Rocky georges gear past+present

[savage]

Rocky george is a great and very often overlooked METAL guitarist.
He had/has a great tone doesent he use EMG loaded IBANEZ's(emg 81 or 85 in the bridge?) and MESA amps(which model mesa?) someone please post the dope on his gear thanx in advance!

[Jayster]

is their a particular album's sound you were after?
The main constant in his set up is the Ibanez RockyGeorge(RG) guitars different pups and amp types on different albums.

[horns666]

Cool..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2RskJVFUoQ

I think he was a JCM800 2210, then switched to a Recto when those came out.

[savage]

is their a particular album's sound you were after?
The main constant in his set up is the Ibanez RockyGeorge(RG) guitars different pups and amp types on different albums.

well i like ALL of his tones but being a huge MESA + EMG user i guess i would most like to know about which of those he used through the years?

[horns666]

RG 550 (?) into a Recto. His early recorded tones, like it that video sounds exactly like my Marshall...sustain, tone, everything..

It helps to be Rocky tho...it's in the hands.

[Axewielder]

RG is a monster. I wore out those early ST records.

Trivia! There is a tie-in with RG and the "Six Degrees of Dave Mustaine" (the phenomenon that any musician can be linked to a feud with Dave Mustaine in six steps).

1) RG's former bandmate Mike Muir had a feud with Dave on the Clash of the Titans tour.

Ha! That only took one step.

[toejam]

The main constant in his set up is the Ibanez RockyGeorge(RG) guitars

Is that what the RG Ibanez guitars stand for; Rocky George? Never knew that. That guy's indeed a monster player, always loved him!

[Grandturk]

Is that what the RG Ibanez guitars stand for; Rocky George? Never knew that. That guy's indeed a monster player, always loved him!

No - RG does not stand for Rocky George. The "RG" moniker was around long before the pointy RG's came out. The RG was originally an evolution of the Roadstar/Blazer line - apparently it was short for "Roadstar Guitar." It was really designed in concert with Steve Vai - the JEM came out first, followed by the RG as the "regular" version.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibanez_RG

[toejam]

Ah, okay. I didn't think the RG was for Rocky George. I guess Jayster's on the hooch again.

[savage]

So he used recto's and i read elsewhere he used CRATE amps? Wow!
Did RG use a EMG 81 or 85 in the ibanez?

[Grandturk]

Funny, though... when I listen to Tendencies, I mostly think they had a very generic shred tone. I mean, nothing against the guy technically, and I love Tendencies - I always felt that Rocky noodled a lot. I mean A LOT. Still, love Tendencies.

[triplehold]

Rocky George is the only guy besides Vai who made an RG shaped guitar look cool. I think he used a TriAxis preamp. "I'd rather feel like s#*t than be full of s#*t." I always dug that band, we did a mean version of "Possessed To Skate" for an encore after our set.

[Partial @ Marshall]

I saw ST this year and they really miss RG, the new guitarist had Hammetitist...couldn't stay off the wah...annoying. The bass player had some serious shoes to fill and didn't quite make it.

[Rsmacker]

Funny, though... when I listen to Tendencies, I mostly think they had a very generic shred tone. I mean, nothing against the guy technically, and I love Tendencies - I always felt that Rocky noodled a lot. I mean A LOT. Still, love Tendencies.

Same here, he's a great player and I love ST, but wouldn't say he had a distinctive tone.

Someone gave me a demo of some new stuff he had done - it was shit!

[horns666]

Rocky George is the only guy besides Vai who made an RG shaped guitar look cool. I think he used a TriAxis preamp. "I'd rather feel like s#*t than be full of s#*t." I always dug that band, we did a mean version of "Possessed To Skate" for an encore after our set.

Yeah...but there's many players that used RGs/ Jems and whatnot that rocked the fuck out..too much to list really, but Harry Cody comes to mind.