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Looking for: DIO Holy Diver Tone

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alex...@my-deja.com

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Feb 5, 2001, 2:30:38 AM2/5/01
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Looking for Vivan Campbell's Tone on Holy Diver. What guitar rig did
he use? How can I get this tone?
Thanks


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Chris

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Feb 7, 2001, 11:56:30 PM2/7/01
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I saw Ronnie James with Vivian Campbell in 1986 and he was running JCM800's
but dunno about the pedals. Bit far from stage :)

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> alex...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > Looking for Vivan Campbell's Tone on Holy Diver. What guitar rig did
> > he use? How can I get this tone?
>

> I recall Vivian say in an video interview I have that all he used in
> Dio was a 100-watt Marshall JCM 800 stack, cranked but run dry, and one
> distortion pedal (Boss) for an extra edge in solos, and that was it. I'd
> have to dig up that video to be sure, but that's what I remember.
>
> Just my $0.02...
>


Outlawsound

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Feb 11, 2001, 8:56:41 PM2/11/01
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vivs tone on that record was a marshall 2204 head and 1960bx cabnet with a
Boss overdrive pedal and a mid 70s less paul.. thats what he told me when i met
him and asked the same question. the rest of that sound my man, is his magical
hands! Regards Mark Fisher

Dundee The Pod

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Feb 20, 2001, 10:11:40 PM2/20/01
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he used a Marshall JCM 800 a Boss DS-1 and a Gibson Les Paul
Standard......easy as pie

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Dundee The Pod

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Feb 20, 2001, 10:13:00 PM2/20/01
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he told me a DS-1, Irishmen must have bad memories

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