Gene Simmons

In this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown, Gene Simmons’ Tech Jason Lemiere shows off Gene Simmons’ compressor pedal. The pedal is used to, “Add a little more sustain to the basses. Not so much squashing the signal.” (11:07)

For his solo on “God of Thunder,” Simmons uses the Strymon El Capistan Tape Delay Echo pedal. Gene’s tech says at (12:04), “We use the Strymon tape delay echo pedal for Gene's solo. We've gone back and forth, we've used a full tone tape delay. Depending on where we are we'll switch it back and forth. There's always something coming through the effects loop, which is a tape delay or a tape delay simulator for the solo where he does "God of Thunder."

The Source URL is a rig rundown by PremierGuitar Magazine. PG caught up with current guitarist Tommy Thayer, along with techs Francis and Michael Berger, to dig into all the axes (in some cases, literally), effects, and amps that the band brought out on their 2014 tour with Def Leppard.

"A Furman PL-Plus C keeps the amps powered up while a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power Digital handles the pedals."

The Source URL is a rig rundown by PremierGuitar Magazine. PG caught up with current guitarist Tommy Thayer, along with techs Francis and Michael Berger, to dig into all the axes (in some cases, literally), effects, and amps that the band brought out on their 2014 tour with Def Leppard.

"A Peterson VS-R StroboRack tuner lives in the rack as well and keeps everything in tune."