Does anyone know what kind of distortion Brad uses? I've been browsing around and can't find anything, please help.
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Brad's always used the gain channel on his amp heads for distortion because it sounds more natural than anything you can get out of a pedal. In the early days he just used a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier head, later on (probably late 2003-ish) he started using a combination of the Mesa Boogie head and a Marshall 1959SLP reissue with master volume and gain modifications. Ever since Minutes to Midnight came out though, he's been using Randall amplifiers, I have no clue what head he uses now but his cabs are Randall 4x12s and he mentioned in an inteview that he's using a Randall tube emulator to kind of mimic the sounds of all the different amps he used in the recording of MTM.
Ooh, I have an interesting interview with Brad all about his guitars and amps. Can't remember which site it's from though. I'll get back to you