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Ty Segall famously used a faded 1966 Fender Mustang in Daphne Blue in the earlier part of his career during live shows. He hasn't been photographed with it live recently, however, it has been seen still in use at his studio. It is safe to assume that he has retired it from live use as the value of these has gone up substantially since he had acquired it.

In this interview with Bitwig's Marketing team, Bon Harris mentions that the Yamaha TX81z was a key part of the sound for the "Belief" album:

For Belief, I bought a Roland System 100m, an Oberheim Xpander and a Yamaha TX81Z – so these are real characteristic sounds we must not miss on stage.

In this interview with Bitwig's Marketing team, Bon Harris affirms that his trusty SH-101 was layered with DX7 bass sounds for the production of That Total Age.

Our main sound of That Total Age was the Roland SH-101 with FM-sounds being added in the studio from a Yamaha DX7. For Belief, I bought a Roland System 100m, an Oberheim Xpander and a Yamaha TX81Z – so these are real characteristic sounds we must not miss on stage.

I recall earlier interviews where Bon expressed some distaste/apprehension at his producer layering in those DX7 tones, but the SH-101 is not the beefiest-sounding synth, and layering in a contrasting timbre to thicken things up is a reasonable tactic when your 101 is going up against heavy acoustic/sampled drum sounds in an otherwise sparse mix. Also, Front 242 used the DX7 for bass to great effect in this same era, so it's not like using a DX7 meant you instantly turned into Rick Astley or Baltimora.

This is an iconic shot of Thurston Moore playing is his triple-pickup equipped Fender Mustang, which he used extensively from 1987 up until it was stolen in the summer of 1999. As like most Sonic Youth guitars, this one has been modified extensively and boasts a triple pickup configuration (much like a Stratocaster). Confoundingly, in many photographs, it features the earlier pre-CBS 'spaghetti' Fender logo, which was never present on Mustang models at the time. This is likely a replacement, however, as the 'contour offset body' decal is present and the neck size/headstock shape are correct for an earlier 1960's Fender Mustang.

In this interview with Bitwig's Marketing team, Bon Harris mentions that the SH-101 was his primary synth for the "That Total Age" period. Importantly, that SH-101 was layered with DX7 sounds in the studio, per their producer's urging, but I don't think Bon owned a DX7 at that time.

Our main sound of That Total Age was the Roland SH-101 with FM-sounds being added in the studio from a Yamaha DX7.

Harris mentions more or less the same thing in this interview with Roland's Marketing team:

We did all of The Total Age on an SH-101. That sound established us.

In this photo James is seen playing a telecaster live

Is this photo you can see James with the keyboard

In this photo James is seen playing this acoustic guitar

At 0:15 you can see James playing A Yamaha DX7 on which he starts the song on the wrong preset before he selects the right one

This Roland SRV-2000 is owned by Billy Corgan

This Roland DEP-5 is owned by Billy Corgan

This Roland VS-880EX is owned by Billy Corgan

The Roland GP-8 effects processor is confirmed to be owned by Billy Corgan, as evidenced by its listing on Reverb, which specifies that it was part of his gear collection.

The E-MU Virtuoso 2000 is confirmed to be owned by Billy Corgan, as evidenced by its listing on Reverb.com.

Billy Corgan is confirmed to own an Alesis 3630 Dual-Channel Compressor/Limiter with Gate, as verified by a listing on Reverb.

This Alesis Quadraverb is owned by Billy Corgan

See 6:27, its clearly shown that he uses a Roland Fantom X8

The Alesis DM Pro is confirmed to be owned by Billy Corgan, as verified by a listing on Reverb.

Billy Corgan is confirmed to own an E-Mu Vintage Keys sound module, as evidenced by its listing on Reverb, which specifies its ownership.