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Rig Rundown: Anders Osborne

The gypsy-Viking bluesman details his go-to road gear—including the unusual '68 Fender Strat that convinced him to become a full-time musician back in 1985.

Osborne uses a Tonebone Radial JX-2 to selected and combine his arsenal of amps to fit the song. His #1 is a signature Category 5 VOW—Voice of the Wetlands—combo that cranks out an earsplitting 120 watts. It features 4–6L6 power tubes and is loaded with four Jensen 10-inch Neo speakers. The second amp is an ’80s JCM 800 100-watt (4xEL34) head that has four El34s that was supercharged with Voodoo Amps’ Anders Orborne Mod. (It’s the company’s Platinum Mod with an addition of a front-panel mounted bottom control.) All the heads run into a Category 5 4x12 closed back with four 80-watt Celestions wired at 4 ohms.

Thanks to tech Phillip Frank for help with the details.

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