The GOASTT

"I tour with a couple of Fender DeVilles. That’s my live amp, but I wind up using those in the studio quite a bit. It’s a workhorse, and I know exactly what it’s going to sound like every time."

"I definitely like experimentation. I’ve got a Champ. I like old amps, but I don’t require them."

"Having said that, if I’m going to be in the studio and I have the energy to really focus on guitar, I have an old, crusty Fender Deluxe from the ’50s that still has the original speaker cone. It only has volume and tone controls. If I put it up at 12 o’clock, it’s the most distorted thing that you’ve ever heard. That’s my favorite distortion, if I’m not going to rely on pedals."

"It’s interesting: The only amp I have from the old days was my dad’s Bassman. Those weren’t used so much on bass, but I actually do use it on bass. Sometimes you don’t want such a big bass sound. It has those 10-inch speakers, which are really good for a punchy bass sound. It was made for bass, right?"

"I was always using the [Ampeg] B-15, which is great, but it’s soft and doesn’t punch like that. It doesn’t get edgy."