Blackie Lawless

Blackie Lawless stated in an interview with Ultimate-guitar.com that he uses a Gibson SG guitar and Jackson guitars Grover Jackson made him in 89 for recording as well as 1972 Marshall amplifiers https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/wasps_blackie_lawless_we_had_three_guitar_players_and_no_bass_player.html

In this photo Lawless can be seen playing a Black ESP LTD AX-50.

In this Advertisement for B.C. Rich Guitars, Lawless can be seen sporting a Light Blue B.C. Rich Warlock Bass.

In this photo Lawless can be seen holding a Black B.C. Rich Warlock.

The Wikipedia picture above shows the AX-400 or AX-400FM being used in concert. The earlier tag was incorrectly an AX-50, which is a low budget Chinese version of this model and has a bolt-on neck.

The Korean AX-400 was only for the 2006-2007 model years and has a neck-thru construction with EMG 81 pickups. The AX-400FM from 2008 added a flamed maple top - in the black color, the flamed maple pattern is only visible up close. Zoom in on the picture above, you will see tribal pearloid inlays of the higher end AX-400 models rather than the dot inlays of the cheaper AX-50.

The YouTube video link below shows another ESP AX being used by Blackie in concert in Sweden in 2018 (@11:30), this is a AX-401FM from the 2009-2010 model years or the AX-360 from the 2012-2013. The model is pretty much the same as the AX-400/400FM except for the tribal inlays being removed for more conventional block inlays, with a ‘AX-360’ or ‘AX-401’ fret marker in pearl on the 12th fret. The pickups seem to have been swapped out however.

https://youtu.be/fPGu4VN7bLA

In an interview to Ultimate Guitar, Blackie has also stated that he uses ESP AX’s in concert and Jackson USA guitars from the late 80’s/90’s in the Studio.

The high-end neck-thru, Korean AX series guitars were discontinued in 2013 with only the Chinese bolt-on AX-50 model available till 2017, which was also discontinued in 2019.

In this photo Lawless can be seen with a Custom Painted B.C. Rich Widow Bass.

he's using a guild acoustic guitar

He is seen holding an NJ Mockingbird in this image

He is seen playing a Longhorn bass live with WASP

He is seen playing a double-cutaway LP Junior throughout the video, and was known to use one live with Circus Circus as well

He is seen using a Mockingbird bass live at the Troubadour in 1984

He is seen using a Wave bass with “Death From Above” written on it at the Troubadour in 1983, during filming of “The Dungeonmaster”.