George Thorogood's Gear

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George says he has played through many amps, but often times he plays though a Fender Dual Showman.

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I found that Thorogood uses a Gibson ES-125 through the interview in the link. However, whenever I looked up "Gibson ES-125", majority of the results weren't what I'm used to seeing him play. I found a photo of a variant, which contained a single cutaway and 2 dogear P90's. This confirmed that it was a TDC variant of the ES-125.

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he use it in many ocasions in his career live and in the studio. at minute 2:01 you can see a shot of the pedal on the ground.

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In the video you can see George talking about his Epiphone ES-125 that he created with the company.

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George Thorogood is quoted to have first started as an acoustic player, and moved to a semi acoustic, Gibson ES-125, because he liked the arched top, and similar feel of his original acoustic guitar he first learned on.

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in the top picture of this review you can see George Thorogood on the Gibson J-200 accoustic. He uses this guitar together with the gibson super dove on the album "party on one"

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In the video titled "George Thorogood Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Guitarist Jim Suhler" by Premier Guitar, a Boss TR-2 Tremolo pedal is clearly visible on George Thorogood's pedalboard at the 29:15 mark, confirming his use of this specific gear.

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In the YouTube video "George Thorogood Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Guitarist Jim Suhler" by Premier Guitar, the Boss BF-3 Flanger pedal is clearly visible on George Thorogood's pedalboard at the 29:15 mark.

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In a video by Premier Guitar titled "George Thorogood Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Guitarist Jim Suhler," the Voodoo Lab PX-8 Plus 8-loop Pedal Switcher is clearly visible on George Thorogood's pedalboard at the 29:15 mark, confirming its use in his setup.

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In the video titled "George Thorogood Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Guitarist Jim Suhler" by Premier Guitar, at the 29:15 mark, a DigiTech FreqOut Natural Feedback Creator pedal can be seen on George Thorogood's pedalboard.

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In the video "George Thorogood Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Guitarist Jim Suhler" by Premier Guitar, at 29:15, an Empress ParaEq MKII Deluxe Equalizer and Boost Pedal is clearly visible connected to George Thorogood’s pedalboard.

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In the video titled "George Thorogood Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Guitarist Jim Suhler" by Premier Guitar, at the timestamp of 29:15, an MXR MC401 Custom Audio Electronics Boost/Line Driver pedal can be clearly seen on George Thorogood's pedalboard, confirming its use in his equipment setup.

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At 29:15 in the video "George Thorogood Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Guitarist Jim Suhler," a pair of Electro-Harmonix 22 Caliber pedals can be clearly seen on the top row of George Thorogood's pedalboard, as showcased by Premier Guitar.

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In the video titled "George Thorogood Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Guitarist Jim Suhler" by Premier Guitar, a Boss DD-5 Digital Delay pedal is visible on George Thorogood’s pedalboard at the 29:15 mark.

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In a video by Premier Guitar titled "George Thorogood Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Guitarist Jim Suhler," at the 34:13 mark, three Fender Dual Showman guitar amplifiers are clearly visible atop Mesa Boogie speaker cabinets as part of George Thorogood's live rig setup.

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In the video titled "George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone - 7/5/1984 - Capitol Theatre (Official)," we can see George Thorogood using a Dunlop 222 Brass Guitar Slide while performing. This footage is provided by the YouTube channel GeorgeThorogood on MV.

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