Jay Reatard's Gear

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Jay can be seen using a Silverface Twin Reverb in the background of this live video.

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Throughout his solo career, Jay Reatard predominantly played a Gibson Flying V, as evidenced by a photo from Freewilliamsburg.

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In this photo taken November 2006 it shows Jay with the orange phase 90.

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In a user-uploaded photo on Imgur, Jay Reatard's pedalboard features the Danelectro D-1 FAB Distortion as the leftmost pedal in the chain.

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Jay Reatard used an Epiphone Les Paul Standard during his time with The Reatards, as shown in a user-uploaded photo on Terminal-boredom.

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Jay can be seen playing his Epiphone Wilshire on stage during one of his concerts.

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Next to the tuner we can see the dark blue Fulldrive

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When he couldn't get an SM58, he would usually use a Beta 57A. Here he is pictured using one the 13th of January, 2010.

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Jay used SM58's as often as possible, both with The Reatards, Angry Angles, and as Jay Reatard. He is pictured here using one in Münster, Germany in 2007.

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He often used two of this pedal for his delay. In this picture, you can see two of them very clearly, along with his Fulldrive 2.

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The rightmost pedal in the photo.

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You can see this pedal pretty clearly in this picture to the right, with the reddish-brown body and silver switch and knobs.

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You can see a D2 on his desk in this picture.

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He can be seen playing the Epiphone EJ-160e in the video and he played it in the later years before he died.

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