So I got to see Richie do a sound check last night at BB kings and this time he was using Bogner wooden boxes with speakers in em'
Not sure what he was feeding them with.
BUT, I did get to see him do an interview (I am assuming for Tech 21) on his new signature pedal. This a variation of the Fly Rig 5 (two-stage overdrive, a delay with a tap tempo, and a flutter function, (for chorus type effect) and the SansAmp with reverb). Ritchie stated that he sets the SansAmp flat to take it out of the equation and only uses the reverb. This is an improvement on his 'home made version' that he used before (on Winery Dogs tour as Portnoy teased him about it).
As he went through the set up, it became clear that he sets the amp for a clean tone and uses the Pedal to get his tone!
The major difference between the Fly Rig and Richie's signature version is the distortion in that it uses LED distortion (Like the RAT distortion pedal).
His rhythm tone is distortion with delay, reverb and a touch of the 'flutter' effect. When he needs the extra sustain (solo), he kicks in the boost on the overdrive. It doesn't alter the tone just adds major sustain. \m/
This explains to me how he keeps his tone (live at least) so consistent
! The interview was being videoed (or is that captured now?) so hopefully it will be on the Tech21 site or YouTube soon.
I didn't capture this (I decided to actually watch the gig rather then seeing it on my phone screen! :/), but here he is rockin' it last night!
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http://youtu.be/YxNgBdhPv-E[/video]
, so just click the links
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