That's an astute observation, Chris... and you're right, although he still does the chordal volume pedal swell thing once in a while. Also, his whammy bar stuff is so well integrated into his playing at this point that I'm often not even aware that he's using it! Like I said, he's reinvented himself and that's a pretty rare thing in guitar players. Jeff Beck did it and Wayne Krantz to some extent, but I can't think of many others.
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