Rick has a bunch of old Fender Deluxes that he has always been very fond of. He used to use some Rivera modeified 100wt Marshalls, not sure if they are in his current rig. I would imagine that they saw an ungodly amount of miles since the late 70's. Rick always played very loud on stage, probably still does. When I saw him last summer I was a bit too far back from the stage to get a gauge on his stage volume. He was running those b&w checkered Goldtone rigs. He had somethin else he was running through as well but I couldn't see what it was, I was on Tom's side of the stage. He used those Deluxes and Marshalls live and in the studio,. For ages and ages he used his old Sound City cabs he got in the late 60's, I know he has some Marshall cabs back then too back he was never big on sharing what speakers he had in them.
Rivera's mods on the Fenders - MV, 6 position mid-range switch, hi/lo gain gain switch, treble boost and a few output mods.
On the Marshalls (still not sure what model) MV added, reworked output, an extra driver added and a "fat" switch, probably simiar in function to the mid switch on the Deluxes.
He also says he used an MXR DDL and a Boss CE.
You can't believe a word of what Rick used to say about his settings, he likes to bluff and goof too much. He had me stumped trying to figure out how anyone could use as much high end as he said he did:smack:
Hope that helps a bit - Most of this info came from an old GP article I kept since it came out in '79, not that I dig Rick or anything.:banana:
