The Smiths – The Smiths
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1984 album The Smiths.
Music from The Smiths
Artists on The Smiths
Gear Used On The Smiths
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of The Smiths – The Smiths (1984). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by Johnny Marr on The Smiths
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
Rickenbacker 330 Electric Guitar
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In this picture Johnny Marr can be seen playing this guitar.
"This is my 1983 Black Rickenbacker 330 that I used throughout The Smiths. I got it from A1 Repairs on Oxford Road in Manchester and it was my main guitar at all the early gigs. It's the sound of the riff on 'What Difference Does It Make' and 'Reel Around The Fountain', all of the first album and on other albums too. I still use it now.
I've got my old faithful which is my Rickenbacker 330; a 6 string. I find that this one is the workhorse, it's the one that I use on most of the numbers live and in rehearsals."
This was a major guitar throughout the Smiths live and recorded history. Retired by Johnny sometime in early 1985 for live use, it was later used regularly by Craig Gannon in 1986 as one of his 3 primary live guitars. It has "button top" style higain pickups and Grover slimline tuners. These tuners were used on Rickenbackers for a very short transitional period, and are fairly rare.
Source: http://www.smithsonguitar.com/2008/12/johnny-marrs-gear.html
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Smiths main acoustic. Martin D28. Well I Wonder, There Is A Light, Bigmouth Strikes Again, I Know It's Over. "I wrote 'The Headmaster Ritual' on acoustic. It's in an open-D tuning with a capo at the 2nd fret. There are two tracks of Martin D28."