Adam Jones

Seen on his 2019-2020 tour pedalboard.

Jones is also a glutten for effects. On the intro to “Reflection” and “The Grudge,” both from Lateralus, he employs a vintage Moog Taurus bass pedal system. But aside from the Heil Talk Box on 10,000 Days, run through a Roland JC-120 and juiced up by a dynamic compressor, Jones’ choices of effects is less esoteric. His wah-wah pedal is a dependable Cry Baby, and his stable of other sound generators includes Boss DD3 and DD5 digital delays, a BF-2 flanger, a Line 6 Delay modeler (which also samples on the fly), a Strobostomp tuner, a tremolo pedal, chorus, and an array of distortion boxes. During experimental phases, Jones has taken the stage with multiple pedal boards at his feet. The irony of this rundown is that Jones has gone on record saying he doesn’t like to use pedals.

Seen on his 2019-2020 tour pedalboard.

This reddit comment linking to a private instagram post (which contains the image uploaded here) claims that Adam has 1 green pick and 2 yellow picks (two of the picks in the photo have "Ultex" in them): https://www.reddit.com/r/ToolBand/comments/dtgdde/has_anybody_here_lucky_enough_to_get_an_adam/fiz4k3n

In this Instagram post, Dunlop was giving away Ultex .73mm standard picks made for Adam Jones: https://www.instagram.com/p/9ffRJ0mEFT/

The person making this comment on reddit claims to have a got his pick in Denver (presumably in a Tool concert): https://www.reddit.com/r/ToolBand/comments/dtgdde/has_anybody_here_lucky_enough_to_get_an_adam/f6wh4sc

Another reddit post claiming to score his Ultex pick from a show in Brooklyn: https://www.reddit.com/r/ToolBand/comments/dzfem1/i_scored_a_adam_jones_pick_from_the_brooklyn_show/

Adam Jones' MXR M-133 pedal can be seen at 1:42 in this video.

Adam Jones prominently uses a 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom Silverburst as his main guitar. The YouTube video by SENA, titled "Adam Jones: 1979 Les Paul Custom Silverburst," showcases him playing this iconic instrument, highlighting its integral role in his performances.

Adam Jones' Boss PSM-5 can be seen at 1:45 in this rig rundown video.

In this video Chris Leahey shows the amp in which Adam uses for the Talk-Box, at 1:25

Notes under cover plate read: "Allesandro Custom Audio Taper"

Adam Jones (right) holding a maple Fender P-Bass with Tom Morello (left).

He uses SYB-5 for few songs on tour, i.e. "Jambi".

During an interview about the recording process of Tool's album "10,000 Days" in the April 2006 issue of Guitar World Magazine, Adam Jones had this to say about his use of the Gig-FX Chopper pedal: "I had some custom pedals made. Our engineer on this album, Joe Barresi, is a pedal god, and he knows everyone, I used a Gig-FX Chopper pedal, which has a nice tremolo. We had them work on the pedal so I could go from a clean sound to tremolo and control the tremolo speed as well. The pedal lets me slow it down and speed it up, which really lends a lot of power for creating motion when we’re going from one part to another."

Live and in the studio, Jones uses a blend of amps. Two favorites are a 1976 Marshall Super Bass and a Diezel VH-4 “blueface.” On the latter, he never switches out of the ultra-high-output third channel. During the recording of 2001’s Lateralus, he reportedly experimented with a vintage Sunn lead head, too, and for 2006’s 10,000 Days he blended his Super Bass and Diezel with a Bogner Uberschall and a Riveria Knucklehead. Jones drives all his amps hard to achieve his responsive tone. He also uses Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers and Marshall and Mesa cabs

This cab can been seen in multiple photos of live performances with Tool.

The DL4 can be seen in this photo.

In the 2016 Tool Live DVD he switches guitars after the opening song by Led Zeppelin “No Quarter” he then switches to the Yellow Quilted Maple Les Paul to play the track “Parabola”

Adam Jones uses the Xotic Effects RC Booster, as shown in a photo on his Instagram.

Adam Jones showcases the Abominable Electronics Hellmouth overdrive pedal on his Instagram account, as evidenced by a photo he shared with the caption "#HellMouth 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽 @abominablepedals."

Adam Jones' Access Virus Indigo Synthesizer can be seen at 2:53. His guitar tech says, "Here's another Virus, another synthesizer...he can fiddle and makes all kind of noises out of this."

Live and in the studio, Jones uses a blend of amps. Two favorites are a 1976 Marshall Super Bass and a Diezel VH-4 “blueface.” On the latter, he never switches out of the ultra-high-output third channel. During the recording of 2001’s Lateralus, he reportedly experimented with a vintage Sunn lead head, too, and for 2006’s 10,000 Days he blended his Super Bass and Diezel with a Bogner Uberschall and a Riveria Knucklehead. Jones drives all his amps hard to achieve his responsive tone. He also uses Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers and Marshall and Mesa cabs.

Adam Jones uses the MXR CSP233 Micro Amp Plus, as shown in a photo from his Instagram account.

In the user-uploaded photo, Adam Jones is seen using the Access Virus TI2 Dark Star synthesizer. I also witnessed its use during their live performance last year. Notably, the Dark Star is identifiable by its distinct red lighting.

Adam Jones uses the MXR M-108 Ten Band Graphic Equalizer Pedal, as shown in an image on Equipboard.

This older Korg rackmount tuner can be seen on various photos of his pedalboard.

He uses the PK5 pedal to trigger notes on the Access Virus B.

Seen on his 2019-2020 tour pedalboard

"As far as picks, I use the gray nylon Jim Dunlop .88 and .72."

Seen on his 2019-2020 tour pedalboard, replacing the Peterson Strobostomp VS-S tuner.

There is a shot of Adam Jones' pedalboard at 1:37 in this video, and his Peterson StroboStomp tuner can be seen at the top of his pedalboard.

The VK-8M is shown at 3:20