Billy Corgan's Gear

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This Diezel Herbert is owned by Billy Corgan.

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In a Rig Rundown video by Premier Guitar, Billy Corgan discusses his custom J-Watt Preamp by Salvation Mods, inspired by the amplifier used by Jimmy Page on many Led Zeppelin records.

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For his clean tone, Billy uses a selma pre amp. this pre amp was modeled by a company called salvation mods. it is modeled after the selma amp billy uses

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In a YouTube video uploaded by Alonso Miller, Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins can be seen using the Kurzweil MicroPiano during a piano solo performance of "Tonight, Tonight" at an Indianapolis show on June 17, 2015.

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In the Reverb News article titled "New Reverb Shop Will Let You Own a Piece of Billy Corgan," the second image in the gallery shows Billy Corgan with a Hagström H8 8-String Bass Guitar.

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The sidebar to this interview with Premier Guitar magazine lists some of the gear Corgan used while recording the Smashing Pumpkins' Cyr album. The list of effects includes a PS-2.

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Corgan can be seen with an Ovation Elite 1758 12-string guitar in this photo.

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"Billy had just acquired an amazing vintage Martin that we miked with a Soundelux e251, and an AKG 451 and 414."

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At 1:05 minute, Corgan showed the Sam Ash Fuzzola pedal.

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At 1:27 minute mark, Corgan's Vox V828 Tonebender can be seen.

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At 2:14 minute mark, Analogman Bi-Comprossor can be seen in Billy Corgan's stompland.

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At 2:14 minute mark, Maestro Fuzz Tone can be seen in Corgan's stompland.

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Seen using it as vocal mic in 1988 recorded performance.

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Around 1:33 minute mark Roland AD-50 Double Beat Wah-Fuzz can be seen.

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"Shin-Ei, it's a Japanese fuzz, that's what I used to play the solo on Untitled" says Billy about this pedal at 1:58.

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At 2:28 minute mark we can see Roger Mayer Classic Fuzz.

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At 2:50 minute mark, Lovetone Wobulator (blue version) can be seen.

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Among the items sold on Corgan's official Reverb.com shop.

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"This Noble Atom Accordion is from the private collection of Billy Corgan.

This specific accordion was used the recording, 'We Only Come Out At Night' from Mellon Collie.

This vintage accordion is in great shape for its age, with no major blemishes or chips.

All keys and buttons work as they should, with bellows that are holding up just fine. It recently had a repair, so this accordion is go to go, ready to play out of its case.

This accordion will ship in its original wooden case."

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"This Whitehall 6640 is from the private collection of Billy Corgan.

The 'Little Red Corvette' of vintage organs. This stunning keyboard can be used in various sound combinations to get that trademark texture.

Unit is fully functional and in great shape."

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"This Vox Pathfinder V1/V101 is from the private collection of Billy Corgan.

This is not known to be a studio or touring amp for Corgan, other than it was part of his personal collection.

Aside from from fraying at the edges of the grill cloth and some worked-in dust, this amp is in great condition. It still has the original two-prong cord, and appears to be original in all other ways. At some point the speaker cover had come loose, but has since been glued down.

This amp is a blast to play, with a warm, satisfying tremolo and pure Vox clean tone. There are no functional issues with it. Perfect bedroom or studio amp. Input #2 currently needs work, as it is finicky with the signal."

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When we started working with Billy Corgan on the pickups for his signature Strat®, we sent him several models to try out. He liked the Air Norton S™ in the neck, The Chopper™ in the middle and The Tone Zone® S in the bridge. After playing them on several gigs, he asked for some changes in the neck and bridge pickups. He wanted a deeper sound from the low strings without losing any punch, and he didn't want the sound to get muddy with high-gain amps. To do this, we lowered the frequency response of one of the the coils in each pickup just enough to boost the bass while opening up the mids. The end results are the pickups that are now in Billy's signature Strat®. They do exactly what he wants in humbucking mode, and he's found they work really well in split mode as well.

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Billy Corgan used the Fender Coronado II on an untitled track from The Smashing Pumpkins' greatest hits album, as detailed in a Reverb News article.

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In a preview of Billy Corgan's Reverb shop featured on reverb.com, the Regal RF-50E Dobro Bass is showcased among his collection.

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In an interview with Premier Guitar magazine discussing the recording of the Smashing Pumpkins' Cyr, Corgan states, "I think it’s fun to play around with guitars that sound like synths and synths that sound like guitars. It’s a combination of a lot of things. I have a famous keyboard, the Yamaha CS-80. It’s the one ELO [Electric Light Orchestra] used a lot. They’re super expensive and they’re hard to get. Whenever you get one they’re almost always broken. So I was using that."

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At 4:20 Billy Corgan is seen using a Rhodes Suitcase 73 in this video.

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Billy Corgan uses these Source Audio products: Hot Hand Phaser Flanger

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At 1:29 minute mark, Corgan showed the Fulltone Robin Trower overdrive pedal from his collection.

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At 2:14 minute mark, Vox Tone Bender MKIII can be seen in Corgan's stompland.

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At 1:32 minute mark, Red Witch Fuzz God II pedal can be visible.

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Discography

Album Credits

  • World War III

    World War III

    Madina Lake · 2011

    Engineer Producer
  • Kissin Time

    Kissin Time

    Marianne Faithfull · 2002

    Mixing Engineer Producer Recording Engineer

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