Identifying the gear

I thought it this way.

If you don't post crap submissions on Equipboard, you probably left some gear out that musicians played, especially because you had no clue what was the pro playing.

If this thread passes the mods' approval, I would like to use this one as thread in which you can post gear you found but you have no idea what is it.

If you are unsure of the gear's name, please post it here : you (probably) will get an answer. It would be very kind if you thanked the person who found the name of the piece of gear in the approved submission.

Go on!

https://twitter.com/thefratellis/status/576070509500215296

Which guitar is Jon Fratelli using here? It definitely looks like Ibanez AF75, but I'm unsure about it.

who's John Fratelli?

who's John Fratelli?

The guy with this red guitar...

when is the photo from? looks old, maybe the early 2000s, a year range will help me tell you what Ibanez model it is

n/m its from 2005

early '00s singlecut thinline with the artcore headstock, block inlays... it doesn't look like a figured bubinga top, that would jump out even at this odd angle PLUS it has a black pickguard, not red... so you are correct, its an Ibanez artcore ab75 in transparent red instead of the more common tobacco burst... I'll bet he's got some nicer guitars now!

What else ya got? I can name that guitar in.....

early '00s singlecut thinline with the artcore headstock, block inlays... it doesn't look like a figured bubinga top, that would jump out even at this odd angle PLUS it has a black pickguard, not red... so you are correct, its an Ibanez artcore ab75 in transparent red instead of the more common tobacco burst... I'll bet he's got some nicer guitars now!

What else ya got? I can name that guitar in.....

Well, thank you!! I will mention you in my submission.

John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants used (or at least he's been seen) with a couple of odd guitars.

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120213035817/lefthand/images/5/55/John_Flansburgh.jpg - this Gibson archtop which looks like L00, but I'm unsure.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01162/arts-graphics-2005_1162266a.jpg - I believe Danelectro had the model that looks like this.

http://equipboard.com/pros/john-flansburgh/fender-telecaster - I know, I might have screwed up, but I definitely need second opinion. I think this is Fender American Vintage '62 Telecaster.

John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants used (or at least he's been seen) with a couple of odd guitars.

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120213035817/lefthand/images/5/55/John_Flansburgh.jpg - this Gibson archtop which looks like L00, but I'm unsure.

I thought you were right, but though the pic is awfully small, this guitar CLEARLY has F holes and an L00 is an oddball archtop with a round flat-top style soundhole... there may be a few vintage years where the L00 had F-holes, but you can do that research yourself on google... it could be a non-gibby too... a Framus, a Kay, Harmony, it does appear to have a Ginny 'mustache' headstock, but boy is that picture small! Its most likely an L4 or an L30 I think....

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01162/arts-graphics-2005_1162266a.jpg - I believe Danelectro had the model that looks like this.

its like a hollowbody dano longhorn, but Neptune NJ never cranked out a hollow version, nor did they make anything but 4 and 6 string longhorn basses.... therefore I guarantee you its a Jerry Jones custom thinline longhorne, probably a 1 off as I have seen his longhorn solid guitars, basses and double necks, but NEVER a hollow version and I don't know of anyone else who makes (made, JJ retired) high end Dano-inspired stuff

http://equipboard.com/pros/john-flansburgh/fender-telecaster - I know, I might have screwed up, but I definitely need second opinion. I think this is Fender American Vintage '62 Telecaster.

probably, could be a custom shop closet classic, or even a mexi classic 60s, or a partscaster like my favorite tele, so stick with the description you have, there are too many generic looking rosewood board tele models to count and they are all available in surf green... its a tele and a tele is a tele is a tele, gotta love it.... incidentally, the jacket he's wearing is a 70s Jordache curdory sport coat, I own that jacket

scratch that about Jerry Jones, it might be a late 60s danelectro model, I wish I could see the headstock.... I seem to recall Dano making some hollow guitars at the end of their run. If its from Neptune NJ it should have a late period "fenderish" dolphin headstock and if its a recent Jerry Jones it should have the earlier coke bottle shaped headstock, also, I want to say that hollow longhorns have some kinda humbucker sized pickup and he's covering the pickups, plus I don't remember ever seeing a dano with a scratchplate like this one... I ish I could see the truss adjust at the neck joint, hollow danos have a weird, hideous truss adjust you can't miss and I don't think anyone would try to clone it

do a google search for "longhorn hollow guitar" and see what the vintage stuff looks like next to this and I am sure you will figure it out... I can see some of a really weird bridge assembly under his arm and I feel like that has to make it a late 60s Dano guitar, again there is probably no modern replica to put on a tribute-model....

John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants used (or at least he's been seen) with a couple of odd guitars.

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120213035817/lefthand/images/5/55/John_Flansburgh.jpg - this Gibson archtop which looks like L00, but I'm unsure.

I thought you were right, but though the pic is awfully small, this guitar CLEARLY has F holes and an L00 is an oddball archtop with a round flat-top style soundhole... there may be a few vintage years where the L00 had F-holes, but you can do that research yourself on google... it could be a non-gibby too... a Framus, a Kay, Harmony, it does appear to have a Ginny 'mustache' headstock, but boy is that picture small! Its most likely an L4 or an L30 I think....

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01162/arts-graphics-2005_1162266a.jpg - I believe Danelectro had the model that looks like this.

its like a hollowbody dano longhorn, but Neptune NJ never cranked out a hollow version, nor did they make anything but 4 and 6 string longhorn basses.... therefore I guarantee you its a Jerry Jones custom thinline longhorne, probably a 1 off as I have seen his longhorn solid guitars, basses and double necks, but NEVER a hollow version and I don't know of anyone else who makes (made, JJ retired) high end Dano-inspired stuff

http://equipboard.com/pros/john-flansburgh/fender-telecaster - I know, I might have screwed up, but I definitely need second opinion. I think this is Fender American Vintage '62 Telecaster.

probably, could be a custom shop closet classic, or even a mexi classic 60s, or a partscaster like my favorite tele, so stick with the description you have, there are too many generic looking rosewood board tele models to count and they are all available in surf green... its a tele and a tele is a tele is a tele, gotta love it.... incidentally, the jacket he's wearing is a 70s Jordache curdory sport coat, I own that jacket

And how does the jacket feel?:)

I know that this guitar isn't Gibson L00, I noticed it as soon as I wrote down this nonsense. Gibson L30 was/is really popular for this dark colour, and L4 is usually in some kind of bursts, I would definitely say that this is Gibson L30.

Guess what I have found? The original photo! This is definitely Jerry Jones Coral Thinline Longhorn! Thanks for that! Or do you have a second opinion for that?

http://www.tmbg.com/photos/hires/tmbgcolorhi2.jpg

I'm still pretty sure that this is Fender American Vintage '62 Telecaster...look at this photo I found of it in surf green...it is identical to one that Flansburgh plays...

http://www.themusiczoo.com/images/7-14-09/American_Vintage_62_Telecaster_Custom_Surf_Green_V189466_c.jpg

Moving on..Barry Hyde from Futureheads played interesting guitars. (that guy without glasses)

I have actually tried to contact him, but no replies were given. Anyway, I have stumbled across this photo, in which he seems to play something that looks like Guild D-40 Bluegrass Special, but I am definitely wrong, it is something similar, but not a D-40.

http://static3.imagecollect.com/preview/4964/82b13ef77708693

(I would also like to know what does the guitarist with glasses, mr. Millard play, I can't find the name or model or anything for this acoustic!)

Ross Millard is noted to play Telecaster Custom, but he also played Gibson ES-335 Dot (unsure if it is 335 or 333 or 339 or 330).

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vKrirArL26I/TA-VSrMwX-I/AAAAAAAABLM/JCzDzLLlxSo/s1600/ross.jpg

This could be Fender Telecaster Deluxe, right?

http://i.imgur.com/jEDqcia.jpg

And how does the jacket feel?:)

Feeling dorky since before hipsters made dorkiness cool (I think I got it in 1993)

I know that this guitar isn't Gibson L00, I noticed it as soon as I wrote down this nonsense. Gibson L30 was/is really popular for this dark colour, and L4 is usually in some kind of bursts, I would definitely say that this is Gibson L30.

I am leaning towards an L30 because of the finish, good deduction there

Guess what I have found? The original photo! This is definitely Jerry Jones Coral Thinline Longhorn! Thanks for that! Or do you have a second opinion for that?

http://www.tmbg.com/photos/hires/tmbgcolorhi2.jpg

Its a '69 Coral Thinline Longhorn by danelectro. Headstock's a dead giveaway, ad I am pretty sure the earlier years for this guitar didn't have a pickguard. Bingo.

I'm still pretty sure that this is Fender American Vintage '62 Telecaster...look at this photo I found of it in surf green...it is identical to one that Flansburgh plays...

could be, all vintage appointed Tele models in surf green look the same in a photo.... Fender makes like 4 different versions of a slab rosewood fretboard tele with vintage bridge in this finish currently

Moving on..Barry Hyde from Futureheads played interesting guitars. (that guy without glasses)

I have actually tried to contact him, but no replies were given. Anyway, I have stumbled across this photo, in which he seems to play something that looks like Guild D-40 Bluegrass Special, but I am definitely wrong, it is something similar, but not a D-40.

It doesn't look big eough to be a dreadnought unless he is really, really big. But all the Guild 000s I know of have more rounded shoulders. If you look it doesn't have large block inlays nor does it have straightforward dots in every fret, go with that when researching. It ooks like maybe small blocks? Anyway, its an oddball. Reminds me of a D130 maybe, but only somewhat...

http://static3.imagecollect.com/preview/4964/82b13ef77708693

(I would also like to know what does the guitarist with glasses, mr. Millard play, I can't find the name or model or anything for this acoustic!)

Ross Millard is noted to play Telecaster Custom, but he also played Gibson ES-335 Dot (unsure if it is 335 or 333 or 339 or 330).

a 330 is an epi casino, I think a 333 should have uncovered humbuckers stock and no 'torch' inlay on the headstock, a 339 is WAY smaller.... its just a black dot reissue of some sort

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vKrirArL26I/TA-VSrMwX-I/AAAAAAAABLM/JCzDzLLlxSo/s1600/ross.jpg

This could be Fender Telecaster Deluxe, right?

http://i.imgur.com/jEDqcia.jpg

no, you can see the ashtray bridge under his right hand, its a custom

And how does the jacket feel?:)

Feeling dorky since before hipsters made dorkiness cool (I think I got it in 1993)

I know that this guitar isn't Gibson L00, I noticed it as soon as I wrote down this nonsense. Gibson L30 was/is really popular for this dark colour, and L4 is usually in some kind of bursts, I would definitely say that this is Gibson L30.

I am leaning towards an L30 because of the finish, good deduction there

Guess what I have found? The original photo! This is definitely Jerry Jones Coral Thinline Longhorn! Thanks for that! Or do you have a second opinion for that?

http://www.tmbg.com/photos/hires/tmbgcolorhi2.jpg

Its a '69 Coral Thinline Longhorn by danelectro. Headstock's a dead giveaway, ad I am pretty sure the earlier years for this guitar didn't have a pickguard. Bingo.

I'm still pretty sure that this is Fender American Vintage '62 Telecaster...look at this photo I found of it in surf green...it is identical to one that Flansburgh plays...

could be, all vintage appointed Tele models in surf green look the same in a photo.... Fender makes like 4 different versions of a slab rosewood fretboard tele with vintage bridge in this finish currently

Moving on..Barry Hyde from Futureheads played interesting guitars. (that guy without glasses)

I have actually tried to contact him, but no replies were given. Anyway, I have stumbled across this photo, in which he seems to play something that looks like Guild D-40 Bluegrass Special, but I am definitely wrong, it is something similar, but not a D-40.

It doesn't look big eough to be a dreadnought unless he is really, really big. But all the Guild 000s I know of have more rounded shoulders. If you look it doesn't have large block inlays nor does it have straightforward dots in every fret, go with that when researching. It ooks like maybe small blocks? Anyway, its an oddball. Reminds me of a D130 maybe, but only somewhat...

http://static3.imagecollect.com/preview/4964/82b13ef77708693

(I would also like to know what does the guitarist with glasses, mr. Millard play, I can't find the name or model or anything for this acoustic!)

Ross Millard is noted to play Telecaster Custom, but he also played Gibson ES-335 Dot (unsure if it is 335 or 333 or 339 or 330).

a 330 is an epi casino, I think a 333 should have uncovered humbuckers stock and no 'torch' inlay on the headstock, a 339 is WAY smaller.... its just a black dot reissue of some sort

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vKrirArL26I/TA-VSrMwX-I/AAAAAAAABLM/JCzDzLLlxSo/s1600/ross.jpg

This could be Fender Telecaster Deluxe, right?

http://i.imgur.com/jEDqcia.jpg

no, you can see the ashtray bridge under his right hand, its a custom

Lean off it, it is not L30, especially because body doesn't look like it. This guitar seen has body more like an acoustic, the L30 has a different body. The logo used was used on many Gibsons, it is this vintage logo which might indicate that this is a vintage guitar. Anyway, I will contact They Might Be Giants. Or at least, I will try. Last month, Guild responded me about question which guitar was Courtney Taylor-Taylor using.

I can't find the photo of thinline Longhorn, I just put it as Danelectro Coral Longhorn. I couldn't find the 1969. one, so on the photo, it is 1968. one. Anyway, this submission should be valid. Many thanks about that!

I can ask Fender or someone about it, but it seems like I will get the same answer you gave. Those could be various Telecasters...

Update on Guild guitar : first, I thought this was a Guild F30, and it seems now that this is Guild GAD50, which has pretty much the same inlays as the pictured guitar.

Yup, just an ordinary Gibson ES-335 Dot...many thanks for that.

I have this theory that this Telecaster Custom he played during the years could be repainted into this, what do you think? I mean, last time I saw him with Custom was this Rockness 2013. I believe.

I still try to look for more of Millard's gear. In the music video for "Beginning of the twist", it was noted that he played some candy red ES-335 style guitar.

Now, this looks a lot like Taylor's headstock, but Taylor didn't produce ES-335 styled guitars...did he? Anyway, here is the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7eOGf0mnYg

Moving on, other guitar player I admire is Brian Bell.

He played some kind of ES-225 guitar in music video for "Buddy Holly". I need a confirmation whether is that ES-225 or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kemivUKb4f4

Lean off it, it is not L30, especially because body doesn't look like it. This guitar seen has body more like an acoustic, the L30 has a different body. The logo used was used on many Gibsons, it is this vintage logo which might indicate that this is a vintage guitar. Anyway, I will contact They Might Be Giants. Or at least, I will try. Last month, Guild responded me about question which guitar was Courtney Taylor-Taylor using.

That's the best I can come up with from my personal experience. I am answering you from memory mostly and I seldom play vintage Gibson acoustics unless I am down at this great shop on Broad Street in town... doesn't come up a lot.

I can't find the photo of thinline Longhorn, I just put it as Danelectro Coral Longhorn. I couldn't find the 1969. one, so on the photo, it is 1968. one. Anyway, this submission should be valid. Many thanks about that!

I really had to concentrate for this one and I could be wrong about the pickguard thing, I haven't seen any Corals n person in awhile. I forgot Dano even did the Coral brand for a minute yesterday :-)

I can ask Fender or someone about it, but it seems like I will get the same answer you gave. Those could be various Telecasters...

yeah, Teles are really tough to identify unless they have an unusual, non-vintage feature

Update on Guild guitar : first, I thought this was a Guild F30, and it seems now that this is Guild GAD50, which has pretty much the same inlays as the pictured guitar.

nice detective work, I felt sure the atypical inlay work would track it down... there aren't a lot of guilds with anything but dots or large blocks

Yup, just an ordinary Gibson ES-335 Dot...many thanks for that.

I would guess its an 80s or 90s dot based on the black finish that was a lot more popular back then, they don't make a ton of black ones anymore, but they used to... and truly vintage 335s are EXTREMELY rare in black with dots, they are even pretty rare with the small blocks because black was not an off-the-shelf finish for anything but a 355 until well into the Norlin era

I have this theory that this Telecaster Custom he played during the years could be repainted into this, what do you think? I mean, last time I saw him with Custom was this Rockness 2013. I believe.

could be, lacquer looks pretty worn for a recent refin, then again, the man is obviously a road warrior and it might be a year or 2s worth of road wear... either way its a Tele Custom for sure because of the ashtray and 3 visible saddle screws under his right hand

I still try to look for more of Millard's gear. In the music video for "Beginning of the twist", it was noted that he played some candy red ES-335 style guitar.

Now, this looks a lot like Taylor's headstock, but Taylor didn't produce ES-335 styled guitars...did he? Anyway, here is the video.

I was thinking it looked like a Taylor too for a sec and I don't know jack about Taylor electrics (heh heh, jack, electric, pun not intened), but a little before 2 minutes I can see the headstock a lil more clearly and it really appears to be an epiphone logo for that second or two, I'll think about it and get back to you.... its an atypical headstock so it could be a 70s/80s Japanese epi thinline, matsumoko made a bunch of epis back then including Riviera/casino variants

Moving on, other guitar player I admire is Brian Bell.

He played some kind of ES-225 guitar in music video for "Buddy Holly". I need a confirmation whether is that ES-225 or not.

you are correct sir, its a single Florentine cutaway thinline with the crappy trapeze bridge/tail combo like a 1st year LP and a single P90

Now, this looks a lot like Taylor's headstock, but Taylor didn't produce ES-335 styled guitars...did he? Anyway, here is the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7eOGf0mnYg

based on the headstock shape, what I can see of the logo's script, the look of the pickup rings, finish color and unbound fingerboard it just might be a Collings I35... I wish the video wasn't so bitty, I can't read the logo, just kinda make out the font shape nor can I see if there's that offset little indent on the bass side of the headstock bulge that Collings does on their electrics... grrr

I am thinking I-35LC, plain top

I seriously doubt that this is Collings...but this logo could say anything from Collings to Ventura ES-335 knockoff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL_WvOly7mY

Brian Bell is mostly playing here some kind of Stratocaster with fat CBS logo. My thoughts are that this is indeed some kind of 70's Stratocaster with changed pickups.

Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol is worth mentioning here. For acoustic rendition of Wonderwall, he used this acoustic which I don't know the name of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtR3LHlc7V4

I have no idea if this is Telecaster Custom or an Deluxe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmrZLIWxRkM

What is this exact guitar? It is noted on Wikipedia that this is 6120 New Nashville, however, it doesn't look even close to it.

what's really kinda fun about this thread is that these are alla rtists I've enver heard of or that I don't like, so its a exclusively an academic exercise

the other thing I should point out is that it seems weird to post the guitars used in choreographed music videos unless there's documentary evidence of the artist using it live or in the studio since they are just miming in music videos and the guitars are essentially props.

I seriously doubt that this is Collings...but this logo could say anything from Collings to Ventura ES-335 knockoff.

its really unusual to see an unbound fingerboard on a 335 or knockoff, only the earliest '58s and the 80s/90s studios had unbound fingerboards but the 1st gen studios have no F holes... an\ bottom of the line Epi dot could fit the bill but the headstock is too small... got me, a lot of these videos are too blurry to be useable

Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol is worth mentioning here. For acoustic rendition of Wonderwall, he used this acoustic which I don't know the name of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtR3LHlc7V4

blurry and grainy, no idea what sort of acoustic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmrZLIWxRkM

What is this exact guitar? It is noted on Wikipedia that this is 6120 New Nashville, however, it doesn't look even close to it.

probably not, more likely its a Tennessee rose maybe or even a 6122 gent of some sort, videos a bit blurry and dude won't hold still.... looks like current production, I lost interest after the first real closeup with the guitar was too bitty and brief to really ID the distinguishing features like what type of bigsby arm etc

I seriously doubt that this is Collings...but this logo could say anything from Collings to Ventura ES-335 knockoff.

its really unusual to see an unbound fingerboard on a 335 or knockoff, only the earliest '58s and the 80s/90s studios had unbound fingerboards but the 1st gen studios have no F holes... an\ bottom of the line Epi dot could fit the bill but the headstock is too small... got me, a lot of these videos are too blurry to be useable

Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol is worth mentioning here. For acoustic rendition of Wonderwall, he used this acoustic which I don't know the name of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtR3LHlc7V4

blurry and grainy, no idea what sort of acoustic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmrZLIWxRkM

What is this exact guitar? It is noted on Wikipedia that this is 6120 New Nashville, however, it doesn't look even close to it.

probably not, more likely its a Tennessee rose maybe or even a 6122 gent of some sort, videos a bit blurry and dude won't hold still.... looks like current production, I lost interest after the first real closeup with the guitar was too bitty and brief to really ID the distinguishing features like what type of bigsby arm etc

Well, I do agree about this policy with music video artists - however, I think we would prefer to see them with all kinds of gear they have used. Maybe it is good to keep it that way...

So, you prefer other music? I don't know, I'm just pointing out the gear I found and that I need the name/just a confirmation if that is the correct gear.

I have found some photos of Lightbody with this guitar on V Festival 2009, maybe those should help... (not all of those are from V Festival 2009).

Those look like 2 different guitars in fact...

http://www.mtv.com/news/photos/v/v_festival_2009/v_fest_snow_2009.jpg

http://www.rock-zone.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/snowpatrol.jpg

http://www.theaureview.com/sites/default/files/jakobdezwart-snowpatrol-lowres-4604-2.jpg

Those are definitely Larrivee guitars, model is unknown, however.