Buddy Guy

According to this interview with Gilbert Garza, Buddy's guitar tech, his signaal goes into the "Buddy Guy signature wah pedal by Dunlop, and out to an Ibanez Tube Screamer."

"This is his main axe here...He likes this one, the tone of it, specifically. It actually was made in 89," says Buddy Guy's guitar tech, in this rig rundown video.

Most recently, Buddy has been playing a ’72 Telecaster Deluxe onstage, together with a similar blue/white polka-dot Custom Shop Telecaster.

Buddy’s ’72 Tele Deluxe features brown finish, maple neck, and it has a pair of Fender Wide Range humbuckers.

In this picture, Buddy Guy is playing a Honey Blonde Custom Fender Signature Stratocaster that has got Fender Hot Noiseless Strat pickups fitted into it. The use of these pickups by Guy is also recalled on Fender.com (http://www.fender.com/guitar-bass-parts/pickups-and-preamps/fender-hot-noiseless-strat-pickups-set-of-3)

In this promotional video for Fender's first ever signature amp line for Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy tries out the Fender EC Twinolux on stage.

As published on the Fender website, Buddy Guy has number of limited and standard signature Stratocasters.

Around 2:50 in this Premier Guitar rig rundown, Buddy Guy's guitar tech talks about his amplifiers, two custom made Chicago Blues Box amps. He says, "He made these two boutique amps...He went ahead and sonically reproduced the tone of a Bassman...We've been using these as long as I've been with Buddy."

In this Ernie Ball advert, Guy is visible playing the Guild Nightingale. This photo dates back to 70's-80's, when Guy had an endorsement deal with Guild.

This was Buddy’s first electric guitar. He bought it in Louisianne, and used on his very first single “Sit and Cry (the Blues)” released in 1957. Shortly after this session, his Les Paul was stolen, and unfortunately never recovered.

In this picture, you can see the last gig of Stevie Ray Vaughan at Alpine Valley of Eric Claptons massive 1990-91 Journeyman World Tour in which Guy is playing a 1987 Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster in Torino Red finish. The use of exactly this Clapton Signature guitar is also recalled in Christie's 1999 Eric Clapton Crossroads auction catalogue on page 88/89.

In this YouTube video, Buddy Guy at a performance in Des Moines, IA. Oct. 15, 2011 playing his own Martin JC Signature Model.

A more in-depth and technical look into the guitar can be seen in this YouTube video with a Martin rep:

"We got a call from Buddy Guy… and we got into a conversation about what his optimum guitar would be and you know, Buddy is into polka dots, he wears polka dot shirts, and polka dot pants, and polka dot shoes, and he thought he had to have a polka dot guitar and this is a little bit over the top for us but we got down right into it and using re-composite turquoise stone, executed the inlays around the rosette, on the bridge, the bridge pins… the fingerboard with Buddy’s initials on the 12th fret and even the Martin logo on the top with the turquoise material. Buddy likes to plug in and we gave him a volume and tone control. He does a lot of little acoustic nuances with his volume and tones. This is about as untraditional as Martin ever gets but very cool and over-the-top."

Buddy Guy is associated with a 1961/1962 Gibson Les Paul SG Custom, as featured on the cover of his album "I Was Walking Through the Woods," released in 1974. Although the album was recorded between 1960 and 1964, this suggests Buddy used the guitar during that period. According to GroundGuitar, Buddy kept the guitar at his home until discovering a cracked headstock, after which he gave it to his nephew for repair.

Guy was an artist of Guild and he used Starfire models (specifically Starfire IV's) during 1970's. In this 1979 advert, Guy is seen with his Starfire IV.

As pictured in the source, Buddy Guy is talking about the signature wah, which is also listed on the Dunlop website.

At 1:18, in this rig rundown video, the interviewer asks Buddy Guy's guitar tech about the strings he uses, and he says Buddy Guy uses Ernie Ball Slinky 11 strings.

Played in the early ’80s, although not consistently but mostly for blues-heavy stuff.

Dunlop JD-4S Rotovibe was used live and in studio

Dunlop Fuzz Face was used for fuzzy tones

Buddy is rarely visible with guitar like this, but at Mahindra Blues Festival in 2012, during jamming with Ana Popovi?, he briefly used the Epiphone Sheraton II.

At 5:07, Buddy Guy's guitar tech says, "We got the Vibroverb here for a spare amp, or a guest amp, if someone wants sit in and play, we'll fire that up."

Vox Wah (used prior to the release of his own signature Wah)

"The Radial BigShot ABY is great! I use it to switch between Buddy's wireless system and direct wired guitar before it goes into the Radial JD7 and his various amps. The Radial gear is the best." ~ Mark Messner - Stage manager about Radial JD7 and Radial BigShot ABY Box.

In this photo, Guy is visible with Stevie Ray Vaughan signature Stratocaster.

In a live performance from January 7, 2017, Buddy Guy can be seen using a Coral Electric Sitar during his rendition of "Skin Deep."

Buddy Guy's 1995 Stratocaster model features Fender Lace Sensor Gold Single-coils, as detailed by Rainbowguitars.

As explained by Buddy Guy's guitar tech in the Rig Rundown source video, he uses a Coral Sitar now and then.

Buddy Guy uses a Furman PL-8 Power Conditioner, as his guitar tech points out at 4:20 in this rig rundown video.

Buddy Guy's guitar tech calls the Shure UR4D Wireless Receiver "one of the top of lines" at 4:26 in this rig rundown video.

In this Premier Guitar rig rundown, Buddy Guy's guitar tech points out Buddy Guy's Radial JD7 Injector at 4:40 and says, "It gets any buzz, hum, or noise, 99% of the time."

In this article, it talks about Buddy Guy's acoustic guitars. It reads, "The acoustic that Guy sometimes features in concert is the JC Buddy Guy model built by Martin. 'The guitar is as unusual as anything we’ve done,” said Dick Boak, the company’s Director of Museum, Archives and Special Projects. 'Buddy had a J-40 Jumbo Martin that he loved,' Boak recounts."