![]() Like all of us, Richards is no stranger to experimenting with amps. I’ve been playing in clubs since the ’70s, so I’ve gone through just about everything you can possibly play through, amp-wise, and I always go back to the old standards.” “With the Satellites, it’s JCM 800s and 900s, mostly. Richards’ undeniable blue-collar sound comes primarily from the time-honored Gibson/Marshall combo. We had just done some dates with Keith Richards on his Main Offender tour and I knew he played Boogies, so I was trying to kind of go for that tone, which I did not even get close to, of course (laughs)!” For the electric, all the Izzy stuff is my ’58 Special and actually, Mesa Boogie amps. I played his acoustics from the Guns ‘N Roses days on that stuff. He’s got such a great collection, Gibsons mostly. “Izzy goes through guitars like you wouldn’t believe. That’s one that came with his pickups, his specs everything and I wouldn’t change it for the world.”īetween 19, Richards co-wrote and played lead guitar on a dozen records with Izzy Stradlin. I hadn’t seen it in a while and I pulled it out, plugged it in and it sounds phenomenal so I am thinking of taking it back out, too. He used to build for Keith and Ronnie, and Bob Dylan and Peter Buck also have one they’re called Austin Specials. I just pulled one out that a guy named Ted Newman Jones ( VG, December ’15) from Austin built for me years ago. I buy the guitars I buy because I want the sound they have. ![]() Not much for swapping pickups or hotrodding guitars, Richards is a purist. The Dan Armstrong is my go-to for slide I’ve had it since they first came out in the ’70s and I still have just the one Rock Treble pickup for it.” I’m also using a black ’92 Les Paul I got from Izzy back in the day, and a single-pickup Gibson ES-335 for some of the slide stuff. My ’57 Les Paul TV, ’58 Les Paul Special, and my ’73 Dan Armstrong. The Sizzlers dropped their debut record ( For Ol’ Times Sake) in 2013, and are now working on its successor. From his work with the Georgia Satellites, former Guns ’N Roses guitarist/songwriter Izzy Stradlin, and now The Western Sizzlers featuring Blackberry Smoke front man Charlie Starr, Richards’ playing is hot as ever. Rick Richards exudes sweet, classic Southern Rock tone like finely distilled bourbon. Rick Richards: Mary Jane Starke/Luigi Scorcia.
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