Dave Amato from REO Speedwagon invites Sweetwater's Nick Bowcott backstage to check out his guitar rig.
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@buckinvt Жыл бұрын
I've watched Dave online many times and have seen REO several times. Dave seems like a great person, and I love how much he enjoys everything about guitars. Dave has played those REO songs probably a thousand times, but every time he seems like he's having a blast. Keep up the good work Dave!
@JohnDoe-gv9jv5 жыл бұрын
I am almost 60 years old. This is a really nice visit with a really awesome professional. Thank you for letting us come into you office and see how you work. Really nice to see all your life collection of guitars and to just visit with you. Thank you for taking time to just share what this part of your life and work is about. I enjoyed the visit. This is a a nice way to see how it gets done by a pro. For Some of us dreamers this is our only way to see the way it is done. James in Dallas, Texas.
@swedeinla4 жыл бұрын
I saw REO in SoCal this last summer......Dave has a SERIOUSLY great live sound....Its as close to the sound in my head as Ive ever heard. Les Paul and cranked Marshalls.....
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
AH! An ES-335 from the Custom Shop in Memphis. He has a red one AND a blue one. Love that Pelham blue with a Bigsby vibrato and the "custom-made" sticker from 50's. SICK!
@grisok4 жыл бұрын
Dave is such a cool dude, he sounds like a happy Christopher Walken
@edbauer87904 жыл бұрын
Derek Wisby exactly 😂😂😂
@junelessord57114 жыл бұрын
Dave Amato is an awesome guitar player. From Reo Speedwagon. I saw him playing before he is totally cool God Bless him on the road in the near future. I hope take good care of himself during the. Covid 19 pandemic stay healthy dave
@TacoTuesdey4 жыл бұрын
very clean set-up and great cable management. he should give his tech a raise!
@bigshowradio_5505 жыл бұрын
Dave is and always will be, my favorite guitarist. Such a talent. And what an easy guy to interview! He loves what he does and it shows. Thanks Dave!!
@bobbaumeister52436 жыл бұрын
Dave certainly has the highest quality guitar arsenal including the best technology. A pleasure, how happily Nick and Dave talk. The customs with three pickups are also a penchant for me. Thanks Sweetwater and Nick
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
Look at that flamed maple top on the '59 Les Paul. It's a NICE flame.
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
I like that patch on the display of the Custom Audio Electronics controller. "Mr. Clean" (named after a brand of cleaning products). A good laugh on that.
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
I love that Solo plastic up on the strobe tuner. No-one has ever seen that before, but it's a cup. A SOLO CUP! (chuckles)
@lueymeteora14103 жыл бұрын
Dave's got a natural mullet! 😆 Balding up top, still partying on down the back! Bahahaha!
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
That JCM800 amp, Dave Amato has in his rig, is the 100-watt Marshall model of the 2205 (which is the 50-watt amp that Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave uses). And he hasn't changed his tone on the amp since!
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
I love that double-neck Fender that both Dave Amato and Richie Sambora from Bon Jovi have.
@danriley5848 Жыл бұрын
Dave is such a great guy and he has a great rig. I used a 2205 for years and it was always my go to amp.
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
The Ovation company in New Hartford, Connecticut is very innovative. Taking it to a new level with their technology. I heard Bob Marley used one, but a nice bluish-white hue.
@revsharp7776 жыл бұрын
Drink every time he says "Custom" 😆
@ian2lorimer5 жыл бұрын
Dave Amato what a nice guy. Found him at Norms ;-)
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
Dave Amato's hair down below his shoulders is frizzled like a LION'S MANE.
@markdakel92536 жыл бұрын
Fascinating, it’s incredible to see how he gets that sound, crafted over many years of playing
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
Dave is not that effects heavy. He just uses reverb from an old Lexicon PCM70, an 850 millisecond delay from the TC Electronic 2290 for solos, compression from a dbx compressor, an Eventide harmonizer like Steve Vai, a Leslie cabinet simulator by Hammond (the good old Hammond B3 through a Leslie), a Uni-Vibe like Jimi Hendrix used, a Line 6 MM4 modeler for a nice lush chorus and a Vox wah-wah pedal in the FX loop to his Bob Bradshaw (Custom Audio Electronics) switching system.
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
The triple-pickup Les Paul Custom always gets a whole lot of fun. Up position is the neck pickup, down is the bridge. And in the center, it's the bridge and middle (those two which sounds like a fat Stratocaster tone). Kind of thin and nasal, but sounds good.
@monday6524 Жыл бұрын
I love Dave (and REO). He is such a great guitarist and a collector nerd! His Gibson TV "The Collection" video is really awesome!
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
I get that pun. "Tony Byrd is the mechanic and Dave Amato is the race car driver".
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
That '56 Fender Strat Dave has is vintage-looking. For a nice shiny glossy finish, I use 3M auto body imperial hand glaze instead of wax on my custom guitars and basses.
@GerryBlue6 жыл бұрын
What a great collection of guitars, it'd make Bonamassa jealous :p Cool vid!
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
A Marshall Valvestate 80/80 power amp in the rack. I'm actually getting one for my Rocktron Prophesy I guitar preamp out to two slanted Marshall 4x12" cabinets for monitoring, but no mics.
@MisterTee4 жыл бұрын
Take a shot every time he says ‘custom shop’
@StuartBridson4 жыл бұрын
7 minutes in and I'm hammered. Call an ambulance, SEND HELP!
@markeggins890 Жыл бұрын
"Triple pickup' and 'stock' also get a good run!
@Oilid6 жыл бұрын
All of your rig videos are sweet(water)!!!!
@lueymeteora14103 жыл бұрын
I would absolutely buy his signature , if there was enough money in my entire country for one!
@johnsmith-sm6mh4 жыл бұрын
Such a nice bloke Saw him with REO Speedwagon in Nottingham supporting Status Quo ,!!!! Didn’t know at the time it was Dave top bloke
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
"There you have it. Three!" Like the symbol of the band Chickenfoot with your three fingers (that makes a foot). Bye, everyone!
@jbkivontop4 жыл бұрын
Dave is a great guy and player
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
You're right, Derek Wisby. Dave does sound happy like Christopher Walken.
@nc84534 жыл бұрын
The triple pickups & the bigsby is my dream.
@powercourageandwisdom3 жыл бұрын
Dave is as cool and fun to be around as he is laid back. He is genuinely stoked with living life. He is cool as hell but when he plays, he's all business. I got to hang out with him at Namn in 89? He good friends with my friend Joshua (another monster player) He knew everyone in the biz and everyone wanted Dave to play their shit. Jim Marshall was really fond of Dave. Same when we went to the Gibson and Fender booth. He was like Royalty. Your seeing 25% of his ability in REO Speedwagon.
@v.german11b2 жыл бұрын
To me, Dave Amato is a superb, top guitar player, one of the very best. Unfortunately, he's kind of overlooked, I guess as the great Terry Kath (Chicago) was too. Dave Amato is 🎸uitar 👑ing!
@MrJamescord4 жыл бұрын
Great looking flame top, like it a bit better than mine!
@jacobnielsen80534 жыл бұрын
Love that Pelham blue 335. I’ve only seen Pelham blue on SGs and a Firebird.
@mcdude01923 жыл бұрын
That SG at 9:54 closely resembles the Gibson SG Custom that Barry Goudreu of Boston used
@nm7254 жыл бұрын
I dont know what dave pays his tech but he needs a raise!
@yourdrummer20344 жыл бұрын
Dave is such a cool guy
@nowornever25044 жыл бұрын
I agree with Dave. That’s the best LP top I have ever seen as well. Oh boy...
@yourdrummer20344 жыл бұрын
His Signature Les Paul's are really cool.
@granvillefriel18774 жыл бұрын
Look at those beautiful les pauls
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
Hear that? Gotta do the what the purist has. Techniques, theory, all kinds of stuff to make people happy.
@stingkirk5 жыл бұрын
I love "Old School"! Like me!
@auggierobledo9416 жыл бұрын
great player!
@Shefmaker4 жыл бұрын
"Кастом шоп" без работы не останутся :)
@luminositymusicbrianpricka63574 жыл бұрын
When you have a spare to the back-up spare.
@illini38 Жыл бұрын
Surprised to see the overall master on 1. Haven't played this model. It must still be very loud. On stage he needs to coax a note into feedback on a couple tunes.
@Rusty4u Жыл бұрын
0:00 my favorite guitar and I’m not even a les Paul guy
@niklev84654 ай бұрын
Eric Clapton does his show with only 2 electric guitars. A main one and a back up. 11 guitars for 14 songs is a non sens. And today's guitarists would play better live if they were using a main guitar for almost the full show, because they would feel very confortable with it. This is how it used to be. Hendrix didn't change his guitar for every songs, he used one for the show. The same for Jimmy page, Jeff Beck, and many others.
@um81854 жыл бұрын
His guitar looks just like the Joe Perry model
@KingstonShredMaster4 жыл бұрын
Ryan Murry indeed
@rickjones40794 жыл бұрын
Jesus, how much is all this equipment worth in there...
@mcdude01923 жыл бұрын
Dave sings a D note at 6:08 FYI
@andremellao48824 жыл бұрын
what a nice hair cut
@ethanmoeckel753 Жыл бұрын
I heard Connecticut has wide-open spaces. I mean, COME ON! What would the citizens of the state Connecticut have to offer us in our world? Lyme disease. Thank you.
@hermengarcia57324 жыл бұрын
This should be a Gary Richrath video !!!
@granvillefriel18774 жыл бұрын
He's dead dude
@g3ultra4 жыл бұрын
Gary wouldn't be a very good interview. He doesn't say much these days.
@DENIEL3814 жыл бұрын
LOVE DAVE BUT IN REALITY..... I SEEN JEFF BECK PLAYING OUT OF ONE TWEED FENDER PRO JR IN CONCERT WITH A TOTALLY AMAZING SOUND SO IN MY OPINION ALL THIS STUFF IS NOT NEEDED PERIOD ,
@esmeulonsouzadeoliveira3636 Жыл бұрын
Like 555 👍✔ .
@1LouderSound4 жыл бұрын
LOL. Someone is still stuck in the 80’s with all that old rack gear. I don’t think the drunk cougars at the shows will notice a difference if REO Speedwagon were playing through a Kemper Profiler or Line 6 Helix. 😂
@smoggy19644 жыл бұрын
R J when you have as much money as Dave you can use what you want
@1LouderSound4 жыл бұрын
@@smoggy1964 I toured with rack gear and a couple of 4x12 cabs for 10 yrs. MIDI switching with a Ground Control Pro foot switcher. I got rid of all that nonsense, and haven't looked back. I have a bunch of boutique tube heads which I use at home and in the studio, but gig with a Kemper Profiler. There are older players like Steve Vai who are always open to trying out new technology, and then there are those that are stuck in the past or too stubborn to adapt to new technology. Being in my 40's now, I will even say that I wish all the gear that exists today existed 20 yrs ago or even 10 yrs ago. A lot of companies are really changing the game.
@smoggy19644 жыл бұрын
R J like you - he can do what he likes, he hasn’t done that badly- don’t think he will be short of a few quid
@ahiwalter91533 жыл бұрын
every kemper/axefx guy always leads with “I have a bunch of boutique tube amps”
@jeffmcleod28556 жыл бұрын
I'm sure this guy's great, but massive rack systems with 8 backup systems and 48 guitars really bore me. I'd rather see a small pedalboard and 1 or 2 guitars that do it all. Just my preference. Ninety nine percent of the guitarists in the world can't afford a knob off of a custom shop guitar and this guy has tons of them.
@alanscharrer52556 жыл бұрын
Good to be king
@mcgron6 жыл бұрын
YEP! Old school earned his way!
@mars64336 жыл бұрын
Bore you ? Gave ME a freaking boner and the guy is a professional musician. I mean, what else do you expect him to spend THE MONEY THAT HE HAS EARNED on ?? Like telling a car mechanic that he has too many tools.
@MrJonguess5 жыл бұрын
Dave has a phenomenal old school 80s shred tone. Listen with your ears and not your eyes. Marshall 2210 is a beast of an amp. Check out REO at the moon dance jam tone for days.
@brooklynboy10004 жыл бұрын
He's a shlock rock 80s guitarist. Squeally riffs. Stupid songs. he's was at the right place at the right time I guess.... Did he write any big hits for REO? Maybe he made money touring in the 80s/90s
@s.corner81385 жыл бұрын
Nice guy. More Les Paul's......boring.
@Upallnightyfy4 жыл бұрын
this guy is a joke.
@smoggy19644 жыл бұрын
Simen Stubbrud sounds like you are a bit jealous
@powercourageandwisdom3 жыл бұрын
Dave is as cool and fun to be around as he is laid back. He is generally stoked with living life. He is cool as hell but when he plays, he's all business. I got to hang out with him at Namn in 89? He good friends with my friend Joshua (another monster player) He knew everyone in the biz and everyone wanted Dave to play their shit. Jim Marshall was really fond of Dave. Same when we went to the Gibson and Fender booth. He was like Royalty. Your seeing 25% of his ability in REO Speedwagon.
@angbernardo5 жыл бұрын
Remove the dislike on this vid!
@brooklynboy10004 жыл бұрын
ridiculous.. i love guitars but this is an illness.
@grisok4 жыл бұрын
I dunno, if I had the financial success he had, I'd probably be in the same boat lol
@rogercardenas1114 жыл бұрын
@@grisok me too you can never have enough guitars or amps.🎸🎛️🎸🎛️
@brooklynboy10004 жыл бұрын
He didn't write their big songs ... He came in after Gary Richrath left. He plays in clubs now. I don't know, there just something off about having guitars you will never play stuck in a warehouse. It's not like when Clapton was picking up Strats for cheap....these Custom Shop.Gibson are real coin. I just hope if he has kids he was a good provider for the things that really matter in life. I don't know much about him...
@dba42924 жыл бұрын
I have a Les Paul Custom Shop Black Beauty. I don’t need any other guitar. Maybe I get a Telecaster down the road, ONLY because this black beauty is heavy. Tone and sustain is unreal imo. But if I had more money than I could spend in a life-time (like him) I would probably collect guitars for sport too.