James Dean Bradfield

This photo-article from MusicRadar/Guitarist magazine details all of the gear Bradfield used during the making of the Manic Street Preacher's 2010 album Postcards From a Young Man. The White Falcon is depicted in James' guitar collection.

This photo-article from MusicRadar/Guitarist magazine details all of the gear Bradfield used during the making of the Manic Street Preacher's 2010 album Postcards From a Young Man. A 1962 Stratocaster is depicted in James' guitar collection.

EHX Neo Clone can be seen on James's Pedalboard at Newport studio. [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg6iKOEDM-A/ P.S. keep scrolling right]

TC Electronic Rush can be seen on James's Pedalboard at Newport studio. [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg6iKOEDM-A/ P.S. keep scrolling right]

In one of the images accompanying this article, we can see two M77 pedals in the lower-right corner of James' studio table.

James Dean Bradfield can be seen performing Small Black Flowers In The Sky with his Martin D-35 for Later with Jools Holland in 1996.

In this photo gallery interview, James Dean Bradfield says, “I first played one in 1996 - what an amazing guitar. Sean (Moore, Manics drummer) found my first second-hand and it’s all over Futurology. I also have a recent reissue, too.

"Starcasters have one of the best fretboards, Fender or otherwise, I’ve ever played, and a great sound. On Futurology, I was really trying to find riffs on this, not so much chords. Effect pedals chime out on this, too.

"They’re an anomaly of a guitar, aren’t they? They probably should have sold better than they did. I’ve only ever seen (Radiohead’s) Jonny Greenwood, (Morrissey’s) Boz Boorer and (The Killers’) Dave Keuning play them otherwise.”

In this video with Guitarist, James plays some manics classic riffs and at 0:24 you can see a glimpse of a Boss PS-6

In an interview featured in Acoustic Magazine, James Dean Bradfield discusses his use of the Lakewood D12 guitar. This detail is highlighted in the final paragraph of the article, as shown in the image provided by Foreverdelayed.

Bradfield's Fylde Orsino is listed among his acoustic guitars in the last paragraph on this page of his interview with Acoustic Magazine, and on this page, he talks about it, saying, "It's a very clear sounding guitar, which is why I chose it for that job."

At the end of this page of James Dean Bradfield's interview with Acoustic Magazine, it lists a Taylor 614ce among his acoustic guitars. The article says he uses Taylors and Cole Clarks during his live performances for their pickup systems.

This photo-article from MusicRadar/Guitarist magazine details all of the gear Bradfield used during the making of the Manic Street Preacher's 2010 album Postcards From a Young Man. The OC-2 (boxed, at left) is depicted in James' pedal collection.

This photo-article from MusicRadar/Guitarist magazine details all of the gear Bradfield used during the making of the Manic Street Preacher's 2010 album Postcards From a Young Man. The 501 is depicted in James' amplifier collection.

Guitarist magazine had an interview with James Dean Bradfield in August 2018 and it states 'This white Gibson SG Custom makes a good match with faithful', It was used on Resistance is futile for 'Broken Algorithms' 'Liverpool Revisited' and 'People Give In'

James has often played this live when performing Slash and Burn.

Boss DD-3 can be seen on James's Pedalboard at Newport studio. [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg6iKOEDM-A/ P.S. keep scrolling right]

In a competition, Manic Street Preachers offered up a Fender Jaguar used on recordings for 'Welcome To The Dead Zone', 'Forever Delayed' and others for pre-ordering their 14th album The Ultra-Vivid Lament

The live image above depicts James with his Troublemaker. Meanwhile, this 2021 interview with Premier Guitar magazine says in the introductory paragraph, "For the 14th Manic Street Preachers album, The Ultra Vivid Lament, James Dean Bradfield sidesteps his favourite Les Paul-and-Marshall tone, relying instead on a Gretsch Country Gentleman, 1965 Jazzmaster, Shergold Marauder and Fender Parallel Universe Telecaster Troublemaker."

In this pic you can see James' pedalboard. On the lower left a blue Boss pedal is seen. You can spot the dual knob on the left of it (also, it is marked on the tape). That should make the pedal a PS5

In this pic of his pedalboard you can spot a TU-3

In this pic of James' pedalboard you can spot the Whirligig

During Manic Street Preachers' Glastonbury gig, James Dean Bradfield was spotted using an Eastman Juliet in Antique Varnish, Black which can be seen at 17:55 of the video linked. In an instagram post made by @Maksguitars, James Dean can be seen holding the guitar with the following caption: "New guitar day for James of the @manics pictured here with his new @eastmanguitars Juliet/v-BK. Looking forward to seeing it on stage!"

At 26:03 in the Manics 2023 Glastonbury set you can see James Dean Bradfield playing the Supro David Bowie Dual Tone

Used for vocals on This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, as stated by engineer Ian Grimble in this June 1998 Sound on Sound interview.

"Mics used on the other instruments included a Sennheiser MKH40, stuck up close to the guitar and keyboard cabinets. The keyboards were mostly analogue — Wurlitzer, Rhodes, Vox Continental — all put through guitar amps. I used an MKH40 and Neumann U87 on the bass cabinet. I usually stuck the microphones through a Vortexion 4‑channel mixer and mic pre‑amp and then straight onto 16‑track. Occasionally we would record upstairs in the room with the oak floor, especially for acoustic guitars. I recorded them with a Neumann 87 or BPM pencil mics as close mics, and Sennheiser MKH20s as ambient mics. The vocals were recorded with a Sennheiser 4032, or Sony C800G valve, and the acoustic piano with the C800G or two Sennheiser MKH40s."

In the YouTube video "The James Dean Bradfield Guitars & Gear Interview" by That Pedal Show, at 38:53, James Dean Bradfield is seen playing a black Guild Thunderbird S-200 Reissue, which he explicitly mentions as being part of his collection.

At 39:26 in the YouTube video "The James Dean Bradfield Guitars & Gear Interview", The Pedal Is Shown To Be On His Live Rig

At 39:26 in the YouTube video "The James Dean Bradfield Guitars & Gear Interview", The Pedal Is Shown To Be On His Live Rig

At 39:26 in the YouTube video "The James Dean Bradfield Guitars & Gear Interview", The Pedal Is Shown To Be On His Live Rig

At 39:26 in the YouTube video "The James Dean Bradfield Guitars & Gear Interview", The Pedal Is Shown To Be On His Live Rig

At 39:26 in the YouTube video "The James Dean Bradfield Guitars & Gear Interview", The Pedal Is Shown To Be On His Live Rig

At 39:26 in the YouTube video "The James Dean Bradfield Guitars & Gear Interview", The Pedal Is Shown To Be On His Live Rig