Ty Tabor

"I played Orange amps in high school. Lately I'm playing them again thanks to Orange Amplifiers." Ty's Facebook photo from July 2014 shows him using this Orange Crush 120 Head (it's the topmost one).

Guitarist Ty Tabor of King's X is known for using the Gibson Lab Series L5 solid-state amplifier, as highlighted on Abalonevintage.

The gear Ty Tabor used to create his highly coveted tones on the first four King’s X albums — particularly the amp that was the source of his richly distorted yet surprisingly crisp and clearly defined rhythm sounds — was one of guitardom’s best-kept secrets until early 1996 when Tabor finally revealed the details. For years, guitarists guessed that Tabor played through an expensive custom or heavily modified tube amp, but actually he was using a long-discontinued solid-state Lab Series amp that was — and still is — an inexpensive bargain on the used market. The rest of Tabor’s rig was similarly modest, including budget Alesis Midiverb II and Ibanez DD200 rack effects and his beloved Fender Elite Stratocaster — a darkhorse ax from the last days of CBS’s ownership of Fender.

Ty Tabor shows off his amps in this Facebook photo from July 2014. The first head on top of the cab is the Orange AD30HTC 30W Tube Guitar Amp Head. He says, "I played Orange amps in high school. Lately I'm playing them again thanks to Orange Amplifiers."

Two Egnater M4 Modular Preamps loaded with VX, SL, Gretchen and XV modules (one M4 for backup).

I also play a Les Paul ’50s Tribute, and it’s my favorite Les Paul. It’s a little lighter than the real ’50s, but it has the same neck, body thickness, feel, and vibe. I’ve been playing it almost exclusively.

"But it’s a bunch of Les Pauls... it’s a 60’s Tribute Les Paul with some P-90s in it."

Ty is shown in this image playing his Signature Guilford guitar.

Ty Tabor used a Fender Stratocaster Elite as his main guitar during the early King's X albums, as shown in a user-uploaded photo on Abalonevintage.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Tabor uses the Yamaha AES720 Electric Guitar.

"I was running it through several different amps. I ran it through a Marshall 25th Anniversary, a Marshall 30th Anniversary, a Lab Series L5, a Vox Nighttrain, a couple of smaller amps like an old ART Rules Breaker."

"I use an American Strat, a Strat Elite from ’83, several Mexican Strats from the 80’s and 90’s... just loads and loads of guitars."

"I played Orange amps in high school. Lately I'm playing them again thanks to Orange Amplifiers." Ty's Facebook photo from July 2014 shows him using this Orange PPC412 speaker cab.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Tabor uses the Yamaha AES920 electric guitar.

According to the manufacturer's website this is Ty Tabor's signature Yamaha Drop6 guitar.

Then on the floor I have a delay pedal [Line 6 DL4] and a Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster, which I use for playing leads, and that's it. I just started using this rig on the tour we did this summer co-headlining with Accept—it was a blast.

Recently I got something from Demeter called a VTMP-2b, which is a really classic tube microphone preamp. John Myung purchased two of those, one for me and one for him, just for working on the new Jelly Jam album. And they don't make them anymore, so he had two of them specially made for us. So, I've got a brand new one of those and it sounds amazing!

When King’s X first started, I was playing a ’76 Les Paul Custom.

"Occasionally, I’d throw on a very mild chorus with an Alesis MidiVerb. "

"I was running it through several different amps. I ran it through a Marshall 25th Anniversary, a Marshall 30th Anniversary, a Lab Series L5, a Vox Nighttrain, a couple of smaller amps like an old ART Rules Breaker."

In this video, Ty talks about how he was able to get all the different sounds of different eras of King's X using the Seymour Duncan P Rail pickup (that offers single-coil, P90, and humbucker sounds in one pickup). Other gear is mentioned as well.

"The Line 6 Echo Pro and Mod Pro Units have allowed me to streamline and simplify what was once a very complicated, and sometimes unreliable rig. These units have effectively taken the place of 3-4 pedals by allowing me access to various delay, chorus and rotary sounds at the tap of my midi controller"

In a 2008 feature on Guitar.com, it is detailed that Ty Tabor of King's X utilizes a Randall RT2/50 Power Amp, configured with 6L6 tubes on one side and EL34s on the other.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Tabor uses the Yamaha AES820D6 baritone electric guitar.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Tabor uses DR Strings Hi-Beams (.009 gauge).

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Tabor uses 3 Randall 4x12 Cabinets.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Tabor uses the DiMarzio Super Distortion pickups.

Ty Tabor, guitarist for King's X, collaborated with Zion Guitars to develop his signature model. In 1993, Ken Hoover of Zion Guitars, who had previously built a prototype for Ty, sought assistance from a mutual friend, Eric, to refine the design. Eric, a dedicated fan and owner of Ty's backup guitar, contributed insights into Ty's gear preferences, including the amps and effects used. A key element in achieving Ty's distinctive tone was a custom preamp Eric built, inspired by the 1980s Fender Stratocaster Elite, which Ty was using at the time. This collaboration led to the creation of the Zion Ty Tabor signature guitar, as detailed by Abalonevintage.

Ty Tabor purchased the MXR M-129 Pitch Transposer on July 22, 1992, as noted on Abalonevintage.

According to this website Ty had two Roland SDE-1000 processors in the winter of 1999.