Bryan Adams' Reckless Pedalboard

Hopefully the rock classics Run to You and Summer of '69 come to mind when you think of Bryan Adams. If the song "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" from the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is the first thing to jump into your mind, please leave this website now [Editor's note: Or read the remainder of this posting with your girlfriend]. Long before "grunge fashion" was cool, Bryan Adams was wearing lumberjack, flannel shirts and ripped jeans. This edginess can be heard on Adams' early recordings on the Cuts Like a Knife and Reckless albums. The Waking Up the Neighbours albums also features Adams' signature overdriven rhythm tones on the songs "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" and "All I Want Is You". If you're into overdriven rhythm tones, consider the following components of Bryan Adams' recent live set-up:

• Effects Pedals:
• a Musictronics MU-Tron III pedal;
• a custom Pete Cornish Guitar Routing Unit featuring:
• an Ibanez TS-9 Tubescreamer pedal;
• a Boss CE-2 Chorus Ensemble pedal;
• a Pete Cornish TB-83 Treble Boost pedal; and
  
• a Pete Cornish G-2 Distortion pedal;
  
• a Peterson Strobo Stomp 2 tuner pedal (or a Peterson Autostrobe 490 tuner); and
• a Pete Cornish Power Distribution Unit.

• Amplifiers:
• two vintage Vox AC30 2X12 amplifiers;
• a Marshall JTM-45 Head; and
• a Marshall 4X12 Speaker Cabinet.

Apologies for the delay. Comments and corrections always welcome.