Andrew Taylor

"My first guitar I've had about seven years, it's one of the early Yamaha models, a little thing which I think they called the SG90 then"

[...]I use several guitars, a Telecaster with Seymour Duncan that I use a lot....

About 8-years ago I tried a Fender Telecaster 50th anniversary issue from Fender, the black one I currently use.

Andrew Taylor uses a Gibson ES-335 to achieve the distinctive funky groove in Duran Duran's "Notorious." This is demonstrated in the YouTube video "Duran Duran -The Andy Show- Notorious-" by aviewtoabill. Taylor emphasizes the guitar's direct sound over software-generated tones for this style.

Time-stamped to get a good shot... the amps Andy used on his last tour with Duran Duran were in fact Peavey XXX heads, with matching Peavey XXX cabinets... the previous entry (Peavey ValveKing, lol) is incorrect, and the video URL the submitter placed was a dead link. Doesn't matter, as the video link was for the song 'Wild Boys' from 1984 and the ValveKing wouldn't hit the market for another 22 years...

In the YouTube video titled "Duran Duran - The Andy Show - Taste the Summer," Andrew Taylor mentions owning a white Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar, similar to the one used by Jeff Beck.

I use several guitars, [...] a Les Paul red cherry with some pickups of the custom shop and a white Les Paul with Seymour Duncan.

Can be seen being used live on the 2004 Duran Duran tour.

He plays the item throughout the video.

According to Duran Duran's official website Andy used a Vox AC30 in spring 2003.

In this vid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PWkESurqqhI) @4.46: the Vox AC30 has Greenbacks

According to Duran Duran official website Andy used to play a 160e in spring 2003.

According to Duran Duran's official website Andy used to play a Fender Mustang in spring 2003.

"To begin with I always choose maple necks when I can because they feel smoother and look nicer; so what have I got? There are two Schecters, slightly modified from the standard shape, and a Roger Giffin; a Fender Squier Telecaster with Seymour Duncan pickups fitted; two Strats modified with just one DiMarzio Super Distortion pickup – a noisy Van Halen one for feedback and the other's a spare; a few Yamahas, including the black one which is the first good guitar I ever had, bought it when I was 15, it's an SG90, the first electric they ever made, but again it's been modified; there's also a Yamaha SG2000 which I use in the studio and a 335 type, which is nice for jazzy stuff; the Ibanez is a cheapo, but it's got a great out of phase sound, again good for funk; I've got a couple of Gibsons including a '76 Firebird which is when they re-issued them, and a couple of SGs, one with a tremolo arm. I had a really nice '61 Cherry SG but that got ripped off. It was in storage. Who ever did it took two Strats and this SG which had a really thin body, but they left the cases behind, so it wasn't until months later when we opened them that we found out they'd gone. If I ever find the bloke who did that, I'll stamp on his head."

"To begin with I always choose maple necks when I can because they feel smoother and look nicer; so what have I got? There are two Schecters, slightly modified from the standard shape, and a Roger Giffin; a Fender Squier Telecaster with Seymour Duncan pickups fitted; two Strats modified with just one DiMarzio Super Distortion pickup – a noisy Van Halen one for feedback and the other's a spare; a few Yamahas, including the black one which is the first good guitar I ever had, bought it when I was 15, it's an SG90, the first electric they ever made, but again it's been modified; there's also a Yamaha SG2000 which I use in the studio and a 335 type, which is nice for jazzy stuff; the Ibanez is a cheapo, but it's got a great out of phase sound, again good for funk; I've got a couple of Gibsons including a '76 Firebird which is when they re-issued them, and a couple of SGs, one with a tremolo arm. I had a really nice '61 Cherry SG but that got ripped off. It was in storage. Who ever did it took two Strats and this SG which had a really thin body, but they left the cases behind, so it wasn't until months later when we opened them that we found out they'd gone. If I ever find the bloke who did that, I'll stamp on his head."

Presently the Schecters and Giffin are the favourites, and the Yamaha SG90 still comes in for some use. There are acoustics as well such as a Martin D28, and 12-string Ovations – "the first acoustic I've ever heard with a pickup inside it that sounds as good as a mike." He does have a Roland GR300 guitar synth, "but I played it on the last album and ran out of things to do." The latest acquisition, a new GR700, is being evaluated by a mate.

Presently the Schecters and Giffin are the favourites, and the Yamaha SG90 still comes in for some use. There are acoustics as well such as a Martin D28, and 12-string Ovations – "the first acoustic I've ever heard with a pickup inside it that sounds as good as a mike." He does have a Roland GR300 guitar synth, "but I played it on the last album and ran out of things to do." The latest acquisition, a new GR700, is being evaluated by a mate.

Presently the Schecters and Giffin are the favourites, and the Yamaha SG90 still comes in for some use. There are acoustics as well such as a Martin D28, and 12-string Ovations – "the first acoustic I've ever heard with a pickup inside it that sounds as good as a mike." He does have a Roland GR300 guitar synth, "but I played it on the last album and ran out of things to do." The latest acquisition, a new GR700, is being evaluated by a mate.

During this interview, Andy talks about the RedBeard Effects Angry Rhubarb (after 2:55).

looks correct to me watching the video

During this interview, Andy mentions the Honey Badger (after 3:59).

During this interview with Andy, his pedalboard appears at 3:52, and there it is, the CS-3 Compression Sustainer.

During this interview with Andy, his pedalboard appears at 3:52, and there it is, the Electro-Harmonix POG2 Polyphonic Octave Generator.

During this interview with Andy, his pedalboard appears at 3:52, and there it is, the TC Electronic Polytune 2 (I think it is #2, because of the button). Check.

In this interview with Andy, his pedalboard appears at 3:52, and there it is, the Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter Pedal.

In this interview with Andy, his pedalboard appears at 3:52, and there it is (4:05-08), the Radial Engineering BigShot PB1 Class-A Power Booster.

In this video @1.40 you can spot his pedalboard. A pitch factory is present

In this video @1.40 you can spot his pedalboard; a dispatch master is clearly visible

In this vid @2.59 you can spot the knobs on his red wah pedal making it a Slash Wah SW95 pedal from Dunlop

In this vid @2.59 you can spot the nano pog on his pedalboard

In this vid @2.59 you can spot the pedalboard

In this vid @3.52 you can spot his live board (which differs from the board you can spot all over the vid. An Archer is clearly visible