Richie Faulkner's Metal Menagerie | What's on Your Pedalboard?

[@sweetwater]

Whose pedalboard would you like to see next? Tell us in the comments, and be sure to head over to Sweetwater for a detailed look at Richie Faulkner’s premier pedalboard 👉 sweetwater.sjv.io/Richie_Faulkner_Pedalboard

[@smartrn1]

His Father in Laws - George Lynch 🇺🇸🎸🔥

[@fabianruiz5911]

What’s the JdI radial for n what model

[@madtuned5150]

Nuno Bethebcourt

[@DanielSiano]

Steve Rothery and Pete Trewevas

[@insin5905]

Buckethead

[@andrewbecker3700]

Ritchie is the epitome of an oldschool hard knocks musician. This guy's heart literally exploded on stage, yet he rocks on! We could all learn something from him.

[@Taco_Raider]

Hee twaidled twaice, thenne faurted

[@cliffords2315]

My kind of guitarist, has his own sound, i can relate to the whole setup

[@THRASHDEATH]

Yep! Crazy story. Dude's a legend.

[@cliffords2315]

Yea Buddy

[@bladeofthorns]

Richie Faulkner is by far one of the best guitarists on the planet if not the best

[@NelderGuitar]

That Elegant Weapons record was at the top of all my Spotify lists for a reason. So good. In a world of modellers and plugins it’s good to see the old school approach still going strong.

[@Guireles2007]

Just discovered that record yesterday from this interview. New favorite.

[@charleszaman7666]

Richie Faulkner got to be one of the coolest guys out there. Much the same to you Don

[@AceAskin]

So great to see Richie again. He remains my favorite “new” guitarist.

[@cliffords2315]

Me to, right now im looking up his music i got to have it, hes my kind of guitarist

[@rosskn]

Richie is always such a pleasant guy in every interview I've ever seen

[@popgibb3485]

He literally has a scar that tells the story of what he's been thru!! Hoping for great health and many more years of his amazing ability and contribution!! ❤🎉❤

[@torreyintahoe]

Saw Priest last night. Was close enough to see the emg written on Richie's pickups. Such a great guitarist and an energetic positive performer.

[@AmericanNationalist852]

he's such a great player, but I've always felt he's too much of a Zak Wylde-esque player for Priest, though

[@manonbassguitar]

Loved his contribution to Judas Preist, & then I saw him live & he was even better. What an incredible event having survived an aortic aneurysm on stage & it was not his day to die. Shred on Ritchie!🤘🏼

[@palliare-carpediemz.u.pall569]

Judas Preist is fabulous band but I like Judas Priest even more

[@426baron]

Both are nice imo😂

[@VLKV_loves_you]

richie faulkner is always an absolute pleasure to hear speak or play.

[@crazywisdom2]

I Love what Ritchie does. One of my favorite players in the game. And he's just a good guy to top it off. Great player. Glad he's doing well !!~ Gonna have to see him LIVE !

[@michaelgarcia2050]

I never thought about this before but yeah, having the pedals spread out like that makes a lot more sense.

[@joeljukus9129]

It amazes me how so many great guitarists have simple set-ups. A few classic pedals into a marshall.

[@tao694t]

MXR and Boss . . . talent doesn't need super expensive pedals

[@seanm6311]

Cool, old school, straight from the heart. I've got a similar rig, and I love it. I've gotta wrestle with it, and when you play to it right, it's extremely rewarding.

[@wandcfirst]

Great guy, great player, fabulous tone!

[@matthewmackelvie306]

That’s a proper rock guitar player right there. Geezus H. Just killin. 🤘🏼

[@cliffords2315]

That Flying V is GORGIOUS!!!!

[@Nils_Martin]

Richie Faulkner is most certainly going down in history as one of the great guitar legends

[@davidrees1840]

I love Richie since I heard him playing in St. Petersburg (via yt). So good to hear him back, healthy!, and rocking out like a god. Beautiful V too! Thanks for this.

[@davroshalfbeard8368]

So good to see a British axeman totally Killing it awesome ⚡️

[@puga420]

Richie is a guitar beast!! I love richie!!!

[@insin5905]

It’s refreshing to see a great player who knows the gear that works, but doesn’t take it too seriously. No pedalboard? Classic.

[@ronpatterson5483]

Great video, awesome to hear Richie talk about just using a few pedals, watching him play up close is top notch, Beautiful V. Thanks🤘🤘🤘

[@Gentlegroove71]

Just saw Ritchie play last night in Daytona… The man freakin killed it.

[@CrushingAxes]

Awesome! Richie seems a great guy! Very cool video! Amazing tone!

[@michaelhatcher2329]

If you look at him playing on the elegant weapons tour he is not even playing Marshalls he is now using wizard amps

[@slayer666ere]

What a cool amazing killer sick Gibson signature V while I love the color scheme I love how it looks and sounds at things amazing

[@angusorvid8840]

The best tone I ever got was running dirt boxes like a Boss SD-1, Overdrive, Ibanez Tube Screamer, Rat or MXR through the front of a JMP I played in the 80s. I never liked most high gain amps. The JMP having one channel got dirty enough for me to push it in the right direction. It was a god-like tone. My Boogie had far more onboard gain, but never had the feel or the tone of the pushed Marshall. There's no reason not to keep a simple signal chain.

[@larslevinberget9558]

Yes...I had a 1979 JMP 2203 blue half stack and my stock ESP Horizon Custom the pickups were their own DiMarzio X2N type and Hot rails style, so I used a KORG Overdrive and split the signal via a KORG chorus just to be special :D stereo to an old JTM Plexi half stack or a brown Club and Country 212 ... that was 1988 - before the Peavey VTM stacks and racks

[@kravitz1999]

Good guy, glad he's healthy and ripping again :)

[@larslevinberget9558]

That's what I call a fully saturated tone! Your customized axe, a few pedals into a Marshall JCM800 and a Plexi - that was the key to a great sound in 1985 and still is! Just add delay, depending on the environment...

[@drosspunter]

That sounded amazing and Nigel really looks good for his age.

[@pedraw]

Richie is a beast player..........His bands work here should be monstrous. I still have yet to catch him in a live setting but I'm working on it. Rock on Richie and btw....................Thank you Sweetwater and Don Carr.

[@arjanhurkmans9190]

Great player and sound, he knows his stuff. New Priest songs are killer too!

[@rperry70]

This has a total spinal tap vibe! lol

[@ThagirionJoselo]

Richie is a monster ❤🤘

[@FatalArrivalMetal]

He‘s the man !🫶🎸🤘🔥

[@Jaymze13]

The Falcon has a little Zakk in him when that chorus and wah are in play. I dig it. He could join Zakk as a living legend when it comes to rock guitar.

[@peterkoutros8190]

That was great 👍.. Always liked Richie... Just shows that you don't need a ton of gear to sound awesome:).. Off course skill and great amps help.

[@tomusic8887]

I love his pedal board approach 😂😂❤❤🤟🤟

[@timp.9582]

MXR+ into a Plexi - tried and true by Dave Murray, Randy Rhoads, and others; over 40yrs ago, sounds great!

[@Mar33322]

Richie is a great guy and killer guitar player.

[@davidknichal6629]

It would be nice if some true JO fans stopped calling Richie a replacement. He brought new fresh ideas and JP are thriving right now. IS album is gonna rock🎉

[@ronaldcoleman9370]

That is a good looking guitar!!!

[@etrhythm]

Great sounding rig

[@panagiotiskaroutas6859]

Amazing Richie!

[@shawnbeaghan9809]

I did the exact same thing with my pedals in my early days of playing gigs.

[@underwater_and_randoms]

I can't get past watching the first 20 seconds on repeat. What is the riff that starts at 0:09 please?

[@John_Doe657]

Great player. I like his old school approach. Not a fan of distorted chorus but to each their own.

[@franciscofronza6838]

How does he split the signal to run both amps? It’s crazy how the chorus sounds good running in front of the pre amp!

[@AndersViting]

He doesn't appear to split it through a pedal, like a stereo chorus, from what I see. I think what we're hearing is two separate microphones, recording both amps and applying some sort of stereo effect on that console, behind the interviewer. On the other hand, he might use a splitter for the guitar to be played through two amps, but the pedals are plugged into only one of them. But that's just my assumption.

[@jbkisiel]

Saw Priest last night in Minneapolis. Devastating performance.

[@tah5w]

Cool rig. Is Richie splitting the signal to get stereo JCM800 on one side and 59 on other, such that the distortion pedal is hitting both of them?

[@larslevinberget9558]

good question...I'd guess he splits the signal either by linking the 2203 amp from one of the low inputs (that will then be parallell outputs) on the 1959 head ... OR ... splitting via the stereo outputs on the chorus or Uni-vibe if there are any

[@marioastburysykes]

amazing very good guitarist

[@daryllcornier4509]

Ritchie is a good guy. He started out with the covers band i played drums with in Walthamstow. We played all over North London. He was so good even as a teenager. He was always fixed on playing a Vee. I tried to steer him towards a les paul...i guess it worked out ❤😂

[@francoisthibeaux-brignoles8399]

What covers were you guys playing? Or was it an actual cover band for something specific?

[@daryllcornier4509]

@@francoisthibeaux-brignoles8399 it was lizzy , maiden, free/bad company, hendrix, kinks, early Fleetwood mac. That kind of thing

[@francoisthibeaux-brignoles8399]

@@daryllcornier4509 In other words, good music ♥

[@daryllcornier4509]

@francoisthibeaux-brignoles8399 yeah. You said it. It was a great time tbf. The band featured Tony Parsons, who played in a very early incarnation of Iron Maiden, a very good guitarist. Ritchie was only a Boy of 16 yrs, but even then , could hold his own on stage. The band still exists in another form. Now called "Metalworks" they play Sundays in Camden town . Check them out. Ritchie still sits in, when he's in town.

[@francoisthibeaux-brignoles8399]

@@daryllcornier4509 Oh wow! I promise, I will check them out. But yes, what a great time and what an experience! And it's also now part of hard rock/heavy metal history. My respect!

[@epasternak4206]

Awesome.

[@milanprochazka5927]

Super!!

[@rogercardenas111]

Doug Aldrich and Ritchie should do something in the future. An instrumental guitar based record. Michael Schenker should have a signature based wah pedal.

[@larslevinberget9558]

Totally agree to both! If ONE man should have a signature CryBaby, that would be Schenker! Trouble is, that would be a re-labeling of the Crybaby Classic, which again is a reissue of the Italian JEN :D Just like, a Schenker amp would be a reissue of the 2205 that was meant as his signature head in the first place ;)

[@rogercardenas111]

​@@larslevinberget9558interesting had no idea. 2024 Michael Schenker world tour .

[@rubysoffner4557]

Very oldschool 70s/80s hardrock sound. I expected a bit more modern having listened to the latest Priest.

[@ilovegreenock]

Rock on 💪💪💪!

[@Lordbaccus]

Seriously one of my Childhood Heros!!! Breaking the LAW

[@bobslydell806]

The kind of guitar player I want to be. I’ve seen priest many times and I gotta say they’ve never sounded better. The drummer in priest makes me air drum.

[@andrewsun4385]

Awesome!!!❤❤💯💯

[@derekthrasher1116]

16:00 What's the reasoning behind the Radial JDI?

[@skatertrev7]

Probs taking a dry signal for re-amping. It's a studio thing.

[@michaelgallegos8811]

How's it going guys? always love a good pedal board review! mine is still waiting to be put together 😂I swear i have nice pedals ,board ,power supply and i have not put it together 😂😂 thanks for this Don and Ritchie ..🤘🍻🎸😀

[@gearhead2017]

In a world full of modeling amps I love the fact richie is old school,none of that modeling stuff,a guitar,effects and amp,less is more as quoted by zakk wylde

[@iamtheking138]

Does that mean there’s going to be a USA line signature Flying V??

[@deptofcarstereorepair]

could someone explain how he's connected to both amps?

[@robertfrippers]

splitter

[@deptofcarstereorepair]

thanks, that was my guess but wasn't sure if theres something else going on with plexis

[@TheCyberMantis]

A-B-Y box?

[@geraldrauch1701]

probably a ABY switcher...i run a stereo rig with a mesa mark IV and an ENGL fireball 100...use the radial bigshot ABY to run them both simultaneously...sounds ungodly!!! cheers!!!

[@TheCyberMantis]

@@geraldrauch1701 Yeah, that would be a killer sounding setup. Blending two amps is a good technique. Stereo effects sound better too.

[@massapower]

MARSHALL and AXE... That's all you need 😁🤘

[@jameslanclos568]

But what's the big green box thingy?

[@boddumblues]

I get Spinal Tap vibes from this episode 😁

[@071Tom]

Is the V comming back? Gibson lists it as "discontuned"?

[@iwontbebeat7111]

Well, Richie ... 😅 That Metal covered Ogre Tubeholic overdrive or delay effector is actually made in Korea. But you've bought it in Japan. But all those gimmicks are nothing without great skills of a guitarist and you've got that already . 😂LoL

[@mitchjacobs4360]

That’s real… well done

[@Jarrodpimental]

He does not use the distortion plus into the jcm800 tho? That would not sound good I’d think, I’d also think you do need a boost with it. Unless his is modded. Didn’t really get any info here

[@geezberry8889]

Distortion + into a plexi. sounds like Randy!

[@mortaman]

So not sure if i missed it but what were all the pedals he used as i only seen like three

[@michaelfowler3187]

Is that actually Bill Nighy as Richie? Suspiciously similar

[@caseyjones952]

RHRF, Falcon!! 🤘👽🎸

[@floodgatestudios1825]

Richie's Marshall goes up to 11 !

[@Randyolsson]

Instant Randy Rhoads

[@nasticanasta]

Got an 84 rocker, and a 94 1987 RI plexi...But like JP I'm playing ENGL's on stage

[@robertolsen9721]

I'm hoping its rechargeable batteries. The Li-ion 9 volts are great.

[@Scott__C]

How a guitar should be - volume, switch and that's it.

[@Farewelltokingz]

Ok boomer

[@Scott__C]

@@ampleeeeeeeeesimplicity

[@KRayxKodessA]

If you told me that was Christian Bale, I think I'd believe you...

[@KatieCatfish]

We're you at Wal Mart yesterday , in north port ,, 👶🎤🙏👶🎤🙏

[@slayer666ere]

🤘❤️🤘

[@mark6302]

im more interested in whats on his shampoo shelf look at that hair

[@Bobby_Digital37]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👍🏽👍🏽

[@MrAll300]

Lion!

[@veeingfly8616]

Alright, another right handed left footed wah wah player!

[@AWMJoeyjoejoe]

That's how I play. Can't do it with my right foot at all.

[@andrewpardue3324]

I myself can’t seem to use the left foot for the Wha , the right is seems more natural and far more comfortable to me as it’s also my gas ⛽️ pedal foot! 😄

[@andreicraiesti]

whithaut no...words.!

[@StreetsleeperUK]

He sounds like Christian Bale

[@Steven-re3tx]

as always,...THANKYOUDON. and it is true,... sometimes we like sherbet. ENJOY.

[@JimsMusicJourney]

I thought he was a Wizard amp guy now.

[@h4ndrix]

Bro have no bad hair days.

[@MikeUIibarri]

I'll have what he's having.

[@iloveitall]

Somehow his face and physical appearance have changed.

[@TheShreddDude]

Looks like a wig to me. He did have that health scare recently so maybe that has something to do with it.

[@craigeymac]

​@VX84 according to the wife its dry shampoo lol

[@samuelnicolay6460]

@@craigeymac From a hairdresser: it's definitively a wig.

[@iloveitall]

Probably, yes. Looks like it. But why? He didn't show any signs of hair loss in the past. And hasn't he gained weight also? @@samuelnicolay6460

[@tommilitello198]

@@samuelnicolay6460yeah a hairdresser would know better than his wife does

[@EdmondSargis-cl5zg]

Paul Gilbert

[@psychotogether5114]

Man, Sweetwater needs to watch some Rig Rundowns. Talk about the DI box! Secret weapon for ANY guitarist. dB boost/cut and most importantly a ground loop! It takes out ALL of your unnecessary hums and noise. For shame, Sweetwater, for shame.

[@jconner3891]

You need a hug? 😂

[@psychotogether5114]

@@jconner3891 you need a di box.