The Ronny North Gear Page!!

Ed Roman Custom RN Quicksilver:

Built by Mike Risinger at Ed Roman Guitars. Ash body, maple neck with 24 jumbo frets on a ebony fret board, Floyd, Custom Seymour Duncans, strung with Dean Markley Blue Steels 9-46. This guitar was actually shot for an episode of Ed's upcoming TV reality show where they filmed the entire process of Ed making Ronny's guitar. Ed even put a cool metal N on the guitar. The guitar was the prototype that was going to become the Ed Roman RN signature guitar. Unfortunately Ed passed away in December 2011 before they could finish the project. The guitar is actually Ronny's main standard tuned stage guitar.

Greg Back Guitars Ronny North Prototype:

Tuned to D and strung with Dean Markley Blue Steel 10-52 strings, features light weight 50 year old Korina small single cut body with a green arched Flamed maple top, 24 3/4 scale, Maple neck (wide but thin in depth) with 20 degree radius fretboard with 22 Jumbo frets, Seymour Duncan pickups (Alt-8 in the bridge and 59" in the neck), original Floyd Rose Trem with Floyd Upgrades Brass block and Ti inserts and parts, D tuna, single volume, kill switch that only kills neck pick up, Gibson style 3 way pick up selector and Feiten Tuning system

J Taylor Guitars Custom RN V:

Built by Ronny's high school friend John Taylor. Light Mahogany body, 20 radius rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo frets, original Floyd Rose trem with Floyd Upgrades Brass block, D-Tuna, Duncan pickups (Alt-8 and 59"). Tuned standard with Dean Markley Blue Steel strings 9-46.
Ronny's main standard tuned live guitar.

Boulder Creek Solitaire Acoustic/Electric

with Floyd Upgrades Ti Bridge pins
Ronny's main live acoustic.

Traveler Guitar EG-1 Guitar

Ronny uses this guitar to keep up his chops when traveling. The guitar actually sounds great through Ronny's stage rig. Strung with Dean Markley Blue Steel Strings 9-46.

Torched Floyd Rose V

The guitar was given to Ronny by his sponsor Floyd Rose. The guitar was originally white but Ronny thought it was too pretty and a perfect canidate to be torched with his blow torch... The guitar gets used live a bit and is usually tuned standard with Dean Markley Blue Steel strings (9-46). The guitar is sometimes tuned to E flat when used for special projects and jams.

Ronny North 2008 Production Guitar

Designed entirely by Ronny and based on the RN prototype. Small mahogany body with a green sunburst flamed maple top. Seymour Duncan pickups (Alt-8 and 59"). Original Floyd Rose trem, with a Floyd Upgrades big brass trem block, tuned standard with Dean Markley Blue Steel strings (9-46). Currently used as the main backup guitar for the J Taylor V.

1987 Torched Kramer Pacer

This guitar was purchased by Ronny in the early 90's. Kramers of this era are considered the most collectable. The guitar was originally white and in pretty much flawless condition (and at that point already collectable). Well, Ronny had the great idea to blow torch the guitar while driving home from purchasing the guitar so he stopped by Home Depot and bought a blow torch. Once home, he quickly dis-assembled the guitar and took the blow torch to it. This was the end result... Ronny has torched several of his guitars since then as well as a few friends' axes along the way. Funny story, Ronny played a show with RATT a week after getting this guitar and Warren Demartini was checking the guitar out backstage after Ronny got off stage and said he liked the way it looked. Ronny quickly offered to torch one of Warren's guitars. Warren passed... lol.....

Ronny's A rig used for big shows

Laney VH-100R Tube head with a TC Electronics G System that is used for all delay and chorusing as well as channel switching on the amp and controlling the pedals mounted in the rack; pedals in the rack are Whirlwind Orange box phaser, Alesis Micro EQ (used only for clean sounds); also in rack are Brace Audio wireless, Morley ABC switcher used to switch between wireless and cable if need be; Rack controlled by the G Systems remote foot controller; Morley Mark Tremonti Wah and foot controller mounted in a Coffin Case Pedal board; Rack powered by a Carvin Power conditioner; Laney plugged into a Essential Sound Products power cable in rack; rack wired to pedal board and main wiring in rack by Pedalsnake custom audio snakes; all other cabling Whirlwind including a custom 50 ft stage cable for rare occations when the wireless can't be used

Laney 4x12 Cabs

loaded with Celestion G-65 speakers; cabs are set on Auralex Great Gramma Acoustic stands for both live and recording

Pedalboard for Rack

TC Controller and Tremonti Wah

Pedalboard for Rig B

Coffin Case Black Kross pedal board loaded with a Laney amp control, Morley Mark Tremonti Wah, Whirlwind Orange Box Phaser, Boss Chorus, Digitech Delay, Digitech tuner, Brace Audio Wireless, powered by an MXR Brick, all cables Whirlwind, pedal board cabled to amps with a Pedalsnake custom audio snake, pedal board run into either a Laney VH-100R or Laney GH-100 Tube Heads into one or two Laney Cabs

Pedalboard for Rig C

BSH Custom RN Pedalboard loaded with a Morley Tremonti Wah, Whirlwind Orange Box Phaser AMT Extreme III Distortion, Digitech Delay, Morley Tuner; used for smaller shows (plugged into a Laney TT-100 Tube combo), clinics and fly in shows when Ronny can't use his normal rig