It's John Sykes, he used his old trusty Les Paul Custom through a Boogie, I think it was a Mark II or a Colesium (basically a 180W Mark II) through Marshall cabs. Not 100% sure, there was an article in a recent Guitar Player about that tone. I'll look it up when I get home.
I can't find the article about John's sound on that song but volume is also a main component, and yeah, I have a Boogie and a LP Custom, you gotta move some air.
I have an article in a mag somewhere in my room on what his lead is and what gear he is using. He's using his Les Paul into a Collosium. Then for his clean sound he used a Fender Strat into I think a Fender Twin or something really cleany-goodness
He didn't leave, Coverdale fired the whole band before the disc was finished. He actually came in to do the solo to that song after he was fired. He wanted to wrap the whole thing up. Bummer, that was a killer band, but Coverdale wanted to create the next "Super Group", I think that backfired on him, Sykes was the man for Whitesnake.
Roger
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