NEWS: Satriani uses Marshall amps on Chickenfoot tour
Ok, first up, here’s a press release that’s doing the rounds. Read on after the press release for my thoughts.
06/2009 – Joe Satriani joins the Marshall family!
Marshall Amplification plc is pleased to announce that Joe Satriani will be using a Marshall backline for new group Chickenfoot. The super group, made up of four rock legends, started the European leg of their world tour on June 20th and will be heading back over to the States in August to continue .
Joe contacted Marshall Amplification prior to the first show at the Nova Rock Festival in Austria in order to check out some new Marshall gear. Marshall took some amps to the rehearsals, and Joe loved the tone of the JVM410H.
Joe used the JVM410H for the show at the Nova Rock Festival and will be visiting the Marshall factory this week to have a look around and try out different speaker cabinets.
Chickenfoot recently released their debut album and has taken the States by storm, going in at number 4 on the Billboard Album charts. For more information on Chickenfoot, check out www.chickenfoot.us
WHAT?!? So what of the Peavey JSX series? Is this why the JSX 50 hasn’t come out yet? Or is Joe just using Marshall because in some countries it can be really hard to find Peavey gear, whereas Marshalls are pretty much the standard when it comes to renting backline? I mean, I’m pretty well travelled within the guitar world here in Australia and I’ve only ever seen two Peavey JSX amps, and they were on stage with Joe. So is Joe leaving Peavey, or is he just using Marshall for convenience? I guess only time will tell.
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Dude!!! Big news. But I know you can't find peavy stuff in Japan hardly anywhere either.
Interesting news. I don't get it though, because Satch anyway runs his pedals before the JSX clean channel. From what I've seen the Satchurator is still his main source of gain, so why a Marshall clean channel over Peavey, especially after R&D'ing the JSX50. You can speculate however, that Joe needs some ballsy Marshall tone for Chickenfoot and maybe he'll run the Satchurator in front of a slightly dirty JVM. I'll try to get a glimpse of his rig in a couple days when I see Chickenfoot live :)
Interestingly, Satch appears to be using his JSX cabs with the Marshall JVM410H. You can check it out for yourself in the latest videos from the YouTube user "Chromeboy2003". One such video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLaUYMBD5Lg&feature=channel_page
Interestingly, Satch appears to be using his JSX 412 cabinets with the Marshall JVM410H. You can check it out for yourself in the latest videos from YouTube user "Chromeboy2003". One such video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLaUYMBD5Lg&feature=channel_page