Alex Linares (Finch)

I have a couple cool Les Pauls. I’m totally a Les Paul guy. My favorite Gibson is a ‘97 Les Paul that’s a beautiful electric blue color. It’s USA-made, but I found it in Tokyo my first trip there. I had been searching for that guitar for years, and I saw a picture of it once in a magazine, and it was gorgeous. I loved it. When I found it, I almost wept! (Laughs) I’d been looking for it for so long! It’s been one of my main guitars for 12 years now. It’s been beaten, too. It’s been on every Finch tour and Finch recording since then, and its headstock got snapped off, and I re-glued it myself, and it’s been better than ever since then!

I think a lot of it is probably that the guitar players I grew up watching and listening to obsessing over were Les Paul players. The day I played my first Les Paul, it was a ‘62 Cherry Sunburst Standard, and it belonged to the studio where I was recording. It sounded so naturally compressed and even, and every string sounded perfect. Ever since then, I get why everybody plays a Les Paul. Aerosmith’s Joe Perry is the reason I picked up a guitar in the first place, and he’s obviously a big Les Paul player.

Alex Linares of Finch is confirmed to use a Fender Jim Root Stratocaster, as evidenced by a photograph from the Riot Fest Music Festival in Chicago on September 17, 2023. The image, credited to Daniel DeSlover/Sipa USA via Alamy, shows Linares performing with this guitar featuring modifications such as altered humbuckers and a repositioned volume knob.

According to Guitar.com, Alex Linares of Finch used an Epiphone 2002 - Wine Red with emgs during the early era of the band. It is noted that he removed the pickguards from his instrument.

Alex Linares of Finch has been seen playing a Fender Telecaster during a live performance, as documented in the caption provided by Gear4music.

In a live performance, Alex Linares of Finch is seen using a black Gibson SG Standard, as evidenced by the image found at the provided source.

Alex Linares, guitarist of Finch, used the DiMarzio ClipLock Strap during early live performances of the band. This is supported by an image provided on Equipboard.

Alex Linares of Finch has been seen performing live with the Fender Custom Shop 1961 Relic Stratocaster, as evidenced by an image provided.

Alex Linares of Finch is seen using the Fender California Newporter Classic acoustic guitar during the live acoustic performance of "Post Script" at House of Blues Anaheim on May 25, 2023, as documented in a YouTube video by Ryan Warren.