J. D. Cronise

During The Sword's 2014 tour, Cronise's 1979 E2 was his main guitar, with a Super Distortion bridge pickup, and Super Distortion 2 neck pickup.

In this article you can see by video and text the man himself explaning about his rig

Gibson: "Let’s talk guitars! Tell me about your main Gibsons."

John: "I have quite a few Gibsons. I have more Gibsons than anything else, for sure. I used a lot of Gibsons on the new record, and I always have on all of our records. Currently, the one I’m playing a lot is a reissue of the Les Paul Recording that came out a few years ago. It’s a 2013 model or something like that. I love that guitar. It’s so warm and even and awesome. You can do anything with it. It’s one of those guitars I feel is almost too nice to play every night, but we’ll see, because I’ll probably take it with me on tour this fall."

Used on High Country

When asked by Gibson about his main Gibson guitars, John said this: "I also have a Firebird I got in the past year or two that I really enjoy playing a lot. It’s become one of my favorites."

Used on High Country

John: "I have a Flying V,"

John: "and a Les Paul Special."

Used on High Country

You can see J.D. playing the guitar on the page.

In this Rig Rundown for The Sword's 2014 tour, Cronise is using the OR100 as his main head, and runs it into 2 cabinets (a 2X12 and 4X12) with Celestion Vintage 30s.

Mentioned in the article.

He uses a black version of this, mentioned in article.

In this Rig Rundown for The Sword's 2014 tour, Cronise's board has a Phase 90 3rd in his signal chain (after a TC Electronic PolyTune and Rocktron Hush).

In this Rig Rundown for The Sword's 2014 tour, Cronise's pedalboard has the Polytune first in the signal chain.

In this Rig Rundown from The Sword's 2014 tour, Cronise's board has an Ecstasy Red fourth in the signal chain (after a TC Electronic Polytune, Rocktron Hush, and an MXR Phase 90).

In this Rig Rundown for The Sword's 2014 tour, Cronise has a Carbon Copy at the end of his pedalboard's signal chain.

In this Rig Rundown for The Sword's 2014 tour, Cronise's pedalboard has the D1 used for his vocals.

In this Rig Rundown for The Sword's 2014 tour, Cronise's board is being powered by a 2 Plus.

At 0:20, Cronise talks about the Metal Muff, which was his main distortion at the time (2011). "It's a really trebly pedal, which as you can see I have the treble turned down to almost nothing, as I really don't need it"

At 0:55, Cronise talks about the Micro Synth, which he uses on the intro to "Astraea's Dream".

At 0:55, the TU-2 can be seen next to Cronise's Micro Synth and Hush pedals.

Instagram picture from Cresent Ballroom in phoenix 7-17-2017

The Black Russian is prized among bassists and guitar players that want a smooth refined fuzz with great low end response. It has been part of J.D.'s bpard for several years.

In this Rig Rundown for The Sword's 2014 tour, Cronise has a Super Distortion in the bridge position of his main Gibson E2 Explorer and his Gibson Les Paul Custom.

For The Sword's 2014 tour, Cronise used a Super 2 as his main guitar's (Gibson E2 Explorer) neck pickup.

The neck pickup for his Les Paul, mentioned in article.