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GALLERY: Cheap Trick Touring Gear 2012

Shawn Hammond
By Shawn HammondSep 26, 2012
Shawn Hammond
Shawn Hammond was PG's editorial director from 2010 till the fall of 2022. You can follow him at @feverloveband.
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"For his live sound, Nielsen runs a Paul Rivera-modified silverface Fender Deluxeяwhich has a master volumeяin tandem with a Fuchs Train II. Asked how he got turned on to Fuchs amps, he says, рI thought that was a тK,у not an тHу и с One head drives a Gibson 2x12, while the other drives a single 12 "
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