As can be seen in the previous tour, the 1987-88 Back For The Attack tour included more firepower for even much larger stages, including those on the 1988 Monsters of Rock tour. What could be seen from the audience was a wall of snakeskin-covered Marshall speakers topped by matching Marshall heads with red and green LEDs. Purely a stage prop, the actual stage rig was hidden on the far right-side of the stage.

Housed in two racks were six Marshall amp heads: Park 50-watt, 45-watt JTM, 100-watt Super Bass, 100-watt Tremolo, 1968 Super Lead, and a 1971 Super Lead. Included in these racks were the effects to add ambience to the stage: ADA MP-1 pre-amp, two Rocktron Hush IICs, two Lexicon PCM-41s, a Real Time Analyzer and a Korg digital delay.

While amp switching was alongside a simple pedalboard that included a Hush noise supressor, Boss GE-7 graphic equalizer and George's trusty Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer. Early in the tour, George tried using the Sustainiac live but it proved to be impractical with two cables coming out of the guitar.