Rickey Medlocke has said he played a Gibson straight into the amp, by 2024 Wizard Amps after decades of Marshalls. He named an old reverse-body Firebird, a vintage Explorer and his Les Paul Black Beauty with vintage Seymour Duncan JBs, plus GHS .010s, a Boss chorus and a Cry Baby wah.
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“When the ending started, I played it on my old reverse-body Firebird.”
“I'm still using an old Explorer and old Les Pauls.”
“I've still got my old Les Paul Black Beauty on the road with me and I just can't turn it loose.”
“I like a Strat for the cleanliness and I use it for slide a lot of times.”
“In fact, the pickups in my black Les Paul are vintage JB models. They're great.”
“For strings, I'm using a standard set of GHS .010s on most guitars.”
“I'm playing Wizard Amps, which Damon turned me back onto.”
He has called himself a Gibson guy: an old reverse-body Firebird, which he played on Free Bird, a vintage Explorer and old Les Pauls including his Black Beauty. He has said he picked up a Strat for Sweet Home Alabama and slide.
He told Guitar World in 2024 that he played Wizard Amps after losing his old '71 and '72 touring Marshalls. Earlier he described hot-rodded Marshall 100-watt heads and a JCM800 that Jim Marshall gave him.
He told Vintage Guitar his black Les Paul had vintage Seymour Duncan JBs, and another Les Paul had a couple of Pearly Gates.
He has said he strung most guitars with a standard set of GHS .010s on most guitars and .011s for dropped tunings.
Very few. He has described a Boss chorus and a beefed-up Cry Baby wah, and in 2024 said he played straight from guitar to amp with nothing in between.
Rickey Medlocke drummed for Lynyrd Skynyrd in the early '70s, led Blackfoot, and has played guitar in Skynyrd since 1996. This guide covers the Gibsons, Marshall and Wizard amps and small effects list he has described to Guitar World and Vintage Guitar. Social links point to Lynyrd Skynyrd's official accounts.
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