107} Richie Sambora

Richard Stephen "Richie" Sambora ကို 1959 ခုႏွစ္July 11, မွာေမြးဖြားသူျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ သူဟာ အေမရီးကန္က အဆိုေတာ္၊ ေတးေရးဆရာ၊ ထုပ္လုပ္သူ၊ ဂစ္တာအတီးသမား ဂီတပညာရွင္ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ သူဟာ Bon Jovi ရဲ့ဝိုင္းအတြက္ ဂစ္တာတီးေပးလာခဲ့တာ ၾကာျမင့္ခဲ့ျပီျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ သူနဲ႔  Jon Bon Jovi တို႔ကဒီဝိုင္းရဲ့ ေခါင္းေဆာင္ေတြလဲျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ သူကိုတိုင္လဲ ကိုယ္ပိုင္ အယ္ဘမ္ သံုးခုထုပ္ေဝျပီးခဲ့ပါျပီ။



Stranger in This Town ကို 1991 မွာထုပ္လုပ္ျဖန္႔ေဝခဲ့ပါတယ္၊
 

Undiscovered Soul ကို1998 ခုႏွစ္မွာျဖန္႔ေဝတာျဖစ္ျပီး


သူ႔ရဲ့ တတိယ အယ္ဘမ္ျဖစ္တဲ့ Aftermath of the Lowdown ကို 2012 မွာျဖန္႔ေဝတာျဖစ္ပါတယ္။



Sambora ကို Perth Amboy, New Jersey, မွာေမြးဖြားခဲ့တာျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ သူ၏မိခင္က Joan (née Sienila) ျဖစ္ျပီး သူ၏ဖခင္ကေတာ့ Adam C. Sambora, ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ သူဟာ Polish ျဖစ္ျပီး Catholic ဘာသာဝင္ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ သူဟာ  New Jersey က Woodbridge ျမိဳ႕နယ္ကျဖစ္ပါတယ္၊ Woodbridge High School မွာေက်ာင္းတက္ခဲ့သူျဖစ္ျပီး 1977 မွာဘြဲယူခဲ့တာျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ သူဟာ အသက္ 12 သားထဲက ဂစ္တာစတီးခဲ့တာျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ ကြယ္လြန္သြားသူ ဂစ္တာအေက်ာ္ေဇယ် ျဖစ္တဲ့ Jimi Hendrix  ရဲ့နည္းနာယူသူလဲျဖစ္ပါတယ္။  သူေလးစား ႏွစ္သက္ခဲ့တဲ့အျခား နာမည္ေက်ာ္ ပုဂၢိဳလ္မ်ားကေတာ့  Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, George Harrison, ႏွင့္ Joe Kmiecik တို႔ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ သူဟာ Spanish classical ဂီတကိုလည္း ႏွစ္သက္သူျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ Janis Joplin ကေတာ့သူအႏွစ္သက္ဆံုး အဆိုေတာ္တစ္ေယာက္ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။

သူဟာ Message တီးဝိုင္းက ဂစ္တာသမားျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ ဒီတီးဝိုင္းမွာ ယခင္ကတီးခဲ့တဲ့ Dave Sabo ေနရာမွာ Bon Jovi က Sambora ကိုအစားထိုးခဲ့တာျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ Sambora ဟာ Bon Jovi ရဲ့သခ်င္းအေတာ္မ်ားမ်ားကို ဂစ္တာတီးရင္း ဟာမိုနီးအျဖစ္လည္းသီဆိုေပးပါတယ္။ အထးသျဖင့္ "I'll Be There for You" ႏွင့္ "These Days" သီခ်င္းမ်ား ရယ္  "Lay Your Hands on Me" ႏွင့္ "Homebound Train" "Stranger in This Town" သခ်င္းမ်ားလဲပါဝင္ပါတယ္။ "Stranger in This Town"  CD ကို 1994 တုန္းကထုပ္လုပ္ျဖန္႔ေဝခဲ့တာျဖစ္ပါတယ္။  LL Cool J ရဲ့ 2008 Album ျဖစ္တဲ့ "Baby Rock Remix" Sambora ကိုအသားေပး တီးခတ္ေစခဲ့ပါတယ္။



1991 မွာသူဟာ Solo အတီးျပိဳင္ပြဲကို Stranger in This Town သခ်င္းျဖင့္ စတင္ဝင္ေရာက္တီးခတ္ရွင္ျပိဳင္ခဲ့ပါတယ္ ဒီသခ်င္းပါဝင္တဲ့ Album ဟာ Blue ဂီတကိုအသားေပးထားတဲ့ ေခြျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ Mr Bluesman သခ်င္းမွာ  Eric Clapton က Lead ဂစ္တာတီးေပးထားျပီး Sambora က acoustic guitars ျဖင့္ေနာက္ခံအားျဖည့္တီးေပးထားတာျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ US မွာေျဖေဖ်ာ္ခဲ့တဲ့ပြဲေတြကို အယ္ဘမ္အျဖစ္ျဖန္႔ခ်ီရာတြင္ လိုက္ပါတီးေပးခဲ့သူမ်ားကေတာ့ Tony Levin (bass), Dave Amato (guitar), Crystal Taliefero (percussion) and Bon Jovi ရဲ့ဝိုင္းေတာ္သား Tico Torres (drums) ႏွင့္ Dave Bryan (keyboards). တို႔ျဖစ္ၾကပါတယ္။ 1991 ႏွစ္ေႏြရာသီမွာ "Ballad of Youth" အယ္ဘမ္ကိုထုပ္ေဝပါတယ္ ျပီးေနာက္ BBC Radio 1 ရဲ့ The Friday Rock Show မွာ ထပ္ခါထပ္ခါ ေၾကာ္ျငာခဲ့ေစကာမူ အဆင့္ 75 အထိသာ တက္နိဳင္ခဲ့ပါတယ္။
"Ballad of Youth" ဟာ Sambora ရဲ့ ပထမ Solo Album ျဖစ္ပါတယ္
   
1998 မွာ ျဖန္႔ေဝခဲ့တဲ့ Sambora ရဲ့ Undiscovered Soul ဟာသူရဲ့ဒုတိယေခြျဖစ္သလို Solo Album လဲတစ္ခုလည္းျဖစ္ပါတယ္ ဒီအယ္ဘမ္ရဲ့ထုပ္လုပ္သူကေတာ့ Don Was ျဖစ္ပါတယ္ ဒီႏွစ္ထဲမွာ သူဟာ Japan, Australia ႏွင့္ Europe တို႔မွာလွည့္လည္ေျဖာ္ေဖ်ခဲ့ပါတယ္။ ဒီပြဲစဥ္မွားမွာ ဝိုင္းေတာ္သားမ်ားအျဖစ္ Richie Supa (guitar), Ron Wikso (drums), Kasim Sulton (bass), Tommy Mandel (keyboards), Everett Bradley (percussion;), Gioia Bruno (percussion; ) ႏွင့္ Crystal Taliefero (percussion; Europe only) တို႔ျဖစ္ၾကပါတယ္ Everett Bradley ကေတာ့ Japan ပြဲစဥ္တစ္ခုမွာဘဲပါဝင္သူျဖစ္ျပီး အျခားပြဲစဥ္မ်ားမွာ မပါဝင္ပါဘူး Gioia Bruno ကလဲ Australia တစ္ခုထဲမွာသာ တီးေပးျဖစ္ခဲ့သူပါ။ Crystal Taliefero ကလဲ Europe ပြဲမွာသာပါဝင္သူျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ 1996 ႏွစ္က Bo Diddley ရဲ့ A Man Amongst Men မွာ  "Can I Walk You Home" ႏွင့္ "Oops! Bo Diddley" သခ်င္းမ်ားကို ဧည့္သည္ေတာ္အျဖစ္တီးေပးခဲ့ပါတယ္ 1999 ႏွစ္မွာေတာ့ Stuart Smith ရဲ့ Heaven & Earth အယ္ဘမ္မွာ ဧည္သည္အဆိုေတာ္အျဖစ္သီဆိုေပးခဲ့ပါတယ္ ထုိႏွစ္ထဲမွာဘဲ Deep Purple ရဲ့ "When a Blind Man Cries" ႏွင့္ အဆိုေတာ္ Amanda Marshall ရဲ့ Tuesday's Child by Canadian အယ္ဘမ္ထဲက  "Why Don't You Love Me" တို႔ကိုတီးေပးခဲ့ပါတယ္။  ။ 

Sambora also played on an album called Lessons from a band called Message. The album was recorded in the early 1980s.

Sambora sings "Long Way Around" (background audio) during the final scene in the 1997 Steven Seagal action film Fire Down Below and is featured on the film's soundtrack.

Sambora also recorded the song "One Last Goodbye" on the soundtrack for the movie The Banger Sisters. He also covered Jimi Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary" for the soundtrack of The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, released in 1990.

His guitar work is also featured on the track "Misery" on Pink's 2001 album Missundaztood with Steven Tyler.

In 2004, Sanctuary Records released a self-titled album which had been recorded in 1978 by Shark Frenzy, documenting Sambora's first recorded material. The mix tapes had been damaged in a flood and it had taken band member Bruce Foster to remaster them for them to be released so many years later.

Sambora co-wrote several tracks and played guitar on Australian rock/pop artist Shannon Noll's third album, called Turn It Up. It was released in Australia September 15, 2007.

14 years after his previous solo album, Sambora announced via his Twitter page that recording had been completed and that he was hoping the album would be released in July 2012. Photographs were published of Sambora working in a recording studio. The new album was produced by Luke Ebbin, who produced Bon Jovi's Crush and Bounce albums. Aftermath of the Lowdown was released in September 2012.

Sambora performed as the house band on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS for one week (December 3–7, 2012).[14] Several guests sang along with the band over the week, including Craig Ferguson (singing Sugar Daddy),[15] Denis Leary, Eddie Izzard and even Larry King sang the Late Late Show theme song.[16]

1980s

In the 80s, Sambora mostly played Kramer, Jackson, Charvel and Hamer superstrats as well as modified and custom Les Paul models, such as his Rod Schoepfer model. In early-mid 1987, Kramer put out a Richie Sambora signature model with three humbuckers, pointy drooped headstock, gold hardware, star-shaped fingerboard inlays and a Floyd Rose Original locking tremolo, which quit production in 1989. Today it has been reissued by MusicYo, and is named "Jersey Star", no longer carrying Sambora's actual name. He had also used several other Kramer models, including a variety of custom ones ("one-offs"). His two most notable guitars from the Slippery When Wet album/tour were his Kramer Richie Sambora signature and a custom white Jackson with gold hardware and a Floyd Rose tremolo, HSS pickup configuration and a reversed Strat-like headstock and a star on the body and headstock. There is also another of his very famous guitars from Kramer, which is a Jersey Star signature double neck used on "Lay Your Hands On Me".

During the following years Sambora played various guitars, most notably a custom black Jackson, which featured only a single humbucking pickup in the bridge position, Floyd Rose tremolo system and a maple neck and fretboard with a reversed Strat-like headstock, along with vintage Fenders and Gibsons.
Sambora with a Fender Stratocaster

1990s


In 1991, Fender issued a Richie Sambora signature Stratocaster model which featured an original Floyd Rose tremolo system and an HSS combination of DiMarzio PAF Pro humbucking and 2 Fender Texas Special single-coil pickups. This guitar came in two versions; American and later in 1996, Japanese. US-made Sambora model featured an alder body with ash veneers and was available in Cherry Sunburst and Olympic White, while the Japanese version had an alder body with black paisley graphics(ltd),Snow White or Cherry Red Sunburst finish available (per the 1996 and 1997 catalogs). Other features included a one-piece maple neck/fingerboard with 22 frets and star-shaped position markers, as well as a 25dB active mid-boost circuit (US version only) with TBX (US & Japanese Paisley) tone controls and an active/passive push-button switch.

In the 1995 video Live from London, Sambora uses a custom orange burst double neck Fender Stratocaster featuring a traditional maple neck with star inlays and a locking tremolo (on the lower neck). He uses this guitar on the song 'Lay Your Hands On Me' on the London DVD.

There was also a Mexican-made standard version of the instrument, featuring a DiMarzio PAF humbucking pickup in the bridge position and two standard single-coils in the neck and middle positions. The guitar also sported a rosewood fingerboard with 21 frets and white dot inlays, as well as a Floyd Rose II locking bridge. Both the US and Mexican-made Sambora models were discontinued in 2002, though now there is a Fender Standard Series Stratocaster HSS Locking Tremolo with about the same specs as Sambora's own guitar, but its only available through Guitar Center.

Sambora has used Ovation acoustic-electric guitars from the early 1980s until today. He played a custom-made doubleneck designed by his longtime guitar technician Gary "Gaz" Douglas which is featured on many "unplugged" versions of Bon Jovi songs such as "Wanted Dead or Alive" and a variety of other Ovations, such as the Adamas hybrid wood/graphite model.

2000–present

 

 In 2000, Taylor started the production of a Richie Sambora signature model, a 6-string acoustic made of koa wood, called the RSSM. Only 100 were made all in the year of 2000. All of his double neck acoustics feature a 6 string neck on top and a 12 string neck on bottom, opposite of the normal manufacturing standard.

Since Sambora has been known to use his favourite Martin acoustic, among others, on a lot of recordings, Martin guitars put out two of Sambora's signature models in 2006, a 6-string and a 12-strings, based on his mentioned favourite 1930 Martin OM-45. He has also been seen using a Yamaha double neck acoustic at specific live shows.

He still plays a variety of Fenders, apparently over 40 Stratocasters (mostly vintage, American Deluxe and Custom Shop models), such as the Telecaster doubleneck used on "Have a Nice Day". Sambora also has a '59 ash-body Telecaster used for "These Days" and "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night". From 2003–2006, he played a wide variety guitars on stage, including custom "Sambora" guitars built by his guitar tech Chris "Lumpy" Hofschneider, Zemaitis Guitars, Floyd Rose guitars, Ovation, Taylor and Martin guitars, vintage and Custom Shop Gibson and Fender models, as well as guitars from his collection. One of the guitars built by his guitar tech features a fretboard made of both maple and rosewood, on an ash body with neck-through-body construction and a custom humbucking/single/single pickup layout. Currently, he mostly plays the custom black "Sambora" guitar (which is now a custom model called Sambora SA-2 for ESP), different models of Gibson Les Pauls and Fender Telecasters and Stratocasters (American Vintage, American Deluxe, Custom Shop and other models). On October 10, 2012, when he was about to play his second gig of the "Aftermath of the Lowdown" Tour in Amsterdam (NL), Richie got a custom Italian guitar hand crafted by Fabrizio Paoletti as a tribute to his music. Bon Jovi Club Italy organized the delivery. He loved so much the guitar that he played "Stranger in Town" with it, the same night. From that day, the Paoletti Wine Stratospheric has become a permanent instrument in his live guitar racks and was used on the "Because We Can Tour" as well.[17]

Sambora also used Gibson and Guild acoustics, particularly a Guild F-50 12-string, which he used on the song "Wanted Dead or Alive". He acquired this guitar directly from the Guild factory due to it having a finish flaw.

For most of the 80s and early-mid '90s, he used Marshall amplifiers, particularly the JCM800 models with 4x12" speaker cabinets and a variety of rack and pedal units (including effects). During his Stranger in This Town tour, Sambora used 2 Marshall JCM800 2203 heads and a Fender amp head (model not specified), with 3 4x12" Marshall cabinets. In 1995, Sambora started using Fender ToneMasters with Fender ToneMaster 4x12" speaker cabinets, following the These Days Tour. On tour, he used up to 12 cabinets on stage. For the studio sessions of his second solo album, Undiscovered Soul, he also used a Fender Bassman 4x10" combo and a Vox AC30. On the tour, he used Fender ToneMasters, a Marshall amp head, a Vox amp head and a VHT Pitbull in combination with Fender ToneMaster 4x12" and 2x12" speaker cabinets. In 2000, Sambora started using the Marshall JCM2000 DSL series (both on the tour and recording sessions of Crush). The song "It's My Life" was also recorded with a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier. He has also used the Marshall DSL series on the Bounce tour, as well as a Hughes & Kettner amp, occasionally. During their Have a Nice Day tour, Sambora used Diezel and Divided by 13 amplification and custom made 4x12" speaker cabinets. During the studio recording sessions of the Lost Highway album, he used Matchless, Bogner Ecstasy and Diezel Herbert amps. In 2007, he started appearing on stage with 2 halfstacks, again featuring Marshall JCM2000 DSL amplifiers and custom made 4x12" cabinets.

In late 2007, Sambora became an endorsee of The ESP Guitar Company, and a new Richie Sambora signature model, the LTD SA-2, is being debuted at the 2008 Winter NAMM show.

According to Young Guitar (Japanese magazine), Richie Sambora used (during the Tokyo shows in 2008) an A/B box, Framptone Talkbox, Jimi Hendrix Dunlop Wah, Keeley Sd-1, Stock SD-1, Roger Mayer Octavia (butane paintjob), Boss CH-1, EHX Electric Mistress Deluxe. He also uses a MIDI rig.

Sambora is endorsed by D'Addario and uses D'Addario strings on all of his guitars. He uses a variety of sets for different tunings, including EXL110 (.010-.046), EXL115 (.011-.049), EPS540 (.010-.052), EXP15 (.010-.047 acoustic), and EXP38 (.010-047 acoustic 12-string set).

Now, from 2010/2011, Sambora is using a rack system. Some effects the rack includes are: Furman Power Conditioner, Lexicon and Eventide rack effects. Some of the pedals that Sambora is using on the Circle tour are: BOSS OD-1, Hermida Audio Zendrive, Tone Freak Effects Naked OD and Abunai 2, Klon Centaur, Analog Man Octron, EHX Micro POG, Tone Freak Effects MelloTremo, BBE Soul Vibe, Retro-Sonic Chorus, MXR EVH Flanger, MXR Phase 90, Maxon Auto Filter, EHX Deluxe Memory Man. These effects are all run by a MIDI Controller. The effects he has running from his guitar to his amp are: BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner, Moollon Wah, and an Ernie Ball Volume Pedal.

Sambora professes that he still takes guitar lessons to improve his skills and is being taught how to play fingerstyle by Lawrence Juber, after meeting him in a guitar store and thinking it was two guitarists playing from a distance. They later performed together and with Tommy Emmanuel, recording an acoustic version of "Livin' on a Prayer".[18]

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