The secrets behind Geordie Walker's guitar tone on Killing Joke's Eighties

The secrets behind Geordie Walker's guitar tone on Eighties
(Image credit: Future / Kevin Nixon)

Killing Joke had recorded three studio albums before 1982 when Geordie Walker found the Gibson ES-295 hollowbody electric that became his main guitar

The ES-295 has played a prominent role on every subsequent recording he’s made, as it delivered exactly the sound he was looking for. 

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