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Instruments:

Ibanez S470 QS & Kramer Jersey Star Reissue & Tennessee & Fender Stratocaster Richie Sambora signature

These are my guitars.

The first one is an Ibanez S470 QS.
This is basically my 4th guitar I own. I bought this one in October 2002. The price was like 1000 €. I bought and still love this guitar, cause it is very thin guitar, so it is very easy to play fast solos. It's also easy to carry cause of its weight.
The guitar has one single coil and two humbucker pickups.
For more technical infos, please check out the Ibanez homepage.

The second one is the Kramer Jersey Star Reissue, the guitar Richie played from 1987 until 1991. For the whole story, and many pictures from Richie's Kramer guitar models, please visit the Kramer Sanbora information page.

The third one is my 12-string acoustic guitar with a pickup, made by Tennessee.

The fourth one is my Fender Stratocaster Richie Sambora signature (made in Mexico). I bought this 12 years old guitar used on Ebay, but it is like new. With this Fender, you can create all these great sounds Richie plays like on the albums Stranger In This Town, Keep The Faith or These Days. From strong rock sound, to the typical Fender blues sound, this guitar does it all.


Amp:

Marshall TSL601

This is my guitar amp, an Marshall JCM 2000 TSL601.
I bought this amp in March 2006. I recorded all sound samples and complete songs with my old amp, a Hughes & Kettner Attax 100. All videos and coming sounds will be recorded with this Marshall amp.
I decided to buy this amp, cause it sounds really good even with low volume. And as Richie used to play Marshall amps in the 80s until 93, and again in 2000/2001, you come pretty near to the Richie guitar sound.


Effects:

Heil Talkbox

This is my Heil talkbox I use for Livin' on a prayer, It's my life and so on.


Boss SD-1

This is my Boss SD-1 super Overdrive effect pedal. Richie is using this pedal since the beginning of the band, especially on Slippery When Wet and New Jersey.


Boss BF-2

This is my Boss BF-2 Flanger effect pedal.


Boss TR-2

This is my Boss TR-2 tremolo effect pedal. Richie is using this pedal in songs like One Last Cigarette or Love Me Back To Life.


Boss CH-1

This is my Boss CH-1 chorus effect pedal.


Boss RV-3

This is my Boss RV-3 reverb/delay effect pedal.


Boss FV-50

This is my Boss FV-50 volume pedal.


Zoom G2

This is my Zoom G2 multif effect processor. I'm using this for pitch shifting and some other effects.


Dunlop CryBaby

This is my Dunlop CryBaby effect pedal.


Effectboard

This is my Effectboard, in which I transport all my effects.


Shure SM57

This is my Shure SM57 microphone. This mic is the most common mic different bands use for picking up the amps or for singing. I use it for the talkbox.

Behringer Eurorack UB802

This is my Behringer Eurorack UB802 mixer. I connect my microphone to this mixer for the talkbox and recording.


Software:

Basically you can use every software, which is able to record waves.
I prefer Cool Edit Pro, as it is the most professional software. But this program is no freeware.


How to record:

I place my microphone in front of my amp and connect this to the mixer. The mixer output is connected to the line of my soundcard. Now I simply record from the line in with an audio software.