Buzz Osborne (aka King Buzzo)

Buzz Osborne has used the Boss LS-2 Line Selector extensively throughout his career, as noted on Themelvins' Gear Page.

King Buzzo can be seen playing the guitar 1:35 into this video.

In an interview with GITARRE & BASS, Buzz Osborne of The Melvins mentions using the Union Tube & Transistor Black Bumble Buzz, among other pedals, as part of his guitar effects setup.

Buzz Osborne, also known as King Buzzo from the Melvins, uses the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 PLUS on his pedalboard, as highlighted by EarthQuakerDev on Twitter.

In this video Buzz uses the hizumitas fuzz

Buzz Osborne has recently been using the Hilbish Designs Sol Invictus as his main preamp before his power amps. It was notably featured in the recording of "Tarantula Heart." A user-uploaded photo serves as the source for this information.

In this picture Buzz is playing a 1991 Gibson Les Paul Super 400 Custom Shop that he would use very often. Around 1997 he carved the zodiac killer mark into the body which chipped over time.

buzz currently rocks 2 acrylic TT2’s

if you go to 2:50 and look at the power amp on the left you can see it says "QSC" on it, and if you wait a few seconds after that they zoom in on it and it says "GX5".

“Buzz (on GUITAR!) through two Super Twins. The band loved what they did for Buzz's guitar sound - to (approximately) quote the two (yes, TWO!) bassists "the bottom end was so much tighter and everything was just more together, all the good bits of the sound with the unwanted noise and mud removed, more clarity for those big dirty tones. Way better sound onstage." And I can confirm it sounded great from the front row (you could hear the cabs more than the PA there) right to the back of the venue. They'll be using the same Barefaced backline tonight at KOKO in London as Buzz refused to leave the Super Twins behind - his previous guitar 4x12"s have been officially usurped!“

Before EGC made the Buzzo signature, buzz osborne used a slightly modified EGC STANDARD circa 2007. This standard was equipped with 498T and 490R les paul pickups. Buzz also has an orange version

Buzz Osborne uses the Boss TU-12H Chromatic Tuner, as evidenced by the image showing the tuner on his fuzzy 4x12 setup.

You can see Buzz holding a pack of these strings in the picture.

In this picture for the promotion of Five Legged Dog acoustic album, buzzo seems to use a Gretsch G9500 Jim Dandy Blue Sky edition.

Buzz can be seen with a Sunn Beta Lead combo amp at the Amoeba Records show on May 09, 2002.

he used these in the 90s. this is really the only eq i’ve known him to use. i wonder if he used others after he stopped using this one. you can make out the settings easily in the famous 1993 UCLA video

“love my Marshall stack and my Mesa/Boogie TriAxis—but for my live tone, I can’t beat those Sunn heads”

Buzz Osborne occasionally uses the Marshall JCM 900 4500 guitar amplifier head. While the specific model he uses is uncertain, it is likely the dual reverb version. This is suggested by its distinct features, such as more knobs than the JCM 800 and a black footswitch next to the JCM logo. A user-uploaded photo on Equipboard provides visual evidence of this usage.

the hilbish t fuzz is a common character on buzz’s modern pedalboards

mentions the rackmount rat at 2:10 in the video

buzz often used the carver pm 1.5 with his sunn pl20’s

used in buzz’s current pedalboards

one of buzz’s just for fun effects

Buzz Osborne used the MXR M291 Dyna Comp Mini compressor pedal prior to the release of the Hilbish Compressimizer, as shown in a user-uploaded photo.

buzz uses the smalls mk3 sometimes too.

Buzz Osborne used Celestion G12S50 12" ceramic loudspeakers in his three HIWATT 4x12 cabinets, as evidenced by an image on Equipboard. I’m unsure if he selected them himself or if the hiwatts came with them.

Buzz Osborne has used several EGC TB1000s guitars, including blue, red, and purple models. He currently owns these three, although the purple guitar has not yet been played live. This information is supported by user-uploaded photos.

used 2000-2003, it was difficult to determine whether this was the rv-3 or rv-5, but the RV-5 came out in 2002 meaning its likely the rv-3 as this photo is from 2000.

Buzz Osborne used the Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler in 2001, as evidenced by a photograph showing him with the gear.

Buzz Osborne used the Line 6 DM4 Distortion Modeler as his distortion pedal briefly in 2001, as evidenced by the image provided on Equipboard.