GUNS N' ROSES Plan South American Tour In March, April
November 26, 2009, 14 years ago
According to GUNS N' ROSES MySpace page, the band are planning a South American tour, scheduled to run from March 10th - April 10th, 2010.
Official dates are expected to be announced soon.
Thegearpage.net recently issued the following update from Guns N' Roses' rehearsals for their upcoming tour:
"I was at one of their rehearsals a few weeks ago and then today's was the full production run at a arena here in LA. I have to say, these guys got it together! All three guitar players are just monsters who each stand on their own as players, and then play really well as a unit. What's also cool is the fact that they are all quite humble and good people. For any skeptics, I can assure you that they treat the early hits with respect by keeping the parts true to the record, yet with their own vibe and flare.On to the fun stuff....
Richard Fortus is using his Jose Marshall ('73 I think) paired with a Friedman Marsha as well as Friedman modded Randall Modules...powered with a Randall RT-2 poweramp. He has a few pedals incorporated and all of the above is racked and switched via a custom system built by Dave. He is using two iso cabs with Golds and G12H's. He has a load of cool guitars including a Chet A. Gretsch, 335, tele's, and LP's.
DJ Ashba is their newest guitarist and sounds amazing as well. He also nails the 'classic' GN'R tones via another Marsha paired with a Boogie Dual Rect. The Boogie feeds a 4x12 with Golds while the Marsha is using V30's. He plays a variety of LP's. He's also quite a talented businessman as his graphics company did a lot of artwork for the Virgin Mega Stores and another one of his clients is Ovation (plus many others). Not bad for a rock star!
Many here know Bumblefoot and his playing famously sick! He relies on his Engl heads through Marshall 4x12 (may be using and iso but I did not have a tour of his set up. Guitar wise he sticks with is Vigier's....both standards as well as his double neck with the fretless.
They all share lead duties and then rhythm wise, Richard covers the "Izzy" vibe with his various guitars. DJ nails the Slash vibe, and Bumblefoot sits between them.
The rest of them are very solid as well."
Guns N' Roses complete tour itinerary can be found here.
(Thanks Gnrdaily.com)