Reb Beach

For his solo work, Reb has used Mesa Boogie 4x12 speaker cabinets for some years. Larger in size than a regular Marshall cabinet, Reb's Mesa cabs are loaded with 30 watt Celestion speakers, which he mikes off-centre from the speaker cone. His taped guides for mic placement can be seen in the photo above.

For his live work with Whitesnake, Reb has been using regular Marshall straight front cabinets with vintage weave grill cloth with 4 cabs used in smaller venues and 6 in larger arenas.

The Marshall heads in the photo above are dummies and are not used.

Many thanks to Reb's tech on the Whitesnake 2004 Tour, Matt "Maddi" Schieferstein, for allowing us access to Reb's live rig.

AUGUST 2005 UPDATE - Reb switches to Custom Audio Electronics OD100 Amps! Shock! Horror! For the Whitesnake 2005 World Tour, Reb has retired his trusty Suhr-modded Marshalls (detailed below) and replaced them with the John Suhr-designed OD100 head. Reb explains why opposite...

For more information on the OD100 amplifier, visit the following sites:

www.suhrguitars.com www.customaudioelectronics.com

As seen in this Kitty Hawk Quattro advertisement. Reb used this preamp on the first Winger album.

When I used to do clinics, if they didn't have a Mesa Boogie Rectifier I would request a 5150. They're very good, especially if you are going for a Van Halen tone. There is a mid frequency that I can never seem to dial in on those though.

In a demo Reb Beach did in 2013 he says at 1:39 that he has been using these amps or a variation of these amps, basically his whole career.

On smaller shows Reb is currently opting for Blackstar amplification (namely the HT-5). To augment this Reb has an ever changing array of pedals, but the mainstays seem to be a Crybaby wah, an old Digitech Whammy II, a Digitech delay and a Fulltone Fat Boost. If you're chasing that Reb tone, you should be fine with similar effects and a high gain Marshall style amp.

According to the article, Reb Beach's dirty tone was historically derived from two Marshall Mk II Master Lead 100w heads, which were modified by John Suhr.

In this article, Reb Beach’s rack is shown. It includes a Hartke HA3500 bass amplifier which he uses for clean tones.

This article about Reb Beach’s live setup mentions that he uses a Mesa/Boogie 4x12 slanted cabinet for solo work, which is larger than most Marshall 4x12s, implying it is an oversized model.