Pat Smear

Pat played the famous Buck Owens guitar on an MTV unplugged show with Nirvana. The link has a great deal of history of the guitar.

Pat Smear pictured playing his signature Hagstrom guitar on stage (image provided by Hagstrom website). More on the technicalities of the guitar provided by a Hagstrom representative here during Musikmesse 2013 in this YouTube video.

During a recent Foo Fighters concert at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Pat Smear was seen playing a Gibson Les Paul Double Cutaway Burst/Flame. The Facebook post by The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion suggests that this guitar might be a rare Gibson Custom Shop Micro Kessel Prototype Iced Tea.

In midnight blue, his was US-made and had a maple fretboard. "We changed it to a black pickguard, with black Duncan JB in the bridge position and white covers on the stock neck and middle pickups—similar to Kurt's black 'Vandalism' Strat, but a blue/black color scheme." Earnest Bailey, Nirvana's long-time guitar tech, via livenirvana.com

Pat is seen in this image playing through a Peavey 6505.

When watching Endless, Nameless from the Live and Loud performance, you can clearly see the pedal at 1:41 if you slow the video down.

In the effects pedal section for pat smear it says he kept these on his pedal board.

Like you can see on this photo, Pat played a amp head Sovtek MIG 50 during the first Foo Fighters show (02/19/1995), and (maybe) shows after, before switch to his Mesa/Boogie Studio Preamp, if I'm not mistaken (that you can see on the live at Brixton Academy).

This early Foo Fighters show pictures Pat Smear using the Mesa/Bogie Studio Preamp through the Crown Power amp, the same rig that he used while playing in Nirvana. 22:28 into the video you can clearly see the rack.

Pat used an ProCo Rat 2 during the early Foo Fighters (1995-1996/1997) period.

In a 2012 issue of Fender Magazine, Justin Norvell, vice president Of Marketing for Fender was interviewed to say, "On Foo Fighters’ 'Wasting Light', Pat Smear played baritone on nearly every track. You get an octave space between bass and guitar sometimes, and the way to fix that is with a baritone,” says Norvell. “Baritone guitars are a great studio/recording instrument, even if they’re not the focal point of the band."

The YouTube video features Pat Smear playing the Hagstom Double Neck guitar at 41:43.

In a 2011 interview with Nate Mendel for Bass Player, when mentioned that there are two bassists on the song, “I Should Have Known”, Mendel affirms, "Right. On the record, that’s [Nirvana’s] Krist Novoselic playing bass. Live, Pat plays his part on a double-neck Hagstrom, which is awesome. We’re playing pretty much the same part; I’m just adding some passing notes and following the drums a little, while Pat plays it straight."

In a user-uploaded photo, Pat Smear's pedalboard with the Foo Fighters prominently features a ProCo RAT pedal. It's unclear if this is a RAT 2 or the original Small Box RAT, similar to what he used during his time with Nirvana.

in the germs performances in decline of western civilization, pat is playing a gibson firebird.

For the Foo Fighters' MTV Awards performance in 2009, when they covered the Sex Pistols' 'God Save The Queen', Pat used an early version of the Eastwood Sidejack Baritone.

that's a photo that appeares in the Foo's website from the new video clip "run". you can also see that he uses this guitar in the clip itself.

Pat is seen to be playing a Gibson SGS3

Kurt Cobain gifted a Tech 21 SansAmp Classic to Pat Smear for his pedalboard. While Pat owns the SansAmp, he opted to use a ProCo Rat during live performances due to personal preference. This is supported by a user-uploaded photo.

In this source photograph, Pat Smear's pedalboard with the Boss TR-2 Tremolo Pedal can be seen on the floor.

Here is a view of the board with Pat in the picture.

Around about 13 seconds in, the camera closes in on Pat and Chris and you can see clealry the guitar in Pats hands.

A clear shot of Pat playing this all white Gibson SG can be seen at 2:30.

See 1:17:16 for the best shot. Given Pat Smear's extensive use of Hagstrom guitars for nearly his entire career, it makes sense that he'd use this Hagstrom.

During the Endless, Nameless at Live and Loud, you can see a Memory Man at 1:41

In the Foo Fighters "Making a Fire" Video on youtube, you can see the artist using a Wizard MCII. Also see facebook post by Wizard Amplification.

https://www.facebook.com/193674697338535/posts/pat-smear-foo-fighters-2020/3018968838142426/

The Lexotone is seen at the top right corner (bottom left from our view) of Pat's board.

"Paul McCartney performed with the remaining members of Nirvana at the Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. For this performance, guitarist Pat Smear used a Laney Lionheart L20H Head…"

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In a photo from a Nyt interview, Pat Smear is seen tuning a Gibson Trini Lopez Deluxe, which is likely owned by Dave Grohl.

in this video of a concert in 1996, you can see pat smear using a peavey 5150 mk1. he used this in the very early days of the band, and possibly could have been used to record there first album. there is a clear shot of it at 4:15.