ALL ABOUT NEAL SCHON'S GUITARS AND AMPS: (From Guitar Player Magazine, November 2008) During the more orchestral segments of the Journey set, you'll find Neal Schon playing his 18.5"-scale Veillette Gryphon High 12 acoustic-electric. ("That guitar is tuned really high and has lots of unison strings, so it rings beautifully," says Schon's tech, Adam Day). And when it's time to play "Lights" or other Strat-powered Journey classics, a Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster finds its way into Schon's hands. But for the bulk of a Journey concert, Schon's main guitar is a cherry sunburst flametop Gibson Neal Schon Signature Custom Les Paul. And if you think the Floyd Rose locking bridge and nut are the only custom features, look a little closer. The only truly standard features on a Neal Schon Paul are the tuning machines and the Gibson BurstBucker Pro bridge humbucker. The neck heel has been heavily sculpted—almost erased—to grant easy access to the high frets, and the fretboard is angled more parallel with the body than those on standard Les Pauls so that Floyd bridge sits flush. The neck pickup cavity is occupied by a single-coil-sized DiMarzio Fast Track 2 humbucker and a Fernandes Sustainer Driver. The knobs are widely spaced and have been rewired to include a master volume, a push/pull master tone (the pull position activates a Vari-Tone-type circuit that gives Schon wah sounds without a wah pedal), and a master Sustainer volume. The mini-toggle switches behind the tailpiece ...
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Neal Schon's Journey Rig
Neal Schon's Journey Rig Tube. Duration : 2.40 Mins.
ALL ABOUT NEAL SCHON'S GUITARS AND AMPS: (From Guitar Player Magazine, November 2008) During the more orchestral segments of the Journey set, you'll find Neal Schon playing his 18.5"-scale Veillette Gryphon High 12 acoustic-electric. ("That guitar is tuned really high and has lots of unison strings, so it rings beautifully," says Schon's tech, Adam Day). And when it's time to play "Lights" or other Strat-powered Journey classics, a Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster finds its way into Schon's hands. But for the bulk of a Journey concert, Schon's main guitar is a cherry sunburst flametop Gibson Neal Schon Signature Custom Les Paul. And if you think the Floyd Rose locking bridge and nut are the only custom features, look a little closer. The only truly standard features on a Neal Schon Paul are the tuning machines and the Gibson BurstBucker Pro bridge humbucker. The neck heel has been heavily sculpted—almost erased—to grant easy access to the high frets, and the fretboard is angled more parallel with the body than those on standard Les Pauls so that Floyd bridge sits flush. The neck pickup cavity is occupied by a single-coil-sized DiMarzio Fast Track 2 humbucker and a Fernandes Sustainer Driver. The knobs are widely spaced and have been rewired to include a master volume, a push/pull master tone (the pull position activates a Vari-Tone-type circuit that gives Schon wah sounds without a wah pedal), and a master Sustainer volume. The mini-toggle switches behind the tailpiece ...
ALL ABOUT NEAL SCHON'S GUITARS AND AMPS: (From Guitar Player Magazine, November 2008) During the more orchestral segments of the Journey set, you'll find Neal Schon playing his 18.5"-scale Veillette Gryphon High 12 acoustic-electric. ("That guitar is tuned really high and has lots of unison strings, so it rings beautifully," says Schon's tech, Adam Day). And when it's time to play "Lights" or other Strat-powered Journey classics, a Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster finds its way into Schon's hands. But for the bulk of a Journey concert, Schon's main guitar is a cherry sunburst flametop Gibson Neal Schon Signature Custom Les Paul. And if you think the Floyd Rose locking bridge and nut are the only custom features, look a little closer. The only truly standard features on a Neal Schon Paul are the tuning machines and the Gibson BurstBucker Pro bridge humbucker. The neck heel has been heavily sculpted—almost erased—to grant easy access to the high frets, and the fretboard is angled more parallel with the body than those on standard Les Pauls so that Floyd bridge sits flush. The neck pickup cavity is occupied by a single-coil-sized DiMarzio Fast Track 2 humbucker and a Fernandes Sustainer Driver. The knobs are widely spaced and have been rewired to include a master volume, a push/pull master tone (the pull position activates a Vari-Tone-type circuit that gives Schon wah sounds without a wah pedal), and a master Sustainer volume. The mini-toggle switches behind the tailpiece ...
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