James Shaw's Guitars

"My main isntrument, which is a '62 Jaguar... One day, I was in Lawrence, Kansas, found this beautiful, old, yellow Jaguar, probably was white at some point... Named it 'Brulee', for 'Burnt Cream'... Ended up with Lollar reissue Jazzmaster pickups."

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In a Guitar Center Session on DIRECTV, James Shaw can be seen playing a 1974 Gibson SG Standard (cherry) with a Bigsby, showcasing its distinctive Norlin-era features during Metric's performance of "Black Sheep."

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In this picture we can see him playing this guitar.

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In the music video of “Gimme Sympathy” we see Jimmy using a Epiphone Sheraton II Sunburst.

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In a screenshot from the Metric Official Instagram stories, James Shaw is seen using a Gibson Les Paul SG Custom 3-Pickup during a soundcheck at the Toronto Budweiser Stage for the global live stream. This evidence is documented in an image available on Equipboard.

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