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The next significant change in Rivers's set up came when the band was signed to Geffen in the summer of '93. With the guidance of Jason, a new non-Fender Stratocaster copy was ordered as parts from the Warmoth catalog (still in buisness), in an effort to reconstruct a guitar similar to Jason's red one (by this time Jason had returned to playing electric guitar in the band, and besides, the red one was on its last legs). The parts and pickups were all custom selected, and the wiring was similar to the crazy red guitar's. (see below for details) This guitar was delayed in its arival, so the band went to New York to record the blue album without it, and would not see it till they were back in LA in October rehersing. So the red guitar made the trip to Electric Lady studios, but once Rivers got aquainted with Ric Ocasek's guitar collection, it was hardly needed. | The next significant change in Rivers's set up came when the band was signed to Geffen in the summer of '93. With the guidance of Jason, a new non-Fender Stratocaster copy was ordered as parts from the [http://www.warmoth.com/ Warmoth catalog] (still in buisness), in an effort to reconstruct a guitar similar to Jason's red one (by this time Jason had returned to playing electric guitar in the band, and besides, the red one was on its last legs). The parts and pickups were all custom selected, and the wiring was similar to the crazy red guitar's. (see below for details) This guitar was delayed in its arival, so the band went to New York to record the blue album without it, and would not see it till they were back in LA in October rehersing. So the red guitar made the trip to Electric Lady studios, but once Rivers got aquainted with Ric Ocasek's guitar collection, it was hardly needed. | ||
The one thing Rivers did manage to select before they left for New York was a new Marshall speaker cabinet. Well, it wasn't "new", it was a very unusual 1968 Marshall. This cabinet was from a now-rare series that mounted the usual 4 12" speakers into a special cabinet that was designed to fit 8 10" speakers. These are known as "mock 8x10's". They originally were sold in sets with plexi 50w Tremolo amps. They were manufactured from 1967 till the early 70's, but apparently the later years are distinguished by cheaper materials, particularly particle board backing panels. ...Thanks to Jaques Stompboxes for info and assistance! | The one thing Rivers did manage to select before they left for New York was a new Marshall speaker cabinet. Well, it wasn't "new", it was a very unusual 1968 Marshall. This cabinet was from a now-rare series that mounted the usual 4 12" speakers into a special cabinet that was designed to fit 8 10" speakers. These are known as "mock 8x10's". They originally were sold in sets with plexi 50w Tremolo amps. They were manufactured from 1967 till the early 70's, but apparently the later years are distinguished by cheaper materials, particularly particle board backing panels. ...Thanks to Jaques Stompboxes for info and assistance! | ||