Mike Rutherford

Mike Rutherford uses 2 Peavey Classic 50 Combos on his 2004 Tour (see DVD "Live at Shepherds Bush").

Rutherford can be seen playing an M Series Steinberger in this photo.

"There are no pedals, just one delay. Sometimes I use a little Peavey amp because it has a warm, clean sound, or otherwise maybe a Vox AC30 and little Fender Superchamps. Acoustically, I use a Taylor which is very nice for both writing and recording."

Rutherford can be seen using a 360-12 on "The Musical Box," in this Belgian TV appearance of Genesis.

Mike Rutherford states in this interview with PremierGuitar, "The key thing in my rig is an old Fender [Hot Rod] DeVille 4x10. I’m running the guitar and pedals into it. I sometimes run them in stereo, with one amp being the straight sound and the other having delay only."

Stratocaster and ARP Avatar / Roland GS-500 guitar synthesizers “I use the Strat to control the Avatar, and the Roland has its own guitar. I find the two synthesizers behave differently: the Avatar’s hexaphonic fuzz sounds great, but the Roland is polyphonic, so I can play chords on it. I used synthesizers extensively on my solo album [Smallcreep’s Day], and I also played it a lot on And Then There Were Three. (Guitar Player, Jan 1981)

In this live photo from 1983, Mike Rutherford can be seen playing a Roland G-505 guitar.

Mike upgraded his Dewtron Mr Bassman with Taurus pedals at some point. You can see them in this photo on the right.

Dewtron Mister Bassman bass pedals “I started off with pretty shaky gear, and I discovered as time went on that I needed a wider range of equipment. I started playing bass pedals – they were called Mr. Bassman pedals – and 12-string guitar. Pretty soon, I got an amp system that had a two-way crossover so that I could get more clarity”. (Guitar Player, January 1981)

In this photo from a Genesis concert on November 11, 1983 at Rosemont Horizon in Illinois, Mike Rutherford can be seen playing a Roland G-202 guitar.

In this photo, Mike Rutherford can be seen playing a Rickenbacker 660/12 and 4003 Double Neck bass.

Rutherford can be seen in this photo playing a Hagstrom 8-String bass.

Photo of Mike Rutherford using his custom Dick Knight Rickenbacker 360/12 + Microfret 6-string bass used for recording/touring of "The lamb lies down on broadway" as well as "A trick of the tail."

Mike Rutherford playing an Eko Ranger XII circa early 1970s

59:14 Mike is setting up the Source to trigger it with his bass pedals.

In this article, it states that Rutherford uses a Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster.

Premier Guitar states that Mike Rutherford uses a Line 6 DL4 pedal.

According to Premier Guitar, MikeRutherford uses a T Rex Dr. Swamp pedal.

Photo from "Sounds International" where Mike reviews the Shergold Marathon VI bass. I believe it was also used live for "Back in NYC".

Rutherford can be seen in this image playing a Yamaha TRB-4P.

In the video for paperlate, mike can be seen playing a fender electric XII In lake placid blue

At the 0:39 mark of this video footage of the Genesis 1983 album sessions, Mike Rutherford can be seen playing what looks like a 1963 Gibson SG classic white guitar

Mike Rutherford himself brings up the white SG on this Q&A page, mentioning he had used in on a few records (like the Genesis album, as mentioned above) and it's visible in videos (including the "Mama" video, for example). But eventually it "went walkabout" (i.e. it got lost) somewhere along the line.

“When I went to Charterhouse I started writing some songs with Anthony Phillips. And there we formed a band called Anon. By then I was using a Höfner Colorama electric, and the whole group went through one small amp – an RSC.” (Guitar Player, January 1981).

Premier Guitar states that Rutherford uses a Boss DD-3 pedal.

According to Premier Guitar, Mike Rutherford uses a Visual Sound Visual Volume pedal.

Rutherford can be seen playing a Rickenbacker 4003 at 3:20 of this Belgian TV performance by Genesis.

On the Shergold website, there is a photo of Rutherford with a Shergold Custom Double 12/4.

Look on page 22 you will see Mike with 2 of these heads in his equipment rack, one was a back up....these heads are no longer available but were used by Mike Rutherford just the same.

In this trick of the tail promotional video, Mike can be seen playing what looks to be a Fender Precision bass with thumb rest to match.

Stratocaster and ARP Avatar / Roland GS-500 guitar synthesizers “I use the Strat to control the Avatar, and the Roland has its own guitar. I find the two synthesizers behave differently: the Avatar’s hexaphonic fuzz sounds great, but the Roland is polyphonic, so I can play chords on it. I used synthesizers extensively on my solo album [Smallcreep’s Day], and I also played it a lot on And Then There Were Three. (Guitar Player, Jan 1981)