Andy McCoy's Gear

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At 0:41 seconds Andy shows The Disc Front with a five way pickup selector, There is another Zemaitis Model in the guitar rack.

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"Finally, the legendary guitarist settled on a Reverend model, a Ron Asheton Signature (late Iggy & The Stooges-guitarist). He said he was going to use it onstage"

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Andy can be seen using his gibson explorer on a concert in japan in 2005

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In-depth article written by his former guitar tech during the 2005-2009 Hanoi Rocks rebirth period, who recently (2019) designed a new custom pedalboard for Andy. On this pedalboard Andy runs 2 digital delays, a Boss DD-3 and an Ibanez DL10, one set to short delay, the other, long.

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In-depth article written by Andy's guitar tech during the 2005-2009 Hanoi Rocks rebirth era. Andy used the Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter during this time, as seen in the pic

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In-depth article written by Andy's guitar tech during the 2005-2009 Hanoi Rocks rebirth era. Andy used the T-Rex Alberta onstage during this time, as evidenced in the pic and mentioned in the article

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According to an in-depth article by Andy's guitar tech during the 2005-2009 Hanoi Rocks rebirth era, Andy ran the Danelectro Dan Echo delay in the effects loop of his onstage Marshall JCM 2000 TSL 100w amp

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Andy used the Boss TR-2 in his live pedal chain during the Hanoi Rocks rebirth years (2002-2009). It was used notably on their cover of Moon Martin's "Bad News"

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In-depth article by Andy's former guitar tech who recently (2019) designed a new custom pedalboard for him, which includes the Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner as per pics

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2 JCM 2000 TSL 100 heads w/ matching 1960A 4x12 cabinets were acquired for Andy by management in the early 2000's when Andy teamed up once again with Michael Monroe for the millenial Hanoi Rocks rebirth. These were used onstage by Andy (one active, the other on standby as backup) up to and including Hanoi's farewell residency at Helsinki's Tavastia club in 2009.

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2 JCM 2000 TSL 100 heads w/ matching 1960A 4x12 cabinets were acquired for Andy by management in the early 2000's when Andy teamed up once again with Michael Monroe for the millenial Hanoi Rocks rebirth. These were used onstage by Andy (one active, the other on standby as backup) up to and including Hanoi's farewell residency at Helsinki's Tavastia club in 2009.

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Used by Andy in conjunction with a Boss NS-2 in his secondary "clean-tone" pedalboard designed by his former guitar tech, as per in-depth article

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Used by Andy in conjunction with a DOD 201 Phaser in his secondary "clean-tone" pedalboard designed by his former guitar tech, as per in-depth article

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Used by Andy in full-stack formation with an angled 1960A cab onstage in Hanoi's original incarnation ca 1982-1985, as witnessed in the "All Those Wasted Years" Live At The Marquee video (video link in attached article. Used also in full-stack formation during Andy's stint as Iggy Pop's guitar player on the 1988-89 Instinct world tour.

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Used by Andy onstage during Hanoi Rocks' original incarnation ca 1982-1985, as witnessed in the "All Those Wasted Years" Live At The Marquee video (video link in attached article)

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Used onstage by Andy in the 80's. One of them (with vertical inputs) can be seen in Hanoi Rocks' "All Those Wasted Years" Live At The Marquee video (link to live versions of Tragedy and Don't You Ever Leave Me in the attached article). Andy also used JCM 800 2203 heads in the Cherry Bombz and with Iggy Pop on the Instinct world tour

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In-depth article written by his former guitar tech during the 2005-2009 Hanoi Rocks rebirth period, who recently (2019) designed a new custom pedalboard for Andy. On this pedalboard Andy runs 2 digital delays, a Boss DD-3 and an Ibanez DL10, one set to short delay, the other, long.

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Used by Andy onstage during Hanoi Rocks' 2002-2009 rebirth era, and more recently on his custom pedalboard designed by his former guitar tech

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One of the guitars most closely associated with Andy McCoy, he has used a number of them throughout his career, including an original 1958 3-pickup model as seen on the Bangkok Shocks album cover. The article also includes video links to a couple of songs taken from Hanoi Rocks' All Those Wasted Years live at the Marquee Dec 83 set on which Andy plays an early 80's black Les Paul Custom with stock Tim Shaw humbuckers

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The Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic was added to Andy's pedalboard ca 2007 and is still used by him, according to his former guitar tech during the Hanoi Rocks rebirth period, who recently (2019) designed a new custom pedalboard for Andy.

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Used onstage in open-E tuning for slide during Hanoi Rocks' millenial rebirth era (2002-2009), notably on the song Gypsy Boots

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Used for clean tones through a Boss NS-2 and DOD 201 Phaser

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Andy has used several of these down the years, including a red one, a metallic copper one and the metallic blue one seen in the pic

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Used on Andy's custom-designed pedalboard to replace his old Boss TR-2

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Pictured in featured article

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In the video titled "Andy McCoy-Wild Horses," at the 0:57 mark, Andy McCoy is clearly seen playing a Yamaha FG-411CE-12 BL guitar. This footage is from the Finnish music program "Jyrki," specifically an episode from 1996. Yamaha produced these guitars from 1993 to 1997 in finishes such as Black, Natural, and Violin Sunburst. The video is provided by Jon Heikkinen on YouTube.

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