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It was in an interview with Ultimate Guitar. Bogner may be making him a sig amp, too. Cantrell is one of my fave players of all time. I like Dean and all, but I would've hoped for another manufacturer. I'd probably get one anyway! I had 4 of his G&L Sigs and sold them all. I could kill myself for that.
Here's the interview:
Ultimate Guitar:
You say you’re still the same guitar player but has your gear changed at all? What type of rig will you be taking out on the road?
Jerry:
On every record that we ever did, it was a combination of quite a few … maybe not a whole of stuff but it was always a blend of Marshalls and Bogners that was the basic blueprint of my sound. It’s always been a hotrodded Marshall and a Bogner and a Bogner basically is a hotrodded Marshall. You know what I mean? That’s the tone. I’ve got 25-watt greenbacks (Celestions) in my cabs, always have. We’re in the process of working out a thing with Bogner that we can put out a Cantrell model. And I’m also doing to Dean Zelinsky from Dean guitars and we’re very close to creating a Cantrell (guitar) which is blueprinted kind of off a Les Paul. But I usually play my G&Ls (Rampages with Kahler tremolos, G&L ASAT and Classic), I have Gibson Les Pauls; those are the guitars I usually play but I’ve been working some Deans in and I’ve been pretty happy with that. And like I said we’re working very hard at putting out a line of guitars as well. So you may see that happening. Celestion is backin’ us so we got speakers with those guys. That’s pretty much it. I’ve always used Dunlop pedals (including a Crybaby and Rotovibe) and picks (Extra Heavy) and Dean Markley strings. These are cats that I’ve pretty much always worked with the exception of Dean, they’re the new guys on the block in my scene anyways. I’m really likin’ with Dean and he’s totally willin’ to do whatever it takes to make me happy so you can’t really ask for more than that. I’ve tried to do a deal with G&L and Gibson in the past for many years and just have never really reached a satisfying agreement. Those were guitars I always played anyway but nobody ever really came to the table so, ‘Alright, f--k it, let’s go with f--kin’ Dean, you know?’ That deal is not finalized but we’re really close.
You know, I play what I like. I’m not a guy that’s ever really endorsed a whole lotta stuff. The gear that people were offering me to endorse, I just didn’t like and I can’t do that. I’m not gonna put my name on somethin’ and sell it to some kid if it’s something that I don’t dig. That’s never really been part of the thing for me. But this go ‘round is really cool and a lot of guys with gear that I’ve played for years are comin’ around and we’re workin’ to make the sound even that much better and come up with some stuff that the kids can get if they want it.
Here's the interview:
Ultimate Guitar:
You say you’re still the same guitar player but has your gear changed at all? What type of rig will you be taking out on the road?
Jerry:
On every record that we ever did, it was a combination of quite a few … maybe not a whole of stuff but it was always a blend of Marshalls and Bogners that was the basic blueprint of my sound. It’s always been a hotrodded Marshall and a Bogner and a Bogner basically is a hotrodded Marshall. You know what I mean? That’s the tone. I’ve got 25-watt greenbacks (Celestions) in my cabs, always have. We’re in the process of working out a thing with Bogner that we can put out a Cantrell model. And I’m also doing to Dean Zelinsky from Dean guitars and we’re very close to creating a Cantrell (guitar) which is blueprinted kind of off a Les Paul. But I usually play my G&Ls (Rampages with Kahler tremolos, G&L ASAT and Classic), I have Gibson Les Pauls; those are the guitars I usually play but I’ve been working some Deans in and I’ve been pretty happy with that. And like I said we’re working very hard at putting out a line of guitars as well. So you may see that happening. Celestion is backin’ us so we got speakers with those guys. That’s pretty much it. I’ve always used Dunlop pedals (including a Crybaby and Rotovibe) and picks (Extra Heavy) and Dean Markley strings. These are cats that I’ve pretty much always worked with the exception of Dean, they’re the new guys on the block in my scene anyways. I’m really likin’ with Dean and he’s totally willin’ to do whatever it takes to make me happy so you can’t really ask for more than that. I’ve tried to do a deal with G&L and Gibson in the past for many years and just have never really reached a satisfying agreement. Those were guitars I always played anyway but nobody ever really came to the table so, ‘Alright, f--k it, let’s go with f--kin’ Dean, you know?’ That deal is not finalized but we’re really close.
You know, I play what I like. I’m not a guy that’s ever really endorsed a whole lotta stuff. The gear that people were offering me to endorse, I just didn’t like and I can’t do that. I’m not gonna put my name on somethin’ and sell it to some kid if it’s something that I don’t dig. That’s never really been part of the thing for me. But this go ‘round is really cool and a lot of guys with gear that I’ve played for years are comin’ around and we’re workin’ to make the sound even that much better and come up with some stuff that the kids can get if they want it.
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