Joe Perry

Joe Perry — Gear by Song

How Joe Perry's rig changed track to track — specific amp settings, key gear, and what you need to replicate each tone.

Sweet Emotion

Toys in the Attic · 1975

G:7 · M:7 · T:7

Sweet Emotion opens with a talkbox guitar — a device that routes the guitar signal through a plastic tube into the playe

Gibson Les Paul Standard (1959 vintage)Marshall Super Lead 100W head
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Walk This Way

Toys in the Attic · 1975

G:7 · M:7 · T:7

Walk This Way's guitar riff is one of the most recognisable in rock history — a syncopated, funky approach that blurs th

Gibson Les Paul StandardMarshall Super Lead 100W head
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Back in the Saddle

Rocks · 1976

G:8 · M:7 · T:7

Back in the Saddle opens with a 6-string guitar played like a bass — the guitar is tuned down and Perry plays a descendi

Gibson Les Paul StandardGibson Flying V (studio alternative)
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