Jeff Beck

"This is the number one Start that he plays religiously, basically. It's a custom shop Strat Jeff Beck model, well worn and not relicked or anything like that. Since 1993, he's had it pretty much since then. I know that it has different pickups than what come in the normal Jeff Beck line guitar. These ones here were custom wound for him. It's a really, really great sounding guitar. As a Strat goes, it's pretty standard. The only thing is the bridge and middle pickups are wired together for the bottom tone control. The bridge, if you notice the setup, has the tramkind of pulled forward to get a lot of upward pull. It's the way that you can get this to float without cutting a recess or anything like that into the guitar. So that way he can go either side, either sharp or flat. He plays this guitar so it has to be in great shape all the time," says Jeff Beck's guitar tech.

Jeff Beck talks about this modified Fender Telecaster from the start of the video, until 2:08.

During his tenure with the Yardbirds, Beck used the famed blonde ’54 Fender Esquire with a shaved bass bout. Beck bought this guitar from John Walker of the Walker Bros in the mid Sixties and (regretfully) traded it to Seymour Duncan for a heavily modified Fender Telecaster.

In this Guitar World interview, Jeff Beck says, "I've got a nice guitar that somebody found for me in Memphis, a '55 [Gretsch] Duo-Jet, which I've been falling in love with."

Beck had switched to a sunburst ’59 Gibson Les Paul Standard toward the end of his time with the Yardbirds, and that guitar was used for the majority of Truth and some of Beck-Ola - though much of the latter album was done with a stripped Fifties Fender Strat.

Here's a photo of Jeff Beck playing a Les Paul Standard.

“One is a very early Custom Shop Relic ’51 Nocaster – about 15 or 16 years old – with Lindy Fralin pickups and, obviously, more-conventional wiring instead of the Nocaster wiring. The other one is also a ’51 Nocaster reissue, done for the NAMM show two years ago.” -via Vintage Guitar

This 1956 Gretsch Duo Jet is mentioned in this Guitar Center interview -

"Although Jeff bought a pair of 1956 Gretsch Duo Jets in the early Nineties to duplicate the tone of his hero, Cliff Gallup, he does not collect vintage guitars. 'I love old guitars, but I don't really collect them,' he admits."

After 12:41 in this video Jeff Beck shows the Maccaferri plastic guitar Jimmy Page gave him. He notes that Django Reinhardt played an instrument like this, and adds "just the fact that he had one is good enough for me".

For one of the most prolific whammy bar fiends of all time, the locking tremolo was indeed an intriguing device. Beck had taken to a pair of custom Jackson Soloists in the mid Eighties around the recording of the Nile Rodgers’-produced Flash. Loaded with true single coil pickups, Beck’s pink Jackson oddly sported a Kahler trem while his orange one rocked a Floyd Rose. Beck used (and appeared in ads for) Seymour Duncan’s Convertible amps around this time - although he used the Duncans alongside his tried-and-true old Marshalls.

These were all done prior to Jeff coming to the shop, supposedly on a request from some other guy who ended up not liking how the guitar turned out. Fortunately though, Jeff fell in love with the guitar on a first sight, and he took it home without having second thoughs about the purchase.

Reference: http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-Custom/Jeff-Beck-1954-Les-Paul-Oxblood/Features.aspx

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The early Seventies saw him pick up the iconic modified oxblood ’54 Gibson Les Paul that graces the cover of Blow by Blow.

This Stratocaster was from John McLaughlin. Jeff Beck talks about this one in this video from 2:09 to 3:18.

Jeff Beck's Fender Jazzmaster is mentioned in Beck's Guitar Center interview:

"As always, a familiar friend joined Jeff in the studio—his Fender Jeff Beck Signature Model Stratocaster. The Fender Strat has remained Jeff's favorite guitar since 1972, although he also played a Fender Esquire, Telecaster and Jazzmaster with the Yardbirds before switching to a Gibson Les Paul during his latter days with that band."

In a photo from Vintage Guitar, Jeff Beck is seen with a Gibson Custom Shop 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue, highlighting his use of this iconic solid body electric guitar.

Jeff Beck talks about his Gretsch Rancher in this video, from 3:22, to 4:50.

"'The ES-175 is a standard reissue, in blond' Foley continues. 'Jeff was doing a Scotty Moore tribute and wanted to use kind of a rockabilly guitar. We loaned him a 295 and a 175, and he took to the 175, which is on the cover of the Rock ’N Roll Party DVD.'" - via Vintage Guitar

An interview with Beck in 2010:

I’ve got a 175 Gibson which I’ve never used yet partly because the sit in with B.B. King has been a bit erratic. One night he says, ‘Yeah,’ and the next night he doesn’t feel up to it. And so I never really got into playing it. I was gonna use it on his set, just so I could play the complete style. But because I’m suddenly thrust into his music, with his band, I need to have some comfort line, you know what I mean? So the Strat is the thing that stayed. And also I didn’t want to get feedback from the hollow-body guitar. You know after this big build up I walk out and go (makes feedback noise). Didn’t want that. (...) I played it for a tribute to Sun Records. I bought it especially – well, actually the guy gave it to me – ’cause I rented it so many times he said, ‘Look, you might as well have it.’ And I did a thing with Chrissie Hynde on it, “Mystery Train.” I wanted to get the Scotty Moore tone. So I kept it. It’s a beautiful thing. [Editor’s Note: Beck and Hynde teamed up on the 2001 release Good Rockin’ Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records.]

An interview with Beck's guitar tech, Steve Prior, in 2010:

We’ve got a big body Gibson ES-175, ’cause he thought that might be something he might be playing, cause he guests with B.B. from time to time. And they’re all on big Hofners, Gibsons obviously Lucille. And then the 175 that Leon (Warren, B.B. Kings long-time second guitarist) plays.

In an interview with Guitar.com, Jeff Beck's guitar tech, Steve Prior, mentions that Jeff Beck has a Gibson B.B. King Lucille Semi-Hollow Guitar. This guitar is part of his collection due to his occasional performances with B.B. King, where he uses guitars similar to those played by King and his band.

Jeff Beck's Gibson L-5 is talked about in this video from 4:55 to 6:40.

Jeff’s Rancher has square inlays, red finish, and standard drop-in saddle, as opposed to a adjustable saddle which were common on some of the 50’s models.

"Jeff Beck is seen playing a Fender Jaguar in a user-uploaded photo."

jeff beck is with the chapman stick here

This article in Guitar World details the never-released prototype Ibanez developed with Jeff Beck.

In this photo, Jeff Beck can be seen using a Gibson SG Original.

In the 1966 film "Blow Up", guitarist Jeff Beck is seen performing with The Yardbirds in a club. During the performance, Beck plays a Höfner Senator Thinline, which he subsequently smashes due to technical difficulties with the amplifier, before tossing the neck into the crowd and switching to his Les Paul. This scene is documented in the YouTube video titled "Yardbirds - Jimmy Page & Jeff Beck, Blow Up movie, 1966" by Rock N Roll.

Jeff Beck is confirmed to use the Yamaha CPX-15S guitar, as evidenced by a post on the Facebook page "YAMAHA GUITAR OWNERS," which highlights his collection of Yamaha guitars.

Jeff Beck, a renowned guitarist, engaged in a collaborative effort with Ibanez from the late 1970s through the early 1980s to develop a custom-designed hybrid guitar, resulting in the Ibanez JB-10. This prototype, featuring a shape reminiscent of a Fender with its two horns and equipped with an array of humbucker pickups akin to a Gibson Les Paul, was intended to align with Beck's unique playing style. Despite multiple versions being sent to Beck in an attempt to fulfill his specific requirements, the collaboration ultimately did not come to fruition. This information is supported by the source "Jeff Beck: 10 guitars that shaped a legend" provided by Christie's.

At the 0:27 mark of this YouTube video, Jeff Beck can be seen performing with a Fender American Vintage II 1957 Stratocaster Electric Guitar. An article on the official Fender website also confirms this.