Neal Schon's PRS Guitars

Journey 2011 Tour

photo by Lisa-- Thanks!;))

 I caught the Oct. 19th Journey show in Portland. Above is a pic from that show, although the video featured is from the Oct. 15th Mtn View, Shoreline Amphitheater Show- great quality! Neal only uses a Strat-type config in "Lights" in these 2011 tour shows. Some earlier Summer '11 clips show him with a Fender Strat, but Portland and Shoreline are clearly a PRS 305 platform set up for Schon. 305 is PRS' S-type S/S/S offering. And it sounds Stratty enough.

SOLO AT 02:11

Neal plays various PRS models thru most of the show except for what looked like gold top LP on one tune. Mostly single cuts with Santana birds on the fretboards. Journey did a good show. They're headlining the current tour which includes Night Ranger and Foreigner. Pretty much a 70's-80's classic rock showcase thing. 

Neal is also using Blackstar amps. And according to his May 2011 interview by Joe Bosso at MusicRadar.com, Schon's Gibson signature model LP is no more, due to typical gibsoid shenanigans. Interestingly, he also mentions Fernandes bringing back the Schon guitar. So watch for this! Nothing at the Fernandes website yet.

 www.journeymusic.com

PRS 305 Finds

JP