Jeff Waters

The latest signature model by Epiphone for Jeff. Has seen extensive use live lately.

Jeff Waters has occasionally been seen wielding this guitar during live performances in the early 2000's.

In this video, Jeff Waters talks about his signature Epiphone guitar. He says, "They're more of 80s, 70s, bluesy sounding pickups," at 0:30.

"Among the musicians playing on our instruments, there is also a guitar virtuoso Jeff Waters - the leader of Canadian thrash metal band - Annihilator." - Ran Guitars.

At the 2 minute mark you can see Jeff Waters utilizing of a Gibson SG as warm-up band practice backstage before a show.

Jeff Waters had Hamer make custom Vectors in various finishes in the 90's which he used sporadically throughout his career.

He has used the ESP LTD Dave Mustaine DV8 guitar to record solos for the Roadrunner United album in 2005.

Yet another guitar in Jeff Waters' vast collection that he has used sporadically live to pay homage to one of his heroes.

As an enthusiastic Coreblade user, Jeff not only loves its atomic punch and brutal tone, but also is most excited about this all-tube-amp's full programmability and USB interface. In his clinics, Jeff demonstrates Coreblade's outstanding qualities and how to make good use of all its clever features in practice. It should go without saying that this, of course, also includes a very nice display of Jeff's phenomenal guitar work.

That middle channel – Channel 2 – and the clean channel, that’s it. I don’t even use the gritty third channel. I just go back and forth between the two [laughs]. It’s just such a good sound. I had an experience a few years ago when we were touring with Judas Priest a few times in Europe. I remember an album they did called Painkiller in 1991, and we toured for about three months with them. I had the opportunity to go onstage and play K.K. Downing’s amps. I asked him at one point if I could try his guitar through the rig thinking it would sound just like Painkiller. It actually sounded just like me.

With the EVH amps, people say, “We know you’re a big Eddie fan. You’re just trying to get his sound.” I’m like, “A lot of it is in the amp, and a lot of it is in the playing.” When I plugged into that 5150 III, It sounded like me, but better. That’s how I look at it.

For me, it’s really simple. Despite all the effects and pedals that you can use, this just sounds great when you plug it in. I can’t wait to use this thing on stage.

EVH interview, 2012.

At 4:19 Waters himself says he used a JCM 800

At 4:19 Waters himself says he used a JCM Lead Cab

Jeff Waters introduces his signtarure SolidGoldFX Devil Drive overdrive model.

The Hot British gives me many different "degrees" of warmth and distortion that I need for crunchy, yet tight, rhythm metal guitar playing. For soloing, I can find various settings that give me distinctly different solo sounds, from clean and "bitey", to messy and ear-piercing... all this from one pedal. The Hot British is amazing.

Waters about his Radial Hot British pedal.

In this photo, we can see Waters with his rig, which also has MXR EVH-117 Flanger.

In this photo, we can see Waters with his rig, which also has the Boss BF-2 Flanger pedal in it.

In this photo, Waters' rig is revealed, showing the MXR EVH90 pedal between Boss BF-2 and MXR Smart Gate pedal.

In this photo, we can see Waters posing with the rig which also has the MXR Smart Gate in it.

In this photo, we can see Waters with his rig, which also has the Boss OD-1 Overdrive pedal.

In this photo, which shows Jeff Waters with his rig, we can see the Boss CH-1 SUPER Chorus pedal.

In this photo, we can see Waters with his rig, which also has the Dunlop DC Brick Power Supply in it.

In this photo, we can see Waters with his rig, which also has the EHX Electric Mistress pedal.

In this photo, Waters can be seen with DigiTech RP55 DigiDelay pedal.

3:47 the creator talks about Waters' pedals

In this photo, we can see Waters with Focusrite ISA 110 preamp and equalizer. Many thanks to jimmarchi1 for identifying the model!

I record to Cubase through really good Apogee convertors, and I generally just pick a very simple chain using a nice preamp and a Shure SM57 mic—just like all the oldschool guys used to do. Here’s a tip I learned from three of the big four metal bands: Put an SM57 in the bottom left speaker of your 4x12 cabinet, aim it dead center in speaker and up against the grille, and then move it to the left about an inch or so. That’s pretty much the miking technique for most of the great metal albums that came out in the ’80s, and even including Pantera in the ’90s. I have a good set of Celestion speakers in my Hughes & Kettner cabinet, and, quite honestly, as long as it’s Celestions and an SM57, you can get a great metal sound.

Guitar Player interview, 2010.

On Radial's website, Waters was mentioned as a user of this signal distribution system.