Chris Traynor

"I experiment with lots of gear but the stuff I rely on most is my 73 Les Paul custom, which has been on every record I have ever recorded, and my 66 ES 355."

Chris Traynor has used the Lovepedal Kalamazoo Overdrive Pedal Gold Limited Edition extensively over the years, as mentioned in his Twitter post.

My favorite type of pedal is without a doubt Fuzz. I think you can tell a lot about when a person grew up by the kind of Fuzz they like. My favorite vintage Fuzz is a Sov Tek green civil war era big muff. I have two of them that I just treasure. Jeorge Tripps makes a new version of this pedal for Way Huge called a Russian Pickle, and that’s what I have been using lately.

One of his current favorites is a Les Paul Standard that was stripped and refinished by his friend Dave Johnson and Area 59 Hysteric Parts

"I have 2 Kurt Cobain road worns. This is one where I tried to put a gold foil in but I had to change the neck angle and didn't like the way it plays. I love these guitars but I haven't found one that sounds the way I want it to. I'll keep experimenting with different pick ups."

Traynor uses a Marshall EL34, according to this article, which says, "He likes combining the characteristics of multiple amps to achieve his tone, also using a Marshall EL34 100/100…"

This article states, "Traynor controls the Axe-FX with a Voodoo Lab Ground Control (the same one he's used on tour for 10 years). He also uses a Boss TU-2…"

According to this article, by Premier Guitar, Traynor "also uses a Boss TU-2, a Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Signature Cry Baby, and an Ernie Ball VP JR Volume Pedal.

Another proud owner of the MXR M-101 Phase 90 Pedal is Chris Traynor according his official artist page on Dunlop's site.

According to Dunlop's official artist page for Chris he uses a MXR MC401 Boost/Line Driver.

"I have a historic Les Paul Standard and a refinished Explorer. Right now on tour, I have three Les Pauls and an Explorer, and then Gibson just sent me a black American Explorer that I’ve been playing at the Staples Center in Vegas, which I really love. I grew up playing Gibson and fell in love with the shape, and that’s what feels most natural to me and looks the best and sounds the best."

"I started using this pedal in Helmet because it was the only pedal that would give a clear, good quality gain...They're super road worthy and I've used it on every single record I've recorded," says Chris Traynor, at 0:35 in this video.

"I always carry a Dunlop wah, Phase 90 (Re-issue), whammy pedal, vintage 808, Blue Box and a box full of delays, compressors and choruses"

"I experiment with lots of gear but the stuff I rely on most is my 73 Les Paul custom, which has been on every record I have ever recorded, and my 66 ES 355."

you can see in the comments below that image on Instagram that he confirms it was a blacktop baritone telecaster... and you can see him using it in here https://www.instagram.com/p/BEwNKeOLiVS/?taken-by=ct3guitar

According to Maxon's website, Traynor uses the Maxon SD-9 Super Distortion.

"That's my 1969 Stratocaster. The real deal."

Used during Institute era.

My live rig with Bush is a monster. My guitar runs through a Fractal AXFX XL II+…

My live rig with Bush is a monster. My guitar runs through volume pedal, then a Jerry Cantrell wah, into the front of a Fractal AXFX XL II+, it splits out of the FX loop into a Voodoo amps modded Marshall JMP-1with a gold Marshall EL34 100/100 and into a first revision Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier. Both amp signals send to 2 separate Rivera silent sister iso cabinets loaded with Eminence EJ1250’s. Each speaker has 2 microphones, and modded Sure Sm 57, and a Sennheiser 421.

My favorite type of pedal is without a doubt Fuzz. I think you can tell a lot about when a person grew up by the kind of Fuzz they like. My favorite vintage Fuzz is a Sov Tek green civil war era big muff. I have two of them that I just treasure. Jeorge Tripps makes a new version of this pedal for Way Huge called a Russian Pickle, and that’s what I have been using lately.

My favorite type of pedal is without a doubt Fuzz. I think you can tell a lot about when a person grew up by the kind of Fuzz they like. My favorite vintage Fuzz is a Sov Tek green civil war era big muff. I have two of them that I just treasure. Jeorge Tripps makes a new version of this pedal for Way Huge called a Russian Pickle, and that’s what I have been using lately. My second favorite effect is an echoplex ep-2, but that is very temperamental machine. I love using the Diamond Memory Lane 2, it’s my favorite tap tempo delay of all time, and I usually have that on my board for studio sessions.

You’re stranded on a desert island – which three (3) of the following do you want to have? I’m assuming the Island has electricity, so… Instruments: I want to say my 63 SG junior with a P90 in the bridge, but I’m afraid that would be hard to fix if something happened to it, so I am going to bring a parts telecaster that I put together with a vintage gold foil in the neck. You can drag a tele off the back of a pickup truck and it will still be playable.

In this Premier Guitar rig rundown, it states, "Traynor uses a duo of Fractal Audio Axe-FX II units, which he's used since the company's very first iterations of the units."

In this article, by Premier Guitar, it says, "[Traynor] uses a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (first revision) with a Divided by 13 FTR 37…"

This article, by Premier Guitar, states that Traynor "uses a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (first revision) with a Divided by 13 FTR 37 (not pictured), which he also relies upon heavily in the studio. He likes combining the characteristics of multiple amps to achieve his tone, also using a Marshall EL34 100/100 and a Marshall JMP-1…"

"Traynor controls the Axe-FX with a Voodoo Lab Ground Control," it says, in this article, by Premier Guitar.

This article says that Traynor "also uses a Boss TU-2, a Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Signature Cry Baby…"

Chris uses a Dunlop UV-1 Univibe. Source.

"I always carry a Dunlop wah, Phase 90 (Re-issue), whammy pedal, vintage 808, Blue Box and a box full of delays, compressors and choruses."