“I mean, that is like so illegal in the Foo Fighters but I’ve slipped it in just a little bit without asking!”: Chris Shiflett says Richie Sambora inspired him to take a pink Superstrat on tour with the Foos, and now he’s divebombing in solos

Chris Shiflett plays a Telecaster Custom in Lake Placid Blue on a sunlit stage in California.

Chris Shiflett has revealed that he is taking a Charvel-style custom Superstrat on tour with the Foo Fighters after being inspired by his podcast conversations with Richie Sambora.

Speaking with Premier Guitar, in a video segment documenting his live rig, Shiflett joked that this kind of electric guitar was “highly illegal” for a Foo Fighters tour, and that having a Floyd Rose-equipped instrument onstage had even led to him augmenting his solo to Breakout with a few divebombs.