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Def Leppard - Vivian Campbell Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment
Who Plays What - Who Plays What
Tuesday, 15 June 2010 03:55

Vivian Campbell is a guitar player in Def Leppard. He also has been in many other great bands, such as Thin Lizzy, Dio, Whitesnake and his own solo blues work.

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

Vivian playing guitar

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Guitars
- Gibson Les Pauls (his current axe of choice)

- Gibson 1978 Les Paul Custom (Silver Sparkle color, Dimarzio Super Dist pickup in bridge)

DiMarzio DP104 Super 2 Humbucker Pickup Black F-Spaced

- Gibson 1998 Les Paul Standard, 70's reissue (purprle sparkle color with Dimarzio Super Dist pickup in bridge)

- Gibson 1997 Les Paul Standard '58 reissue (flame, Dimarzio Super Dist p/u and Fishman Powerbridge)

Gibson Custom 1958 Lightly Figured Chambered Les Paul Electric Guitar Amber Orange Burst

- Gibson '59 custom shop reissue Les Paul

Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar Washed Cherry


- Gibson custom shop '56 goldtop reissue with P-90 pickups

Gibson Custom 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue Electric Guitar Antique Gold


- Fender '66 Telecaster
- Fender '62 Stratocaster (modified)
- Anderson strats (six of them, used on "Adrenalize" tour)
- Gibson Acoustics
- Kramer Nightswan
- Yamaha AES1500 (blues)

Yamaha AES1500 Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar Piano White


- Gibson L5 Custom

Gibson Custom L-5 CES Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst


- Gibson dot neck 335

Gibson Custom 1959 ES-335 Historic Dot Reissue Faded Cherry


- Gibson Les Paul Goldtop '58 Reissue (with Fralin P-90 pickups in it)

- Charvel strats with Floyd Rose tremolos





Amps and Cabinets

- Diamond amps
- Marshall 9200 Power Amps
- Mesa Boogie Power Amps
- Marshall 900 head and 2x12 cab (used at home and blues gigs)
- Fender Deluxe Reverb (some blues recordings)

Fender Vintage Reissue '65 Deluxe Reverb Guitar Combo Amp Black


- Matchless Clubman 35 head through a Vox AC30 cab (blues recording)
- ENGL 4x12 cabinets with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers (x4)

Engl Standard 240W 4x12 Guitar Extension Cabinet Straight


- ENGL 850/100 Tube Poweramplifiers



Effects

- Bradshaw switching system
- Yamaha D-1500
- TC Electronic 2290 stereo delay
- Eventide Omnipressor
- Rocktron chorus

- Tonebone pedal (used with the JCM 900)
- Dunlop Rack Wah and 3 wah controllers for the stage

Dunlop Crybaby Rack Wah


- ENGL 580 Midi preamp

Engl MIDI Tube Preamp E 580


- Furman PL-Pro D Series II Power conditioners
- Marshall JMP-1 preamp (voodoo amps modded)
- Palmer PDI-05 speaker simulator
- Shure wirless units
- Whirlwind rack selector
- Rockman Acoustic guitar pedal
- Rocktron Hush
- TC Electronic G-Major

TC Electronic G-Major 2 Guitar Multi-Effects Processor


- Rocktron Intellifex





Strings and Picks
- Dunlop 13 to 52 gauge guitar strings

Dunlop Nickel Plated Steel Electric Guitar Strings Extra Heavy


- Dunlop metal picks
- Dunlop 1mm tortex picks (for blues work)

Dunlop Tortex Standard Guitar Picks 1.0MM 1 Dozen

Last Updated on Friday, 12 August 2011 08:17
 

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