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Gear

Neil Rambaldi officially endorses Spectraflex guitar cables:



Neil Rambaldi plays Fender electric, Taylor steel-string acoustic, and Cordoba nylon-string acoustic guitars:

         
 

Neil Rambaldi uses Seymour Duncan electric guitar pickups:


 

Some of Neil's most currently used gear:

ELECTRIC GUITARS > ACOUSTIC GUITARS > AMPLIFICATION, ETC. > ACCESSORIES

ELECTRIC GUITARS:

Fender - Stratocaster Classic Player '60s (Custom Shop Designed) (2014) (Sonic Blue, alder body, rosewood fretboard, and maple neck w/ Seymour Duncan Antiquity Strat Texas Hot 50s Pickups installed)

Fender - Telecaster American Standard (2009) (2-tone sunburst, ash body, maple fretboard, and maple neck w/ black pickguard installed)

Fender - Cabronita Telecaster (2012) (Translucent white, ash body, maple fretboard, and maple neck)

N.R. Custom (1997) (Designed & built / partly handmade by Neil -- Body handmade by Neil / Neck custom-made by Hosono Guitar Works) (Varnished maple body w/ walnut inlays, rosewood fretboard, and maple neck w/ WD Floyd Rose [Licensed] Locking Tremolo, Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB humbucker [bridge position], Seymour Duncan STK-S1 Classic Stack single-coil [middle position], and Seymour Duncan SH-1N [single-conductor] '59 humbucker [neck position])

Ibanez - RG1550 Prestige (2003) (Black, basswood body, maple fretboard, and maple neck w/ Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB humbucker [bridge position], Seymour Duncan SH-1N [4-conductor] '59 humbucker [neck position], and custom pickguard by Chandler Guitars installed)

Ibanez - RG570 (1999) (Metallic dark gray, basswood body, rosewood fretboard, and maple neck w/ Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB humbucker [bridge position] and Seymour Duncan SH-1N [4-conductor] '59 humbucker [neck position] installed)

ACOUSTIC GUITARS:

Taylor - 314e (steel-string) (2017) (Sitka spruce top, sapele back/sides, ebony fretboard, tropical mohagany neck, and ebony bridge)

Guild - GAD F-130 (steel-string) (2011) (Spruce top, mahogany back/sides, rosewood fretboard, mahogany neck, and rosewood bridge w/ LR Baggs iBeam Active Acoustic Guitar Pickup installed)

Cordoba - Koa CE (nylon-string) (2007) (Koa top/back/sides, ebony fretboard, ebony-enforced Spanish cedar neck, ebony bridge, and wenge veneer headstock)

Ibanez - GA6CE (nylon-string) (1999) (Spruce top, mahogany back/sides, rosewood fretboard, mahogany neck, and rosewood bridge)

AMPLIFICATION, ETC.:

MAIN AMP RIG:

Mesa Boogie - Lone Star 2x12 Combo Amplifier (1st generation)

Xotic - SP Compressor Pedal

Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808 Overdrive Pedals (2x)

Pigtronics - Gate Keeper Micro Noise Gate Pedal

T.C. Electronic - Spark Mini Boost Pedal

T.C. Electronic - Flashback Delay Pedal (1st generation)

T.C. Electronic - Sub 'n' Up Mini Octaver Pedal

Valeton - Coral Mod Modulation Pedal (1st generation) (used for either Tremolo or "Uni-Vibe") 

Vox - V847 Wah-Wah Pedal

T.C. Electronic - Polytune 3 Tuner Pedal

Truetone - 1 Spot Pro CS6 Pedals Power Supply

ALTERNATIVE AMPS & ALTERNATIVE RELATED GEAR USED:

Carvin - VT50 50-Watt Tube Guitar Amp Head (Black Vinyl Covering)

Mesa Boogie - Fillmore 1x12 23-Inch Speaker Cabinet

Carvin - Vintage 212E Dual 12-Inch Speaker Cabinet (w/ Carvin VL12's & Black Vinyl Covering)

Carvin - Nomad 1x12 Combo Amplifier (2nd generation)

Fender - Blues Junior Amplifier (1st generation)

Mesa Boogie - 4x12 Recto Standard Slant Speaker Cabinet (w/ Celestion V1260's)

N.R. Custom - 2x12 Slant Speaker Cabinet (w/ Carvin/Eminence GT12's) (Designed & handmade / built by Neil)

Quilter - Superblock UK Amplifier Mini Head (as a backup amp or portable travel)

MXR - Dyna Comp Compressor Pedal

Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive Pedals (2x)

Ernie Ball - 6166 Volume Pedal

T.C. Electronic - G Major Multi-Effects Processor

Digital Music - Ground Control Pro MIDI Foot Controller

Analog Man - Custom Dual Loop True-Bypass Remote Switchbox

Furman - PL8 Power Conditioner

Line 6 - POD 2.0 Direct-Input Guitar Processor (for some studio applications)

ACCESSORIES:

D'Addario - XL EXL120 (.009-.042) Electric Guitar Strings

D'Addario - Phosphor Bronze EJ16 (.012-.053) Steel Acoustic Guitar Strings

D'Addario - Pro-Arte' EJ45 (.028-.043) Nylon Acoustic Guitar Strings

Dunlop - Stiffo Jazz III Guitar Picks

Spectraflex - Original Braided Series Guitar Cables

Spectraflex - Baldee Series Guitar Cables

SKB - ATA Flight Cases (for guitars)

MONO - M80 Dual Electric Guitar Hybrid Gig Bag (for guitars)

Road Cases USA / Roadie - ATA Custom Flight Cases (for amplifiers & speaker cabinets)

Gator - G-Tour Pedalboard & ATA Pedalboard Flight Case

Gator - Pedal Tote Pedalboard & Nylon Case

OSP - ATA Flight Cases (for rack equipment)

Gracie - PS-AT (guitar performance stand)

Dunlop - 220 Medium Chromed Steel Guitar Slide

Dunlop - 87N Trigger Electric Guitar Capos

Kyser - KG6 Steel-String Acoustic Guitar Capos