Gary Rossington

"I’ve used a Peavey Mace throughout my whole career, really, even in the early days back in the ’70s."

"To me, it’s the Les Paul Standard. Humbucking pickups are great. I love the warm tones that you can get, and if you turn the treble up really high on the amp, you can get kind of a Fender sound, too, with a Les Paul. But you can’t get a Les Paul sound with a Fender." That was Gary's answer when he's asked about 'the perfect Les Paul'

As can be seen here, Gary Rossington used a 1959 Gibson Les Paul throughout most of his career until the value of it became too much for him to tour with it. It's nicknamed Bernice after his mother, and many other pictures of him with it can be seen here.

In the 2003 Vintage Guitar Interview, Rossington explains how he got the guitar:

The first time we were ever in Nashville, playing a club called the Briar Patch, a girl said she had a Gibson Les Paul in her closet. That’s all she knew. So we went to her house and it was a nice Les Paul. It was in great shape, but you could see it hadn’t been picked up for a long time. They didn’t know what they had and they wanted to sell it for $1,000. So I went back with $1,000 and they said, “No.” Somebody told them it was worth $2,000 to $3,000. I told them not to sell it. A few weekends went by and we were playing that club again, so I went over and got it.

At 0:20 of this rig rundown, Gary's guitar tech talks about Gary's signature amp, and says, "We've been using them now for three or four years."

According to the Premier Guitar's article, Rossington uses the Fender Prosonic amplifier.

Gary started using the Maxon PT-999 in 2003 for the Vicious Cycle album

At 3:59 in this video, Gary's Gibson Access Les Paul is mentioned. His guitar tech says, "It's very thin, very light."

"When I went to the studio I also took a Strat, a Gretsch Tennessean, a Telecaster, an ES-335… hopefully to get a different sound than Skynyrd."

Featured on his gear page on Premier Guitar since their interview with him.

In this photo Gary can be seen playing slide at a concert on a white 1969 Gibson SG Standard beside Ronnie Van Zant. This guitar was stolen in 1973. Allen Collins was the original owner of the guitar and it was originally cherry red. Allen used aerosol cans from a local hardware store to paint it white. This guitar was used for their first album, and may have been used on the studio version of Freebird by Allen.

Gary's '61 SG Standard is featured on this list compiled by Gibson of 50 Essential Facts on the SG.

According to Scribd this is the Goldtop that was owned by Allen Collins. It was Gary’s main guitar until it was stolen in 1973. It was one of the guitars used on their first album.

In the Premier Guitar article "Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Gary Rossington: Simple Man, Big Tone," it is mentioned that Gary Rossington uses Coricidin medicine bottles as guitar slides.

We also used Line 6 Amp Farm [software] in the studio, which sound like just about any kind of amp.

"When I went to the studio I also took a Strat, a Gretsch Tennessean, a Telecaster, an ES-335… hopefully to get a different sound than Skynyrd."

In this photo from Premier Guitar, Gary Rossington is pictured playing his Gibson Custom Shop Gary Rossington Les Paul.

"When I went to the studio I also took a Strat, a Gretsch Tennessean, a Telecaster, an ES-335… hopefully to get a different sound than Skynyrd."

According to the Premier Guitar's interview, Rossington uses the D'Addario NYXL guitar strings.

Gary Rossington utilized the Marshall 1959T Super Tremolo amplifier head during the recording of the band's first three albums. This information is substantiated by an equipment history document authored by Sean, titled "Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gary Rossington Equipment History," available on Scribd. It was used for their first 3 albums.

Here is a picture of it at CME.

In late 1974, Gary Rossington transitioned from using a Marshall amplifier head to a Hiwatt Custom 100 Amplifier Head.

Gary Rossington utilized two Peavey Mace 160W, which were modified with JBL E-120 speakers and rewired to more closely resemble the sound of Marshalls. This specific equipment choice is documented in a detailed history of Rossington's gear on Scribd by an author named Sean, titled "Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gary Rossington Equipment History."

Gary Rossington utilized a Univox U-915 Uni-Vibe pedal on the track "Call Me the Breeze." This information is corroborated by a document titled "Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gary Rossington Equipment History," authored by Sean and available on Scribd.

Gary Rossington transitioned to using the MXR Phase 90 phaser pedal when he started using Peavey amps. This change in gear is detailed in the document titled "Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gary Rossington Equipment History," authored by Sean, hosted on Scribd.

Gary Rossington used a 1970s Fender Silverface Twin Reverb before switching to Peaveys

Gary used 4x12 Peavey cabs with his Peavey combo amps

In this YouTube Video, Gary is seen with a Epiphone SG, it includes a tremblo which is often not seen with his Gibson.

This Vox stack was a part of Gary’s collection and is now at CME.

He has the Magnatone on top of his signature Peavey head.

Gary Rossington owned a Gibson Super GoldTone amplifier, which is currently in the possession of Chicago Music Exchange, as evidenced by an image on Equipboard.

Gary had a Peavey Penta head in his collection now at CME.

It was Allen’s amp that he acquired in 1965 and they used it together for early gigs.