“It sounded like an ice pick. I thought he was gonna laugh. He looks up and goes, ‘It’s pretty awesome.’ I thought, ‘Is it?! It sounds terrible to me’”: Why Joe Walsh’s distinct taste in amps took Tom Bukovac by surprise

Tom Bukovac and Joe Walsh.

Session veteran Tom Bukovac says Joe Walsh went through a “conveyor belt” of guitar amps in the hunt for the perfect one as they prepared for a tour together – and he was surprised by which one he went for.

Bukovac was Walsh's foil when he hit the road to support Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and rehearsals proved to be quite the ear-opener for him.