[Derek K. Miller]

Stephen Wood wrote:
> Jim - he is currently using a couple of Gretsch's and a
> couple of Les Pauls like he always has and is also using a
> beautiful Rickenbacker 12 string when playing golden age
> live. The amp he is using on tour at the moment is
> a Fender Tonemaster Head & matching twin spk box.

I noticed during the Vancouver show that Jim was also using a Peavey 5150
head/speaker combo (the "Eddie Van Halen" model) for more obnoxious tones,
i.e. for "Redneck Wonderland," "Concrete," and so on. He stuck with the
Gretsches most of the time, but played the Ric 12-string on a few occasions.
I didn't notice the Les Pauls at that show.

Bones appears to use SWR bass cabinets, but I couldn't see his amplifier
from where I was standing. He's no longer using stock Fender basses, but
appears to have two matching bass guitars that he switches between. What
type are they?

And are Rob Hirst's drums still Ludwigs? He's changed his kit quite a bit
since the mid-'90s when I last saw the Oils live -- back then he had a much
bigger kit, with several drums flat across the front and his famous trash
can lids. Those are now gone for a single big rack tom in front. Back in '93
he said his old setup was a vintage Ludwig kit when the Oils played
acoustically on Canada's MuchMusic, but I don't know anything about the new
rig. It's a good setup, though: he gets lots of mileage out of a very
compact arrangement of drums, and you can see him play better than with his
old, bigger kit.

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