Guitar and Equipment
Initially, Gorham used a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe guitar with mini humbuckers. He then bought a '59 Les Paul in Boston, which became his main guitar until Thin Lizzy broke up in 1984. He can be seen using a Fender lead 3 with a Lynott style mirror scratchplate on later videos. Nowadays, Gorham uses a Fender Stratocaster guitar with 100-watt 1970's modded Marshall Amplifiers. Even before Thin Lizzy split up, Gorham started using Fender Stratocasters, but reverted back to his Gibson Les Paul in 2006. For the Thin Lizzy 2011 tour of the UK, Gorham has said that he will be returning to usage of a Gibson Les Paul, this time using a Les Paul Axcess as his main tour guitar. In an interview with Guitarist magazine he said that he had made contact with Gibson Custom Shop and had used it during rehearsals. The Axcess is different to normal Les Pauls in the fact it makes use of a Floyd Rose tremolo and also has a thinner body among other features. Gorham's Axcess has a thinner neck than the normal models as well as a 500T pickup in the bridge position.
As of 2007, Gorham is an endorsee of the German amp company, ENGL. His current setup is either two or four E650 Ritchie Blackmore Signature heads, his modified Marshall, and four standard ENGL cabinets. In an interview for the August 2010 edition of Guitarist magazine, Gorham is quoted as saying that he will be using the ENGL Fireball head for the January 2011 Tour of the UK with Thin Lizzy.
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