Derek Trucks

Derek Trucks holds and plays his Gibson Derek Trucks Signature SG electric guitar throughout his video. Courtesy of gibson.com, here is a more thorough description of the guitar:

"The Derek Trucks Signature SG is crafted by Gibson USA in the image of the groundbreaking 1961 SG, with its radical asymmetrical dual-horned body style with characteristic beveled body edges. Body and neck are made from Grade-A mahogany and finished in high-gloss Heritage Cherry. The neck is carved to the slim “true D” profile of the early ’60s, which measures .800” deep at the 1st fret and .895” at the 12th. A rosewood fingerboard carries 22 medium-jumbo frets, with a 12-inch radius for smooth, easy bending. The hardware complement is where this instrument first departs from original 1961 SGs, and the Derek Trucks Signature SG carries the decorative Lyre vibrato cover with the vibrato mechanism itself removed—a Trucks mod—and a stopbar tailpiece in its place. Also at the artist’s request, the guitar employs the early style “no wire” ABR-1 Tune-o-matic tailpiece, and is issued without a pickguard. The headstock carries pearloid button vintage-style tuners as well as a PLEK-cut Corian nut for superb resonance and sustain, and is adorned with a mother-of-pearl Gibson logo and holly inlay."

"To give this instrument all the deep, in-the-bone tone of the originals, Gibson USA loads the Derek Trucks Signature SG with a pair of the most accurate PAF-styled humbuckers available today. The ‘57 Classics in the neck and bridge position are made with genuine Alnico II magnets, and wound with 42-AWG enamel-coated wire just like the originals, but are wax potted to combat microphonic squeal for high-volume playing. This pair offers throaty warm neck tones with plenty of clarity, and sweet, singing lead tones from the bridge position, with rounder, funkier tones in between. At Derek Trucks’s request, the ‘57 Classics are routed through 500k potentiometers for both volume and tone for each pickup."

At 0:05, Derek Trucks of The Allman Brothers, The Derek Trucks Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Frogwings is seen playing a Gibson Firebird Vintage Electric Guitar for the Tedeschi Trucks Band song 'Come see about me' live.

In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video, Derek Trucks discusses his use of the Alessandro AZZ guitar amplifier head, describing it as a "suped-up Super" with about 20% more power.

In a photo from Philzone, Derek Trucks is seen playing a PRS McCarty Electric Guitar during a performance with the Allman Brothers Band.

He used Coricidin Medicine Bottles because it had a cleaner sound than metal slides but I don't think he uses them anymore because he has his own signature slide made by Jim Dunlop.

In an interview with PremierGuitar, the 1965 Super Reverb is listed as one of Derek's amps.

The only effect pedal between Derek Trucks and his trusty Alessandro AZZ Amp

According to an article on jambase.com posted by the Derek Trucks Band about their stolen music equipment, Derek's stage amp is a 1996 Matchless Chieftain 2X10 combo amp.

This poster from DR's website states that Derek Trucks uses DR Pure Blues PHR-11.

Derek Trucks confirms that he uses them in this interview published by musicradar.

“It’s taken a long time to find a sound that cut, and not be overly aggressive. I tried a dozen different things, and up until this year when I started using this [PRS] head, it was just a constant battle.

For me the first thing is comfort - not having to second-guess your sound, your tone, your instrument. And when you find an amp that you feel great about, when you know you can bring it down and have the really subtle tones, and then crank it up and don’t have to worry about the amp sagging on you, it frees you up to actually play and not think about the equipment.

With this, it’s been a rock. It feels great, it sounds great, and it’s consistent from night to night. We tried this out in rehearsal in New York City early this year, and it was just Volume and Tone - pretty simple. It immediately fit in really well… it’s been such a blessing to not fight the tone war all night. I can get down to just really playing.”

In this video, Derek Trucks sings the praises of the PRS Dallas 50W Tube Guitar Amp Head, which is sitting on top of a PRS 2x12 120W Open-Back Guitar Speaker Cabinet.

Trucks here is clearly playing a 1457

At a Blues and Rock Festival in Western Maryland, Trucks can be seen playing a Silvertone Artist.

In this video, Trucks is visible playing Gibson SG Reissue. According to SG Guitar Book, written by Tony Bacon, on page 108, it is said that Trucks received this guitar around 1990. On page 109, it said it was used until the 1999, when the headstock broke.

In this video, where Trucks performs "Rollin and Tumblin" with Susan Tedeschi, he is visible playing the Martin D-28 acoustic.

In this video, which shows Trucks playing on his 20th birthday, he is visible playing Gibson SG Standard. It is suggested that this has became his main guitar after his '62 reissue broke.

In this photo, Trucks is visible with Washburn E300. It is said that this guitar was used somewhere around 2002.

Trucks from a USA Today interview: "The most techie thing I have on stage is this (TC Electronic PolyTune guitar) tuner. You can play all six strings, and it shows you each string individually. I don't use that function ever, but I have it. It can tune all six strings if you're good enough to do them all at the same time."

In this interview, Derek Trucks of The Allman Brothers, The Derek Trucks Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Frogwings talks using his 1936 Gibson L-00.

Derek Trucks has been using a Fender 63' Reverb Unit in The Allman Brothers because his PRS amp doesn't have the reverb feature. Throughout this video , it can be spotted on the right side of Dereks PRS amp.

Derek Trucks' guitar tech, Bobby Tis, confirms the use of it in this interview "Bobby Tis: The PRS does not have reverb, so before hitting the amp, Trucks’ guitar runs through a 1963 Fender Reverb unit."

At 2.58 in this video, the interviewer asks Derek Trucks about his use of his slide, and why Derek chose the dunlop slide. Derek talks about his history with the slide guitar, his preferences, and ends up commenting on the coricidin bottle saying "That's what i need. And that just became what I've used forever".

In this gallery from premieguitar of Tedeschi Trucks Bands gear in 2013, you can see the signature slide that he has been using, the third picture.

Derek’s backup SG; he keeps it tuned one whole step down – Drop D. This one has the tremolo tailpiece.

Derek Trucks is seen using the sE Electronics guitaRF for acoustical treatment in his studio environment, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo on Squarespace.

In this Washburn advert, Trucks is visible with tobacco sunburst model of Washburn P4. He also used E300.

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This is an amazing guitar for several reasons,

here is a Gibson Super 400 in natural finish from 1939! Which means it is one of the first blonde finish guitar ever made by Gibson.

That guitar was played by Johnny Winter and comes with a signed poster which show Johnny playing the guitar.

Dereck Trucks also played this guitar to record and compose for years.

That’s an amazing guitar, and what a beauty.

some mods has been done, send us a message if you have any questions,

He uses this pickup in his signature guitar.

In the YouTube Derek Trucks Rig Rundown Derek Trucks’ guitar tech, Bobby Tis, discusses his use of the AmpRX BrownBox at the 9:41 mark.

Derek Trucks is seen using a Fender Vibro-Champ (Vintage Blackface) in a post by derekandsusan on Instagram, with the caption, "Who knew drumsticks could also be used as slides?"

In an Instagram post by pcefx, the PCE-FX Aluminum Falcon I is seen on top of one of Derek Trucks' amplifiers. The caption notes that Derek Trucks mentioned he keeps it there to make on-the-fly tone adjustments for each song.

Derek Trucks is confirmed to use the Doug Irwin "Tiger" Guitar, as evidenced by an Instagram post by farmer_doug1, which features a video of Trucks playing the instrument. The post, captioned "Derek Trucks playing Jerry Garcia’s guitar that was purchased for $11.5M yesterday," was made during a Tedeschi Trucks Band performance at the Beacon Theatre on March 13, 2026.