" Marshalls want to run at 220V. That what they were designed for. When I think about that, every time I toured Europe, I liked the way my amps “breathed”."

Also used to goose the input of the amp was a Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster similar to what Ritchi Blackmore and Jimmy page used back in the day. That was my first experience working with Michael Wagner and he is just one of the greatest guys in the world to have in the studio. I could be strapped in and playing solos for 20 hours and Michael would still have a smile on his face. You know inside he’s thinking to himself, “ Is this guy gonna get it right so we can all go home some time this year? ” We used an Old MCI 400 board and a beautiful old Telefunken tube 24-track machine. Old stuff is cool! I used my tiger, which had a quibki neck on it at the time and my old homemade “Flying tiger”. That guitar found it’s way to warren Demartini eventually and he still asks me about it to this day. We have no idea where it ended up but would like to find it someday.The “Breaking the chains” record was such an adventure. We flew to Iceland and I had my Tiger wrapped in a blanket and duck tape. All the finish checked on it on the trip over because the paint was so fresh. It acquired a lifetime of character overnight! I also brought my favorite marshall and my old gray tube echoplex and my AD/A flanger with me. Rory Gallagher was working in the studio and he would come in between dart games and rounds at the pub and just hang. I was a little nervous with him around but he was always encouraging me, complimenting me and building my confidence. The Scorpions were also in the studio upstairs working with Dieter. They were doing the “Blackout” album and they always needed to check with us Americans because they weren’t sure if they lyrics were making sense in English. We shouldn’t have bailed them. Some of that shit was hilarious…not that the Dokken lyrics weren’t just as ridiculous.I actually wrote 5 songs and recorded them for a German artist named Udo Lindenburgh. I needed to do this to make money to get home after recording the “Chains” album. Don hadn’t been entirely up front with us about how we are supposed to get home. Apparently our tickets were only one way and were sort of left to fend for ourselves and make our own way home. Some of the guys sold their gear for tickets but that was not an option for me. We also had to leave our hotel through the 3rd story window, throwing our suitcases out in the snow because we had no money to pay the bill. Same with our rental van. But it all led to our first record and better things ahead so no regrets. We eventually went back and made things right with everyone.Sorry…I went off on a tangent. Memory lane is closed for the night.. GL