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As the guitars, Richie changed many different effects during his career. Here are some pictures of pedals that he uses last few years. Some of them are: MXR EVH Flanger, MXR Phase 90, ElectroHarmonix Memory Man Deluxe, Maxon EQ, ElectroHarmonix Micro POG, Retro-Sonic Chorus, Tone Freak Nello Tremo, Naked On & Abunai Z, Boss OD-1 & NS-2, BBE Soul Vibe.

Ever the nosy so-and-sos, MusicRadar jumped at the chance of having a backstage tour of Bon Jovi's mammoth guitar and keys rigs when latest stint of The Circle tour reached Bristol, UK.With much gear fondling and drooling to be had, we chatted to backline crew chief Mike Rew, David Bryan's keyboard tech Bill St Amor, and Kurt Kassinoff, guitar tech to Jon Bon Jovi and longtime touring rhythm guitarist Bobby Bandiera. How did you get your job as backline crew chief for The Circle tour?“It was simply a case of the old backline crew chief quit, and I came in. I haven't worked for any other band – I work in a recording studio Sterling Sound in New York, and Jon Bon Jovi came in and did a record and it went from there.”How long have you been with Bon Jovi?“I've been with them for 12 years. I started out as a carpenter building the sets. Now I come in really late and leave really early!

It's how you cut your teeth out here. You pay your dues.”What does your job involve?“I'm in charge of Kurt Jon's guitar tech, Takume Richie's guitar tech, as well as Bill David's keyboard tech and Joe Tico's drum tech. Basically I'm the one they come to when they have problems, or when they need to figure something out.' I also mix the show – I have my own consoles backstage during the show, so all the stuff that we put on the internet and our live broadcasts go through me. Of course, I also take care of the boss Jon, which is another job in itself. If something is wrong, he tells me in a very stern voice and then I go to someone else and tell them in a very stern voice that they had better fix it.

Fast.”What does a typical day involve for you as backline crew chief?“Eat breakfast. Then I'll unload the truck and send all of the cases up to the crew. There's four local hands that help me unload the truck each show, and around another 20 helping to push the stuff half way around the world to get to the stage.”How many staff do you have for The Circle tour?“Well, there's three different groups of staff. There are two skill teams (about 30 people in each team) who build the actual structure, then there's one universal team of about 65 people. We have a bunch of truck drivers, and for every concert we use around 110 local hands – as many as we can get.”When does your job start in relation to The Circle tour?“My job starts when the tour starts. I've been doing this job for about two years now, and we have it down to a science.

There's hardly any prep needed beforehand.”How do you personally prepare for each tour?“I check all of the equipment that I use to make sure it's working: my recording consoles and laptop. I bring rain gear, especially when we play in the UK. We've been soaked over here so far – it's wet all the time!”Do you have a working knowledge of each instrument – guitar, bass, keys, drums?“Yes. I can play them very poorly, but I know enough to be able to speak with each tech.

It's not entirely essential for me to have that knowledge, because a good tech is a good musician anyway and they know the ins and outs of every piece of kit in their rig.”If somebody wanted to get a job as a backline crew chief, what advice would you give them?“Grow some thick skin, and don't let anything bother you.” Prev Page 2 of 32 Next Prev Page 2 of 32 Next. Bill feels at home tech-ing for David, and rates him as a player.“David has a great sense of humour and he's a fantastic player. I started with David in 2004, off and on with another keyboard tech (I would come in if he couldn't make a show). I really enjoy working with these guys.

It's a great outfit and everyone has a really great attitude.”What's the process for setting up the keyboard sounds for a new album when the band take it out on tour?“After the band are done with a record, I'll go to Jon Bon Jovi's studio with Mike Rew and we'll take all the keyboard parts that David has recorded and pull them out by themselves so that I can hear them clearly. I note all of those sounds and then I get to the synthesizers and start finding sounds that are close to them, if not the exact sounds.“After that, I start constructing the sounds for each of the songs. David will then come in and go over the sounds with me as well, because he will have heard the record from a different perspective: I've heard it technically, he's heard it more creatively. David knows what he wants, which makes him a pleasure to work with, so it usually takes us around half a day to perfect those sounds.” Prev Page 3 of 32 Next Prev Page 3 of 32 Next. “When David is playing his keyboards onstage, with the exception of the organ and the piano, he's controlling all of the equipment backstage as well. We use samplers that have the band's signature sounds from all of their hits.

Because those sounds are studio designed, you can't just go and invent them with a couple of synths, so Dave is triggering onstage the sounds that are stored in this equipment back here.“It's the same with old synthesizers. We don't want to bring those on the road because we'd need a whole case of them, plus they're old and unreliable, so the sounds of those old synths are in here in this sampler unit.

Old keyboard units have also been fitted into this sampler, and they are essential to the rig otherwise the sound wouldn't be the same as it is on the band's various albums.“The sampler unit itself is an evolution of sorts. I'm tech number three on the evolution of this system, and I know the other two techs very well.

The only thing that hasn't changed is the core of the sound producing equipment. Take the MIDI patches that we use, for example: they're not especially old, but you don't find them new these days because people just aren't doing it this way anymore.“I've got two Mac laptops back here in my tech area that are used for live patching, so any editing that I may need to do on the fly (which isn't very often because the core of the show is programmed in), is all driven from these two Mac's.' An example of editing on the fly is when.

Jon wanted to do a bit of a tribute to him with Bruce Springsteen's Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, and I needed horn patches for the song so I pulled them up and then we were live to do editing and sound creation with those particular patches. The process for that song took around 10 minutes.” Prev Page 4 of 32 Next Prev Page 4 of 32 Next. “Starting at the top of the unit, we have a Mark Of The Unicorn MIDI Timepiece. That's our MIDI patcher, so all of the MIDI information from David's keyboards come here first, and then this machine directs it to the patch where it needs to go. It's our traffic cop, basically! We have a spare Timepiece in this unit because they're hard to track down.“Next, we have two Korg Wavestations, which are basically synthesizers in a rack.

The sound they have is the sound that the band used to use back in the '80s and '90s. Small games for computer. That's why we still have the Wavestation because you can't create those particular sounds unless you have this specific piece of equipment.“Underneath the Wavestation we have two Akai S6000 samplers (again, one is a back-up) and they hold our custom sounds.Below that, we have a spare piano that we never use!“We then have a Behringer Channel Mixer, which is specifically for me back here in my area. What David hears I have coming in one channel, and then I have his piano and synthesizers channelled separately so that I can boost them to me to make sure that they are working properly.

In the event that something isn't working, having them boosted to me means I can get on top of the situation right away.“There is also a third channel coming through the mixer that is very important, because it's a microphone that comes straight from David to me. If he has any concerns during the show, or if Jon has changed a song in the setlist because he's feeling like something a little different, David can let me know and I can prepare for it.“We have a couple of digital audio interfaces in this unit that we don't use. One of the main pieces of gear in this unit is the Toshiba 1000 Series UPS. It means that if the power goes down, I don't!” Prev Page 5 of 32 Next Prev Page 5 of 32 Next. “This is a nice piece of gear. Jon will go out to the circle part of the stage and take the four guys out with him, and seeing how we can't physically strap a keyboard to David I got this Roland FR7X digital accordion in for him.“At the start of this tour David said he wanted to MIDI his accordion so that he could get access to our sampler system, so I did a little investigation and found out that Roland make this accordion. The FR7X is an orchestral accordion, so it's fully electronic.

We can get accordion sounds of it, as well as organ, piano and strings. It sounds amazing, and David mainly uses the accordion when Jon goes out into the circle part of the stage for Saturday Night.“It costs around $7500. When I got it I had to go through the manual, learn how to program it, then strap it on David to see what he thought of it.

The accordion is a good solution for us because it's MIDI-able.“Roland really helped us out with it because they are very hard pieces to get hold of. Seeing how it's electronic, you don't have to bellow it. Although there are settings if you do want to bellow it, which David does! It's kind of like an expression pedal for him.“As soon as Roland got us this one at the beginning of the tour, David liked it so much that I called them, thanked them, and then I said, 'Okay, I need another one!' ” Prev Page 6 of 32 Next Prev Page 6 of 32 Next. “In this 'green house' area of the stage, David has a Yamaha Clavinova P-500 piano. It's a way out of production piano, but David's endorsed by Yamaha so we can get any piano we want, and they have been very gracious with us in that respect.'

What David loves about this piano is how it feels when he plays it. He can bash away and he just loves the action of it. Any other piano we've tried with him he hasn't liked, so we have two of these pianos for him – he has one at home and one on the road.

We have all the parts that Yamaha have left for it so that we can keep it alive.” Prev Page 7 of 32 Next Prev Page 7 of 32 Next. 'We have this really old Oberheim OB5 organ.

It says Oberheim, but it's actually made by Viscount producers of organs, pianos and pro audio equipment in Italy. We have two of these organs out on the road.' David loves this organ because it's analogue electronics and it has a very warm sound. If we go out and have to rent gear, say if we're flying out to do a show, we'll end up with a more current model.

You can instantly hear how hard and cold the modern ones sound in comparison to this old Oberheim OB5.“David has had this one for a while. It was real tough getting hold of replacement parts for it, but we've been keeping old Betsey alive.

Actually, she's been called Matilda lately because she's been giving me a little attitude. These old organs need respect like people!” Prev Page 8 of 32 Next Prev Page 8 of 32 Next. “That's his communication mic to me.

On another gig we did we used footswitches, and near to each band members feet were switches. They could step on their switch if they needed help with something, and there would be a light that would flash down to us techs. We would have a row of lights in front of us so that we could see which band member was calling us.' The problem with those footswitch lights is that you still have to go up onstage to find out what's wrong, but with this communication mic David can give me a heads-up when I'm in my tech area if anything's wrong.

It means I can work easily and quickly to sort any problems for him.” Prev Page 11 of 32 Next Prev Page 11 of 32 Next. “Jon plays guitar for about 75 percent of the show, and mostly it's on acoustic guitar. The initialled Takamine is the one he plays most of the time, and his second Takamine is the same model.'

The reason he has two of them is because sometimes we have different tunings, so we need to swap them out. The tuning on Jon's guitars is a half step down from standard tuning, and any different tunings come down to the use of capos.“On Jon's main Takamine he will play songs such as Lost Highway, Blaze Of Glory, Captain Crash and Saturday Night On his second Takamine he'll play songs like We Weren't Born To Follow.” Prev Page 15 of 32 Next Prev Page 15 of 32 Next. “In Jon's rig we also have iso-cabs, which are similar to what Takumi Richie Sambora's guitar tech has for Richie in his rig.

That means there's a cabinet up onstage with Jon, but the mic cabinet that goes into the monitors and front of house are all coming from back here.“Jon's main head is a JVM 50-watt Marshall, and he also runs a wireless rack. As far as effects go, Jon has a Fulltone Fulldrive 2 overdrive pedal.

When he plays electric and goes into a solo, it boosts it rather nicely.Aside from that, he has a Boss DD-20 delay pedal.“I also have a bunch of spare Marshall's back here. Just in case.” Prev Page 19 of 32 Next Prev Page 19 of 32 Next.

. RSO.WebsiteRichard Stephen Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band for 30 years.

Sambora and lead singer formed the main songwriting unit for the band. He has also released three solo albums: in 1991, in 1998, and released in September 2012.In 2018, Sambora was inducted into the as a member of Bon Jovi, and reunited with his former bandmates for a performance at the induction ceremony.Sambora recently formed the duo RSO alongside. Having released two EPs, the pair released their debut album in May 2018. See also:Bon Jovi added Sambora to replace original lead guitarist. Sambora had attended a live show of Bon Jovi, and after being impressed, approached Jon Bon Jovi and told him that he thought they should work together. They immediately hit it off as friends, and Sambora was invited to a rehearsal. By the time Jon arrived, the band was sounding better than ever and Sambora was hired on the spot.Sambora left the band prior to a concert in Calgary during 2013's, and since has only played with Bon Jovi at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction in 2018.

In 2016, Sambora stated his reason for leaving the band was in order to give his family more of his attention. 'I really needed to take some time to be with my daughter,' he stated 'She needed me and I needed her, actually.' Sambora also released a solo EP with Orianthi, and performed alongside the RSO band member and his girlfriend on April 7, 2018. Solo albums Sambora's first solo album was 1991's, a blues-influenced album that charted at #36 on the and #20 on the.

The lead single, 'Ballad Of Youth', reached a high of #63 on the U.S. And #59 in the UK. 'One Light Burning' was released as the second single and the album titled track, 'Stranger In This Town' as the third which charted at #38 on the charts. Played the lead guitar on the promo single Mr Bluesman, backed by Sambora on acoustic guitars. Sambora did a short US tour in support of the album, featuring (bass), Dave Amato (guitar), (percussion) and Bon Jovi bandmates Tico Torres (drums) and David Bryan (keyboards). The track 'Rosie' was co-written by Jon Bon Jovi and was initially intended for the fourth Bon Jovi album.

It was also released as a promo single in Japan. ' was released in the UK in summer 1991 and despite plugs from on the song barely skimmed the top 75.was Sambora's second solo album, released in 1998.

The album was produced. The album charted at #174 on and #24 on the. The lead single 'Hard Times Come Easy' charted at #39 on the chart and #37 in the UK, the second single 'In It For Love' charted at #58 on the. The title track 'Undiscovered Soul' and 'Made in America' were also released as singles.

In support of Undiscovered Soul, Sambora toured Japan, Australia and Europe in the summer of 1998. The band featured Richie Supa (guitar), Ron Wikso (drums), Kasim Sulton (bass), Tommy Mandel (keyboards), Everett Bradley (percussion; Japan only), (percussion; Australia only) and Crystal Taliefero (percussion; Europe only).In 2001, Sambora had a single for a movie soundtrack On The Line which was titled 'Take Me On'.Fourteen years after his previous solo album, Sambora announced via his Twitter page that recording of had been completed with hopes that the album would be released in July 2012. Photographs were published of Sambora working in a recording studio. The new album was produced by Luke Ebbin, who produced Bon Jovi's and albums.

Was released in September 2012. The album charted at #10 on the ', #34 on the, #149 on and #35 on the. Sambora and Orianthi at NAMM, January 2017.The track 'Every Road Leads Home to You' was released as a single for the album and features a music video. The song is also featured as one of the bonus tracks on 's 2013 album. A special edition single, 'I'll Always Walk Beside You' featuring was released as the second single of the album. All the profits from the sale of the special edition single goes to the ongoing recovery efforts of The Red Cross for the devastation from. The track 'Sugar Daddy' was released as a promo single and a music video was made for the song 'Taking a Chance on the Wind'.In 2013 following his departure from Bon Jovi, Sambora released the solo single 'Come Back As Me'.Sambora announced in early 2015 that he is working on a new album in collaboration with fellow musician and girlfriend.

In 2016, they performed as RSO together in Australia, South America, and England, where they opened for. In September 2017, RSO released a five-song EP called followed by another EP Making History which was also released in 2017. The duo released their debut album in May 2018.Other work Sambora composed television theme songs for. Sambora (along with Jon Bon Jovi) is part of the ownership group of the, an football team. Sambora is featured on the track 'Baby Rock Remix' from 's 2008 album Exit 13.Sambora made a guest appearance on 's 1996 album A Man Amongst Men, playing guitar on tracks 'Can I Walk You Home' and 'Oops! Bo Diddley'.In 1999, Sambora was a guest vocalist on the album Stuart Smith's Heaven & Earth, performing a cover of the song '.

Also in 1999, Sambora played the guitar solo on the track 'Why Don't You Love Me' on the album Tuesday's Child, by Canadian singer.Sambora sang 'Long Way Around' for the 1997 action film. The song, written by Seagal and, appears in the final scene. In a 1998 interview Sambora said his version is in the film itself but a different person's performance of the song is included on the film's soundtrack album, despite Sambora's name appearing on the album credits. Sambora also recorded the song 'One Last Goodbye' for movie, and covered Jimi Hendrix's ' for the soundtrack of 1990 comedy.Sambora's guitar work featured on the track 'Misery' on 's 2001 album with.In 2004, released a self-titled album which had been recorded in 1978 by Shark Frenzy, documenting Sambora's first recorded material.

The mix tapes had been damaged in a flood and band member Bruce Foster had remastered them for release many years later.Sambora co-wrote several tracks and played guitar on Australian rock/pop artist 's third album Turn It Up. It was released in Australia in September 2007.To coincide with his solo album, Sambora and friends performed as the house band on on CBS for one week (December 3–7, 2012). Several guests sang along with the band over the week, including Ferguson (singing Sugar Daddy), and even, who sang the Late Late Show theme song. Personal life Sambora married actress in Paris on December 17, 1994.

Their daughter Ava Elizabeth Sambora, was born on October 4, 1997. Locklear filed for divorce in February 2006 citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce was finalized on April 11, 2007.

Nine days later, on April 20, Sambora's father, Adam, died of lung cancer. From 2014 until 2018, he was in a relationship with fellow guitarist.Substance problems On June 7, 2007, it was announced that Sambora was entering an undisclosed facility in Los Angeles for treatment related to alcoholism. Following his release, he told an interviewer, 'I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together. I'm still in therapy and stuff like that, but it's good. I feel fine.' In the Bon Jovi documentary When We Were Beautiful, Sambora talks candidly about his addiction to painkillers following a fall in his bathroom. He credited his bandmates and mother with helping him through the difficult time.On March 26, 2008, Sambora was arrested for in where he was a longtime resident.

Both his ten-year-old daughter and her friend were in the vehicle. At his May 2008 arraignment, he pleaded 'to driving with a of.08 or higher', was fined $390, placed on for three years, and was required to attend a driver's education course.On April 28, 2011, it was announced that Sambora had made the decision to enter rehab again. He was absent from the band for thirteen shows during the tour, and his guitar and vocal duties were handled by session musician Theofilos ' Xenidis. This was Sambora's second stint in rehab and was announced just a week after he finished probation for charges. Sambora returned to join the band in June 2011 in Zagreb, Croatia, for the start of the European leg of the tour.Public service and recognition Over the years, Sambora has been an ardent fundraiser for many charities, such as, the Forever Young Foundation and 's charity.

He has donated money privately to various cancer charities since the death of his father, including both hospitals where his father was treated, and M D Anderson. Sambora's fundraising with the charity Stand Up For a Cure allowed for three mobile full service hospital units to be brought to the streets of New York, two of which were named after his parents, respectively.In May 2004, Sambora was bestowed with an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by where he attended the awards ceremony and gave a speech of acceptance. He attended Kean University as a freshman, but dropped out to pursue a career as a professional guitarist and session musician. Sambora and his songwriting partner Jon Bon Jovi were inducted into the on June 18, 2009.On November 24, 2009, Sambora launched charitable effort You Can Go Home in his home town of, New Jersey, which unveiled a street renamed Richie Sambora Way. He also donated funds to renovate part of his alma mater, which opened a new weight room, the Adam Sambora Fitness Center, dedicated to Sambora's father. Instruments and equipment. Sambora's Fender Stratocaster at the, LondonSambora has been known to use a wide variety of equipment throughout his career.

He has an extensive guitar collection, featuring more than 130 instruments, about a third of which are various models.In the 1980s, Sambora mostly played, and as well as modified and custom models, such as his Rod Schoepfer model. In early-mid 1987, Kramer put out a Richie Sambora signature model with three, pointy headstock, gold hardware, star-shaped fingerboard inlays and a Floyd Rose Original locking tremolo. In the early 1990s, Fender put out a Richie Sambora Stratocaster signature model with Floyd Rose locking vibrato and three pickups: a DiMarzio humbucker at the bridge, and two single coil Texas Special pickups, one at the neck and one at center. Sambora with a twin-neck, 2008In 2000, started the production of a Richie Sambora signature model, a six-string acoustic made of koa wood, called the RSSM.

Only 100 were made. All of his double-neck acoustics feature a six-string neck on top and a 12-string neck on bottom, opposite of normal. Sambora's guitar solo in the song 'Bullet' from the 2009 album was played through a wah pedal. In 2010 he said that he was keeping his vintage guitars at home for studio work, and bringing his less expensive guitars on the road to his concerts, including 'some Strats, a few Teles, some Les Pauls and Les Paul Juniors' along with a number of Richie Sambora signature models made. Other notable guitars in Sambora's collection include the Kramer Jersey Star, and acoustic double neck guitars, guitars and an Dan Armstrong Plexi.

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