Player No. 045classic-rock
Tom Scholz
Boston's founder, an MIT-trained engineer who built his own rig from scratch in a Watertown, Massachusetts basement. His heavily-layered, ultra-sustained Les Paul tone — a 1968 Goldtop into a power-soaked 100W Marshall plus homemade compression — defined arena rock and later spawned the Rockman. More Than a Feeling is the blueprint.
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