From GP(March '78, while remixing Photo Finish)..."For years I used a Vox AC-30, which is the best all-around European amp I've ever come across. I still have it. The Shadows used to use them, and The Beatles used them, so you know it was the popular amp. But I found that when using the treble boost you got built-in gain, because the transistors were fairly primitive. If I used the normal input-which was very bassy as opposed the the brilliant input-I could get that nice rough edge without getting into a very fuzzy sound. I used that for years, and I've had odds and sods in between, but then I moved on tp an old Fifties tweed Fender Twin, which I still have. Then I got into a tweed Fender Bassman, and I recently got a Fender Concert, which is an old brown one, from around 1959, with four 10" speakers. I use a Hawk booster through that just to roughen up it up a bit, or if it's a quiet number I plug straight in and keep the guitar clean sounding." Q: Do you use the same setup in the studio? "Yeah, same thing, plus I have an old Magnatone, which went out through Sears, Roebuck in the States. Generally, I end up using the AC-30 or one of the old Fenders. I like to do lead parts live, so you obviously have to have an amp that will be fairly loud so the other guys in the studio can hear you."
