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In this photo, one can see O'Riordan playing Gibson ES-335.

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In this photo, one can see O'Riordan playing Gibson SG Standard.

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In this pictures, Dolores O'Riordan can be seen playing Gibson Les Paul Custom.

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Dolores uses a Taylor GS6e, according to her Taylor profile.

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The Cranberries perform "Zombie" on Saturday Night Live in 1995. Marshall 6101 30th Anniversary 100W Combo can be seen at 0.52s.

Can also be seen at Woodstock here https://youtu.be/qh_DAhfm_GA?t=4m46s

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Dolores O'Riordan is shown using a Taylor T3 semi-hollowbody electric guitar in the user-uploaded photo on Imgur.

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In the user-uploaded photo from Meldingcloud, Dolores O'Riordan is pictured playing a PRS Mccarty 594 Hollowbody II guitar.

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Used for vocals and guitar on "Linger", as mentioned by producer Stephen Street in this March 2018 Sound on Sound interview.

Even though signed to Island, the Cranberries were still working with a limited budget on the album sessions, meaning that the acoustic guitar part on 'Linger' was recorded with the nearest instrument to hand: namely a cheap Yamaha acoustic owned by O'Riordan. "Sometimes when I was working with alternative or indie bands," says Street, "you just had to work with what you had. If there was a budget to hire more guitars, great. But I don't think we had that at that point. Especially being over in Dublin at the time, we did just work with the guitars they owned.

"I would put a Neumann U87 in front of the guitar, between the 12th fret and the hole. And sometimes I might have something like a KM84 further up towards the neck, just to see if it put a little bit of extra 'air' into it. Sometimes I would split those separate tracks a little bit in the mix, so although it was just one guitar, it gave it a little bit of spread across the stereo image."

(...) "The trusty old workhorse most of the time was the U87," Street remembers. "Dolores was a very shy girl at this point. I was just beginning to win her confidence. I remember when we did the very, very first vocal sessions together on this record, she was wanting her boyfriend at the time to be there in the control room (laughs). I said, 'Look, it's not really how it works. Y'know, when you're working with me as a producer, you've got to trust my judgement, not your boyfriend's judgement as to whether the take is good or bad.'"

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Used for O'Riordan's guitar on "Linger", as mentioned by producer Stephen Street in this March 2018 Sound on Sound interview.

Even though signed to Island, the Cranberries were still working with a limited budget on the album sessions, meaning that the acoustic guitar part on 'Linger' was recorded with the nearest instrument to hand: namely a cheap Yamaha acoustic owned by O'Riordan. "Sometimes when I was working with alternative or indie bands," says Street, "you just had to work with what you had. If there was a budget to hire more guitars, great. But I don't think we had that at that point. Especially being over in Dublin at the time, we did just work with the guitars they owned.

"I would put a Neumann U87 in front of the guitar, between the 12th fret and the hole. And sometimes I might have something like a KM84 further up towards the neck, just to see if it put a little bit of extra 'air' into it. Sometimes I would split those separate tracks a little bit in the mix, so although it was just one guitar, it gave it a little bit of spread across the stereo image."

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Dolores O'Riordan can be seen playing the Korg M1 in the video titled "The Cranberries - Ode To My Family Live From Vicar Street," on YouTube.

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Dolores O'Riordan was seen playing the Roland D-50 synthesizer during her performance on "The Late Late Show" in 1994, as evidenced by a post from The Cranberries Fanpage (@thecranberries_zombie) on Threads.

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In the image provided, Dolores O'Riordan is seen using a Shure U2 SM58 microphone.

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In a live video from October 29, 1993, featuring The Cranberries' debut appearance on US television, Dolores O'Riordan can be seen playing a Yamaha APX600. This performance, uploaded by steelygray on YouTube, includes the song "Linger" from the album "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?"

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