Blake Schwarzenbach

This left-handed silver Ibanez RG560 was used by Blake Schwarzenbach at the very beginning of his career with Jawbreaker - i.e. circa March 1989 - to the recording of their debut album "Unfun", their first tour in support of "Unfun" - "Fuck '90 Tour" and eventually to their brief breakup. The most distinctive feature of it were stickers plastered all over the body. Most of the parts (if not all) have remained stocks. It is not known what has exactly happened to this guitar after Blake switched to Gibson.

This left-handed Gibson Les Paul Custom in Alpine White finish (which has yellowed with age) was bought by Blake Schwarzenbach in about 1995 and used for touring and recording with Jawbreaker (most notably on their last album, "Dear You"), Jets to Brazil, Thorns Of Life, Forgetters.

In this photo, Blake appears to be using left-handed Gibson Les Paul Standard in Ebony finish, with white pickguard. The pickup in neck position is what appears to be Bill Lawrence L-500 (or L-500XL), and the pickup in bridge position is stock.

Blake used this borrowed left-handed Fender Stratocaster in Sunburst finish with black pickguard for a very limited amount of time on European leg of Hell Is On The Way tour in 1992. It appears to have a CBS-shaped headstock.

"...because I broke my guitar in Oslo, in Norway, a few days ago, in half! So this is a kinda new guitar," Blake reflects on this incident at 12:56 mark in the video.

Schwarzenbach used this amp with Jawbreaker from about 1990 to 1995, right after the recording of "Dear You", then switching to Plexis. The amp has "BLAKE" written in white on upper right corner of grill cloth. Blake bought it from Ian Mackaye of Fugazi fame and then sold it to Kristopher Roe of The Ataris, who eventually has auctioned it off Ebay.

Blake has been using this amp from 1995 to present day, both touring and recording with Jawbreaker, Jets to Brazil, Thorns of Life and, most recently, Forgetters.

For majority of Blake Schwarzenbach's career (Jawbreaker, Jets To Brazil, Thorns Of Life, forgetters) it was his go-to cabinet.

At Forgetters show in 2010, Blake used a Boss TU-2 chromatic tuner.

In this photo, Blake appears to be using Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi.

In this photo, Blake appears to be using Boss FV-500H pedal.

In this photo, Blake appears to be using Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy pedal (right next to Big Muff pedal).

In this photo, Blake appears to be using Digitech Hardwire RV-7 Reverb pedal.

In this photo, Blake appears to be using Electro-Harmonix #1 Echo pedal (lower left corner of the picture).

In this photo, Blake appears to be using Digitech JamMan Stereo Phrase Sampler and Looper pedal.

In this photo, Blake's rig clearly shows three pedals feeding into his Marshall rig: on the left, his EHX #1 Echo, in the center the Freeze pedal in question, and on the right his EHX Big Muff.