Daniel Johns

In an article by Damon Cronshaw for the Newcastle Herald, Daniel Johns is mentioned using the Fender Bubbler Analog Chorus Pedal in a recent studio session, fueling speculation about a potential Silverchair reunion.

This was seen during the Faraway stables show. Diorama saw Daniel use more acoustic guitars which he then used live. This di box allowed him to control and balance them in his rig.

Not positive of what ohm the headphones are but they are definitely DT 770’s. Seen during the picture section of the My Mind’s Own Melody TEDxSydney. Seen at 24:19 - https://youtu.be/W-tc1vyoeBc

Seen at the top right of his studio Diorama board. As far as I’ve seen, he barely used it. It was more of a backup.

Seen here at the right of his board. It was basically used to switch between amps when changing guitars to make less noise.

Seen at the bottom of this picture. Used during the Young Modern tour.

In a user-uploaded photo, Daniel Johns' Radial BigShot MIX Wet-Dry Effects Loop is visible just above his Digitech Whammy pedal. Despite the photo's low quality, the distinctive features of the BigShot MIX are discernible.

Third picture up/third row, it states he uses 11-52 strings.

Third picture up from the bottom on this webpage, there is a picture of Johns rockin out in front of a wall of angled marshall cabs.

Seen on his pedalboard in 2010

In the fourth paragraph of the source "silverchair - orchestral tear cash-flow - Guitar Gear," it is mentioned that Daniel Johns uses the Dunlop Mister Cry Baby Super Wah/Volume pedal.

During the 2007 Young Modern Tour, Daniel Johns can be seen using Fender Strap Blocks. In particular, at the March 30, 2007, show, he used an Ernie Ball strap without red ends, indicating the use of these strap blocks.

Daniel used the Mesa/Boogie Mark IV on the recording of Freak Show and maybe used it on tour for the album. Clear shot of it at 27:00

This Rare 22 fret PRS in silver was used by Daniel often in the Freak Show era. Mostly for Drop D and DADGAD tuning. This guitar suffered a headstock break when Daniel climbed a Tower of Speakers near him at the end of Isreal's Son At Pinkpop 1997 and then had no choice but to drop the guitar to get down & broke the headstock in the moment, Here's The Footage: https://youtu.be/MIPg4SdtuYU?si=ai6y9MOPUsbRWCKz&t=2983 . Check this concert at 11:17, 14:45 & 18:55 for it being used on the songs “The Door”, “Abuse Me” and “Pure Massacre” respectively https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GySpjdIZyfc&feature=youtu.be
You can see the guitar in it's current damaged state here at 23:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCkOX3CNuvM

In 1996, Daniel acquired this a PRS McCarty model in black. He didn't use it much at first, only for a couple songs in drop D a night, often Israel's Son. By 1999 this guitar was completely covered in stickers and used on most songs in drop D. There were no set songs he would use this guitar on. He would pick, seemingly at random, whether to use this guitar or his green PRS on a song as they were both in Drop D.

By 2000, the guitar had been re-tuned to drop B for the songs ''One Way Mule'' and ''The Lever''. It is likely this guitar was going to be used heavily on Daniel Johns' scrapped Kyuss inspired album as both ''One Way Mule'' and ''The Lever'' were taken from that album.

This guitar was used frequently until a live performance in Perth on September 24th 2007 when this guitar was used live on stage for the last time in a performance of ''The Lever''.

Due to ''One Way Mule'' and ''The Lever'' being taken off the set-list after that show the guitar disappeared into Daniel Johns' guitar collection. That was until July 14th 2022 where a post was made to Daniel's Instagram page showing Daniel recording guitar for the song ''Where Do We Go?'' The guitar was tuned to drop B implying that the guitar had been kept in that tuning since it was last seen in 2007.

The guitar was then seen again on the 4th of October 2023 when the trailer for ''The Musical Mind: A Portrait In Progress'' was released to youtube and Daniel was seen playing the guitar. The guitar ended up being featured heavily in the film.

In a user-uploaded photo from the video on YouTube (https://youtu.be/VCkOX3CNuvM), Daniel Johns is shown using the Hiwatt SE212F Fane 2x12 Speaker Cabinet.

Daniel Johns uses the MJ Mirage Custom guitar, as seen in his Instagram Q&A and the video for "Rain."

Daniel used the heritage H-157 as a back up to his black Gibson Les Paul custom, The Heritage was only a backup in the Young Modern era. Daniel rarely used this guitar and when he did it would be in a C# G# C# G# C# C# tuning. This guitar was used at Live at Pukkelpop 2007 where Daniel played the H-157 on the song Freak. You can see this guitar at 49:23

Skip: What guitars are you using now? What do you consider to be your main axe, and why – what do you like about it?

Daniel Johns: I don’t really know that much about my equipment. But I know what my two favorite guitars are. I’ve got a ’75 and a ’76 Fender Telecaster. I don’t even really know what model. It’s the one with the double humbuckers in the neck and the bridge, but they’re my two favorite guitars. On the record, I was pretty much using Telecasters and Les Paul Juniors, and yeah, for a couple of, like the small tin-pot guitar tones, I was using an old, battered, ’50s Telecaster, just an on-the-bridge single coil pickup…something that sounds nice and clean and fragile.

In this video you can see a guitar stand in a room with this Danelectro 3923 on it.

In this photo you can see Daniel holding a 1960s sunburst Fender Maverick with a white Black Flag sticker on it.

In this pic from Uncut 1996, you can see a 1960s sunburst Gibson Melody Maker D behind Daniel

In this pic from Uncut 1996, you can see a white Yamaha BB3000A behind a sunburst Gibson Melody Maker D

In this pic, Daniel is holding a black Gretsch Jim Dandy acoustic guitar

In an Instagram post by @thehoardingchair, an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer can be seen on top of some rack gear associated with Daniel Johns during the "I Can't Believe It's Not Rock" shows, as captured in a postcard from around the year 2000 by Gary Johnston.

Contrary to popular belief and what is currently on equipboard, Daniel did not use a boss DD-5, DD-6 or DD-7. He used a Boss DD-3 from the very beginning.

This is a photo from the Royal Easter show in 1996. Note how on the input side of the pedal, an arrow pointing to the right can be seen. Also how theres more text on the bottom than the the top. This is the direct out from a boss DD3. This is not on any other boss delay

Daniel Johns is known to use a Black 1976 Fender Telecaster Deluxe extensively for standard-tuned songs with Silverchair and other projects since the mid-2000s. An image of him performing with this guitar can be seen in the provided source. Additionally, Johns has expressed that this is one of his favorite guitars.

In a photo from the 1995 BDO Australia event, Daniel Johns is seen with a Dunlop Gator Grip 0.71mm Guitar Pick attached to a pickstand, as documented by Tumblr user amadaun23.

In a photograph shared by amadaun23 on Tumblr, Daniel Johns is seen with a Dunlop Delrin 500 1.14mm Guitar Pick attached to a pickstand during a performance at BDO Australia 1995.

In a photo shared by user amadaun23 on Tumblr, it is evident that Daniel Johns uses Dunlop Nylon Standard 1.0mm Guitar Picks, as one is visibly attached to his pickstand during a performance at BDO Australia in 1995.