Brian Molko's Guitars
Molko used this guitar back to the Placebo's early beginnings, but now he uses this guitar for "Every You Every Me", in this photo they are playing this particular song, quite possibly the intro of it. This photo comes from 2009 Pinkpop festival.
Brian Molko uses this guitar to replicate a rawer sound similar to Nirvana, he also used the guitar in the music video for 'Come Home' from Placebo's self titled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zld5hd9-NhA at 0:43 you can see him playing the Fender Jaguar.
Brian Molko of Placebo is shown using the Gretsch G6128T-1962 Duo Jet during a concert in Bretagne, as captured in a user-uploaded photo.
You can see several screenshots of Brain's Jazzmaster in this image. As you see It is a blue Jazzmaster with a white pickguard. Brain names his Jazzmaster "Goddess" and was used for the the following songs,Pure Morning, Lady of The Flowers, Burger Queen, and Teenage Angst. It was also used during The Placebo, and Black Market Music tours.
Brian Molko uses a 1974 Gibson Les Paul 20th Anniversary guitar live to achieve a vintage sound, as seen in a photo from the Soundwave Festival in Sydney.
None of the pickups are original, bridge has been changed to Gibson PAF. He used this guitar for various songs at various tours, an example is this song "A Million Little Pieces" live at Sziget 2014 festival. Link.
Brian Molko uses the Martin LXME Little Martin for live acoustic performances, as shown in the Gstatic image source.
In this photo, we can see Molko playing Fender Toronado.
During this performance of "Running Up The Hill", Molko is visible playing the Gretsch Duo Jet. The Duo Jet was also used during the 2013 Canal + concert in Paris, as well as for "Meds" performance live in 2008 Angkor Wat concert.
He plays here the black SG Standard - perloid inlays on the neck , big black pickguard.
We can see him playing a Fender Thinline Telecaster Deluxe which was used on Taste in Men and Twenty Years
A blue custom made Fender Jaguar that Brian used during the 20th Anniversary Tour. It is exclusively used for Pure Morning, the opening track of the 20 Years setlist. What makes it so special is the color, and the headstock which is the same color as the body.
Brian Molko used a 1967 Gibson SG Standard electric guitar during The Bitter End performance on the 20 Years Anniversary Tour. The accompanying image from Ytimg provides visual documentation of this usage.
In this performance of "A Million Little Pieces" from "RAK Studios", Molko can be seen playing the Fender Thinline Telecaster.
In the full concert video "Placebo Live @ Sziget 2014" on YouTube by Sziget Festival, Brian Molko is seen playing a custom guitar at the 11:32 mark. This instrument, resembling an Epiphone Crestwood Deluxe, was crafted by Roger Daguet of Daguet Guitars. Although it mimics the Epiphone design, Daguet confirms it is a unique creation with specific features like a small batwing headstock, ebony fretboard, and large square inlays. How this guitar ended up in Molko's collection remains a mystery.
Brian uses Fender`s Stratocaster with 3 single coils during the "Special K" at Festival di Sanremo 2001.
at 0:57 we can see Brian using a classic player thinline telecaster.
He used this guitar around 2003 for 'The Bitter End'. It can be seen around 0:57.
Brian Molko of Placebo used the Daguet Crestwood Custom guitar during the Sziget Festival. This unique instrument, crafted by Roger Daguet of Daguet Guitars, features a design inspired by early Epiphone models, including a distinctive small batwing headstock and ebony fretboard with large square inlays. Originally made for a friend, the guitar eventually found its way to Molko, adding a piece of history to its journey.
at minute 4:00 Brian starts playing a taylor bt2 mohogany in this live
In this footage of Beautiful James by Placebo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPxE_E-gvG0 , Brian Molko can be seen playing a Jazz tele hybrid in surf green color and he used this guitar for 2022 Never Let Me go tour for various songs like Sad White Reggae
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