Elliott Smith

when elliott briefly stayed in Paris in 1999 after the XO tour and before recording Figure 8, he bought that guitar in a Place Pigalle store and created the song bearing the same title (Place Pigalle was also the work title for Figure 8)

"we definitely recorded a version of Go By i'm not sure which version got used on new moon either or was the yamaha cant remember the model number XO was a 60's gibson country and western and a 63 epiphone texan and the yamaha figure 8 was the '63 texan and a '57 J-50"

Rob Schnapf

It's a very old guitar (made in the 30's) from Chicago. He uses in Roman Candle's era.

This guitar is discontinued but it was on of the guitars manufactured in Japan by Yamaha. All forums, sources(and photos) say that this was in the fact the guitar he used.

This was the primary electric guitar in Standard Tuning

He also uses a Gibson ES-330 post-1969 with Open D (DADF#AD) for songs as Clementine

Elliott plays a Rickenbacker as a Frontman of Heatmiser

Elliott playing his 60' Gibson J45

Elliott used this guitar starting in 1994 while playing with Heatmiser. I think he might have also used the guitar for some of his solo recordings.

I'm 99% percent sure this is a Cyclone and not a Mustang but he used this guitar during the early years with Heatmiser, up until 1994 when he switched to an Epiphone Crestwood.

fender mustang inside cover of xo

epiphone crestwood in a guitar player article

gibson les paul deluxe in strange parallel

the old gibson acoustic is actually a 60’s j-45 and he uses a fishman rare earth soundhole pickup with it. he also uses a cheap 70’s yamaha acoustic.

the old gibson acoustic is actually a 60’s j-45 and he uses a fishman rare earth soundhole pickup with it.

"I had the amazingly good fortune to meet another incredibly talented songwriter named Elliott Smith. He set a new bar for music and I truly believe him to be one of the great voices of our generation. In 1995 I took Elliott out on his first tour as my opening act. I adored his songs and our friendship ran deep. Although our relationship was strictly platonic, it was Elliott who helped me fill the void after the loss of Kurt. On both of the tours that Elliott and I subsequently did together, it was the Martin that we would end up playing into the wee hours of the morning in our hotel room…I believe that "Grandpa" is the ONLY instrument in the world that was played, adored and loved by both Kurt Cobain AND Elliott Smith. It was also played on occasion by Shawn Colvin and of course, me. In 2003, Elliott died and this completely broke my heart…It was around this time that I began to release myself from the whole world of music as I knew it and dedicate myself to my young daughter Annabelle. The Martin was getting little attention, and by this point it held memories that I wanted to let go of. It had served me well and I wanted to give it a new lease on life. It needed to be played, so in 2004 I sold it to a guitar dealer and that was that. A few years later I got a letter from someone who was about to purchase the guitar and wanted to know if everything was on the “up and up.” I am happy to say that the guitar Kurt Cobain called “Grandpa” and Elliott Smith called “Gramps” now resides in the permanent collection of Make’n Music in Chicago, IL. I am told it is played regularly and adored by many a visitor who wants to hear the “stories.” On special occasions it is even made available to other musicians for purposes of inspiration and to use on recordings. I am glad to have known it, served it well, and to have shared in the memories this wonderful guitar possesses. There you go…the story of “Grandpa.” Mary Lou Lord

the top hat amp he uses is a model k-35 (king royale).

He used Vox AC-30 in some live performances

the pedals of course are the dl-4 and the budda phatman tube overdrive.

the pedals of course are the dl-4 and the budda phatman tube overdrive.

He used in a few songs of From a Basement on A Hill, as A Fond Farewell or King's Crossing. That pedal simulates the ''Leslie Rotative Speaker''. He had one of these in New Monkey Studio

''I got a compressor (Behringer Composer) and one of those (digital effects) boxes that will make any effect that you hae the patience to try to program (Digitech TSR24S)''

Elliott Smith sing with a Shure in the Heatmiser's ''Plainclothes Man'' video

This mic uses for Either/Or vocals

''There are two M50s out front by the conductor, and very high above, a pair of KM56s. Did I mention the special love that developed for the KM56s? Aside from the acoustic guitar, they were also used as drum overheads, on a piano track or two and probably some other things I'm forgetting. A+ fr versality'' - Tape Op interview book (volume 2)

Used in a 1993 session (with a four-track) to record "Last Call". He also uses in live performances (Winter/Spring 1999) for guitar and snare.

This is one of the favorite mics. He used in the most vocal parts