Duncan Sheik

In this 2005 video (and several others), Duncan Sheik can be seen playing his Gibson ES-335. He also plays it in the 1998 music video for "Wishful Thinking".

Duncan Sheik used the Roland Juno-106 when making 2015's Legerdemain: "I was just taking a nylon string guitar, and coupling it with electronic elements, a Juno 106". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K80UXIovuSQ [02:50]

Duncan Sheik was photographed in the April 1998 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine playing the Froggy Bottom style H guitar with Koa back and sides, spruce top, and ebony fingerboard. The periodical asserts that it "is his primary studio instrument".

In the days of his debut album, Duncan Sheik often used an Alvarez acoustic-electric 6503 from the Yairi series. It can be seen in his video for Barely Breathing and in live performances such as on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno (April 17, 1997). The guitar was purchased at Rudy's in New York.

In the late '90s, Duncan Sheik often played an Alvarez Bob Weir WY1BK with a cedar top, rosewood back and sides, a black finish, and the Alvarez 500 preamp/EQ system.

Duncan Sheik, photographed in 2014 playing a Gibson ES-175 at Paramount Hotel in New York.

In 2016, Duncan Sheik uploaded a photo to his Facebook account to show off his new Martin model. https://www.facebook.com/DuncanSheik/photos/new-martin-00l17-black-smoke-is-both-black-and-smokin-/10154383936373991/

Duncan Sheik uploaded a photo of his Push 2 controller to his Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/DuncanSheik/photos/a.10150426217978991/10153719777663991/

Duncan Sheik uploaded a photo of his Fender Princeton Reverb Amp to his Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=631503851872881

Duncan Sheik photographed his Moog Mother-32 in 2018. https://www.facebook.com/DuncanSheik/photos/pb.100050398153737.-2207520000./10156302610848991

Duncan Sheik photographed his DFAM in 2018: https://www.facebook.com/DuncanSheik/photos/pb.100050398153737.-2207520000./10156302610848991

Duncan Sheik photographed his Arturia MicroBrute in 2015: https://www.facebook.com/DuncanSheik/photos/pb.100050398153737.-2207520000./10153714609718991/?type=3

At 34m40s in a February 12, 2021 interview with "My First Band Podcast", Duncan Sheik states that he had an MS-10 in middle school.

I went to this school called Eaglebrook. [...] I was there for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade. And that's when I started acquiring [...] I had a Korg MS10 monophobic synthesizer. That, I wish I still had.

In a discussion with Leo Sidran's podcast, The Third Story, from December 14, 2020, about gear he owned during his adolescence, Duncan Sheik mentions owning a TR-909 (@11m40s).

On February 5, 2025, Duncan Sheik's Orange Crush 12 practice amp was visible in an Instagram post, providing confirmation of his use of this specific gear.