Gary Moore's Gear

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00:49, at 2010 Tour in Russia.

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  • Boss Chromatic Tuner,
  • T-Rex Luxury Drive booster

then the signal goes to the pedalboard, apparently to

Overdrives/distortions:
* Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808, * Digitech Bad Monkey Tube Overdrive, * T-Rex Møller.

Chorus/Phasers/Flangers:
* T-Rex Twister Chorus & Flange above

Reverbs/Delays:
* Boss FRV-1 '63 Fender Reverb by his side, * Boss Digital Reverb RV-5 below, * Electro Harmonix Holy Grail reverb by his side, * Line6 DL-4 Delay Modeler outside the pedalboard.

Amp switcher: * Tonebone Radial JX-2 Switchbone AB amp switcher + booster.

As he seems to select which amp he goes to (there's the both option too; maybe he just uses it as a final boost for both amps), I imagine he doesn't use the effects loop of the amps, or maybe the reverb/delays part goes through the effects loop of only one of the amps?

After going crazy I found this great work by a japanese that saved me from searching the Holy Grail (don't think I'd had identified it) and the Delay:

http://garymoore.blog.fc2.com/blog-category-25.html

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Used in the later part of his career.

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Designed in collaboration with Moore.

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His signature model has a pair of Burstbucker Pros.

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A Roy Buchanan blues master guitar by Fritz Brothers Custom made for Gary Moore.

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The Ibanez can be seen very clearly in this rare photo. Not much more than this photo and a crappy quality upload of the music video to his song "Out in the Field" where a black Roadstar was one of a few guitars used exists to prove he used any Ibanez at all

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His signature BFG model had Burstbucker 3 in bridge.

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In this YouTube video Gary Moore can be seen playing his Heritage H-150. Gary had a signature model H-150 in the early 1990s and was a limited production run.

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During a visit to Norway, Gary Moore received the G-Sharp OF-1 electric guitar as a gift, a year before his passing. This is documented in a user-uploaded photo.

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This combo appears on the tracks King Of The Blues and Texas Strut on the 1990 album Still Got The Blues (Virgin Records CDV 2612), and was used extensively on various other sessions on that album, but replaced on further sessions. Also used on the live recording of Blues For Greeny (Warner Music Vision 0630 13691-3) at the Shepherds Bush Empire, 27/4/1995, as part of the guitar rig employed on that performance. The internal speakers were disconnected and the amplifier connected to a Marshall 1960B 4 x 12 cabinet. Much of the reverb effect heard on the recordings came from this amplifier.

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Prior to January of 1970, Moore used a Gibson SG as one of his main guitars while in Skid Row. Moore would go on to sell his SG to get enough money to buy Peter Green's 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard "Greeny."

Moore recalled selling the SG in a 1995 interview with Guitarist Magazine in 1995:

“I had an SG at the time and so I took it into town and I sold it for £160 or something and he came up to my flat for the money and gave me 40 or 50 quid back! He said, ‘I’ll tell you what, I’ll just take what I paid for it, which was 120 quid.’ But then he said he wouldn’t even do that and so I think I ended up giving him £100 or £110. I said to him if he ever wanted it back I’d give it to him, but he said, ‘No, I’ll never ask for it back...’”

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Moore can be seen playing Fleetwood Mac's "Showbiz Blues" on a TV yellow Gibson SG Junior fitted with a zebra double humbucker pickup at the 1995 Blues for Greeny concert.

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Listed on the official Lovetone "Clients" page.

Gary Moore BS/BC/WL

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Listed on the official Lovetone "Clients" page.

Gary Moore BS/BC/WL

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Listed on the official Lovetone "Clients" page.

Gary Moore BS/BC/WL

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In the image on the back cover of Gary Moore's album "Still Got The Blues," the Marshall 1974X Handwired 18W 1x12 Combo Amp can be identified in the bottom left corner. The amplifier has four control knobs positioned before the input jack, distinguishing it from the Marshall 1962 Bluesbreaker model.

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In a video by James Eaves on YouTube, Gary Moore demonstrates his use of various Boss pedals, including the Boss CE-3 Chorus.

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In the YouTube video titled "Gary Moore & Friends - Cowboy Song & The Boys Are Back In Town [Thin Lizzy]," from the live performance "One Night in Dublin - A Tribute to Phil Lynott," Gary Moore's pedalboard is visible at the 0:15 mark, where a T-Rex Engineering Replica delay effects pedal can be clearly seen. This video was uploaded by Nightfall Ranger.

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In this picture, Gary Moore's Line 6 POD 2.0 pedal can be seen across from him.

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In the later years of his life, Gary Moore began using the DiMarzio ClipLock 3" Wide Nylon Quick Release Black Guitar Strap on his Les Paul guitars, transitioning from the regular 2" ClipLock strap he was previously known for. This is evidenced by the image available on Equipboard.

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Gary Moore is confirmed to have used the Marshall JCM800 Model 1987 50-watt amplifier, as evidenced by its listing in a Bonhams auction titled "Gary Moore: A Marshall JCM800 1987 SL50 Amp, 1987."

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In the video "The Collection: Director’s Cut, Part One" on Gibson TV, at approximately 52:33, Kirk Hammett showcases his ownership of Gary Moore’s Gibson 1958 Les Paul Standard, which he acquired after purchasing the iconic guitar "Greeny."

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