"Captain" Kirk Douglas

"Captain" Kirk Douglas mentions his Electro-Harmonix Stereo Electric Mistress. It is shown [@ 2:06] in the video.

"Captain" Kirk Douglas mentions his Pigtronix Envelope Phaser. It is shown [@ 2:12] in the video where he says, "I like them a lot."

Around 3:19 in this video, "Captain" Kirk Douglas says that he uses the Mesa Boogie Stiletto guitar amp out on stage on the Jimmy Fallon show, "an EL34 based amp."

He describes it as Mesa Boogie's first foray into the British sounding amplifier. "It projects well, it's got a great natural distortion sound, it's like a Swiss army knife of amplifiers... very intuitive, easy to operate, and it looks pretty badass too."

The video has an upload date of November 2012.

In this Instagram pic, "Captain" Kirk Douglass explains: "To answer your question @fenerman, this is Bernadette. She suffered many torchings during the making of this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCT9I1fFo7Q. My main LP to this day."

The video he's referring to is a Heineken commercial he did, where he plays a fast solo, then throws the guitar to the ground and sets it on fire. He then puts out the fire with a Heineken beer.

This tweet by GibsonGuitarNYC (https://twitter.com/GibsonGuitarNYC/status/13079664476) from 2010 reveals that it's a Gibson Les Paul Standard. The color most closely matches Desert Burst.

"Captain" Kirk Douglas posted a photo (June 2014) of his white Epiphone Crestwood Custom electric guitar. He captions the photo, "Miss June. #guitarporn #epiphone #crestwood"

At one point he loaned it to Prince so he could play it on the Late Night show, and at the end of the song "Bambi" Prince threw the guitar on the ground and cracked the headstock. According to an interview with Douglas, Prince apologized but refused to sign the guitar for Douglas. Prince replied, "No, I haven't signed anything since the 70s."

Kirk Douglas recalls that he bought the guitar around 2004, at 30th Street Guitars in New York.

Premier Guitar:

Yes. That’s the guitar on that song. I also used it on “Uma.” That guitar has a very distinctive sound. I’m playing the rhythm part through a Divided By 13 RSA 23 amp, and I just love the way they interact together. But yeah, that guitar is very dear to me, so when it was initially broken, I was just concerned that I wouldn’t get to play it again, you know? I was excited that Prince played it and everything, but I was really concerned about the prospect of him being the last person to have played it. Luckily it didn’t work out that way.

In 2019, Douglas [reported[(https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwmh0FvllAU/) that this guitar was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

"Captain" Kirk Douglas uses an MI Audio Crunch Box on his live pedalboard rig for The Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon. It is mentioned [@ 2:39] in the video.

This pedal was also mentioned in the 2019 Premier Guitar interview..

"Capitan" Kirk Douglas says in this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown video at 4:30 that he uses the custom shop Gibson Les Paul Pro guitar with P90 pickups.

According to MESA/Boogie's official website, Douglas is listed as an used of the Lone Star combo amplifier.

Vintage Guitar, 2015

For Fallon, a Mesa Boogie Stiletto, Royal Atlantic, and a Lone Star Special. For my own thing, I like Divided By 13.

On his Instagram, "Captain" Kirk Douglas insinuates that he owns the Keeley Super Mod Workstation, and let James Poyser borrow it:

Patiently waiting for @jamespoyser to return my @keeleyelectronics #supermodworkstation. Bruh...you gotta get your own!

Captain Kirk Douglas uses the JHS Pedals Moonshine, as listed in this Premier Guitar Article Captain Kirk Douglas: Branching Out.

According to the 2019 Premier Guitar interview, Douglas uses the Durham Zia Drive.

In this photo, posted by Douglas on his Instagram profile, he can be seen holding the Epiphone Joe Bonamassa signature guitar.

"Captain" Kirk Douglas uses a Maxon Phase Tone on his live pedalboard rig for The Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon. It is mentioned and shown [@ 2:30] in the video.

"Captain" Kirk Douglas uses an Ibanex TS9 Tube Screamer on his live pedalboard rig for The Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon. It is shown [@ 2:30] in the video.

"Captain" Kirk Douglas uses a Durham Electronics Sex Drive on his live pedalboard rig for The Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon. It is shown [@ 2:30] in the video.

This pedal was also mentioned in the 2019 Premier Guitar interview..

Captain Kirk Douglas uses the RATIN Blue Angel Overdrive, as listed in this Premier Guitar Article Captain Kirk Douglas: Branching Out.

Well, there’s a Rich Robinson ES-335 that I used a lot on the record. That’s on the title track.

In this photo, Douglas can be seen playing the G-1275. It is possible that this guitar was given to him by Epiphone.

In this photo, Douglas can be seen with Ibanez Paul Stanley signature Iceman.

In this pedalboard photo posted by Douglas on his Instagram profile, one of the pedals that can be seen is the EHX Soul Food overdrive.

Excerpts from a Gibson video where "Captain" Kirk Douglas talks about his signature Gibson Kirk Douglas SG guitar:

“My original 1969 Custom SG came in a brown, and I think it's just the perfect update to have it come in this cherry red. Just seeing that guitar reimagined and brand new was a big treat.

Some other things that we collaborated on were just warning the three pickups. You're able to get so many total variations. Over time with my 69 Custom there's - you know, I talk to people at guitar shops about what to do to about that middle pickup - how to get that to function practically… Something that we thought of is to fade in the middle pickup by use of turning the toggle switch. So it's more than just a mere toggle switch. It's also an actual knob. So if you like to tweak, this is the guitar for you.

Another thing that we collaborated on was getting the lead pickup and the rhythm pickup to split. Right now I'm playing on an overdriven amp, and sometimes if you have your full on humbucker it can be a little bit too much guitar. Sometimes you want that more creamy sound sometimes wanna pull back to have a little bit less, so the amp is not so pushed. I like to think about these controls almost like a faucet, where you have like a little bit of water, a little bit of coolness. But you can just turn on then…

While playing on the Fallon show, every guitar player that I'm a fan of I try to have them sign the back of my headstock, and so with a guitar like this I thought it was a good opportunity to have a little signature of my own on the back of the headstock. I want whoever's playing it to really feel like it's theirs too, so that's why the signature is kinda small. But it's a signature guitar so why not put your signature on it?

I feel so incredibly proud that this is it, I am huge fan of Gibson guitars. But if I walked into a guitar shop and saw this there, I’d have a very difficult time walking out of the store all without it.”

Premier Guitar on location at NBC Studio 6B, GE Building, in NYC, catching up with Late Night with Jimmy Fallon's the Roots' guitarist, "Captain" Kirk Douglas. Here at 2:34 he explains that the Line 6 DL4 Delay Guitar Effects Pedal is part of his setup on the show.

This pedal was also mentioned in the 2019 Premier Guitar interview..

Premier Guitar on location at NBC Studio 6B, GE Building, in NYC, catching up with Late Night with Jimmy Fallon's the Roots' guitarist, "Captain" Kirk Douglas. Shown at 5:00 in this video is Douglas's Gibson Byrdland. He uses flatwound strings with it.

"Captain" Kirk Douglas mentions his Pigtronix Tremvelope. It is shown [@ 2:17] in the video where he says, "I like them a lot."

"Captain" Kirk Douglas mentions his Empress Tap Tempo Tremolo. It is shown [@ 2:19] in the video where he says, "I love that because I am able to adjust the knobs with my foot."

This pedal was also mentioned in the 2019 Premier Guitar interview..

"Captain" Kirk Douglas uses an Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner on his live pedalboard rig for The Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon. It is shown [@ 2:30] in the video.

This pedal was also mentioned in the 2019 Premier Guitar interview..

"Captain" Kirk Douglas uses a Dunlop Jimi Hendrix JH1 Wah on his live pedalboard rig for The Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon. It is shown [@ 2:30] in the video. When asked why he uses it, Kirk replied, "It's got a nice sweep and it has Jimi's signature on it."

This pedal was also mentioned in the 2019 Premier Guitar interview..

"Captain" Kirk Douglas uses a Gibson Custom Shop 356 w/ Bigsby Tremolo on The Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon. It is shown [@ 3:57] in the video where he says "It's a slightly smaller body than the 355. So by using a smaller body it makes me look like a bigger human."

"Captain" Kirk Douglas played a Gibson Midtown P90 in fireburst throughout most of Season 2 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, as seen in a user-uploaded photo on Asset-cache.

"Kirk Douglas, guitarist for The Roots with our Vintage Modified Superdelay! #EmpressEffects #KirkDouglas #TheRoots #GotTone #GuitarFX"