Brad Whitford

In this video from Fender, he discusses Fender guitars and this model in particular, American Vintage '65 Stratocaster.

“The Silver Sky is my favourite,” says Whitford. “That’s the one that I sit around and play more than any other. I love the way it feels. To me, he’s taken the Stratocaster but he hasn’t just stuck a different headstock on it. He’s come with all these modern views about how to use the idea of this instrument, and evolve the body, the neck and that sort of thing. It’s Strat-like in its sound, yeah, but it’s not a Strat. It’s kind of created this whole new family of sounds. “I play it every night. I could literally play the whole show with it if I wanted to. But I’ve got all these other pretty guitars that I like to show off.”

Uses this guitar live.

According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Whitford has the Fender Eric Johnson Stratocaster with DiMarzio hum-cancelling pickups.

In this 2012 photo of Whitford in Epiphone article, he can be seen playing the Epiphone Casino.

"We were kind of replicating personality-wise some of the stuff we did in the '70s. I used to have a '68 Les Paul goldtop P-90 guitar that ended up going by the wayside. I've looked all over to try to find a substitute, and I managed to find another one up in Boston. That guitar was a real go-to for the album."

According to 80's advert from PRS, Whitford played the Custom 22 in advert.

The EVH Ernie Ball Music man can be seen at 1:02 on this video, for Aerosmith's "Crazy". The location of the pickup selector switch near the neck pickup shows that it is not an Ernie Ball Axis, which has it's selector near the volume knob. For example, here is a photo of a stock EVH Ernie Ball. http://www.musicianslibrary.com/machform/data/form_1/files/element_21_b1c86615dd3b960c3700a48e1c41ef9d-28-blueevh.jpg

and here is a photo of a stock Axis https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/static.music-man.com/website/images/instruments/slides-6/slide-3.jpg

Notice especially the location of the selector switch on the video, and on the first picture.

On Gibson's page for the Collectors Choice Brad Whitford Les Paul, it says that Whitford used a 1959 Les Paul.

In this 2014 photo of Whitford, he can be seen playing the D'Angelico EX-DC hollowbody electric guitar.

In this photo, Whitford can be seen playing the burst Gibson ES-335, possibly brand new.

"Also a constant is his McInturff Taurus and Hamer Korina Standard (Explorer), always used somewhere in the set. Basically, he has about 10 guitars he uses every show and he switches them up on different songs.”

According to Premier Guitar, Whitford teamed up with Gibson to work on this guitar. This guitar has Wizz Clone Premium PAF pickups, unlike the original custom-voiced PAF style pickups.

According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, he also uses this guitar to tour with Derek St. Holmes. This guitar is based on Bonamassa's 1959 blackburst.

In this photo, which shows Aerosmith performing, Whitford is seen playing this guitar on the left side.

In a user-uploaded photo, Brad Whitford is seen playing a Fender Telecaster.

Kauer Guitars says on their website that Brad plays the Banshee model

At 12:21 in the Gibson TV video titled "The Collection: Brad Whitford of Aerosmith," Brad Whitford is seen showcasing a Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty, confirming its presence as part of his guitar rig.

You're able to manipulate it more the these older guitars the tone controls are so nice they work because they actually work.

At 21:53 in the Gibson TV video "The Collection: Brad Whitford of Aerosmith," Brad Whitford is seen showing a Gibson SG Junior from his guitar collection.

In the video titled "The Collection: Brad Whitford of Aerosmith" on Gibson TV, Brad Whitford is seen at 32:51 showcasing a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard, confirming his use of this iconic guitar.

In the Gibson TV video titled "The Collection: Brad Whitford of Aerosmith," at the timestamp 39:13, guitarist Brad Whitford is observed showcasing a 1966 Fender Stratocaster from his personal collection.

It’s unique because it has a bound neck and supposedly only 50 were made.

At 6:56 in the video, Brad Whitford is seen showing a 1953 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop guitar.

In the video titled "The Collection: Brad Whitford of Aerosmith" on Gibson TV, at 36:21, guitarist Brad Whitford showcases his 1956 Fender Stratocaster.

At the 50:13 mark in the Gibson TV video titled "The Collection: Brad Whitford of Aerosmith," Brad Whitford is seen with a Gibson Custom Shop 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue guitar. He states:

I just fell in love with it it's got that it's got that terrific neck something different about it but something familiar

It was brought to him at Woodstock ‘94 by Tom Murphy. He played it that night. Also has Zebra pickups in it.

At 1:56:35, Brad shows off his one owner ‘58 Les Paul goldtop he bought from Norm’s.

At around 2:11:50 in the Gibson TV episode "The Collection: Director’s Cut, Part One," Brad Whitford showcases his early 60s Gibson SG Special Electric Guitar.

In the video "The Collection: Director’s Cut, Part One" by Gibson TV, at the timestamp 2:17:26, Brad Whitford showcases his 1960 Gibson Les Paul Special with P90 pickups.

At 2:19:23 in the Gibson TV video titled "The Collection: Director’s Cut, Part One," Brad Whitford is seen showcasing his 1973 reissue Custom Shop Les Paul, which is modeled after a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Custom Exclusive with staple pickups.

At 2:25:35 in the Gibson TV video "The Collection: Director’s Cut, Part One," Brad Whitford is shown presenting his 1954 Fender Stratocaster.

Around 2:27:45 Brad shows his 1956 Telecaster.