Liz Buckingham

Then I got the dreaded Boss “Metal Zone”! I was thrilled with that: proper death metal sound!

I used a Turbo Rat pedal that had insanely uncontrollable feedback which I eventually became accustomed to and learned to use as an effect.

My guitar is the same guitar I have always played, which is a 1967 Gibson SG with humbuckers. It has a different neck then most SGs: its nut width is narrow and neck thicker. I’ve been trying to find a replacement for it, but it’s hard to find SGs with that neck and I really don’t like the newer, fatter necks.

"After 13, I started to learn a lot more about equipment, having used other people’s, so I thought getting a bass set up would get me that heavier low end sound I really wanted. I started using a Sunn Beta Bass amp, an old ’60s Ampeg 2×15 cab, and a Big Muff."

I started using a Sunn Beta Bass amp, an old ’60s Ampeg 2×15 cab, and a Big Muff. I used this set up with Sourvein in the beginning, but again, still not loud enough!

I’ve been playing the same set up for a number of years now and I haven’t found anything I like more. It’s an early Laney AOR Pro-Tube 100-watt Lead amp, and I put it through whichever cabs are working! But that’s usually a Laney 4×12 and a Marshall 4×12. [The Laney is] the best amp I have ever owned: incredibly loud and very reliable on the road. Of course, I have managed to completely fry it a few times, because I play it at max volume all of the time!

"I’ve always played the same SG with all 3 bands, except at the very beginning with 13 when I played a Gibson Les Paul for a little bit."

My first amp was a really nice amp, actually: at the time, nobody really wanted ’70’s amps. It was a 1971 Marshall Super Bass: it had an amazing tone, but it was nowhere near loud enough for me and it was always breaking.

I started using a Sunn Beta Bass amp, an old ’60s Ampeg 2×15 cab, and a Big Muff. I used this set up with Sourvein in the beginning, but again, still not loud enough!

"It’s based on the Marshall JCM 800, which is what I usually play at fly out gigs. I don’t use any pedals, so I am very particular about what amp I use."

Liz Buckingham is shown using a Gibson SG Standard '61 Maestro Vibrola during live performances, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo.