Eric Gales — Rig Network

Gales plays a right-handed Stratocaster left-handed and upside-down without string reversal — the same approach as Hendrix and Albert King. This means the low E string is at the bottom, and bending strings pushes up toward the higher strings.

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Early career guitar before the Strat became primary — the Les Paul's warmer character appears on his first recordings.

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Primary high-gain amp — the JCM800's compressed gain suits the aggressive blues-rock approach. Gales uses it at moderate to high gain for lead work.

Clean platform used alongside the Marshall for certain tonal contexts — the Twin's headroom for semi-clean passages.

Wah for Hendrix-style expression — Gales uses it as a voice shaper in the tradition of his primary influence.

Tube Screamer to boost the Marshall or Twin for leads — the mid-push adds harmonic content to the single-coil Strat signal.

Delay for adding dimension to lead passages — moderate settings.