Australian Guitar

THE ORIGINAL ARSENAL

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GUITAR: 1969 Fender Stratocast­er (alder body) with late-’70s Charvel birdseye maple neck, DiMarzio FS-1 single-coil pickup (bridge), two 1971 Fender Stratocast­er single-coil pickups (middle and neck) and custom neck pickup engage switch (bridge and neck pickup setting on the first solo, and bridge pickup only on the second solo and outro). Volume: 10. Middle Pickup Tone: 10. Neck Tone: 10.

AMP: circa 1973-74 custom Hiwatt DR103 100-watt head modified with linked channel input (Linked input, Normal Volume: 7, Brilliant Volume: 4.5, Bass: 6, Treble: 5, Middle: 4, Presence: 6, Master Volume: 5) with WEM Super Starfinder 200 four-by-12 cabinet with Fane Crescendo 12A speakers, Alembic F-2B preamp (Input 1, Bright: On, Volume: 3, Bass: 4, Middle: 4, Treble: 5) with Yamaha RA-200 revolving speaker cabinet (internal preamp/amp bypassed).

EFFECTS: MXR Dyna Comp (Output: 7, Sensitivit­y: 4), circa 1974 Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (Volume: 4, Tone: 6, Sustain: 6).

STRINGS/TUNING: Gibson Sonomatic .010, .012, .016, .025, .034, .044/Standard.

PICK: Herco Flex 75 heavy nylon.

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