How To Sound Like Richie Sambora

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

 

guitar lessons in south shields www.rock-licks.com