Vernon Reid's Amplifiers

I discovered Bugera amps when we played the Rocklahoma Festival a few years ago. I use a 333XL head with two 4x12 bottoms, as well as a 333XL combo.

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Vernon uses mainly a Roland VG-99 (the brains of the setup) into two Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifiers in stereo.

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At 4:35, Vernon says, "The guitar rig and the Zoom are running out of the Lone Star."

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I like to use a combination of new high-tech stuff and the old-fashioned straight-jacked method. On “That’s What You Taught Me,” for example, I played my Hamer straight into a Krank, a Marshall and a vintage Fender Deluxe Reverb.

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Vernon at 10:55 says that "David Cole Ty associated with Pigtronix has expanded his line to include the Supro Amp Line."

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In this article accompanying the rig rundown on Youtube, it specifies that Vernon is playing into a Term-O-Verb. The video can be found here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtHd2v9YiEA

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At 8:39 in this video Vernon shows his Kemper Profiler in his rack.

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Reid’s guitar rig had a much more modern vibe than the other players on the tour. In addition to his signature Parker guitar and Roland processor, it featured a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier with a matching 4x12 loaded with Celestion Vintage 30s and mic’d with Sennheiser e906 (left) and a Shure SM57 (right).

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My Bugera amps—two 333XL heads with 4x12 cabs and two 333XL-212 combos—are set clean.

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Vernon Reid is listed as an ADA MP-1 user in this advertisement.

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In the accompanying article for Vernon Reid's 2016 RigRundown on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtHd2v9YiEA It specifies that Vernon is using a 90's Dual Rectifer. The image matches the 100 Watt Dual Rectifier that Mesa sold from 1992 - 2000 - called the SoloHead

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In the header photo for this article by full in bloom, Vernon Reid is seen with his signature PRS in front of a PRS Archon Fifty amp head and matching cabinet (not the stealth version).

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In this interview video by Laney amps, Vernon Reid is seen using the Ironheart IRT120H amp head in his live setup throughout.

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Pictured and quoted on the official product page.

"A 60 watt amp in a pedal! What a cool idea!"

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According to his artist page on the official MESA/Boogie® website, guitarist Vernon Reid uses the Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier 150W Solo Head (Multi-Watt).

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According to his artist page on the official MESA/Boogie® website, guitarist Vernon Reid uses the Mesa/Boogie Triaxis Guitar Preamp.

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