The last true rock guitar hero, and the most quotable lead melodies of the era.
Les Paul into a modified Marshall — warm, thick and unmistakably classic
The gear associated with the sound. Each item opens a live Reverb search — vintage examples where they exist, modern equivalents where they don't.
Warm neck-pickup clarity for the intro figure and a bridge tone with just enough gain to sustain the solo.
Wah-flavoured, mid-heavy Marshall crunch with almost no modern processing.
Enormous sustaining lead over orchestration — the most arena-scale tone in his catalogue.
Two panned rhythm tracks with the gain low enough that the chords stay open.
Mahogany, maple and two humbuckers — the recipe behind most of the riffs you learned first. Heavier and darker than a bolt-on, but it pushes an amp's front end in a way nothing else quite replicates.
A moving mid-boost you steer with your foot. Parked halfway it's a cocked-wah lead voice; rocked with the phrasing it's the most expressive pedal ever built.
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