![]() Tommy’s Marshall was running through a 4×12 cabinet, and the H&K combo amp is an open-back 2×12. “On each of the guitar amps I used three mics. You can buy it at Urban Outfitters! It blended in fairly prominently for edgy, buzzy solos that sound ’70s and fuzzy. Guitar solos: “We had Tommy’s vintage Marshall and the H&K head that he uses onstage, as well as a couple of smaller amps, a Fender Pro Junior and a little toy Orange amplifier that runs on AA batteries. All of Paul’s tracks were done with either a Gibson custom-shop Les Paul or SG into the Bassman/MTS rig.” We used the one modeled after a Marshall Super Lead. The Randall MTS is a modern amp but it has modular plug-in preamps based on older classic amp circuits. ![]() The Bassman is a great vintage amp, which is the majority of his tone. “For Paul’s amp setup we used a 1966 Fender Bassman head and a Randall MTS head. We tried to find the sweet spot on the amp gain, where it sounded rich but you could still hear every note in the chord. The only pedals in line were splitter boxes—Radial Tonebones—so that we could drive two amps at once, and no effects. ![]() Over the years KISS’ sound has evolved toward being a lot more aggressive and edgy than that, but I think we struck a good balance between the sound of the 1970s and something a bit bigger and more vivid. As a reference point I used the first KISS record, which is probably my favorite sounding of their early makeup era, and also, of course, Destroyer. My intention was not to have a too modern, high-gain guitar sound. “Tommy used a two-amp setup for rhythm guitar consisting of a mid-’70s Marshall JMP 100-watt head—we tried four or five before we found the right one—and his Hughes & Kettner Statesman combo amp. I use no effects onstage besides an octave divider and an MXR digital delay, used in my guitar solo.” Greg Collins on Gear and Mics I use four Gibson Custom Shop ’59 and ’60 reissue Les Pauls in sunburst, black and silver-sparkle, one custom Les Paul with rocket/gerb firing system, and a Gibson Custom Shop Explorer in Silver Sparkle. “My live set-up is very straightforward: four Hughes & Kettner Tommy Thayer Signature Edition Duotone amplifiers, plus four Hughes & Kettner 4×12 speaker cabinets. Every time I see him, he asks for it and I say, ‘I’ll give it right back!’ Doug gave me a really nice lead guitar sound on this album!” ![]() It’s an original from the 1970s or ’80s that I borrowed from Doug Aldridge of Whitesnake 24 years ago and never gave back. “The only pedal I used in the studio to give my solos a nicer boost was an Ibanez Tube Screamer. “I used an old Marshall, my H&K Tommy Thayer Duotone and Statesman combo amp, and an orange practice amp of Greg’s for the raspy edge on my solos. I borrowed Paul’s Gibson ’61 SG Reissue and used that more than the Les Paul for rhythm and solos because it has a nice midrange. I got it in the mid-’80s and it’s a good-sounding Les Paul for the studio and at home. “I used Les Pauls my Gibson Wine Red Deluxe. ![]()
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