs lately and I didn't know the song "Like Angels". Do you know the story behind that song? The sound is huge, the second solo with the wah on is pure magic, I've never heard such a fat sound combined with a wah... Any info?
Thanks!

[yngwie308]

Besides Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore was the biggest most personal influence on myself and my guitar playing.
Just the sheer emotional content of his playing besides his unbelievable technical prowess transported me to another happy place!
His always being on top of his gear and his penchant for trying out the latest gear made him always viable to other guitarists.
He truly was a guitarists guitarist.
The "Wild Frontier" era was a technical highlight of his career with the brilliance of his move to rock/blues then straight blues.
Then his final tour in 2010 which I personally had a hand in helping occur by way of DVD's and CD's that I had sent to Neil Carter whom I interviewed in 2009 and he told me that he and Gary used the DVD's during rehersals to relearn the songs.That made me very happy and when I had sent the material to Neil, he got together with Gary again to watch them and then I learned that they would tour with the Celtic Rock again which was my favorite.
This made me very happy and even though the 2010 Montreux DVD they released was somewhat lackluster, it being only like their 4th gig on the tour.
The last part of that tour in the Ukraine highlights some of Gary's best singing and playing ever.
At least he went out still on top of his game, very sad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOo8x71a ... UA&index=2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaCLhPzi ... UA&index=3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTAjQoIW ... A&index=22" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW9hCIiZ ... A&index=34" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA30P8tn ... A&index=44" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSCwfCIb ... A&index=52" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOOsP98g ... A&index=62" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nm8YFVr ... A&index=64" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCnATok7 ... A&index=70" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhOXD76N ... A&index=92" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smk6uZiN ... &index=102" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6KCCnIh ... &index=106" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prLYf_ge ... &index=189" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD_NBIx6 ... &index=383" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G-PtmcP ... &index=429" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmyWY3u1 ... &index=462" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3 ... &index=470" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzFtAX7C ... &index=630" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXMJAJRt ... &index=739" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45xxmMjU ... &index=762" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYHtOOid ... &index=787" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAHOLlLB ... &index=795" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Here are the Ukraine shows I was speaking of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unsVFShr ... &index=129" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rJ2V1Ia ... &index=130" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTe07VJb ... &index=693" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aw07rjg ... &index=711" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWCrse3c ... &index=712" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPA9scHy ... &index=713" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ5G9gC_ ... &index=714" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBRaBXtG ... &index=778" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXwugtt_ ... &index=779" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
yngwie308

[Lefty Lou]

Even though everyone my age knew of Thin Lizzy, it wasn't until I purchased the Corridors of Power cassette in 82' at 22 years of age that I became an instant convert. I was on a ski trip to Angel Fire, NM and had stopped in at Albertson's in Amarillo, TX. I bought the cassette because I thought "this guy looks cool, standing on a stack of Marshall's playing a Les Paul guitar with smoke machines churning away adding to the mystique". Two other albums that come to mind that also looked cool and turned out to be real winners were Nils Lofgren "Cry Tough" and Tommy Bolin "Teaser". I had a real knack for picking the greats. Whoever said that album cover art didn't make a difference to album sales (Fran Drescher to Spinal Tap "just look at the Beatles White Album it's all white") Yeah Right, if you're The Beatles!


All of my guitar buddies that I turned on to Gary became instant Gary Moore converts. As for myself, I've always taken the Gary path as a player, I can get the tone and the sound but, I'm still working on the technical aspects of his style. LOL! We are all very fortunate to have had Gary on this planet as long as we did, and to now have access to many of his recordings and videos is a blessing. It was also a proud moment to have a fellow lefty guitarist convert to right handed guitar and to absolutely "own" the instrument in every meaning of the word. It has been said by Jimi Hendrix's band members that even though Jimi played true lefty, he could pick up a right handed guitar and play it upside down equally as well as left handed. It must have been a left handed/right brained thing. All I can say regarding Gary's untimely passing is, "With Love (Remember)"

[Lefty Lou]

Lefty Lou, which era of Gary's did he use G12T-75's ?

Under: Most Essential ( http://www.marshallamps.de/scene/interv ... ymmain.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ) courtesy of Graham Lilley
Q. What gear was used on the outro solo on the track Surrender off the 1999 album, "A Different Beat"? Submitted by Pete Martin

Gibson Les Paul Standard circa 1959, Marshall DSL100 Amplifier, Marshall 1960BX 4 x 12" cabinet with Celestion G12-75T speakers, Amp Settings: Clean Channel, Presence 1, Treble 8, Middle 8.5, Bass 5.3, Gain 5, Volume 8.2, crunch switch in, Deep switch in.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9347_pDdk0[/youtube]

Also, it's mentioned in Marshall Law #6 (1/2003) by Gary Moore that his live set-up in "Scars" was a DSL 100 with two 4 x 12 cabs. One with Century speakers and one with Vintage 30s. Gary's studio set-up is different in terms of using different speakers, pretty much the same amplifier, but one of the 4 x 12s contains four 75 watt Celestions and the other cabinet contains four Centurys. Also in Marshall Law #6 (1/2003) Gary mentions he's been using the DSL 100s for the last five years (1998 to 2003) this would mean he used the 4 x12 Century, 4 x 12 Vintage 30, and 4 x 12 G12-75T cabs for those five years if the provided dates and info are correct. Again, according to Marshall Law #4 (9/98) the 1960BX loaded with Celestion G12-75T speakers are Gary's "Most Essential" cab. Gary also mentioned that he loved the DSL 100 because it gave him great modern Marshall tones as well as great vintage Marshall tones.

I know he used Marshall cabs loaded with EV's forever. I am not sure what speakers were in his Marshall cabs for his final 2010 tour.
I do know that Gary was a stickler for power tube distortion (never a problem at the volume he played! ) and he did not care for speaker distortion.

That would explain Gary's preference for EV 12L's, Celestion Century, Celestion G12-75Ts, and Celestion Vintage 30 speakers. I know that I sure get "the tone" with my G12-75T loaded 1960AX Marshall cabinet. I have absolutely no questions about what Gary used as far as my ears are concerned, and I've owned enough Vintage 30's to hear the difference.

That's why say when he recorded and played "Still Got The Blues" he used a Marshall Guv'nor pedal through the rhythm channel of his Soldano SLO 100. Also very early shots of Gary from circa 1982-4 show him with Boss volume pedals on stage so he didn't have to rely on the sound guy at the board for his levels. One was for his guitar and the other for his monitor mix I believe.

Marshall Gv'nor Pedal ( Mk 1), Ibanez TS10 Tubescreamer Pedal, Gary tended to only use the "clean" channel on the SLO100 with the crunch switch in, rather than switch channels on the amp. Any further 'crunch/boost/distortion" would be added by one of the above pedals. See: http://dinosaurrockguitar.com/forum/ind ... 518.0;wap2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I do not recall ever reading or hear him interviewed where he said he used the T-75's.

Check again.

Thanks for the mention anyway man, appreciate it. Dave

[Lefty Lou]

You're welcome Dave!

[Lefty Lou]

Other documented artists who use/used Celestion G12-75T speakers, Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Bonamassa