Rob Rolph

Rob Rolph - lead guitar

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  • Instruments/Gear
    Gibson/Tom Anderson/Collings/Fender/Paul Reed Smith/Heritage/Woodworm/Ibanez Guitars
    Tobias/Roscoe Basses
    Volt ODS-RR (signature Head)/Boogie/Fuchs/Fender/Tech 21/Trace Elliot Amps
    Custom Tones Ethos/Fulltone/TC Electronic/Barber/Hermida/Klon/Xotic/Budda/Boss/Ernie Ball FX
    Marshall/Mesa Cabs Celestion Speakers
    Picato Strings
  • Joined The Band
    Press ganged by thugs 1996/97, woke up in a tour bus....still here 12 years later.
    Phone the cops man!! :-)
  • Musical Education
    All pretty informal, apart from two years classical guitar from the age of 8, comes to 40 years at it so far. Quite a few years spent working on theory, which gets
    incorporated then "inconveniently" forgotten :-)
  • Influences Other Than Steely Dan
    Carlton/Ford/Lukather/Beck/Holdsworth/Krantz/Zingg/Johnson/Rios/Khan
    Haslip/Pastorius/King/laboriel/Rainey
    Yellow Jackets
    Weather Report
    Chick Corea/Keith Jarrett
    Joni Mitchell
    All the Jazz greats Miles/Bird/Trane etc.
    Toto/Eagles/Doobies/Todd Rundgren/TOP/Level 42/Hall & Oates
    Storyville
    eclectically - Zappa/Hiatt/Waits
    Most rock bands from 60's 70's
    Zepp/Purple/Free/Lizzy etc
    and of course Jimi Hendrix
    The Barflys
  • Favourite Steely Dan Songs
    Aja/Kid Charlemagne/Haitian Divorce (it changes... :-)
  • Favourite or Interesting Nearly Dan Experience
    • Those extra bit special gigs - Jazz Cafe/Stables/Glastonbury/Blue Note Milan/Liverpool Echo Arena/Festivals
    Although, a great crowd can always make a regular gig completely extraordinary !
  • Interesting ND experience? ....
    I did rather naively say to Jon Herington backstage at the Steely Dan Aintree
    concert "Hey man, i've got the same job as you!"
    which was sort of true ...but, importantly .... "not TRUE"! :-)
  • Essential Listening
    • Aja album - Steely Dan
    Nightfly - Donald Fagen
    Royal Scam - Steely Dan
    Blue Hats - Yellow Jackets
    Yellow Jackets eponymous first album (with Robben Ford)
    Hissing Of the Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell
    Kind of Blue - Miles
    Heavy Weather - Weather Report
    Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
    Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
    Dog Years - StoryVille
    Jing Chi - Jing Chi
    of course there's tons more.........
  • Comment
    "Live to play"
  • Links
    My MySpace site
    My FaceBook site
    www.astonelectronics.co.uk/ - Volt Overdrive Super RR Amplifiers
    www.fuchsaudiotechnology.com/ - Fuchs Amplifiers
    www.mesaboogie.com/ - Boogie Amplifiers
    www.customtonesinc.com/ - Ethos Overdrive
    www.fulltone.com/ - Fulltone Effects
    www.hermidaaudio.com/ - Alfonso's Zendrive
    www.tcelectronic.com/ - Tc Electronics Effects
    www.barberelectronics.com/ - Barber Effects Pedals
    www.andersonguitars.com/ - Tom Anderson Guitars
    www.prsguitars.com/ - Paul Reed Smith Guitars
    www.gibson.com/ - Gibson Guitars
    www.fender.com/ - Fender Guitars and Amps
    www.marshallamps.com/ - Marshall Amplification
    www.picato.co.uk/ - Picato Instrument Strings
    www.larrycarlton.net/ - Larry Carlton
    www.robbenford.com/ - Robben Ford
    www.stevelukather.net/ - Steve Lukather
    www.waynekrantz.com/ - Wayne Krantz
    www.jonherington.com/ - Jon Herington
    www.ericjohnson.com/ - Eric Johnson
    www.davidgrissom.com/ - Dave Grissom (Storyville)