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My number one guitar I’ve been using for quite a while is my LAG Explorer which they just made a signature series of.

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For amplifiers, I use JVM 210H Marshalls.

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According the Seymour Duncan Website, Phil uses an Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB.

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Phil Campbell of Motörhead uses the Marshall JCM900 4100 100-watt 2-channel Tube Head, described by him as "like the rack from hell with earplugs," as featured on the Marshall Amps website.

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According the Jim Dunlop Website, Phil uses an MXR M-133 Micro Amp.

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I used the bog standard Jim Dunlop wah and one of the MXR green delay pedals. There was an MXR Micro Amp for an extra push here and there, nothing fancy beyond that really.

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Phil can be seen here playing on a 1958 Gibson Les Paul.

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Phil Campbell of Motörhead is known for using the Marshall JVM410H amplifier head, as highlighted by Marshall Amps. He describes it as "the rack from hell which needs ear plugs," underscoring its powerful sound.

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The Dreamscape John Petrucci Signature Modulation pedal is one of the TC Electronic products used by Phil Campbell, according to their website, on this page.

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According the Dunlop Website, Phil is using an MXR Mirco Chorus.

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In this image you can see Phil Campbell playing a black Minarik Inferno

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Phil can be seen here playing on a custom painted Framus Panthera Supreme.

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A lot of it was actually my 80s Sunburst Tokai Les Paul - I decided to get that out of retirement! There was also a Silverburst I used a lot too, as well as a Framus Panthera and an odd-shaped guitar made by a Swiss company called Relish. They’re supposed to be easy for changing strings, but my tech tells me they’re not actually that easy… but they still sound good, like.

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Phil Campbell plays two Relish A Marys with Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons: A Bastard Snow Mary and a Bastard Shady Mary that have been fitted with the bands logos and feature Seymour Duncan pickups 59s on the neck & JBs on the bridge. The Relish guitar has a innovative floating sandwich construction with a aluminium frame at the core for extra sustain.

«This guitar is just perfect and very inspiring!» - Phil Campbell

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This quote from Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell was pulled from an archived page on Gibson's official site:

"I love my Brite Wires. They don't break. They don't rust. They never get out of tune. They have the perfect tone. Why change it if it's working? I trust 'em that much...."

Original link here

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I didn’t use anything too vintagey, there were only about six guitars in the rack in the control room. But I own a fair amount of stuff , I have a black 1956 Custom and a ’57 black with the Bigsby, ‘The Fretless Wonder’.

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According the Seymour Duncan Website, Phil is using an Seymour Duncan 59´ Neck Humbucker.

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According the Seymour Duncan Website, Phill uses Seymour Duncan Custom Custom Humbucker.

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Phil can be seen here playing on a Caparison Angelus M3B.

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Phil can be seen here playing on a PRS Mark Tremonti Signature.

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Phil can be seen here playing on an Epiphone Les Paul Custom 100th Anniversary Outfit.

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According to the Planet Waves Website, Motörhead are using Planet Waves Custom Series Speaker Cables.

“I wire over 500ft of cabling every night. The brand? Planet Waves. They never let me down!” - Roger DeSouza, Motorhead stage manager and guitar tech

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A lot of it was actually my 80s Sunburst Tokai Les Paul - I decided to get that out of retirement! There was also a Silverburst I used a lot too, as well as a Framus Panthera and an odd-shaped guitar made by a Swiss company called Relish. They’re supposed to be easy for changing strings, but my tech tells me they’re not actually that easy… but they still sound good, like.

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I used the bog standard Jim Dunlop wah and one of the MXR green delay pedals. There was an MXR Micro Amp for an extra push here and there, nothing fancy beyond that really.

(This is a rough guess on which pedal it actually is - but it could be some other Carbon Copy. MXR also had a vintage 70’s green analog delay.

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Phil Campbell uses a Shaker Vibrato, according to this page of TC Electronic's website.

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The Flashback Delay is one of the TC Electronics products that Phil Campbell uses, according to their website, here.

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According the Dunlop Website, Phil Campbell is using the MXR Carbon Copy.

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According the Jim Dunlop Website, Phil uses an MXR MC401 Boost/Line Driver.

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Listed on Phil's official Marshall page.

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Listed on Phil's official Marshall page.

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According to the Marshall Artist Page of Phil he is using an 1959RR Randy Rhoads Signature head.

His Guitar Tech Roger DeSouza also said: "And I remember listening to Nick Bowcott playing the 1959RR for me at a NAMM a couple of years ago. I went and got Phil 2 of those right after that." https://marshallamps.com/live-for-music/news/tech-interview-roger-desouza-motorhead/

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I also had a Bogner Uberschall in there, so that got blended into the mix too. Beyond that, there’s not many effects.

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