Jim McCarty is one of those players that isn't too hung up on having a bunch of guitars or gear hanging around- he usually only has one or two main Les Paul's. (all newer stuff, nothing vintage) In this video, through a 1964 Fender Twin Reverb he was using his BK Butler Tube Driver, and he also had a Tube Screamer as a boost. He tested a Fulltone Octafuzz, a Fulltone Plimsoul, and a ProCo Rat. Back in Cactus, he used an Ampeg Scrambler with his Marshalls. I'm only assuming he did this to see if the Tube Driver would hold up, it seems Carmine Appice might have had some opinion that it was unreliable to play live with.

If that young fella is his son, could you imagine taking Dad to school on Career Day?

Big fan of ,Ted Nugent, All.he raves about is this guitar extoridinar! Jimmy MCcarty. I see why , Ted raves bout this guy...

By the way, I could give a shit about anyone having my number because I can handle anyone on the phone

Feell so good. Very fain remenbring cream led zepp for the reason well by peter green and long time for the cactus

McCarty sold this 1964 Fender Twin Reverb he had since new, to Ted Nugent. All of the Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels L.P.'s, McCarty used this Twin. I guess Jim was downsizing his gear.

That's Jim McCarty kid! yeah I know... I'm Jim Jr.

Have all the Cactus stuff you're on. Can't judge a book by the cover solo is implanted in my style 😎 👍👍👍,and then comes Restrictions,,ooh yeah. Supergroup for sure. Followed all of yall, and I even sang like Rusty. Thanks for being in my rocking history.

It was great hearing you play cactus licks!

Thank you Jimmy for inspiring Ted Nugent.

Playing some Jimmy Page riffs eh

This is badass

Great hearing you Jim!!!!!!

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Really enjoyed it!

That would be a dream day for me. Love me some Jimmy McCarty and love me some Cactus. I’d of plugged in with him and made him bust out the solo to Parchman farm

I just shared that with the neighbors, over here on the shitiest part of main St, in downtown Las Vegas😀

That sounds incredible what a beautiful sounding amp and guitar.

I thought Jimmy said he couldn't squeeze any tone outta the Fenders!!! haha

JIM MC CARTY IS CACTUS

all i can say is COOL

so lucky to have the chance to see jim here in the Detroit area

I love how Jim's dog is so blase, "I hear this all the time" :) Nice house too. Good to see Jim didn't end up like so many other musicians who got beat out of their earnings by their managers and record companies.

Pretty Damn cOoL!!! Just went to the Magic Bag 4-11-2015 show with Cactus. Man-o-Man-o-shevis, those guys were hitting on All 8's. Great Show!!! The concert almost didn't get off the ground, i'll explain. A friend of mine almost had Carmine as a hood ornament when he came flying out of the rear alley backstage door. Carmine ran outta' there like he was shot out of a cannon. Luckily, my friend seen him just in time and nothing went down! Thanx for the video. Oh Yeah, forgot. It seems funny Jimmy is playing Jimmy...Page that is. Cactus is the American Led Zeppelin. I wonder if somewhere Page is playing Cactus? Looks like Lake St.Clair off Jefferson?

This is Great! Like having Jimmy over at the house for a private jam. One of my favorite guitarist --- thanks for posting!

Huge McCarty fan from Mitch Ryder on up. Just wondering if you could give a brief description of the pedals and why he was testing them? Nice vid otherwise! Thanks.