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The Answer - Paul Mahon Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment
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Saturday, 08 August 2009 04:29
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The Answer - Paul Mahon Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment
Paul Mahon Guitar Rig Pictures

Paul Mahon is the guitar player in the Irish hard rock band The Answer. The band has had a song in the Guitar Hero game and is really well known as the opening act for AC/DC's tour.

Let's take a look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Paul's guitar rig.

Paul live on guitar

CoolClick the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's FriendCool

 


Guitars
- Gibson Les Paul Standard and Classic (2000) guitars

Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard  Electric Guitar Washed Cherry


- Fender standard Telecaster (Hot Rails in bridge)

Fender Standard Telecaster Electric Guitar Brown Sunburst Maple Fretboard Seymour Duncan STHR-1 Tele Hot Rails Pickup Black


- Paul Reed Smiths (used in studio)
- Zemaitis guitars (used for slide)
- Gibson Les Paul Double Cutaway (previously used for slide)



Pickups
- According to EMG site, H1A, H2, and an 85/60 Chrome set
EMG EMG-85 Humbucking Active Guitar Pickup Chrome



Amps
- Marshall Vintage Modern 2266 and 2466 amplifier heads

Marshall Vintage Modern 2266 Tube Amp Head Marshall Vintage Modern 2466 Tube Amp Head


- Marshall JTM45 (recording)

Marshall JTM45 Amp Head


- Soldano, Ampeg, and Supro (used in some recordings)
- Marshall JCM2000 TSL (used on Rise album)
- Mesa-Boogie Dual Rectifier Mark II (used on Rise album)
- Marshall JCM 800 (used on Rise album)

Marshall JCM800 2203 Vintage Series 100W Tube Head


- Vox AC30 (used on Rise album)

Vox Custom AC30C2 30W 2x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp Black





Effects
- Blackstar HT-DUAL and HT-DIST (as reported on Blackstar site in 2007)

Blackstar HT Series HT-DUAL Tube Dual Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal Blackstar HT Series HT-DIST Tube Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal


- Dunlop CryBaby Wah

Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah Pedal


- Boss Digital Delay pedals

Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal


- Love Tone pedals (Doppelganger and more)
- Power Bank AC/DC
- Boss TR-2 Tremelo

Boss TR-2 Tremolo Pedal


- Boss TU-2

Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner


- Boss Equalizer GE-7 pedal

Boss GE-7 Equalizer Pedal

 

Go to the next page for pictures of Paul  Mahon's guitar rig!

 



Last Updated on Sunday, 05 September 2010 11:56
 

Comments 

 
0 #1 james 2009-12-14 04:41
he also uses (or has used) a klon centaur overdrive, as seen on the guitarist cd's video with him while the answer were on tour with acdc
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