Earl Hooker

Earl Hooker at a performance with his British-made Shaftsbury

Earl is holding this guitar on the cover of "The Moon is Rising". He labeled the guitar with his name with Earl on the 12-string headstock and Hooker in between the two string sets.

Earl's rendition of "Earl's Boogie" uses a blacktop Les Paul also emblazoned with his signature Earl Hooker stickers.

On the cover of "Play your guitar Mr. Hooker" Earl is using a double necked Danelectro. It is also emblazoned with his Earl Hooker labels.

On "Smooth Slidin'"Earl is seen posing with an ES-335

In the attached photo, there is a picture of Earl Hooker using what seems to be a Vox Phantom Special VII, or something very similar to that.

In the attached link, it is stated that, "..Otis Rush said Earl Hooker was the first person he had ever seen playing a Stratocaster into a tweed Bassman amplifier." It is not specified as to which Bassman was used, other than a tweed style, but this is close to the time period.