Glenn Tipton

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Glenn Tipton

Born	25 October 1947 Blackheath, England
Genre(s)	Heavy metal Speed metal
Affiliation(s)	Judas Priest
Label(s)	Columbia Records
Notable guitars	Gibson SG Hamer Signature Model
Years active	1974 - Present

Glenn Raymond Tipton (born October 25, 1947 in Blackheath, England) is one of the lead guitarists for the venerable English heavy metal band, Judas Priest. Prior to Judas Priest, he was in the Flying Hat Band.

Tipton is known for his complex, sometimes classically influenced solos and his double lead guitar trades with fellow Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing. Although Glenn did not pick up the guitar until he was 21, he was taught by his mother how to play the piano at a young age.

In 1997 Tipton released his first solo album Baptizm Of Fire, featuring a host of well-known musicians including John Entwistle, Billy Sheehan, Cozy Powell and Don Airey, among others.

1 Equipment
2 Discography
- 2.1 Solo
- 2.2 Judas Priest
3 External links

[edit] Equipment

Guitars: Tipton has used numerous guitars over the years. These include a 60s Fender Stratocaster up until about '78. During '78-'79 he used a black Gibson Les Paul Costum and he started using a Modified CBS-era Fender Stratocaster dimario super-distorion (Humbucking) pickups.For the Screaming for Vengence tour he added a chrome pickguard. Fot this tour he also played a Gibson Sg, which apparently he spray painted black himself. The Sg also had a chrome pickguard and stock PAF humbuckers. Round '84 he switched to a Hamer Phantom gt model which was fitted with one EMG humbucker, a kahler tremolo and had only one volume pott. A signature model was developed and was sold to public from '84-'86. Tipton plays this guitar model to the present day.

Amps: Tipton has always been loyal to Marshall Amps. Up until 1982 Tipton used regular vintage 50 and 100 Watt Marshall heads without a master volume, thats when the 'JCM 800' head was developed. The 'JCM 800' has stayed with him and his fellow 'Axe Attacker' K.K. Downing for many years. Nowadays Tipton has a large Rack unit which includes several different preamps and two Marshall 9100 poweramps.

Effects: Late 70s and 80s: Pete Cornish custom pedalboard with overdrive unit, flanger, MXR distortion unit, MXR Phase 100, MXR digital delay, MXR 12-band EQ, Maestro Echoplex, line boosters between each effect to preserve the signal from input to output, and a RangeMaster-based custom treble boost connected to the bass channel of Marshall 50 and 100 watt heads with no master volume.

Today he only has a modified Crybaby 535Q wah, Digitech tone driver, Digitech main squeeze and a yamaha midi board controling other effects and sounds in the rack unit.