Aggressive Quote by John Petrucci

The C+ amps is vintage at this point, and it definitely has a certain sound to it. I wanted something that was going to…

— John Petrucci

Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They…

— Buddy Guy

Ampeg made incredible guitar heads in the early Nineties and then stopped. And I don't know why. The one we used had a nice…

— Kirk Hammett

For the 'Load' album, I was experimenting so much with tone that I had to keep journals on what equipment I was using. For…

— Kirk Hammett

My sound is just vintage Vox AC30s and Marshalls... Matchless amps are cool as well.

— Pete Doherty

The older I get, the more I just like plugging directly into my amp. I'm tired of trying to impress myself with weird sounds.…

— Steve Vai

In a way, as much as we love to be a big, loud rock band, the acoustic album was a lot easier to make…

— Dave Grohl

I use Bogner amps and custom-designed Schecter guitars with Seymour Duncan Invader pickups. I beef up my tone with a Boss CS- 3 Compression…

— Synyster Gates

All the songs on the first album were like skeletons of how we really played them. It was just a combination of not having…

— Robby Krieger

It's really funny, I think to myself... I've got my same guitar and amp, it's just a bigger room now! Some things don't change.

— Brian Setzer

Can't stand it. Too many amps, too much volume, it's just flat-out ear assault. Speedy guitars leave me not feeling detached but physically upset.…

— Jeff Beck

It became a bit of a challenge to make an album that is essentially quite alternative sounding, and has a lot of sounds that…

— Will Farquarson