Richard Fortus' Gear

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According to Fortus' gear website, he also uses the 1966 Gretsch Tennessean guitar.

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According to Fortus' website, he also uses the Tom Anderson Baritom guitar.

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According to Fortus' website, he also uses the Trussart Steelcaster guitar.

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During a 2016 tour rehearsal, Guns N' Roses guitarist Richard Fortus praises the Supro 1303 Boost Pedal in a SuproUSA video, stating it "just makes everything sound bigger."

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"I would hit so hard that i would knock the bridge out, so eventually i had it pinned, which, these actually are pinned now. IT was one of the first things that attracted me to the Players Edition"

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A Cali76 Compact Deluxe can be seen on Richard Fortus' board in the TC Electronic rig rundown video.

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I have friends who are Gretsch aficionados, and it seems that ’58 is the year to have. It was the first year of the Filter’Tron, and those are the shit. I have three ’58s, all in the Chet line: a 6120 [Chet Atkins Hollowbody], a 6119 [Chet Atkins Tennessean] and a 6122 [Chet Atkins Country Gentleman].

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“When I bought this guitar, the neck pickup was considerably hotter than the bridge,” Fortus recalls. “I swapped them around and now it sounds amazing. I have a Gibson ES-330 as well, but this Casino sounds better.”

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At 15:20 in this Rig Rundown for Richard Fortus of Guns N' Roses, and The Dead Daisies, his gear is shown, displaying a DOD FX25 Envelope Filter Pedal.

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At 16:40 in this Rig Rundown for Richard Fortus of Guns N' Roses, and The Dead Daisies, his gear is shown, displaying a Axess Electronics FX1 MIDI Footcontroller

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Richard Fortus starts talking about his CSP101SL at 12:05. He says, "I've tried every one of their Phase 90 reissues and they never come close to me. This one is amazing...It actually has more transparency then my old ones...I'm so psyched about the new Phase 90s."

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At 11:43 in this Rig Rundown for Richard Fortus of Guns N' Roses, and The Dead Daisies, his gear is shown, displaying an Emma Discombobulator.

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Richard Fortus uses a Pigtronix Class A Boost, according to Pigtronix's website.

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According to Fortus' website, he lists this model under his gear. This model was also used by Pete Townsend.

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On gear section of Fortus' website, Fortus also said he uses the 1963 Epiphone Wilshire. (Or at least, it has been mentioned.)

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According to Fortus' website, he uses the 1964 Danelectro, which appears to be the 3-pickup walnut model.

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According to gear section of Fortus' website, he also has the 1911 Martin acoustic, which turns out to be the 0-17 model, which is quite different than other Martin 0-17 models.

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According to gear section of Fortus' website, he also uses the Cornford RK100 head.

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According to gear section of Fortus' website, he also uses the Hiwatt Custom 50 Head.

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According to Fortus' website, Fortus also uses the Danelectro U2 Baritone guitar.

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According to Fortus' website, he also uses the Gibson ES-355, which, unlike many of them, is in black colour.

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Richard Fortus uses the Roland G-707 Digital Modeling Guitar, as listed on his official website, RichardFortus.com.

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According to gear section of Fortus' page, he also uses the GA-20T guitar amplifier, also known as "Gibson Ranger".

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According to gear section of Fortus' website, he also uses the Godin Multiac Nylon SA guitar.

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According to Fortus' website, he also uses the white Hagstrom Viking Deluxe.

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According to Fortus' gear section, he also uses the Jerry Jones Shorthorn guitar.

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According to Fortus' website, Fortus also has the 1962 Martin D-28.

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In this post by Jim Dunlop Guitar Products on Facebook, they state that the MXR Reverb was "Spotted in the rack of Richard Fortus for the current Guns N' Roses tour".

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As mentioned in the recent Guns N' Roses rig rundown, Fortus denotes, "This is the Sacred Cow, which is like a Klon...I really like [it], was using Klons for awhile, years ago, and that was my main thing...and I like this better."

See: aaround the 55 minute mark.

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8:09 you see the Marshall EL34 100/100 Power Amp

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