It's ironic to see how George's recording rigs have decreased in the amount of gear used until this time while his stage rigs remained big. After having stripped down to bare necessities in the studio, being on the road always meant going back to having major firepower. Or, maybe instead of being ironic, he just woke up one day and realized in didn't make a lot of sense to expend the time and money to haul a tractor trailer full of gear into the studio when you hardly ever use more than 1 or 2 amps to record 90% of a records guitar tracks..As in the previous Dysfunctional tour, this tour included the some of the same amps on the road with George. His back line presided with the early production Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier as well as a more recent (as of date) production version (black control faceplate with white graphic logo and control labels), and the Tone Master. Four Marshall 4x12 cabinets with 30-watt Celestions were also joined by a Bogner 4x12 containing two 30-watt and two 70-watt speakers in a diagonal configuration. Switching was done the same way as before, involving one solo head and two heads as rhythm separated in stereo.

Housed in a rack was a Marshall MP-1 connected to a VHT 2150 power amp for clean. A Chandler Digital Echo or the Lexicon PCM-70 was used to add more ambience and width to the onstage sound. The pedal board on this tour was kept simple and easy to use. The sole effects on this tour was his new favorite, the Fulltone DejaVibe chorus/vibrato, Boss DS-1 to drive the input signal over the top and the Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble to split the signal to wet and dry in stereo onstage.

The ESPs Lynch models along for the ride included Hajji (Skulls & Snakes), two identical Serpents and the George Paul. After having sat out on a few tours, George's original tiger striped strat got to see some action again. He also used his blue Mexican strat quite a bit.While most roadies have come and gone in George's life (36 to be exact)...He exercised a little nepotistic indulgence and hired his son Sean to tech for the summer; a 19 year old boys wet dream! This tour gave George's son the opportunity to travel extensively throughout the states and Japan, enjoying many memorable experiences with his dad. Sean was also interviewed for a feature in a Japanese guitar magazine. Unfortunately, Sean had never been a guitar tech before and knew very little about guitar equipment. None of us can read Japanese but we imagine the interview would be a fun read!