"Captain" Kirk Douglas' Amplifiers

Around 3:19 in this video, "Captain" Kirk Douglas says that he uses the Mesa Boogie Stiletto guitar amp out on stage on the Jimmy Fallon show, "an EL34 based amp."

He describes it as Mesa Boogie's first foray into the British sounding amplifier. "It projects well, it's got a great natural distortion sound, it's like a Swiss army knife of amplifiers... very intuitive, easy to operate, and it looks pretty badass too."

The video has an upload date of November 2012.

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According to MESA/Boogie's official website, Douglas is listed as an used of the Lone Star combo amplifier.

Vintage Guitar, 2015

For Fallon, a Mesa Boogie Stiletto, Royal Atlantic, and a Lone Star Special. For my own thing, I like Divided By 13.

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Yes. That’s the guitar on that song. I also used it on “Uma.” That guitar has a very distinctive sound. I’m playing the rhythm part through a Divided By 13 RSA 23 amp, and I just love the way they interact together.

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According to the 2019 Premier Guitar interview, Douglas uses the Supro Black Magick.

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According to the 2019 Premier Guitar interview, Douglas uses the Mesa Boogie California Tweed.

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"Captain" Kirk Douglas talks about his Mesa Boogie Royal Atlantic 100 [@ 1:29] where he says, "I love the sounds it gets at low volumes."

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According to the 2019 Premier Guitar interview, Douglas uses the Divided by 13 BTR 23 combo.

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According to the 2019 Premier Guitar interview, Douglas uses the 1978 Marshall JMP100.

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According to the 2019 Premier Guitar interview, Douglas uses the Mesa Boogie TC-50 guitar head.

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This is a community-built gear list for "Captain" Kirk Douglas.