Jimmy Smith

In this photo from a performance at the Crystal Ballroom, in Portland, OR, the Fuzzrocious Rat Tail can be seen on Jimmy Smith's pedal board. via effectsbay.com

In this picture from a live performance, Jimmy Smith is playing on a Fender Jazzmaster Classic Player electric guitar with a black finish.

A Guitar & Bass magazine article on how to sound like Jimmy Smith from Foals indicates that he plays through a 1970s Vox AC30. Later on in the article Jimmy Smith says, "Also get rid of your Marshall amp and get one with a clean sound". Guitar & Bass magazine

Jimmy Smith can be seen playing a Fender Bassman combo amp in this video at 1:05:43. The back of his amp can be clearly seen, which matches that of a Bassman as seen here.

The concert is Foals headlining the Hotot-tent at Down The Rabbit Hole, Beuningen, The Netherlands, 29-6-2014.

In this photo from a performance at the Crystal Ballroom, in Portland, OR, the Strymon Timeline can be seen on Jimmy Smith's pedal board. via effectsbay.com

In this picture taken during a house party you can see which pedals Jimmy uses: a Digitech Whammy, an SD-1 and a Boss Delay

“It’s a rhythm machine that has a clean sound with depth to it. I stick to the rhythm pickup.” - Jimmy to Guitar & Bass magazine

In this picture, Jimmy Smith is playing a guitar that very closely matches a Gibson Les Paul Faded Double Cutaway Electric Guitar in Worn Cherry finish.

During an interview on EffectsBay.com, Jimmy Smith claims that he uses a pair of Fuzzrocious Rat Kings for their UK/EUR tours.

JIMMY SMITH OF FOALS CURRENTLY USING: * Rockerverb 100 MKII Head * PPC412 Cab

In a live performance captured on YouTube, Jimmy Smith is seen playing an Epiphone Dot during the Foals concert at the Visions Party on May 26, 2008.

jimmy can be shown playing it at glastonbury around 1:15 in the video

In this photo from a performance at the Crystal Ballroom, in Portland, OR, the Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb Effects Pedal can be seen on Jimmy Smith's pedal board. via effectsbay.com

The pedal was mentioned by Smith as one of the pedals he used for recording "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost" in the 2019 guitar.com interview..

The Electro-Harmonix Micro POG can be seen in this photo of Jimmy Smith's pedalboard, posted to Music Psych in April 2013.

In an Instagram photo posted by user "jimmyfoals," Jimmy Smith is shown using the ZVex Mastotron Fuzz Pedal, highlighting its role in his sound setup.

Smith’s Jazzmasters are all supplied by Fender, and the company has even made him his own bespoke range with original colours and matching headstocks.

“I’ve had quite a few Jazzmasters from Fender, all Mexican Classic players, and I had a problem with the strings coming off,” says Jimmy. “We played Lollapalooza in Chicago. It was my birthday and they gave me a Mexican Sunburst Jaguar and told me it was specifically designed so I could play it really hard, and I plugged it in on stage, and on the first note the three bottom strings all came off! Now my guitar tech is on it and sorts it all out for me.

“My guitars are super-cool. I requested that I repaint some of the guitars Fender give me, and wanted to paint them the original surf colours – Sonic Blue and Surf Green – and Neil [Whitcher, Fender’s European head of artist relations] said ‘how about we just make them for you?’. I’ve got four now – two of each. It’s pretty great!

“I like the fact that Jazzmasters are pretty loud. I always play them on the neck pickups, and they’re big and warm, and for the studio they’re pretty versatile. You can get a lot of different sounds out of them. They’re nice to play, and I like the size of the body and the way it’s cut. If I’m playing it every single night, sometimes I struggle with other guitars. I used to really want a Mustang but I just couldn’t get to grips with the body. It’s strange, the Jazzmaster just seems to totally suit me… and I really love Sonic Youth. I grew up looking at those old beaten-up Jazzmasters.”

“Jimmy has been playing Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster Special guitars since the Holy Fire album cycle,” says Whitcher. “He was looking for a robust touring instrument, the Classic Player suited him well due to the nature of the tune-o-matic bridge and the break angle over the saddles being increased, as the trem system is moved slightly closer to the bridge than on vintage and traditional Jazzmasters.

“He’s pretty hard on his guitars, I’ve seen them go through stage ceilings, strung up on lighting rigs, even being kick flipped… amazingly they always seem to be able to put the guitars back together.

“For the new album campaign, we decided to do a couple of custom colour guitars for Jimmy to take out on the road – he wanted matching headstock models, which are not available in the Classic Player series, so I commissioned the factory in Ensenada to build him a Surf Green and a Faded Sonic Blue (with tortoise shell guard), both are Classic Player Jazzmasters, both with matching headstocks.”

Smith’s currently playing Limited Edition Olympic White, Black and Sunburst models and Surf Green and Faded Sonic Blue guitars specially made for him by Fender, through an Orange Rockerverb head.

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This pic was posted by Jimmy on his instagram profile 4 days ago before the beginning of Foals' What Went Down tour. "Here's the first one for the black mystery happy/sad/show maker/destroyer box @reubengotto"

The pedal was mentioned by Smith as one of the pedals he used for recording "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost" in the 2019 guitar.com interview..

And the Interstellar Orbiter as well. We love using filter effects – it’s really useful for making two guitars that are essentially doing the same thing sound really different.

In the music video for "Hummer" Jimmy is playing a Danelectro 56 Pro Sp You can clearly see the screenshot here: https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/69576727.jpg?mw=1920&mh=1080&q=70

In this Instagram photo, Jimmy Smith shows his Roland JP-08 synth module, which is being used together with the Roland K-25m keyboard. He captions the photo, "She's a beautiful thing" (Instagram from April 2016)

In this Instagram posted by Jimmy Smith, his Fender American Professional Jazzmaster in Sonic Gray with a maple fingerboard can be seen. He says:

After acquiring a new category of hangover on a stag in Ibiza, this here new gizmo should soften the blow as i sail into the pit of despair. Thanks @fender and Neil. #americanpro ????

Jimmy SMITH can be seen playing a Gretsch G117 Double anniversary in this video at 6:30 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCbHbfL3H8o

Jimmy uses a heavily worn 1980s lead 2 in the video for In Degrees

In this video https://youtu.be/aihFHrH57A0?t=196, where Jimmy talks about his musical upbringing and his creative process in making songs, you can see the EHX Small Stone on the floor.

Foals' Cardiff castle gig on the 12th August, Jimmy used a Jag for most if not all the songs

In this picture from a live performance, Jimmy Smith is playing on a Fender Rhodes.

In this photo from a performance at the Crystal Ballroom, in Portland, OR, the Line 6 DL4 Delay Guitar Effects Pedal can be seen on Jimmy Smith's pedal board. via effectsbay.com

The pedal was mentioned by Smith as one of the pedals he used for recording "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost" in the 2019 guitar.com interview..

We could do anything with that kind of thing. Oh, and the green Line 6 delay pedal – the DL4 – if I had a gun to my head, I would have to pick that as my favourite guitar pedal of all time.”

Dave Smith Mopho X4 at 2:13

In this pic of Jimmy Smith's pedalboard, the Strymon BlueSky can be seen in the bottom right corner of the photo (it's Jimmy's pedalboard because in other photos you can see him wearing white Converse high top shoes). This photo is from Foals at The Live Lounge, 17 Jul 2013.

The EQD Rainbow Machine can be seen in this photo posted to Instagram by Jimmy from Foals.

The pedal was mentioned by Smith as one of the pedals he used for recording "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost" in the 2019 guitar.com interview..

“I got into the EarthQuaker Devices pedals a lot,” Jimmy begins, accepting the challenge. “I use the Rainbow Machine pedal a lot live, and it’s a bit bonkers, but you can get some pretty insane one-off sounds out of it… but good luck trying to recall any of it, there’s no save button on that thing!"

The Roland Space Echo RE-201 can be seen in this photo posted to Instagram by Jimmy Foals.