Tracy G Interview | Dio, Whammy Bar Mastery, Randy Rhoads, Amplifiers

Tracy G, guitarist for DIO from 1993 to 1999.

In this interview

Tracy G

Tracy G - Dio Guitarist

  • Tracy G’s 2002 release “Deviating From The Set List”
  • Audition with DIO to become the guitarist in 1993
  • WWIII with Jimmy Bain & Vinnie Appice in 1990
  • Whammy bar mastery
  • Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Van Halen, Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, George Lynch, Shawn Lane (BLACK OAK ARKANSAS), Paul Gilbert (MR. BIG), Metallica
  • Worn out guitar collection
  • Kevin DuBrow (QUIET RIOT) and Randy Rhoads story of when they came to order the polka dot Flying V guitar
  • Drawing the blue print of Randy Rhoads Polka dot Flying V guitar
  • Tracy G worked with Karl Sandoval soldering pickups etc
  • Karl Sandoval & Tracy G looking for wood to make his custom guitar & ends up picking wood from the trash can. The guitar would end up on most of his albums & both DIO albums
  • Famous pedal board all banged up on the cover of Tracy G’s Erector Pili
  • Boss Super overdrive
  • Dio and the rest of the guys reacted when they first saw his pedal board
  • Ronnie James Dio named his pedal board Igor

DIO Discography

  • Strange Highways (1994)
  • Angry Machines (1996)
  • Inferno : Last in Live (1998)

http://www.tracyg.com/

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