Dave Amato Guitar Rig Tour

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  • Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
  • Dave Amato from REO Speedwagon invites Sweetwater's Nick Bowcott backstage to check out his guitar rig.
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  • @JohnDoe-gv9jv
    @JohnDoe-gv9jv 5 лет назад +8

    I am almost 60 years old. This is a really nice visit with a really awesome professional. Thank you for letting us come into you office and see how you work. Really nice to see all your life collection of guitars and to just visit with you. Thank you for taking time to just share what this part of your life and work is about. I enjoyed the visit. This is a a nice way to see how it gets done by a pro. For Some of us dreamers this is our only way to see the way it is done.
    James in Dallas, Texas.

  • @grisok
    @grisok 4 года назад +15

    Dave is such a cool dude, he sounds like a happy Christopher Walken

    • @edbauer8790
      @edbauer8790 4 года назад

      Derek Wisby exactly 😂😂😂

  • @buckinvt
    @buckinvt Год назад +2

    I've watched Dave online many times and have seen REO several times. Dave seems like a great person, and I love how much he enjoys everything about guitars. Dave has played those REO songs probably a thousand times, but every time he seems like he's having a blast. Keep up the good work Dave!

  • @junelessord5711
    @junelessord5711 4 года назад +2

    Dave Amato is an awesome guitar player. From Reo Speedwagon. I saw him playing before he is totally cool God Bless him on the road in the near future. I hope take good care of himself during the. Covid 19 pandemic stay healthy dave

  • @revsharp777
    @revsharp777 5 лет назад +13

    Drink every time he says "Custom" 😆

  • @swedeinla
    @swedeinla 4 года назад +7

    I saw REO in SoCal this last summer......Dave has a SERIOUSLY great live sound....Its as close to the sound in my head as Ive ever heard. Les Paul and cranked Marshalls.....

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    Dave Amato's hair down below his shoulders is frizzled like a LION'S MANE.

  • @TacoTuesdey
    @TacoTuesdey 3 года назад +3

    very clean set-up and great cable management. he should give his tech a raise!

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    AH! An ES-335 from the Custom Shop in Memphis. He has a red one AND a blue one. Love that Pelham blue with a Bigsby vibrato and the "custom-made" sticker from 50's. SICK!

  • @lueymeteora1410
    @lueymeteora1410 3 года назад +2

    Dave's got a natural mullet! 😆
    Balding up top, still partying on down the back! Bahahaha!

  • @danriley5848
    @danriley5848 Год назад

    Dave is such a great guy and he has a great rig. I used a 2205 for years and it was always my go to amp.

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    I love that double-neck Fender that both Dave Amato and Richie Sambora from Bon Jovi have.

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    I love that Solo plastic up on the strobe tuner. No-one has ever seen that before, but it's a cup. A SOLO CUP! (chuckles)

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    I get that pun. "Tony Byrd is the mechanic and Dave Amato is the race car driver".

  • @bobbaumeister5243
    @bobbaumeister5243 5 лет назад +6

    Dave certainly has the highest quality guitar arsenal including the best technology. A pleasure, how happily Nick and Dave talk. The customs with three pickups are also a penchant for me. Thanks Sweetwater and Nick

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    That JCM800 amp, Dave Amato has in his rig, is the 100-watt Marshall model of the 2205 (which is the 50-watt amp that Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave uses). And he hasn't changed his tone on the amp since!

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    I like that patch on the display of the Custom Audio Electronics controller. "Mr. Clean" (named after a brand of cleaning products). A good laugh on that.

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    Look at that flamed maple top on the '59 Les Paul. It's a NICE flame.

  • @monday6524
    @monday6524 10 месяцев назад

    I love Dave (and REO). He is such a great guitarist and a collector nerd! His Gibson TV "The Collection" video is really awesome!

  • @MisterTee
    @MisterTee 4 года назад +16

    Take a shot every time he says ‘custom shop’

    • @StuartBridson
      @StuartBridson 4 года назад +1

      7 minutes in and I'm hammered. Call an ambulance, SEND HELP!

    • @markeggins890
      @markeggins890 Год назад

      "Triple pickup' and 'stock' also get a good run!

  • @ian2lorimer
    @ian2lorimer 4 года назад +4

    Dave Amato what a nice guy. Found him at Norms ;-)

  • @jbkivontop
    @jbkivontop 4 года назад +2

    Dave is a great guy and player

  • @bigshowradio_550
    @bigshowradio_550 5 лет назад +4

    Dave is and always will be, my favorite guitarist. Such a talent. And what an easy guy to interview! He loves what he does and it shows. Thanks Dave!!

  • @markdakel9253
    @markdakel9253 5 лет назад

    Fascinating, it’s incredible to see how he gets that sound, crafted over many years of playing

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    The Ovation company in New Hartford, Connecticut is very innovative. Taking it to a new level with their technology. I heard Bob Marley used one, but a nice bluish-white hue.

  • @lueymeteora1410
    @lueymeteora1410 3 года назад +1

    I would absolutely buy his signature , if there was enough money in my entire country for one!

  • @v.german11b
    @v.german11b 2 года назад +1

    To me, Dave Amato is a superb, top guitar player, one of the very best. Unfortunately, he's kind of overlooked, I guess as the great Terry Kath (Chicago) was too. Dave Amato is 🎸uitar 👑ing!

  • @nc8453
    @nc8453 4 года назад +1

    The triple pickups & the bigsby is my dream.

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    The triple-pickup Les Paul Custom always gets a whole lot of fun. Up position is the neck pickup, down is the bridge. And in the center, it's the bridge and middle (those two which sounds like a fat Stratocaster tone). Kind of thin and nasal, but sounds good.

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    You're right, Derek Wisby. Dave does sound happy like Christopher Walken.

  • @mcdude0192
    @mcdude0192 3 года назад +1

    That SG at 9:54 closely resembles the Gibson SG Custom that Barry Goudreu of Boston used

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    That '56 Fender Strat Dave has is vintage-looking. For a nice shiny glossy finish, I use 3M auto body imperial hand glaze instead of wax on my custom guitars and basses.

  • @Oilid
    @Oilid 5 лет назад +2

    All of your rig videos are sweet(water)!!!!

  • @GerryBlue
    @GerryBlue 5 лет назад +3

    What a great collection of guitars, it'd make Bonamassa jealous :p Cool vid!

  • @johnsmith-sm6mh
    @johnsmith-sm6mh 4 года назад

    Such a nice bloke
    Saw him with REO Speedwagon in Nottingham supporting Status Quo ,!!!! Didn’t know at the time it was Dave top bloke

  • @yourdrummer2034
    @yourdrummer2034 4 года назад +1

    Dave is such a cool guy

  • @powercourageandwisdom
    @powercourageandwisdom 3 года назад

    Dave is as cool and fun to be around as he is laid back. He is genuinely stoked with living life. He is cool as hell but when he plays, he's all business. I got to hang out with him at Namn in 89? He good friends with my friend Joshua (another monster player) He knew everyone in the biz and everyone wanted Dave to play their shit. Jim Marshall was really fond of Dave. Same when we went to the Gibson and Fender booth. He was like Royalty.
    Your seeing 25% of his ability in REO Speedwagon.

  • @nm725
    @nm725 4 года назад +1

    I dont know what dave pays his tech but he needs a raise!

  • @granvillefriel1877
    @granvillefriel1877 4 года назад +1

    Look at those beautiful les pauls

  • @jacobnielsen8053
    @jacobnielsen8053 3 года назад

    Love that Pelham blue 335. I’ve only seen Pelham blue on SGs and a Firebird.

  • @nowornever2504
    @nowornever2504 4 года назад

    I agree with Dave. That’s the best LP top I have ever seen as well. Oh boy...

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    "There you have it. Three!" Like the symbol of the band Chickenfoot with your three fingers (that makes a foot). Bye, everyone!

  • @stingkirk
    @stingkirk 5 лет назад +1

    I love "Old School"! Like me!

  • @MrJamescord
    @MrJamescord 4 года назад +1

    Great looking flame top, like it a bit better than mine!

  • @auggierobledo941
    @auggierobledo941 5 лет назад +1

    great player!

  • @yourdrummer2034
    @yourdrummer2034 4 года назад +1

    His Signature Les Paul's are really cool.

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    A Marshall Valvestate 80/80 power amp in the rack. I'm actually getting one for my Rocktron Prophesy I guitar preamp out to two slanted Marshall 4x12" cabinets for monitoring, but no mics.

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    Dave is not that effects heavy. He just uses reverb from an old Lexicon PCM70, an 850 millisecond delay from the TC Electronic 2290 for solos, compression from a dbx compressor, an Eventide harmonizer like Steve Vai, a Leslie cabinet simulator by Hammond (the good old Hammond B3 through a Leslie), a Uni-Vibe like Jimi Hendrix used, a Line 6 MM4 modeler for a nice lush chorus and a Vox wah-wah pedal in the FX loop to his Bob Bradshaw (Custom Audio Electronics) switching system.

  • @luminositymusicbrianpricka6357
    @luminositymusicbrianpricka6357 4 года назад +2

    When you have a spare to the back-up spare.

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    Hear that? Gotta do the what the purist has. Techniques, theory, all kinds of stuff to make people happy.

  • @Rusty4u
    @Rusty4u 9 месяцев назад

    0:00 my favorite guitar and I’m not even a les Paul guy

  • @Shefmaker
    @Shefmaker 4 года назад

    "Кастом шоп" без работы не останутся :)

  • @mcdude0192
    @mcdude0192 3 года назад

    Dave sings a D note at 6:08 FYI

  • @andremellao4882
    @andremellao4882 4 года назад

    what a nice hair cut

  • @esmeulonsouzadeoliveira3636
    @esmeulonsouzadeoliveira3636 Год назад

    Like 555 👍✔
    .

  • @um8185
    @um8185 4 года назад +1

    His guitar looks just like the Joe Perry model

  • @illini38
    @illini38 11 месяцев назад

    Surprised to see the overall master on 1. Haven't played this model. It must still be very loud. On stage he needs to coax a note into feedback on a couple tunes.

  • @rickjones4079
    @rickjones4079 4 года назад +1

    Jesus, how much is all this equipment worth in there...

  • @niklev8465
    @niklev8465 Месяц назад

    Eric Clapton does his show with only 2 electric guitars. A main one and a back up. 11 guitars for 14 songs is a non sens. And today's guitarists would play better live if they were using a main guitar for almost the full show, because they would feel very confortable with it. This is how it used to be. Hendrix didn't change his guitar for every songs, he used one for the show. The same for Jimmy page, Jeff Beck, and many others.

  • @hermengarcia5732
    @hermengarcia5732 4 года назад +1

    This should be a Gary Richrath video !!!

    • @granvillefriel1877
      @granvillefriel1877 4 года назад +1

      He's dead dude

    • @g3ultra
      @g3ultra 4 года назад +1

      Gary wouldn't be a very good interview. He doesn't say much these days.

  • @DENIEL381
    @DENIEL381 4 года назад +5

    LOVE DAVE BUT IN REALITY..... I SEEN JEFF BECK PLAYING OUT OF ONE TWEED FENDER PRO JR IN CONCERT WITH A TOTALLY AMAZING SOUND SO IN MY OPINION ALL THIS STUFF IS NOT NEEDED PERIOD ,

  • @ethanmoeckel753
    @ethanmoeckel753 Год назад +1

    I heard Connecticut has wide-open spaces. I mean, COME ON! What would the citizens of the state Connecticut have to offer us in our world? Lyme disease. Thank you.

  • @1LouderSound
    @1LouderSound 4 года назад +2

    LOL. Someone is still stuck in the 80’s with all that old rack gear. I don’t think the drunk cougars at the shows will notice a difference if REO Speedwagon were playing through a Kemper Profiler or Line 6 Helix. 😂

    • @smoggy1964
      @smoggy1964 4 года назад +3

      R J when you have as much money as Dave you can use what you want

    • @1LouderSound
      @1LouderSound 4 года назад

      @@smoggy1964 I toured with rack gear and a couple of 4x12 cabs for 10 yrs. MIDI switching with a Ground Control Pro foot switcher. I got rid of all that nonsense, and haven't looked back. I have a bunch of boutique tube heads which I use at home and in the studio, but gig with a Kemper Profiler. There are older players like Steve Vai who are always open to trying out new technology, and then there are those that are stuck in the past or too stubborn to adapt to new technology. Being in my 40's now, I will even say that I wish all the gear that exists today existed 20 yrs ago or even 10 yrs ago. A lot of companies are really changing the game.

    • @smoggy1964
      @smoggy1964 4 года назад

      R J like you - he can do what he likes, he hasn’t done that badly- don’t think he will be short of a few quid

    • @ahiwalter9153
      @ahiwalter9153 3 года назад +1

      every kemper/axefx guy always leads with “I have a bunch of boutique tube amps”

  • @angbernardo
    @angbernardo 4 года назад

    Remove the dislike on this vid!

  • @jeffmcleod2855
    @jeffmcleod2855 5 лет назад +5

    I'm sure this guy's great, but massive rack systems with 8 backup systems and 48 guitars really bore me. I'd rather see a small pedalboard and 1 or 2 guitars that do it all. Just my preference. Ninety nine percent of the guitarists in the world can't afford a knob off of a custom shop guitar and this guy has tons of them.

    • @alanscharrer5255
      @alanscharrer5255 5 лет назад

      Good to be king

    • @mcgron
      @mcgron 5 лет назад +1

      YEP! Old school earned his way!

    • @mars6433
      @mars6433 5 лет назад +4

      Bore you ? Gave ME a freaking boner and the guy is a professional musician. I mean, what else do you expect him to spend THE MONEY THAT HE HAS EARNED on ?? Like telling a car mechanic that he has too many tools.

    • @MrJonguess
      @MrJonguess 5 лет назад +2

      Dave has a phenomenal old school 80s shred tone. Listen with your ears and not your eyes. Marshall 2210 is a beast of an amp. Check out REO at the moon dance jam tone for days.

    • @brooklynboy1000
      @brooklynboy1000 4 года назад

      He's a shlock rock 80s guitarist. Squeally riffs. Stupid songs. he's was at the right place at the right time I guess.... Did he write any big hits for REO? Maybe he made money touring in the 80s/90s

  • @s.corner8138
    @s.corner8138 4 года назад +1

    Nice guy. More Les Paul's......boring.

  • @Upallnightyfy
    @Upallnightyfy 4 года назад +2

    this guy is a joke.

    • @smoggy1964
      @smoggy1964 4 года назад +3

      Simen Stubbrud sounds like you are a bit jealous

    • @powercourageandwisdom
      @powercourageandwisdom 3 года назад

      Dave is as cool and fun to be around as he is laid back. He is generally stoked with living life. He is cool as hell but when he plays, he's all business. I got to hang out with him at Namn in 89? He good friends with my friend Joshua (another monster player) He knew everyone in the biz and everyone wanted Dave to play their shit. Jim Marshall was really fond of Dave. Same when we went to the Gibson and Fender booth. He was like Royalty. Your seeing 25% of his ability in REO Speedwagon.

  • @brooklynboy1000
    @brooklynboy1000 4 года назад

    ridiculous.. i love guitars but this is an illness.

    • @grisok
      @grisok 4 года назад +2

      I dunno, if I had the financial success he had, I'd probably be in the same boat lol

    • @rogercardenas111
      @rogercardenas111 4 года назад +1

      @@grisok me too you can never have enough guitars or amps.🎸🎛️🎸🎛️

    • @brooklynboy1000
      @brooklynboy1000 4 года назад

      He didn't write their big songs ... He came in after Gary Richrath left. He plays in clubs now. I don't know, there just something off about having guitars you will never play stuck in a warehouse. It's not like when Clapton was picking up Strats for cheap....these Custom Shop.Gibson are real coin. I just hope if he has kids he was a good provider for the things that really matter in life. I don't know much about him...

    • @dba4292
      @dba4292 4 года назад

      I have a Les Paul Custom Shop Black Beauty. I don’t need any other guitar. Maybe I get a Telecaster down the road, ONLY because this black beauty is heavy. Tone and sustain is unreal imo. But if I had more money than I could spend in a life-time (like him) I would probably collect guitars for sport too.

    • @rogercardenas111
      @rogercardenas111 4 года назад +1

      @@dba4292 me too 🎸🎸🎸👍👍☺️