Richie Sambora

Richie Sambora from Bon Jovi talks about some of his favourite gear and guitars. This is the kind of video I like, when guitar legends test out their signature guitar and classic guitars and tell us what they think of it, and give some cool licks to demonstrate.

Richie talks about some of his favourite guitars and some vintage guitars from his collection. Here are the guitars featured:

1958 Gibson ES335
Richie Sambora gives a demo of the "mother tone" created by Eric Clapton by rolling off the tone. Gibson ES335's are smoth as hell and a classic blues guitar.

1959 Gibson Les Paul
This guitar is down in history not just by being a Gibson Les Paul, but the year it was made, something about the 1959 Les Pauls tone, everyone loves it, and Richie has one.

Richie Sambora Fender Signature guitar
A nice signature guitar, a Fender Stratocaster with a Floyd Rose Trem, what more can you ask for.

1963 Fender Stratocaster
Another one of Richie Sambora vintage collection, this 1963 Fender Stratocaster. Strats still have it's unique sound, glassy clear, the best guitar for funky rhythm playing in my opinion.

Richie Sambora Guitars and Amps

Todays video is of Richie Sambora from Bon Jovi talking about how he started in music, guitar, his gear in the studio and career. His first few good guitars included Gibson SG, a Les Paul, a Gibson Explorer, primarily a Gibson man. Richie Sambora switched to Fender after his guitars got stolen, he took it as a sign to try something new and ended up with a Fender Stratocaster, Richie Sambora was one of the first few guitarist to have a signature Fender Stratocaster, which features a Floyd Rose trem, humbucker at the bridge, and Star shaped inlays on the neck. He also talks about his amps he uses int he studio, he has a huge collection of vintage amps, from Marshalls, Tweed Fenders, Vox AC30's ect. Richie also talks about an amp switcher which allows him to plug 8 amps in at the same time, allowing him to mix different amp tones together a creating a new sound.