Jimmy Bower
Jimmy Bower's Gear
In this interview he talk about using the yellow boss overdrive
Jimmy Bower uses the Gibson Sonex 180 Custom Electric Guitar, as shown in the Guitar Geek diagram of his 2004 rig for Superjoint Ritual.
Jimmy uses Dean Markley Blue Steels on his Sonex and his DTM, according to this Guitar Geek rig diagram.
Here we can see Jimmy playing his custom built DTM electric guitar.
According to this Guitar Geek rig diagram, Jimmy Bower uses a Boss TU-2 tuner.
Jimmy Bower can be seen using the RG100ES live here in this photo
According to this Guitar Geek rig diagram, Bower uses an MXR M-135 Smart Gate.
Jimmy uses Celestion Vintage 30s in his cabinets, according to Guitar Geek.
Bower uses a Whirlwind Selector, according to this Guitar Geek rig diagram.
Bower uses a Rio Grande Genuine Texas Humbucker as his neck pickup on his custom DTM, as shown in this Guitar Geek gear diagram.
Bower uses a Rio Grande Barbecue Bucker as a bridge pickup on his DTM guitar, according to this Guitar Geek rig diagram.
Bower uses four Mesa Boogie cabinets, as shown on this Guitar Geek rig diagram.
In an interview for gearmasters he says he now uses the ampeg head, instead of the randalls, because it doesn't need to be boosted.
At around 2:00 Jimmy talks about the pickup.
In this video, Jimmy uses a Gibson SG Deluxe
In the video titled "MYSTICK KREWE OF CLEARLIGHT - 'Swamp Jam / El Nino Brown,'" Jimmy Bower is visibly playing a Peavey T-60 guitar at approximately 12:12, during a 2012 live performance with his band Clearlight. The footage was captured by Mike Holderbeast.
In the Digital Tour Bus episode titled "Gear Masters Ep. 406," Jimmy Bower mentions using a TC Electronic PolyTune tuner around the 5:29 mark.
In a video by Does It Doom? on YouTube, Jimmy Bower mentions using D'Addario XL EJ22 Jazz Medium Nickelwound Strings (13-56) on his guitar. He notes that he specifically uses only the bottom four strings, with gauges 56-26, although he seems unsure about the exact gauge of the 18 string.
This was the cabinet that Jimmy was using before he bought two Mesa Boogie cabinets from Kirk Windstein in 1995
In this video at 6:43, Jimmy mentions that during the recording of "In the Name of Suffering," the band didn’t own amplifiers. Therefore, He used the studio's Roland combo amp, which he leaned against the wall; it was likely a Roland JC-120.
In the linked Instagram post, Bower shows off a Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail reverb pedal. He has never used it.
In a post on Instagram, Jimmy Bower confirmed the use of the Randall RG 3003 Head, stating it as his "Weapon of choice in Europe 2026." The post, authored by Bower himself, includes an image of the amplifier, further verifying its usage.
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