Derek Trucks

Derek Trucks holds and plays his Gibson Derek Trucks Signature SG electric guitar throughout his video. Courtesy of gibson.com, here is a more thorough description of the guitar:

"The Derek Trucks Signature SG is crafted by Gibson USA in the image of the groundbreaking 1961 SG, with its radical asymmetrical dual-horned body style with characteristic beveled body edges. Body and neck are made from Grade-A mahogany and finished in high-gloss Heritage Cherry. The neck is carved to the slim “true D” profile of the early ’60s, which measures .800” deep at the 1st fret and .895” at the 12th. A rosewood fingerboard carries 22 medium-jumbo frets, with a 12-inch radius for smooth, easy bending. The hardware complement is where this instrument first departs from original 1961 SGs, and the Derek Trucks Signature SG carries the decorative Lyre vibrato cover with the vibrato mechanism itself removed—a Trucks mod—and a stopbar tailpiece in its place. Also at the artist’s request, the guitar employs the early style “no wire” ABR-1 Tune-o-matic tailpiece, and is issued without a pickguard. The headstock carries pearloid button vintage-style tuners as well as a PLEK-cut Corian nut for superb resonance and sustain, and is adorned with a mother-of-pearl Gibson logo and holly inlay."

"To give this instrument all the deep, in-the-bone tone of the originals, Gibson USA loads the Derek Trucks Signature SG with a pair of the most accurate PAF-styled humbuckers available today. The ‘57 Classics in the neck and bridge position are made with genuine Alnico II magnets, and wound with 42-AWG enamel-coated wire just like the originals, but are wax potted to combat microphonic squeal for high-volume playing. This pair offers throaty warm neck tones with plenty of clarity, and sweet, singing lead tones from the bridge position, with rounder, funkier tones in between. At Derek Trucks’s request, the ‘57 Classics are routed through 500k potentiometers for both volume and tone for each pickup."

At 0:05, Derek Trucks of The Allman Brothers, The Derek Trucks Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Frogwings is seen playing a Gibson Firebird Vintage Electric Guitar for the Tedeschi Trucks Band song 'Come see about me' live.

In a photo from Philzone, Derek Trucks is seen playing a PRS McCarty Electric Guitar during a performance with the Allman Brothers Band.

Trucks here is clearly playing a 1457

At a Blues and Rock Festival in Western Maryland, Trucks can be seen playing a Silvertone Artist.

In this video, Trucks is visible playing Gibson SG Reissue. According to SG Guitar Book, written by Tony Bacon, on page 108, it is said that Trucks received this guitar around 1990. On page 109, it said it was used until the 1999, when the headstock broke.

In this video, where Trucks performs "Rollin and Tumblin" with Susan Tedeschi, he is visible playing the Martin D-28 acoustic.

In this video, which shows Trucks playing on his 20th birthday, he is visible playing Gibson SG Standard. It is suggested that this has became his main guitar after his '62 reissue broke.

In this photo, Trucks is visible with Washburn E300. It is said that this guitar was used somewhere around 2002.

In this interview, Derek Trucks of The Allman Brothers, The Derek Trucks Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Frogwings talks using his 1936 Gibson L-00.

Derek’s backup SG; he keeps it tuned one whole step down – Drop D. This one has the tremolo tailpiece.

In this Washburn advert, Trucks is visible with tobacco sunburst model of Washburn P4. He also used E300.

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This is an amazing guitar for several reasons,

here is a Gibson Super 400 in natural finish from 1939! Which means it is one of the first blonde finish guitar ever made by Gibson.

That guitar was played by Johnny Winter and comes with a signed poster which show Johnny playing the guitar.

Dereck Trucks also played this guitar to record and compose for years.

That’s an amazing guitar, and what a beauty.

some mods has been done, send us a message if you have any questions,

Derek Trucks is confirmed to use the Doug Irwin "Tiger" Guitar, as evidenced by an Instagram post by farmer_doug1, which features a video of Trucks playing the instrument. The post, captioned "Derek Trucks playing Jerry Garcia’s guitar that was purchased for $11.5M yesterday," was made during a Tedeschi Trucks Band performance at the Beacon Theatre on March 13, 2026.

In an Instagram clip posted by Tedeschi Trucks Band, Derek Trucks is seen playing a c.1929 National Triolian Resonator while sitting on a porch and performing a standard Delta blues melody.