Charlie Burchill
Charlie Burchill's Amplifiers
"Because Burchill is known for his atmospheric tones, it is no surprise that he has experimented with and used several different gear setups throughout his career. The early ‘80s sound came through a Roland 501 Echo unit into a Roland JC120 amp. During the second half of the ‘80s, Burchill switched to Marshall JCM 900 amps, and used a variety of effects including and Eventide Harmonizer, TC Electronic 2290 delay, Roland GP-8, Yamaha Rev 7, and a Kurzweil 250 rack-mount sound module. Burchill used a ‘62 Gretsch White Falcon and a Fender Strat in the studio, and a custom thin-line Telecaster (notably on “Don’t You, Forget About Me”)."
Charlie Burchill has mentioned in multiple articles to using a Wet-Dry-Wet rig of three Matchless amps. These are confirmed to be DC-30s in the attached photo, as well as the article @ https://musicplayers.com/2017/07/charlie-burchill-simple-minds
"Live, Burchill’s go-to guitars were the Gretsch and a ‘62 Les Paul with a Bigsby tremolo. Some of his current gear includes the TC Electronic G-System, Matchless DC-30, and Line 6 Vetta amplifiers."
"Because Burchill is known for his atmospheric tones, it is no surprise that he has experimented with and used several different gear setups throughout his career. The early ‘80s sound came through a Roland 501 Echo unit into a Roland JC120 amp. During the second half of the ‘80s, Burchill switched to Marshall JCM 900 amps, and used a variety of effects including and Eventide Harmonizer, TC Electronic 2290 delay, Roland GP-8, Yamaha Rev 7, and a Kurzweil 250 rack-mount sound module. Burchill used a ‘62 Gretsch White Falcon and a Fender Strat in the studio, and a custom thin-line Telecaster (notably on “Don’t You, Forget About Me”)."
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