![]() ![]() ![]() Tech Trace Foster says Perry uses the pedals differently every night, depending upon how they feel. Perry prefers boost effects to overdrive or distortion, but his Centaur is a core part of his tone that he's relied on for about 10 years. In Joe Perry's rack drawer is a TC Electronic Vortex flanger set mildly for a bit of texture, a TC Electronic Flashback delay set for long delays, an MXR Carbon Copy delay, a TC Electronic Hall of Fame reverb, a Duesenberg Gold Boost set to about 15dB, an Option 5 Destination Bump Boost set to about 20 dB, and a Klon Centaur. Whitford says it has a "dream Marshall" type of sound and calls it his "holy grail amp." The PRS is ran through one of the 412s, while the other 412 is powered by a second PRS amp behind the stack. It is one of two of Paul Reed Smith's personal favorite amps that was loaned to Whitford for this tour. However, the core of his tone is the PRS amp in the center. Mic'd cabinets feed the live sound, while un-mic'd cabs are usedīrad Whitford, founder of 3 Monkeys Amplification, travels with an impressive stack of his own amps. Has "20 feet of amps." All of them are on, but not all are used for live Guitar tech Trace Foster wasn't exaggerating when he told us that Joe Perry See photos of each of Joe's guitars as well as the rest of his gearīrad Whitford also has an impressive arsenal of guitars, including a variety of Gibson Custom Shop Tom Murphy reissue Les Pauls, Fender Custom Shop Strats, a Tele, an Epiphone Casino. Joe Perry travels with a ton of guitars, including recognizable favorites like the Billy 335, Dan Armstrong lucite, and BC Rich 10-string Bich, as well as a number of Custom Shop Teles and Strats from Fender and guitars from California-based boutique builder Echopark Guitars. Watch Brad Whitford take us through his rig below. In this segment, we get to see Perry's collection of touring gear. PG's Jason Shadrick is On Location in Milwaukee, WI, where he catches up with Trace Foster guitar tech for Aerosmith's Joe Perry during their Global Warming 2012 tour. ![]()
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