Neal Schon

At 27:30 in this video rig rundown, Adam Day, Neal Schon's guitar technician, explains that they "just started using the Paul Reed Smith Archon, and he's been very pleased with it." Neal Schon has two of these PRS amps in his setup.

At 18:40 in this video rig rundown, Adam Day, Neal Schon's guitar technician, mentions Schon's Boss Compressor Sustainer.

In a 2006 photo by Marty Temme, Neal Schon is seen using the Hiwatt DR103 Custom Head on stage. This amplifier has been part of his setup, alongside other amps in a rack configuration.

At 0:58 in this video rig rundown of Journey's Neal Schon, he identifies the guitar he is holding as the NS-15 Neal Schon Signature Model from PRS. The interviewer mentions that during his last rig rundown he showed off a different PRS, and Neal Schon says "this is actually another prototype of that original guitar you saw." This NS-15 is a curly maple, custom-made for Schon, who asked PRS to "make it a bit heavier, to avoid a little bit of the feedback issues close to monitors."

At 32:44 in this video rig rundown, Adam Day, Neal Schon's guitar technician, goes over Schon's Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster with many of his signature specs including "the Roland Synth pickup, as well as the Fernandes Sustainer, same pickup combination, frets and neck to Neal's specs, Neal's neck contour."

At 18:50 in this video rig rundown, Adam Day, Neal Schon's guitar technician, mentions his Wampler Nirvana Chorus.

As seen in front of his RG100ES heads in this 80s Randall ad, and used on the first Bad English album.

This article companion to Neal Schon's rig rundown video mentions his Roland GI-20 MIDI interface, which "lives in a rack above the pedalboard" and sends the signal to the Roland M-120 mixer.

This article companion to Neal Schon's video rig rundown mentions Schon's Fractal Audio Axe-Fx processors, of which he has two, one as a spare.

At 18:45 in this video rig rundown, Adam Day, Neal Schon's guitar tech, points out his Electro-Harmonix Germanium 4 Big Muff Pi.

At 18:35, Adam Day, Neal Schon's guitar technician, starts a rundown of Schon's pedalboard, and the first item he mentions is the "Dunlop Classic Cry Baby."

Here is an entire 2005 video with Neal Schon giving a demonstration of his signature Gibson Custom Les Paul.

Neal Schon uses the Seymour Duncan SH-11 Custom Custom Pickup, as detailed by Seymour Duncan on their website.

In this article companion to Neal Schon's rig rundown video, it is mentioned that Schon's PRS Archon amp "is pushing a Blackstar 4x12 cab loaded with 75-watt Celestions and mic’d up with a Heil PR30."

At 28:12 in this video rig rundown, Adam Day, Neal Schon's guitar technician, mentions this Diezel amplifier, saying "sometimes we'll even use the Diezel, which we've used quite a bit in the past. We know what we're getting with that and it's been a failsafe over the years."

Neal playing Fender Special Edition Custom Telecaster HH while on the Journey Through Time tour

At 19:48, in this video rig rundown, Adam Day, Neal Schon's guitar technician, mentions his Gibson Echoplex amplifier. Adam says that Neal Schon "basically uses that as a looper. He'll play over it as a sound on sound kind of thing."

In this article companion to Neal Schon's Premier Guitar Rig Rundown, the article mentions Schon's "relic’d Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster." This is go-to guitar for the song "Lights," and it has a reversed bridge pickup and headstock.

Tonebone pedals sound great! They are incredibly responsive, dynamic and warm. Best of all, they react like a real amp-channel. Perfect for cleaner amps that need that extra kick!

"I also used a Bogner Shiva with a little 2×12 bottom in a big room, and a couple of Royer microphones – one at a distance and one close. Mixed with the Fractal, I get great guitar tones."

While touring with the Steve Augeri fronted version of Journey (1998 - 2006), Neal endorsed PRS Guitars. In this concert, he can be seen using PRS Singlecuts modded to his specs, which can be seeen at 3:42

While touring with the Steve Augeri fronted version of Journey, Neal endorsed PRS Guitars. He used them up until 2003. In this video, he can be seen using a custom-built Private Stock Custom 22. You can see the Private Stock logo on the headstock at 1:50. He uses several of them throughout the entire Journey 2001 concert.

In an Instagram post, Neal Schon showcases his custom Ibanez RG550XH, highlighting its unique 30-fret design and experimental sound qualities.

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In this photo, which was taken at the 2008 Journey concert (full album can be found here), one of the pedals visible in Schon's pedalboard is the TC Electronic G-System.

According to the official product page on Ramble FX's website, Neal Schon uses a Twin Bender.

In the article companion to Neal Schon's rig rundown, his Roland Fantom XR synth module is mentioned, which the article says is "for occasional guitar synth layering."

At 19:08 in this video rig rundown, Neal Schon's guitar technician Adam Day mentions his Fractal MFC-101 Foot Controller, which Adam Day says "controls all the presets of the axe effects units, as well as the channel changes for the tube amps."

The article companion to Neal Schon's Premier Guitar Rig Rundown calls this stock Fender Michael Landau Strat his backup, but it says "Schon will reach for it when the mood hits."

From the Blackstar Instagram:

"The Blackstar Series One 100 is one of the best sounding amps that I've played through. Great dependable amp." - Neal Schon, Journey