Alice in Chains Thread with bootlegs and gear!!!

[horns666]

My ol' singer/ bud does a great job whenever he's covering someone's voice be it Chris Cornell, Hetfield, Halford, King Diamond, Lemmy ect..and he does a good Lane Staley IMO..

Here' their cover band page.."Would" is on there.http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...ndID=106274985

[VitaminG]

AK47... see. now you're really doing something

i think they could be even better than before with william duvall (mind you with layne they fuggin ruled) he adds something to them, but doesn't take away from layne's impact. can't wait for the new stuff... sounds heavy, dark, and passionate. awesome

they were awesome when I saw them at the Soundwave festival a few days ago. The new guy sounded really good, the crowd was really into it, and a friend (who has resisted the band for years) declared they were the best group we saw all festival & now wants to pick up their entire back catalog

[sparky]

Saw AIC 2x on their last tour (with the new guy). One of the times I was right up against the barricade in front of Jerry. He was still using the Bogner Fish/ Mesa 2:90 rig...what a tone!!! Also, I never realized until I was that close what a monster drummer Sean Kinney is!!!!

[chrisolson]

Saw AIC 2x on their last tour (with the new guy). One of the times I was right up against the barricade in front of Jerry. He was still using the Bogner Fish/ Mesa 2:90 rig...what a tone!!! Also, I never realized until I was that close what a monster drummer Sean Kinney is!!!!

I saw them a few times that last couple years too.

Sean Kinney is something else. Far and away my favorite drummer.

[gregthatshreds]

mad season? Stone gossard or mike mcready from pearl jam(cant remember which one) playing blues without really doing any lead. other than missing the leads it was pretty solid.

[AK47]

Here is intresting bit of info I found on the recording of Facelift and the huge sound they got. This is from the Bogner forums and the guy that posted this does not like paragraphs:

Hello Fellas!Normally i dont do the forum thing but i have some interesting info to share.My name is Ronnie Champagne im a Producer/Engineer/Guitarist,i was in the Hollywood studio game from 1984 to 1998.I recorded Janes Addiction's "NOTHINGS SHOCKING"and 'RITUAL DE LO HABITUAL",as well as Dave Navarro and Eric Avery's "DECONSTRUCTION" for Rick Rubin.I also recorded ALICE IN CHAINS "FACELIFT" as well as SOCIAL DISTORTION and MY SISTERS MACHINE's "DIVA" and a few hundred more around the world as well as touring europe and africa and canada and the u.s.I just wanted to clarify what msr.Bogner has on his web site about the Fish and Jerry Cantrell.But lets backtrack a little.When i was recording "nothings shocking" i was using my own amps,a black face fender bassman 50,a late 70's,early 80's marshall jcm 800 50 and a silverface twin loaded with greenbacks.plus a 60's marshall 4x12 with greenies...i was getting great tones using a modified r.k.butler tube driver to hit my amps hard...anyways back in the day ANDY BRAUER RENTALS had some great gear so i used them all the time for extra tones,well we finished nothings shocking and i was listening to how un satisfied i was with the tones(they still rock though)so i got it by the grapevine that steve and joe and eddie had these mods done by this new guy,msr B.,when it came time to start preproduction on janes "ritual" i was told there was a modded marshall at brauers that i should check out...i did...and i wouldnt give it back!!!it was a jcm 800 just like the one i owned.So i took mine over to Brauers where Bogner was now working before he got funding for his own line...i asked him if he would do to mine exactly what he had done to this rental...he said no...i said you dont get this one back...i finally pleaded with him telling him that it was in his best interest considering i knew what was in the pipeline and i think we paid him double,hehe!any ways thats when the SNORKLER was born.it was originally a combo that i bought in canada in '83,used.Actually i traded a half stack for it and some dosh as i was moving to los angeles and didnt want to lug a half stack around...well the rest is history as they say...everyone who got to use my baby wanted to buy it from me.i think Jerry offered me 5 grand at one point a couple years after facelift went platinum because he couldnt get the tone from the bog's he got...my favorite tone is using a drop d tuning telecaster thru the snorkler and two 4x12's....its the voice of god!we used that combo alot on Facelift doubled with Jerry's G & L 's...my 69 les paul custom fucking kills it and my es 135 sounds like butter with fangs!!!Contrary to popular belief i always went straight into the snorkler and then mic into neve 1073 into la-2a direct to tape(studer a-800 16 track tw0 inch.)i used the fender bassman for clean tracks and slightly raunchy brown tones then left the solos for the SNORKLER.I recorded most of Jerry's solos and Lanes vocals at Capitol Studios hollywood studio "a".I put my 4x12 greenies in a stairwell,which made everyone go crazy!!!thats my style....and recorded the natural ambience so it sounded fucking real and HUGE...dont know if they will let me do that trick ever again!!!but hey i want to sell millions of records so they can suck it up,cuz i pay their wages!!!Anyways thats pretty much the set up i have used since 1990 or so...
So as far as the Fish pre amp goes,well thats not what we used,ever...I think my snorkler is one of the 6 best sounding amps ever made and they all were modded by rheinhold...hes a fucking genius.Its priceless to me,made me and others a lot of money just trying to crush some fucking skulls via ROCK GUITAR!!!...any questions?

This is a pic of the poster with Jerry and amp:

[sparky]

Cool info, AK47!!!

[Sharkfin]

I have an AIC bootleg video I can share if anyones interested. I'm not sure of the year, but the show is at Kemper Arena in Kansas City. The quality of the Video and audio is pretty good.

[Sharkfin]

I didn't see any rules regarding sharing non-copyrighted (sp?) files, so I hope I'm not breaking any rules here. If so, feel free to moderate Mods!

http://www.filesavr.com/aliceinchains-liveatkemperarena-kansascity

[AK47]

I didn't see any rules regarding sharing non-copyrighted (sp?) files, so I hope I'm not breaking any rules here. If so, feel free to moderate Mods!

http://www.filesavr.com/aliceinchain...ena-kansascity

That is Layne Staley's last show ever! Thanks for the link I have been looking forever for this unedited bootleg.

[AK47]

Regarding Jerry Cantrell's Bogner Fish preamps. They are all have the Shark channel modded. Here is how you can tell if a Fish has the mod or not. Bogner does this mod to the Fish you just have to convince him to do it.

Here is a Jerry Modded Fish. This was the one I just bought. You can tell it was modded by the addition of a knob on the second row and the removal of a toggle switch.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=280321999158

Here is a stock Fish:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Bogner-Fish-Free-Shipping_W0QQitemZ380111448247QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

Look at Jerry's rack and you can see his Fish has been modded. FYI I have a reissue Fish I am currently selling since I cant get Bogner to mod it for me, so it has to go.

[Sharkfin]

No problem, let me know if there's any problem with the files.

That is Layne Staley's last show ever! Thanks for the link I have been looking forever for this unedited bootleg.

[AK47]

Does anyone have the new Guitar World?

I heard Jerry has confirmed a new Rampage sig being made by G&L.

[Junior]

Does anyone have the new Guitar World?

I heard Jerry has confirmed a new Rampage sig being made by G&L.

It's real brief, but in GW Jerry mentions that he's been working with G&L for the last two years on a re-issue Rampage.

[AK47]

Man in the Box vocals only.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiMDMmb_e68

No Excuses vocals only.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mouHkzhCADo

New Album is finished.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/video_news/alice_in_chains_set_to_release_first_album_in_14_years.html