Jerry Cantrell - Equipment

Equipment

Cantrell is known to prefer G&L and Gibson Guitars. 2009 saw the release of his G&L Rampage Jerry Cantrell Signature Model Electric Guitar. His current guitar rig consists of a Custom Shop "Jerry Cantrell" Gibson SG, two of his signature G&L Rampages, his two 1980's G&L Rampages, several G&L ASATs, two Gibson Les Paul Customs, and a Fender 1972 Telecaster Deluxe Reissue. He recently added a Gibson ES-175 to his rig as of 2010.

He currently uses Bogner amplifiers, whose amps he has used since the beginning of Alice in Chains, his first being a Marshall JCM800 modded by Bogner which was used for the first two Alice in Chains albums. He began using "actual" Bogner amplifiers in the mid-1990s, his main one being the Bogner Ecstasy. His current amp rig consists of a Bogner Fish Preamp running into a Mesa/Boogie 2:Ninety Power amp, and a Bogner Uberschall or Shiva ran with a custom "Marsha" head built by Dave Friedman. All of these run into a Bogner 4x12 cabinet isolated from the stage.

Cantrell also owns a Peavey 5150 amp head given to him by Eddie Van Halen and a Les Paul Junior he bought from Nancy Wilson of Heart. Both of these were used to record Boggy Depot. Cantrell recorded all of the demo tracks for his album Degradation Trip at his Seattle home using a four-track recorder and his white Les Paul.

Cantrell worked with Dunlop in 2009 to release the Crybaby Jerry Cantrell Signature JC95 at winter NAMM 2010. This wah includes a fine tune knob to adjust the dynamic frequencies of the wah and modified circuitry to create Talk Box like sounds.

His pedalboard includes the following -

• MXR EVH Flanger
• Xotic AC plus
• Eventide Timefactor
• BOSS CH-1 Super Chorus
• BOSS CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
• BOSS TR-2 Tremolo
• BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
• Digitech Whammy Pedal
• MXR Smart Gate (x2)
• Electrio Harmonix Big Muff Pi
• Ibanez TS808HW Tube Screamer
• Tone Freak effects Buff Puff
• Dunlop Rotovibe
• Digital Music Corp. Ground Control Pro
• Dunlop JC95 Signature Crybaby

From the 'Vulgar Display of Power' section of Guitar World's July 2010 issue, Cantrell's rig consisted of

Amps

• Two Custom Dave Friedman Marsha Heads - One named 'Mad' and another named 'Pissed' (which is more metallic sounding than 'Mad')
• Two Bogner straight front 4x12 cabs in ISO boxes ('Mad' cab running Celestion Greenbacks and 'Pissed' cab running Vintage 30's)

Rack

• Palmer PGA-05 ADIG-ST Advanced D.I. x2
• Shure UR40 Wireless Unit x2
• Tour Supply Multi-Selector
• Dunlop Custom Shop Rack Wah
• RJM Music Technology Effects Gizmo (this holds his effects pedals, which are controlled by a Voodoo Labs Ground control offstage by his Tech, Dave Lapham)
• Rack Systems ISO Transformer x2

Effects Offstage in RJM Unit

• MXR Smart Gate x2
• Ibanez TS808HW Tube Screamer
• MXR Flanger
• Boss GE-7 Equalizer
• Boss Ce-5 Chorus Ensemble
• BBE Soul Vibe
• MXR Bass Octaver
• Eventide Time Factor
• Dunlop Rotovibe

Onstage

• Dunlop Crybaby Controller x2 (One on stage right, one center stage)
• Tone Freak Effects Buff Puff
• Dunlop Rotovibe
• Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Wah (The JC Wah, Rotovibe and Buff Puff are located stage left)

Guitars

• G&L Rampage ("Blue Dress") w/ Motor City Pickup, tuned to Eb Standard
• G&L Rampage ("No War") w/ Motor City Pickup, tuned to Drop Db
• Gibson Les Paul Custom w/ Motor City Pickup in Bridge, tuned to Eb Standard
• Lush Custom Tele Shape, tuned to Eb Standard

Motor City Pickups are pickups custom wound for Jerry Cantrell