Gerard Way's Gear

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Gerard is pictured in a guitar shop with a black Custom Shop Fender La Cabronita Borracha. He was also seen on a 2015 Periscope stream in his home discussing and demoing the guitar.

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Gerard tweeted this along with a picture of the guitar: "A Jazzmaster @Fender made me for my birthday. I've never seen this color- reminds me of red-meat. One of a kind."

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Gerard Way posted a picture of his new Kurt Cobain jaguar guitar to instagram.

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In this picture, Gerard is seen playing a black Fender Telecaster. He has not played it live yet but is often pictured playing this guitar at home.

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During the Danger Days tour, Gerard Way was photographed using a customized Sennheiser EW 135 G3 wireless microphone, as captured by Hollywoodiconmagazine.

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As it can be seen in the image, Mikey Way says his first bass was a Squier Jazz Bass and that his big brother (Gerard Way) got as first guitar a Squier Strat.

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Gerard Way posted this on his instagram. The third picture is of his new Mikey Way bass. (I love how he has his brother's custom bass!)

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Gerard Way features the Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff Reissue on his Instagram, mentioning its nostalgic connection to his teenage years and its use in his current setup with a Fender KC Jaguar and a Vintage 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb Amp.

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Gerard uses a PRS Hollowbody guitar in the music video for his new song "Baby You're A Haunted House". It can be seen first at 0:09 and throughout the rest of the video.

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In this image, when zoomed, we can see Shure logo and "UR2" written on the microphone, and the image matches to Shure UR2/SM58.

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At aroud 2:00 of this video he brings out his David Gilmour Stratocaster

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Gerard posted a photo of his new Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Custom on instagram.

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Gerard Way's collection includes the Death By Audio Fuzz War pedal, as featured in a sneak peek on Instagram.

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"Playing on a Fender Custom Shop Relic ’52 Telecaster nicknamed “Black Devil” by the either the builder or Fender. It has an Ash Body, which, in folklore, is commonly used to make wooden stakes to kill vampires with, and according to Roman writer Pliny The Elder, all evil things fear ash wood. It’s a beast."

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The 1965 Fender Princeton amp is seen in this picture Gerard Way posted on Instagram.

"Gearing up to record some more Fuzz Wars videos and I wanted to show you some of the gear I’ll be using and give you some info on them. I’ll be going through a 1965 Fender Princeton Amp."

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Gerard Way posted this picture with FX pedals he got from Fender (see second picture). The 'Fender Level Set Buffer' pedal is seen on the bottom right side.

"The 2nd photo is of Fender’s new pedal line, which I am very excited to check out and discover sounds with."

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Gerard definetly using SM58 on stage. Photo from My Chemical Romance live in Warrington Victoria Park May 2022

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"I wrote Pick Up The Pants on the Fender Classic Series ’72 Telecaster Custom (photo 1), which the amazing Michael Schulz brought me. I connected with this guitar right away, bright and springy and fun to play".

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Gerard Way posted about his new Fender Billie Eilish Ukulele on his Instagram.

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Gerard Way showcases the Electro-Harmonix Sovtek "Green Russian" Big Muff Pi V7C on his Instagram, where he shares a series of videos playing through his collection of fuzz pedals.

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In Gerard Way's "Fuzz Wars" series on Instagram, he writes this:

I believe this is a reissue of a vintage Big Muff like the one Billy Corgan used on Siamese Dream. I’m using this quite a bit lately.

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In this rare photo, Gerard Way is seen with an orange Fender Precision Bass, highlighting his use of this iconic instrument.

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On Way's Fuzz Wars Instagram series, he shows the Fender Blender off:

Used to achieve the distortion on Action Cat from Hesitant Alien. Played single root notes on the E string as well as single notes on the higher strings to add layers and build the wall of sound. That broken sounding opening guitar is this pedal.

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Gerard Way is using the NoiseKICK FX Diabeetus Fuzz/Tremolo pedal in this video he posted on Instagram.

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Gerard Way is using the Malekko B:Assmaster Distortion Pedal in this video he posted on Instagram.

"Love this pedal. Another key component to the Hesitant Alien bass tone. Both recorded and live. And it’s called an assmaster and it looks awesome and I had to have it."

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Gerard Way posted this picture with FX pedals he got from Fender (see second picture). The 'Fender The Bends Compressor' pedal is seen in the middle of the bottom row.

"The 2nd photo is of Fender’s new pedal line, which I am very excited to check out and discover sounds with."

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at 0:16 of the Helena music video, Gerard is seen singing into a Shure SM57

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Shown during Way's Fuzz Wars Instagram series, captioned:

Watson Classic Electronics FY-6 Fuzz.

Purchased to use during the Hesitant Alien sessions.

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Gerard Way features the Mountainking Megalith fuzz pedal in his Instagram post, showcasing it as part of his collection for the upcoming Fuzz Wars event.

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